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Nayoung is a KoreanAmerican college student Staying with her uncle in Korea Nayoung is forced to learn Korean dances Korean traditional songs and sewing from her aunt Unable to bear it any longer Nayoung leaves her uncles home In a music salon she meets Hyungrok and his band Hyungrok is a singer and a college student Nayoung learns of love and friendship from them When the music salon is closed down Hyungrok and his band decide to enter the college song contest to reopen the salon Despite old instruments and hunger the band wins the contest with Nayoungs help Nayoung learns of how precious her home country is through Hyungrok and his band She asks her uncle to build a fancy music salon Leaving behind love and friendship Nayoung returns to America