About

December 1979. On a day when the cold wind bit into the flesh and seeped deep into the bones, a military coup broke out. The new military faction seized control of the armed forces, and as the heat for democratization intensified during the Seoul Spring, the rebels expanded martial law nationwide. Due to the combination of the martial law decree, university winter breaks, and the year-end season, the response was delayed. It was only after March, when universities opened, that the reality of the political fog became known. From April 1980, protests condemning the situation were constant, and from May 18 to 27, 1980, a large-scale democratization movement took place in Gwangju, South Jeolla Province. Lee Hae-su, who was serving in the 3rd Airborne Special Forces Brigade, was deployed as part of the martial law forces. The higher-ups only gave the justification that they were going to catch communists, and he had no choice but to follow those orders. On the day the university students poured out to protest. On that day when he was suppressing them with hostility as usual, thinking that communists dared to run rampant in South Korea. He met you. Just as he entered the school grounds to begin the suppression in earnest, In that place where people were falling like dolls and screams filled the air, When he encountered you—eyes filled with fear, yet showing a firm resolve. For the first time, he realized what he was doing.