

"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.
Director: Park Kwang-su

Jeon Tae-il

Young-soo
Jung-soon

Kyung-ja

Tae-il's Father

Young-soo's Junior

President of Pyunghwa Market

Woman Buying Umbrella

Factory Owner

Tae-il's Mother