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26 Years

26 Years

20126.82h 15m

Overview

26 years ago, state troops were ordered to open fire on civilians in the city of Gwangju who were demonstrating as apart of a democratic movement. Thousands of civilians were killed. Now, a shooter from the national team, a gang member, a policeman, CEO from a large company and director of a private security outfit get involved in a plan to assassinate the former dictator responsible for the massacre.

Directed by Cho Keun-hyun
Written by Lee Hae-young, Kang Full, Cho Keun-hyun
Produced by Choi Yong-bae
Box OfficeBudget: $4.3M0

Top Cast

Jin Goo

Jin Goo

Gwak Jin-bae

Han Hye-jin

Han Hye-jin

Shim Mi-jin

Im Seul-ong

Im Seul-ong

Gwon Jeong-hyeok

Bae Soo-bin

Bae Soo-bin

Kim Ju-an

Lee Kyung-young

Lee Kyung-young

Kim Gap-se

Jang Kwang

Jang Kwang

The man

Lee Mi-do

Lee Mi-do

Jin-bae's Mother

Jo Deok-jae

Jo Deok-jae

Ma Sang-yeol

Kim Eui-sung

Kim Eui-sung

Mr. Choi

Kim Do-yoon

Kim Do-yoon

Police Officer in Plain Clothes

Themes & Keywords

based on comicrevengegwangju uprisinggwangjukorea presidentbased on webcomic or webtoonchun doo-hwan

About 26 Years

26 Years is a drama, thriller film released in 2012 exploring themes of based on comic, revenge, gwangju uprising, gwangju, korea president, based on webcomic or webtoon. Directed by Cho Keun-hyun, it stars Jin Goo, Han Hye-jin, Im Seul-ong. 26 years ago, state troops were ordered to open fire on civilians in the city of Gwangju who were demonstrating as apart of a democratic movement. Thousands of civilians were killed. Now, a shooter from the national team, a gang member, a policeman, CEO from a large company and director of a private security outfit get involved in a plan to assassinate the former dictator responsible for the massacre.

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