Sisters on the Road

The sudden death of her mother brings Myungeun back home to Jeju island There she meets her estranged sister Myungju and Myungjus daughter Seungah still living at their old home and Hyunah who has lived with them for over 20 years like a relative A career woman whose hard exterior masks her illegitimacy and abandonment issues Myungeun tells Hyunah she wants to start looking for her father after the funeral Singleminded in her desire to dig up memories of her father and discover why he left Myungeun resents that Myungju who like their mother is a carefree fish trader and an unmarried mother of a young daughter seemingly doesnt care At first Myungju is reluctant to accompany Myungeun but after Hyunah persuades her guilt and her sense of duty as an older sibling prevails And so the two sisters who are dissimilar in character