Hill of Freedom

Sep 4, 2014

1h 6m

★ 6.6

Overview

Kwon returns to Seoul from a restorative stay in the mountains. She is given a packet of letters left by Mori, who has come back from Japan to propose to her. Kwon drops and scatters the letters, all of which are undated. When she reads them, she has to make sense of the chronology.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Jeonwonsa Film

Hill of Freedom Trailers

Cast

Mori

Ryo Kase

Youngsun

Moon So-ri

Kwon

Seo Young-hwa

Sangwon

Kim Eui-sung

Innkeeper

Youn Yuh-jung

Namhee

Jung Eun-chae

Byeongjoo

Ki Joo-bong

Yeomgu

Jeong Yong-jin

Gwanghyun

Lee Min-woo

Employee

Na Hye-jin

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