A Korean man who couldn't go back home after entering Korean War | Undercover Korea
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- A Korean man living in Japan went to Korea to enter the Korean army when the Korean War broke out. After the war, he wanted to return to Japan, but the Japanese government denied entry of Koreans who had fought in the Korean War. His wife and daughter were in Japan, but he couldn't even send them a letter. Since then, after 63 years, he decided to find his daughter.
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Air date: Jul 25th, 2013.
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Such a sad story. I am glad he found his daughter. Just wish she would have met him right away. He is elderly, and you never know what can happen
Unfortunately the relationship between Japanese people and Korean were the reason she was standoffish she had always thought she was Japanese this was in 2013 thankfully she didn't resent him for it or anything and she learned to accept it I believe for what I researched was in a different language so not all of it was easy to understand
"She didn't get remarried and live alone. Raising her daughter on her own" :"( kimiko❤
Kimiko the real one. They don’t make women like that ride or die these days. 😢
It was so heartbreaking at the end of the film when he said the words “if only i did not leave Japan”. To hear that from an old man, words of deep regret . . .
He deserves the world, having the patience to wait this long for his family.... heart of gold.
This was so heartbreaking, at least he knows his daughter is alive, married and had children. 😢wish the daughter could go to South Korea and see him just once. ❤
I hope the two of them can live comfortably. No one was wrong here. It's just the world and time that make us make bad choices
the japanese government was wrong. . never minding of their citizens' feelings and would be outcome of having a broken family with no Korean Father at home. i think this is one of the reasons why Koreans hates Japan until now .
My heart broke for him. He never forgot his daughter, and she didn't feel an urgency to meet her elderly father. I pray they meet soon before it's too late, and she regrets not meeting him sooner.
Kimiko stayed loyal until the bitter end. Very Japanese of her and she should be very proud of what she accomplished. Kimiko was an amazing woman.
The boys??
@@baily9840the boy died before the age of one according to his daughter
Her father is old and probably won't have that much time left. I hope Miyoko will do the right thing as soon as possible and meet her father.
I was trying to look around to see if they met, and it seems like he passed away on June 2018 before they could meet😭
@@syang6477 is that so? so sad
She could be meet his dad
@@carmelavalley yes unfortunately 😔
@@syang6477 omg 😭😭😭
What a gratitude to this great heroic men , risked their lives, but rewarded a broken heart and miserable life😢. How many of them died without closure? 😢
If I could have been his daughter , knowing he is on his twilight years, I will get the first flight to Korea in a minute.
My admiration and due respect to Sir Kim , he is indeed a man of strength , and hope never waver. My prayers for him and his likes , the best and happiness of their remaining life.❤
Same, if I were her, I would waste no second - unless she doesn't want to see him at all
He already was in pain, & It gave a new wound & fresh stabbing pain when she indirectly refused to meet him saying "the time was not right" and she hadn't revealed about having found her father to her family.
He had understood and known in his heart that she doesn't want to meet him , never consider his yearning.
The way he wept and walked back feeling lost and failed..
It really saddens me.
May his soul find peace and solace, if he hasn't been reborn yet, and also in his next life joy,love and happiness 🙏
Well put. 🙂
She better hurry up and make a meet up, he's not gonna live forever.
There is a context that you are not getting. Japanese marry Japanese. The mother not telling her daughter that she was Korean by 1/2 was to protect her so she could marry and have a family. The Korean father would have known this. He would also understand the difficulty that this no place the daughter. What was more important is the tone of the daughters voice it had given her great pleasure to know that she was not abandon by her father and that all these years she was thought of and loved. And on his part he know's her life is well. What more could he ask when he himself moved on and had his own family with joys, sorrows and accomplishments.
My heart just got broken..... at least he get to speak to her.
I heard about these Korean men when I was in high-school in the 70s. They were known for their sadness and could be spotted on coastal cities gazing over the ocean towards Japan.
Politics and politicians care more about appearances than the suffering of innocent people due to their policies.
I hope Myoko found her father.
This is so heartbreaking. The Japanese government is so f’d up sometimes. As a Japanese person it feels so shameful. I hope he got to meet his daughter. I don’t know why she’s putting off telling her family. Her father is 88. Does she think he’ll live forever? It’s very disappointing to me. Especially since none of this is his fault. He could have completely abandoned them and never look back but he went to great lengths to find them. Blessings to him
I am surprised as a Japanese person you are wondering why she is worried about telling her husband she is half Korean. I am Japanese and I 💯 understand why this puts her in a difficult position.😊
@@bearsong8486as a non asian can you clarify why its difficult. is there hatred and animosity for Koreans in japan? will she be discriminated if ahe lets her famiky know her father is Korean?
@@iamarmytinyctzenthebyes, we are second class citizens in Japan. However, I do understand this complex situation. The father could have gone back - like 5-10 years after the war. He had another family by then and it would be improper to ditch them and try and find his original family in Japan. He’s probably thinking she has met another husband by then.
On the other hand, Miyoko’s mother didn’t seem to make much effort to find him. I will say she is deceased (RIP), so she can’t explain her side either. It’s weird she never remarried, but didn’t go to great lengths to find her husband.
Anyways, this is such a profound and sad story. I don’t think I’d do what he did if war broke out… I used to be very nationalistic in that way. But I can’t abandon my wife and children. My loyalty has to be them first - then country. I learned that through this documentary. Very good lesson for Koreans and Japanese together.
no shade man but boy i don’t understand how brutal japans history is. i’m american so it’s not as if i don’t share in some national guilt from our own actions. it’s just crazy seeing what happened in japans history
@asianmaddness56 he tried but the Japanese government won't allow him.
I felt so sorry for them both, it sounds like she is trying to protect her feelings as it was such a shock for her, but her father is so old and i think he knows deep down the meeting might never happen, her ending of the conversation was way to formal, but then again miracles do happen.
I hope there's a part 2😢 wishing for him to see his daughter ❤❤. I wish there is no war and people well live in peace..a lot of people suffering due to war..
He died in June 2018, they never met.
@@JaricDesannthanks for the update. That’s so sad but at least he got to talk to his daughter and had asked for forgiveness. I admire her for understanding her dad’s situation.
Very sad. @@JaricDesann
@@JaricDesannCan you explain
@@mscreationworks5787 someone in another comment provided an article. There is a lot of stigma in Japan about being…. Impure, a mixed ethnic or a foreigner and the daughter didn’t want to open that can of worms with her husband and children. So to my knowledge the family have no idea. It’s sad
What a strong wonderful man who really should meet his daughter Myoko as soon as possible. Hurry up Myoko, your dear father doesn’t have a long life to wait. Please meet him before it’s too late. It was wonderful that you saw the newspaper article that this kind journalist put in hoping to connect the two of you. Now it’s all up to you. Wishing you well and a good visit with the wonderful father you lost when you were so small.❤❤❤
Another subscriber looked it all up and sadly he died June 2018 before he and daughter could meet
Hope there will be a second part of this, the meeting of Father and daughter. Hope and pray he will have a longer life still to unite with his family he'd been missing for long. Take care and God bless, until then see you all as a Happy in the next series or vlog.
Happy family, supposed to be.
I had to hold back my tears. it's so touching. Love knows no boundaries and lasts forever...
So much sadness and pain he carries around. I do hope his daughter goes to visit him sooner rather than later
Beautiful story.
Such a painful memories !! Hard to live with that for 60 Years. I pray and hopeful one day Father & Daughter meet and forget the past and have a wonderful future wherever they stay 🙂 Thanks K-Doc for the documentary. Love from India 🙂
Sadly he died June 2018 before they could meet
@@caropapa Oh ! R I P
@@caropapaNo. 😢😢😢
Hope his daughter meets him soon. What a sad story.
She better hurry up, time ain't waiting for no one.
@@suhtangwong You got that right.
Thanks to that reporter it became as good a reunion as possible after sixty years finally. So sad that loved ones and families end up torn apart by the callous indifference of so called leadership authorities. Shame on those who choose to be coldly indifferent. Namaste. Carpe Diem.
they truly didn’t know the outcome. they had courage. those two countries punished each other and the citizens were the fallout. just tragic.
The young reporter was such a nice man wow 👌 👏 😍 for this old man that was looking for his daughter 😳 👏 👍
She is lucky. Her dad is very loving and responsible. My japanese husband is the opposite. He abandoned us without a word. Just vanished into thin air. He left me with 4 children to raise by myself. I never re-married or look for a partner. I still prayed he is still alive and have a change of heart to reconnect with his children, atleast. This is sad.
🙏🙏🙏🙏💪💪💪💪❤️❤️❤️❤️
Oh man. This made me cry! I hope he has closure.
Mr Kim story is so sad made me cry, sometimes the regret eats a you, the only silver lining is that at least he knows the end story, he had a son that died and a Wife that raised his daughter who is still alive, and he knows he has grandchildren, sometimes just knowing that is all you get. I hope she didn't wait long to meet him.
I can feel his emotion…longing to see his family & so sad, looking forward for their reunion to come
So sad every war has ruined many people lives 😢
This story hit me hard. My mother shared the same birthday as this mans daughter, and I recently found out the man I thought was my granddad wasn't. The father of my mother was in Irish man who abandoned my pregnant grandmother and as no-one ever mentioned until after she was dead, now I don't even know his name.
I hate secrets!
You can make dna test, there's several companies doing this by mail and give results online, maybe you'll find other family members
@medeacassandralogos Yes, I've started on that, using one of them. I think I need to do a few of the others to, for best chances of hits. I also have a complicated paternal family tree also so finding out the facts of who is relatedto whom is proving tricky, lol.
Thanks for your kind thoughts and words. 💞
@@mstmy7082 Good luck 🍀🤞🏼
The not knowing is the worst feeling. God bless the reporter for helping.
I feel very sad for Kimiko (his first wife) 😢
u are a great Warrior Mr Kim. Salute😢💪
RIP Kimiko and son 🙏🏻😢
Such a heartwarming piece! May God bless him-
I hope they meet before he passes.
Such a sad story. I too wish the daughter had taken time to meet him.
My heart goes out to you sir. Stay strong stay healthy you will meet her someday soon. What a beautiful opportunity for her and you.
What a bummer. They never reunited? He was 88 and died at 92. I wonder if that was the ONLY phone call he had with his daughter via the reporter during those 4 years.
이 이야기를 볼 때마다 항상 울어요.. 죽기 전에 가족이 생겨서 반가워요.
This is one of the saddest story I have heard!! It’s sooooo heartbreaking 😭😭😭 I really hope he gets to meet his daughter and her family understands the situation and accepts the story😭😭 after all life is short and sometimes never is how you wished it would be …. A happy ending!! I’m glad that he got to know his daughter finally knows the truth!! And he should never feel guilty… his heat and mind was always in the right place…. Just circumstances got in the way! He is a good man!!!!
Heartbreaking story. I think I'm going to cry.
The fact that korean tv show are very satisfying to watch,the filming angles are the best👏
I hope Miyoko and her father meet soon, no one’s fault but the human history sometimes carry people to place they don’t wish to go
I hope there is a second episode
WOW. What a touching story...
Such a beautiful and sad story!
Touching story ❤. I cried too while watching😢
Please do a follow-up to this story.
I very so sad and in tears. May he have met his daughter before he leaves this life.
Made me cry 😢. Is there a second part of this?
Sadly she never wanted to meet up and he ended up passing 😢
Amazing im so touch. I'm crying while watching. I wish have video when the time is met her daughter
I cried.very sad for both of them but I can't blame the father and he is also hurting inside.hope their meeting will be the part 2 of this.im waiting
WOow 😢 You are an inspiration for lost families 💜 May GOD guide you, so your love for your child, brings closure. Thank you sooo much for sharing ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😁🙏🙏
I am sad and teary with this story hope before the twilight GOD's favor happens to meet them together. I salute you sir for fighting for your country hope and pray you meet your daughter before GOD takes you.GOD bless! Don't blame yourself you're a great hero who fought for your country.
I hope that she will meet him soon 😢 stay healthy grandpa , i wish you stay healthy to enjoy life .
Very sad..it made me cry as well..I wish to follow their story when the father meet his daughter..I want them meet happily
glad to know that he found his daughter
This is absolutely heartbreaking. That poor man 😢
I've cried watching this....
Miyoko just want to hear her father voice and knowing he still alive after many century past..
She dont have a courage to tell her husband and kids that she have Korean blood by fear the after effect telling the truth..
Many years has passed and Miyoko grown up living with her mother until she died and married and have a kids..
She dont have father around her and she already grown to that fact that nothing will change if she meet again her biological father..
Hurt for the father to think her beloved daughter still alive waiting for him but in the end the daughter still have a life she have to protect from an unknown father..
Sad..
Finally someone who understands. To have Korean blood in Japan was shameful (many K were war slaves or workers forcibly brought over) , and they were discriminated against. Most 2nd and 3rd generation Koreans took on Japanese names and pretended to be Japanese. So this would be huge news for Myoko husband and children. Likely she will have to choose her family’s well being over her unknown father.
Yes, this is something that non Asians do not understand. I had Filipino friends who were part Japanese, but would not tell anyone about it for fear of being looked down upon by the folks in their town. The relationship between the local women and the Japanese soldiers during the war was not necessarily consensual most of the time. It is awful that the victims are the ones feeling the "shame" as if they're tainted or something along that line.
This story really makes me cried a lot 😭
The poor old man may he rest in peace away from everything that crushed his soul.
I am sure they are reunited or in contact after the call connection, since this is from 2013 documentary.
It was in those days political situation that separated them apart, not because he wanted to leave them.
I hope there is an update from this 2013 documentary
He died in June 2018 and they never met.
As to whether she disclosed the matter to her husband and children - I couldn’t say.
Bless his heart..we never forget. ❤
Wow... that was powerful. Lives are forever changed when politics are involved. I'm both happy and sad for the elder statesman. Ultimately, though, I'm happy for him.
So sad story, but I'm happy that they will meet soon, God bless❤
Cue tears 😢
Really sad story it really moves me 😢 I wish the daughter see her father soonest 🙏❤
A Very Sad Story..... With Even A Sadder Ending.....
So heartbreaking i cried with him at the end so sad
너무 마음 아픕니다 이런 일도 있었다니...
So heartbreaking I pray that she would go meet her father the sooner the better cause life is too short..hope this has part 2 knowing they will meet
I hope they meet asap. I hope he keeps being healthy and live longer. It’s so sad and made me cry a lot when the old man cry after knowing his wife and son is already dead.😢
This lovely lovely man poor thing it wasn't his fault 😢
This is a very sad story indeed.😢
I wish to tell him that staying in Korea is the best because he will be treated differently in Japan. Koreans are more genuine and welcoming because they’ve been through a lot of hardship and it’s a good country. He has a lovely wife and a son with him in Korea. I hope he will not drown himself in guilt and start to let go. I hope his daughter will meet him someday and not wait too long.
Made my heart break at the end I’m glad that he at least got to hear her voice and can be at peace knowing his daughter was alive and had a husband and children.
Wow its such a long long way back.untill now you find your family.your daughter shes happy to see you...where is part two....i want to see this episode....nice one kbs
Hope you can document their meeting and be able to watch...
It's been 10 years since this aired. We NEED a follow up. Did they ever meet?
This made me cry, I can feel his pain.
Apparently he died in 2018 without meeting her
There's no reason why they would have not met after this call since she was willing to 🤷🏻♀️
@@DreamsOfFrozen source?
@@medeacassandralogos The problem is to meet him would reveal to her husband and children that she was not 100% Japanese. Japan is very funny that way.
@@tjj300 she could have just met her dad and not tell anyone 🤷🏻♀️
What a sad state of affairs for this man & his daughter & grandchildren. I have tears as I write this....I do hope they get to meet before it's too late! Kudos to the newspaper reporter who wrote his store in the paper. I hope all turns out well for all of them.
My heart was filled with sadness for him and his daughter. I’m sorry the daughter didn’t get to meet her Dad before he passed away, It would have made his life fulfilled before leaving this earth. So. so sad. Rest in peace, sir.🙏🙏🙏
I hope it will have follow-up story this was aired last 2013 🙏🙏🙏
part 2 please
I read in one of the comments that he died years later without ever meeting his daughter. That is incredibly sad. Knowing that he’s 88 years old, he likely didn’t have many more years to live. I don’t understand why she wouldn’t rush to meet him.
Where is 2nd part?Really heartbroken i watched it again and again many more times because i can understand korean and Japanese language watching from nepal
He died in June 2018, they never met
It's tragic for the old Mr. Kim to have been involuntarily separated from his baby. I feel I know his heart, as a father. But I had good fortune to be able to raise my daughter and I love my daughter dearly. But I have to say this. My deep love for my daughter is through my being able to spend time and care for my daughter and develop deep bond, not just because she is my biological daughter. If I was in Mr. Kim's shoes, I would not have tried to find my lost daughtert lost at 3 years old and separated by 60+ years. It's too far in the past and you don't know who your daughter turned out to become. For his efforts, Mr. Kim was rewarded with fresh wound and tragedy of losing his daughter again.
Can you please tell me if there is a follow up to this where you film them finally meeting. Such a sad story and it needs a happy ending….
Heartbreaking
War extremely taken innocent lives to the Graves...heart breaking
Their nation’s history is so sad 😢 even until today
This story has an another episode and to be labelled with to be continued. Hope to watch the next. . . .
Sad Story..hope they meet as soon as possible..❤
part 2 please if they met already
It so sad and heard the story 😢😢😢❤❤❤
Are there any updates to this story?
This story is so sad. I hope and pray for a happy ending.
For those saying if they were able to eventually meet, yes dad and Miyoko met in Hapcheon. This aired in 2013 btw.
Is there a follow up video of their reunion?
The ending just said they will meet, but it looks like they actually didn't. He passed in June 2018
apparently they didnt (some people say)
I didn’t know I would cry so much😢😊
I suddenly cry.........
A father who has great love for his child - patiently waited for a chance to meet his children. It must have been more heavy in his heart knowing that the daughter is alive, and yet she did not want to meet. I pray that he will stay healthy even up in his age = may he find some sort of relief knowing that he has reached out and was able to connect -he was able to hold on to his promise to himself that someday he will return to see them. Bless your heart Sir. A great and admirable patience because of a father's love.