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Kim Dae Jung Must Not Die
“A man sentenced to death stands with his people before history”
8.2 / 10• 2024• 2h 6m•NR• Korean
DocumentaryHistory
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Kim Dae-jung
Self (archive footage)
Lead
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
CN
Choi Nak-yong
Reenactor
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Min Hwan-ki's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Kim Dae Jung Must Not Die is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
