With a Girl of Black Soil
(Geomen tangyi sonyeo oi)

Young-Lim, a nine-year-old girl, lives with her mentally handicapped elder brother Tong-Gu and their father in a shabby village in the Kangwon province. When health reasons force him to leave his job as a miner, the father succombs to depression and alcoholism. Following this incident, Young-Lim has no other choice than to take over the family responsabilities.