A Forest Is Swaying

A Forest is Swaying is the story of a former soldier Pak Sŏngryong who struggles to plant a pine forest and raise and orphaned child in an area devastated by American bombs in the Fatherland Liberation War Korean War A young agricultural expert comes to judge the work Pak has been doing She finds that it is impossible to have a pine forest in this area and surmises that he should plant other trees instead He continues to plant pine trees regardless of her advice