Tree of Wailing

<p><em>The Wailing Tree</em> is a powerful story set in 1920s Japanese-occupied Korea and China tracing the trials of a family caught in the tide of history and the fight for independence.</p><p> </p><p>Kim Jeong-guk owner of a rice mill is betrayed by his corrupt Japanese partner and forced to join the Korean independence movement leaving his family behind. Six years later his wife Jeong Sun-rye and their three children track him to a remote inn in Beijing. Yet poverty and hardship soon tear the family apart.</p><p> </p><p>Their eldest son Yeong-il endures his mother's resentment and relentless abuse from the Japanese including having the word thief cruelly burned onto his forehead. Despite these challenges Yeong-il struggles to keep his family alive and grows into a strong young man through trials of violence imprisonment and revenge.</p><p> </p><p>After a tragic reunion with his father who has suffered unimaginable torture and loss Yeong-il faces a harsh new reality in liberated Korea where freedom is shadowed by suspicion brutality and betrayal.</p><p> </p><p><em>The Wailing Tree</em> is a poignant tale of sacrifice resilience and the unyielding spirit of those who fight for justice in the face of oppression.</p>