In the early 1900s, a woman begs a healer to let her have one healthy child, as her others have died.

in the late 1980s, a Korean man gets told he won't be getting a raise.

He tells the men he's the only one who will land a specific deal, and when he does, he wants the raise.

The woman gives birth to a healthy girl.

The man arrives in Osaka and heads to a Pachinko club.

He plays one round, loses, and then sees his father who runs the club.

They catch up and discuss the man's, Solomon's, success.

The young girl, named Sunja, walks through a fish market with her father.

Sunja is a master negotiator even at her age.

They witness a man get arrested by the Japanese police.

Solomon and his father head to their house, where he greets his grandmother, Sunja.

Solomon and his grandmother start to catch up together.

Sunja's mother thinks that her father give her too much leeway in life and should be less loving.

Young Sunja heads to the cove and dives under the water for an extended period of time.

Her father gets nervous, but she comes up from the water fine.

She caught an abalone (a marine snail) for her family to eat that night.

They enjoy the meal, but also talk about the hardships they face as a family, and the Japanese control.

One man, in particular, says things that scare the family.

Young Sunja tells the man that he should leave the boarding house, but he tells her it was a mistake and won't happen again.

The police questioned Sunja's father after the man disappeared.

The police show leniency and leave the house.

Solomon wants his father to sell the parlor, but Grandma Sunja tells him that his father is opening a second parlor.

Later, Solomon goes through his childhood things.

Young Sunja witnesses the police bringing in the man who spoke out of turn.

The man starts singing, and the police beat him.

Solomon arrives at his company's Japanese office in Tokyo.

He gets approached by Tom, and assures Tom that he does not plan on staying in Japan.

Japan's emperor at the time, Hirohito dies.

Hirohito ruled during Japan's occupation of Korea.

Young Sunja watches as her father coughs up blood.

She watches as he dies.

Fast forward nine years later, and Sunja is in the fish market, being eyed by a mysterious man in a white suit.

He's the new broker for the marina.

He's enamored by her.