Mom, the Star, and the Sea Anemone (1995)

Nine year old Soo Yeong lives with her diver mom on an island. She waits for her dad who, according to her mother, went out to sea and has yet to return. One day, Mr. Dok Go comes to the island from the city. He begins to live with them as a boarder. But Soo Yeong begins to fear losing her mom when she sees her and Mr. Dok Go making out. She reports him to the police, and they find out that he was once writer who supported the popular cause and arrest him. When she returns from vacation with her aunt who works at the red light district she finds out that her mom is married Mr. Dok Go and run away and her close neighbor Captain Choi has gone to heaven. Overcoming sadness, she begins to understand her mom and decides to wait for her to return.