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Get it for FREE @ withs2.com 2 00:00:00,047 --> 00:00:04,104 Brought to you by WITH S2 Written In The Heavens Subbing Squad 3 00:00:04,327 --> 00:00:08,734 EBS History of Culture Series - Part 1 THE COUNT OF MYEONGDONG 4 00:00:08,977 --> 00:00:11,754 ~ Episode 17 ~ 5 00:00:18,620 --> 00:00:20,601 ~ Kim Chang Ryong ~ (Counter-Intelligence Corps chief) 6 00:00:45,020 --> 00:00:47,036 What the hell... 7 00:00:50,903 --> 00:00:52,235 You... 8 00:00:53,833 --> 00:00:55,491 Ahh... those little... 9 00:00:56,135 --> 00:00:57,190 You little pricks! 10 00:00:57,307 --> 00:00:58,655 Know whose vehicle this is?! 11 00:00:58,737 --> 00:01:00,167 It belongs to the CIC chief! 12 00:01:00,225 --> 00:01:02,217 Get this out of the way right now! 13 00:01:11,370 --> 00:01:12,682 Who are you? 14 00:01:37,526 --> 00:01:41,756 At 7:30 am on January 30, 1956, 15 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:45,014 the chief of the Counter- Intelligence Corps, Kim Chang Ryong, 16 00:01:45,096 --> 00:01:47,650 was assassinated on the street. 17 00:01:57,787 --> 00:02:00,658 ~ Lee Seung Man ~ (President) 18 00:02:07,944 --> 00:02:09,550 ~ Kim Chang Ryong ~ 19 00:02:12,152 --> 00:02:13,487 Mr. President... 20 00:02:16,098 --> 00:02:17,903 Who... 21 00:02:18,735 --> 00:02:21,794 Who could commit such an atrocious... 22 00:02:24,184 --> 00:02:31,667 Your unyielding patriotism will grant you immortality. 23 00:02:33,666 --> 00:02:39,247 Were it not for the strenuous efforts of anti-communist fighters like him, 24 00:02:39,997 --> 00:02:47,227 our great nation would already be in Kim Il Sung's hands. 25 00:02:51,571 --> 00:02:55,923 The tomb of Kim Chang Ryong, at the Daejeon National Cemetery. 26 00:02:56,423 --> 00:02:59,067 Kim was the very first military leader in South Korean history to receive... 27 00:02:59,126 --> 00:03:01,517 such a lavish sendoff. 28 00:03:01,973 --> 00:03:06,087 On that entire day, the flags of all army buildings were at half-mast, 29 00:03:06,310 --> 00:03:10,856 while smoking and any form of celebration were prohibited amongst the troops. 30 00:03:12,063 --> 00:03:15,096 The representative historian of the period, Lee Byeong Do, 31 00:03:15,321 --> 00:03:18,356 wrote this epitaph honoring his death. 32 00:03:20,020 --> 00:03:23,677 "He was diligent, patriotism filling his heart," 33 00:03:23,806 --> 00:03:26,059 "the strongest sense of responsibility guiding his actions," 34 00:03:26,219 --> 00:03:29,030 "and the utmost dedication to his calling cementing his legacy..." 35 00:03:29,185 --> 00:03:30,790 "and untimely demise." 36 00:03:30,910 --> 00:03:33,108 "Ahh... And thus he was taken away from us," 37 00:03:33,261 --> 00:03:37,421 "shedding nobler blood than the one drenching our battlefields," 38 00:03:37,620 --> 00:03:42,184 "walking through the pearly gates, as the spirit protecting our fatherland." 39 00:03:45,536 --> 00:03:48,770 Who could Kim Chang Ryong possibly be, 40 00:03:49,356 --> 00:03:52,453 to elicit such sorrow in the grieving heart of Lee Seung Man, 41 00:03:52,570 --> 00:03:55,652 and even lead historian Lee Byeong Do to christen him as... 42 00:03:55,734 --> 00:03:58,266 "the spirit defending our fatherland"? 43 00:03:59,965 --> 00:04:02,646 People say that knowing Kim Chang Ryong will tell us... 44 00:04:02,745 --> 00:04:05,405 about Lee Seung Man and our 1950s. 45 00:04:06,272 --> 00:04:09,846 But let us once again quote Lee Byeong Do's epitaph. 46 00:04:12,963 --> 00:04:19,155 "His vigorous efforts in punishing the rebel army during the upheaval..." 47 00:04:19,471 --> 00:04:27,864 "resulted in over twenty-five thousand condemned spies, rebels and vandals." 48 00:04:29,528 --> 00:04:30,641 Indeed he did. 49 00:04:31,370 --> 00:04:35,616 Kim Chang Ryong was an anti-communist fighter who condemned and punished... 50 00:04:35,663 --> 00:04:38,065 over 25,000 alleged communists. 51 00:04:38,312 --> 00:04:43,186 But the real problem is that amongst those 25,000 communists... 52 00:04:43,573 --> 00:04:47,425 were many innocent citizens and political adversaries of Lee Seung Man, 53 00:04:47,683 --> 00:04:51,648 along with several people maliciously slandered, 54 00:04:51,783 --> 00:04:55,248 paving the way for Kim's success. 55 00:04:55,797 --> 00:04:57,728 This Kim Chang Ryong... 56 00:04:57,897 --> 00:05:03,628 was one of the leading lights in the Korean politics of the 1950s. 57 00:04:55,797 --> 00:05:03,628 {\a6}~ Seo Jung Seok ~ (Seonggyungwan history professor) 58 00:05:03,722 --> 00:05:09,258 He was particularly important for what concerned the rising influence... 59 00:05:09,375 --> 00:05:12,796 of the military in the government. 60 00:05:12,940 --> 00:05:14,555 But, originally, 61 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:18,655 he voluntarily enrolled in the Japanese Army during the occupation. 62 00:05:18,749 --> 00:05:23,205 After serving in the military police, he started rising up the ranks... 63 00:05:23,287 --> 00:05:30,752 through his notoriously devious means. 64 00:05:30,869 --> 00:05:32,465 After liberation, 65 00:05:32,569 --> 00:05:37,365 he returned to his hometown in what later became North Korea, 66 00:05:37,475 --> 00:05:38,981 but right after moving down south, 67 00:05:39,081 --> 00:05:41,707 this fella suddenly started amassing power at rapid pace. 68 00:05:41,812 --> 00:05:44,953 That must have been because of his reputation... 69 00:05:45,046 --> 00:05:50,516 for effectively dealing with left-wing forces. 70 00:05:50,644 --> 00:05:58,721 The military was put in charge of seeking out left-leaning spies and sympathizers, 71 00:05:51,992 --> 00:05:53,750 {\a6}~ Hong Seok Ryul ~ (Seongshin U. history professor) 72 00:05:58,826 --> 00:06:04,815 and it was from there that he started gaining huge responsibilities. 73 00:06:05,378 --> 00:06:08,050 ~ Gyeongmudae (old Blue House) HQ ~ 74 00:06:19,106 --> 00:06:21,468 This... This one?! 75 00:06:21,878 --> 00:06:23,683 He's a commie, Mr. President. 76 00:06:24,444 --> 00:06:26,800 So you're positive, I trust?! 77 00:06:26,964 --> 00:06:28,139 Certainly, Mr. President. 78 00:06:28,259 --> 00:06:30,081 He's commie from head to toes. 79 00:06:30,391 --> 00:06:35,854 Some people raise objections about his ideological views, 80 00:06:36,323 --> 00:06:40,260 but since they claim he's not a communist... 81 00:06:40,530 --> 00:06:43,876 I know better than anyone how much of a communist he really is, 82 00:06:43,970 --> 00:06:44,896 Mr. President. 83 00:06:45,323 --> 00:06:46,643 And why is that? 84 00:06:47,298 --> 00:06:49,295 He is a friend of mine, Mr. President. 85 00:06:53,978 --> 00:06:57,740 He so cunningly disguised himself, he even managed to fool me. 86 00:06:57,857 --> 00:07:01,185 But it turns out he's the worst kind of commie you could find! 87 00:07:01,712 --> 00:07:04,446 And he's your friend?! 88 00:07:04,556 --> 00:07:07,908 You must indeed know him better than anyone. 89 00:07:08,861 --> 00:07:10,508 Red complex. 90 00:07:10,830 --> 00:07:15,608 Kim Chang Ryong was suffering from this peculiar malady, in another sense. 91 00:07:17,208 --> 00:07:18,299 Indeed. 92 00:07:18,403 --> 00:07:21,608 It was like a recurring theme in Lee's regime, persecuting communists. 93 00:07:21,778 --> 00:07:27,123 That is, Lee Seung Man using pro-Japanese collaborators was, as he claimed, 94 00:07:21,778 --> 00:07:27,135 {\a6}~ Lee Heon Young ~ (literary critic) 95 00:07:27,381 --> 00:07:31,779 for the sake of finding communists, 96 00:07:31,896 --> 00:07:34,591 and he essentially rendered the law to catch those collaborators fruitless. 97 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:39,200 Even when resistance to his dictatorship started, 98 00:07:39,310 --> 00:07:41,205 the only ideological flagbearer for him was... 99 00:07:41,264 --> 00:07:45,647 that of completely eradicating communism from society. 100 00:07:45,741 --> 00:07:51,330 Not just eliminating the party, but completely eradicating it. 101 00:07:51,674 --> 00:07:55,975 He used "eradicating" them in the sense that he wanted all of them dead. 102 00:07:56,034 --> 00:08:00,030 It wasn't just an anti-communist policy, it tried to eradicate an ideology altogether. 103 00:08:00,170 --> 00:08:02,943 So this Cold War logic, this ideology of the divide, 104 00:08:02,990 --> 00:08:06,564 created an atmosphere where communists could only be scorned at, 105 00:08:06,658 --> 00:08:11,355 and it eventually started to permeate the national psyche, if you will. 106 00:08:11,465 --> 00:08:14,237 Also, the deeper into the countryside you'd go, 107 00:08:14,566 --> 00:08:20,882 the more powerful those influences became. 108 00:08:20,987 --> 00:08:23,328 People there would be intimidated into thinking that... 109 00:08:23,438 --> 00:08:28,959 falling on the authorities' bad side would mean serious trouble, 110 00:08:29,088 --> 00:08:31,502 not to mention the Counter-Intelligence Corps... 111 00:08:31,570 --> 00:08:37,620 led by Kim Chang Ryong, and their "communist witch hunt," 112 00:08:37,737 --> 00:08:41,112 as people called it back then. 113 00:08:42,952 --> 00:08:47,384 Remember Kim Su Young's stay at the Geoje Island POW camp? 114 00:08:49,865 --> 00:08:52,036 I said, eat. 115 00:08:59,507 --> 00:09:00,960 Su Young. 116 00:09:01,452 --> 00:09:04,100 I'm not a commie, you bastard. 117 00:09:05,214 --> 00:09:07,480 I said I'm not a commie! 118 00:09:08,464 --> 00:09:10,539 Who said you are? 119 00:09:10,639 --> 00:09:12,624 I'm just a person, you bastard. 120 00:09:13,035 --> 00:09:15,472 I'm not a commie! 121 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:23,851 Think I wouldn't know? How could you be one? 122 00:09:24,076 --> 00:09:27,874 A real poet would never become a commie. 123 00:09:32,854 --> 00:09:35,151 Come on, have something to eat. 124 00:09:52,345 --> 00:09:54,924 I'm not a commie! 125 00:09:55,646 --> 00:09:58,240 I said I'm not... 126 00:10:07,391 --> 00:10:12,959 Then, is Lee Jung Seop at a mental institution now? 127 00:10:13,088 --> 00:10:14,417 Yes. 128 00:10:15,478 --> 00:10:16,920 How could this... 129 00:10:17,119 --> 00:10:22,892 At the last exhibition, an officer from National Defense we know... 130 00:10:23,057 --> 00:10:28,423 said all that red on his pictures felt like something a commie would paint. 131 00:10:29,150 --> 00:10:30,500 What on earth?! 132 00:10:30,590 --> 00:10:32,806 It was just an ignorant military officer saying that, 133 00:10:32,947 --> 00:10:36,064 but it looks like it shocked Jung Seop Hyung. 134 00:10:36,955 --> 00:10:38,621 So?! 135 00:10:38,700 --> 00:10:43,902 A few days later, I got a call from the Daegu police department. 136 00:10:44,042 --> 00:10:47,488 They were saying he went there, screaming and crying... 137 00:10:47,535 --> 00:10:50,603 to prove he was not a commie. 138 00:10:51,321 --> 00:10:53,079 Mr. Policeman. 139 00:10:53,433 --> 00:10:57,567 Write a testimonial saying I'm not a commie, please. 140 00:10:57,696 --> 00:11:02,795 Those fools think I am, so they'll execute me! 141 00:11:02,894 --> 00:11:05,955 So write it for me! 142 00:11:07,731 --> 00:11:09,793 Amongst the things which drove Lee Jung Seop crazy... 143 00:11:09,864 --> 00:11:12,700 was exactly this kind of red complex. 144 00:11:17,796 --> 00:11:24,997 So are you telling me that there are still communists hiding in the army?! 145 00:11:25,098 --> 00:11:26,867 Isn't that a big problem? 146 00:11:27,071 --> 00:11:28,878 You don't need to worry, Mr. President. 147 00:11:28,988 --> 00:11:31,108 As long as this Kim Chang Ryong of yours is alive, 148 00:11:31,495 --> 00:11:35,491 every single one of those commies will get what they deserve. 149 00:11:35,941 --> 00:11:37,378 Indeed. 150 00:11:38,503 --> 00:11:40,139 By the way, Mr. President. 151 00:11:40,350 --> 00:11:43,881 I might have dealt a little with commies in the army, 152 00:11:44,205 --> 00:11:46,573 but it's amongst civilians that the problem is more pressing. 153 00:11:49,689 --> 00:11:54,014 Politicians, idealists, artists... It's filled to the brim with commies out there. 154 00:11:54,166 --> 00:11:55,361 Mr. President. 155 00:11:55,455 --> 00:11:58,912 Only when we capture and punish all those vandals... 156 00:11:59,416 --> 00:12:02,003 will this country of ours witness the glory it deserves! 157 00:12:02,635 --> 00:12:06,835 You will have to play a big part in doing that. 158 00:12:07,112 --> 00:12:09,842 We must strenuously look for them, 159 00:12:10,311 --> 00:12:14,617 and cleanse this country's ideology from the stench of their ideas. 160 00:12:14,790 --> 00:12:16,161 Yes, Mr. President! 161 00:12:16,467 --> 00:12:18,352 I will spare no efforts! 162 00:12:24,216 --> 00:12:28,845 Here are Kim Su Young's hurling words of thunder, on the subject of freedom. 163 00:12:29,806 --> 00:12:33,463 "Freedom can never be quantified or constrained by compromise." 164 00:12:33,553 --> 00:12:35,384 "It must be absolute." 165 00:12:36,684 --> 00:12:40,123 "We might have enjoyed 80% of absolute freedom up to today," 166 00:12:40,233 --> 00:12:42,869 "but even if 90% of freedom will grace our future," 167 00:12:42,986 --> 00:12:45,224 "we can never say things will have improved." 168 00:12:45,344 --> 00:12:47,544 "That is because the remaining 10%..." 169 00:12:47,591 --> 00:12:50,755 "can easily lead into having no freedom at all." 170 00:12:52,865 --> 00:12:54,084 That's right. 171 00:12:54,658 --> 00:12:57,963 The freedom those poets championed was something... 172 00:12:58,092 --> 00:13:01,218 free of compromise, conditions and intimidations. It was absolute. 173 00:13:02,662 --> 00:13:06,446 The path we're walking on, on these streets... 174 00:13:06,668 --> 00:13:09,529 which gave us Park In Hwan and Lee Jung Seop, 175 00:13:09,699 --> 00:13:13,709 is exactly the kind of journey those poets dreamed of. 176 00:13:17,315 --> 00:13:20,943 And who proclaimed Jang Myeon as the US ambassador?! 177 00:13:21,063 --> 00:13:22,913 Isn't it President Lee?! 178 00:13:23,197 --> 00:13:30,265 Also, isn't it because of him that Jang became vice-president? 179 00:13:30,382 --> 00:13:34,916 But can Jang Myeon turn his back on him, after all this? 180 00:13:35,616 --> 00:13:38,237 I don't really know much about politics. 181 00:13:38,319 --> 00:13:40,496 Ahhh... Lee Sajang. 182 00:13:40,686 --> 00:13:43,955 Don't they say people are political animals? 183 00:13:44,448 --> 00:13:50,548 Without politics, no businessman, artist or even gangster can exist. 184 00:13:54,147 --> 00:13:57,627 You know, this country's politics?! 185 00:13:58,167 --> 00:14:00,816 Anti-communism is all it will take you. 186 00:14:00,909 --> 00:14:05,292 Use that to your advantage, and you can fear no one. 187 00:14:07,189 --> 00:14:10,029 Then again, you're from the northwest, 188 00:14:10,230 --> 00:14:13,359 so you must know a thing or two about that ideology. 189 00:14:13,617 --> 00:14:17,074 The world changes every day, can anti-communism alone suffice?! 190 00:14:17,249 --> 00:14:20,060 That's what I'm saying. 191 00:14:20,445 --> 00:14:25,161 After Kim Chang Ryong passed away, President Lee has been looking dejected. 192 00:14:25,413 --> 00:14:28,601 With the Democratic Party in tumult, 193 00:14:28,695 --> 00:14:32,361 he can't find a proper way to deal with them now. 194 00:14:34,730 --> 00:14:38,023 Let's have a meeting with Lee Gi Bong, shall we? 195 00:14:40,275 --> 00:14:43,293 What could you possibly lose by meeting him? 196 00:14:43,638 --> 00:14:46,824 Would bearing a grudge bring you any benefit? 197 00:14:46,913 --> 00:14:48,654 Isn't that right, Lee Sajang? 198 00:15:06,295 --> 00:15:09,852 {\a6}~ Lee Gi Bong ~ (National Assembly Speaker) 199 00:15:06,295 --> 00:15:09,852 Speaker, let me pour you a drink. 200 00:15:10,028 --> 00:15:11,947 Start with Lee Sajang. 201 00:15:12,127 --> 00:15:15,920 I didn't mean that. Only after you're done drinking, 202 00:15:16,013 --> 00:15:17,572 I should serve him one. 203 00:15:17,642 --> 00:15:21,554 No. I personally invited him myself. 204 00:15:21,612 --> 00:15:24,647 Ahh... I'm green with envy. 205 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:28,708 You always reserve the best treatment for Lee Sajang alone... 206 00:15:28,948 --> 00:15:31,938 I will pour you a drink. 207 00:15:34,138 --> 00:15:35,881 Shall we, then? 208 00:15:44,979 --> 00:15:50,640 You know Han Myung Hwe, Prince Suyang's right-hand man? 209 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:54,174 Seems like he enjoyed himself around the Han River, 210 00:15:54,315 --> 00:15:58,721 collecting political funds and the like. 211 00:15:58,779 --> 00:16:02,342 Ahh... that Han Myung Hwe, you meant?! 212 00:16:03,292 --> 00:16:04,404 Go ahead. 213 00:16:04,510 --> 00:16:05,922 Yes. 214 00:16:13,674 --> 00:16:16,627 Ahh... Lee Sajang. What are you doing? 215 00:16:16,721 --> 00:16:20,183 In drinking, once the cup is empty you pass it on. 216 00:16:20,283 --> 00:16:23,719 It should be passed on like this for friendships to work! 217 00:16:23,825 --> 00:16:27,446 Empty that cup, will you?! 218 00:16:27,551 --> 00:16:29,805 My apologies. I really can't handle too much drinking. 219 00:16:29,851 --> 00:16:33,014 Aigoo... Who will ever believe you saying that?! 220 00:16:33,086 --> 00:16:37,036 We can always take our time with that. 221 00:16:37,175 --> 00:16:39,182 Indeed we can, Speaker. 222 00:16:39,229 --> 00:16:43,354 Let's take it easy. Shall we, Lee Sajang? 223 00:16:45,979 --> 00:16:50,938 In politics, you're always asked to beat around the bush, 224 00:16:51,028 --> 00:16:53,148 but I never seem able to get used to that. 225 00:16:53,206 --> 00:16:58,187 Yes! He is way too forthright to do that! 226 00:16:58,581 --> 00:17:02,834 I've been helping out President Lee ever since his days in America. 227 00:17:03,232 --> 00:17:08,072 I'd be satisfied just by serving him for the rest of my days, 228 00:17:08,401 --> 00:17:10,680 but things are not working as I'd like them to. 229 00:17:16,011 --> 00:17:18,273 Ahh... Let's just call a spade a spade. 230 00:17:18,572 --> 00:17:22,814 What could ever happen if the Democratic Party gained power? 231 00:17:24,502 --> 00:17:26,242 Would things end well? 232 00:17:28,146 --> 00:17:29,389 If it's politics, I just... 233 00:17:29,471 --> 00:17:32,392 President Lee is a patriot. 234 00:17:33,317 --> 00:17:37,302 Not to mention his unyielding anti-communist spirit. 235 00:17:37,595 --> 00:17:40,747 But, let's take a look at those Democratic Party folks. 236 00:17:40,946 --> 00:17:44,067 They're just low-rent renditions of Baekbeom*. 237 00:17:40,946 --> 00:17:44,067 {\a6}*Kim Gu - independent fighter/political activist 238 00:17:44,172 --> 00:17:46,964 Of course Baekbeom was a patriot himself. 239 00:17:47,054 --> 00:17:48,309 However... 240 00:17:48,906 --> 00:17:52,709 Ideologically speaking, he's certainly not to be trusted, 241 00:17:53,623 --> 00:17:56,647 what with all his intents to join forces with Kim Il Sung, 242 00:17:56,747 --> 00:17:58,733 to just lie down at the 38th and wait for him to come. 243 00:17:58,803 --> 00:18:00,397 He's that kind of fella. 244 00:18:00,713 --> 00:18:02,098 Let's look back. 245 00:18:02,342 --> 00:18:04,068 If we had done right as Baekbeom suggested, 246 00:18:04,115 --> 00:18:07,220 what would have happened to this country? 247 00:18:07,587 --> 00:18:11,896 Wouldn't the entire Korean peninsula have become commie land?! 248 00:18:12,188 --> 00:18:17,278 And didn't President Lee stop all that from happening? 249 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:21,122 I really don't need to become president. 250 00:18:21,216 --> 00:18:24,138 Not that I would be qualified for that to begin with. 251 00:18:24,302 --> 00:18:26,247 But, shouldn't we stop the Democratic Party from... 252 00:18:26,329 --> 00:18:28,005 having one of their men as president? 253 00:18:28,521 --> 00:18:29,950 Isn't that right, Lee Sajang? 254 00:18:31,321 --> 00:18:33,349 How could that possibly happen? 255 00:18:33,673 --> 00:18:35,921 I believe it won't myself. 256 00:18:36,273 --> 00:18:37,175 Here... 257 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:45,806 Ahh... Look at those clouds. 258 00:18:46,094 --> 00:18:48,923 - Weather's great today, indeed. - Yes. 259 00:18:49,415 --> 00:18:52,415 Problem is all those credulous fools out there. 260 00:18:52,813 --> 00:18:56,161 If Jo Byung Wook or Jang Myeon say anything at all, 261 00:18:56,337 --> 00:18:59,486 they flock all together and make a mess. 262 00:18:59,583 --> 00:19:02,583 Those clouds are really something. 263 00:19:02,826 --> 00:19:05,499 Lee Sajang, know about that gathering the democrats... 264 00:19:05,593 --> 00:19:08,229 are organizing at Jangchungdan Park?! 265 00:19:08,347 --> 00:19:10,901 We must stop that. 266 00:19:11,042 --> 00:19:18,800 We must make sure they stop filling those credulous fools with their rhetoric. 267 00:19:22,838 --> 00:19:25,104 Help me out this once. 268 00:19:27,542 --> 00:19:28,876 Speaker. 269 00:19:31,630 --> 00:19:34,981 I think of public sentiment as something like a river current. 270 00:19:37,723 --> 00:19:42,707 Try to run against the current, and you will face problems. 271 00:19:44,493 --> 00:19:50,107 Isn't that the reason why he invited you here?! 272 00:19:52,931 --> 00:19:54,150 My apologies. 273 00:19:54,278 --> 00:19:56,776 Ehh... Listen to me! 274 00:19:57,597 --> 00:20:01,076 You indeed are smart, Lee Hwa Ryong. 275 00:20:01,608 --> 00:20:05,975 Maybe that's why I like you a lot more than Lee Jung Jae. 276 00:20:07,259 --> 00:20:10,160 If I were you, I'd just talk with my fists first. 277 00:20:11,002 --> 00:20:13,559 If you can make sure the current of history flows the right way, 278 00:20:13,664 --> 00:20:16,289 then wouldn't that make you the best at your game?! 279 00:20:27,336 --> 00:20:29,016 What did you tell him? 280 00:20:29,135 --> 00:20:32,063 Will you two join forces? 281 00:20:33,586 --> 00:20:35,590 Think about it, Aunim. 282 00:20:35,786 --> 00:20:39,357 If this keeps up, Lee Jung Jae will steal Myeongdong from you. 283 00:20:53,143 --> 00:20:55,370 Sajangnim. A guest is waiting for you. 284 00:20:55,569 --> 00:20:56,534 Who? 285 00:20:56,625 --> 00:20:58,464 Come on in, Lee Sajang. 286 00:21:00,465 --> 00:21:02,555 Hey... you scoundrels! 287 00:21:02,923 --> 00:21:07,377 So you're telling me that you just stared while those Dongdaemun fools... 288 00:21:07,517 --> 00:21:09,088 kept prancing around Myeongdong?! 289 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:11,415 We were told to just ignore them, so... 290 00:21:11,725 --> 00:21:14,002 He was just talking, you dumbass! 291 00:21:14,185 --> 00:21:15,349 I ought to... 292 00:21:15,525 --> 00:21:18,642 He just meant to deal with them in a gentlemanly way, you fools. 293 00:21:18,845 --> 00:21:22,086 Do things cleanly, that is. Uh?! 294 00:21:22,186 --> 00:21:25,837 I mean... Where else are you going to use those fists?! 295 00:21:26,488 --> 00:21:29,043 Aigoo... you hopeless... 296 00:21:30,379 --> 00:21:32,816 {\a6}~ Kim Du Han ~ (Assembly member) 297 00:21:31,478 --> 00:21:33,198 He came into a house with no host, 298 00:21:33,292 --> 00:21:35,478 and now the guest is even sitting on his chair. 299 00:21:35,588 --> 00:21:38,694 This chair is quite comfortable. 300 00:21:38,823 --> 00:21:41,073 What brings you here, Kim Euiwonnim (Assembly member)? 301 00:21:41,284 --> 00:21:44,530 Don't give me that... Call me Du Han, 302 00:21:44,671 --> 00:21:47,252 or just Kim Seonbae. 303 00:21:47,362 --> 00:21:49,534 Aigoo, what are you saying?! 304 00:21:50,095 --> 00:21:52,404 Ahh,... right. You know Kim Seung Ho, right? 305 00:21:52,514 --> 00:21:54,497 He's the most popular actor out there, these days. 306 00:21:55,427 --> 00:21:57,457 It's a pleasure. My name is Kim Seung Ho. 307 00:21:57,567 --> 00:21:59,267 Aigoo, pleasure is mine. 308 00:21:59,377 --> 00:22:02,438 I haven't missed a single one of your films. 309 00:22:04,172 --> 00:22:06,509 So you're a fan of his as well! 310 00:22:06,778 --> 00:22:10,329 His becoming an actor was all thanks to me. 311 00:22:10,470 --> 00:22:11,970 He's from Cheolwon in Gangwon Province, 312 00:22:12,064 --> 00:22:14,032 and went to school in Cheongjin-Dong*. 313 00:22:12,064 --> 00:22:14,032 {\a6}*A district of Jong-Ro (Kim Du Han's territory) 314 00:22:14,150 --> 00:22:17,560 {\a6}*One of Jong-ro's most famous and oldest movie theaters (founded 1912) 315 00:22:14,150 --> 00:22:17,560 He kept skipping classes and was always at the Umi Theater*. 316 00:22:17,664 --> 00:22:20,720 Then, what was it, were you expelled or did you quit? 317 00:22:20,849 --> 00:22:22,044 I quit. 318 00:22:22,126 --> 00:22:25,630 That was back when I controlled Jong-ro, you know?! 319 00:22:25,853 --> 00:22:30,447 {\a6}*Famous theater in Seodaemun (founded 1935) 320 00:22:25,853 --> 00:22:30,447 So I brought him up as an actor for the Dongyang Theater*. 321 00:22:31,009 --> 00:22:32,985 He had it a little hard at first, 322 00:22:33,091 --> 00:22:36,161 but, what was it, "The Wedding Day" or something?! 323 00:22:36,255 --> 00:22:38,199 He won an award for that, and instantly became a star. 324 00:22:38,699 --> 00:22:40,899 - Thanks to you... - Ahh, he's a great actor, 325 00:22:41,019 --> 00:22:43,220 so it's only natural he would win awards. 326 00:22:45,889 --> 00:22:48,564 Kim Hyung. I'll see you at the Orient Saloon later. 327 00:22:48,684 --> 00:22:50,606 I have something to talk about with him. 328 00:22:50,905 --> 00:22:51,861 Yes. 329 00:22:52,236 --> 00:22:53,516 I hope we'll meet again. 330 00:22:53,606 --> 00:22:55,447 Ahh... yes, yes. 331 00:22:56,549 --> 00:22:57,427 Yes. 332 00:23:06,592 --> 00:23:09,018 It's a pleasure to meet you. 333 00:23:13,086 --> 00:23:15,875 - Nice to meet you. - It's a true honor. 334 00:23:16,883 --> 00:23:18,512 I'm a big fan. 335 00:23:19,801 --> 00:23:22,062 Have a safe return! 336 00:23:39,526 --> 00:23:40,816 Lee Sajang. 337 00:23:42,724 --> 00:23:44,060 Yes, Kim Euiwonnim. 338 00:23:44,599 --> 00:23:47,077 Will you really square off against Kim Du Han? 339 00:23:47,628 --> 00:23:49,059 Why would I? 340 00:23:49,632 --> 00:23:51,909 I heard you met with Lee Gi Bong?! 341 00:23:53,369 --> 00:23:54,683 Yes. 342 00:23:55,230 --> 00:23:59,111 You know, this Jangchungdan gathering?! It's historical. 343 00:23:59,322 --> 00:24:02,333 The people's reaction is unprecedented. 344 00:24:02,908 --> 00:24:04,654 I'm well aware. 345 00:24:04,935 --> 00:24:07,162 They'll win at the next elections. 346 00:24:07,389 --> 00:24:09,909 You know how popular he is, right? Jo Byung Wook. 347 00:24:10,092 --> 00:24:16,588 I'm acting as his bodyguard and I've organized security for this gathering. 348 00:24:16,916 --> 00:24:18,114 But... 349 00:24:18,493 --> 00:24:20,692 if you start going in that direction, 350 00:24:20,914 --> 00:24:23,374 then it can only mean you're going against me. 351 00:24:24,134 --> 00:24:26,188 Worry about Lee Jung Jae instead. 352 00:24:26,345 --> 00:24:27,865 That paltry fool... 353 00:24:27,934 --> 00:24:29,662 So is that why you came here? 354 00:24:29,826 --> 00:24:33,888 Know why Lee Gi Bong keeps sticking to you so much? 355 00:24:34,385 --> 00:24:39,855 That's because you're from the north. 356 00:24:40,065 --> 00:24:42,233 Wouldn't he want to gain the votes of all those from up north?! 357 00:24:43,138 --> 00:24:46,218 Not to mention, you and stupid gangsters like Lee Jung Jae... 358 00:24:46,276 --> 00:24:47,559 are a whole different story. 359 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:51,738 If you end up helping him, things will be much easier, that's why. 360 00:24:52,628 --> 00:24:54,984 I have no interest in politics. 361 00:24:55,124 --> 00:24:58,131 And that is the exact same thing I told him. 362 00:25:00,100 --> 00:25:01,471 Thank you. 363 00:25:01,784 --> 00:25:03,592 I knew you would be a "loyal fist" to the end. 364 00:25:03,709 --> 00:25:05,924 {\a6}*Mid-Joseon's equivalent of Robin Hood 365 00:25:03,709 --> 00:25:05,924 You're like Im Kkeok Jeong*! 366 00:25:08,397 --> 00:25:12,731 The Kim Du Han who used to rule Jong-ro during the Japanese occupation... 367 00:25:12,860 --> 00:25:18,192 entered politics during the 1954 parliament elections with flying colors. 368 00:25:20,092 --> 00:25:23,295 The man who would gain notoriety... 369 00:25:23,296 --> 00:25:25,495 for throwing sewage waters in the Assembly Hall, 370 00:25:25,647 --> 00:25:28,459 Kim Du Han was at the time leading security for the Democratic Party's... 371 00:25:28,506 --> 00:25:30,287 gathering at Jangchungdan Park. 372 00:25:32,994 --> 00:25:35,104 Right... here... 373 00:25:35,444 --> 00:25:37,683 Share it with the others. 374 00:25:44,636 --> 00:25:46,113 Aigoo... 375 00:25:48,995 --> 00:25:51,139 That stingy bastard... 376 00:25:51,269 --> 00:25:54,656 And you have the guts to give someone that little?! 377 00:25:54,854 --> 00:25:56,709 Keep an eye on the boys. 378 00:25:56,820 --> 00:25:59,279 Make sure they don't set foot on Jangchungdan. 379 00:25:59,940 --> 00:26:05,870 Ahh... Lee Gi Bong Seonsaeng expressly asked you to help him. 380 00:26:06,157 --> 00:26:09,263 Are you still planning to decline, Aunim? 381 00:26:12,241 --> 00:26:15,614 What is it you need to be envious of Kim Du Han for?! 382 00:26:15,802 --> 00:26:19,914 If things go our way, you'll likely end up like him... 383 00:26:20,500 --> 00:26:23,011 How can mere gangsters involve themselves in politics?! 384 00:26:23,207 --> 00:26:25,574 Is that all this country has turned into?! 385 00:26:31,831 --> 00:26:35,312 What truly saved Lee Hwa Ryong from facing Lee Jung Jae... 386 00:26:35,386 --> 00:26:38,656 and all those other gangsters' fate down the line... 387 00:26:38,808 --> 00:26:41,292 was exactly this very principle. 388 00:26:44,777 --> 00:26:48,081 That Madam Kim has not aged a bit. 389 00:26:52,106 --> 00:26:55,281 Kim Seung Ho and Lee Hwa Ryong would once again work together... 390 00:26:55,351 --> 00:26:57,726 on their film "A Coachman." 391 00:26:58,105 --> 00:27:00,276 We'll talk about that a little later, 392 00:27:00,426 --> 00:27:03,883 and instead focus on the Myeongdong after Park In Hwan and Kim Su Young's deaths. 393 00:27:04,106 --> 00:27:06,813 That is, not long before the April 19 revolution, 394 00:27:06,918 --> 00:27:09,238 the Myeongdong which had turned into a nearly unrecognizable state. 395 00:27:09,379 --> 00:27:12,958 We'll have to talk about those epochal changes first. 396 00:27:13,318 --> 00:27:17,149 Let's start with what happened at Jangchungdan. 397 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:25,722 Opened by the Democratic Party on May 25, 1957 in Jangchungdan, 398 00:27:25,875 --> 00:27:29,308 hundreds of thousands of people from Seoul participated in this gathering. 399 00:27:31,816 --> 00:27:36,364 Considering the capital's total population at the time was just over one million, 400 00:27:36,552 --> 00:27:41,132 this number of people all gathered together surpassed any imagination. 401 00:27:42,364 --> 00:27:46,726 It seemed like public sentiment had completely abandoned the Liberal Party. 402 00:27:47,512 --> 00:27:50,277 The most significant pending issue for both sides at the time... 403 00:27:50,406 --> 00:27:54,944 was the fourth parliamentary election law, which would be passed a year later. 404 00:27:56,284 --> 00:28:01,216 Before that election, both Liberal and Democratic Parties had various plans. 405 00:28:01,356 --> 00:28:05,057 The Liberal Party's stratagem was to revise the election law at all cost, 406 00:28:05,146 --> 00:28:09,506 so that they could strike a victory... 407 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:14,275 in the presidential elections of 1960, 408 00:28:14,428 --> 00:28:18,249 whereas the Democratic Party was trying to gain public sentiment... 409 00:28:18,366 --> 00:28:24,273 with their campaigns. 410 00:28:24,448 --> 00:28:30,707 The results of that election would have certainly made Korean politics... 411 00:28:30,824 --> 00:28:32,440 a much more complex world. 412 00:28:32,550 --> 00:28:36,414 Of course you had the issue of whether the liberals or democrats would win, 413 00:28:36,602 --> 00:28:39,841 but even only the question of what kind of electorate the progressives would gain... 414 00:28:39,958 --> 00:28:44,903 was enough to rattle the foundations of Korean politics at the time. 415 00:28:45,023 --> 00:28:53,255 So, inevitably, the two parties fought over how to deal with the election law. 416 00:28:53,376 --> 00:28:59,548 As they thought they could no longer deal with the liberals' arrogance, 417 00:28:59,665 --> 00:29:07,921 with the Democratic Party as the core, a demonstration against dictatorship was staged. 418 00:29:08,027 --> 00:29:16,895 When people like Jo Byung Wook or Jang Taek Sang tried to speak, 419 00:29:17,012 --> 00:29:18,840 a disturbance suddenly arose. 420 00:29:18,969 --> 00:29:23,377 People under Lee Jung Jae, like Yoo Ji Gwang, 421 00:29:23,505 --> 00:29:28,345 tried to create tumult on purpose to derail their tentatives. 422 00:29:28,504 --> 00:29:35,577 And this was the infamous Jangchungdan Riot. 423 00:29:36,435 --> 00:29:39,409 Can you deal with something like this only with brute force?! 424 00:29:40,686 --> 00:29:42,771 My apologies, Mr. President. 425 00:29:43,123 --> 00:29:45,924 These passionate young fellas... 426 00:29:46,106 --> 00:29:48,197 couldn't take the democrats' arrogance any longer, so... 427 00:29:48,291 --> 00:29:51,431 Those weren't passionate young fellas. 428 00:29:51,678 --> 00:29:53,828 They were nothing more than conspirators from those gangs. 429 00:29:53,938 --> 00:29:56,468 That is nothing but a fabrication the newspapers... 430 00:29:56,578 --> 00:29:59,819 There is no way those newspapers would report falsehood on purpose. 431 00:30:01,098 --> 00:30:04,936 This cannot be tolerated. 432 00:30:06,299 --> 00:30:12,108 This Jangchungdan gathering's main goal was to decry you, 433 00:30:12,369 --> 00:30:14,883 and engage in defamation against... 434 00:30:15,070 --> 00:30:16,031 Look. 435 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:17,400 Mansong (Lee's moniker). 436 00:30:18,469 --> 00:30:20,270 Y...es, Mr. President?! 437 00:30:20,496 --> 00:30:24,160 Politics should be rational, 438 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:26,613 it's not something that power can solve. 439 00:30:27,570 --> 00:30:29,801 I will keep it in mind, Mr. President. 440 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:33,111 You must embrace the opposition... 441 00:30:33,217 --> 00:30:34,940 and make it an active part of your policies, 442 00:30:35,022 --> 00:30:37,834 if you wish to fulfill your goals. 443 00:30:38,678 --> 00:30:41,431 I will always reflect upon it, Mr. President. 444 00:30:42,113 --> 00:30:43,285 You can leave. 445 00:30:43,861 --> 00:30:46,042 Y...Yes. 446 00:30:57,045 --> 00:31:02,399 If only Kim Chang Ryong was still alive... 447 00:31:08,692 --> 00:31:13,460 All this was orchestrated by the Liberal Party's second in command, Lee Gi Bong, 448 00:31:13,624 --> 00:31:16,589 with the top "political gangster" of the time, Lee Jung Jae, playing the lead, 449 00:31:16,706 --> 00:31:20,597 and Dongdaemun's police station playing supporting parts in this political terror. 450 00:31:21,112 --> 00:31:24,952 However, even though the democrats' Jangchungdan gathering... 451 00:31:25,046 --> 00:31:26,689 might indeed have been halted, 452 00:31:26,809 --> 00:31:29,944 this was the perfect occasion to verify that both President Lee... 453 00:31:30,026 --> 00:31:33,069 and the Liberal Party had been abandoned by popular sentiment, 454 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:37,627 and also that these people's thirst for freedom was starting to... 455 00:31:38,061 --> 00:31:42,608 carve a hole into two thick nets which imprisoned this country for long, 456 00:31:42,748 --> 00:31:46,043 such as anti-communism and dictatorship. 457 00:31:49,323 --> 00:31:53,202 Myeongdong started changing at an alarmingly fast pace. 458 00:31:53,507 --> 00:31:56,518 What seemed like "greenhouses" for poor artists, 459 00:31:56,612 --> 00:32:00,046 both the Poem and Mona Lisa closed their doors due to financial problems. 460 00:32:00,210 --> 00:32:02,639 Gongcho Oh Sang Soon's hideout, the Bronze Coffee Shop... 461 00:32:02,809 --> 00:32:04,979 was still in business, 462 00:32:05,096 --> 00:32:08,567 but with the sudden death of its owner Kim Dong Geun, 463 00:32:08,708 --> 00:32:12,950 the Orient Saloon was acquired by Lee Hae Rang who sold his own house, 464 00:32:13,126 --> 00:32:16,316 and who could only resist for a year before closing, ravaged by debts. 465 00:32:16,450 --> 00:32:20,221 The music aficionados' mecca, the Dolce, managed to remain afloat... 466 00:32:20,288 --> 00:32:22,922 thanks to its impressive record collection, 467 00:32:23,052 --> 00:32:25,747 but it eventually became dominated by youngsters. 468 00:32:26,813 --> 00:32:32,296 All those scribes and poor artists could turn to was the Eunseong. 469 00:32:49,409 --> 00:32:51,831 Kim Gwan Shik's drunken antics hadn't changed. 470 00:32:51,948 --> 00:32:55,999 At the time, he was living near Segeomjeong valley, 471 00:32:56,117 --> 00:32:58,859 right past the cultural village in Hongje-dong. 472 00:32:59,328 --> 00:33:02,527 Kim's drunken rampage would begin at the Eunseong, 473 00:33:02,656 --> 00:33:07,383 pass through the cultural village and end all the way at his house. 474 00:33:10,476 --> 00:33:14,097 This was also the time when Myeongdong started becoming... 475 00:33:14,262 --> 00:33:18,126 what is today known as the "fashion street." 476 00:33:19,421 --> 00:33:23,018 {\a6}~ Shin Hye Soon ~ (Korean Fashion Designers Academy chairwoman) 477 00:33:19,421 --> 00:33:23,018 At the time, if you asked me to mention any famous spot, 478 00:33:23,136 --> 00:33:29,579 that would be the International Clothing Company my mother used to run. 479 00:33:29,650 --> 00:33:32,439 I think it probably was located where the Esquire is today?! 480 00:33:32,521 --> 00:33:37,549 And the Songok Atelier was right next to it. 481 00:33:37,642 --> 00:33:42,717 On the other side was Seo Su Yeon's Arisa Boutique, 482 00:33:42,881 --> 00:33:51,264 and a bit higher up on the right was Han Hee Do's boutique, the Vogue. 483 00:33:51,322 --> 00:33:57,814 Continuing along the street was the Han Clothing Store. 484 00:33:57,919 --> 00:34:08,502 After that was the Savoy Hotel, and turning right would lead you to the Norano. 485 00:34:08,584 --> 00:34:13,916 Looking back on it, I think they were all gathered there. 486 00:34:14,808 --> 00:34:18,439 And what could Kim Su Young have been doing at the time? 487 00:34:19,624 --> 00:34:23,049 Su Young. Again drowning anger in that? 488 00:34:26,339 --> 00:34:28,799 Why all this silence? 489 00:34:31,151 --> 00:34:33,224 Want to die just like Park In Hwan?! 490 00:34:33,446 --> 00:34:35,896 It's not good for your health. 491 00:34:37,643 --> 00:34:39,800 Know why Park In Hwan died? 492 00:34:39,917 --> 00:34:41,558 Drinking, what else?! 493 00:34:41,663 --> 00:34:44,005 He drank as if there was no tomorrow... 494 00:34:44,267 --> 00:34:47,241 He committed suicide because he couldn't write anything anymore. 495 00:34:47,394 --> 00:34:49,838 - Suicide?! - Drinking was just an excuse. 496 00:34:49,931 --> 00:34:53,678 What really sent him crazy was not being able to write as he wanted. 497 00:34:53,868 --> 00:34:55,488 You really... 498 00:34:56,072 --> 00:34:59,061 And know why Lee Jung Seop died? 499 00:35:00,059 --> 00:35:01,850 Derangement was only a pretext. 500 00:35:01,980 --> 00:35:05,483 Not being able to paint as he wanted is what killed him. 501 00:35:05,729 --> 00:35:07,569 If you really want to put it like that... 502 00:35:07,956 --> 00:35:11,745 You probably won't understand since you don't write. 503 00:35:12,343 --> 00:35:14,534 Those who live by the brush... 504 00:35:14,581 --> 00:35:17,532 Novelists, poets, composers, painters... 505 00:35:17,642 --> 00:35:21,682 Whenever that inspiration abandons them, it drives them crazy. 506 00:35:21,823 --> 00:35:25,546 It makes them crumble, and forces them to commit suicide. 507 00:35:25,827 --> 00:35:28,991 Then, why didn't I die just like them? 508 00:35:29,495 --> 00:35:32,893 Why doesn't Kim Su Young go crazy? 509 00:35:33,033 --> 00:35:36,455 Why is he living a happy life raising chickens with his wife? 510 00:35:36,596 --> 00:35:38,541 That's what you're curious about, right? 511 00:35:40,356 --> 00:35:43,558 I... Kim Su Young... 512 00:35:43,815 --> 00:35:48,067 From the moment we were liberated, because of that damned ideology, 513 00:35:48,149 --> 00:35:50,235 I was immune from that to begin with. 514 00:35:50,516 --> 00:35:52,070 Su Young... 515 00:35:52,626 --> 00:35:55,726 To be really honest, 516 00:35:57,051 --> 00:36:00,917 aren't you curious and suspicious about my ideology yourself? 517 00:36:01,698 --> 00:36:05,835 What on earth populates his thoughts. 518 00:36:06,175 --> 00:36:09,854 Whether he's green on the outside but all red inside. 519 00:36:09,980 --> 00:36:13,911 Or if, just like an apple, he's only red outside, and all white inside. 520 00:36:14,031 --> 00:36:15,918 That's what you're curious about. 521 00:36:17,992 --> 00:36:20,973 Think I would ever suspect a friend of mine? 522 00:36:21,593 --> 00:36:22,703 I... 523 00:36:23,184 --> 00:36:24,871 am not right-wing. 524 00:36:27,285 --> 00:36:29,734 Still, neither am I left-wing. 525 00:36:31,073 --> 00:36:35,874 I wish I could be red down to my bones like Oh Jang Hwan. 526 00:36:40,140 --> 00:36:42,627 When Kim Chang Ryong was murdered, 527 00:36:42,812 --> 00:36:46,153 I am the kind of man who danced near the Han River all night. 528 00:36:46,727 --> 00:36:49,926 And if you ask me why I hate Lee Seung Man so much, 529 00:36:50,184 --> 00:36:53,348 it's not because of that old fart's dictatorship, 530 00:36:53,862 --> 00:36:59,897 it's because he made all people suspect each other because of ideology. 531 00:37:00,354 --> 00:37:02,041 To remain in power, 532 00:37:03,307 --> 00:37:08,863 he pierced our souls down to smithereens. 533 00:37:09,026 --> 00:37:13,058 So what damned poetry, music and painting could exist?! 534 00:37:13,637 --> 00:37:16,211 You could only lose it and go crazy. 535 00:37:18,287 --> 00:37:20,336 You know, Lee Seonbae? 536 00:37:21,801 --> 00:37:24,808 I can't write in these conditions. 537 00:37:25,176 --> 00:37:28,705 Whenever I try, I get so incensed that I spit all the fire inside... 538 00:37:28,763 --> 00:37:31,810 on that blank page before me, 539 00:37:31,962 --> 00:37:36,127 but then I wonder whether I should, whether I could write this! 540 00:37:36,303 --> 00:37:39,162 Could you possibly write with that fear in mind? 541 00:37:39,659 --> 00:37:41,998 That's why I can't write... 542 00:37:42,659 --> 00:37:44,318 That's why... 543 00:37:44,588 --> 00:37:48,471 Park In Hwan and his grandiose will to go on writing, 544 00:37:49,514 --> 00:37:54,482 or Lee Jung Seop and his disgraceful paintings over silver foil, 545 00:37:55,140 --> 00:37:58,811 couldn't help but go insane and die! 546 00:38:02,654 --> 00:38:03,908 Listen, Su Young. 547 00:38:04,025 --> 00:38:06,135 Careful what you say. 548 00:38:07,564 --> 00:38:08,928 Careful?! 549 00:38:09,447 --> 00:38:11,717 Think of what kind of times we live in... 550 00:38:12,374 --> 00:38:17,237 {\a6}Lee San Ha's "Mt. Hanra," written after the April 3, 1948 Jeju uprising 551 00:38:12,374 --> 00:38:17,237 "Don't bemoan the deaths..." 552 00:38:17,409 --> 00:38:21,480 "of our soldiers fallen fighting the enemy!" 553 00:38:21,620 --> 00:38:24,644 After drinking in silence, any time he got drunk, 554 00:38:24,738 --> 00:38:27,180 Kim Su Young would get up and start cursing, 555 00:38:27,510 --> 00:38:30,731 singing patriotic songs from the north he learned during the war, 556 00:38:30,802 --> 00:38:33,930 whenever anyone tried to stop him. 557 00:38:35,325 --> 00:38:37,252 Stop, Su Young! 558 00:38:37,593 --> 00:38:39,303 Only when I can sing North Korean songs... 559 00:38:39,374 --> 00:38:42,175 and I can insult Lee Seung Man all I want will there be freedom! 560 00:38:42,534 --> 00:38:44,553 If my mouth is itching to say those words and you try to stop me, 561 00:38:44,647 --> 00:38:46,604 that is much scarier than anything the commies would do! 562 00:38:46,721 --> 00:38:48,221 Look at Kim Chang Ryong. 563 00:38:48,397 --> 00:38:51,254 If there was anyone scarier than the commies, that was him! 564 00:38:51,383 --> 00:38:54,735 He was nothing but a murderer eating commies alive, Kim Chang Ryong! 565 00:38:55,461 --> 00:39:02,349 With that... anti-communist motto or something?! 566 00:38:55,461 --> 00:39:02,361 {\a6}~ Kim Hyun Gyeong ~ (Kim Su Young's wife) 567 00:39:02,431 --> 00:39:04,259 All those bureaucrats shouting that. 568 00:39:04,435 --> 00:39:09,466 Whenever anyone of those tried to stop him, a fight would ensue. 569 00:39:09,607 --> 00:39:15,943 They would fight, he would get drunk, and even shout... 570 00:39:16,013 --> 00:39:19,915 things like "Hurrah for Kim Il Sung." 571 00:39:20,056 --> 00:39:22,367 It was just a spectacle trying to stop him. 572 00:39:22,507 --> 00:39:28,519 Before he became an activist poet, the Kim Su Young of the 50s, 573 00:39:22,507 --> 00:39:28,531 {\a6}~ Choi Ha Rim ~ (Kim Su Young biography author) 574 00:39:28,683 --> 00:39:34,949 he had this huge complex about the People's Army. 575 00:39:35,593 --> 00:39:43,606 So significant was this red complex, just mentioning anything related to red, 576 00:39:43,688 --> 00:39:48,621 his eyes would suddenly pop out, he was that sensitive about the issue. 577 00:39:58,706 --> 00:40:01,032 This is what I thought. 578 00:40:01,845 --> 00:40:08,165 As there is no speed limit or restricted lanes for this thing called thoughts, 579 00:40:08,306 --> 00:40:10,685 you'd think it would mean endless freedom, 580 00:40:11,286 --> 00:40:16,437 but everyone in power tries to put limits and restrictions to it. 581 00:40:16,882 --> 00:40:22,918 Whenever that happens, people's thoughts go in tatters. 582 00:40:25,004 --> 00:40:26,117 For instance, 583 00:40:26,657 --> 00:40:31,829 even if you tell people to forget all restrictions and think on their own, 584 00:40:31,999 --> 00:40:36,548 it would be already difficult to think and create something truly unique, 585 00:40:36,676 --> 00:40:44,151 so what creativity could possibly be borne out of such restrictions?! 586 00:40:45,362 --> 00:40:50,317 I am not denying that certain tenets of communism populate my thoughts. 587 00:40:50,423 --> 00:40:51,325 However, 588 00:40:51,536 --> 00:40:55,323 that is merely because of the compassion I harbor for people. 589 00:40:55,591 --> 00:40:57,843 They're just simple, humble notions, 590 00:40:57,913 --> 00:41:01,968 like the idea that communism can help the poor. 591 00:41:02,085 --> 00:41:05,788 But, because people started suspecting me ideologically... 592 00:41:05,845 --> 00:41:11,317 and thus branding me, I found it difficult to strip off those insinuations. 593 00:41:12,091 --> 00:41:14,060 I was envious of Park In Hwan. 594 00:41:14,118 --> 00:41:16,359 Envious of Lee Jung Seop. 595 00:41:16,458 --> 00:41:17,776 That rage of the moment. 596 00:41:17,835 --> 00:41:20,530 Call it romanticism or utopia, 597 00:41:20,601 --> 00:41:25,546 that thirst and hope for the world they longed for assaulting them, 598 00:41:25,675 --> 00:41:28,751 making them crazy and killing them is what I envied. 599 00:41:30,173 --> 00:41:31,670 I did. 600 00:41:31,940 --> 00:41:34,670 I wanted just for once to savour the taste of freedom, 601 00:41:34,752 --> 00:41:36,663 but the freedom I was thinking of... 602 00:41:36,944 --> 00:41:40,916 was neither political nor ideological. 603 00:41:41,036 --> 00:41:42,099 Because... 604 00:41:42,906 --> 00:41:47,067 Because it was absolute freedom of the human mind, 605 00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:53,080 I kept surviving for the sake of looking for that light. 606 00:41:58,870 --> 00:42:01,626 What brought peace to Kim Su Young at that moment... 607 00:42:01,790 --> 00:42:04,755 was the birth of his second son. 608 00:42:08,798 --> 00:42:12,357 ~ Mapo (Kim Su Young's house) ~ 609 00:42:27,514 --> 00:42:28,965 How is it going in there, Mother? 610 00:42:29,074 --> 00:42:31,425 She's still in labor? 611 00:42:46,935 --> 00:42:47,673 Mother! 612 00:42:47,743 --> 00:42:49,267 Shouldn't we move her to the hospital? 613 00:42:49,337 --> 00:42:52,169 What if something happens to her? 614 00:42:52,286 --> 00:42:53,798 Oppa, will you be quiet? 615 00:42:53,903 --> 00:42:56,575 Su Myeong, let's just call an obstetrician. 616 00:42:56,680 --> 00:43:00,278 Just calm down and wait. Your mother will take care of it. 617 00:43:03,355 --> 00:43:04,719 Dear! Are you all right? 618 00:43:04,820 --> 00:43:06,554 Is everything all right in there? 619 00:43:23,783 --> 00:43:25,188 It's a pecker, you fool! 620 00:43:25,305 --> 00:43:28,043 You were prattling louder than your wife. 621 00:43:57,245 --> 00:43:59,384 You like him? 622 00:44:02,544 --> 00:44:04,615 That much?! 623 00:44:04,865 --> 00:44:07,271 Looks like an angel. 624 00:44:22,761 --> 00:44:25,032 From now on, you need to wake up for real, 625 00:44:25,090 --> 00:44:27,200 if you want to raise those kids. 626 00:44:27,317 --> 00:44:29,145 Don't worry about it, raising chickens is... 627 00:44:29,203 --> 00:44:31,231 And when are you going to write? 628 00:44:32,287 --> 00:44:34,384 So, what? Are you going to stop writing? 629 00:44:35,041 --> 00:44:36,672 I'll write... 630 00:44:36,783 --> 00:44:38,343 I've made a promise with your wife. 631 00:44:38,416 --> 00:44:41,955 She'll take care of the chores at home... 632 00:44:42,060 --> 00:44:44,043 I can do it all by myself. 633 00:44:44,149 --> 00:44:46,270 I can worry about the chickens during mornings and evenings, 634 00:44:46,387 --> 00:44:50,185 and during the day I'll do the translations for the magazine. 635 00:44:50,305 --> 00:44:52,704 I can just write at night. 636 00:44:55,285 --> 00:44:56,426 What's wrong? 637 00:44:56,526 --> 00:44:58,205 And when will you drink? 638 00:44:59,005 --> 00:45:01,173 Drinking... I'll have to quit right away! 639 00:45:01,267 --> 00:45:02,917 Aigoo... Aigoo! 640 00:45:04,739 --> 00:45:06,055 - I'm going. - Yes. 641 00:45:06,126 --> 00:45:07,590 I promise, Mother. 642 00:45:07,690 --> 00:45:09,524 I'll live to the fullest. 643 00:45:09,618 --> 00:45:11,401 You can trust me! 644 00:45:15,770 --> 00:45:22,582 I thought of writing a novel, after giving birth. 645 00:45:25,335 --> 00:45:27,585 It had always been a dream of mine, 646 00:45:27,761 --> 00:45:32,073 but thinking I'm getting old without filling a single page... 647 00:45:32,214 --> 00:45:34,733 I think I'll turn this little fella into a boxer. 648 00:45:34,804 --> 00:45:36,898 Look at how feisty he is. 649 00:45:40,573 --> 00:45:41,913 Dear. 650 00:45:43,134 --> 00:45:44,994 You worry about writing. 651 00:45:45,668 --> 00:45:48,394 I'll take care of all the rest. 652 00:45:48,485 --> 00:45:51,481 You can write as well. 653 00:45:56,344 --> 00:45:58,091 Thank you. 654 00:45:59,897 --> 00:46:02,485 You're really a great man. 655 00:46:03,376 --> 00:46:05,708 You accept back someone like me... 656 00:46:06,549 --> 00:46:09,432 Your heart must be really as endless as the sea. 657 00:46:11,564 --> 00:46:14,518 I didn't just forgive you. 658 00:46:16,943 --> 00:46:18,919 It's because I loved you. 659 00:46:19,740 --> 00:46:21,345 Because I love you... 660 00:46:22,199 --> 00:46:24,989 Because I couldn't live without you... 661 00:46:45,095 --> 00:46:48,353 Whenever we talked, we agreed on so many things. 662 00:46:48,435 --> 00:46:54,568 Sometimes we'd spend the night talking, just like that, 663 00:46:54,650 --> 00:47:00,675 like two lovebirds who just started dating. 664 00:47:00,781 --> 00:47:06,400 Even after being together for a decade, that never changed. 665 00:47:06,488 --> 00:47:09,651 That still warms my heart. 666 00:47:09,863 --> 00:47:13,965 When it came to kids, well... He left no stone unturned. 667 00:47:14,317 --> 00:47:20,258 He would just dedicate himself to them, for their sake. 668 00:47:20,364 --> 00:47:25,756 He loved them like no other, and strove to guide them. 669 00:47:25,990 --> 00:47:36,955 I don't think I've ever seen anyone show such fervor for his children. 670 00:47:37,084 --> 00:47:41,303 You know how hard it can be to raise kids, 671 00:47:41,420 --> 00:47:43,072 in all senses. 672 00:47:43,201 --> 00:47:46,726 Isn't it just about the same for everyone?! 673 00:47:46,875 --> 00:47:48,686 Who wouldn't possibly love their child?! 674 00:47:48,796 --> 00:47:53,437 But my husband just completely and utterly dedicated all his free time... 675 00:47:53,590 --> 00:47:59,873 for the sake of raising his kids. 676 00:47:59,978 --> 00:48:04,209 He loved them that much. 677 00:48:07,870 --> 00:48:10,905 Shoot... Get going! 678 00:48:11,038 --> 00:48:14,058 Ahh... It's a souvenir, you... 679 00:48:15,599 --> 00:48:18,529 It's all right! Come here... 680 00:48:18,661 --> 00:48:20,524 Aigoo... Again... 681 00:48:24,907 --> 00:48:26,590 Aigoo! 682 00:48:26,731 --> 00:48:29,584 You look a million dollars today! 683 00:48:29,690 --> 00:48:33,827 Aigoo... Not to mention these shiny new shoes! 684 00:48:34,108 --> 00:48:35,101 Ahh... Wait a second. 685 00:48:35,201 --> 00:48:38,299 Where did you buy these shiny new shoes? 686 00:48:38,405 --> 00:48:39,178 Look, 687 00:48:39,295 --> 00:48:42,913 didn't you hear he had a son?! 688 00:48:43,023 --> 00:48:46,824 That's why he looks like new. 689 00:48:47,844 --> 00:48:50,950 I'll shoot your dol (first birthday) photos for free. 690 00:48:54,017 --> 00:48:55,946 Any new magazines? 691 00:48:56,056 --> 00:48:57,277 Are you going to start translating again? 692 00:48:57,376 --> 00:48:59,764 Ahh... There's one more mouth to feed... 693 00:49:00,237 --> 00:49:02,859 Here... have a seat. 694 00:49:04,180 --> 00:49:05,623 Here. Sit there. 695 00:49:06,981 --> 00:49:10,151 Seonsaengnim, if you need money urgently, come to my store. 696 00:49:10,261 --> 00:49:13,069 I'll loan it to you without any hypothec. 697 00:49:13,151 --> 00:49:16,819 Wow... Look at how nice the tiger becomes when it smells blood! 698 00:49:16,890 --> 00:49:18,261 You worry about the missus. 699 00:49:18,331 --> 00:49:20,032 Tell her to stop fooling around. 700 00:49:20,150 --> 00:49:23,373 Ahh... Again with that?! 701 00:49:23,563 --> 00:49:25,306 Indeed, tell him. 702 00:49:25,482 --> 00:49:27,439 Need to be careful. 703 00:49:27,567 --> 00:49:31,034 You can't talk about someone else's missus like that. 704 00:49:31,413 --> 00:49:32,783 Dear! 705 00:49:33,954 --> 00:49:35,326 Let's have a word. 706 00:49:35,408 --> 00:49:36,885 Aigoo... Just calm down. 707 00:49:36,967 --> 00:49:39,955 What do you teach to your children? 708 00:49:40,424 --> 00:49:41,995 What did I... 709 00:49:42,115 --> 00:49:45,492 How can you buy bicycles for both of them?! 710 00:49:45,609 --> 00:49:47,015 Is money falling from the sky?! 711 00:49:47,109 --> 00:49:48,445 What's wrong with that? 712 00:49:48,544 --> 00:49:51,446 If you keep spending like that, what about later? 713 00:49:51,528 --> 00:49:53,450 Stop prattling that nonsense. 714 00:49:53,579 --> 00:49:55,759 Should we subject them to all that we go through? 715 00:49:55,864 --> 00:49:59,298 Let's keep the struggle with poverty to ourselves. 716 00:49:59,438 --> 00:50:02,978 Don't you know answering all their whims will ruin them? 717 00:50:03,107 --> 00:50:05,907 They must know how precious money is, to succeed later. 718 00:50:06,071 --> 00:50:09,657 If you keep buying them all they want, they'll only grow spoiled! 719 00:50:10,384 --> 00:50:11,310 Ahh... really... 720 00:50:11,445 --> 00:50:12,735 Indeed, indeed. 721 00:50:12,845 --> 00:50:14,475 They need to know the value of money. 722 00:50:14,575 --> 00:50:16,920 Why, will you bring it to the coffin with you? 723 00:50:17,002 --> 00:50:19,252 I'll do it, you fool. 724 00:50:19,310 --> 00:50:22,345 Ahh... you little... 725 00:50:22,392 --> 00:50:23,291 Let me go! 726 00:50:23,385 --> 00:50:26,221 Same goes for you, learn to respect money. 727 00:50:26,326 --> 00:50:29,350 You spend all night staring at me. 728 00:50:29,643 --> 00:50:30,920 When did I ever... 729 00:50:31,049 --> 00:50:34,201 You always suspect me! 730 00:50:35,244 --> 00:50:37,040 How sweet... 731 00:50:37,311 --> 00:50:41,900 When did I ever suspect you?! 732 00:50:42,088 --> 00:50:44,338 You keep prancing all day shaking your ass, 733 00:50:44,431 --> 00:50:47,178 "Oh my, what if she falls for the dance bug again?!" 734 00:50:47,260 --> 00:50:50,846 You keep hammering without knowing where the hammer goes! 735 00:50:50,993 --> 00:50:51,713 Aigoo... 736 00:50:51,795 --> 00:50:56,503 Aigoo... I can't stand seeing this rat anymore, really! 737 00:50:56,656 --> 00:50:59,421 Aigoo... I really ought to... 738 00:50:59,620 --> 00:51:02,644 And why would you leave this perfect spot?! 739 00:51:02,808 --> 00:51:04,894 Let's be clear on that, you! 740 00:51:05,070 --> 00:51:08,227 Try to buy what they want without first asking me again, 741 00:51:08,344 --> 00:51:11,239 then I'll go find myself another spouse. 742 00:51:11,344 --> 00:51:12,422 Understood? 743 00:51:12,610 --> 00:51:13,799 Another?! 744 00:51:14,380 --> 00:51:17,223 Great! 745 00:51:17,434 --> 00:51:21,454 Aigoo... Let's not do this. 746 00:51:21,661 --> 00:51:24,231 Here you go... Let's shoot that photo. 747 00:51:24,325 --> 00:51:27,202 Ahh... Have a seat. 748 00:51:29,194 --> 00:51:31,222 Many people left it, 749 00:51:31,322 --> 00:51:34,702 but others returned to Myeongdong as well. 750 00:51:39,553 --> 00:51:40,993 Seonsaengnim. 751 00:51:47,165 --> 00:51:49,175 Aigoo... Look who's this! 752 00:51:49,570 --> 00:51:50,859 Isn't it Jeon Hye Rin?! 753 00:51:50,999 --> 00:51:52,511 Who else could it be? 754 00:51:52,640 --> 00:51:53,514 What happened to you? 755 00:51:53,604 --> 00:51:54,984 When did you come back? 756 00:51:55,195 --> 00:51:56,496 Few days ago. 757 00:51:57,960 --> 00:52:01,340 I... became a mother. 758 00:52:02,300 --> 00:52:03,779 A mother?! 759 00:52:04,791 --> 00:52:07,457 You got my postcards. 760 00:52:07,867 --> 00:52:09,825 I married in Munchen, 761 00:52:10,106 --> 00:52:13,317 and I had a daughter. 762 00:52:16,329 --> 00:52:21,108 I changed just as much as Myeongdong, didn't I? 763 00:52:22,959 --> 00:52:27,354 How could Jeon Hye Rin have changed so much? 764 00:52:27,849 --> 00:52:30,179 We'll talk about that on the next episode. 765 00:52:30,356 --> 00:52:35,337 Brought to you by WITH S2 Written In The Heavens Subbing Squad 766 00:52:30,356 --> 00:52:35,337 {\a6}This is a FREE fansub. NOT for SALE! Get it for FREE @ withs2.com 767 00:52:35,502 --> 00:52:38,614 Main Translator and Timer: MisterX 768 00:52:38,825 --> 00:52:41,914 Timing QC: wichitawx 769 00:52:42,111 --> 00:52:45,214 Editor/QC: thunderbolt 770 00:52:45,420 --> 00:52:48,523 Coordinators: mily2, ay_link 771 00:52:48,832 --> 00:52:51,674 So you didn't know that. 772 00:52:51,826 --> 00:52:53,584 Myeongdong has really changed a lot. 773 00:52:53,737 --> 00:52:57,041 So, I've become like all the others now? 774 00:52:58,307 --> 00:52:59,479 Seonsaengnim. 775 00:53:00,018 --> 00:53:01,909 I'll see you again. 776 00:53:05,666 --> 00:53:11,846 I've gathered all the works the Bronze's regulars wrote. 777 00:53:12,046 --> 00:53:13,891 Guess it will be around a hundred. 778 00:53:14,043 --> 00:53:15,555 Impressive, isn't it? 779 00:53:15,696 --> 00:53:17,442 You will make what? 780 00:53:17,618 --> 00:53:18,965 Movies. 781 00:53:19,387 --> 00:53:20,699 Movies?! 782 00:53:21,019 --> 00:53:24,510 We'll make a really great movie. 783 00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:27,008 If you really want to fill your belly, 784 00:53:27,687 --> 00:53:30,265 don't waste time in theater, 785 00:53:30,476 --> 00:53:32,234 go direct a film or something! 786 00:53:33,182 --> 00:53:36,081 If they don't give you an award this time, you'll become a loner. 787 00:53:36,260 --> 00:53:38,487 Everyone will leave you out in the cold. 788 00:53:39,832 --> 00:53:42,788 People who are so methodical tend to lack upside. 789 00:53:43,573 --> 00:53:45,982 Let's look back at our youth. 790 00:53:46,134 --> 00:53:48,033 Wasn't it filled with disorder?! 791 00:53:48,252 --> 00:53:50,823 It was from the clouds of that disorder... 792 00:53:50,905 --> 00:53:53,916 that we created a new light. 793 00:53:54,116 --> 00:53:59,952 Watch dramas legally @ dramafever.com