Films

A Single Spark

Name: A Single Spark
Genre: Drama
Released: 1995-11-18
Duration: 96 min
Cast: Hong Kyung-in, Moon Sung-keun, Kim Sun-jae, Kim Bo-kyung, Dong Bang-woo

아름다운 청년 전태일 · 1995

Released November 18, 1995

1 hr 36 min
15+

Blue Dragon Film Awards: Best Film

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Crew

Park Kwang-suDirector
Kim Jung-hwanWriter
Lee Chang-dongWriter
You Yong-kilCinematography

Cast

Hong Kyung-inas 태일
Moon Sung-keunas 영수
Kim Sun-jaeas 정순
Kim Bo-kyungas 경자
Dong Bang-wooas 태일 아버지

Programmes

Programmes한국 고전영화 특선 Vol.1Daegu 55cine · Sun, Nov 8

Awards and festivals

Blue Dragon Film Awards: Best Director Park Kwang-su · 1995
Baeksang Arts Awards: Best Screenplay Lee Chang-dong · 1996
Blue Dragon Film Awards: Best Cinematography 1995
In competition at Berlin 1996

Genre: Drama

Synopsis

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.