1987: When the Day Comes(2017)
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.
Movie: 1987: When the Day Comes
Top 10 Billed Cast
Park Cheo-won
Prosecutor Choi Hwan
Han Byung-yong
Yeon-hee
Detective Jo Han-kyung
Reporter Yoon Sang-sam
Kim Jung-nam
Park Jong-chul
Lee Han-yeol
Jang Se-dong
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