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'Documentary Empathy' 7 Days on an Uninhabited Island, Sasudo Haenam Haenyeo' ♦︎ Sasudo, a mysterious island where only three people are allowed to enter! Sasudo is an island belonging to Chuja-myeon, Jeju-si and the largest of 12 uninhabited islands belonging to Yecho-ri. The island itself is designated as a natural monument as a habitat for black-faced swans and black pigeons, so human entry is restricted. Only three people were given permission to enter this island! Choi Seong-yeol (51), Park Geum-sil (62), and Yoo Yeong-sim (61). We filmed the sea in front of Sasudo as they showed us through underwater footage. Communication, electricity, water. Sasudo is called the dark world, where things that are hard to imagine in today's world are controlled. Why do they go to Sasudo despite the inconveniences? ♦︎ "I can't wait to come here. I miss this island." What brings them to Sasudo? The only man among the three, and the only Haenam Choi Seong-yeol (51). Haenam, a 34-year veteran who has been holding her ground amidst the dwindling number of female divers. “I can’t wait to come here. I miss this island.” My job that I want to keep even though I live apart from my family, and Sasudo. Why on earth does he come to Sasudo? “If I don’t come here, it feels like I’ve been to the mainland and haven’t come home.” Ms. Park Geum-sil (62) says that even though her body is somewhere else, her heart is always in Sasudo. She knows the ecology better than anyone because she has been there for a long time, so it’s possible to worry. Ms. Yoo Yeong-sim (61) says that although it is difficult, she feels at ease just by coming to Sasudo. She said that she put her heart at ease on this island where she can see only what she wants to see, and that she found great comfort. Sasudo is like a home to these people, more like a family than their own! What does Sasudo mean to them? ♦︎ Sasudo is their second home, their second home. What kind of story did they have when they came to the island? Mr. Choi Seong-yeol (51) says that wherever he goes, he suddenly starts to worry about Sasudo. Although Sasudo is a place where there is a garbage dump that needs to be cleaned up every time you come and a house that floods when it rains, Sasudo is a second home where Seongyeol feels at ease. Seongyeol says that he forgets all his worries when he comes to Sasudo. He says that the reason he came to Haenam was because he lost his mother at an early age and wanted to overcome the loneliness. Park Geumsil (62), who raised all her siblings while diving until the last month of her pregnancy. She originally had a youngest daughter. What could have happened? To make matters worse, her eldest son received a heart transplant last year. We hear her story that she kept buried in her heart. We are curious about their story that was always hidden behind her overflowing laughter. #Sasudo #UninhabitedIsland #RestrictedEntry