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.
- Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
- Studio: CJ Entertainment, Woojeong Film
- Keyword: students' movement, protest, democracy, military dictatorship, historical event, student protest, communism, 1980s, democratization movement, south korea, seoul, south korea
- Cast: Kim Yun-seok, Ha Jung-woo, Yoo Hai-jin, Kim Tae-ri, Park Hee-soon, Lee Hee-jun