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Excavator
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Excavator

2017-07-27 · 92 min · ★ 7.6

Drama

20 years after discharge from the army and now an excavator driver, a former paratrooper who had been mobilized to suppress the May 18th Democratic Uprising in Korea in 1980, happens to find a skull in the ground one day. Driving his excavator, he pays visits to his former superiors one by one and realizes they were all both assailants and victims of the times.

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Directors
Lee Ju-hyoung
Production companies
Kim Ki Duk Film
Countries
South Korea
Status
Released

Top Cast

Uhm Tae-woongUhm Tae-woong
Kim Kyung-ikKim Kyung-ik
Jeong Se-hyeong
Jo Deok-jaeJo Deok-jae
Jo Young-jinJo Young-jin
Kim Jung-palKim Jung-pal
Cho Won-heeCho Won-hee
Shin Yoo-ramShin Yoo-ram
Son Byung-hoSon Byung-ho
Son Jin-hwanSon Jin-hwan
Jang Jin-heeJang Jin-hee
Yoo Chang-sookStone Bridge Grandmother
Shin Hye-kyungShin Hye-kyung
Kim Jin-manKim Jin-manGuard 1
Jin Tae-geonBattalion Commander's Grandson

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