A Single Spark
β 7.1 Β· 1995 Β· 92m Β· Drama
Activist and law school graduate Kim is being persecuted by the mid-β70s 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.
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