3rd Pairing for Stars in JANG Joon-hwan’s Thriller 1987
The thriller will deal with the political crisis that led to the June Democratic Uprising in 1987 which ended the military regime of President CHUN Doo-hwan. The struggle kicked off when a group revealed the cause of PARK Jong-chul’s death, a student activist, to be waterboarding techniques used during interrogation sessions.
Director JANG is known for his 2003 cult classic
Save the Green Planet, which he eventually followed up with
Hwayi: A Monster Boy (2013), featuring KIM Yun-seok in the lead role. Serving as screenwriter is
Cart (2014) scribe KIM Kyung-chan.
CJ Entertainment is on board to finance and distribute the film which will go into production in the first half of next year.