Kim Sang-kyung
Kang Min-woo
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The film is based on the Gwangju massacre on May 18, 1980. It occurred when General Chun Doo-hwan tried to eliminate any rebels by using military force. Min-woo (Kim Sang-kyung) leads a relatively peaceful life with his younger brother Jin-woo (Lee Joon-gi)—until the day the soldiers go on the rampage against the citizens. The citizens form a ...
May 18: Directed by Ji-hoon Kim. With Kim Sang-kyung, Lee Yo-won, Ahn Sung-ki, Kwon Tae-won. The story of events leading up to the 1980 Gwangju massacre in South Korea when thousands of students and protesters were killed by armed troops during an anti-government demonstration.
- (1.4K)
- Drama, History
- Ji-hoon Kim
- 2007-07-25
The events leading up to the Gwangju massacre in South Korea where troops fired on students. This dramatization of an important day in Korean history finds soldiers abusing civilians after a ...
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- Kim Ji-Hoon
- Drama
- Kim Sang-Kyung
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- Kim Ji-Hoon
- 118 min
Jul 25, 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.
Covers ten days in May, 1980, when thousands of people in the city of Gwangju were killed by armed troops during massive antigovernment demonstrations. The events remain politically contentious, with some locals believing American military commanders stationed in Seoul may have given their implicit.
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