The President's Last Bang (trailer)

http://www.kino.com/thepresidentslastbang/
The President's Last Bang (Geuddae geusaramdeul)
Director: Im Sangsoo
Starring: Baek Yun-Shik, Han Suk-kyu, Jeong Won-Jung

The President's Last Bang (Hangul: 그때 그사람들) is a 2005 satiric black comedy film by South Korean director Im Sang-soo about the events leading to and the aftermath of the assassination of former Korean President Park Chung-hee by his close friend and Korean Intelligence Agency director Kim Jae-kyu.

The fictional portrayal of the former President has raised a storm of controversy, leading to a suit against the film by Park Chung-hee's only son, Park Ji-man. In 2005, a ruling by the Seoul Central Court ordered that 3 minutes and 50 seconds of documentary footage (mostly of demonstrations) be censored out of the film. In response, the director had the excised footage replaced with a blank screen for its running time. During its theatrical run, both nationally and internationally, only the censored version was shown.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_President%27s_Last_Bang

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[TheHaeresiarch]

@yurikomuro No, I'm asking for an answer. There wasn't an implicit "they don't".

[yurikomuro]

@TheHaeresiarch fail troll is fail.

[yurikomuro]

@TheHaeresiarch take a trip up to north korea why dont you

[TheHaeresiarch]

@yurikomuro Why should individual liberty and human rights matter?

[yurikomuro]

@pierrotsmovie sure live in your free little safe world.

[pierrotsmovie]

@yurikomuro

Actually this movie is pretty accurate depiction of events though rather harsh to Director Kim of KCIA. Why do people always make up conspiracy stories out of thin air? Must be bored or something.

[yurikomuro]

@MattressGallery those countries maybe in poverty but truth is people have a more healthy mentally and happier than Korea and Japan. Again just reinforces my opinion that "high standard of living" do not equate material wealth.

[yurikomuro]

@MattressGallery I mean you think Korean society has any respect for individual liberty and human rights? Do you think Japan, even with all its material wealth has changed its thinking? Its changing in younger generation but still older generation 's ideologies seems to lag behind the economic progress and internationalization of Korea and Japan.

[yurikomuro]

@MattressGallery you realize the concept of basic human neccesities were finally being met in those times? high standard of living doesnt only refer to material well being but social, cultural, and level of liberty. You are right about materialistically Korea is better off, but still falls short of "high standard" when looking at the other important factors that contribute to happiness; Koreans are not happy people.

[MattressGallery]

@yurikomuro

Compared to the 70s, when most households did not have electricity or indoor plumbing, when many parents could not afford to feed their children three times a day, and white rice was a luxury among farmers, we have an excellent standard of living. The suicide rate comes mostly from pressure to succeed in a collectivist homogenous society (as it does in Japan).

Also, please go to Vietnam or Philippines if you want to see real poverty.