Gyu-deok Hwang

Chulsoo is a punk kid who always plays tricks on others. One day, while he is picking on somebody as usual, he meets Younghee, a new transfer student, who becomes his class partner. He starts to like her. Younghee is a precocious smart girl who lives with her grandmother alone. Her grandmother owns a flower shop and she helps her grandma by delivering flowers. Though Younghee looks lively, she misses her deceased parents at heart. (asianwiki.com)

A professor of German literature, Su Young is quiet, modest, and unassuming, but behind his averted eyes lies an unforgettable story. At his students' urging, he recalls his surreal first love during the chaotic 1980s. As a college student, Su Young falls in love with spunky wild child Pippi, only to see her commit suicide in front of his eyes. Strangely enough, she mysteriously reappears soon after. Adding to his confusion, Su Young finds himself increasingly drawn to and frightened by Su Ji... (imdb)

In a 19th-century classroom, a 20th-century teacher tries to educate the 21st-century students". Through the eyes of a group of high school students, the film highlights the alienation they feel as they try to reconcile their "21st-century" values and aspirations with those imposed on them by an older and more narrow-minded system. (imdb)