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Peafowl

Peafowl

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Peafowl

2024

1h 55m

6.5(2 votes)

Music

Drama

Overview

A transgender woman has cut ties with her family and hometown. She is compelled to go back, however, to perform a traditional memorial drum dance for her father to fulfill the conditions of his will and get her inheritance.

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Semicolon Studio

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Cast & crew

6 featured cast members

Starring

Choi Hae-jun

Shin-myung

Kim Woo-kyum

Kim Woo-kyum

Woo-gi

Go Jae-hyun

Go Jae-hyun

Bo-seok

Kim Jin-soo

Kim Jin-soo

Hwang Jeong-min

Hwang Jeong-min

Ki Joo-bong

Ki Joo-bong

Deok-gil

Creative team

Directed by: Byun Sung-bin
Written by: Byun Sung-bin

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