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Tuning Fork

Tuning Fork

2014•1h 45m
Drama

From the Japanese Occupation a 'comfort woman' returns from China an old woman. At the end of the war she can't return home and spends the next 65 years living as an alien in a foreign country. Even to her own granddaughter she seems to be losing her mind. She only wants to go back to Korea.

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Production

CJ Entertainment

Language

KO

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Jo An

Jo An

Hyang-ok

Kim Min-sang

Kim Min-sang

Deok-soo

Noh Young-hak

Noh Young-hak

Lee Yeong-joon

Ji Dae-han

Ji Dae-han

Cheon Tae-soon

Yoo Ra-seong

Yoo Ra-seong

Manager Goo

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