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26 Years (film)

26 Years
26 Years-poster.jpg
Promotional poster for 26 Years
Directed by Cho Geun-hyun
Produced by Choi Yong-bae
Written by Lee Hae-young
Based on 26 Years
by Kang Full
Starring Jin Goo
Han Hye-jin
Bae Soo-bin
Im Seulong
Music by Lee Jin-hee
Kim Hong-jib
Cinematography Kim Tae-kyung
Edited by Hahm Sung-won
Son Yeon-ji
Distributed by Invent Stone Corp.
Chungeorahm Film
Release date
  • November 29, 2012 (2012-11-29)
Running time
135 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean
Budget ₩6.6 billion
Box office ₩21,174,488,145
Korean name
Hangul 26년
Revised Romanization 26 Nyeon
McCune–Reischauer 26 Nyŏn

26 Years (Hangul26년; RR26 Nyeon) is a 2012 South Korean film based on the popular 2006 manhwa serialized online by cartoonist Kang Full. It is the fictional story of five ordinary people (a sports shooter, a gangster, a policeman, a businessman, and head of a private security firm) who band together in order to assassinate the man responsible for the massacre of innocent civilians in Gwangju in May 1980.

The story deals with one of the most tragic and critical events in South Korean history. On May 18, 1980 in the city of Gwangju, state troops were ordered to open fire on civilians, killing and wounding thousands. Former president Chun Doo-hwan is believed to have given the order, and although he is not named explicitly in the film, the target of the assassination attempt is clearly meant to represent Chun, who was convicted in 1996 of crimes related to the Gwangju Massacre, but later pardoned by President Kim Dae-jung.

26 years later in 2006, five people who consider themselves as some of the biggest victims of the massacre, plot a top-secret project to exact revenge by assassinating the man responsible. Kwon Jung-hyuk is a newly recruited policeman who lost his family in the massacre; he is now responsible for the cars that have access to the target's house. Kwak Jin-bae is a young gangster from an organized crime group whose father was also killed. Olympic sharpshooter Shim Mi-jin, a CEO from a large company and the director of a private security firm are also involved. As a former president, "that man" lives under police protection in an affluent district of Seoul, but through a combination of ingenuity, skill, and well-placed money they are able to draw within shooting distance of their target.

Kang Full's webtoon illustrated the brutal suppression by the dictatorial administration of the time, putting emphasis on the overcoming of interpersonal and societal barriers.


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