Overview
- Netflix said Monday it had begun production on The Generals, a feature from The Spy Gone North director Yoon Jong-bin.
- Son Suk-ku leads as future president Roh Tae-woo, with Ha Jung-woo as military ruler Chun Doo-hwan, portraying classmates whose alliance turns into a contest for power.
- Ji Chang-wook, Hyun Bong-sik, and Seo Hyun-woo join the cast in roles tied to the generals’ inner circle, including a rival junior officer and a prosecutor close to Roh.
- Moonlight Film and Sanai Pictures are producing the project for exclusive streaming on Netflix, and no release date has been announced.
- The story revisits a sensitive chapter in Korean history that saw Chun seize power in a 1979 coup and Roh later win the 1988 presidency before both men were convicted in 1996 and pardoned in 1997.