Kim Dae Jung Must Not Die (2024)

01/10/2024 (KR) • 2h 6m

Documentary, History

A man sentenced to death stands with his people before history

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Kim Dae-jung

Self (archive footage)

Jang Hyun-sung

Narrator / Kim Dae-jung (voice)

Jeon So-hyun

Lee Hee-ho (voice)

Kim Do-young

Reenactor

Kim Jae-rok

Reenactor

Seo Suk-kyu

Reenactor

Kim Nam-hee

Reenactor

Choi Nak-yong

Reenactor

Kang Won-yong

Self (archive footage)


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Part of the Kim Dae Jung Trilogy

Includes Kim Dae Jung Must Not Die, President Kim Dae Jung

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Status

Released

Original Language

Korean

Budget

-

Revenue

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Keywords

kim dae-jung

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