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1987: When the Day Comes (2017)

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.

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Top billed cast

Kim Yun-seokPark Cheo-won
Ha Jung-wooProsecutor Choi Hwan
Yoo Hai-jinHan Byung-yong
Kim Tae-riYeon-hee
Park Hee-soonDetective Jo Han-kyung
Lee Hee-junReporter Yoon Sang-sam
Sul Kyung-guKim Jung-nam
Yeo Jin-gooPark Jong-chul
Gang Dong-wonLee Han-yeol
Moon Sung-keunJang Se-dong

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