Somewhere on the periphery of Seoul, between the modern metropolis and the traditional farming communities, lies a distant and beautiful place, the neighborhood of Wonmi-dong. Here, a young couple from the city struggles to make a home for themselves; a hapless salary man is forced into door-to-door sales after losing his job; a precocious seven-year-old questions the meaning of friendship and community. Everyone seems to be chasing the intangible dream of a better life. Set against the backdrop of South Korea's breakneck drive for industrialization and economic development in the 1980s,...