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1987: When the Day Comes

Movie"The truth must be told."
Audience Score
81
NR 2 hr 9 minHistory, Drama, Thriller
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.
WriterKim Kyung-chan

Movie Details

Movie Budget:$12,308,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$49,380,115 (Worldwide)
Original Language:Korean
Executive Producers:Lee Woo-jeong
Production Companies:CJ Entertainment, Woojeong Film