Route 7

The arrival of an intimate letter prompts a young woman to bring her mother on vacation to a small Japanese town, where someone special resides.

Tatsuhiko, a quiet high school student in the coastal city of Karatsu, spends his days fishing and drifting through adolescence. Just before summer vacation, Yoon-seul, an exchange student from Busan, joins his class. As they grow closer, Tatsuhiko gradually discovers the heartfelt reason she chose this small Japanese town. However, an innocent remark unexpectedly hurts Yoon-seul, and she abruptly returns to Korea. Unable to let go of his regret, Tatsuhiko makes a life-changing decision—to cross the sea in search of the girl he never truly had the chance to understand.

A young Korean man who has lived in Japan for a long time returns to Korea and experiences an identity crisis. Through a series of romantic relationships, he eventually finds himself.

Jeong-hwa, a Korean-Chinese woman who works at a restaurant in South Korea, receives her monthly paycheck, but the envelope contains more money than usual. At first, she is happy about it, believing that her hard work is finally being recognized. But then she finds out that the envelope wasn’t meant for her.

Rie, from Japan, visits Gunsan in Korea to deliver a letter her grandfather never sent. With the help of a local young man named Minwoo, she tracks down the letter’s recipient, while at the same time learning about the role her grandfather played during the Japanese colonial occupation of Korea.