1987: When the Day Comes (2017)

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.

Title: 1987: When the Day Comes / (1987)

Release Date: 2017-12-27

Runtime: 129 minutes

Director: Jang Joon-hwan

Cast: Kim Yun-seok, Ha Jung-woo, Yoo Hai-jin, Kim Tae-ri, Park Hee-soon, Lee Hee-jun, Sul Kyung-gu, Yeo Jin-goo, Gang Dong-won, Moon Sung-keun

Genres: Drama, History, Thriller

Country: South Korea

Language: Korean

Rating: ★★★★☆ • 8.117 / 10

TMDB: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/437103