During the Korean War, American G.I. David Ashton meets a beautiful and highly educated young woman, Jila Rhee. The cousin of David's South Korean interpreter, she is the oldest daughter in a family of medical doctors, all of whom were educated at Hong Kong University.

Not only is the Rhee family of mixed ethnicities, they are also from different religious backgrounds. The Rhee family members are very impressed with young David and go to great lengths to cultivate his desire for learning. But David secretly wonders why they are so interested in his development and suspects them of...