Short Story
When Buckwheat Flowers Bloom
Published in 1936; original title: Me-milkkot Pil Muryeop
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- Lee Hyo-seok
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- 2 episodes
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Set around the marketplace of Bongpyeong in Gangwon Province, this lyrical short story follows the peddler Heo Saeng-won as he recalls a one-night bond from his youth with the young woman from Seong's household. Against a moonlit road lined with buckwheat blossoms, it depicts kinship, longing, and the purity of human affection in restrained, poetic prose.
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