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1987: When the Day Comes
1987: When the Day Comes

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1987: When the Day Comes

NR·2017·129m

Summary

In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government of officials are quick to cover up the death and order the body to be cremated. A prosecutor who is supposed to sign the cremation release, raises questions about a 21-year-old kid dying of a heart attack, and he begins looking into the case for truth. Despite a systematic attempt to silence everyone involved in the case, the truth gets out, causing an eruption of public outrage.

Crew

Director, Adaptation

Jang Joon-hwan

Adaptation

Lee Woo-jeong

Adaptation, Writer

Kim Kyung-chan

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Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

Korean

Budget:

$12,308,000.00

Revenue:

$49,380,115.00

Keywords

students' movement
protest
democracy
military dictatorship
historical event
student protest
communism
1980s
democratization movement
south korea
seoul, south korea