This is a rather lovely animated version of a traditional Korean myth. It tells the story of a dutiful daughter, Sim Chung, whose mother died when she was young and whose father is blind. Promised that his life will be restored if she sells herself to sailors for sacrifice, Sim Chung does so and as she hits the waves her adventures are barely beginning.
You do have to bear with the first minute or so of this animated short by
M9 as it does take time to tell the story before the full visual treat gets underway. But do stick with it – the underwater sequences are quite lovely. Plus the denizens of the deep put Gershwin to good use!
