1 00:00:53,556 --> 00:00:55,724 What's going on? Cut the kimchi already. 2 00:00:55,808 --> 00:00:58,435 Their stomachs are growling, Sunja! 3 00:01:22,960 --> 00:01:25,379 Time to eat! 4 00:01:26,380 --> 00:01:28,591 Let's eat! Let's eat! 5 00:01:29,300 --> 00:01:31,135 Come and get it! 6 00:01:33,888 --> 00:01:36,640 To me, lightly fermented kimchi is the best there is. 7 00:01:36,724 --> 00:01:39,560 You can still taste the green buds of garlic. 8 00:01:39,643 --> 00:01:43,814 Has that stomach ever met a food it didn't like? 9 00:01:51,572 --> 00:01:53,782 Sunja, are you okay? 10 00:02:02,241 --> 00:02:04,460 - Here. - Thank you. 11 00:02:06,128 --> 00:02:09,340 Tell Aunt Kyunghee I'll stop by the video store. 12 00:02:11,467 --> 00:02:12,885 Have a good day. 13 00:02:13,427 --> 00:02:14,845 Work hard. 14 00:02:39,787 --> 00:02:41,664 - Last night... - Mmm? 15 00:02:41,747 --> 00:02:44,291 - ... I had a dream about rice cakes. - Really? 16 00:02:44,375 --> 00:02:45,793 A whole platter. 17 00:02:45,876 --> 00:02:48,337 I was even sharing them with you, sister. 18 00:02:48,420 --> 00:02:49,838 - Were they good? - Meh. 19 00:03:12,778 --> 00:03:15,614 Kyunghee, time to wake up now. 20 00:03:21,537 --> 00:03:22,955 Kyunghee. 21 00:03:26,792 --> 00:03:28,002 Kyung... 22 00:03:34,341 --> 00:03:35,968 Kyunghee... 23 00:03:41,849 --> 00:03:43,809 Sunja, what is it? 24 00:03:46,312 --> 00:03:48,939 My stomach. 25 00:03:50,024 --> 00:03:53,027 Did I eat a bad clam last night or something? 26 00:03:53,861 --> 00:03:55,696 Oh no. 27 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:58,866 Could it be a sign your bleeding is coming? 28 00:03:59,491 --> 00:04:01,327 You missed last month. 29 00:04:03,787 --> 00:04:05,998 I'll boil some doraji for you. 30 00:07:18,899 --> 00:07:21,735 Tell your mother I'm sorry for the price hike. 31 00:07:23,237 --> 00:07:27,575 In Koh Hansu's absence, everything is chaos. 32 00:07:27,658 --> 00:07:29,285 Isn't he due back by now? 33 00:07:29,368 --> 00:07:31,203 I thought he was going to be gone a week. 34 00:07:31,287 --> 00:07:32,496 That's right. 35 00:07:33,163 --> 00:07:36,584 And now it's hard to say. He may never return at all. 36 00:07:37,167 --> 00:07:38,711 Why do you say that? 37 00:07:38,794 --> 00:07:42,381 A man like Koh Hansu, he has options. 38 00:07:42,464 --> 00:07:46,093 Being a fish broker in Busan isn't that man's ultimate dream. 39 00:07:48,012 --> 00:07:50,973 Going back to the way things were, I couldn't take it. 40 00:07:51,599 --> 00:07:54,602 He may have been strict, but he paid fairly. 41 00:07:55,394 --> 00:07:58,606 Well, it was good while it lasted, wasn't it? 42 00:08:00,357 --> 00:08:02,026 Here! Take a look! 43 00:08:05,321 --> 00:08:08,157 Let's go! The price is right! 44 00:08:39,062 --> 00:08:40,397 Now who could that be? 45 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:42,273 I'll go and check. 46 00:08:47,947 --> 00:08:50,658 How about here? She'd be with these memories. 47 00:08:52,409 --> 00:08:54,703 Too obvious, isn't it? 48 00:08:54,787 --> 00:08:58,791 Grandma, there's really no need for you to agonize about this. 49 00:08:59,333 --> 00:09:01,627 The burial marker will be ready soon. 50 00:09:01,710 --> 00:09:03,254 Mom. 51 00:09:03,337 --> 00:09:06,173 Oh, my! You've come all this way. You shouldn't have. 52 00:09:06,715 --> 00:09:08,259 How can you say that? 53 00:09:08,342 --> 00:09:10,803 Of course I have to come see how you're faring. 54 00:09:10,886 --> 00:09:14,598 This is Pastor Rhee, he's here visiting from Korea. 55 00:09:14,682 --> 00:09:17,309 To have him here is so very lucky. 56 00:09:17,393 --> 00:09:20,771 He'll be here with us for a few months, staying at the church. 57 00:09:22,064 --> 00:09:23,691 Please, sit. 58 00:09:26,485 --> 00:09:28,112 Our Kyunghee, 59 00:09:28,195 --> 00:09:31,699 I didn't know her long, but I could tell she was a rare person. 60 00:09:32,408 --> 00:09:35,619 Would it be right to say she loved to bring joy to others? 61 00:09:36,203 --> 00:09:38,038 I only wish you could have met her 62 00:09:38,122 --> 00:09:40,958 before all her energy was stolen by her cancer. 63 00:09:41,625 --> 00:09:44,670 Well, she might have been an old woman, 64 00:09:44,753 --> 00:09:47,756 but I'm sure you would have fallen for her anyway. 65 00:09:50,301 --> 00:09:53,929 I was able to look into her heart, and I saw a good person. 66 00:09:55,347 --> 00:09:59,518 And that's all we ever really need to see, isn't it? 67 00:09:59,602 --> 00:10:01,270 Oh my. 68 00:10:01,353 --> 00:10:03,397 You speak so well. 69 00:10:04,023 --> 00:10:06,358 You could write a book one day. 70 00:10:10,237 --> 00:10:13,073 - Do you mind if I move this? - No, go right ahead. 71 00:10:26,086 --> 00:10:28,297 She should be with loved ones. 72 00:10:28,380 --> 00:10:30,382 Oh yes, right. That is much better. 73 00:10:31,508 --> 00:10:33,510 Shall we pray together? 74 00:10:34,261 --> 00:10:35,471 Come on. 75 00:10:47,024 --> 00:10:48,442 Heavenly Father. 76 00:10:49,318 --> 00:10:51,028 Today we come together 77 00:10:51,111 --> 00:10:54,740 in memory of Your child, who has been returned to Your side. 78 00:10:55,699 --> 00:10:57,701 We thank you because we know our beloved 79 00:10:57,785 --> 00:10:59,828 has been returned unto Your eternal grace. 80 00:10:59,912 --> 00:11:01,288 - Amen. - Amen. 81 00:11:24,770 --> 00:11:27,523 Sunja, go home, hurry. There's a storm coming. 82 00:11:27,606 --> 00:11:29,191 My last errand for today. 83 00:11:29,275 --> 00:11:32,444 Who knows how much damage it will do. 84 00:11:37,575 --> 00:11:38,993 Koh Hansu! 85 00:11:40,202 --> 00:11:43,038 We were beginning to think you had forsaken us. 86 00:11:43,622 --> 00:11:44,957 You had us so worried! 87 00:11:45,833 --> 00:11:49,545 Did you forget all about us? 88 00:12:27,750 --> 00:12:29,627 An atonement for my absence. 89 00:12:30,211 --> 00:12:32,046 It's too pretty to rip open. 90 00:12:33,756 --> 00:12:35,507 You're too sentimental about things. 91 00:12:48,812 --> 00:12:51,085 I don't even know how to read time yet. 92 00:12:51,085 --> 00:12:53,192 Well then, I will have to teach you. 93 00:12:54,652 --> 00:12:57,696 You're very clever. You'll pick it up fast. 94 00:13:13,754 --> 00:13:14,964 I... 95 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:19,426 I'm with child. 96 00:13:29,103 --> 00:13:30,938 You must say something. 97 00:13:33,607 --> 00:13:34,817 Are you sure? 98 00:13:41,865 --> 00:13:43,284 Sunja... 99 00:13:47,454 --> 00:13:49,081 You'll bring me my son. 100 00:13:50,207 --> 00:13:52,418 There's no way to know it's a boy. 101 00:13:52,501 --> 00:13:54,545 But I do know it. 102 00:13:54,628 --> 00:13:55,671 I'm certain. 103 00:13:58,424 --> 00:14:01,135 Then you'll be disappointed if it's a girl. 104 00:14:01,218 --> 00:14:03,053 But you'll still have to love her. 105 00:14:04,430 --> 00:14:06,849 If it's a girl, I'll buy her pretty dresses. 106 00:14:07,558 --> 00:14:09,643 And hope she's as smart as her mother. 107 00:14:17,818 --> 00:14:20,446 Then when will you visit my mother? 108 00:14:21,488 --> 00:14:23,449 She'll be surprised, naturally. 109 00:14:23,532 --> 00:14:26,160 But if we marry quickly, she'll be reassured. 110 00:14:27,077 --> 00:14:29,330 Why all this sudden talk about marriage? 111 00:14:30,122 --> 00:14:31,957 I thought you knew what this was. 112 00:14:33,876 --> 00:14:35,085 Knew what? 113 00:14:36,754 --> 00:14:38,547 What... what do you mean? 114 00:14:40,299 --> 00:14:41,634 I can't marry you. 115 00:14:41,717 --> 00:14:42,927 I have a family. 116 00:14:47,223 --> 00:14:50,226 In Osaka, I have a wife and three daughters. 117 00:14:51,685 --> 00:14:54,063 It's not exactly a marriage of love... 118 00:14:54,146 --> 00:14:56,857 but it's a necessary arrangement. 119 00:14:56,941 --> 00:14:58,901 "Necessary"? Why's that? 120 00:14:58,984 --> 00:15:02,821 Necessary for business reasons. There's no affection. 121 00:15:05,199 --> 00:15:06,825 You and your mother... 122 00:15:07,618 --> 00:15:10,788 and our child will have everything you would ever want. 123 00:15:11,288 --> 00:15:13,707 I'll buy the biggest house in Yeongdo. 124 00:15:13,791 --> 00:15:15,376 How about Jiyun's home? 125 00:15:15,876 --> 00:15:18,295 They'll no longer be able to afford it anyway. 126 00:15:20,506 --> 00:15:22,216 You'll learn how to read 127 00:15:22,299 --> 00:15:23,926 and learn how to tell time. 128 00:15:24,843 --> 00:15:27,221 We'll have more children, and we'll live well. 129 00:15:27,304 --> 00:15:28,722 Even more daughters. 130 00:15:37,940 --> 00:15:39,400 You know very well... 131 00:15:40,651 --> 00:15:42,403 what the world is like these days. 132 00:15:43,946 --> 00:15:45,864 You know children go to bed... 133 00:15:46,949 --> 00:15:48,784 only to never wake up. 134 00:15:49,952 --> 00:15:52,955 Girls who sell their innocence for a bowl of noodles. 135 00:15:55,249 --> 00:15:58,127 The elderly stealing away quietly to die 136 00:15:58,210 --> 00:16:01,046 so the younger ones can have enough food to live on. 137 00:16:04,842 --> 00:16:06,051 Sunja. 138 00:16:09,013 --> 00:16:12,641 Marriage, it's just an arrangement. 139 00:16:14,268 --> 00:16:16,687 You will see the reason in what I propose. 140 00:16:17,897 --> 00:16:19,815 What are you saying? 141 00:16:21,025 --> 00:16:22,776 It is how we survive. 142 00:16:24,153 --> 00:16:26,572 And it is the only way for people like us. 143 00:16:41,503 --> 00:16:42,922 Sunja. 144 00:16:52,306 --> 00:16:53,515 So then... 145 00:16:55,267 --> 00:16:57,478 Was this the plan from the start? 146 00:16:59,897 --> 00:17:01,899 To force me into marrying you... 147 00:17:02,858 --> 00:17:04,610 since nobody else will? 148 00:17:06,278 --> 00:17:09,823 After all, who would risk marrying the daughter of a cripple... 149 00:17:10,449 --> 00:17:12,409 I will not let you speak of my father... 150 00:17:12,492 --> 00:17:15,120 My child could inherit your father's deformities. 151 00:17:15,871 --> 00:17:16,956 I have a right to say it. 152 00:17:17,539 --> 00:17:20,542 So who's putting a curse on who? Will you tell me that? 153 00:17:29,009 --> 00:17:30,009 Sunja. 154 00:17:33,472 --> 00:17:34,890 Come back. 155 00:17:37,518 --> 00:17:40,729 Did you hear what I said? Come back! 156 00:17:54,994 --> 00:17:56,412 Are you all right? 157 00:17:56,954 --> 00:17:58,372 I'm fine. 158 00:18:02,084 --> 00:18:03,669 Which way is it... 159 00:18:03,752 --> 00:18:07,381 to the boardinghouse... 160 00:18:07,464 --> 00:18:09,091 run by the cripple's widow? 161 00:18:09,884 --> 00:18:13,137 Right over that way. But it's a 40-minute trek. 162 00:18:13,220 --> 00:18:15,639 I can manage it. 163 00:18:42,041 --> 00:18:43,459 Hurry inside! 164 00:18:45,252 --> 00:18:48,881 Come on! Hurry! We need more hands! 165 00:19:11,487 --> 00:19:13,072 Mother... 166 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:37,720 Grandma. 167 00:19:38,806 --> 00:19:42,101 You know, you can give yourself a day or two, right? 168 00:19:42,184 --> 00:19:46,188 What? Do you really think these things are going to break me? 169 00:19:46,272 --> 00:19:48,774 These are just that. Things. 170 00:19:50,192 --> 00:19:51,777 Including this very house. 171 00:19:51,860 --> 00:19:53,779 A roof and some walls, that's it. 172 00:19:53,862 --> 00:19:55,739 Cement and bricks. 173 00:20:02,246 --> 00:20:03,820 A notorious figure 174 00:20:03,821 --> 00:20:06,250 with ties to organized crime, 175 00:20:06,333 --> 00:20:08,752 left his grandson a fortune after his passing. 176 00:20:08,836 --> 00:20:12,131 Now Mamoru Yoshii is also dogged by rumors of corruption, 177 00:20:12,214 --> 00:20:14,842 along with insider trading... 178 00:20:30,107 --> 00:20:33,319 I was barely able to be a mother in those days. 179 00:20:34,820 --> 00:20:40,451 I was working 14 hours a day, every single day of the week. 180 00:20:42,703 --> 00:20:45,789 Without your aunt, who knows what would've become of us. 181 00:20:49,084 --> 00:20:51,212 Don't push yourself so much now. 182 00:20:51,295 --> 00:20:52,922 You should be taking it easy. 183 00:20:53,756 --> 00:20:54,756 Oh please. 184 00:20:54,798 --> 00:20:58,135 You make it sound like this kind of living is difficult or something. 185 00:20:59,386 --> 00:21:02,097 Enough. Go back to work. 186 00:21:02,181 --> 00:21:05,017 What's the point of indulging an old woman? 187 00:21:05,517 --> 00:21:07,228 You don't have to worry. 188 00:21:07,311 --> 00:21:09,146 They know my situation. 189 00:21:11,732 --> 00:21:14,735 Besides, there's nothing to be done. 190 00:21:15,486 --> 00:21:18,572 The landowner turned our offer down again. 191 00:21:18,656 --> 00:21:21,492 What? All that money? 192 00:21:22,076 --> 00:21:26,247 Can you imagine all she could provide for her children with that? 193 00:21:26,330 --> 00:21:28,749 It's not like it's dirty money. 194 00:21:30,084 --> 00:21:32,836 Oh, that woman has something wrong with her. 195 00:21:36,799 --> 00:21:39,051 So how does that affect you? 196 00:21:41,387 --> 00:21:44,014 I'll wear the black mark of this for a while. 197 00:21:47,351 --> 00:21:49,186 But then I'll claw my way back. 198 00:21:49,812 --> 00:21:51,564 That's the only choice I have left. 199 00:21:52,606 --> 00:21:54,858 Either way, that deal is lost. 200 00:21:59,488 --> 00:22:02,324 I wish I could comprehend 201 00:22:02,408 --> 00:22:06,245 why people hold on to the past like that. 202 00:22:07,496 --> 00:22:09,540 What earthly good does it do? 203 00:22:10,708 --> 00:22:14,712 It doesn't bring the dead back, does it? 204 00:22:17,923 --> 00:22:19,174 Grandma. 205 00:22:21,427 --> 00:22:23,012 Come to Tokyo with me. 206 00:22:23,512 --> 00:22:24,638 What? 207 00:22:24,722 --> 00:22:26,765 You should be the one to talk to her. 208 00:22:27,391 --> 00:22:28,392 Me? 209 00:22:28,976 --> 00:22:31,103 What could I possibly say to her? 210 00:22:32,062 --> 00:22:33,898 What you told me just now. 211 00:22:34,773 --> 00:22:37,693 About how someone's house is just a roof and some walls. 212 00:22:38,444 --> 00:22:40,654 And how you can't bring back the dead. 213 00:22:42,865 --> 00:22:45,284 Grandma, please. 214 00:22:59,340 --> 00:23:02,009 Well? What are they saying? 215 00:23:02,092 --> 00:23:03,344 Can you hear anything? 216 00:23:11,185 --> 00:23:13,187 What's going on? Will he live or not? 217 00:23:17,358 --> 00:23:19,944 He's contended with this before. 218 00:23:20,945 --> 00:23:24,156 Death, it seems, has already branded him once. 219 00:23:24,782 --> 00:23:27,576 It's a pity he's so far from his family. 220 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:30,371 I wonder if his parents are still alive. 221 00:23:32,248 --> 00:23:34,041 - Is that his case? - Yes. 222 00:23:35,751 --> 00:23:37,795 Let's see if we can find a name. 223 00:23:44,260 --> 00:23:46,887 - All expensive clothing. - Oh... 224 00:23:46,971 --> 00:23:48,389 Look at all these books! 225 00:23:49,014 --> 00:23:51,475 How hard it must've been to carry such a load. 226 00:24:00,109 --> 00:24:02,111 What does this say? 227 00:24:09,493 --> 00:24:11,787 "Dear Mother and Father, 228 00:24:11,870 --> 00:24:14,290 I have arrived safely in Busan. 229 00:24:14,957 --> 00:24:19,086 I can't wait to get to Osaka so I can do the Good Lord's work 230 00:24:19,169 --> 00:24:23,591 and so I can start my new life with Yoseb and Kyunghee." 231 00:24:24,675 --> 00:24:26,760 "Do not worry about me. 232 00:24:26,844 --> 00:24:28,554 I am well. 233 00:24:29,305 --> 00:24:31,932 Your loving son, Isak." 234 00:24:33,183 --> 00:24:35,227 Isak? What kind of name is that? 235 00:24:36,145 --> 00:24:38,564 I believe it's some sort of biblical name. 236 00:24:39,690 --> 00:24:41,108 Look, he's from Pyongyang. 237 00:24:42,151 --> 00:24:45,654 Then he's a Christian from the North. 238 00:24:48,908 --> 00:24:51,994 You can't make light of his illness. It's tuberculosis. 239 00:24:52,578 --> 00:24:53,787 We must report it. 240 00:24:55,456 --> 00:24:57,937 I can't just kick him out of the house. 241 00:24:57,937 --> 00:24:58,937 Ma'am... 242 00:25:01,128 --> 00:25:05,132 Consider your daughter's health and that of your boarders. 243 00:25:07,885 --> 00:25:09,303 Let's wait. 244 00:25:10,763 --> 00:25:13,390 We'll see if he survives the night. 245 00:25:27,529 --> 00:25:30,157 - Hello. - What are you doing back here? 246 00:25:30,866 --> 00:25:31,866 And who is this? 247 00:25:32,409 --> 00:25:34,328 Sorry for the disturbance. 248 00:25:34,411 --> 00:25:36,038 I'm his grandmother. 249 00:25:36,121 --> 00:25:39,041 Could you spare a few minutes? We'd like to speak to you. 250 00:25:46,799 --> 00:25:49,969 Please, don't trouble yourself... 251 00:25:50,052 --> 00:25:52,513 - Thank you. - It's nothing. 252 00:25:52,596 --> 00:25:54,223 I was just about to eat. 253 00:25:58,978 --> 00:26:00,187 - Amen. - Amen. 254 00:26:05,234 --> 00:26:08,571 Oh, is there a grandchild here? 255 00:26:08,654 --> 00:26:10,322 Oh, those? 256 00:26:10,406 --> 00:26:12,616 I'm the one who's studying. 257 00:26:23,335 --> 00:26:25,588 Look, my school just gave me this. 258 00:26:26,380 --> 00:26:28,591 My diploma for finishing sixth grade. 259 00:26:29,341 --> 00:26:30,759 Well now! 260 00:26:31,343 --> 00:26:34,763 So you really go to school with all the children? 261 00:26:34,847 --> 00:26:35,848 Yes. 262 00:26:36,557 --> 00:26:38,142 And mostly they're good kids, 263 00:26:38,225 --> 00:26:40,769 though there are a few hard cases. 264 00:26:40,853 --> 00:26:44,690 And what led you to decide to do that? 265 00:26:45,566 --> 00:26:49,653 I don't know how it was for you. We were poor when I was young. 266 00:26:49,737 --> 00:26:53,157 And there was no money for even the boys to go to school. 267 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:55,618 I know it, and my own mother 268 00:26:55,701 --> 00:26:58,537 could never see the point in sending girls to classes. 269 00:26:59,163 --> 00:27:01,206 Well then, you understand. 270 00:27:01,290 --> 00:27:05,502 That feeling of being closed off, separate from the world. 271 00:27:06,420 --> 00:27:09,924 I was embarrassed or afraid every day. 272 00:27:10,007 --> 00:27:11,595 And then, I found myself getting angry 273 00:27:11,596 --> 00:27:13,844 at my children for learning to read. 274 00:27:15,221 --> 00:27:17,181 Worried they'd look down on me. 275 00:27:18,807 --> 00:27:21,644 But look, I was number three in my class! 276 00:27:21,727 --> 00:27:24,813 - Almost number two! - Wow! 277 00:27:38,244 --> 00:27:39,954 You can taste it, yeah? 278 00:27:42,456 --> 00:27:43,666 How could it... 279 00:27:44,416 --> 00:27:48,087 A woman I know visits her daughter every couple of months. 280 00:27:48,170 --> 00:27:50,548 She comes back with two whole suitcases. 281 00:27:51,340 --> 00:27:52,967 Grandma, what is it? 282 00:27:53,050 --> 00:27:54,677 Taste the rice again. 283 00:28:02,309 --> 00:28:03,769 Will you look at that! 284 00:28:03,852 --> 00:28:07,064 Nobody of his age knows the difference any more. 285 00:28:07,982 --> 00:28:09,900 This is rice grown in our country. 286 00:28:11,151 --> 00:28:13,404 - How do you know? - It's nuttier. 287 00:28:13,487 --> 00:28:16,323 A bit sweeter, and a little harder to chew. 288 00:28:17,741 --> 00:28:20,327 In the day, white rice became a luxury for us. 289 00:28:20,911 --> 00:28:23,956 We were the ones who grew it, then they come and take it. 290 00:28:26,542 --> 00:28:28,419 And now we eat white rice with every meal, 291 00:28:28,502 --> 00:28:30,462 but barely even notice it any more. 292 00:28:32,089 --> 00:28:34,091 And you think that's a good thing? 293 00:28:42,224 --> 00:28:44,059 When I first arrived here... 294 00:28:44,852 --> 00:28:46,478 we had so little money. 295 00:28:47,771 --> 00:28:49,982 We were in Osaka then as well. 296 00:28:51,066 --> 00:28:54,320 Near the train station, where food stalls are, I remember... 297 00:28:54,820 --> 00:28:58,657 I'd go strolling, trying to imagine what each dish tasted like. 298 00:28:59,992 --> 00:29:02,745 And after a while, I guess I got good at it. 299 00:29:02,828 --> 00:29:05,456 Each smell would actually get my mouth watering. 300 00:29:06,248 --> 00:29:09,084 Like the first time I smelled coffee. 301 00:29:09,668 --> 00:29:11,260 I thought it was 302 00:29:11,261 --> 00:29:14,715 the most wonderful smell that ever existed. 303 00:29:14,798 --> 00:29:16,592 My first taste of it came years later... 304 00:29:16,675 --> 00:29:19,178 Yuck! I know! It tasted so bitter! 305 00:29:19,261 --> 00:29:20,971 Yes! You know! 306 00:29:21,055 --> 00:29:23,349 Not at all what I imagined it would taste like. 307 00:29:31,815 --> 00:29:35,444 But nowadays, I don't even get hungry. 308 00:29:36,028 --> 00:29:37,238 I eat when it's time. 309 00:29:39,698 --> 00:29:41,909 I no longer make my own kimchi. 310 00:29:41,992 --> 00:29:45,120 I buy it in jars for 300 yen. 311 00:29:50,167 --> 00:29:52,360 I would've had to sell my whole cart 312 00:29:52,561 --> 00:29:56,167 in order to make 300 yen... 313 00:30:01,095 --> 00:30:02,930 This rice evokes memories. 314 00:30:03,847 --> 00:30:05,683 Memories of my mother. 315 00:30:06,892 --> 00:30:08,727 And of my wedding day. 316 00:30:16,819 --> 00:30:19,446 Grandma, what is it? 317 00:30:19,530 --> 00:30:21,532 Grandma? 318 00:30:22,992 --> 00:30:25,369 I'm just... I'm being so silly. 319 00:30:26,662 --> 00:30:28,289 I'm sorry. Coming was a mistake... 320 00:30:28,372 --> 00:30:30,583 Her tears mustn't be disrespected. 321 00:30:31,750 --> 00:30:33,586 She has earned this right to cry. 322 00:31:17,671 --> 00:31:19,757 I know you do not know me... 323 00:31:23,594 --> 00:31:24,803 But don't be worried. 324 00:31:25,763 --> 00:31:27,973 I'll do my best to care for you. 325 00:31:38,484 --> 00:31:40,319 Have you returned home? 326 00:31:41,195 --> 00:31:42,988 Two times, I returned. 327 00:31:43,072 --> 00:31:46,158 In the '70s, I went back, and recently I went back. 328 00:31:46,784 --> 00:31:47,910 And you? 329 00:31:50,412 --> 00:31:52,915 We had no money to go back at first. 330 00:31:52,998 --> 00:31:56,001 Then later, it was time I couldn't spare. 331 00:31:57,253 --> 00:31:59,255 Now there's no point to it. 332 00:31:59,338 --> 00:32:02,299 According to what they say, it's all gone, isn't it? 333 00:32:03,717 --> 00:32:06,554 Yes, much has changed, it's true. 334 00:32:08,055 --> 00:32:11,725 Still, just the smell of familiar food... 335 00:32:12,476 --> 00:32:14,687 The sound of your own language... 336 00:32:15,229 --> 00:32:17,648 The ground beneath your feet feels different. 337 00:32:19,567 --> 00:32:24,029 It's palpable, you close your eyes... 338 00:32:24,113 --> 00:32:27,032 and then inside, you just realize that 339 00:32:27,116 --> 00:32:30,953 this land is in your blood, it's home to you. 340 00:32:32,538 --> 00:32:34,748 That's the reason for us to go. 341 00:32:40,170 --> 00:32:41,589 I lost my... 342 00:32:42,381 --> 00:32:45,634 I lost my sister-in-law. It's only been a few days. 343 00:32:47,469 --> 00:32:49,889 She really was such a good person. 344 00:32:52,057 --> 00:32:54,059 She yearned for so much more, 345 00:32:54,143 --> 00:32:57,146 yet she always tried to put our interests above hers. 346 00:33:00,316 --> 00:33:01,734 My sister-in-law... 347 00:33:02,651 --> 00:33:04,278 My sister-in-law... 348 00:33:04,862 --> 00:33:07,323 If only she could have gone back once more. 349 00:33:08,073 --> 00:33:10,492 How much joy it would've brought her. 350 00:33:14,663 --> 00:33:16,081 And now... 351 00:33:17,583 --> 00:33:21,003 Now it's too late. 352 00:33:23,964 --> 00:33:27,468 It's not too late for you. 353 00:33:29,386 --> 00:33:31,013 Am I right? 354 00:33:40,064 --> 00:33:41,064 You. 355 00:33:42,149 --> 00:33:44,568 You're not even curious about your land. 356 00:33:44,652 --> 00:33:46,862 You thought if you brought your grandmother, 357 00:33:46,946 --> 00:33:49,156 I'd be convinced that I should sell? 358 00:33:52,368 --> 00:33:53,619 Yes. 359 00:33:56,789 --> 00:33:58,999 You really are shameless, aren't you? 360 00:34:00,334 --> 00:34:02,503 How can you even sleep at night? 361 00:34:03,963 --> 00:34:05,798 I'm not attempting to steal from you. 362 00:34:05,881 --> 00:34:08,425 We're not taking advantage. We're offering a fortune. 363 00:34:11,845 --> 00:34:13,013 But instead of being grateful, 364 00:34:13,097 --> 00:34:16,099 you act like everyone's trying to cause you some injustice. 365 00:34:18,476 --> 00:34:19,853 Times have changed. 366 00:34:21,188 --> 00:34:24,400 Now they're the ones who are accountable to us. 367 00:34:27,903 --> 00:34:29,320 I ask you... 368 00:34:30,030 --> 00:34:32,616 Do you really believe that? 369 00:34:34,326 --> 00:34:35,536 Yes. 370 00:35:19,997 --> 00:35:21,206 Mother... 371 00:35:22,291 --> 00:35:23,959 His fever finally broke. 372 00:35:24,919 --> 00:35:26,545 We should make porridge. 373 00:35:27,087 --> 00:35:28,505 Mother... 374 00:35:31,842 --> 00:35:33,844 I must speak with you. 375 00:35:36,305 --> 00:35:37,306 What? 376 00:35:45,689 --> 00:35:47,107 Who did this? 377 00:35:49,693 --> 00:35:51,695 Tell me his name! 378 00:35:56,992 --> 00:35:58,160 Tell me. 379 00:35:58,661 --> 00:36:01,538 You need to say if he forced you. Did he? 380 00:36:03,457 --> 00:36:04,667 No, he didn't. 381 00:36:06,335 --> 00:36:09,547 - That's not how it was... - Then what are you protecting him for? 382 00:36:11,298 --> 00:36:15,219 What kind of coward does this and refuses to own up to it? 383 00:36:26,689 --> 00:36:30,901 It is all my fault, thinking you were such a sensible girl. 384 00:36:33,195 --> 00:36:35,573 Really? How could you be so stupid? 385 00:36:39,827 --> 00:36:40,828 Mother... 386 00:36:43,914 --> 00:36:45,749 I'm so sorry. 387 00:37:04,935 --> 00:37:06,937 You know what this means for you now. 388 00:37:10,107 --> 00:37:11,275 For your child. 389 00:37:15,195 --> 00:37:16,405 Do you know? 390 00:37:29,835 --> 00:37:31,670 Sunja... 391 00:37:34,048 --> 00:37:36,884 Tell me, is there no way to get him to marry you now? 392 00:37:41,096 --> 00:37:45,100 It's done, Mother. It's over. 393 00:37:47,144 --> 00:37:48,562 He's gone. 394 00:37:52,858 --> 00:37:54,485 I was such a fool. 395 00:38:03,869 --> 00:38:05,371 I see it now. 396 00:38:07,081 --> 00:38:10,501 That woman wants to die in that house. 397 00:38:11,168 --> 00:38:12,920 Couldn't you see that? 398 00:38:13,003 --> 00:38:14,964 Her children would benefit from that money. 399 00:38:15,047 --> 00:38:16,674 You said so yourself. 400 00:38:18,759 --> 00:38:19,927 So... 401 00:38:20,427 --> 00:38:22,972 In the end, is that really our lot? 402 00:38:23,055 --> 00:38:25,683 To constantly sacrifice for our children? 403 00:38:26,517 --> 00:38:28,352 And when does it all stop? 404 00:38:29,061 --> 00:38:30,271 At our death? Or what? 405 00:38:32,439 --> 00:38:34,275 What is it you want me to do? 406 00:38:35,109 --> 00:38:36,819 I need you to be very clear. 407 00:38:41,073 --> 00:38:43,659 Couldn't you get to the top of the world 408 00:38:43,742 --> 00:38:46,537 without making so much trouble for that woman? 409 00:38:47,871 --> 00:38:49,081 No, I can't. 410 00:38:49,164 --> 00:38:50,958 That's the job I do. 411 00:38:51,041 --> 00:38:53,085 That's how I put food on the table. 412 00:38:58,215 --> 00:39:01,635 I'm so sorry that I can't be more like your beloved Pastor Rhee. 413 00:39:02,303 --> 00:39:04,722 What in the world does that have to do with it? 414 00:39:07,141 --> 00:39:10,102 I once knew someone like him. There's a likeness. 415 00:39:11,228 --> 00:39:12,229 But that's all it is. 416 00:39:14,732 --> 00:39:17,192 I should go or I'll miss the train. 417 00:39:17,276 --> 00:39:18,694 I'll walk you there. 418 00:39:23,490 --> 00:39:26,118 I know you're good and honest at heart. 419 00:39:26,994 --> 00:39:28,954 I brought you up and I did it well. 420 00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:12,790 Stop pecking at your rice! 421 00:40:12,873 --> 00:40:14,708 You know very well it's bad luck. 422 00:40:21,966 --> 00:40:23,551 What is this? 423 00:40:24,134 --> 00:40:25,928 Did someone die or what? 424 00:40:26,011 --> 00:40:27,846 What is going on? 425 00:40:27,930 --> 00:40:30,140 What? 426 00:40:46,323 --> 00:40:47,533 Eat. 427 00:40:54,081 --> 00:40:55,708 Solomon Baek. 428 00:40:57,543 --> 00:41:00,546 I just got a call from her lawyers an hour ago. 429 00:41:02,172 --> 00:41:04,967 You did it. 430 00:41:05,050 --> 00:41:06,927 Using your grandmother! 431 00:41:07,011 --> 00:41:08,345 That's brilliant. 432 00:41:08,929 --> 00:41:09,930 Yeah. 433 00:41:12,892 --> 00:41:14,685 Okay, everybody. 434 00:41:14,768 --> 00:41:18,230 Naomi, Arimoto, you too. We're going to celebrate. 435 00:41:18,314 --> 00:41:21,400 Château Budweisers for everyone! 436 00:41:24,028 --> 00:41:25,571 Congratulations. 437 00:41:25,654 --> 00:41:27,156 Thank you. 438 00:41:27,239 --> 00:41:30,451 I admit, I didn't think you had a chance. 439 00:41:30,993 --> 00:41:32,411 I misjudged you. 440 00:41:34,830 --> 00:41:37,124 Tom is calling for us. Shall we go? 441 00:41:37,875 --> 00:41:39,501 I'll be right there. 442 00:41:51,555 --> 00:41:52,973 Hello? 443 00:41:55,267 --> 00:41:56,685 Hello? 444 00:41:57,394 --> 00:42:01,232 Be good and tell me you missed me. 445 00:42:03,025 --> 00:42:06,695 - Or at least lie well. - I've been waiting for you to call. 446 00:42:06,779 --> 00:42:08,280 No, you haven't. 447 00:42:08,364 --> 00:42:10,574 I called four times today. 448 00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:12,826 I went home for a few days. 449 00:42:14,745 --> 00:42:16,372 What is that? 450 00:42:16,455 --> 00:42:17,873 Is that a party there? 451 00:42:19,959 --> 00:42:21,043 Solomon! 452 00:42:21,126 --> 00:42:23,045 I closed an important deal. 453 00:42:23,128 --> 00:42:24,463 We're celebrating. 454 00:42:24,547 --> 00:42:27,424 Of course you did. 455 00:42:28,634 --> 00:42:32,805 So it seems sending you off to America was the right choice after all. 456 00:42:32,888 --> 00:42:34,890 I suppose your wish came true. 457 00:42:35,641 --> 00:42:39,270 But do you ever wonder about all that's been lost? 458 00:42:39,812 --> 00:42:42,064 You're supposed to be happy for me. 459 00:42:42,147 --> 00:42:43,566 I refuse. 460 00:42:44,191 --> 00:42:46,610 At least I'm honest about it. 461 00:42:47,444 --> 00:42:52,074 No doubt there are those who hate you for your success. 462 00:42:53,033 --> 00:42:54,868 When will I see you? 463 00:42:55,661 --> 00:42:58,872 Perhaps you never will. 464 00:42:59,582 --> 00:43:01,709 You haven't changed. 465 00:43:01,792 --> 00:43:03,711 It's pathetic, you and these games. 466 00:43:03,794 --> 00:43:05,087 You're wrong. 467 00:43:06,589 --> 00:43:10,926 I've changed so much. 468 00:43:22,938 --> 00:43:24,815 Are you sick? 469 00:43:27,359 --> 00:43:28,611 Hana! 470 00:43:34,158 --> 00:43:35,159 Ma'am? 471 00:43:36,076 --> 00:43:37,286 Ma'am? 472 00:43:38,871 --> 00:43:40,289 How are you feeling now? 473 00:43:42,124 --> 00:43:43,751 Alive, thanks to you. 474 00:43:43,834 --> 00:43:47,004 Our pharmacist said you're healing well. 475 00:43:48,547 --> 00:43:49,965 Relieved to hear it. 476 00:43:50,049 --> 00:43:52,384 My parents will be happy to hear it as well. 477 00:43:52,468 --> 00:43:54,220 - Yes, sure. - I... 478 00:43:54,303 --> 00:43:56,847 I need to go to town and send them a wire. 479 00:43:56,931 --> 00:43:58,849 I'll find a boy to take the message. 480 00:43:58,933 --> 00:44:01,685 I'd like to go myself. 481 00:44:01,769 --> 00:44:03,562 Err... Try out these legs of mine. 482 00:44:04,730 --> 00:44:06,774 You shouldn't be overdoing it. 483 00:44:07,483 --> 00:44:10,069 I need to get stronger before I go to Osaka. 484 00:44:10,152 --> 00:44:11,528 Do you have to go? 485 00:44:11,612 --> 00:44:14,281 I know there's a church waiting for you. 486 00:44:14,990 --> 00:44:17,201 What if you died there? You'd be... 487 00:44:18,327 --> 00:44:19,870 so far from home. 488 00:44:20,621 --> 00:44:22,581 Several times, I have come close to death. 489 00:44:22,665 --> 00:44:24,083 I know it well. 490 00:44:25,042 --> 00:44:27,169 So death doesn't scare me at all. 491 00:44:27,253 --> 00:44:28,963 Being alive, on the other hand... 492 00:44:30,172 --> 00:44:31,799 that's the hard part for me. 493 00:44:33,217 --> 00:44:34,218 Uh... 494 00:44:35,594 --> 00:44:38,180 All right. At least let my daughter go with you. 495 00:44:39,515 --> 00:44:43,227 - I don't wish to trouble anyone. - Please, I can't let you go alone. 496 00:44:43,936 --> 00:44:46,564 Just a moment. I'll fetch her. 497 00:44:48,065 --> 00:44:49,149 Sunja! 498 00:44:52,236 --> 00:44:54,863 I'm sorry to burden you and your mother. 499 00:44:55,489 --> 00:44:57,491 Let me take you to lunch. 500 00:44:59,451 --> 00:45:02,162 Oh, it's no trouble at all. 501 00:45:02,246 --> 00:45:04,873 Perhaps there's something at the market. 502 00:45:07,376 --> 00:45:09,920 There's a noodle shop which they say... 503 00:45:11,005 --> 00:45:12,590 is supposed to be all right. 504 00:45:13,716 --> 00:45:15,509 It's not too far from here. 505 00:45:15,593 --> 00:45:16,677 Oh... 506 00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:19,054 Well, that sounds just wonderful. 507 00:45:19,805 --> 00:45:22,641 Then we can send my cable after lunch. 508 00:45:25,436 --> 00:45:27,271 I told you about this. 509 00:45:28,814 --> 00:45:30,232 Get rid of them. 510 00:45:30,316 --> 00:45:32,318 Yes, all right. Right away. 511 00:45:33,611 --> 00:45:34,820 What's this? 512 00:45:38,198 --> 00:45:39,408 Write it down. 513 00:45:39,992 --> 00:45:42,745 I've heard so much about this market. It's magnificent. 514 00:45:47,249 --> 00:45:49,293 And it's so big too. 515 00:46:01,972 --> 00:46:03,766 Please, we should go. 516 00:46:12,233 --> 00:46:14,777 Enough of this... 517 00:46:14,860 --> 00:46:16,612 - Solomon! - No, hey... 518 00:46:16,695 --> 00:46:19,281 Apologies, he will have to call you back. 519 00:46:19,365 --> 00:46:20,366 Don't hang up... 520 00:46:20,449 --> 00:46:22,117 I am your fucking boss. 521 00:46:22,201 --> 00:46:23,994 Get out here and celebrate. 522 00:46:24,578 --> 00:46:25,663 Genius. 523 00:46:28,123 --> 00:46:29,333 Hey. 524 00:46:30,542 --> 00:46:31,669 Cheers. 525 00:46:31,752 --> 00:46:33,963 Cheers! 526 00:46:40,052 --> 00:46:41,887 That is... 527 00:47:01,448 --> 00:47:02,616 What's going on? 528 00:47:02,700 --> 00:47:04,326 What are you doing here so late? 529 00:47:04,410 --> 00:47:08,497 She just wanted to go back there, to breathe the air of home once more. 530 00:47:09,081 --> 00:47:10,332 All right, slow down. 531 00:47:10,416 --> 00:47:11,625 What's this about? 532 00:47:11,709 --> 00:47:14,628 It's about your aunt. I can't bury her ashes here. 533 00:47:14,712 --> 00:47:16,922 I want to take her back to her land. 534 00:47:17,006 --> 00:47:19,383 And I want to go back, back to my home. 535 00:47:31,395 --> 00:47:34,023 I've never been to a restaurant before. 536 00:47:36,775 --> 00:47:38,360 That was quick! 537 00:47:39,987 --> 00:47:42,990 We don't want our customers waiting. 538 00:47:49,288 --> 00:47:51,999 Where did you learn to speak Japanese like that? 539 00:47:52,082 --> 00:47:56,253 Ah... I had a private tutor as a child. 540 00:47:56,337 --> 00:47:57,755 Shimizu. 541 00:47:58,881 --> 00:48:00,549 We became friends too. 542 00:48:00,633 --> 00:48:02,009 I saw all your books. 543 00:48:02,593 --> 00:48:04,720 You must know so many things. 544 00:48:04,803 --> 00:48:06,347 I'm not so sure about that. 545 00:48:06,430 --> 00:48:10,643 The older I get, the more I see how much I don't know. 546 00:48:11,227 --> 00:48:13,479 Actually, if I'm being honest, 547 00:48:13,562 --> 00:48:15,981 I feel pretty stupid most of the time. 548 00:48:17,566 --> 00:48:20,027 Uh... May I pray with you? 549 00:48:27,368 --> 00:48:30,955 Father, thank you for the bounty in which we're about to partake. 550 00:48:31,872 --> 00:48:34,541 And thank you for watching over us. 551 00:48:34,625 --> 00:48:38,254 We pray you show us the right path to guide us and protect us. 552 00:48:39,713 --> 00:48:43,050 In the name of Your son, Jesus Christ. Amen. 553 00:48:48,055 --> 00:48:51,058 Sunja, you can open your eyes now. 554 00:49:02,152 --> 00:49:04,655 Mmm. 555 00:49:04,738 --> 00:49:06,740 It's good. 556 00:49:17,585 --> 00:49:21,589 Sunja, I don't want to be disingenuous any longer. 557 00:49:23,299 --> 00:49:25,301 I know you are with child. 558 00:49:30,180 --> 00:49:32,725 I have no intention of castigating you. 559 00:49:32,808 --> 00:49:34,018 I only... 560 00:49:35,144 --> 00:49:37,354 I only bring it up because you might... 561 00:49:38,480 --> 00:49:41,692 need to have someone you can call your friend about now. 562 00:49:43,569 --> 00:49:45,279 Anyway, if I may... 563 00:49:46,280 --> 00:49:47,823 The child. 564 00:49:47,907 --> 00:49:51,118 Have you thought of offering the child to another family? 565 00:49:53,037 --> 00:49:55,664 Perhaps a childless couple. 566 00:49:58,000 --> 00:49:59,585 I know it is difficult, but... 567 00:49:59,668 --> 00:50:01,921 What is the purpose of this talk? 568 00:50:05,382 --> 00:50:08,552 Alone, raising a child. Think about what the repercussions... 569 00:50:08,636 --> 00:50:11,472 I have no illusions about my fate. 570 00:50:13,432 --> 00:50:17,645 I know very well that my child and I will always be outcasts. 571 00:50:18,646 --> 00:50:20,022 I'll have to leave my home 572 00:50:20,105 --> 00:50:22,358 so that my mother won't be ruined as well. 573 00:50:23,317 --> 00:50:24,944 Of all this, I'm aware. 574 00:50:27,655 --> 00:50:29,073 And yet... 575 00:50:30,491 --> 00:50:31,492 I... 576 00:50:33,702 --> 00:50:37,122 I also know that I was once loved by an outcast. 577 00:50:39,375 --> 00:50:40,793 He was my father. 578 00:50:42,461 --> 00:50:45,881 It's strange how much I am thinking of him now. 579 00:50:47,550 --> 00:50:50,427 They all told him that getting married and having a family 580 00:50:50,511 --> 00:50:52,012 was out of the question. 581 00:50:52,096 --> 00:50:54,014 Yet, you see I exist. 582 00:50:56,725 --> 00:50:59,144 I'm here even though I shouldn't be. 583 00:51:03,440 --> 00:51:04,650 And now... 584 00:51:06,485 --> 00:51:08,904 And now my child will be here as well. 585 00:51:09,989 --> 00:51:12,032 Even though he shouldn't be. 586 00:51:14,243 --> 00:51:15,995 But he will be loved. 587 00:51:18,789 --> 00:51:21,500 And maybe I'll have to sacrifice my health, 588 00:51:21,584 --> 00:51:24,545 continue to work on an empty stomach, 589 00:51:24,628 --> 00:51:26,630 until all my fingernails break. 590 00:51:27,673 --> 00:51:29,091 But my child... 591 00:51:31,927 --> 00:51:34,138 will be taken care of no matter what. 592 00:51:37,141 --> 00:51:38,767 That's my promise to him. 593 00:51:42,730 --> 00:51:44,148 My father... 594 00:51:50,779 --> 00:51:53,407 made the same promise to me when I was born. 595 00:52:01,457 --> 00:52:02,875 So, no. I... 596 00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:07,129 I will not... 597 00:52:10,132 --> 00:52:11,550 give up my child. 598 00:52:18,349 --> 00:52:20,184 I'm sorry, Sunja. 599 00:52:23,938 --> 00:52:26,523 I was wrong about you. 600 00:52:28,943 --> 00:52:33,155 I have been sick for so much of my life. 601 00:52:37,117 --> 00:52:39,536 All there is to learn from books, I know. 602 00:52:40,329 --> 00:52:42,957 But I hardly know anything about people. 603 00:52:47,962 --> 00:52:49,964 Hearing you speak just now... 604 00:52:52,132 --> 00:52:53,801 I am ashamed. 605 00:52:53,884 --> 00:52:55,886 That was not my intention. 606 00:52:56,387 --> 00:52:57,387 No. 607 00:52:58,514 --> 00:53:00,349 Sunja, I am grateful to you. 608 00:53:04,228 --> 00:53:05,229 Grateful? 609 00:53:14,613 --> 00:53:16,031 And him... 610 00:53:18,576 --> 00:53:20,411 Can you forget this man? 611 00:53:33,507 --> 00:53:35,509 I certainly hope I can. 612 00:53:38,095 --> 00:53:39,680 If so... 613 00:53:41,015 --> 00:53:44,518 If that happens, could you care for another? 614 00:53:46,061 --> 00:53:49,106 It doesn't matter anymore, does it? 615 00:53:50,232 --> 00:53:52,234 No one would take me now. 616 00:53:52,318 --> 00:53:53,903 But if it were possible... 617 00:53:57,740 --> 00:53:59,742 If somebody were to ask... 618 00:54:02,036 --> 00:54:04,663 Could you leave your home for some faraway land... 619 00:54:07,833 --> 00:54:10,085 If someone asked you to turn the page... 620 00:54:12,004 --> 00:54:13,422 Could you? 621 00:54:21,347 --> 00:54:22,973 You must... 622 00:54:25,392 --> 00:54:26,560 understand that I'm... 623 00:54:26,644 --> 00:54:28,604 with someone else's child, I know. 624 00:54:29,271 --> 00:54:30,773 I understand. 625 00:54:30,856 --> 00:54:32,691 And I am asking you whether... 626 00:54:33,692 --> 00:54:34,944 Perhaps... 627 00:54:37,571 --> 00:54:39,406 Given enough time, could you... 628 00:54:42,952 --> 00:54:45,162 care for somebody new? 629 00:55:10,710 --> 00:55:15,710 - Synced and corrected by chamallow - - www.addic7ed.com -