1987

"The truth must be told."

Jan 12 2018 Not Rated 2h 9m
Drama

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.

Plot

In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government 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 begins looking into the case for the truth. Despite a systematic attempt to silence everyone involved in the case, the truth gets out, causing an eruption of public outrage.

Written by

Kim Kyung Chan, Jang Joon-Hwan, Kyung-chan Kim

Directed by

Jang Joon-hwan

Cast

Kim Tae-ri, Gang Dong-won, Jo Woo-jin

Crew

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Production Countries

South Korea

Production Companies

CJ Entertainment, Woojeong Film

Languages

Awards

27 wins & 34 nominations total

Trailers
1987: WHEN THE DAY COMES Official Int'l Main Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
7,897
Average Rating
7.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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