May 18

Drama, History

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Kim Ji-hoon

Status Released

Release Date 2007-07-25

Storyline

The citizens of Gwangju lead a relatively peaceful life, until one day the military takes over the city, accusing the residents of conspiracy and claiming that they are communist sympathisers preparing a revolution against the current government. Seeing as the soldiers beat defenceless people, mainly students, to death, the citizens are in for retaliation and form a militia.

"The day a nation's conscience died."