The citizens of Gwangju lead a relatively peaceful life, until one day the military takes over the city, accusing the residents of conspiracy and claiming that they are communist sympathisers preparing a revolution against the current government. Seeing as the soldiers beat defenceless people, mainly students, to death, the citizens are in for retaliation and form a militia.
as Kang Min-woo
as Park Heung-soo
as Park Shin-ae
as Kang Jin-woo
as In-bong
as Yong-dae
as Priest Kim
as Naju-daek
as Brigadier general Choi
as Captain Kim
as Major general Jung
as Lieutenant Colonel Bae
as Teacher Jung
as Byung-jo's father
as Won-ki
as Sang-pil
as Dong-gyu
as Jin-cheol
as Corporal Yoo
as Private Ko
as In-bong's wife
as Byung-jo's mother
as Miss Lee
as Byung-jo
as Chang-soo