1987: When the Day Comes poster
Director Jang Joon-hwan
Writer Kim Kyung-chan

1987: When the Day Comes

Original Title: 1987

Tagline: The truth must be told.

Release Date: 2017-12-27

Duration: 129 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Park Hee-soon
    Detective Jo Han-kyung
  • Yoo Hae-jin
    Han Byung-yong
  • Kim Tae-ri
    Yeon-hee
  • Yeo Jin-goo
    Park Jong-chul
  • Oh Dal-su
    Journalist (cameo) (uncredited)
  • Park Kyung-hye
    Jung-mi
  • Ha Jung-woo
    Prosecutor Choi Hwan
  • Moon Sung-keun
    Jang Se-dong
  • Ko Chang-seok
    Journalist (cameo) (uncredited)
  • Hyun Bong-sik
    Mr. Park