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1987: When the Day Comes

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.

Status
Released
Origin country
KR
Release Date
Budget:
$12,308,000.00
Revenue:
$49,380,115.00
Companies
CJ Entertainment
Woojeong Film