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

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.

"She didn't get remarried and live alone. Raising her daughter on her own" :"( kimiko❤

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. ❤

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.

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

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.

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.❤

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.

My heart just got broken..... at least he get to speak to her.

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.

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 🙏

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 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..

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.❤❤❤

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 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 🙂

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.

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.

Hope his daughter meets him soon. What a sad story.

Oh man. This made me cry! I hope he has closure.

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!

The young reporter was such a nice man wow 👌 👏 😍 for this old man that was looking for his daughter 😳 👏 👍

I can feel his emotion…longing to see his family & so sad, looking forward for their reunion to come

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.

The not knowing is the worst feeling. God bless the reporter for helping.

u are a great Warrior Mr Kim. Salute😢💪 RIP Kimiko and son 🙏🏻😢

I feel very sad for Kimiko (his first wife) 😢

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.

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

Such a heartwarming piece! May God bless him- I hope they meet before he passes.

So sad every war has ruined many people lives 😢

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..

Such a sad story. I too wish the daughter had taken time to meet him.

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!!!!

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.

Heartbreaking story. I think I'm going to cry.

I hope that she will meet him soon 😢 stay healthy grandpa , i wish you stay healthy to enjoy life .

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.

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 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

glad to know that he found his daughter

Touching story ❤. I cried too while watching😢

War does not only kill the present moment but also generations afterwards , very sad.

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

Amazing im so touch. I'm crying while watching. I wish have video when the time is met her daughter

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.

For those saying if they were able to eventually meet, yes dad and Miyoko met in Hapcheon. This aired in 2013 btw.

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?

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.

So sad story, but I'm happy that they will meet soon, God bless❤

WOW. What a touching story...

i find it very interesting how his wife said those words...."she probably struggled so much raising kids alone, why search for her?" korean women probably often have this as the first thoughts in their heads when it comes to searching for lost children. as a korean adoptee, it gives me a perspective into all the single mothers in korea who also face the same dilemma of wanting to see their abandoned children but feeling shame about it.

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

This is absolutely heartbreaking. That poor man 😢

Such a beautiful and sad story!

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

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.

Not to be pessimistic, but living in Japan and knowing Japanese, I doubt the daughter will visit him one day, especially after hearing what she told him.

I hope there is a second episode

Really sad story it really moves me 😢 I wish the daughter see her father soonest 🙏❤

This lovely lovely man poor thing it wasn't his fault 😢

이 이야기를 볼 때마다 항상 울어요.. 죽기 전에 가족이 생겨서 반가워요.

I've cried watching this....

Their nation’s history is so sad 😢 even until today

This story really makes me cried a lot 😭

So heartbreaking i cried with him at the end so sad

A Very Sad Story..... With Even A Sadder Ending.....

The ending made my heart break. Knowing he passed away in 2018 without meeting her breaks my heart... I hope he's resting in peace and has reunited with Kimiko.

It is really sad they didn't get to meet, but I wouldn't judge the daughter at all --- none of this is her fault either. You don't know how difficult it was for her and her mother being left alone without support in a post war world, or how abandoned she must have felt knowing her father had a whole other family in Korea. She might resent him for enlisting with Korea to begin with --- because at that point he did choose to leave them, even if he did have intentions of returning. I thought his wife back in Korea was being harsh by saying he abandoned them --- but honestly that might be how his Japanese daughter feels --- he DID leave them to go to war. It takes time to work out those feelings of abandonment and memories of hardship and trauma --- even if it wasn't really her dad's fault he couldn't go back for her. I wish they could have met before he passed, but in reality she doesn't owe her father. She did call and directly speak to him, and honestly asking for time to process her own feelings and tell her family is a reasonable ask --- that's a little different from saying "fuck off." It's more like "I wanted you to know i'm alive and ok, but i need some time and space to process right now." She didn't owe him anything but still gave him that. I hope he had solace in knowing she was alive, and even he said "i can't resent my children, we're complete strangers now." And "she lost her mother and her little brother" --- He understands her feelings, as heartbroken as he must be for himself. War sucks.

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.😢

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

The poor old man may he rest in peace away from everything that crushed his soul.

❤😢😢such a sad story of life, all wars are cruel. The dying, loss of life, families destroyed... so glad to hear is daughter got a physical touch with him, this is something he wanted her to know and to be forgiven ... this all of which was out of his control.... but he never forgot for all those missing years never left his heart ❤😢

I hope it will have follow-up story this was aired last 2013 🙏🙏🙏

War extremely taken innocent lives to the Graves...heart breaking

Cue tears 😢

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.

Sad Story..hope they meet as soon as possible..❤

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

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.

This story has an another episode and to be labelled with to be continued. Hope to watch the next. . . .

This is a very sad story indeed.😢

I’m crying for Woontae… the torment of all those years… always feeling guilty one way or the other!! Japan family and Korean family… he needed to move on since he was a young man. And he probably didn’t think would ever see his Japan family again😭😢 such a sad sad story!! I felt for him and glad that his Korean family understands!! So good of them!!!!

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….

I hope they meet 😢💔 so sad...the man is to old now...pls give him a love that he needs...time is precious...part 2 pls...the documentary...

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.

part 2 please

I didn’t know I would cry so much😢😊

😮I admire this old man. He's still a clear and sound mine. And I'm so sad about his story. May he meet her daughter before it's too late.

Hope you can document their meeting and be able to watch...

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.🙏🙏🙏

If only you know about my great grandmother and grandmother..may you only live this day forth...no past...❤❤❤