Movie · 2007
May 18
“The day a nation's conscience died.”
Released 25 July 2007 118 min Drama / History More from 2007 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Song Jae-ho
as Priest Kim
Na Moon-hee
as Naju-daek
Ahn Sung-ki
as Park Heung-soo
Park Yong-su
as Major general Jung
Kwon Tae-won
as Brigadier general Choi
Son Byung-ho
as Teacher Jung
Lee Eol
as Lieutenant Colonel Bae
Park Cheol-min
as In-bong
Uhm Hyo-seop
as Captain Kim
Park Won-sang
as Yong-dae
Kim Sang-kyung
as Kang Min-woo
Lee Yo-won
as Park Shin-ae
Baek Bong-ki
as Won-ki
Lee Joon-gi
as Kang Jin-woo
Yoo Hyung-gwan
as Byung-jo's father
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The numbers
43years between the oldest and youngest billed
68Song Jae-ho — oldest on the call sheet
25Lee Joon-gi — youngest billed
43average age of the credited cast