

During the Japanese occupation of South Korea, a Japanese bureaucrat is ordered to persuade an influential Korean patriarch into obeying the law of changing his Korean surname to a Japanese one.

Ju Seon-tae
Sol Jin-young
Lead
Hah Myung-joong
Tani

Han Hye-suk
Ok-sun

Choi Nam-hyun
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Kim Shin-jae
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Yoon Yang-ha
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Ju Sang-ho
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Kim Seok-hun
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