A Single Spark

Activist and law school graduate Kim is being persecuted by the mid-’70s Park regime for trying to write a book about Jeon Tae-il, a union activist who immolated himself at age 22 to protest government hypocrisy.

Cast

Hong Kyung-in

as Jeon Tae-il

Moon Sung-keun

as Young-soo

Kim Sun-jae

as Jung-soon

Kim Bo-kyung

as Kyung-ja

Dong Bang-woo

as Tae-il's Father

Jeong In-gi

as Young-soo's Junior

Park Yong-su

as President of Pyunghwa Market

Lee Yong-nyeo

as Woman Buying Umbrella

Kwon Tae-won

as Factory Owner

Lee Joo-sil

as Tae-il's Mother

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