--- title: '1987: When the Day Comes (2017)' type: 'film' director: 'Jang Joon-hwan' released: '2017-12-27' runtime_minutes: 129 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'South Korea' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/1987-when-the-day-comes-2017' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6493286/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # 1987: When the Day Comes (2017) 2017 · 129 min · Drama · South Korea Original title: 1987 ## Synopsis 1987: When the Day Comes is a 2017 South Korean political thriller film directed by Jang Joon-hwan and written by Kim Kyung-chan. The film stars Kim Yoon-seok, Ha Jung-woo, Yoo Hae-jin, Kim Tae-ri, Park Hee-soon and Lee Hee-joon. Set in 1987 and based on a true story, the film focuses on the events that led up to the June Democratic Uprising in Korea, triggered by the death of a student protester during police interrogation which the authorities conspired to cover up. Jang compared the overall structure of the film to a relay race, with the focus of the story shifting between several characters to convey the collective effort of political resistance. The film was released in theaters on December 27, 2017. ## Credits - **Director:** [Jang Joon-hwan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jang-joon-hwan) - **Original Music Composer:** [Kim Tae-seong](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-tae-seong) - **Director of Photography:** [Kim Woo-hyung](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-woo-hyung) - **Editor:** [Yang Jin-mo](https://cinepixo.com/people/yang-jin-mo) ## Cast - [Yoo Hai-Jin](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoo-hai-jin) as 한병용 - [Kim Eui-sung](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-eui-sung) - [Kim Tae-ri](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-tae-ri) as 이연희 - [Park Hee-soon](https://cinepixo.com/people/park-hee-soon) as 조한경 - [Kim Yun-seok](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-yun-seok) - [Yeo Jin-goo](https://cinepixo.com/people/yeo-jin-goo) as Bak Jong-cheol - [Ha Jung-woo](https://cinepixo.com/people/ha-jung-woo) as Choi Hwan - [Lee Hee-joon](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-hee-joon) as 윤상삼 - [Gang Dong-won](https://cinepixo.com/people/gang-dong-won) as Lee Han-yeol ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/1987-when-the-day-comes-2017 Film facts: Wikidata (Q30115075); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.