1987: When the Day Comes
129 min
2017
Published on, 3 months ago
1987
1987: When the Day Comes
129 min
2017
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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.
Country
Released
27 Dec, 2017
students' movement
protest
democracy
military dictatorship
historical event
student protest
communism
1980s
democratization movement
south korea
seoul, south korea
