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depicting stories of love, hope, and music among twenty-somethings - all set within the

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Synopsis

;Episode 1 "Broccoli": Se-kyung, a singer-songwriter who is suffering from a rare disease, can only survive on instant cup

ramen is a Japanese dish, Japanese noodle dish. It consists of served in a broth; common flavors are soy sauce and miso, with typical toppings including , nori (dried seaweed), menma (bamboo shoots), and scallions. Ramen has its roots in Chinese ...

noodles. Rejected by record executives for her "mushy" music and told only her looks sell, she runs out of the hospital in order to make known what could be her last song. ;Episode 2 "Bakery Attack": Vocalist Seong-won and drummer Hae-won decide to sell their beloved guitar out of hungry desperation. Thanks to Hae-won's forgetfulness and mysterious thinking process, he leaves it at a bakery store, whose owner happens to be an amateur musician. He thus proceeds to preach to the two about what it really means to love music, and they seem to be inspired to pursue their dreams no matter how difficult it is. (Based on the short story "

The Second Bakery Attack is a short story by Haruki Murakami, originally published in the August 1985 issue of '' Marie Claire Japan''. It is a sequel to Murakami's short story "Bakery Attack", which was published in 1981. In 1986, "The Second Bakery Attack" was include ...

" by

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, from his first short story collection ''

The Elephant Vanishes is a collection of 17 short stories by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The stories were written between 1980 and 1991, and published in Japan in various magazines, then collections. The contents of this compilation were selected by Gary Fisketj ...

''.) ;Episode 3 "Unlock": Set in the distant future, a world where music has ceased to exist and sound is used as a weapon, Ji-hoo falls for Jin-hee, an uncanny girl with a prosthetic arm. The two embark on a mission to access an iPhone, which has become a treasured relic and stores a precious song from the girl's childhood.

Cast

Broccoli

Shin Se-kyung Shin Se-kyung (; born July 29, 1990) is a South Korean actress, singer and model. She started as a child actress and had her breakthrough in 2009 with the sitcom ''High Kick Through the Roof''. Since then she starred in the films ''Hindsight'' ...

as Se-kyung *Im Joon-il as Ji-gyu *Lee Dong-hyun as Dong-hyun *Lee Jong-hoon as bar owner *Lee Jin-woo as boy *Lee Ji-ah as girl

Bakery Attack

Lee Jong-hyun Lee Jong-hyun (born May 15, 1990) is a South Korean musician, singer-songwriter and actor. He was the former lead guitarist and vocalist of South Korean rock band CNBLUE. He made his acting debut in an omnibus movie '' Acoustic'' in 2010, foll ...

as Kim Seong-won *

Kang Min-hyuk Kang Min-hyuk (; born June 28, 1991) is a South Korean musician, singer-songwriter, and actor. He is the drummer of South Korean rock band CNBLUE. Career 2009–present: CNBLUE Kang became a member of CNBLUE in 2009. The group debuted in Jap ...

as Kim Hae-won *

Choi Deok-moon Choi Deok-moon (born 1970) is a South Korean actor. Filmography Television series Film Theater References External links * * * Choi Deok-moonat Daum Choi Deok-moonat Naver Movies {{DEFAULTSORT:Choi, Deok-moon 1970 births Livin ...

as bakery owner *Yoon Ji-yeong as part-time worker *Kim Jeong-kwon as guitar guy *Go Yoo-mi as female customer

Unlock

* Baek Jin-hee as Jin-hee *

Im Seulong Lim Seul-ong (Hangul: 임슬옹; born 11 May 1987), also known by the mononym Seulong, is a South Korean singer and actor. He debuted as a singer in 2008 as a member of the K-pop boyband 2AM. He made his acting debut in 2010 in the Korean dram ...

as Ji-hoo *Kim Jeong-seok as Professor Noh *Lee Jeong-heon as black marker weapon dealer *Won Woong-jae as pub owner *Yoon Jong-hyeok as Ji-hoo's junior colleague *Son Sang-hyeon as follower 1 *Lee Tae-yeon as follower 2 *Oh Hyeong-jin as liberal arts professor *Kim Seon-ah as Jin-hee's mom *Lee Eun-joo as nurse *Jo Eun-seo as young Jin-hee

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* * * * South Korean anthology films Films based on works by Haruki Murakami Films based on short fiction {{SouthKorea-film-stub