The Way Home

November 15, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Mānoa Campus, Center for Korean Studies

The Center for Korean Studies fall film series, "Late Blossoms: Old Age in Korean Cinema," concludes with an exhibition The Way Home芒鈧(矛搂鈥樏撀济∨) the 2002 feature directed by Lee Jeonghyang. At the center of the story is Sangwoo, a seven-year-old boy who is left in a remote village with his grandmother while his mother looks for work. Reared in the city, he finds conflict in the rural environment with his old-fashioned grandmother and believes his mother has abandoned him. Through his grandmother芒鈧劉s endless patience and devotion, he learns to embrace empathy, humility, and the importance of family, becoming a different boy by the time his mother returns for him. SEE ALL EVENTS for M脛鈧琋OA International Education Week at


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