Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a countryside estate.
A risk manager and grieving mother targeted for assassination. She uncovers corruption files, escapes capture, stops a massive money transfer to a corrupt executive, kills her captor Byun, and ultimately shoots Gon before learning he was responsible for her daughter's accidental death.
Gam-hee is the central traveler whose visits structure the story. After leaving home and a brief conversation about her appearance and a job interview, she visits Young-soon, Su-young, and Woo-jin, discussing work, friendship, desire, and long-term relationships while observing the tensions within their separate social worlds.
The protagonist is an actress who spends time abroad before returning to Korea and reconnecting with people from her past. She reflects on living alone, her relationships, and her uncertain future, while declining a screenplay she considers poor and hearing encouragement to act again. Her choices and conversations anchor the story.
Painter is an artist living in Berlin and an old friend of Juwon's mother. After meeting Juwon there, Painter offers her a place to stay in the apartment until she can find housing of her own. This arrangement gives Juwon temporary support while she studies fashion and prepares for her life in Berlin.
The protagonist's fiancée who mysteriously vanishes. Discovered to be a serial identity thief with a history of bankruptcy, fraud, and a fabricated personal background. Suspected of matricide and actively seeking a new identity to assume.
A young woman renting a room at the hotel, pretending to have a severely burned left hand. She spends time with her friend Yeonju, drinks wine, and later lies in bed with her, crying alongside her at the story's end.
A new employee on her first day at a small publishing office. She develops an immediate intellectual intimacy with the office owner, is mistakenly attacked by his wife, and later objects when he treats her employment as inseparable from his private problems.
A 27-year-old freelance screenwriter, Ah-mi has spent over a year revising a screenplay and has lived with her older sister Young-mi for three years because she cannot afford rent alone. She dates the struggling musician Won-seok, then goes on a blind date with the successful accountant Seung-won, prompting a contrast between the two men in her life.
Kim Min-hee is an actress taking part in the demanding Vogue group pictorial. She arrives exhausted from an overseas shoot and complains about jet lag, yet another actress observes that she is naturally comfortable in front of the camera. Her ease with fashion photography contrasts with the discomfort and artificiality felt by some of the older participants.
Kim Min-hee has 47 screen credits in a career dating back to 1999. Signature works include The Handmaiden, Nowhere to Lay My Eyes, The Woman Who Ran. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
