Democratization Movement Movies
- 2017
A Taxi Driver
A Taxi Driver8.0682017HD
May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a...
- 2017
1987: When the Day Comes
1987: When the Day Comes8.12017HD
In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government of...
- 2000
Peppermint Candy
Peppermint Candy7.52000HD
In the spring of 1999, a group of old friends gather to celebrate their 20 year reunion. Among the group is Yeong-ho, a cold, unhappy man, whose...
- 2013
The Attorney
The Attorney7.7772013HD
In the early 1980s, South Korea is torn by student protests over the lack of representation in the government. Song Woo-Seok is a successful...
- 2007
May 18
May 186.92007HD
The citizens of Gwangju lead a relatively peaceful life, until one day the military takes over the city, accusing the residents of conspiracy and...
- 2004
The President's Barber
The President's Barber7.12004HD
A well-meaning but politically naive barber gets pulled into the inner circle of the South Korean dictator Park Chung-Hee, with rather baleful...
- 2017
Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower
Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower7.32017HD
When the Chinese Communist Party backtracks on its promise of autonomy to Hong Kong, teenager Joshua Wong decides to save his city. Rallying...
- 1996
A Petal
A Petal71996HD
A young girl is caught up in the 1980 Gwangju massacre, where Korean soldiers killed hundreds, if not thousands, of protesters who opposed the...
- 2024
1980: The Unforgettable Day
1980: The Unforgettable Day4.32024HD
There is HWAPYONG Restaurant with full of hopes of the family of three generations. Grandfather, the first-generation owner, and the first son, the...
- 2017
Excavator
Excavator7.72017HD
20 years after discharge from the army and now an excavator driver, a former paratrooper who had been mobilized to suppress the May 18th Democratic...
- 2018
The March for the Lost
The March for the Lost42018HD
This is the story of a father who died mysteriously in May of 1980, a mother who lives in the shadows with a bullet in her head and not being able to...
- 2012
National Security
National Security7.52012HD
On September 4, 1984, democracy movement leader Kim Jong Tae is arrested and taken to an infamous interrogation facility in Namyeong-dong. For the...
- 2020
Gwangju Video: The Missing
Gwangju Video: The Missing5.52020HD
There are people whose lives have been shaken by the 'Gwangju Video'. On May of 1980, the course of their lives changed in front of a huge wave of...
- 2007
Scout
Scout7.12007HD
1980, Kwang-ju is fired up about a genius pitcher, a senior in high school. Ho-chang takes confident strides across the field making his way by...
- 1989
Oh! Dreamland
Oh! Dreamland01989HD
After the Gwangju Democratization Movement is terminated by brute force, Jong Soo runs from the authorities and goes to Dongducheon in search of Tae...
- 1990
The Song of Resurrection
The Song of Resurrection01990HD
Cheol-gi who dreams of a society that embraces justice begins classes at a night school. There he learns about political and social contradictions...
- 2023
Swallow
Swallow6.72023HD
Mother disappeared. Son faces the truth that was hidden for thirty years. In 1983, a twisted love story among a woman, a revolutionary, and a...
- 2022
Blooming over the line
Blooming over the line62022HD
Born in 1918 in the ideal village of independence activists in the northern part of Manchuria, pastor Moon Ik-hwan lost his childhood friend Yun...
- 2018
The Hinzpeter Story
The Hinzpeter Story82018HD
In May of 1980, the city is locked down and phone lines are dead because of protests and struggles in demand of democracy. Just when Gwangju was...
- 2019
Kim-Gun
Kim-Gun82019HD
KIM-GUN searches for the whereabouts of a young man whose identity has sparked a national controversy over the 1980 May 18 Gwangju Uprising. Starting...