Drama
A young girl is caught up in the 1980 Gwangju massacre, where Korean soldiers killed hundreds, if not thousands, of protesters who opposed the country's takeover by the military the year before. Flashbacks show the girl seeing her mother shot to death in the massacre. The film spurred the Korean public to demand the truth behind the incident, and their government eventually opened previously classified files on the massacre.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
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Silmido
The Song of Resurrection
Apostle
Shiri
Lady Vengeance
Best of the Best
The Host
Reparation
The Attorney
The Man Standing Next
Joint Security Area
Vanished
Holiday
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
The Confessions of May in the Wilderness
The President's Last Bang
May 18
Inside Men
The President's Barber
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IMDB 7.1 | Dec , 2003
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IMDB 0 | Mar , 1990
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IMDB 4 | Feb , 2014
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IMDB 6.4 | Feb , 1999
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IMDB 7.5 | Jul , 2005
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IMDB 6.5 | Nov , 1989
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IMDB 7 | Jul , 2006
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IMDB 0 | Mar , 2022
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IMDB 7 | Jan , 2020
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IMDB 7.8 | Sep , 2000
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IMDB 0 | May , 1994
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IMDB 8 | Feb , 2004
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IMDB 8 | Oct , 2020
The movie is a compilation of the movie "Wilderness" in which a member of the airborne unit who killed a girl during the Gwangju Democratization Movement burned himself to death with remorse and "Mr. Kant's Presentation", the story of a man who wanders around as a result of torture after participating as a civilian army.The President's Last Bang
IMDB 6.7 | Feb , 2005
On October 26, 1979, President Park Chung-hee, who had ruled South Korea since 1961, was assassinated by his director of intelligence. The film depicts the events of that night.May 18
IMDB 6.9 | Jul , 2007
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.Inside Men
IMDB 7 | Nov , 2015
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IMDB 7.1 | May , 2004
A well-meaning but politically naive barber gets pulled into the inner circle of the South Korean dictator Park Chung-Hee, with rather baleful consequences for his hapless family. This sharp political satire covers roughly twenty years in South Korean political history, from the viewpoint of the barber's son.