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A Single Spark

A Single Spark
★ 7.1/10•1995•1h 32m•15•Drama

One boy... one flame... and a world is changed forever.

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.

Park Kwang-su · Director

Kim Jung-hwan · Writer

Lee Chang-dong · Writer

Hur Jin-ho · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 32m
LanguageKO
Release DateNov 18, 1995

Actors

Hong Kyung-in

Hong Kyung-in

Jeon Tae-il

Moon Sung-keun

Moon Sung-keun

Young-soo

Kim Sun-jae

Jung-soon

Kim Bo-kyung

Kim Bo-kyung

Kyung-ja

Dong Bang-woo

Dong Bang-woo

Tae-il's Father

Jung In-gi

Jung In-gi

Young-soo's Junior

Park Yong-su

Park Yong-su

President of Pyunghwa Market

Lee Yong-nyeo

Lee Yong-nyeo

Woman Buying Umbrella

Kwon Tae-won

Kwon Tae-won

Factory Owner

Lee Joo-sil

Lee Joo-sil

Tae-il's Mother

Yoo Soon-chul

Yoo Soon-chul

Young-soo's Father

Park Cheol-min

Park Cheol-min

Hanmisa Tailor

Lee Sun-kyun

Lee Sun-kyun

Newspaper Reader

Lee Hye-mi

Worker

Kim Young-dae

Detective

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