The sudden death of their father reunites the Korean-American Song siblings for his funeral. DAVID SONG, the eldest son and the embodiment of Korean expectations, struggles to maintain his family’s appearance, concocting a plan to cover up the true nature of his father’s death. Fueled by the strayed relationship with her father, SABRING SONG, the middle child with red-dyed hair, refuses to play along. While MICHAEL SONG, the youngest of the siblings, drifts through the funeral proceedings in total detachment.
Complications arise when the gossiping MRS. CHOI, an elderly Korean woman with permed hair and pearl earrings, begins to unravel the truth about their father’s death. Desperate for control and to prevent the information from spreading, David hastens the funeral proceedings. But, chaos erupts when Sabrina takes center stage at the church pulpit and reveals the truth: her father had killed himself a month ago despite adamantly denying the existence of depression in Sabrina when she herself was a teenager. David storms the stage in an attempt to steer the funeral back on course, leading to a ridiculous physical altercation between him and Sabrina that marks an embarrassing end to the funeral.
After the proceedings, David, Sabrina, and Michael come to turn with their family’s Han: a Korean term used to explain intergenerational feelings of regret, sorrow, and resentment.
