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The Yearbook: Waiting for the Teacher
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The Yearbook: Waiting for the Teacher

May 1, 2026
1h 42m
★ 0.0

Overview

On May 27, 1980—the last day of the Gwangju Uprising—students at Sinheung High School in Jeonju defied martial law. Their teacher disciplined them to protect them, but this act of love left forty years of misunderstanding. Now in his nineties, the teacher reunites with his former students to finally offer each other the reconciliation they had long set aside.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Studio May

Cast

Heo Cheon-il

Self

Heo Cheon-il

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