Poet Lee kills his young student for having the ability to satisfy his muse? This character’s death seems to be a kind of comfort for the guilt of the old poet. Even though Ji Woo had found out about his teacher’s plan and fixed his car, a sudden accident still took away his life. Losing both his story and his lover into his student’s hand, poet Lee planned to kill the young man.

His age rendered him helpless in front of his muse’s desire. Lee could do to Eungyo, he had to watch Eungyo and Ji Woo making love. After Ji Woo realized that the main character in the book was Eungyo, the jealousy because he also loved Eungyo and the thirst for fame has urged Ji Woo to steal his teacher’s story to publish under his name.Īt the end of the movie, after a kiss, which was the only thing that Mr. He brought everything into his book “A Muse”, which would soon turn his life onto a new page. But due to his popularity, the only way he could become her man is to imagine her young body next to a younger version of himself. Eungyo was not simple, with her small but delicate touches, she lit back the desire inside poet Lee. Lee started to see Eungyo as his writing inspiration, a youthful beauty that he wanted to re-experienced. What Ji Woo could not predict was how Mr. The appearance of Eungyo changes the quiet life of him and his incompetent student, which raises the question of whether Eungyo is really a pure “muse” or not.Īt first, it was Ji Woo who decided to bring Eungyo home to take care of his teacher, so that he can have the time to promote his new book. What he does is lend Ji Woo his reputation and help him complete his work of a lifetime in exchange for having someone to serve him as well as take care of him. He has no friends but his student cum assistant Seo Ji Woo. Poet Lee Juk Yoo is going through a boring and lonely life in his autumnal age. “A Muse” is a story revolving around three characters: 70-year-old poet Lee Juk Yo (Park Hae Il), carefree 17-year-old schoolgirl Eungyo ( Kim Go Eun) and Lee Juk Yo’s student cum assistant Seo Ji Woo ( Kim Moo Yul).

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