1987: When the Day Comes

2017 · Directed by Jang Joon-hwan

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.

drama thriller

Cast: Kim Tae-ri, Park Hee-soon, Jo Woo-jin, Yeo Jin-goo, Moon So-ri, Woo Hyeon, Park Ji-hwan, Yoo Hae-jin, Park Kyung-hye, Hyun Bong-sik

Rating: 8.018/10 from 110 votes