Dani, a Japanese official who works at the Gyunggi-do provincial government to have Koreans change their names to Japanese ones according to the Governor General's order. Sul Jin-young is a stubborn and proud Korean who refuse to change his name. Dani comes to respect Sul and falls in love with his daughter Ok-sun. Therefore the conflict between his duty and respect for Suls' proud heritage to keep their family pedigree faces cruel consequences. Ok-sun gets drafted for labor ...more

Dani, a Japanese official who works at the Gyunggi-do provincial government to have Koreans change their names to Japanese ones according to the Governor General's order. Sul Jin-young is a stubborn and proud Korean who refuse to change his name. Dani comes to respect Sul and falls in love with his daughter Ok-sun. Therefore the conflict between his duty and respect for Suls' proud heritage to keep their family pedigree faces cruel consequences. Ok-sun gets drafted for labor which leads to breakage of their engagement. Sul realizes that he was jeopardizing the lives of his family so signs up to change all their names yet except for his name. He comes back home and kills himself with his last words on a page of the family pedigree. less