"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."
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
Yoo Soon-chul
as Young-soo's Father
Park Cheol-min
as Hanmisa Tailor
Lee Sun-kyun
as Newspaper Reader
Park Kwang-su
Director
Lee Jong-hyeok
Assistant Director
Yoo In-taek
Producer
Hur Jin-ho
Julius Chan
Dialogue Editor
Ian McLoughlin
Mix Technician
Joo Byung-do
Production Design
Kim Jung-hwan
Writer
Cho Young-rae
Book
Lee Chang-dong
Yi Hyo-in
You Yong-kil
Director of Photography
Kim Yang-il
Editor
Kim Chul-suk
Special Effects Supervisor