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Ode to My Father
Ode to My Father
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2014
2h 6m
7.4(143 votes)
Drama

Overview

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.

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