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Get it for FREE @ withs2.com 3 00:00:04,515 --> 00:00:08,048 EBS History of Culture Series - Part 1 THE COUNT OF MYEONGDONG 4 00:00:08,419 --> 00:00:11,279 "The top is spinning, the top is spinning." 5 00:00:08,756 --> 00:00:11,217 {\a6}~ Episode 19 ~ 6 00:00:11,379 --> 00:00:14,602 "A thread wound round the foot of the top, most strange," 7 00:00:14,701 --> 00:00:18,409 "One end held between the fingers, the top thrown to the floor," 8 00:00:18,546 --> 00:00:20,832 "And there it spins, soundless, pale gray." 9 00:00:20,944 --> 00:00:24,419 {\a6}*From Kim Su Young's "The Moon's Jest" 10 00:00:20,944 --> 00:00:24,419 "A jest played in the moon, long unseen here." 11 00:00:24,554 --> 00:00:26,090 "The top is spinning," 12 00:00:26,215 --> 00:00:30,024 "The spinning top moves me to tears." 13 00:00:38,218 --> 00:00:40,653 You're really something, Kim-gun. 14 00:00:43,664 --> 00:00:47,963 I thought only Seo Jeong Ju could contend with my prose, 15 00:00:48,188 --> 00:00:50,861 but you yourself are quite something. 16 00:00:51,473 --> 00:00:55,682 Doesn't look like my poems would be enjoyed by someone like you?! 17 00:00:55,907 --> 00:00:58,925 I just told you that your prose is quite something, not that I liked them. 18 00:00:59,100 --> 00:01:01,635 First! You're insolent. 19 00:01:01,910 --> 00:01:05,900 You twist and turn grandiloquent words, as if you were a master. 20 00:01:06,132 --> 00:01:08,859 Prose should be as whetted and sharp as a gem, 21 00:01:08,970 --> 00:01:14,127 but you pretentiously make it sound unsightly and coarse on purpose. 22 00:01:14,362 --> 00:01:18,187 Therein hide two vile shenanigans. 23 00:01:18,996 --> 00:01:22,506 One is your pretensions of benevolence. 24 00:01:22,643 --> 00:01:28,855 And if the second is not a shallow attempt to mask your own crudity, what is?! 25 00:01:29,879 --> 00:01:33,426 {\a6}*From Kim Su Young's "Spring Night" 26 00:01:29,879 --> 00:01:33,426 "Nights of misfortune, the struggle of a million youth's lives," 27 00:01:33,516 --> 00:01:38,196 "And so much more gracing the starry sky." 28 00:01:38,422 --> 00:01:41,144 "Like an insect beneath the soil without eyes to see," 29 00:01:41,269 --> 00:01:44,441 "Let not your gormless and wanton whims kindle the path of darkness," 30 00:01:44,566 --> 00:01:47,636 "Your heart trembling on tenterhooks." 31 00:01:47,826 --> 00:01:50,275 "O, temperance! My dearest offspring." 32 00:01:50,437 --> 00:01:53,497 "O, my partner of a lifetime!" 33 00:01:54,529 --> 00:01:57,107 What kind of rubbish is that? 34 00:01:57,540 --> 00:02:02,538 Yet! I can sense what's brewing beyond those words. 35 00:02:05,159 --> 00:02:07,368 You are something, Kim-gun! 36 00:02:07,633 --> 00:02:11,868 You and your shallow crudity know how to enchant! 37 00:02:14,577 --> 00:02:25,904 {\a6}*From Kim Gwan Shik's "On the Path to Exile" 38 00:02:14,577 --> 00:02:25,904 "Staring at the sky, hidden away between the spider threads and the eaves' end," 39 00:02:26,829 --> 00:02:30,851 "Why the sudden sinking down, as if cutting the nape in a shimmering frenzy?" 40 00:02:36,715 --> 00:02:42,298 "Sent to exile for crimes you do not know yourself, o sad wanderer." 41 00:02:42,860 --> 00:02:50,971 "Sneezing copiously, like an old bull riding one last time towards the horizon." 42 00:02:51,270 --> 00:03:01,261 "Raising its head in sweet melancholy, when the ghastly pale clouds grace the sky," 43 00:03:01,361 --> 00:03:05,658 "The bell ringing as the storm scatters and cries rain upon your final moments," 44 00:03:06,820 --> 00:03:13,915 "The tingling, pungent soundtrack of your curtain call," 45 00:03:14,252 --> 00:03:24,840 "Like painful thorns spread on the path to exile you walked on." 46 00:03:36,532 --> 00:03:38,369 Listen! 47 00:03:39,980 --> 00:03:42,543 I'm buying tonight. 48 00:03:42,691 --> 00:03:43,703 Madam Lee! 49 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:47,953 I'll cover all our drinks for the night! 50 00:03:48,796 --> 00:03:50,593 Why are you being silent, Madam Lee? 51 00:03:50,757 --> 00:03:52,853 Yes, sure. 52 00:03:52,992 --> 00:03:54,004 Have you heard? 53 00:03:54,104 --> 00:03:57,102 You can all drink on me tonight! 54 00:04:02,958 --> 00:04:04,620 Kim-gun! 55 00:04:05,157 --> 00:04:06,743 I feel good today. 56 00:04:06,843 --> 00:04:07,980 Know why? 57 00:04:08,529 --> 00:04:13,597 I never imagined Kim Su Young would recite my paltry poems. 58 00:04:14,546 --> 00:04:16,257 Same goes for me. 59 00:04:16,370 --> 00:04:19,343 - A lyrical poet like you... - Lyrical?! 60 00:04:19,467 --> 00:04:20,906 What's wrong with you? 61 00:04:21,041 --> 00:04:23,005 I'm no lyrical poet. 62 00:04:23,152 --> 00:04:26,187 My works are protest poetry. 63 00:04:26,326 --> 00:04:28,384 Protesting against what?! 64 00:04:28,796 --> 00:04:30,670 Protesting against life. 65 00:04:30,896 --> 00:04:33,767 Protesting this ruthless life of ours! 66 00:04:35,378 --> 00:04:37,036 How noble. 67 00:04:37,190 --> 00:04:39,251 My poems are still nothing but rubbish. 68 00:04:39,413 --> 00:04:43,393 And yours are not much better, I'm afraid. 69 00:04:43,817 --> 00:04:50,451 But there's something about your poems. And what is it? 70 00:04:51,325 --> 00:04:52,788 They feel sincere. 71 00:04:52,878 --> 00:04:55,727 You can sense a screaming voice hidden inside. 72 00:04:56,238 --> 00:04:58,808 So, if we really want to be specific, Kim-gun, 73 00:04:59,024 --> 00:05:01,435 you are the lyrical poet! 74 00:05:02,508 --> 00:05:05,748 Seems like it's the right night for soju? 75 00:05:06,981 --> 00:05:09,328 Ajumma, what is this? 76 00:05:09,831 --> 00:05:11,730 Change it right away. 77 00:05:12,159 --> 00:05:14,799 I want VIP treatment, understood? 78 00:05:14,940 --> 00:05:16,776 Go for a bowl. 79 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:28,232 Seonsaengnim. 80 00:05:29,594 --> 00:05:31,767 Shall we have a drink? 81 00:05:33,780 --> 00:05:35,602 Not even one? 82 00:05:36,076 --> 00:05:39,491 The doctor told me I'd have to quit one of the three. 83 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:41,010 Smoking. 84 00:05:41,147 --> 00:05:44,057 Drinking, or living. 85 00:05:45,730 --> 00:05:49,631 When I'll stop living is not really up to me. 86 00:05:49,753 --> 00:05:51,910 As for smoking, I would rather stop living than quitting. 87 00:05:52,073 --> 00:05:54,583 So that left me with drinking. 88 00:05:56,852 --> 00:06:01,915 Now that you don't drink anymore, Myeongdong suddenly feels lonesome. 89 00:06:02,642 --> 00:06:07,232 Ohh? Kim Su Young and Kim Gwan Shik are out together. 90 00:06:07,444 --> 00:06:08,282 What? 91 00:06:08,780 --> 00:06:10,682 Take a look. 92 00:06:16,962 --> 00:06:18,542 One more. 93 00:06:18,632 --> 00:06:20,332 Let's take it easy. 94 00:06:20,422 --> 00:06:22,753 Late-comers need to drink three of them, Kim-gun. 95 00:06:22,843 --> 00:06:25,421 I was here already, so here you go. Drink. 96 00:06:30,967 --> 00:06:33,459 Look at him, how well he's doing! 97 00:06:33,563 --> 00:06:36,501 If we're lucky, we'll finally see you drunk. 98 00:06:36,961 --> 00:06:39,128 Here! 99 00:06:40,389 --> 00:06:42,745 Madam Lee! We need a refill here. 100 00:06:42,835 --> 00:06:44,975 Go ahead, Kim-gun. 101 00:06:55,545 --> 00:06:58,106 The Association of Poets did the right thing. 102 00:06:58,303 --> 00:07:00,385 Awarding Kim Su Young. 103 00:07:00,722 --> 00:07:02,826 He's not even thankful. 104 00:07:02,926 --> 00:07:05,126 Why wouldn't he? 105 00:07:05,226 --> 00:07:07,586 They finally got rid of that stamp on his forehead. 106 00:07:07,696 --> 00:07:10,026 What stamp? 107 00:07:10,283 --> 00:07:12,539 That of "disturbing element." 108 00:07:15,346 --> 00:07:19,595 Ahh... Why don't you go in and hang out with them? 109 00:07:19,832 --> 00:07:21,717 I'll just have to go tonight. 110 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:23,156 Why? 111 00:07:24,017 --> 00:07:27,067 Could anyone share honors with Kim Su Young and Kim Gwan Shik? 112 00:07:27,252 --> 00:07:30,981 Can the Count of Myeongdong leave his seat empty? 113 00:07:31,709 --> 00:07:33,157 Let's just go. 114 00:07:33,267 --> 00:07:37,734 I'll walk you home. 115 00:07:38,327 --> 00:07:42,963 I haven't even decided where I'll sleep yet. 116 00:07:44,139 --> 00:07:48,659 You still engage in vagrancy? 117 00:07:49,893 --> 00:07:52,638 I go wherever the path leads me. 118 00:07:52,950 --> 00:07:55,629 Then, why don't you decide now? 119 00:07:55,799 --> 00:07:57,121 Let's see... 120 00:07:57,225 --> 00:07:59,584 Where shall we go tonight? 121 00:08:04,140 --> 00:08:05,019 All right! 122 00:08:05,109 --> 00:08:07,360 It points that way tonight. 123 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:23,242 Back then, Gongcho Seonsaengnim was really the epitome of no possession. 124 00:08:20,856 --> 00:08:25,709 {\a6}~ Lee Geun Bae ~ (Gongcho Appreciation Society chairman) 125 00:08:23,773 --> 00:08:27,051 Isn't the kind of person who avoids any possession even when he could... 126 00:08:27,161 --> 00:08:29,931 what perfectly describes the concept of no possession? 127 00:08:30,041 --> 00:08:34,141 So despite having the possibility of possessing, he decided not to. 128 00:08:34,303 --> 00:08:38,359 But he also declined any activity, 129 00:08:38,572 --> 00:08:44,036 that is, the concept of effortless doing. 130 00:08:44,174 --> 00:08:51,395 So that is what Gu Sang referred to when talking about him. 131 00:08:51,595 --> 00:08:57,642 He never engaged in pro-Japanese activities at the time, for instance. 132 00:08:57,733 --> 00:09:04,903 And even after the liberation, when many people tried to gain power. 133 00:09:04,978 --> 00:09:15,152 So, you know, positions like college professor, running a newspaper, or political posts. 134 00:09:15,289 --> 00:09:21,023 But, even though he had all the qualifications for such jobs, 135 00:09:21,172 --> 00:09:28,580 he refused to go for any of those jobs, and lived up to his philosophy to the end. 136 00:09:44,145 --> 00:09:45,312 Why? 137 00:09:45,450 --> 00:09:47,916 Aren't you going in for a drink? 138 00:09:48,016 --> 00:09:49,915 Didn't I tell you? 139 00:09:50,005 --> 00:09:54,200 That today I'd walk you all the way to the place you chose. 140 00:09:54,766 --> 00:09:58,247 But I still haven't chosen?! Where I'm going to go. 141 00:09:58,726 --> 00:10:02,269 You'll pardon me for saying this, 142 00:10:02,527 --> 00:10:05,540 but why did you never marry? 143 00:10:07,988 --> 00:10:12,385 If you at least had someone to lean onto in old age... 144 00:10:15,645 --> 00:10:18,764 I just am afraid it would be a burden when I leave. 145 00:10:22,544 --> 00:10:24,392 You know, people? 146 00:10:24,904 --> 00:10:29,176 Know what's the biggest weight they can leave behind? 147 00:10:31,474 --> 00:10:32,333 Can't say. 148 00:10:32,458 --> 00:10:34,082 Attachment. 149 00:10:34,669 --> 00:10:38,841 Being attached to anything or anyone in life. 150 00:10:39,902 --> 00:10:43,400 It is the biggest baggage you can leave behind, 151 00:10:43,705 --> 00:10:48,946 and affection is the most difficult part of it all. 152 00:10:51,060 --> 00:10:53,059 Seonsaengnim, listen to you. 153 00:10:53,820 --> 00:10:55,082 Why? 154 00:10:55,456 --> 00:11:00,216 You've been sharing love and affection with the world your whole life, 155 00:11:00,306 --> 00:11:05,569 but you want to get rid of it before taking your final journey? 156 00:11:10,153 --> 00:11:11,977 What's wrong with you? 157 00:11:12,389 --> 00:11:15,317 So you can't let it fly tonight, is that it? 158 00:11:15,477 --> 00:11:21,285 Why, do you think I'd be always living on the loose? 159 00:11:22,821 --> 00:11:24,118 No. 160 00:11:24,207 --> 00:11:25,831 I didn't mean that. 161 00:11:26,327 --> 00:11:29,471 Where else would you find someone as kind as you? 162 00:11:30,245 --> 00:11:31,858 You're flattering me. 163 00:11:31,948 --> 00:11:35,266 The reason so many voices and sounds grace this Myeongdong... 164 00:11:35,391 --> 00:11:37,227 is all because of you. 165 00:11:37,365 --> 00:11:38,664 Thank you, 166 00:11:38,876 --> 00:11:40,868 for being so kind to me. 167 00:11:42,739 --> 00:11:45,839 I really seem to like tonight's Lee Bong Gu?! 168 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:48,900 Should we go somewhere cozy and have a drink? 169 00:11:49,962 --> 00:11:51,373 Will you join me? 170 00:11:51,498 --> 00:11:53,172 Let's head for Mugyo-Dong. 171 00:11:53,384 --> 00:11:56,499 I know this place that makes a mean roasted sparrow. 172 00:12:05,036 --> 00:12:07,750 You shouldn't look at someone's back that way. 173 00:12:07,860 --> 00:12:09,420 Let's get going. 174 00:12:19,067 --> 00:12:20,953 Yes, Seonsaengnim... 175 00:12:22,889 --> 00:12:24,770 I'm coming. 176 00:12:48,906 --> 00:12:50,754 What's the matter, Kim-gun? 177 00:12:51,416 --> 00:12:54,753 I... want to sing a song. 178 00:12:54,938 --> 00:12:56,125 A song?! 179 00:12:57,099 --> 00:12:58,763 Sure! 180 00:12:59,747 --> 00:13:02,663 Ahh... Careful, what if you hurt yourself? 181 00:13:02,753 --> 00:13:07,329 Kim Su Young wants to sing. An applause, folks! 182 00:13:13,932 --> 00:13:15,318 What are you waiting for? 183 00:13:15,468 --> 00:13:17,092 Want some accompaniment? 184 00:13:24,087 --> 00:13:26,322 Aren't you singing, Kim-gun? 185 00:13:27,509 --> 00:13:29,545 Hey, you pricks! 186 00:13:30,244 --> 00:13:32,580 Aren't you even angry? 187 00:13:33,180 --> 00:13:34,641 Nice! 188 00:13:37,589 --> 00:13:42,323 Two youngsters were walking along Bubyeoknu Pavillion on the Daedong River, 189 00:13:42,485 --> 00:13:45,258 Lee Soon Il and Shim Soon Ae were their names! 190 00:13:45,683 --> 00:13:46,836 All right! 191 00:13:46,944 --> 00:13:51,216 She married for the money, he tied the knot for her beauty, 192 00:13:51,341 --> 00:13:57,299 who knew true love could bloom from there? 193 00:14:01,096 --> 00:14:05,067 Soo Il, oh my Soo Il, forgive me just this once! 194 00:14:05,167 --> 00:14:09,490 Let me go, you dirty slut! You'll tear them apart! 195 00:14:09,665 --> 00:14:17,209 Kim Jung Bae wears Macao, but I wear cheap Overa, 196 00:14:17,396 --> 00:14:20,517 which only cost me about 15 jeon. 197 00:14:20,682 --> 00:14:22,518 Good going! 198 00:14:22,678 --> 00:14:28,318 Carried by the wind and the waves, my life riding away! 199 00:14:28,463 --> 00:14:34,921 I'll sing an old sonata and leave along that way! 200 00:14:38,068 --> 00:14:43,637 {\a6}~ Ode to Resistance ~ (North Korean military song) 201 00:14:38,068 --> 00:14:43,637 "Don't be sad for the bodies of the fallen," 202 00:14:43,749 --> 00:14:48,483 "Who heroically perished fighting the enemy." 203 00:14:48,596 --> 00:14:52,269 "Cover them with the flag, that red flag of ours." 204 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:55,415 Despite not being a communist himself, 205 00:14:55,670 --> 00:14:58,240 whenever Kim Su Young got drunk, he would often sing... 206 00:14:58,328 --> 00:15:01,313 the song he learned while he was taken prisoner by the Northern army. 207 00:15:01,700 --> 00:15:04,923 The country he dreamed of was neither left- nor right-wing, 208 00:15:05,035 --> 00:15:06,547 but a land of freedom. 209 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:12,609 The kind of land which likely does not exist at all. 210 00:15:17,381 --> 00:15:20,030 Why did you drink so much? 211 00:15:20,140 --> 00:15:22,102 Aren't you even angry? 212 00:15:22,414 --> 00:15:24,851 Still, you at least found your way home. 213 00:15:24,964 --> 00:15:27,337 I'm just enraged, that's all. 214 00:15:27,561 --> 00:15:28,881 About what? 215 00:15:28,992 --> 00:15:31,946 Millions of people died. 216 00:15:32,633 --> 00:15:35,731 Every nook and corner, every valley and river... 217 00:15:35,943 --> 00:15:41,914 was soiled by that crimson tide, the bones of the fallen wallowing about. 218 00:15:43,751 --> 00:15:48,197 Bloody corpses are still tumbling down the valley... 219 00:15:50,096 --> 00:15:51,672 Dear. 220 00:15:55,532 --> 00:15:57,930 What should I write? 221 00:15:58,363 --> 00:16:03,163 What can I write, to finally put those spirits to rest? 222 00:16:04,475 --> 00:16:07,201 After all, I'm a poet. 223 00:16:08,413 --> 00:16:11,298 Even if I can't scream their sorrow with a trumpet, 224 00:16:11,873 --> 00:16:14,908 I should at least quell it with a few words of solace. 225 00:16:16,024 --> 00:16:19,547 Why did they have to die? 226 00:16:36,971 --> 00:16:39,519 After his drunken rampage, 227 00:16:39,694 --> 00:16:43,491 the poet fell asleep in his wife's embrace. 228 00:16:48,375 --> 00:16:51,235 But, as for Kim Gwan Shik's drunken rampage, 229 00:16:51,335 --> 00:16:53,471 this was only the beginning. 230 00:16:53,921 --> 00:16:58,255 ~ Hongje-Dong ~ (Cultural Village) 231 00:17:01,727 --> 00:17:03,257 Open the door! 232 00:17:03,464 --> 00:17:04,300 Choi-gun! 233 00:17:04,438 --> 00:17:05,927 Lee-gun! Jung-gun! 234 00:17:06,017 --> 00:17:07,664 Master! 235 00:17:08,017 --> 00:17:11,267 If you don't open right now, I'll set the door on fire! 236 00:17:17,132 --> 00:17:19,093 Wow... Those fools, 237 00:17:19,243 --> 00:17:21,168 now they even send a dog my way? 238 00:17:21,278 --> 00:17:22,558 Fine. 239 00:17:22,668 --> 00:17:25,718 I'll have to speak to Lee Hae Rang, then. 240 00:17:26,069 --> 00:17:28,058 Give me a break, you fools! 241 00:17:28,303 --> 00:17:29,458 Cultural village?! 242 00:17:29,627 --> 00:17:31,738 What is all that about? 243 00:17:31,838 --> 00:17:34,866 Who the hell are you, to just hang a board on the wall, 244 00:17:34,978 --> 00:17:37,314 and steal other people's places? 245 00:17:37,739 --> 00:17:39,619 Serves you right, you fools. 246 00:17:39,787 --> 00:17:42,685 Are you happy now that Lee Gi Bong gave you a nice little house, 247 00:17:42,823 --> 00:17:47,032 after you fawned your way to the door, you fools? 248 00:17:47,319 --> 00:17:52,339 Ehh... You shameless fools! Enjoy it while it lasts! 249 00:17:57,610 --> 00:18:07,671 Bluebirds chirping under the grapevine... 250 00:18:08,231 --> 00:18:13,539 O, my beautiful lady, 251 00:18:14,351 --> 00:18:18,305 hold my hands and come with me. 252 00:18:18,667 --> 00:18:28,385 The fresh scent of grapes, the sweet flavor of first love. 253 00:18:51,420 --> 00:18:54,293 Why are we all so poor? 254 00:18:56,241 --> 00:19:03,988 Go round and round, and it's poverty all over. 255 00:19:04,164 --> 00:19:09,544 And that suffocates me with sadness! 256 00:19:22,924 --> 00:19:24,148 Sure! 257 00:19:24,435 --> 00:19:26,335 Lightning is what I want! 258 00:19:26,445 --> 00:19:29,216 But not just thunder and storm, let money rain down upon us! 259 00:19:29,325 --> 00:19:32,225 Let money rain down every poor neighborhood, 260 00:19:32,325 --> 00:19:35,422 and let's all rejoice for once! 261 00:19:36,009 --> 00:19:37,386 Great! 262 00:19:37,506 --> 00:19:42,601 Let the roll of thunder scream, and strike us all with lightning! 263 00:19:42,751 --> 00:19:46,873 Rain money down these dirt-poor thirty million people, 264 00:19:47,048 --> 00:19:53,156 rain down money, rice, clothes, houses and everything! 265 00:19:53,331 --> 00:19:57,181 Go ahead! Do it! 266 00:20:12,845 --> 00:20:15,058 Is that you? 267 00:20:22,974 --> 00:20:25,637 Why are your clothes so wet? 268 00:20:26,436 --> 00:20:30,184 I... fell down the brook. 269 00:20:30,421 --> 00:20:31,682 What? 270 00:20:32,432 --> 00:20:36,579 I slipped on a rock and fell down the brook, 271 00:20:36,709 --> 00:20:42,700 and Buddha must have held me by the nape, as I made it alive. 272 00:20:44,930 --> 00:20:48,233 - Tonight the stars... - Dear! 273 00:20:48,770 --> 00:20:50,260 Dear!! 274 00:20:50,406 --> 00:20:52,480 What's wrong with you? 275 00:20:53,525 --> 00:20:55,760 One deep breath, please. 276 00:20:55,860 --> 00:20:58,259 Breathe out, dear. 277 00:21:01,382 --> 00:21:03,268 Here, once more. 278 00:21:08,964 --> 00:21:11,312 Was he badly injured? 279 00:21:12,199 --> 00:21:15,471 You'll excuse me, but how old are you? 280 00:21:17,108 --> 00:21:18,344 Me? 281 00:21:18,681 --> 00:21:21,449 Yes, your age... 282 00:21:25,284 --> 00:21:29,156 - Thirty... - Forty... four, to be precise. 283 00:21:32,941 --> 00:21:35,365 What is the problem? 284 00:21:35,842 --> 00:21:37,550 If he's forty-four, 285 00:21:37,688 --> 00:21:39,861 he should still be quite healthy, 286 00:21:40,735 --> 00:21:43,882 but you've lost strength across the board. 287 00:21:44,295 --> 00:21:47,006 You should take a blood test at a bigger hospital, 288 00:21:47,143 --> 00:21:50,292 and shoot some x-rays as well. 289 00:22:01,471 --> 00:22:02,714 Ohh?! 290 00:22:02,804 --> 00:22:04,217 It's here. 291 00:22:05,791 --> 00:22:09,114 I fell quite deep down. 292 00:22:09,538 --> 00:22:12,085 Seeing it in daylight, it's quite high up. 293 00:22:12,249 --> 00:22:14,155 It's a relief I was drunk. 294 00:22:14,255 --> 00:22:18,045 If I fell while sober, I would have at least broken a leg. 295 00:22:18,765 --> 00:22:22,665 When you're drunk, you feel light as a feather. 296 00:22:22,812 --> 00:22:24,695 That must be why I didn't get hurt. 297 00:22:24,835 --> 00:22:26,559 Dear... 298 00:22:28,870 --> 00:22:32,000 You're just turning twenty-five, this year. 299 00:22:32,737 --> 00:22:35,360 But, even when I told him you were forty-four, 300 00:22:35,460 --> 00:22:37,297 the doctor believed me. 301 00:22:38,836 --> 00:22:41,256 Ahh... I told you he was strange from the beginning. 302 00:22:41,406 --> 00:22:42,817 He's a quack. 303 00:22:43,005 --> 00:22:48,053 To my eyes, you look like a sixty-year-old man. 304 00:22:56,459 --> 00:22:58,860 Do I look that old? 305 00:23:14,348 --> 00:23:17,489 ~ Geumju (No Drinking) ~ 306 00:23:18,502 --> 00:23:20,088 Dear! 307 00:23:25,159 --> 00:23:27,470 As if I was wearing some dog collar... 308 00:23:27,570 --> 00:23:30,168 Can't I keep this in my pocket? 309 00:23:37,662 --> 00:23:39,090 All right, fine! I'll wear it. 310 00:23:39,236 --> 00:23:40,850 I promise, dear! 311 00:23:41,027 --> 00:23:42,830 - Listen, I swear... - Enough! 312 00:23:43,076 --> 00:23:45,399 Before it's too late, breaking up now is best for us. 313 00:23:45,549 --> 00:23:48,097 I swear! I, Kim Gwan Shik, 314 00:23:48,259 --> 00:23:51,744 promise that my lips won't touch a single drop of alcohol. 315 00:23:53,780 --> 00:23:58,923 If I ever drink again, I'll come home barking like a dog. 316 00:24:00,931 --> 00:24:05,280 You're embarrassed to go around wearing that, aren't you? 317 00:24:12,823 --> 00:24:14,896 Same goes for me. 318 00:24:15,845 --> 00:24:18,518 Know what people in the neighborhood are saying? 319 00:24:19,030 --> 00:24:21,273 To break up with you as soon as I can. 320 00:24:21,393 --> 00:24:24,432 That once you fall for the bottle, there is no treating that. 321 00:24:24,562 --> 00:24:26,135 I told you I'll quit. 322 00:24:26,272 --> 00:24:30,731 Every night, I'm suffocated by anguish, waiting for you. 323 00:24:31,063 --> 00:24:34,691 Worried that you might end up in a car accident on your way home, 324 00:24:35,042 --> 00:24:40,763 or that you'll slip on ice during the winter, fall asleep and die in the cold. 325 00:24:41,100 --> 00:24:45,097 But now you even fall down brooks?! 326 00:24:48,457 --> 00:24:50,383 If I keep living with you in this way, 327 00:24:50,521 --> 00:24:52,232 I'll never find peace. 328 00:24:52,407 --> 00:24:54,874 - I'll raise the kids. - I'm sorry, dear. 329 00:24:55,604 --> 00:24:59,589 Forgive me, just this once. 330 00:25:00,214 --> 00:25:02,637 I'm trying my best not to drink. 331 00:25:03,049 --> 00:25:05,656 But the moment the sun sets, without even realizing it... 332 00:25:05,845 --> 00:25:07,634 Just this once. 333 00:25:07,829 --> 00:25:10,475 Forgive me just this once, dear. 334 00:25:28,882 --> 00:25:30,419 Dear! 335 00:25:38,447 --> 00:25:41,787 Aigoo, Kim Seonsaengnim. That's quite the necklace you have there. 336 00:25:46,990 --> 00:25:49,976 ~ Seo Jeong Ju's house ~ 337 00:25:57,445 --> 00:25:59,464 Hyeongbu (Brother-in-law). 338 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:04,935 Why do men keep drinking so much? 339 00:26:05,108 --> 00:26:06,496 Why... 340 00:26:06,783 --> 00:26:09,894 Did your husband start drinking even more? 341 00:26:10,106 --> 00:26:12,879 Drinking is all he thinks about... 342 00:26:13,678 --> 00:26:15,479 He'll eventually quit, I guess. 343 00:26:15,569 --> 00:26:17,890 But it's getting worse by the day. 344 00:26:18,602 --> 00:26:20,579 What did I tell you? 345 00:26:20,788 --> 00:26:23,723 Didn't I tell you not to marry him because of that? 346 00:26:25,647 --> 00:26:30,977 You were the one who chose him, so you'll have to endure it. 347 00:26:35,498 --> 00:26:38,696 Or just break up. 348 00:26:39,870 --> 00:26:42,031 Without me, 349 00:26:42,173 --> 00:26:45,958 he won't last past a few years. 350 00:26:47,221 --> 00:26:51,104 I might hate him, but then I feel sorry for him. 351 00:26:51,828 --> 00:26:57,539 And sometimes I even understand why he would drink so much. 352 00:26:58,812 --> 00:27:02,460 It's love and hate all put together, all right. 353 00:27:12,192 --> 00:27:14,161 That's gold. 354 00:27:18,271 --> 00:27:20,469 It's pure gold, I told you. 355 00:27:23,274 --> 00:27:25,043 Take a look. 356 00:27:37,144 --> 00:27:39,144 Is that you? 357 00:28:02,127 --> 00:28:04,625 He kept drinking without reserve. 358 00:28:03,276 --> 00:28:07,860 {\a6}~ Bang Ok Rye ~ (Kim Gwan Shik's wife) 359 00:28:04,705 --> 00:28:07,210 And eventually it just became an addiction. 360 00:28:07,985 --> 00:28:15,205 I tried to convince him to stop, but then he wouldn't be himself. 361 00:28:15,630 --> 00:28:18,628 He would spend entire nights drinking, nonstop. 362 00:28:18,776 --> 00:28:25,616 Elders in the neighborhood always felt sorry for me, 363 00:28:26,127 --> 00:28:31,756 saying that he would continue all the way to the coffin. 364 00:28:31,877 --> 00:28:42,145 I couldn't convince him, so I just made up my mind. 365 00:28:42,358 --> 00:28:48,598 The kids were good students, both son and daughter. 366 00:28:49,228 --> 00:28:53,556 So I thought to myself, let's just take care of the kids... 367 00:28:53,931 --> 00:28:56,604 and go on living with him, and that's how I endured it. 368 00:29:05,910 --> 00:29:07,809 It's all done... 369 00:29:13,609 --> 00:29:15,240 No matter how much she tried to resent him, 370 00:29:15,353 --> 00:29:18,669 Kim Gwan Shik was someone you just couldn't hate. 371 00:29:18,989 --> 00:29:22,280 Thinking that this was his own way of expressing love, 372 00:29:22,370 --> 00:29:24,520 Bang Ok Rye went on living that way. 373 00:29:30,149 --> 00:29:31,947 {\a6}~ From Kim Gwan Shik's "Grief" ~ 374 00:29:30,149 --> 00:29:31,947 "When the sun sets past the horizon," 375 00:29:32,072 --> 00:29:34,920 "Spew out the flames afflicting your gullet," 376 00:29:35,083 --> 00:29:37,618 "And cry, as if swarming the sea in tears." 377 00:29:37,930 --> 00:29:39,204 "Cry." 378 00:29:39,593 --> 00:29:44,463 "On one hand, carry a blade, on the other, its grinder," 379 00:29:44,638 --> 00:29:47,582 "Sharpen it day and night, come hell or high water," 380 00:29:47,732 --> 00:29:50,854 "And with it cut the jugular of every foe on the way." 381 00:29:51,004 --> 00:29:54,027 "Quench your thirst with the spurting blood of your victims," 382 00:29:54,434 --> 00:29:56,500 "And drench a hundred years, three thousand six hundred days..." 383 00:29:56,646 --> 00:29:58,582 "In a sea of bittersweet tears." 384 00:29:58,856 --> 00:30:01,767 "O, sorrow who has accompanied me my whole life," 385 00:30:01,892 --> 00:30:03,903 "What can I do?" 386 00:30:04,515 --> 00:30:06,451 "What can I do?" 387 00:30:09,815 --> 00:30:12,761 Yes, indeed. 388 00:30:13,176 --> 00:30:19,081 Kim Gwan Shik's heart was filled with sadness. 389 00:30:23,501 --> 00:30:24,850 However, 390 00:30:25,250 --> 00:30:30,309 this sadness wasn't only populating the thoughts of poets alone. 391 00:30:31,007 --> 00:30:34,163 The cruel memories of a devastating war were finally starting... 392 00:30:34,238 --> 00:30:36,649 to gradually vanish from people's memories, 393 00:30:36,886 --> 00:30:41,995 and their extreme malnourishment was slowly becoming a thing of the past, 394 00:30:42,245 --> 00:30:48,387 but people continued to survive, as if they had lost all hopes. 395 00:30:49,839 --> 00:30:53,024 According to statistics recorded right before April 19, 396 00:30:53,711 --> 00:30:57,378 the unemployment rate at the time was over 20%. 397 00:30:57,498 --> 00:31:01,418 And that number itself had very little credibility. 398 00:31:01,855 --> 00:31:06,472 Leaving out rural laborers who were living below the poverty line, 399 00:31:06,747 --> 00:31:13,991 the unemployment rate of laborers in the city was nearly 50%. 400 00:31:15,578 --> 00:31:19,907 But all the more disconcerting was the realization that... 401 00:31:20,057 --> 00:31:26,215 there was no reassurance or pledge that tomorrow would be any better. 402 00:31:30,087 --> 00:31:32,671 What could be the opposite of hope? 403 00:31:33,571 --> 00:31:35,294 Could it be despair? 404 00:31:35,470 --> 00:31:39,354 Then, what is the opposite of despair? 405 00:31:40,130 --> 00:31:45,720 If we said dreams could be that, what would you say? 406 00:31:48,266 --> 00:31:50,341 Lee Jung Seop's despair. 407 00:31:50,551 --> 00:31:52,363 Park In Hwan's despair. 408 00:31:52,912 --> 00:31:55,797 Their despair was an artist's dream of... 409 00:31:55,972 --> 00:31:58,525 overcoming despair itself. 410 00:31:59,122 --> 00:32:03,609 The poor working-class people of the 50s hadn't abandoned sympathy, 411 00:32:03,996 --> 00:32:09,480 and the reason why we called the sadness drenching Myeongdong "romanticism"... 412 00:32:10,304 --> 00:32:16,381 was because it was made of the exact opposite of despair, dreams. 413 00:32:18,055 --> 00:32:19,054 Yes. 414 00:32:19,304 --> 00:32:23,188 We will now cover April 19. 415 00:32:23,476 --> 00:32:27,762 The very first civil revolution our history had ever experienced. 416 00:32:28,849 --> 00:32:30,873 Just like all other revolutions, 417 00:32:31,247 --> 00:32:37,218 April 19 was subtly looming behind the corner before it hit us. 418 00:32:37,983 --> 00:32:40,774 We'll start by observing the political climate of the time. 419 00:32:40,886 --> 00:32:43,004 Take a look, Yang. 420 00:32:43,759 --> 00:32:45,845 Aigoo... Baek Seonsaengnim! 421 00:32:45,932 --> 00:32:48,234 It's been quite a while. 422 00:32:48,584 --> 00:32:53,039 But... What on earth is going on? 423 00:32:53,227 --> 00:32:57,432 Ever since a few days back, these youngsters suddenly appeared, 424 00:32:57,569 --> 00:32:59,455 and started frowning at us asking for protection money. 425 00:32:59,635 --> 00:33:03,952 They're Lee Jung Jae's underlings, aren't they? 426 00:33:05,863 --> 00:33:08,245 I have no idea myself. 427 00:33:08,345 --> 00:33:13,116 How dare they come prancing around this place? 428 00:33:13,236 --> 00:33:15,676 I told you I was right. 429 00:33:15,766 --> 00:33:18,108 Because of the last axe accident in Chungjeong-Ro, 430 00:33:18,220 --> 00:33:21,592 both Boss Shin and Lee Sajang were taken to the station, 431 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:26,537 so Lee Sajang had to promise he would leave the underworld for good. 432 00:33:27,336 --> 00:33:29,110 Am I right, Baek Seonsaeng? 433 00:33:30,077 --> 00:33:31,920 I said I don't know. 434 00:33:35,367 --> 00:33:36,726 Wait... 435 00:33:36,888 --> 00:33:43,196 Then, are we supposed to start paying them protection money now? 436 00:33:44,545 --> 00:33:47,098 Lee Hwa Ryong can't act this way... 437 00:33:47,208 --> 00:33:50,552 Can he just pack his bags and leave Myeongdong that way? 438 00:33:50,665 --> 00:33:52,809 Aigoo, don't even say that! 439 00:33:52,963 --> 00:33:56,069 Know how much money that fella has made over the years? 440 00:33:56,323 --> 00:33:59,383 - He's not the type. - You think? 441 00:33:59,495 --> 00:34:04,167 Then, where do you think he found the money to make all those movies? 442 00:34:05,106 --> 00:34:07,099 You need to be good to me, from now on. 443 00:34:07,209 --> 00:34:10,839 I have contacts with Dongdaemun you can't even imagine. 444 00:34:10,964 --> 00:34:12,488 What are you taking me for? 445 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:15,148 Aigoo... I ought to... 446 00:34:24,328 --> 00:34:26,863 What is going to happen to us? 447 00:34:27,030 --> 00:34:28,525 Are we supposed to just sit and stare, 448 00:34:28,675 --> 00:34:32,267 while all those boys from Dongdaemun take over this place? 449 00:34:32,409 --> 00:34:34,760 I found you a job! 450 00:34:34,953 --> 00:34:36,851 Just worry about going to work. 451 00:34:37,001 --> 00:34:39,862 We are not afraid. Let's fight! 452 00:34:40,037 --> 00:34:44,382 From now on, don't ever show yourself around the office. 453 00:34:44,521 --> 00:34:46,091 We'll close that office anyway. 454 00:34:46,244 --> 00:34:47,672 We can't accept that! 455 00:34:47,781 --> 00:34:49,581 Just give us the order! 456 00:34:49,681 --> 00:34:51,905 We'll sweep away all those Dongdaemun boys! 457 00:34:52,030 --> 00:34:53,892 - Hyungnim! - Hyungnim!! 458 00:34:53,992 --> 00:34:55,952 We're prepared to risk our lives, Hyungnim! 459 00:34:56,101 --> 00:34:58,962 We're prepared to risk our lives, Hyungnim! 460 00:35:03,543 --> 00:35:09,825 So Lee Jung Jae was about to gain complete control of Myeongdong, 461 00:35:06,465 --> 00:35:11,111 {\a6}~ Jang Ho Geun (novelist) ~ 462 00:35:09,987 --> 00:35:13,847 since he thought the entire country was his arena, 463 00:35:13,984 --> 00:35:16,763 and had a reason to do so, 464 00:35:16,873 --> 00:35:20,594 and eventually made up his mind. 465 00:35:20,703 --> 00:35:26,654 It was back in... 1958, I think. 466 00:35:26,889 --> 00:35:30,744 If I remember correctly, September 10. It was a Saturday, 467 00:35:30,854 --> 00:35:34,704 and the gang got together in Jong-Ro, 468 00:35:34,784 --> 00:35:41,516 and decided to attack Dongdaemun (Lee Jung Jae's turf). 469 00:35:41,703 --> 00:35:46,345 The funny thing is that Lee Hwa Ryong was not even in Myeongdong at the time. 470 00:35:46,455 --> 00:35:47,965 He wasn't there. 471 00:35:48,075 --> 00:35:50,775 So it was a case of his underlings getting together and... 472 00:35:50,926 --> 00:35:54,444 making up their mind to do something, 473 00:35:54,736 --> 00:35:56,778 so it was really unfair what happened to him. 474 00:35:56,866 --> 00:36:04,585 If you look at the local merchants' petitions, you can see the truth. 475 00:36:04,772 --> 00:36:15,076 And it was for that reason that he was eventually released. 476 00:36:16,804 --> 00:36:18,707 So, are the movies doing well? 477 00:36:18,922 --> 00:36:20,197 Sure! 478 00:36:20,671 --> 00:36:22,527 Did you really close that chapter? 479 00:36:22,694 --> 00:36:24,108 What chapter? 480 00:36:24,281 --> 00:36:26,142 Your hoodlum career. 481 00:36:26,304 --> 00:36:28,657 Have I ever acted like a hoodlum? 482 00:36:29,539 --> 00:36:30,908 Is it true? 483 00:36:31,127 --> 00:36:32,458 What is? 484 00:36:32,764 --> 00:36:35,199 That you wrote a pledge relinquishing control of Myeongdong, 485 00:36:35,337 --> 00:36:37,635 and avoided prison. 486 00:36:39,671 --> 00:36:41,799 - You didn't? - I didn't. 487 00:36:41,994 --> 00:36:43,843 So, what, you're hiding it from me as well? 488 00:36:43,968 --> 00:36:45,908 No need to worry. 489 00:36:46,068 --> 00:36:49,149 This movie I just produced will do great. 490 00:36:49,324 --> 00:36:51,378 I'll bring you all the money it makes. 491 00:36:51,647 --> 00:36:53,749 Just answer me. 492 00:36:55,469 --> 00:36:57,659 I'm already past forty. 493 00:36:57,770 --> 00:37:01,377 My hair will soon turn white, 494 00:37:01,539 --> 00:37:04,212 do I need to keep hearing that "gangster" moniker my entire life? 495 00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:08,800 So you spontaneously gave up Myeongdong? 496 00:37:09,108 --> 00:37:10,820 Of course, of course I did. 497 00:37:11,030 --> 00:37:12,893 You did the right thing. 498 00:37:13,192 --> 00:37:17,402 Lee Gi Bong will lose the election next year. 499 00:37:17,839 --> 00:37:18,950 He won't. 500 00:37:19,060 --> 00:37:20,062 He will. 501 00:37:20,150 --> 00:37:22,700 He'll make sure that doesn't happen, even if that's the case. 502 00:37:22,810 --> 00:37:24,910 So is that why you gave it up? 503 00:37:25,010 --> 00:37:25,912 What? 504 00:37:26,087 --> 00:37:28,551 You were afraid they'd turn the place upside down? 505 00:37:29,134 --> 00:37:31,201 Every ebb has its flow, Sister. 506 00:37:31,433 --> 00:37:34,918 They've been on top long enough. 507 00:37:37,091 --> 00:37:40,412 Why do you drink so much already? 508 00:37:49,953 --> 00:37:51,892 Did you send off all the boys? 509 00:37:52,741 --> 00:37:54,346 Good job. 510 00:37:56,157 --> 00:37:59,405 What about all the merchants in Myeongdong, Aunim? 511 00:38:00,042 --> 00:38:05,303 Are you going to let those ignorant fools pester all those artists you love? 512 00:38:06,837 --> 00:38:08,734 It's not going to happen. 513 00:38:12,856 --> 00:38:14,104 Aunim! 514 00:38:14,243 --> 00:38:15,484 Aunim... 515 00:38:15,929 --> 00:38:18,602 There's no need to worry, Speaker Lee. 516 00:38:18,827 --> 00:38:22,184 Lee Hwa Ryong completely gave up Myeongdong. 517 00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:27,757 Didn't you let him go back during the Chungjeong-Ro axe thing? 518 00:38:27,957 --> 00:38:30,294 I'm sure he's paying back the courtesy. 519 00:38:30,384 --> 00:38:32,234 We lost quite the prospect. 520 00:38:32,344 --> 00:38:33,752 What? 521 00:38:33,654 --> 00:38:35,977 {\a6}~ Lee Gi Bong ~ 522 00:38:34,641 --> 00:38:37,413 He could be quite useful, that Lee Hwa Ryong. 523 00:38:37,576 --> 00:38:41,123 Ahh... Don't you have Lee Jung Jae and Im Hwa Soo already? 524 00:38:41,261 --> 00:38:42,305 Listen. 525 00:38:42,622 --> 00:38:45,782 You will do just great with those two. 526 00:38:45,945 --> 00:38:50,308 We need to attract the votes of the cultural sphere... 527 00:38:50,433 --> 00:38:53,293 Don't we have the Anti-Communist Artist Association? 528 00:38:53,493 --> 00:38:55,991 And we gave them all those houses in Hongje-Dong. 529 00:38:57,078 --> 00:39:00,438 That's what Lee Jung Jae wanted, so what can you do? 530 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:03,337 He said he'll take over Myeongdong in a heartbeat. 531 00:39:03,838 --> 00:39:08,277 The President is quite worried about next year's elections. 532 00:39:09,908 --> 00:39:12,181 The House of Representatives elections last year went well, 533 00:39:12,331 --> 00:39:14,355 but isn't next year's one the only election that counts? 534 00:39:14,505 --> 00:39:16,928 Don't you worry about Jo Byeong Ok. 535 00:39:17,090 --> 00:39:20,683 He's no game for President Lee. 536 00:39:22,682 --> 00:39:24,338 Ahh... Jang Myeon? 537 00:39:24,458 --> 00:39:27,079 All the more reason not to be concerned. 538 00:39:27,291 --> 00:39:31,868 You're going to win in a landslide. 539 00:39:32,018 --> 00:39:33,292 Trust me. 540 00:39:37,389 --> 00:39:40,499 Even since 1958, the Liberal Party... 541 00:39:39,263 --> 00:39:44,422 {\a6}~ Hong Seok Ryul ~ (Seongshin Univiversity history professor) 542 00:39:40,624 --> 00:39:44,158 started oppressing their political rivals, the Democratic Party. 543 00:39:44,297 --> 00:39:46,930 They established the National Security law, 544 00:39:47,117 --> 00:39:49,603 {\a6}*Korea's top left-leaning newspaper 545 00:39:47,117 --> 00:39:49,603 discontinued the Gyeonghyang Shinmun*, 546 00:39:49,753 --> 00:39:57,359 and if they had gone through normal elections under the laws of the time, 547 00:39:58,171 --> 00:40:04,185 they would have had a very slim chance of winning again. 548 00:40:04,370 --> 00:40:05,896 Despite all that, 549 00:40:06,030 --> 00:40:10,843 the Liberal Party's efforts in preparing for the VP elections... 550 00:40:10,993 --> 00:40:13,011 were second to none. 551 00:40:13,131 --> 00:40:17,273 One of their first actions was proclaiming Choi In Gyu, 552 00:40:17,423 --> 00:40:21,158 a close confidant of both President Lee and Lee Gi Bong, 553 00:40:21,270 --> 00:40:23,344 to Vice Minister of Domestic Affairs, 554 00:40:23,431 --> 00:40:26,341 essentially entrusting the entire elections to him. 555 00:40:26,452 --> 00:40:31,742 The first thing Choi said after taking his post as Vice Minister... 556 00:40:31,962 --> 00:40:36,984 was that all public servants should be prepared to do anything... 557 00:40:37,134 --> 00:40:38,983 for the sake of their president. 558 00:40:39,157 --> 00:40:42,712 Also, that the next presidential election would be fair and impartial, 559 00:40:42,852 --> 00:40:47,081 but that the liberals' choice for VP needed to win at all cost. 560 00:40:47,193 --> 00:40:49,654 That's how they approached the matter. 561 00:40:49,941 --> 00:40:58,465 Also, they gave important posts of power to provincial governors, 562 00:40:58,614 --> 00:41:03,024 which was a way to secure their dominance in the provinces, if you will. 563 00:41:03,194 --> 00:41:08,674 So the chiefs of the metropolitan and provincial police, along with that of security, 564 00:41:08,837 --> 00:41:13,094 were all replaced by pro-Japanese sympathizers, in a way. 565 00:41:13,244 --> 00:41:17,474 This was all to create a situation where they could stage an electoral fraud, 566 00:41:17,694 --> 00:41:29,453 without any major repercussion or opposition from within their ranks. 567 00:41:30,690 --> 00:41:34,037 Think of who President Lee is, he's no average fella. 568 00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:37,931 When political unrest hit Busan, he took house representatives... 569 00:41:38,031 --> 00:41:43,077 who were opposing him, and had the army tow away their bus. 570 00:41:43,240 --> 00:41:44,751 Look at Jo Bong Am. 571 00:41:45,351 --> 00:41:47,581 Just because he announced his candidacy instead of Shin Ik Hee, 572 00:41:47,681 --> 00:41:50,978 he managed to brand him a spy and force him out of the race. 573 00:41:51,116 --> 00:41:53,851 But Jo Bong Am was no spy. 574 00:41:54,013 --> 00:41:56,449 Hey... Then, President Lee... 575 00:41:56,574 --> 00:41:59,920 killed Jo Bong Am even though he was innocent, you mean? 576 00:42:00,032 --> 00:42:01,307 Isn't that obvious? 577 00:42:01,444 --> 00:42:04,604 Since Jo won many votes during the last election, 578 00:42:04,716 --> 00:42:07,714 he instantly became a thorn in President Lee's eyes. 579 00:42:07,864 --> 00:42:09,913 Don't even say that. 580 00:42:10,075 --> 00:42:12,127 Jo Bong Am is a commie, there's no question. 581 00:42:12,227 --> 00:42:14,494 Criticize him for all the rest, 582 00:42:14,607 --> 00:42:17,280 but President Lee is doing a wonderful job with anti-communism. 583 00:42:17,442 --> 00:42:18,953 He's a dictator, nothing more. 584 00:42:19,091 --> 00:42:20,515 The hell are you barging in for? 585 00:42:20,677 --> 00:42:21,914 Take President Lee out of the picture, then. 586 00:42:22,001 --> 00:42:23,700 See how long it takes for Kim Il Sung to invade us, 587 00:42:23,812 --> 00:42:27,757 and shoot people from up north like me at the stake. 588 00:42:27,894 --> 00:42:28,829 Indeed. 589 00:42:28,929 --> 00:42:32,629 No need to prattle. President Lee is going to win anyway. 590 00:42:32,729 --> 00:42:34,814 Still, forget about President Lee, 591 00:42:34,926 --> 00:42:36,425 but wouldn't Lee Gi Bong have it hard? 592 00:42:36,513 --> 00:42:37,412 Of course. 593 00:42:37,512 --> 00:42:39,773 Sure, he won't easily win. 594 00:42:40,010 --> 00:42:43,077 You have no idea what politics is all about. 595 00:42:43,239 --> 00:42:46,137 Think they'll let Jang Myeon get elected again? 596 00:42:46,249 --> 00:42:49,609 That's what the people want, what else can they do? 597 00:42:49,772 --> 00:42:51,970 They could just get rid of him. 598 00:42:52,095 --> 00:42:54,400 Last time at the Arts Theater he was lucky to get out alive. 599 00:42:54,510 --> 00:42:55,991 Would people take that lying down? 600 00:42:56,101 --> 00:42:57,310 This time, they won't. 601 00:42:57,410 --> 00:42:58,533 And what could they possibly do? 602 00:42:58,620 --> 00:43:00,556 Step on a worm, and it will start wiggling! 603 00:43:00,706 --> 00:43:03,192 Listen... if you trample on them for real, 604 00:43:03,329 --> 00:43:05,365 there will be no wiggling. 605 00:43:05,527 --> 00:43:08,587 But forget that, how about our business? 606 00:43:08,712 --> 00:43:10,556 Lee Jung Jae is so ignorant. 607 00:43:10,706 --> 00:43:12,041 You don't worry. 608 00:43:12,171 --> 00:43:14,978 Think Lee Hwa Ryong would just leave like that? 609 00:43:15,103 --> 00:43:21,111 He's just keeping a low profile because of that axe accident in Chungjeong-Ro. 610 00:43:21,773 --> 00:43:23,837 Lee Hwa Ryong's golden age... 611 00:43:24,424 --> 00:43:25,486 is gone. 612 00:43:26,547 --> 00:43:28,892 And think of all the protection money we'll have to pay. 613 00:43:29,002 --> 00:43:30,682 Ahh... the moment Lee Jung Jae enters Myeongdong, 614 00:43:30,813 --> 00:43:33,018 business can only pick up. Don't worry. 615 00:43:33,143 --> 00:43:37,112 Aigoo... what the hell is this damned country turning into? 616 00:43:37,237 --> 00:43:38,124 I ought to... 617 00:43:38,236 --> 00:43:40,897 It's turning just fine?! 618 00:43:41,559 --> 00:43:43,557 {\a6}*1950, day the Korean War started 619 00:43:41,559 --> 00:43:43,557 Would it be any worse than 6-25*? 620 00:43:43,720 --> 00:43:47,604 Just stop worrying and mind your own business. 621 00:43:47,804 --> 00:43:49,093 Don't worry... here. 622 00:43:49,193 --> 00:43:51,013 Let's just drink. 623 00:43:56,406 --> 00:43:58,164 Here... One more... 624 00:43:58,966 --> 00:44:05,754 Amid all that confusion, December 1959 was coming to an end. 625 00:44:09,084 --> 00:44:11,316 ~ (Bronze) Coffee Shop ~ 626 00:44:14,939 --> 00:44:16,475 Aigoo, welcome, Seonsaengnim. 627 00:44:16,800 --> 00:44:18,525 - It's getting cold outside, isn't it? - Sure is. 628 00:44:18,635 --> 00:44:21,322 - Looks like it'll snow. - Yes. 629 00:44:28,104 --> 00:44:29,578 Seonsaengnim? 630 00:44:30,865 --> 00:44:31,826 Ohh! 631 00:44:31,916 --> 00:44:32,813 Su Young, it's you. 632 00:44:32,921 --> 00:44:34,320 Yes. 633 00:44:34,957 --> 00:44:38,457 I went downtown to get my fee, so I thought I'd drop by. 634 00:44:38,767 --> 00:44:41,066 Smoke them in the new year. 635 00:44:41,465 --> 00:44:44,750 What do I owe all this generosity to? 636 00:44:45,786 --> 00:44:47,727 What were you writing? 637 00:44:47,837 --> 00:44:49,617 I was planning to write a few lines, 638 00:44:49,727 --> 00:44:51,543 but the inspiration is not there. 639 00:44:52,143 --> 00:44:53,648 So is it prose? 640 00:44:53,767 --> 00:44:55,497 Not that, 641 00:44:55,990 --> 00:44:59,167 Lee Bong Gu said that scribes should go up in arms... 642 00:44:59,247 --> 00:45:01,731 about the Gyeonghyang Shinmun being discontinued, 643 00:45:01,918 --> 00:45:04,841 so I was thinking of writing a few lines to represent them. 644 00:45:05,541 --> 00:45:07,989 - I see... - Ohh! 645 00:45:08,201 --> 00:45:09,418 Wait a moment. 646 00:45:09,498 --> 00:45:13,047 You would be perfect for this kind of piece. 647 00:45:13,310 --> 00:45:16,659 If someone like me writes it, would the higher-ups even make a beat? 648 00:45:16,759 --> 00:45:19,928 You must be the one, if any noise is to be made. 649 00:45:20,028 --> 00:45:23,349 Will they go after me, if I tell them to stop oppressing the press? 650 00:45:23,837 --> 00:45:25,769 Lee Bong Gu can be quite vicious. 651 00:45:25,961 --> 00:45:28,199 The youngsters should experience the can for a while, 652 00:45:28,346 --> 00:45:31,229 before they subject someone like you to the burden of writing that. 653 00:45:32,305 --> 00:45:34,603 I guess they won't come for me. 654 00:45:35,590 --> 00:45:38,210 If word leaks that they threw this smoking grandpa in the can, 655 00:45:38,320 --> 00:45:40,424 they'll become a laughing stock. 656 00:45:41,635 --> 00:45:43,091 I'll have to get going. 657 00:45:43,181 --> 00:45:43,970 Already? 658 00:45:44,100 --> 00:45:45,171 Yes. 659 00:45:45,271 --> 00:45:46,748 {\a6}*Sebae: New Year greetings to elders 660 00:45:45,271 --> 00:45:46,748 Looks like I won't be able to greet you early next year*, 661 00:45:46,823 --> 00:45:48,921 but I will come by the middle of the month. 662 00:45:49,034 --> 00:45:51,320 Ahh... Sit down a second. 663 00:45:52,132 --> 00:45:53,655 Just a moment. 664 00:45:57,142 --> 00:45:58,641 Just a while ago, 665 00:45:58,731 --> 00:46:00,722 Lee Bong Gu and Im Geung Jae came in... 666 00:46:00,821 --> 00:46:03,011 and confabulated for quite a while. 667 00:46:03,300 --> 00:46:06,652 They're saying that Jo Byeong Ok will win next year's elections. 668 00:46:06,922 --> 00:46:09,602 That democracy will come to Korea, 669 00:46:09,795 --> 00:46:12,482 so can scribes just sit and stare, doing nothing? 670 00:46:12,676 --> 00:46:16,498 They said it's time for people like us to let their voices be heard, 671 00:46:16,623 --> 00:46:19,184 and then headed to the bar. 672 00:46:21,994 --> 00:46:23,702 What do you think? 673 00:46:24,480 --> 00:46:26,913 Will there really be a regime change next year? 674 00:46:29,059 --> 00:46:30,895 I have no interest. 675 00:46:31,095 --> 00:46:32,033 Politics? 676 00:46:32,169 --> 00:46:35,013 No... I just don't care about who will win next year. 677 00:46:35,114 --> 00:46:36,428 Why is that? 678 00:46:39,838 --> 00:46:42,343 Considering all you went through and the anger you felt, 679 00:46:42,463 --> 00:46:46,170 I thought you'd be the first to jump and take to the stage, 680 00:46:46,370 --> 00:46:49,114 but you're sitting here in silence, so I asked. 681 00:46:49,618 --> 00:46:51,374 Even if Jo Byeong Ok becomes President, 682 00:46:51,484 --> 00:46:53,022 what could possibly change? 683 00:46:53,172 --> 00:46:58,581 If you want democracy, shouldn't there be a peaceful regime change first? 684 00:47:00,742 --> 00:47:03,975 Tell me, let's hear the reason. 685 00:47:04,314 --> 00:47:07,346 Be it Jo Byeong Ok or Lee Seung Man, 686 00:47:07,445 --> 00:47:09,160 aren't they all forged from the same mold? 687 00:47:09,298 --> 00:47:10,665 They're the same? 688 00:47:10,785 --> 00:47:13,320 {\a6}*Korean Democratic Party 689 00:47:10,785 --> 00:47:13,320 At the core of the current Democratic Party was the KDP*, 690 00:47:13,416 --> 00:47:17,815 and those behind the KDP were all pro-Japanese landlords. 691 00:47:19,065 --> 00:47:21,826 No matter who wins, they'll have to use anti-communism... 692 00:47:21,936 --> 00:47:23,552 to remain in power. 693 00:47:23,752 --> 00:47:26,425 As long as that monster known as anti-communism afflicts us, 694 00:47:26,787 --> 00:47:29,356 logic and common sense will never reign supreme. 695 00:47:29,467 --> 00:47:33,070 What freedom could you possibly argue for, on those terms? 696 00:47:34,419 --> 00:47:37,397 Still, one can't possibly blame Jo Byeong Ok and the Democratic Party. 697 00:47:37,507 --> 00:47:40,077 With American troops stationed here... 698 00:47:40,188 --> 00:47:42,498 and the north still under Soviet influence, 699 00:47:42,587 --> 00:47:45,858 what democracy could we possibly wish for? 700 00:47:46,245 --> 00:47:49,550 So even a regime change won't bring us democracy? 701 00:47:50,986 --> 00:47:53,428 I'll get going. 702 00:47:53,628 --> 00:47:56,470 Then, what we need is a revolution, I guess? 703 00:47:58,468 --> 00:48:00,588 Like the French Revolution, 704 00:48:00,941 --> 00:48:03,909 since the Soviet Revolution won't do. 705 00:48:04,599 --> 00:48:07,359 Do you think we could afford that, Seonsaengnim? 706 00:48:07,572 --> 00:48:09,249 Busy making a living, and all. 707 00:48:09,471 --> 00:48:12,259 Isn't hunger what leads to a revolution? 708 00:48:13,293 --> 00:48:14,792 Ahh... Right. 709 00:48:14,929 --> 00:48:15,959 That's not it, is it? 710 00:48:16,069 --> 00:48:18,689 Revolutions are a mental issue, more than anything. 711 00:48:18,779 --> 00:48:20,390 Right, Su Young? 712 00:48:21,141 --> 00:48:23,070 I don't know myself. 713 00:48:23,170 --> 00:48:26,680 But, one thing I'm definitely sure about. 714 00:48:26,949 --> 00:48:29,870 Be it revolution or democracy, 715 00:48:30,071 --> 00:48:33,616 nothing will be worth anything unless we first reunify. 716 00:48:36,676 --> 00:48:39,540 Then, it won't happen in my lifetime. 717 00:48:42,997 --> 00:48:45,171 It's far more remote... 718 00:48:46,320 --> 00:48:47,781 I'm sorry. 719 00:48:47,891 --> 00:48:50,322 I sit here prattling one maxim after another... 720 00:48:50,509 --> 00:48:52,421 Ahh... Don't say that. 721 00:48:52,782 --> 00:48:54,162 Go, then. 722 00:48:54,831 --> 00:48:56,917 Thanks for the cigarettes. 723 00:49:55,755 --> 00:49:59,365 ~ Bar Eunseong ~ 724 00:50:18,336 --> 00:50:22,509 Sky, land, people... 725 00:50:22,696 --> 00:50:23,883 Fire. 726 00:50:24,732 --> 00:50:28,717 Roaring like a scream, this was written by Oh Sang Soon. 727 00:50:29,513 --> 00:50:31,287 Its title was "Revolution," 728 00:50:31,449 --> 00:50:35,021 and it consisted of four words, grouped into four lines. 729 00:50:35,767 --> 00:50:37,420 Sky... 730 00:50:38,132 --> 00:50:39,131 Land... 731 00:50:39,838 --> 00:50:41,399 People... 732 00:50:42,086 --> 00:50:43,272 Fire. 733 00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:09,952 Seems like he's having a drink. 734 00:51:10,489 --> 00:51:12,075 Go ahead and eat. 735 00:51:12,212 --> 00:51:14,450 I'll have to go, before it gets late. 736 00:51:14,570 --> 00:51:16,859 It's snowing outside, you can sleep here. 737 00:51:17,009 --> 00:51:19,882 I'll have to put a briquette in and warm up the chickens. 738 00:51:20,032 --> 00:51:21,880 What if they all freeze to death? 739 00:51:21,968 --> 00:51:23,479 Su Myeong is home. 740 00:51:23,629 --> 00:51:25,701 And what would she know? 741 00:51:29,459 --> 00:51:33,681 He worked so hard, what is wrong with him lately? 742 00:51:34,955 --> 00:51:36,581 My husband? 743 00:51:36,742 --> 00:51:38,355 He was even awarded, 744 00:51:38,505 --> 00:51:40,062 published that anthology. 745 00:51:40,729 --> 00:51:42,565 What's the problem now? 746 00:51:43,139 --> 00:51:44,551 Must be some kind of depression, I suppose. 747 00:51:44,688 --> 00:51:48,648 Aigoo... He's got kids and a wife, what else does he need? 748 00:51:49,185 --> 00:51:50,846 Just ignore it. 749 00:51:51,083 --> 00:51:54,932 When he feels down, ignoring it is best for him. 750 00:51:55,655 --> 00:51:58,042 Aigoo... You're right. 751 00:51:58,162 --> 00:51:59,689 I'll have to sleep here, then. 752 00:51:59,789 --> 00:52:01,575 Let's just eat. 753 00:52:01,763 --> 00:52:02,853 Yes. 754 00:52:03,474 --> 00:52:06,155 - I'll heat up the stew. - All right. 755 00:52:22,491 --> 00:52:24,215 Aigoo... 756 00:52:27,687 --> 00:52:29,998 Shovel some snow, then. 757 00:52:31,264 --> 00:52:32,821 Mother? 758 00:52:33,084 --> 00:52:36,305 She went to Mapo to meet you. 759 00:52:39,801 --> 00:52:41,712 Why are you asking? 760 00:52:42,755 --> 00:52:45,159 I just miss her. 761 00:52:49,045 --> 00:52:50,705 What's wrong, Oppa? 762 00:52:50,815 --> 00:52:52,248 Are you crying? 763 00:52:55,383 --> 00:52:58,293 If Doctor Jo becomes President... 764 00:52:58,786 --> 00:53:01,004 Will anything change? 765 00:53:02,863 --> 00:53:05,087 I guess it will. 766 00:53:05,424 --> 00:53:07,260 And if it doesn't? 767 00:53:07,547 --> 00:53:09,646 What are you worrying about? 768 00:53:13,468 --> 00:53:15,204 Su Myeong. 769 00:53:21,962 --> 00:53:24,610 I can't go on living in this world. 770 00:53:26,696 --> 00:53:28,619 Nothing changes, 771 00:53:29,806 --> 00:53:32,818 and nothing can ever change. 772 00:53:34,229 --> 00:53:36,090 I can't take it anymore. 773 00:53:55,539 --> 00:53:57,504 Breaking News! Breaking News! 774 00:53:57,629 --> 00:53:59,228 Breaking News! 775 00:53:59,365 --> 00:54:01,776 Breaking News! Breaking News! 776 00:54:02,038 --> 00:54:04,319 Breaking News! 777 00:54:04,861 --> 00:54:06,181 Mister Hwang! 778 00:54:06,860 --> 00:54:07,750 Mister Hwang! 779 00:54:07,840 --> 00:54:11,119 - What's all this fuss? - It says here that Jo Byeong Ok died. 780 00:54:11,306 --> 00:54:13,160 - What?! - Uh?! 781 00:54:15,100 --> 00:54:18,170 At Walter Reed Hospital, Jo passed away... 782 00:54:18,260 --> 00:54:19,313 What?! 783 00:54:19,711 --> 00:54:21,973 What is this... 784 00:54:22,648 --> 00:54:23,734 Hurry up and read. 785 00:54:23,872 --> 00:54:25,071 Read here. 786 00:54:28,759 --> 00:54:31,661 On February 15, 1960, 787 00:54:31,792 --> 00:54:34,372 the Democratic Party's presidential candidate Jo Byeong Ok, 788 00:54:34,472 --> 00:54:37,914 after going to the US to treat a disease, suddenly passed away. 789 00:54:37,989 --> 00:54:39,281 Aigoo... 790 00:54:39,444 --> 00:54:44,765 And that was the very first spark which ignited the April 19 revolution. 791 00:54:44,998 --> 00:54:47,790 Brought to you by WITH S2 Written In The Heavens Subbing Squad 792 00:54:44,998 --> 00:54:47,796 {\a6}This is a FREE fansub. 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Get it for FREE @ withs2.com 793 00:54:47,925 --> 00:54:50,731 Main Translator and Timer: MisterX 794 00:54:50,922 --> 00:54:53,703 Timing QC: wichitawx Editor/QC: thunderbolt 795 00:54:53,939 --> 00:54:56,704 Coordinators: mily2, ay_link 796 00:54:56,902 --> 00:54:59,786 ~ On The Next Episode Of ~ THE COUNT OF MYEONGDONG 797 00:54:59,994 --> 00:55:02,773 Congratulations, Speaker Lee. 798 00:55:04,553 --> 00:55:05,914 How's the public's reaction? 799 00:55:06,034 --> 00:55:08,394 It's proceeding well as expected. 800 00:55:08,694 --> 00:55:10,030 Lee Sajang! 801 00:55:10,555 --> 00:55:13,009 Do you have any intention of joining the political circle? 802 00:55:14,308 --> 00:55:17,981 Movies are what my future will be made of. 803 00:55:18,917 --> 00:55:21,278 From now on, Lee Gi Bong will be on top. 804 00:55:21,590 --> 00:55:24,188 Help him now while you still can! 805 00:55:24,451 --> 00:55:27,894 So I don't need to worry about the elections. 806 00:55:28,069 --> 00:55:29,505 Exactly, Mr. President. 807 00:55:30,642 --> 00:55:34,595 You'll win these elections no matter what. 808 00:55:35,501 --> 00:55:38,224 Can we just sit here doing nothing? 809 00:55:40,275 --> 00:55:42,785 We're forced into such situation and can't say a word, 810 00:55:42,895 --> 00:55:46,976 isn't that what the Liberal Party wanted to happen? 811 00:55:47,212 --> 00:55:50,976 Myeongdong sure has changed. 812 00:55:51,134 --> 00:55:54,066 And the reason why it feels lonesome... 813 00:55:54,516 --> 00:55:59,212 is because Park In Hwan and Lee Jung Seop are no longer there. 814 00:56:03,371 --> 00:56:06,019 I'm never going to write poems again. 815 00:56:06,516 --> 00:56:09,657 I'll just sell this house and go back to the countryside. 816 00:56:09,995 --> 00:56:14,766 Watch dramas legally @ dramafever.com STOP illegal streaming sites