26 Years

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26 Years 26년 26 Nyeon Theatrical release poster Country South Korea Directed by Geun-hyun Cho Release Date 2012 Language Korean Studio Chungeorahm Films Distributor Chungeorahm Films, Invent D (South Korea) Main Cast Character Actor Kwak Jin-bae Jin Goo Shim Mi-jin Han Hye-jin Kwon Jung-hyuk Im Seul-ong Kim Joo-an Bae Soo-bin Kim Gap-se Lee Kyoung-young Chun Doo-hwan Jang Gwang Ma Sang-yeol Jo Duk-je

26 Years (Korean title: 26년, 26 Nyeon) is a 2012 South Korean historical thriller-drama film based on the 2006 webcomic of the same name by Kang Full. The film is set in 2006, 26 years after the South Korean military violently suppressed the citizens of the city of Gwangju protesting against Chun Doo-hwan's military dictatorship in the Gwangju Uprising. The film follows a group of five people close to those who were killed during the uprising as they plan and execute a plot to kill the still alive and heavily-guarded Chun Doo-hwan (Jang Gwang).

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The following weapons were used in the film 26 Years:

Pistols

Colt M1911A1

Multiple characters throughout the film, mainly Chun Doo-hwan's guards, use the Colt M1911A1 as their sidearm.

Colt M1911A1 - .45 ACP

One of Chun Doo-hwan's guards silences Kwak Jin-bae with the barrel of his 1911.

Ma Sang-yeol (Jo Duk-je) aims his 1911 at Jin-bae.

Sang-yeol and the guards' leader (Choi Gwi-hwa) fire their 1911s at Kim Joo-an's car.

Joo-an (Bae Soo-bin) aims a 1911 at Kim Gap-se (Lee Kyoung-young).

Gap-se racks a 1911 hidden inside a wooden bust...

...and aims it at Chun Doo-hwan.

Joo-an aims a guard's 1911 at him.

Sang-yeol aims his 1911 at the other guards.

The guards' leader aims his 1911 at Sang-yeol after shooting him.

Sang-yeol lies dead next to his 1911.

Revolvers

Smith & Wesson Model 10

Multiple police officers throughout the film use the Smith & Wesson Model 10.

Smith & Wesson Model 10 Revolver (with wooden grips) - .38 Special

Kwon Jung-hyuk (Im Seul-ong) and one of Chun Doo-hwan's guards fire their revolvers at Mi-jin. The guard can be seen holding a Model 10.

The guard continues to hold his revolver.

Jung-hyuk aims his revolver at Jin-bae.

Ditto.

Jung-hyuk and his revolver on the ground.

Jung-hyuk holding his revolver.

Jung-hyuk firing his revolver

Ditto.

A police offiver aims his revolver at Jung-hyuk as he is arrested.

The police captain aims an officer's revolver at Mi-jin.

Unknown revolvers

Multiple unknown revolvers are seen throughout the film's climax.

A policeman holds his revolver as the police enter Chun Doo-hwan's residence.

Another policeman holds his revolver.

Assault Rifles

Colt M16A1

The South Korean Army is accurately depicted using the Colt M16A1 throughout the film's animated prologue.

Colt M16A1 with M7 bayonet - 5.56x45mm

Kim Gap-se and multiple other South Korean Army soldiers in a truck with their M16s in the film's animated prologue.

A soldier holds his M16 after shooting a protestor. A close-up of the rifle's barrel and front sight can be seen.

The soldier searches the halls with his M16 ready.

Colt M16A1 with 30 round magazine - 5.56x45mm

A soldier sets his M16 from safe to "KILL" (How subtle).

The soldier aims at the protestors.

The soldiers fire at the protestors. Of note is that in this scene, Kwon Jung-hyuk's sister, Su-jin, is shot in the stomach by a soldier, which, bizarrely enough, blows her stomach open, causing her intestines to spill out. The M16's 5.56x45mm round cannot do this in real life.

Ma Sang-yeol smashes the skull of a dead protestor with the stock of his M16.

The barrel of Sang-yeol's M16 smokes after the rifle is fired.

Sniper Rifles

Mk 12 Mod 1 SPR (mockup)

Shim Mi-jin (Han Hye-jin) is given a sniper rifle based on the Mk 12 Mod 1 SPR (which appears to be built on a Colt M16A1's lower receiver) which she uses throughout the latter half of the film. Of note is that Kwak Jin-bae refers to the rifle as a "modified M-16" (which is true to an extent), and that the rifle doesn't audibly sound suppressed, despite its attached suppressor.

Mk 12 Mod 1 SPR with suppressor, 30-round magazine, Harris bipod, and Leupold Mark 4 scope - 5.56x45mm (for reference)

The disassembled rifle on a table.

"It's supposed to have a range of 800 meters. This is a modified M-16."
Kwak Jin-bae assembles the rifle.

Mi-jin adjusts the rifle's scope in the film's climax.

Mi-jin (Han Hye-jin) with the rifle.

A close-up of the rifle's trigger as it is pulled.

The suppressor smokes after the bullet is fired.

Mi-jin sets the rifle to full-auto.

Mi-jin hits the rifle's release after loading a new magazine.

Mi-jin firing the rifle.

Mi-jin falls over as a car runs into the crane holding her and the rifle. The rifle is fully visible in this shot.

Semi-Automatic Rifles

M1 Garand

An M1 Garand fitted with an M7 bayonet briefly appears in the film's animated prologue.

M1 Garand with M7 bayonet - .30-06

A Korean soldier takes out a Garand and its bayonet embedded in his leg.

Others

Air rifle

Olympic shooter Shim Mi-jin (Han Hye-jin) uses an air rifle throughout the first half of the film.

Shim Mi-jin (Han Hye-jin) holds the rifle in the film's opening scene.

Mi-jin aiming the rifle.

Ditto.

A close-up of the rifle.

Mi-jin aims the rifle at Chun Doo-hwan and his convoy.

Ditto.

After her earlier shots fail to kill Doo-hwan, Mi-jin presses the rifle's barrel (which is given a close-up in this shot) to the window of Doo-hwan's crashed car so that she can get a powerful enough headshot on him (which still fails to kill him).

Another close-up of the rifle.