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1987: When the Day Comes

Where:

🇰🇷 South Korea

When:

The 1980s

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.

Released in 2017 — 129 minutes

Genres:

Drama History Thriller

Language:

Korean