Tuning Fork

Tuning Fork

2014 · 105 min · Drama

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.

Directed by Choo Sang-rok · Written by Choo Sang-rok

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