Year: 2007
Runtime: 118 mins
Language: Korean
Director: Kim Ji-hoon
A tranquil Gwangju is shattered when the military seizes control, accusing residents of conspiracy and labeling them communist sympathisers plotting a revolt. Soldiers brutally beat defenseless civilians, especially students, to death. In response, the populace organizes a militia to resist the oppression.
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