In 1940 Sun-hee, her brother Tae-yul, their parents and Uncle live in fear under the Japanese who invaded Korea. As the Japanese advance through Asia, they demand more from Koreans—their food, their metal possessions as well as forcing them to lose their own culture. 

This is an accurate account of Japanese colonialism in Korea seen through the eyes of a fictionalized family. 

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