Film Information
Year: 2023
Duration: 141
Language: VOSE
Genre: Drama History
Synopsis
12.12: The Day (2023) is set against the backdrop of the military insurrection that took place on the night of December 12, 1979 in South Korea, two months after the assassination of President Park Chung Hee. The coup is led by Chun Doo-hwan (Hwang Jung-min), commander of the Defense Security Command, supported by a group of loyal officers. The film evokes the reluctance of a section of the army to the uprising by a group of military followers of Lee Tae-shin (Jung Woo-sung), commander of the Capital Defense Command. Lee Tae-shin, a stubborn soldier who believes that the military should not take political action, opposes Chun Doo-hwan and tries to stop him. The conflict between the two intensifies, as the military leaders stand firm in their decision and the Minister of Defense, after prolonged resistance, disappears. This film shows how a coup d’état takes place and a dictatorship is established.
Director
Kim Sung-soo (Seoul, 1961) is a screenwriter and film director who studied at the Korea National University of Arts (K-Arts), where he majored in film. He quickly made it into the Korean film industry by directing his first feature films. His first, Run Away (1995), was inspired by one of his previous short films Dead End (1993). In his debut he already introduced the noir genre in Korean cinema, both with Beat (1997) and City of the Rising Sun (1998),two blockbusters that portray hopeless youth. Later, he directred Virus (2013) and Asura: The City of Madness (2016). 12.12: The Day (2023) emerges from a personal experience. At the age of 19, on the night of December 12, 1979, Kim Sung-soo heard gunshots from his home in Hannam-dong, Seoul. This film chronicles how the life of a country changed as a result of the military insurrection of December 12, 1979 and the dictatorship it instituted until 1993.
Casa Àsia | Seu Social 
