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Kyeong-su, a child living in an orphanage, learns that his mother is alive and living in Japan. He tries to find a way to cross the see and winds up stowing away on a cargo ship. (imdb)

Two Korean college graduates arouse the suspicions of Japanese authorities after modernizing a rural community with a school and a youth hall. (imdb)

This family melodrama tells the story of Lee Yun-bok, a fourth-grader in a poor family. Unable to tolerate his father's gambling and cruelty, his mother leaves home. Yun-bok helps support the family by shining shoes, and keeps a journal. When his journal is made public in school, Yun-bok's father repents of his bad behavior, and his mother returns home. (wikipedia.org)