Kim Dae Jung Must Not Die
“A man sentenced to death stands with his people before history”
2024•NR•2h 6m•8.2•Released
DocumentaryHistory
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.
Director
Min Hwan-ki
Writer
Bang Hyeon-seok
Languages
Korean
Studio
Myung Films
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)
Kwon No-gab
Self
Kim Sang-hyun
Self (archive footage)
Kim Sung-jae
Self
Kim Ok-du
Self
Namgung Jin
Self
Moon Dong-hwan
Self (archive footage)
Production
Company
Myung Films
Company
Cinema 6411
Producer
Shim Jae-myung
Producer
Lee Eun
Producer
Choi Nak-yong
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