Away From Home

Sook - Ja, a literate, young woman, growing up in Korea before its division, is learning how to navigate her strengths in life. Her ability to read, sets her apart from the rest of the women living in Pyongyang securing her a safe job, in a prestigious university. However, rumors of war have cause her family to set necessary precautions to the family name, including sending Sook - Ja away from her beloved home. Sook - Ja finds herself on a dangerous path to the enemy country of Japan. In order to survive, she is expected to erase her identity, including her Korean background. By suppressing all she has ever known about herself, Sook - Ja begins to battle with knowing her true place in the world and the love between her home country, and the country she is expected to reject. Her thoughts collide in a world suspended between Japan and Korea, leaving her to decide if she will ever reach the home she has longed for again.