The Romance
An unhappily married woman is taken care of by a stoic detective.
Moon Seung-wook
Alex Kim
Casts & Crew
Also Directed by Moon Seung-wook
The watch tower is an unattractively battered piece of lighthouse-looking architecture standing on a Yaksa-dong hilltop in Chuncheon. No one knows when, who and why it was built, but the tower which was rumored to have been raised as a fire watch during the Japanese Imperialist times, was used as a surveillance point for the Chuncheon Penitentiary and now a broadcasting tower where sirens are played during Civil Defense Drills.
When “I” carry out illegal prostitution, Ki-jun was the one who swooped in the room and threatened the woman. Everytime we do our set play, the women cried out. It sounds similar to my dad´s 4 years ago. He brutally hit my brother and ran away leaving mom. Now I´m about to meet Ki-jun to make huge money out of mid-aged women. We usually screamed at them but this time, might have to hit them.
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