Eun-gyo

Jung Ji-woo : 2012
A Muse

A highly respected national poet in his seventies, Jeok-yo, adopts an untalented but eager student, Ji-woo, whose wish is to become a novelist. Ji-woo has recently published his first book, described as a genre novel with psychological insight, and it has shot to the top of the bestseller lists. Only later will it be clear how great his debt is to the poet laureate. The relationship that grows between the two is complicated, with an equal measure of love and hate and their bond is tested further when 17-year-old Eun-gyo seeks out the poet, entrancing both student and teacher immediately. As Jeok-yo spends more time in Eun-gyo's company, long-lost feelings are awakened within him, and her exuberance, lust for life, sense of fun and genuine warmth towards him quickly strip the years away in his mind. A love triangle forms with a growing sense of resentment between Ji-woo and his mentor, forcing them to decide between salvaging their father/son relationship or sacrificing the possible love of their lives for the other's happiness. Winner of the Grand Bell Award for Best New Actress in Seoul in 2012.