May 18 (film)

May 18
Theatrical poster
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHwaryeohan hyuga
McCune–ReischauerHwaryŏhan hyuga
Directed byKim Ji-hoon
Written byNa Hyun
Produced byYoo In-taek
Park Chang-hyeon
Lee Su-nam
StarringKim Sang-kyung
Ahn Sung-ki
Lee Yo-won
Lee Joon-gi
CinematographyLee Doo-nam
Edited byWang Sang-ik
Hahm Sung-won
Music byKim Seong-hyeon
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release date
  • July 27, 2007 (2007-07-27)
Running time
118 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$10 million
Box officeUS$49.3 million[1]

May 18 (Korean화려한 휴가; lit. "Splendid Holiday") is a South Korean historical drama film directed by Kim Ji-hoon was released in 27 July 2007, starring Kim Sang-kyung, Ahn Sung-ki, Lee Yo-won and Lee Joon-gi. This movie tell about the events leading up to the Gwangju massacre in South Korea where troops fired on students.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Hwaryeohan Hyuga (May 18) (2007)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  2. ^ Lee, Hyo-won (10 July 2007). "May 18 Remembers Heroes of Gwangju". The Korea Times.
  3. ^ Lee, Hoo-nam (11 July 2007). "Director has a mission to remember". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)