The drama intricately portrays original book, even dwelling in deeper backstory of characters & original immigrants - generational victims since Japanese occupation era & continued identity crisis, collectively similar but starkly different across generations.

It evokes bittersweet nostalgia, a painful reminder of the past, reflections on how political crisis has changed courses of lives and continues to do so even in the current day, as immigrants can neither return to Korea nor get a full recognition in Japan.

The past and present parallels putting spotlight on Sunja and Solomon (the grandmother and grandson) duo is seamlessly woven to create a heartbreakingly beautiful cinematic experience. You feel their hopes, pain, resignation and courage through and through.

The cast is stellar, the acting: both the younger and older actors excel at making the roles their core identities & the rawness of the direction makes it feel like a poetry: alternatingly beautiful and destructive.