

1987: When the Day Comes
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2017-12-27 • 2h 9m
The truth must be told.
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.
- Directors
- Jang Joon-hwan
- Writters
- Kim Kyung-chan
- Editors
- Kim Kyung-chan, Yang Jin-mo

1987: When the Day Comes
Visit website2017-12-27 • 2h 9m
8.1/10 • 154
The truth must be told.
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.
- Directors
- Jang Joon-hwan
- Writters
- Kim Kyung-chan
- Editors
- Kim Kyung-chan, Yang Jin-mo
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsKim Yun-seok
Park Cheo-won
Ha Jung-woo
Prosecutor Choi Hwan
Yoo Hai-jin
Han Byung-yong
Kim Tae-ri
Yeon-hee
Park Hee-soon
Detective Jo Han-kyung
Lee Hee-jun
Reporter Yoon Sang-sam
Sul Kyung-gu
Kim Jung-nam
Yeo Jin-goo
Park Jong-chul
Gang Dong-won
Lee Han-yeol
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- Korean
- Budget
- $12,308,000.00
- Revenue
- $49,380,115.00
- Keywords
- students' movementprotestdemocracymilitary dictatorshiphistorical eventstudent protestcommunism1980sdemocratization movementsouth koreaseoul, south korea