Synopsis
Born into a long line of shamans, Ji-hoo has become a tarot master for the modern age. With his apprentice, Dana, he returns to his hometown village to look for his parents, who have stopped answering. In the empty house, only four teacups sit on the dining table. That night, Seo-yoon, a trembling middle schooler, comes to him saying her parents have suddenly vanished — and the torn Fool card she drops is identical to the card his own parents left behind. From Woo-young, a local young man who takes too keen an interest in Seo-yoon, and his wary father, to Chang-nam, who carries a shovel in the greenhouse on the hill, Ji-hoo follows the ominous signs the cards reveal — until Seo-yoon, too, disappears.
Characters
Ji-hoo (late 20s, M)
A tarot master who inherited the spiritual gift of his shaman family
Dana (20s, F)
Ji-hoo's apprentice
Seo-yoon (13, F)
A middle schooler whose parents have vanished. Quick-witted.
Woo-young (20s, M)
Introduces himself as a local and shows Seo-yoon unsettling attention
Woo-young's Father (50s, M)
Woo-young's strangely guarded father
Chang-nam (50s, M)
A suspicious man in the greenhouse of the arboretum on the hill
About the Writer
Soo Jin Lee
Director of Development, Uncut Gem
Screenwriter · Film Director
Assistant Professor, Stellar Arts Institute, Dongseo University
Ph.D. in Film & Video Production (Screenwriting), Dongguk University
Wrote or adapted 30+ features, TV dramas and microdramas
<Hope> adaptation · <Nyepi> screenplay · <Wife's Resignation> writer