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Gwangju uprising drama 'A Petal' returns to Korean theaters in 4K
April 18, 2026
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A Petal, the first South Korean studio film to depict the deadly 1980 military crackdown in Gwangju, will return to theaters on May 14 in a 4K restoration, the film's distributor said Thursday. Directed by Jang Sun-woo and starring Lee Jung-hyun, A Petal follows a 15-year-old girl whose mother was killed during the incident and traces the trauma that unspools through her life in the years that follow.
The rerelease marks 30 years since the film's original opening. The Gwangju Democratic Upri
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