Poetry

2010

2h 19m

7.6(313 votes)

Drama

Overview

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

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31 members

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윤정희

Yang Mi-ja

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이다윗

Jong-wook

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김희라

Elder Kang

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안내상

Ki-beom's Father

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Kim Yong-taek

Poet

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박명신

Hee-jin's Mother

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장혜진

Mr. Kang's Second Daughter-in-Law

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Kim Nam-jin

Soo-ok

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김종구

Park Sang-tae

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Kim Hye-jung

Jo Mi-hye

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민복기

Soon-jeong's Father

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김자영

Bus Woman

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Kim Gye-sun

Supermarket Woman

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김은영

Bus Woman

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Choi Moon-soon

Head Teacher

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Park Hyun-woo

Wook's Friend

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남중규

Wook's Friend

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유창숙

VIllage Grandma

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Lee Jong-yeol

Jong-cheols Father

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Park Woo-yeol

Tae-yeols Father

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Park Joong-sin

Byeong-jins Father

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Hong Seong-beom

Reporter Oh Dong-min

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Lee Kye-young

Poetry recitation president

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Jang Yeong-joo

Poetry lecture female student 1

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Hong Kyeong-yeon

Poetry lecture female student 2

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Kim Yong-ran

Poetry lecture female student 3

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Hwang Ja-kyeong

Poetry lecture female student 4

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Jeong Eun-gyeong

Poetry lecture female student 5

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Jeong Dae-yong

Poetry lecture male student 1

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Yoo Min-seok

Poetry lecture male student 2

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Choi Yong-hyeon

Lee Dong-hyoo

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