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Tae-il

8.020221h 39mHDSUB46,943 views

Director: Jun-Pyo Hong
Cast: 张东润 · 廉惠兰 · 陈善圭 · 权海骁

Storyline

Based on a true story, Tae-il is about Chun Tae-il, the eldest son of a poor family who has survived by manual labor since childhood. At 22, he finally gets a job as a tailor, but he cannot ignore the plight of the workers around him: they work long hours in harsh conditions with insufficient protection. To improve working conditions for Korean laborers, he teaches himself the Labor Standards Act and organizes study groups. Realizing that goodwill will not bring change, he desperately wants to free those around him from poverty and exploitation, and ultimately sets himself on fire holding the Labor Standards Act in protest. The story was previously filmed in 1995 by director Park Kwang-su, with Lee Chang-dong as screenwriter, and was invited to the Berlin Film Festival. This new animated adaptation broke box office records for domestic Korean animation, paying tribute to Chun Tae-il with an emotional script and impressive visuals.