Male Courtesan of a Gisaeng House

Joseon, an era dominated by a strict Confucian order. Lee Hyun, a promising scholar of Sungkyunkwan, happens to meet Seo Ji-an, a male gisaeng of a kisaeng house. Sorrow dwelt within the sound of Ji-an's geomungo, and Hyun seeks to understand the depth of that sorrow. However, as their hearts draw closer, the walls of the world grow higher. In a Joseon society where male-male love is taboo, their love is soon branded as a sin. Abandoning family, official rank, and honor, the two nonetheless choose one another. Like plum blossoms in the dead of winter, their love—blooming in the harshest of times— is beautiful yet precarious, desolate yet passionate. A story of two people who endure the ga...