Plot Outline:
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Yong-soo is an ex-soccer player who lives in a small coal mine village in North Korea with his critically ill, pregnant wife and young son, Joon. Although living in extreme poverty like many other families in North Korea, the family is happy just to be with each other.
Unable to find food and medicine for his family, he secretly crosses the border to China hoping to find some there. After many life-threatening moments in China, Yong-soo is forced into South Korea, becoming an unwanted refugee prohibited to return to his family.
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