The starry island is symbolic of a place where w all want to go, a place where there are no conflicts, and no fighting exists Four women who have their own life styles live on this island. Their names are Oknimi, Bulttoknyo, Nupdodaek, and Upsoonne, They are very tough survivors. Oknimi believes that if a human being dies, he or she becomes a star in the sky, which means that human beings are very important and are as permanent as stars in the sky. On the sea in summer, a fun...more

The starry island is symbolic of a place where w all want to go, a place where there are no conflicts, and no fighting exists Four women who have their own life styles live on this island. Their names are Oknimi, Bulttoknyo, Nupdodaek, and Upsoonne, They are very tough survivors. Oknimi believes that if a human being dies, he or she becomes a star in the sky, which means that human beings are very important and are as permanent as stars in the sky. On the sea in summer, a funeral boat is passing The chief mourner and friends in the boat are overcome which sorrow Moon Jae-Goo, The chief mourner, remembers his father's desire to be buried in his home village. It is too heavy a burden for Moon to carry out poet Kim Chul, a friend of Moon's insists that Moon's to carry out poet Kim Chul, a freind of Moon's insists that Moon's father's wish should be carried out. As expected the island people insist that Moon's father should not be buried on their island, even if he was born on this island. Poet Kim Chul lands alone on this island and remembers the four women mentioned above and an affair that he had with one of them one summer long age.less