Baemgulseolhwa

Every night, Yeon-Hwa is visited by a vivid and unsettling dream in which she intimately mingles with a serpent. These strange visions began on the very day she intervened to save a dying snake, forging an unseen bond that haunts her sleep. What starts as a mysterious nocturnal experience soon bleeds into her waking life when the fearful villagers of her community seize her. Believing they must appease a higher power, they offer Yeon-Hwa as a human sacrifice to Mu-Gae, the revered and terrifying snake god they worship. Faced with certain death, a desperate Yeon-Hwa pleads before the deity, begging for her life and declaring her will to survive. However, upon looking at his offering, Mu-Gae instantly recognizes the young woman standing before him. She is the very same soul who showed him mercy and rescued him from the brink of death. Rather than accepting her as a mere sacrifice, the snake god’s intentions shift entirely. Driven by gratitude and a deep, consuming desire, Mu-Gae confesses his longing, telling Yeon-Hwa that he wishes to remain by her side and finally touch the one who saved him.