Kim Jong-boon has been a peddler for 30 years. The responsibility to support the family on behalf of her non-working husband has shaped her life. The weight of the responsibility is expressed through her generosity of selling goods on credit to those without money and buying marinated crab for those who helped with her business while she was away. In this way, Jong-boon makes us realize that responsibility can be expressed, not by being selfish for family but rather through selflessness towards those around us.
Wangshimni is a place where stalls have been kept for 30 years. Listening to the stories of the grandmothers who run street stalls alongside Jong-boon, we learn that they are considered unsanitary and detrimental to the modern street scene. As such, Kim Jong-boon of Wangshimni does not question directly but instead naturally makes one ask, “Can we judge someone by only passing through a moment of their life?”
This question continues as the film turns its gaze to the second daughter, Gwijeong, in Kim Jong-boon’s story. As such, the film focuses on the trajectory of women that continues from mother to daughter and pays tribute to all those who fill our daily lives. [Nandule, HAEPARI]