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26 Years (2012)

26 Years poster
Original title
26년
Directed by
Cho Geun-hyeon
Genre
action film, thriller film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
2h 15m
Rated
15
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 74 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In 2012 South Korea, five ordinary people including a sports shooter and a gangster plot to kill the man who ordered a 1980 massacre in Gwangju. They work together over years to carry out their revenge.

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What happens

26 Years (Korean: 26년; RR: 26 nyeon) is a 2012 South Korean film based on the popular 2006 manhwa serialized online by manhwaga 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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