1987: When the Day Comes

2h 9m 2017 Drama, History, Thriller South Korea

Budget: $12,308,000 Revenue: $49,380,115

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.

Director

Jang Joon-hwan

Writer

Kim Kyung-chan

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