Democratization Movement Movies

  • 2017
    A Taxi Driver

    A Taxi Driver

    A Taxi Driver

    8.0752017HD

    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 foreig...

    A Taxi Driver
  • 2000
    Peppermint Candy

    Peppermint Candy

    Peppermint Candy

    7.52000HD

    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 demea...

    Peppermint Candy
  • 2017
    1987: When the Day Comes

    1987: When the Day Comes

    1987: When the Day Comes

    8.12017HD

    In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government of offic...

    1987: When the Day Comes
  • 2013
    The Attorney

    The Attorney

    The Attorney

    7.7772013HD

    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 attorney...

    The Attorney
  • 2018
    The March for the Lost

    The March for the Lost

    The March for the Lost

    42018HD

    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...

    The March for the Lost
  • 2017
    Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower

    Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower

    Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower

    7.32017HD

    When the Chinese Communist Party backtracks on its promise of autonomy to Hong Kong, teenager Joshua Wong decides to save his city. Rallying thousands...

    Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower
  • 1996
    A Petal

    A Petal

    A Petal

    71996HD

    A young girl is caught up in the 1980 Gwangju massacre, where Korean soldiers killed hundreds, if not thousands, of protesters who opposed the country...

    A Petal
  • 2012
    National Security

    National Security

    National Security

    7.52012HD

    On September 4, 1984, democracy movement leader Kim Jong Tae is arrested and taken to an infamous interrogation facility in Namyeong-dong. For the nex...

    National Security
  • 2024
    1980: The Unforgettable Day

    1980: The Unforgettable Day

    1980: The Unforgettable Day

    4.32024HD

    There is HWAPYONG Restaurant with full of hopes of the family of three generations. Grandfather, the first-generation owner, and the first son, the se...

    1980: The Unforgettable Day
  • 2007
    May 18

    May 18

    May 18

    6.92007HD

    The citizens of Gwangju lead a relatively peaceful life, until one day the military takes over the city, accusing the residents of conspiracy and clai...

    May 18
  • 2017
    Excavator

    Excavator

    Excavator

    7.72017HD

    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 Up...

    Excavator
  • 2004
    The President's Barber

    The President's Barber

    The President's Barber

    7.12004HD

    A well-meaning but politically naive barber gets pulled into the inner circle of the South Korean dictator Park Chung-Hee, with rather baleful consequ...

    The President's Barber
  • 2007
    Scout

    Scout

    Scout

    7.12007HD

    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 cuttin...

    Scout
  • 2018
    The Hinzpeter Story

    The Hinzpeter Story

    The Hinzpeter Story

    82018HD

    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 being...

    The Hinzpeter Story
  • 2023
    Swallow

    Swallow

    Swallow

    6.72023HD

    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 fraktsiy...

    Swallow
  • 1989
    Oh! Dreamland

    Oh! Dreamland

    Oh! Dreamland

    01989HD

    After the Gwangju Democratization Movement is terminated by brute force, Jong Soo runs from the authorities and goes to Dongducheon in search of Tae H...

    Oh! Dreamland
  • 1990
    The Song of Resurrection

    The Song of Resurrection

    The Song of Resurrection

    01990HD

    Cheol-gi who dreams of a society that embraces justice begins classes at a night school. There he learns about political and social contradictions and...

    The Song of Resurrection
  • 2020
    Gwangju Video: The Missing

    Gwangju Video: The Missing

    Gwangju Video: The Missing

    5.52020HD

    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 tru...

    Gwangju Video: The Missing
  • 2011
    No Name Stars

    No Name Stars

    No Name Stars

    02011HD

    This year is the 30th anniversary of the Gwangju Democratization Movement. Though the country commemorates the event as the official historical record...

    No Name Stars
  • 2019
    Kim-Gun

    Kim-Gun

    Kim-Gun

    82019HD

    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...

    Kim-Gun