(Korean: Seoului Bom / Spring of Seoul) is a 2023 South Korean historical political action-drama film directed by Kim Sung-su. [1, 2]
Overview and Plot
Release Date: November 22, 2023
Runtime: 141 minutes
Starring: Hwang Jung-min, Jung Woo-sung, Lee Sung-min, Park Hae-joon, and Kim Sung-kyun
Premise: The film dramatizes the intense nine-hour emergency and military coup d'état that unfolded on December 12, 1979, following the assassination of President Park.
Conflict: Defense Security Commander Chun Doo-gwang (loosely based on Chun Doo-hwan) leads a rebel military faction to seize power, while Capital Defense Commander Lee Tae-shin (loosely based on Jang Tae-wan) desperately tries to stop them and protect military neutrality.