要消滅一個文化，必先消滅其語言。1940年代，在日本 佔領朝鮮半島期間，本土文化被日本帝國打壓，韓語正日 漸消亡。文盲金判洙失業淪落為小偷，竟遇上韓語學會代 表柳正煥，又陰差陽錯成為學會員工。首次學懂閱讀文字 的判洙，開始了解為甚麼有人會排除萬難去守護自己的母 語。在日本帝國無孔不入的陰霾下，正煥與判洙一夥人日 夜奔波，編撰出首本屬於朝鮮人的韓語辭典，對抗要把他 們文化抹除淨盡的力量。《逆權司機》編劇嚴柔那首次執 起導筒，自編自導，繼續以電影向歷史中面對強權不屈不 撓的無名英雄致敬。

In the early 1940s when the Korean language was banned from schools and at risk of disappearing, two men of very different backgrounds set out to publish a Korean dictionary. Ryu Jung-hwan, an academic from a wealthy pro-Japanese family, is secretly compiling a dictionary at the Korean Language Society. Folksy ex-convict Kim Pan-su can’t read or write, but his street smarts may be just what’s needed to get the job done – if the Japanese colonial government doesn’t get to them first. A Taxi Driver screenwriter Eom Yu-na makes her directorial debut with this uncommon story of resistance that balances history, heroics, heart and humor to illustrate the great significance of language to a people and a nation.