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Excavator

Excavator

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Drama
📜 Overview: 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.
🌏 Languages Available: Korean
📆 Date Released: 2017-07-27
⌚ Running Time: 92 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 7.7

Beloved Cast

Uhm Tae-woong original image
Uhm Tae-woong
Kim Kyung-ik original image
Kim Kyung-ik
Jeong Se-hyeong original image
Jeong Se-hyeong
Jo Deok-jae original image
Jo Deok-jae
Jo Young-jin original image
Jo Young-jin
Kim Jung-pal original image
Kim Jung-pal
Cho Won-hee original image
Cho Won-hee
Shin Yoo-ram original image
Shin Yoo-ram
Son Byung-ho original image
Son Byung-ho
Son Jin-hwan original image
Son Jin-hwan
Jang Jin-hee original image
Jang Jin-hee

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