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1987: When the Day Comes

1987: When the Day Comes

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 27, 2017

Runtime

2h 9m

Genres

Drama, History, Thriller

User Score

81%

Original Title

1987

Production Companies

CJ Entertainment, Woojeong Film

Director

Jang Joon-hwan

Budget

$12,308,000

Revenue

$49,380,115

Description

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.