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Release Year2024
Runtime2h 06m
LanguageKorean
CertificationNR
GenresDocumentary, History
Votes4
DirectorMin Hwan-ki
WritersBang Hyeon-seok
TypeFeature Film
Rating8.2 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsKim Dae Jung Must Not Die
About Kim Dae Jung Must Not Die
Kim Dae Jung, who stands next to people in the middle of caotic history! A young businessman Kim Dae Jung recognized the victims of ideology. He decided to be a politician to make his country where people's politic and democracy are rooted. The price of being leave from a guaranteed future and take the first step on a bumby road was kidnapping, death threats, imprisonment, and a death sentence that shook him to the core, but even in his final moments, when he was sentenced to death, Kim never wavered. "Democracy will be recovered. I believe in it." The life of President Kim Dae-jung, a death row inmate who survived from the throes of death, four parliamentary elections, and three unsuccessful presidential campaigns, is etched into the modern history of South Korea.
Directed by Min Hwan-ki, Kim Dae Jung Must Not Die leans on a strong ensemble — Kim Dae-jung, Jang Hyun-sung, Jeon So-hyun — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about documentary titles of 2024.
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