"Desire Never Gets Old."
A reclusive elderly poet feels the fire of his youth when gamine schoolgirl Eun-gyo enters his life, to the chagrin of the old man's assistant.
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Park Hae-il
Lee Jeok-yo
Kim Moo-yul
Seo Ji-woo
Kim Go-eun
Han Eun-gyo
Jeong Man-sik
President Park
Park Chul-hyeon
Blondie
Jang Yun-sil
Reporter Kim
An Min-young
Poet
Kang Deok-joong
Seo Ji-woo's Junior
Kim Seo-kyung
Car Service Center Technician
Park Jin-woo
Mr. Kim
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