Follows one korean family through the generations, beginning in early 1900s korea with sunja, the prized daughter of a poor yet proud family, whose unplanned pregnancy threatens to shame them all. Deserted by her lover, ...Follows one korean family through the generations, beginning in early 1900s korea with sunja, the prized daughter of a poor yet proud family, whose unplanned pregnancy threatens to shame them all. Deserted by her lover, sunja is saved when a young tubercular minister offers to marry and bring her to Japan.