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5th Republic
5th Republic is still now a controversial drama regarding the Fifth Republic of South Korea, one of the most turbulent times in modern history. Even the 41-episode tv show covered the crucial characteristics of the span from President Park Chunghee's assassination to overall Chun Doo-hwan's military coup along with his bloody rise to power, as well as the consequent conflicts between your pro-democratic movement and Chun's military regime and also the behindthescenes power struggles that ultimately contributed to R-OH Tae-woo's presidential string in 1987.
Considering the delicate character of the subject material, 5th Republic conduct a fine line between fiction and fact, and faced many struggles even before the beginning of the production - one which was worries from political characters who threatened to sue the network for defamation if the script wasn't modified. There is concern over the drama character's potential glorification Chun Doo-hwan played by Lee Deok-hwa whose charisma helped draw throughout the drama broadcast on MBC in 2005 in audience.
Released: 1999-04-23
Genre:
Drama