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Poetry

Poetry

2010•2h 19m•7.6/10
Drama

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7.6/10(326)

A South Korean woman in her sixties enrolls in a poetry class as she grapples with her faltering memory and her grandson's appalling wrongdoing.

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Production

UniKorea Pictures, Pinehouse Film

Language

KO

Status

Released

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Cast

Yoon Jeong-hee

Yoon Jeong-hee

Yang Mi-ja

David Lee

David Lee

Jong-wook

Kim Hee-ra

Kim Hee-ra

Elder Kang

Ahn Nae-sang

Ahn Nae-sang

Ki-beom's Father

Kim Yong-taek

Poet

Park Myung-shin

Park Myung-shin

Hee-jin's Mother

Jang Hye-jin

Jang Hye-jin

Mr. Kang's Second Daughter-in-Law

Kim Nam-jin

Kim Nam-jin

Soo-ok

Kim Jong-goo

Kim Jong-goo

Park Sang-tae

Kim Hye-jung

Kim Hye-jung

Jo Mi-hye

Min Bok-gi

Min Bok-gi

Soon-jeong's Father

Kim Ja-young

Kim Ja-young

Bus Woman

Kim Gye-sun

Kim Gye-sun

Supermarket Woman

Kim Eun-yeong

Bus Woman

Choi Moon-soon

Head Teacher

Park Hyun-woo

Park Hyun-woo

Wook's Friend

Nam Joong-gyu

Nam Joong-gyu

Wook's Friend

Yoo Chang-sook

VIllage Grandma

Lee Jong-yeol

Jong-cheols Father

Park Woo-yeol

Tae-yeols Father

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