Osing

Sevenyearold girl Shin is sold off as a servant She takes with her the 50cent coin her grandmother gave her However at the masters house Shin is accused of stealing the money and beaten Shin escapes to mountains where she falls into a faint Jinho a student soldier runs away from the army into mountains He saves Shin and they live in the mountain where he teaches her how to read and fall in puppy love with each other After the winter Shin and Jinho go down the mountain But they are discovered by soldiers who end up killing Jinho Shin takes the harmonica that belonged to Jinho and goes home When her father beats her and plans to sell her off again Shin leaves in search of her mother Shin finds her mother who is a kisaeng Understanding that she cant stay Shin leaves to become a servant Learning that her grandmother is near death Shin returns home and vows to overcome their poverty