Movie
May 18
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2007-07-25
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- CJ Entertainment, KiHweck ShiDae
- Country
- South Korea
- Original language
- KO
Cast
- Kim Sang-kyung as Kang Min-woo
- Ahn Sung-ki as Park Heung-soo
- Lee Yo-won as Park Shin-ae
- Lee Joon-gi as Kang Jin-woo
- Park Cheol-min as In-bong
- Park Won-sang as Yong-dae
- Song Jae-ho as Priest Kim
- Na Moon-hee as Naju-daek
- Kwon Tae-won as Brigadier general Choi
- Uhm Hyo-seop as Captain Kim
- Park Yong-su as Major general Jung
- Lee Eol as Lieutenant Colonel Bae
Crew
- Kim Ji-hoon - Director
- Na Hyun - Screenplay
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