One hot summer day, Rie, a 31-year-old second-generation Korean born and raised in Japan was looking forward for her brother Sungho's return. Sungho, 10 years her senior, was relocated to North Korea in the 1970's under the "repatriation program." After 25 years, he was finally allowed to return to Japan for three months to get medical treatments. The night that the family reunites, Rie realizes how difficult his life must have been in North Korea. In this trip, Sun...more

One hot summer day, Rie, a 31-year-old second-generation Korean born and raised in Japan was looking forward for her brother Sungho's return. Sungho, 10 years her senior, was relocated to North Korea in the 1970's under the "repatriation program." After 25 years, he was finally allowed to return to Japan for three months to get medical treatments. The night that the family reunites, Rie realizes how difficult his life must have been in North Korea. In this trip, Sungho recognizes the dramatic differences of the town that he grew up in. Also, he reunites with his old friends and his first love. This gathering brings up mixed emotions among the friends. When a North Korean surveillance agent, Yang, asked Sungho to give a 'job' to his beloved sister Rie, everyone reprimands Sungho. Despite the conflict among the family, Sungho's medical test result comes out... Will the family and friends be able to make up for the 25 years' lost time?less