En la década de 1970, Corea está bajo el control absoluto del presidente Park, que controla el KCIA, la organización con una ventaja sobre cualquier rama del gobierno. El director de KCIA, KIM Gyu-pyeong, es el segundo al mando aparentemente más prospectivo. En medio del reinado del miedo, un ex director de KCIA, PARK Yong-gak, que sabe todo sobre las oscuras operaciones del gobierno, se exilia a los EE. UU. Donde se está llevando a cabo la investigación del "Koreagate". A medida que aumenta la tensión, se desarrolla la sofocante maniobra política de todos los segundos al mando.
Un barbero bienintencionado pero políticamente ingenuo es arrastrado al círculo íntimo del dictador surcoreano Park Chung-Hee, con consecuencias bastante funestas para su desventurada familia. Esta aguda sátira política cubre aproximadamente veinte años en la historia política de Corea del Sur, desde el punto de vista del hijo del barbero.
On October 26, 1979, President Park Chung-hee, who had ruled South Korea since 1961, was assassinated by his director of intelligence. The film depicts the events of that night.
In 1971 birth control was a major policy drive of the Korean government. Nevertheless, one poor farming village went against the trend, boasting the highest fertility rate in the country. This peaceful Yongdu Village receives an unwelcome visitor, the national family planning officer Hyun-joo, to oversee the villagers nocturnal pleasures. However as a single lady with little experience of her own, Hyun-joo finds it nearly impossible persuade the residents to use contraception. She finally appoints the village head Suk-gu as the local support officer and thus begins the “0% Birth Rate Project.” Appointing him brings more turmoil to the villagers and when the President comes to inspect…
En 1973 Kim Dae-jung, fuerte opositor del entonces presidente Park Chung-Hee, se exilia en Japón desde donde continúa ejerciendo la oposición, manifestándose a favor de la reunificación de Corea del sur y Corea del norte. Kim desaparecerá del hotel de Tokio donde está alojado y 5 días más tarde aparecerá sano y salvo cerca de su casa en Seúl. Todo parece apuntar a que las agencias coreanas y japonesas hayan cooperado en el secuestro.
Former Minister of National Security, Park Jin-wook, is kidnapped from the US by South Korean agents because he was about to reveal secrets concerning the rise of the military dictatorship of the 1980's.
Names of Revolution recalls the memories of those who participated in the struggle to rewrite the history of the “Busan-Masan Democratic Protests,” which has been under-represented in modern Korean history. As the then college students, seamstresses, mold technicians, combat police, workers, bus drivers, advertising planners, and photojournalists pour out their memories from over 40 years ago before the camera, vivid words come to life.
My father led a coup in 1961. Two years later, I became the president's daughter.
