DramaHistory
May 18
"The day a nation's conscience died."
User Score47 votes
69%6.9/10
Release2007→
Runtime1H 58M
LanguageKorean
StatusReleased
Synopsis
The citizens of Gwangju lead a relatively peaceful life, until one day the military takes over the city, accusing the residents of conspiracy and claiming that they are communist sympathisers preparing a revolution against the current government. Seeing as the soldiers beat defenceless people, mainly students, to death, the citizens are in for retaliation and form a militia.
Principal Cast8
Kim Sang-kyung
Kang Min-woo
Ahn Sung-ki
Park Heung-soo
Lee Yo-won
Park Shin-ae
Lee Joon-gi
Kang Jin-woo
Park Cheol-min
In-bong
Park Won-sang
Yong-dae
Song Jae-ho
Priest Kim
Na Moon-hee
Naju-daek
Media6
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Director
Kim Ji-hoon
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Keywords
historical event1980sgwangju uprisinggwangjudemocratization movement
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Countries:South Korea
Production:CJ EntertainmentKiHweck ShiDae