Poetry

May 13, 2010

2h 19m

★ 7.6

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

UniKorea Pictures

Pinehouse Film

Poetry Trailers

Cast

Yang Mi-ja

Yoon Jeong-hee

Jong-wook

David Lee

Elder Kang

Kim Hee-ra

Ki-beom's Father

Ahn Nae-sang

Poet

Kim Yong-taek

Hee-jin's Mother

Park Myung-shin

Mr. Kang's Second Daughter-in-Law

Jang Hye-jin

Soo-ok

Kim Nam-jin

Park Sang-tae

Kim Jong-goo

Jo Mi-hye

Kim Hye-jung

Soon-jeong's Father

Min Bok-gi

Bus Woman

Kim Ja-young

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