“Kim Gun” begins with a photo of an armed young man taken during the 1980 Gwangju Uprising and the ensuing Massacre. 35 years later, the identity of the man has become a source of controversy: ex-army official Jee Man Won claims the man is one of the North Korean special agents whose mission was to instigate anti-government harsh. Outraged survivors consider legal actions against Jee for defamation and inflammatory , but failto find any witnesses who remember the man. It is when Joo Ok, a 56-year-old laundry woman, sees the photo and recognizes the face that things begin to change. Joo remembers him as “Kim Gun,” a homeless man who collected scraps on the street and slept under a local bridge. Starting from Joo’s memory, the documentary sets out in search of the missing young man.
Kim Gun
Release Date: May 23, 2019
Duration: 1 hr. 25 min.
Year: 2019
Country: South Korea
Native Title: 김군
Content Rating: 13+ – Teens 13 or older
Alternative Titles: Gimgun
Genre: Documentary