Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet

Yun Dong-ju, a gentle student with the soul of a poet, arrives at a Japanese university in the pre-war years. His verses, penned in the forbidden Korean language, become a quiet act of defiance against colonial oppression. Alongside his childhood friend Song Mong, he is drawn into the clandestine activities of the independence movement, where every whispered word and secret meeting carries immense risk. Dong-ju's poetry evolves from a personal diary into the voice of a subjugated nation, while his own fate marches inexorably toward a tragic conclusion within the walls of a Japanese prison.