Kim Dae Jung Must Not Die (2024)

  • NR
  • 01/06/2024 (US)
  • Documentary, History
  • 2h 6m

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.

Min Hwan-ki

Director

Bang Hyeon-seok

Writer

Cast

Kim Dae-jung's headshot

Kim Dae-jung

Self (archive footage)
Jang Hyun-sung's headshot

Jang Hyun-sung

Narrator / Kim Dae-jung (voice)
Jeon So-hyun's headshot

Jeon So-hyun

Lee Hee-ho (voice)
Kim Do-young's headshot

Kim Do-young

Reenactor
Kim Jae-rok's headshot

Kim Jae-rok

Reenactor
Seo Suk-kyu's headshot

Seo Suk-kyu

Reenactor
Kim Nam-hee's headshot

Kim Nam-hee

Reenactor
Choi Nak-yong's headshot

Choi Nak-yong

Reenactor

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