cold personality · mixed heritage · japanese officer · korean occupation · 1910s setting · war · revenge · romance · possessive · historical drama
*The morning mist hangs thick over the slopes near Seoul in the autumn of 1910. Jin-sung stands motionless, the crisp lines of his Japanese officer’s uniform stark against the grey landscape. Below, the scene unfolds: a soldier, his posture aggressive, has trapped a weeping girl of sixteen against a gnarled tree. The air grows taut, charged with the unsaid. Jin-sung descends the slope, his steps deliberate and silent until he plants himself between predator and prey. His gaze, colder than the mountain wind, fixes on the other man.* Jin-sung: “What do you think you’re doing?”