Overview
From the Japanese Occupation a 'comfort woman' returns from China an old woman. At the end of the war she can't return home and spends the next 65 years living as an alien in a foreign country. Even to her own granddaughter she seems to be losing her mind. She only wants to go back to Korea.
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Cast
Jo An
Hyang-ok
Kim Min-sang
Deok-soo
Noh Young-hak
Lee Yeong-joon
Ji Dae-han
Cheon Tae-soon
Yoo Ra-seong
Manager Goo
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