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.

2017

Drama·History·Thriller

2h 9min

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Top Billed Cast

김윤석
Park Cheo-won
하정우
Prosecutor Choi Hwan
유해진
Han Byung-yong
김태리
Yeon-hee
박희순
Detective Jo Han-kyung
이희준
Reporter Yoon Sang-sam
설경구
Kim Jung-nam
여진구
Park Jong-chul
강동원
Lee Han-yeol
문성근
Jang Se-dong
유승목
Yoo Jung-bang
현봉식
Mr. Park
박지환
Inspector Hwang
이용직
Senior Police Officer Ban
Park Ji-hong
Assistant Inspector Kang
김의성
Lee Boo-young
김종수
Park Jung-ki
이창훈
Prosecutor Pyo
서현우
Prosecutor Lee
이현균
Oh Yun-sang

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