"Oh God, that day." "I don´t even want to think about it." "Hows it going?" "Okay." "Oh fuck." "Move, it´s my turn." "What the fuck took you so long?" "You got in a fight, didn´t you?" "Hey bitch." "Why don´t you fucking grow up?" "So who was it?" "Dongwon motherfuckers." "What was it this time?" "I´m playing Street Fighter and the fucker keeps going after me." "Something must have been up that day." "The tech school kids never come here." "You know how it is." "Kids have different hangouts." "The art school kids come to my place." "The tech kids usually don´t -- they go across the street." "Fuck, I must have wasted 10,000 won." "You stupid shit." "You got in a fight over that?" "Fucking tech school morons." "Asshole!" "Suk-hwan." "Let´s just play, OK?" "Hey, Dongsoo." "Heard you´re making an album." "Huh?" "Yeah." "Maybe I should sing and dance, too." "He´s going to be a star." "Leave him alone, prick." "I told you, it was just a fucking audition." "You get into college?" "Fuck no." "I´ll try again next year." "They said they´d do the album if I just went to junior college." "But I´m not going to no fucking 2-year school." "Christ, even a idiot like Dongsoo is prancing around singing these days." "Dance music is out of style, didn´t you hear?" "Christ, stop drinking my fucking soda!" "Aren´t those pricks from Shinjung Arts School?" "Did you get hit?" "Me?" "That little shit?" "I beat the snot out of him." "Just like Street Fighter!" "He was begging for mercy." "Crying "Uncle, uncle!"" "Fucker was dying." "You are so full of shit!" "Hey asshole!" "Bring on an army of those pissing little shits and see what I do!" "Hey, it´s your turn." "Hurry up." "You can´t stop kids like that with policies and speeches." "You need a more fundamental solution." "Fucking retards." "Hey, what´s your problem?" "The rich ones wave their money around" "The poor ones wave their fists around" "And so they fight." "Look, we´re about to graduate." "We´re like the only ones who haven´t got jobs yet." "It´s different now." "You can´t just start fighting." "That attitude is what makes them look down on us!" "Grow up, idiot!" "You´re going to be twenty soon." "So what about my pride?" "You gonna live off your pride?" "What the fuck?" "Hey, it´s your turn." "Must be raining outside, boys." "Hurry up, it´s your turn." "What´s so fucking funny?" "What I don´t get about these kids..." "Afterwards, they´ll tell you how it started over some trivial thing." "But then it´s this huge fight." "That´s how they´re different from us." "They fight for no reason." "Let´s get outta here." "Why?" "What about Jintta?" "We´re running out of money." "Put it on our tab, shithead." "We´ve never fucking been here before." "Then what the fuck are we supposed to do?" "What happened?" "You stupid bastard!" "Who did this to you?" "Sukhwan, calm down." "I want to know!" "Fucking bastards." "Hey, what are you doing?" "We´re just having a little discussion." "Then why turn off the lights?" "I´ll take responsibility." "Responsibility for what?" "Just trust me, all right?" "You´re taking responsibility?" "Yes." "I must be going crazy..." "Calm down, will you?" "Let go of me!" "These tech school fuckheads chatter like a bunch of girls." "What?" "You fuck!" "Come on, don´t!" "Come say that to my face, asshole!" "Stop, you´re embarrassing me." "Let go a sec." "Just calm down, OK?" "Alright, I just wanna talk." "I´m trusting you, OK?" "Alright." "If you want to live to see tomorrow, apologize to him." "Stupid shit." "You want a shovel?" "A what?" "To shovel up your bullshit!" "Hey, your laces are undone." "You should tie them." "Oh, those bastards are at it again." "Suk-hwan!" "Bastards." "Hyunsoo!" "The government should crack down, like in the 1970s." "Otherwise, kids these days?" "You can´t control them." "Hyunsoo, what´s wrong?" "Get up." "Oh, damn..." "It´s the police, too." "All they do is take bribes." "And when something happens?" "They say, "Not enough personnel."" "Plenty of cops to take bribes, but never to stop kids fighting." "They´re full of shit." "What a mess..." "Anyway, it´s not my problem." "Nightmare" "Number 74, Park Sung-bin!" "Sung-bin, you should get a job." "He just got out." "Let him rest." "He must have plans of his own." "What do you mean, rest?" "He´s been resting for years!" "Stop it!" "You shouldn´t pressure him like that!" "Why shouldn´t I pressure him?" "He´s not even 20 when he kills a man." "Spends 7 years in jail..." "Didn´t even graduate high school." "Sung-bin took an equivalency test." "He graduated while he was there." "Father!" "Oho, good for him!" "Graduated high school!" "That´s just great." "I´ll brag to my pals about my accomplished son!" "My son graduated from high school in prison!" "Dad, that´s enough." "What?" "Who the hell do you think you´re talking to?" "After all I did to raise you, yelling at your father?" "Leave the children alone!" "It´s your fault for spoiling them." "See how they talk to me?" "I´ve kept quiet up until now, but they never treated me like children should treat a father." "You never acted like a real father!" "What?" "!" "Sung-hee!" "What?" "I´ll have my say this time." "Why you...!" "Take this restaurant for instance." "Mom and brother did all the work..." "Great, just great." "What a family!" "Sung-bin!" "Do whatever you want." "See if I care." "Try to understand him." "Things are hard for you too, but..." "What are your plans now?" "I don´t know." "It just seems hopeless." "Hello." "Hows it going?" "Fine, fine." "Hello, sir." "Come on in!" "Everything going well, sir?" "Sure!" "Have a seat." "This is my brother." "I´ve heard a lot about you." "You look like a hard worker." "Have a seat." "Back from work?" "a Need any help?" "No, I´m fine." "Someone´s been here waiting for you." "Mr. Park Sung-bin?" "I´m from the district office." "We need to talk." "Do you have a few minutes?" "Sorry." "No need to be nervous." "I´m just here as a preventive measure." "My name´s Lee Jae-doo." "I´ll be watching over you for a few months." "What for?" "Don´t worry." "You haven´t done anything wrong." "It´s just a formality." "When felons get out of jail, it´s customary to do this." "Don´t worry about it." "Only, I´d advise you against a few things." "Take one." " No, thanks." "" " You sure?" "It´s no big deal, but..." "There´s this thing called latent criminality." "We do this to prevent second offenses." "I looked at your records." "A few fights in school..." " But those aren´t too important." " What is your point, please?" "You were an exemplary prisoner, so I´m not worried." "But, a person´s nature..." "You mean to say that it´s in my nature to kill?" "That´s not what I meant." "Then what?" "You can´t insult me just because I have a record." "Look, punk, do I look like a wimp to you?" "ls that it?" "Who the hell do you think you´re talking to?" "At 19, you killed a man." "Let´s admit the facts, alright?" "It was an accident." "Regardless!" "You were fighting with a bunch of thugs and you killed a man!" "I´m busy enough without small fish like you." "So just don´t make any trouble in my district, get it?" "They don´t bill me here, so drink anything you like." "Goodbye, sir." "Bye." "Let´s see." "Put that in there." " President Kim!" " You don´t have to call me that." " What brings you here?" " My car´s a wreck." "Take a good look." "That´s Kim Tae-hoon, a big gang member." "You need to know his face in this neighborhood." "Hello?" "Oh...hey...is that you, Sung-bin?" "Aw, fuck." "I was gonna call you." "It´s time..." "like you got out and all." "I´ve been so busy..." "You doing well?" "Hey, I´m in a meeting now." "So..." "I can´t really talk..." "Yeah." "Let´s talk another time." "I can´t really..." "I don´t know when..." "But, anyway, we´ll talk again." "I´ll call you..." "like, when I can." "Right, right." "Everyone at home is OK, right?" "Yeah..." "Alright..." "We´ll talk...yeah..." "Yeah...yeah...goodbye." "Oh, fuck." "Hello?" "Jintta?" "This is Suk-hwan." "You seen Sung-bin yet?" "Sung-bin?" "It´s me, Jintta." "I heard you talked to Suk-hwan." "Don´t worry about it." "He´ll call you when he´s free." "Just a minute." "What?" "Just get lost, eh?" "Isn´t this a little unfair?" "That´s enough." "Fuck!" "Stop it, will you?" "You´re going to kill him." "Let go, bastard!" "It´s okay, don´t get up." "Where am I?" "In a motel, where do you think?" "What happened?" "Fucked up shit is what happened." " We met before, didn´t we?" " At the garage." "Right." "At the garage." "Aw, fuck." "You pack quite a punch." " Worked with anyone before?" " Excuse me?" "Never mind." "I gotta go." "Get something to eat with this." "Hope to see you again." "You´re a good-looking kid." "Bastard, what are you looking so righteous about?" "What are you doing?" "What am I doing?" "You shithead." "I warned you!" "No trouble-making in my district!" "What are you doing with Kim Tae-hoon?" "What are you doing with Kim Tae-hoon?" "what?" "Let go of me!" "You and Kim Tae-hoon were in a mob fight!" "Let go of me!" "You should have let me know." "You should have told me he´s an ex-con." "I´m sorry, sir." "I didn´t mean to deceive you." "You know this neighborhood." "I have to stay on everyone´s good side: the cops, the gangs." "Then what should we do, sir?" "What to do..." "It´s an uncomfortable situation for all of us." "We´ll have to find him another job." "This is in appreciation for what you did for me the other day." "I hear they´re hassling you." "You were well-known as a kid." "Dongwon Technical High School?" "Yes." "Go ahead." "If you don´t have anything else, how about working with me?" "The world is a hard place for a guy with a record." "Whenever you do time, the world goes upside down." "No use trying to adjust to it." "It´s easier making the world adjust to me." "Modern Man" "I´m Kim Tae-hoon." "My ID says I´m 29." "Stakeout, stand by." "We have an unexpected situation." "Undercover officer, go in." "Situation developing." "Three seven." "I´m Yoo Suk-hwan. 28 years old." "Violent Crimes Division, Kangnam Police Dept." "No particular job, really..." "I´m a gangster, a thug." "I´m on a stakeout to round up organized crime." "I´m still a rookie, so I just do what they tell me." "Right now I´m just standing by." "Why this job?" "Why did I become a gangster?" "Let´s have a smoke." "Must have been in high school." "I was drinking with my buddies." "And these local kids pick a fight with us." "We were in our prime, we´d had a few drinks." "And they kept provoking us." "We had strong fists, no girls, nothing to lose." "So we decided to give them some action." "That´s how I fell in with the Brothers." "No money, no connections, no brains even." "But I can fight like hell." "What else can I do?" "It´s either boxing..." "or this." "Narcotics, organized crime, theft, homicide - we do all that." "This is no desk job." "We wear sneakers for running, and keep our hair short." "So they can´t grab it in a scuffle." "We go around meeting thugs all the time." "Sometimes I can´t tell if I´m a cop or a gangster." "Gangsters don´t all go around in three-piece suits." "You know why we get crew-cuts and wear suits with T-shirts and no tie?" "So they can´t grab you." "Our job, in short, is to keep order in local society." "We watch over the area." "Professionally speaking, we manage businesses, girls, credit cards, overdue loans..." "a wide range of activities." "Hey kid, keep it down over there." "You some kind of Neanderthal?" "My father once told me," "Soldiers and policemen get treated well in this country." "They might complain about making ends meet, but it´s civil servants who get houses and feed their families." "Back then, I didn´t know what he meant," "But now I know he was right." "Like me." "I have my own car, people treat me with respect." "It´s hard to find that these days." "You pay off the district authorities, and the tax officials come." "The Public Hygiene Dept., Fire Dept..." "Now, even the motherfucking local cops want money." "I know times are tough for everyone, but gangsters don´t grow money on trees!" "It´s like this vicious circle that won´t leave you alone." "But aside from that, it´s nice being called a boss, people treat you well." "It´s not a bad life." "I mean, how many people really enjoy what they do?" "Like I said before, people treat you right." "You get respect, and you can hold your head high." "Unless you´re your own boss, working for other people is all the same, isn´t it?" "If you think about it, this isn´t such a bad life..." "Once in a while, you do a prison tour." "When you´re there, you wonder why the hell you do it." "You can forget sometimes, but not in the toilet." "Prison toilets are all open, so people can see everything." "They watch you squatting there taking a shit." "They don´t say anything, but it´s a dirty feeling." ""Not even dogs will touch teachers´ or policemen´s shit."" "I really hate that saying." "What else would I do?" "Drive a taxi?" "Deliver Chinese?" "No way." "Besides, I´m not the ass-kissing type." "But you come in contact with a lot of people." "A trivial thing can blow up into a huge fight." "It´s okay when you´re young and don´t know anything, but seeing blood stinks when you´re older." "I always teach my boys to stay cool, not to lose it and start fighting over trifles." "I guess that kind of thing is our biggest problem." "You do stake-outs like this for days on end... it´s tiring." "You wonder, "lsn´t there anything else I could do?"" "You see lots of guys in this line of work." "You see guys my age who have already got it made." "It´s can be frustrating." "You get envious." "But what choice do you have?" "You have to keep doing it." "Do you know what gangsters and ballerinas have in common?" "The walk." "It´s the way we walk." "A while back, some young thugs from the country came to Seoul." "We arrested them and stood them in line with their shirts off." "Kids had tattoos all over them:" "" Be nice," flowers and shit." "But the best was this one guy, ." "he had two big syllables in big letters:" ""Tattoo."" "Why won´t you leave me alone?" "Fucking asshole." "You wanna die, bastard?" "Son of a bitch." "Dreams?" "Never had time for dreams." "Not now, either." "I just hope I don´t get knifed by some kid." "Seeing these 15 year-olds running wild." "Chills my blood." "Why don´t we stop there." "What do you mean, a dream?" "I haven´t used words like ´dream´ or ´hope´ for ages." "I just want to work hard, avoid any big problems." ""All´s well that ends well," you know." "Stakeout, stand by." "We have an unexpected situation." "Undercover officer, go in." "Situation developing." "Three seven." "Let´s stop there." "Die Bad" "God, I can´t believe this!" "Don´t fuck with me." "You got 960 won?" "That´s it?" "You think I´m a fucking retard?" "I´m searching you." "You´re getting pounded for every 10 won I find." "Holy shit, get a load of that piece of meat." "Love to be in his shoes, eh?" "Stop talking bullshit." "You´re bugging me." "Sorry." "No, we should get some food." "Beer´s cheaper." "Come on." "Hurry up and order." " How much did you bring?" " You bring any money?" "I only got 1500 won." "Christ, you´re as annoying as your face is ugly." "Excuse me please, but could I see some ID?" "Oh, Jesus." "Why the big hassle?" "We just popped out for a sec." "The police are cracking down after the Inchon fire incident." "Mister." "Look at us." "Do we look like kids to you?" "Oh, what a pain." "Show him your ID." "Hey guys, wanna see me jerk off with my throat?" "Hey kids, go play somewhere else." "You´re keeping the customers away." "What the fuck?" "Beat it, you little pricks!" "You think your dick´s as big as mine?" "Snotfaced little bastards." "Motherfuckers..." "You fuckin´ little runts!" "What, you dickwad?" "Go play somewhere else, OK?" "Just try and hit me, eh?" "You cocky little shit!" "Yeah, I´m cocky, you fuck!" "What´s it to you?" "Kick the shit out of them!" "Hey, what about Changjoon?" "Fuck!" "Hey, you motherfuckers!" "What the hell do you think you were doing?" "Stupid little jerks, fighting right out in the street!" "Thought you could get away with this?" "Who taught you to act this way?" "Why not just send them to headquarters?" "It´s crowded in here." "Officer, let us off just this once." "We didn´t mean to fight." "Shut up!" "The jerks kept taunting us, what were we supposed to do?" "Jerks?" "You little prick." "Prick?" "You crazy bastard, I´ll kill you!" "They started it." "They´re hooligans!" "Shut the hell up, all of you!" "Hello." "Can I help you?" "I´m Yoo Sang-hwan´s brother." "Hows business?" "Very good thanks to you Sergeant." "Just call me whenever you need anything." "If you ever do anything like this again, I´ll kill you." "It wasn´t our fault." "Suk-hwan, who was that guy, the boss type?" "Are you friends?" "Fuck, that´s the way a man ought to live!" "You guys saw it, too, right?" "The cops were wagging their tails like dogs." "I should quit this lame school and join a gang, too." "Who would take a little fucker like you?" "I have my brother´s connections." "" Brother." We´re in school, use your English." "What´s a shitty night school degree gonna do for you anyway?" "It´s not like you get licenses, like in tech or commercial schools." "And college?" "Forget it." "We can go to employment class and get certificates!" "No wonder you spent 3 years getting into night school." "You did it to stay out of the army, didn´t you?" "Fuck, I told you, I was sick!" "You can make money with a pen or your fists." "What´s the difference?" "Here, try one of mine." "I´m sorry, sir." "Smoke it." "Now." "I won´t do it again, sir." "I´ll quit, sir, I´ll quit!" "Get over here." "If you don´t smoke this I´ll kill you." "Inhale like you usually do!" "That´s it." "Great." "Who the hell said you could smoke?" "!" "I never taught you that!" "Fuck, I´m gonna quit school." "What?" "I can´t fucking stand it any more." "That asshole teacher hitting me all the time." "You should at least graduate." "Fuck it." "I can succeed without it." "Wait and see, that teacher will come crawling up to me." "Your brother´s gonna kill you." "You been drinking again?" "No." "I can smell it." "I said no!" "What are you?" "A loser?" "A thug?" "Who do you think you are?" "I´m not a kid anymore." "You little..." "Don´t hit me!" "It´s bad enough when they hit me at school!" "Stop it." "What did I do wrong?" "Get over here." "No!" "You´re dead if I get you." "Just try it!" "Are you okay?" "Did you eat?" "No, I´m starving." "Eat before you drink, kid, you´ll ruin your stomach." "Get rid of him." "Sung-bin and my brother are friends!" "Sung-bin and me are- he and my brother are friends!" "So what?" "Listen, get lost!" "Let me see him." "He´ll recognize me." "Hello, sir." "Sit down." "What´s up?" "Yes, sir." "I mean..." "Your brother tell you about me?" "Yes, sir." "What did he say?" "That you were friends." "Really?" "Does he know you´re here?" "No, not yet." "Well." "What are you doing here?" "I´ll get to the point, sir." "I want to be a gangster, too." "What?" "I can fight, sir." "Forget it." "Come see me if you need pocket money." "I´ve thought hard about this, sir." "You think being a gangster is easy?" "It doesn´t matter as long as you succeed." "I can do this." "I know I can." "Just rely on me from now on." "I´ll take care of things." "The " Brothers" gave me pocket money." "Look." "Nine, ten thousand..." "They really poured it on me." "Stop touching it." "Hands off!" "Have you guys ever been treated like this?" "No need to use your head or watch how the wind blows." "We just have to go out and fight a little when there´s work." "What do you think you´re doing?" "What do you mean?" "Can´t you tell?" "Seriously, you´re going to do this shit?" "Why shouldn´t l?" "So you´re gonna quit school?" "Go around doing that shit?" "What´s your problem?" "If you don´t want to join, don´t!" "Wake up, asshole." "Let go." "Don´t you see you´re nothing but a knife buffer for the big guys?" "Are you telling me off, too?" "With the shit you´re doing, of course I am!" "What´s your problem?" "Fuck you!" "Wait and see if I don´t get big." "Don´t come begging to me later, you fucker." "You prick!" "I´m not your prick." "My name is Yoo Sang-hwan." "Got it, you son of a bitch?" "Who the hell are you staring at?" "Thank you." "No trouble." "It´s freezing out." "Eat up." "Can´t even turn on the heat." "By the way, did you hear?" "What?" "Remember Kim Tae-hoon, the guy you arrested?" "He´s grooming someone." "No evidence yet, but... you know Detective Lee, who was stabbed to death?" "It seems this guy is tough." "He´s getting his boys ready for war." "Is it Park Sung-bin?" "Is he the one in charge of Kim Tae-hoon´s place?" "Isn´t he just an underling?" "Thugs never care about rank when they´re grabbing power." "It´s all to get bigger influence and more respect." "Then again, he could be doing it to pledge loyalty." "Lunatics..." "You fuckers!" "I brought a friend." "We´ll have a few drinks, okay?" "What do you think?" "Cool?" "Shut up and take a fucking pill!" "You´ve gained some weird habits." "Hey, want something to eat with that?" "How does it feel to be out of it?" "Is the work going okay?" "It´s way better than school." "Yeah, what isn´t..." "They treat you rough, but they take care of you, too." "They pay according to workload..." "It´s the best." "You´re the one who beat up the teacher, right?" "Just drink up, dork." "Think about it, though." "Do you want to be beating guys up when you´re old, too?" "You don´t know what you´re talking about." "There are different kinds of gangsters, too." "After you get to a certain level, you get a nice business." "You spend your old age managing it comfortably." "Does your brother know?" "Are you crazy?" "I still leave home in my school uniform." "Weren´t you using your brother´s connections?" "Fuck that." "Just wait." "After tomorrow, I´m definitely moving up." "Hey, isn´t that Dukpal?" "Yeah." "Hey, Dukpal!" "We´ll leave right now." "Let´s get to work!" "Yes, sir!" "Hello?" "Hello, this is Chang-joon, a friend of Sang-hwan´s." "Has everyone gone to work?" "Yes, sir." "If the office calls, tell them everything is going as planned." "If anyone wants to see me, tell them I´ll be waiting here." "Attention!" "Do you have your tools?" "Yes." "If you do a good job today, you´ll have it made." "It´s your first assignment, right?" "Yes." "Watch out for yourselves." "It may be tough, but this is a good chance to show your stuff." "Actually, after a year in the office, it´s our first time in the field, too." "Give me a cigarette." "Yes, sir." "Have a smoke, guys." "Go on, everybody." "Have a smoke." "So you came." "Where´s my brother?" "You bastard!" "Let´s take it slow." "Remember the old days?" "What the hell?" "If you have any grudges, take them out on me." "You´ve grown, haven´t you?" "Advising me, now." "Like you say, your brother chose his own life." "You bastard, when he went to you, he wasn´t asking to become knife fodder!" "But isn´t that how life goes?" "Just like when I fought for you, it wasn´t in order to kill someone." "The world is fucked up, isn´t it?" "The one who wrecked his friend´s life is living in style." "The other, thanks to him, has to be a criminal the rest of his life." "You fucking bastard!" "If it bothers you so much, why don´t you knife me?" "To be honest, now that I see you, I´d kind of like to." "You´re too late." "Oho, you must have beat up a lot of suspects as a cop." "Your punch is much better now." "Where is my brother?" "He´s been ripped apart by now." "If you touch a hair on his head, I´ll kill you, you bastard!" "Kill me if you can." "Our Father who art in heaven..." "hallowed be Thy name..." "There´s no way out!" "Fuckers!" "Come on and fight!" "Where did you send Sang-hwan?" "I sent him to hell." "Satisfied?" "Brother!" "Those kids were just knife fodder." "Sung-bin sent his real team to the club!" "Son of a bitch!" "Hurry up, it´s your turn." "What´s so fucking funny?" "Fuck...." "Suk-hwan." ""Yahweh, I know that the way of man lies not within himself:" "it is not in man who walks to direct his steps."" "Jeremiah 10:23"