

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
DirectorBang Hyeon-seok
WriterCast

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