1987: When the Day Comes

Dec 27, 2017

2h 9m

★ 8.1

The truth must be told.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

History

Thriller

Production Companies

CJ Entertainment

Woojeong Film

1987: When the Day Comes Trailers

Cast

Park Cheo-won

Kim Yun-seok

Prosecutor Choi Hwan

Ha Jung-woo

Han Byung-yong

Yoo Hai-jin

Yeon-hee

Kim Tae-ri

Detective Jo Han-kyung

Park Hee-soon

Reporter Yoon Sang-sam

Lee Hee-jun

Kim Jung-nam

Sul Kyung-gu

Park Jong-chul

Yeo Jin-goo

Lee Han-yeol

Gang Dong-won

Jang Se-dong

Moon Sung-keun

Yoo Jung-bang

Yoo Seung-mok

Mr. Park

Hyun Bong-sik

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