Movie Drama
Today, I get the sack.
In response to a sudden dismissal of staff, workers at a big retail store begin a protest against their employer's oppressive labor policies.
South Korea South Korea
Yum Jung-ah Moon Jeong-hee Kim Young-ae Kim Kang-woo Hwang Jeong-min Chun Woo-hee Doh Kyung-soo Lee Seung-joon Ji Woo Park Su-young Song Ji-in Kim Su-an Lee Jung-eun Lee Sun-ju Park Mi-hyun Kil Hae-yeon Kim Hee-won Yoon Sang-hoon Kim Keum-soon Kim Ga-young Hwang Jae-won Kim Joong-ki Na Soo-yoon Kil Hae-yeon Jo Eun-a Park Sung-yeon Shin Hyun-sil Kim Hyun Lee Ja-ryung Jo Hyun-im Shin Mi-yeong Lee Seon-hee Kim Bi-bi Yang Shin-ji Jang Liu Lee Ji-hye Park Ji-yeon Oh Min-jung Lee Chang-hoon Seo Ji-won Kyung Sung-hwan Choi Byung-yoon Lee Hwi-jong Mok Gyu-ri Kim Dae-heung Kim Seung-tae Kim Choo-wol Kim Sun-hwa Lee Yo-sung
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