A Single Spark (아름다운 청년 전태일 / Jeon tae-il) (아름다운 청년 전태일)

A SINGLE SPARK

Reform the pension system!

In 1975...

many faced death sentences for political activism

against the military dictatorship.

Those were truly dark days.

I was on the run myself researching

and writing a book about a worker.

Jeon Tae- Il

He had died just five years earlier.

Yet he was already half- forgotten.

But to me he represented all my hopes and dreams for the future.

Why are you out here again?

Told you I'd get off one stop early.

Don't you trust me?

- You must be tired. - We've reached our quorum for the union.

Well done!

Been up all night?

- Good progress with the writing? - Not bad.

Life seems miraculous sometimes.

Don't you think?

You mean because of the baby?

To think of ten little toes

wriggling inside me...

cracks me up.

But you only think about Jeon Tae- II, don't you?

Jung- Soon, you matter as much as he did.

Umbrellas!

For sale!

Umbrellas!

For sale!

Umbrellas!

Umbrellas!

Hey, umbrella boy!

- How much? - 35 won.

- 30 should do. - No, they're 35 won.

Then call it 33.

- Then I make a loss! - Nonsense, give it here!

- This is used! - I just got them.

You little cheat!

Taxi!

No wonder you can't get a decentjob!

There's always one isn't there?

The one who wants tea

when everyone's having coffee.

This plant is one of them.

He gets the same water, grows in the same soil,

but he gets up later than the others.

Maybe his nights are like yours!

Ah, I forgot the sauce.

Anyone home?

- Who is it? - Hello!

I'm coming.

Excuse me, I'm from the district office.

You must be Mr Lee Hui- Jun.

Owner and sole occupier.

My youngest son is working in the Middle East.

My daughter visits me often.

Oh.

So who uses this room?

Since my eldest son didn't come back from Vietnam...

I've rented it out.

Anybody in? I'm here for the census.

- Wait, wait a moment - Anybody in?

Yong- Su, are you there?

It looks occupied but the door's locked.

Look through here.

They aren't even registered.

They're a nice couple.

She has a factory job.

And he's studying for the civil service.

- Who's there? - Me

Aren't you asleep yet?

Oops

- The laundry's still out! - A man was here today.

- For the census. - Really?

- Your husband seems to be away. - Yes.

- He says you must register. - Of course.

Poor thing works so late!

Where's that husband of hers?

Good night.

I told him you were good people.

Sssht!

- You've been hiding all day? - Yes.

Hey, don't fall asleep!

Come on!

Come on, bring it here. Hurry!

Come on, move it.

Bring it here!

- Have you done this work before? - OK, here it is

- No sir, it's my first time. - Put this up.

- Where are you from? - Taegu.

- I see... Well, work hard! - Thank you, sir!

- Tailor! - Yeah

You have a new assistant

Come on, come up here

He's around my age.

- Here - Assistant tailor!

- Assistant tailor! - Yes

- Where are those pattern cuts? - Coming up.

- Assistant 4! - Yes.

- Here you go. - Here.

Are you free?

- Sit here and give me a hand. - OK

- Assistant 2! - Yes.

Get a move on!

Call these finished?

Do them again!

I can sew shit like this.

Work properly!

Hey you... you!

If you nod off and hurt yourself who'll marry you?

And you! Just do your own job, understand?

Yes, sir

- Where are you going? - To the toilet.

How many times a day is that?

- Hurry up! - Yes.

Excuse me, sir... I need to go, too.

What's up with you kids today?

- Trying to out- crap each other? - Anybody else need to go!

All 1000 pieces must be finished today.

I wish you kids worked as hard as you crap.

Yoon- Shil!

- Yoon- Shil! - Why?

The manager's asking for the stitched quilts.

They're piled in front of the machined ones.

You gonna take all day in there?

Tae- Il wanted so much to study.

He loved reading books.

He went to evening classes for a while

He said those were his happiest times.

What's that?

Aiming for college now, are you?

Working at Samil, Tae- II?

- They say the boss there is a real slave driver. - He's okay.

Anyhow, tailor is best in this field.

Time's up kids! Back downstairs!

Damn, I've hardly digested my lunch.

Downstairs now!

You're still not done yet?

Almost done.

Don't make such a fuss!

I was an army medic, you know.

These shots will really keep you awake.

Nothing works faster.

Anyone else need one?

Yung- Bae, these are for export!

- Must be ready by tomorrow! - Yeah.

Hey, you kids!

Two night's without sleep is nothing!

They must be done by tomorrow!

- Got it? - Alright.

Kyung-ja!

She's coughing blood! She should go to hospital!

- What's up? - I'll be all right.

- Don't need to go to hospital. - Kyung-ja.

Hey, Kyung-ja.

- Hey, Kyung-ja. - Kyung-ja.

Tae- II, take her home.

OK

- What is it? - It would be when we're so busy.

Come on, you all knew she had TB.

Get back to work!

There's no where to wash my hands.

Nowhere at all.

What are you looking at instead of eating?

Mum... there's a girl at work, about Soon- Ok's age.

She got fired for coughing up blood.

No wonder you kids get ill, working in all that dust.

But the boss just doesn't care.

Those bastards would be in jail

if the law was enforced.

There are laws to protect workers.

Don't know about that, do you?

"Clause 45: Time off. The employer must grant

the employee a minimum of one day's paid leave per week."

Goodnight, sir.

- Goodnight. - Yeah.

Take care.

- Goodbye, sir - Yeah, goodbye.

- I'll be off too. - Thanks for today.

- Sorry I can't stay to tidy up. - Don't worry. I'll do it.

- OK - See you early tomorrow.

- Don't be late yourself. - Take care.

Yong- Su...

Yong- Su, are you there?

- That was your Chinese reading class? - Yes.

You teach it well.

- Where are you these days? - I'm fine.

Come in.

- Impressive students! - Yeah.

The classroom is clean.

We must do something to mark Kim Sang- Jin's suicide.

- What's the mood on campus? - As you'd expect.

...and even religious groups are on the streets.

Nursing the sorrows of defeat, the citizens of South Vietnam.

Have been forced out of their own homes.

Mind if I turn off the TV?

Who is to blame for that disaster?

Hungry?