Ode to My Father

(2014)

★ 7.4 IMDb · 143 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2014

Runtime: 126 мин

Country: South Korea

Director: 윤제균

Cast: Хван Джон-мин, Ким Юнджин, О Даль Су, Чон Джин-ён, Чан Ён-нам, Ра Ми Ран, 엄지성, 김슬기, 김민재, Тхэ Ин-хо

Plot

Duk-soo lost his father and younger sister while taking refuge during the Korean War. He leaves for Germany to work as a miner and enters the Vietnam War. He wishes to find his sister.

Amid the chaos of refugees fleeing the Korean War in December 1950, a young boy, Duk-soo, sees his fate change in the blink of an eye when he loses track of his younger sister and he leaves his father behind to find her. Settling in Busan, Duk-soo devotes himself to his remaining family, working all manner of odd jobs to support them in place of his father. His dedication leads him first to the deadly coal mines of Germany, where he meets his first love, Youngja, and then to war-torn Vietnam in this generational epic about one man's personal sacrifices.