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26 Years is a film of genre Drama with Jin Goo
26 Years (2012)
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Add to a movie list26 Years (Hangul: 26년; RR: 26 Nyeon) is a 2012 South Korean film based on the popular 2006 manhwa serialized online by cartoonist Kang Full. It is the fictional story of five ordinary people (a sports shooter, a gangster, a policeman, a businessman, and head of a private security firm) who band together in order to assassinate the man responsible for the massacre of innocent civilians in Gwangju in May 1980.
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The story deals with one of the most tragic and critical events in South Korean history. On May 18, 1980 in the city of Gwangju, state troops were ordered to open fire on civilians, killing and wounding thousands. Former president Chun Doo-hwan is believed to have given the order, and although he is not named explicitly in the film, the target of the assassination attempt is clearly meant to represent Chun, who was convicted in 1996 of crimes related to the Gwangju Massacre, but later pardoned by President Kim Dae-jung.Actors
Jin Goo
(Kwak Jin-bae (gangster))
Han Hye-jin
(Shim Mi-jin (shooter of national team))
Han Hye-jin
(Shim Mi-jin)
Bae Soo-bin
(Kim Ju-an)
Seulong
(Gwon Jeong-hyeok)
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