A young Korean woman named Choi Hong meets a Japanese man named Jungo Aoki while she is studying and working in Japan. The narrative goes back and forth in time between present-day Korea and Japan five years previously. In the present time, Jungo has become a novelist, with the pseudonym Hikari Sasae, and is having his novel What Comes After Love? published in Korean translation, and travels there to publicize it. Unbeknownst to him and Hong, the book has been published by the publishing company owned by Hong's father, where she also works in a senior position. She is asked to step in at the last minute to act as interpreter when he arrives at the airport, and she is horrified to discover who the author is. Hong keeps her distance from Jungo while he is in Korea, even though he attempts to get her attention with the aim of getting them to talk things through. She then discovers that his novel is based on the story of their relationship, where he was dismissive of her when she was in Japan, leaving her alone while he busied himself working, which drove her to escape him.
Writers:
Jung Hae-sim, Moon Hyun-sung
Country of Origin:
South Korea
Languages:
Korean, Japanese
