Synopsis

At the age of 16, Taeil got a job as a sewing assistant at Pyeonghwa Market. He is a warm-hearted boy who empties his pocket to buy street cakes for fellow workers, knowing that he has to walk home in the morning dew with no penny for a bus ride. His devoted mother passes sleepless nights, waiting for his son Taeil. After his father passed away, Taeil becomes the sole provider of his family. At the age of 19, he finally became a tailor but couldn't turn a blind eye to the young female workers and his fellows. First coming to know the existence of ‘the Labor Standards Act’, Taeil struggles to change the labor conditions of Pyeonghwa Market. However, he was fired mercilessly, despite his effort. Now, Taeil resolves to become the spark of hope to break through the walls of unjust reality

Director's Comment

Chun Tae-il is the most symbolic figure of the Korean labor movement,

the person who gave the greatest shock and lesson in modern Korean history, the most down to earth and the most extraordinary man, a son and a friend of a devoted mother, and a fool from Pyeonghwa Market who changed the world.

[Chun Tae-il] is not a mere listing of the history from a dark era or a simple depiction of a patriotic martyr. It is rather portraying a humble side of this young man ‘Tae-il’, by which eliciting empathy from all generations.

Staff

Producer LEE Eun, SHIM Jae-myung, KIM Sun-ku

Scenario SIM Hyeong-seop

Storyboard SON Yu-jin, LEE Da-bin, LIM Su-yeon, YOON Ji-hee

Character/Lay Out HONG Jun-pyo

BG JUNG Yoon-hyun

Animation LEE Ho-min

Sound KIM Seok-won

Music LEE Ji-soo

Voice JANG Dong-yoon, YEOM Hye-ran, JIN Seon-kyu, PARK Chul-min, KWON Hae-hyo, TAE In-ho

Editing CHOI Min-young