Kim Dae Jung Must Not Die (2024)
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
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Kim Dae-jung as Self (archive footage) |
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Jang Hyun-sung as Narrator / Kim Dae-jung (voice) |
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Jeon So-hyun as Lee Hee-ho (voice) |
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Kim Do-young as Reenactor |
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Kim Jae-rok as Reenactor |
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Seo Suk-kyu as Reenactor |
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Kim Nam-hee as Reenactor |
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Choi Nak-yong as Reenactor |
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Kang Won-yong as Self (archive footage) |
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Kwon No-gab as Self |
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Kim Sang-hyun as Self (archive footage) |
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Kim Sung-jae as Self |
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Kim Ok-du as Self |
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Namgung Jin as Self |
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Moon Dong-hwan as Self (archive footage) |
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Ye Chun-ho as Self (archive footage) |
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Lee Geun-pal as Self (archive footage) |
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Lee Moon-young as Self (archive footage) |
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Lee Hyeop as Self |
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Lee Hee-ho as Self (archive footage) |
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Jung Dong-nyeon as Self (archive footage) |
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Cha Eun-gyeong as Self (archive footage) |
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Han Hwa-gab as Self |
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Bruce Cumings as Self |
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David McCann as Self |
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Jerome A. Cohen as Self |
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Park Sang-hoon as Self |
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Seong Han-yong as Self |
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Lee Jong-chan as Self |
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Han Hong-gu as Self |
| Directing | Min Hwan-ki | Director |
| Production | Shim Jae-myung | Producer |
| Production | Lee Eun | Producer |
| Production | Choi Nak-yong | Producer |
| Directing | Hong Da-ye | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Kim Nam-hun | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Jo Yu-gyeong | Editor |
| Writing | Bang Hyeon-seok | Writer |
| Production | Kwon Yeong-rak | Co-Producer |
| Production | Son Byeong-gyu | Co-Producer |
| Production | Lee Jeong-hyeon | Co-Producer |
| Production | Lee Han-seung | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Lim Min-ju | Music Director |
| Sound | Lee Ju-suk | Sound Supervisor |
| Camera | In Byeong-hun | Director of Photography |