"The Recipe" "Professor Jang talked about you often" "I heard that if my story is chosen I can get an internship here" "I'm on a leave until next semester," "I thought it'd be a good experience" "It's not that simple" "I'm not asking for a special favor or anything" "Just that I couldn't tell it to anybody since it's concerning the Justice Department and all" "What is it about?" "You just completed your military service, right?" "Yes" "Is it a story you heard in the army?" "I supposed you could say that" "Those stories only work for soldiers, not us" "I'll see what I can do about the internship" "Now, get out of here!" "I'm busy" "Yu-jin!" "What!" "I served at the ll-dong penitentiary" "So what?" "It's the prison Kim Jong-gu was held in" "I was in charge of his execution records" "The notorious fugitive accountable for the deaths of dozens of innocent lives during the 5 years on the run," "Kim Jong-gu's execution date has arrived" "With the controversial confirmation of his death sentence" "Kim Jong-gu will be the first man to be executed in 1 2 years" "Name, Kim Jong-gu" "On February 1 0, 2009, the legal execution of the above named shall be carried out in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Korea" "Do you want to make a final statement?" "Doenjang..." "I'm dying for... a bowl of that stew" "There was no mention of that on the news" "All it said was he was calm and regretful" "Was there anything else?" "That was all" "Then, he was executed" "Choi Yu-jin, Producer of DBS Special Documentary" "Kim Jong-gu, the most heinous criminal and fugitive of all time" "The first man to be executed in 12 years since a moratorium was imposed" "He was a man who shocked the world continuously, who lived a life full of unforgettable memories" "But, the last thing that came to his mind on the gallows was merely a bowl of Doenjang stew" "Sounds out of place, huh?" "But, it also made me curious" "Why suddenly feel hungrythen and there?" "Yoon Jong-hoon, Executioner" "Beats me, too" "Maybe he got nostalgic about ordinary life Lee Ku-seon, Witness to the Execution" "Missing his mother's cooking, something like that maybe?" "Seon Hyeon-cheol, Executioner" "Do you even know who you're talking about?" "Ku Jin-man, Former cellmate" "He broke right through an entire regiment of police making a run right across the country" "That's no fugitive, that's a fucking legend!" "How do you think the legend got caught?" "How?" "Did you read about his arrest?" "The police's tactics and that crap..." "The bastard got arrested eating a bowl of stew" "He was so dazed that he wasn't aware when they put cuffs on him" "I heard this from the man himself" "He wouldn't think twice about taking a hostage when cornered" "He must have seen the lights and thought there was someone inside" "But, the moment he had a breath of that smell, next thing he knew, he was taking the spoon to the mouth" "He didn't even look up" "Guns were pointing at him Kim Pil-man, Arresting Detective but he just kept on eating" "Eating and eating... and I, I just stood there watching" "It made my mouth water, you know" "It just blew us away instantly Lee Hyeong-gu, Arresting Detective" "The smell..." "It just..." "Only after the wind blew out the smell we got back to ourselves" "If he left as much as a drop in the bowl," "I swear I would have licked it off" "You think I'm kidding?" "That bastard didn't even think about running off" "He was in a daze even as we escorted him out in cuffs" "We couldn't have caught him otherwise" "Even now, I wonder what it Choi Su-ki, Arresting Detective would have tasted like" "What the hell are you looking at?" "Initially, the angle was;" "What came to the mind of the heinous murderer as he faced his death was nostalgia forthe ordinary" "But that's just uninspiring" "As I looked into it, it turned out to be a completely different story" "How it should go is, the unbelievable taste of the stewtripped up the killer" "No." "Use your common sense!" "He missed his chance to escape" "He knew it was the end and decided to indulge in a bit of ordinary life" "Look." "He had over 10 minutes before the squad arrived" "Hostage situation is his thing but he left the woman untouched" "Plus, there were windows and a back door." "It can only mean... that he didn't run away" "Right?" "He gave himself up over a bowl of stew" "Get it on the tape!" "Anything related to Kim Jong-gu will work at this time" "The last thing he thought of as he faced death was" "Doenjang stew" "Okay!" "I'm out of here" "Go for it!" "Trust me on this!" "Try it!" "This is pure awesomeness" "There isn't much to it" "You need good doenjang to make a good stew!" "But then again, making good doenjang is real tricky," "It creates its own taste once the ingredients are mixed but it doesn't always come out as I hoped" "I try but the taste never lives up to my expectations" "You're being modest" "If it's the last thing a man remembers before death, it's no ordinary thing" "Pardon me?" "Do you remember Kim Jong-gu who got arrested here a few years back" "I know him!" "I asked them to keep my diner's name out" "It's not good to get your name known along with a murderer" "How did you find out?" "Not many people know about it" "Like you said, hardly anyone knew about it" "It was very difficult for us to find you" "This isn't a food show?" "Why are we talking about the murderer?" "Well, we're not actually from a food show..." "Then, this interview's over" "Ma'am!" "It really was damn good, wasn't it?" "Yeah" "Didn't you eat enough?" "But, was it that good?" "Worth dying for?" "Huh?" "What if he was on the verge of dying of starvation?" "No?" "Then, maybe he was delirious from a high fever?" "Hypothermia?" "It snowed a lot that day, a lot" "The snow came up your chest Could frost bite cause...?" "No?" "Can't you stop No'ing me?" "No, He was tested negative for any drugs" "He was a little sleep-deprived but presumably from long interviews" "Other than that, he was in perfect health" "He must have eaten well as well" "It wasn't that good" "Maybe he had two tongues..." "What could it be?" "Can I help?" "Good Lord!" "Hello!" "Oh, hi!" "The stew he ate wasn't mine" "It was hers" "Anyone who tasted her stew will never be able to forget it" "Not matter how hard I try I couldn't get that taste" "Then, the fragrance..." "I couldn't even get close!" "What could I do?" "She only taught me that much" "When she was by herself at the diner, she would make a stew with Doenjang she made" "The fugitive must have been lured to its fragrance" "And, her name was?" "Jang Hye-jin" "What'ya doing here?" "What'ya looking at in my land?" "There must be lots of pine trees around" "Girl must got a doggie nose" "Pine trees my ass, all you can see from here are firs" "Move over!" "I gotta sweep up" "What is this smell?" "!" "You reek of deliciousness!" "I'm drooling here, girl!" "You must be some cook" "I can tell just by looking at your hands" "Hovering around with nowhere to go... am I right?" "Hey!" "What'd you say to snapping up some pancakes with me?" "I could use a helping hand" "You've got nowhere to go, right?" "It looks like you didn't have any breakfast, either." "Come on!" "Look at you!" "Come in and eat something" "Gee... give me a hand!" "What have you got there?" "It's just..." "Let me know if it gets too cold" "Okay" "nothing much to do here in the forest" "Have a drink with me if you're not tired?" "You didn't look like a drinking type" "We've got to find her!" "Are you playing a private eye?" "Find yourself a wife instead!" "What's that got to do with anything?" "How irrelevant!" "No, you couldn't be more irrelevant!" "I should've never trusted you!" "Jumping from a convict story to damn doenjang" "And, now to some mystery woman?" "We're going back to nostalgia for the ordinary" "The story is about Kim Jong-gu, anyway" "About a man who got caught over a stew" "The woman who made it is the key!" "We've got to run the story while Kim Jong-gu is still hot!" "It's gonna take forever to find the woman!" "Even That lady at the diner doesn't know where she is!" "You can find all sorts of information with a name thesedays" "Just give me one more week" "For this week, you can run the story about room salons" "That one is not finished" "One week is all I ask for Just trust me!" "Hey, Choi!" "Bastard!" "How am I supposed to do anything with this?" "It's better than nothing" "Don't see much of a face here!" "I gave you her name, too" "You think the police have nothing better to do?" "Get out of here!" "No way!" "How am I supposed to find herwith just the name?" "What about the place of birth orthe birth date... anything?" "Nothing" "Come on!" "She lived with you for over a month" "There's got to be something" "Why didn't you get her numberwhen she left?" "He said he would get in touch and, he never did!" "He, who?" "Some chairman..." "Park was the name That's right, Chairman Park!" "Thank you, ma'am" "Don't call me 'ma'am'!" "Call me sis!" "Or aunty will do fine" "Take good care of my niece!" "Sewage plant?" "I asked him what he is called a chairman for" "How come you're telling me this now?" "Thank you so much!" "I'll call you!" "Chairman Park Min of Jesang Enterprise who had been missing for 3 days was found dead this morning" "When the rescuers arrived at the scene, both passengers were dead" "Hey, it's me!" "You are still in the Economy department?" "Yes, yes" "You know Jesang Enterprise?" "The chairman got killed in an accident" "Was there any secret woman thing going on?" "Any chance you just didn't know about it?" "No." "It's nothing..." "Yes" "So, his brother is the current chairman and his only living family?" "Excuse me!" "How can I help you?" "I'm a producer at DBS I am here to see the chairman" "Excuse me" "You need to be cleared first, sir" "I won't be long, I promise" "If he's not coming back in the office, I can go to him" "You think I'm kidding, right?" "I can open my mouth and..." "Kim Yu-mi?" "Counting on you!" "Why are you doing this?" "So, he is upstairs?" "Excuse me!" "Don't touch me!" "I said I'm going!" "How old are you?" "You scum..." "Did you find anything?" "Chairman Park had two drivers and they're both alive" "Who was in the car with him, then?" "I can smell media manipulation" "The accident occurred in early April" "The diner is in the area..." "So, you already know something?" "A young woman" "I don't know anything!" "Doenjang..." "Stop!" "I don't know but on the news, they said there were two men in the car" "I was told to keep it quiet, from above you know," "I assumed it was some hush hush scandal" "Gee...what am I doing?" "Didn't you know all about it already?" "Not sure if I can spill it out" "Man, I could be in deep shit for this..." "You already kind of told me everything" "Come on... you are dying to come clean." "I can see it" "Gee..." "I can't hold myself..." "Shh, this is off the record" "There were more than a few strange things about it" "In most cases, decomposition takes place by the 3rd day Na Hee-seok, Medical Examiner giving off stench, but the bodies had fragrant smell" "I've never seen anything like that in the 13 years on this job" "If I wasn't with my colleagues, I would've thought I was dreaming Song Yu-shin, Rescuer" "There were butterflies everywhere" "The bodies looked intact as if sleeping and butterflies were everywhere" "It's not impossible" "Butterflies are attracted to the substances produced in the process of fermentation Kim Jeong-hee, Entomologist" "As I walked into the woods, it felt like..." "like..." "Kim Hak-rae, Discovered the bodies" "Um..." "like being dazed by the smell of women's cream," "No, that's not even close" "How should I describe it?" "A kind of exhi-... yeah, exhilarating but also mouth-watering..." "So, only the parts covered in Doenjang was keeping its form while the rest of the body was undergoing decomposition" "I could only conclude that Doenjang caused it" "I found some substance structures that are not found in regular Doenjang Ryu Kuk-young, National Institute of Scientific Investigation" "Edible salt usually refers to sodium chloride of over 99% purity" "This is the crystallite of 99.7% purity" "But you see something different here?" "There are crystallites of 100% pure sodium chloride" "This crystal structure is triggering catalysis reactions" "Absolute purity is only possible in theory" "I have never seen anything above 99.8%" "It means that this is a 100% pure sodium chloride, such thing cannot exists in the real world" "Can you get the records on Chairman Park's accident?" "If you run a search on the same date, you'll find Jang Hye-jin's death record" "What?" "Are you saying that she is dead?" "What the hell, man?" "All this time, you made me look for a dead woman?" "You're just unbelievable!" "I haven't run the name yet" "You gotta check her record against the accident record to verify..." "That's lovely!" "You know what they say about using a cell phone while driving" "What does he say?" "He suddenly felt dizzy and blacked out" "What a crap!" "I got him tested for substances and put him in a holding cell" "He'll be out soon He's contacted his insurance company" "You found anything?" "What have you got in the back pocket?" "Damn!" "You are killing my appetite!" "It was her all right" "How could one have no family left?" "...of sodium chloride" "Such crystallites only exist in theory" "A meaningful discovery..." "They fucking snatched our story!" "Turn on the television now!" "What?" "I told You we should run it this week" "By mentioning Doenjang stew, he must have been thinking about his family" "It touched a string in my heart" "Kim Jong-gu" ""I'm dying for a bowl of that stew"" "were the last words of Kim Jong-ju" "I'm being extremely generous not firing you right now" "Kim Jong-gu story is history now, so..." "Chief!" "Why don't we just focus on the Doenjang?" "Doenjang, my ass!" "Dig into the story of Chairman Park and his young ladyfriend, the mistress?" "You know howthe story should go" "So, they manipulated the media to cover up the accident and to hush awaytheir affair?" "That's it!" "Man, you are so full of cliches!" "Her Doenjang draws butterflies" "It kept the bodyfrom rotting" "For real!" "Did you drink on the clock?" "Cut the crap and get out of here!" "I've even got proof" "Are you out of your mind?" "There is no such thing!" "If there is, why don't you bring it to my face, you moron?" "I will bring it overfor real" "Get the hell out!" "Most simply put, Doenjang is made by adding salt waterto boiled soybeans" "But, there is a lot more elements involved" "Like grapevine, the soybeans change according to the soil type and sunlight" "If you use the tree sap, Doenjang will have a sweet taste" "If water flowing from under the rocks is used, the Doenjang will never turn musty" "Just the way low quality salt will makes it taste bitter, you must pay the same level of care when it comes to selecting the water" "I have a question, ma'am!" "It's related to the salt but have you heard of a 100% pure sodium chloride crystallite?" "I heard it's different from bay salt" "Well," "I've studied traditional food for 20 years but I've never heard about that" "Where did you hear about that?" "Like the soil type affects the rice plant, the rice stalks tying the bean blocks determine the taste of the end product" "Factors like the wind used to air the bean blocks and where the crock is kept can affect the taste" "Ultimately, it's the environment that determine the taste of Doenjang" "If I know where it was made, I'll know more about the Doenjang?" "That's right." "Good ingredients come from good environment" "Coarse salt, roasted salt, salt crystals, seasoned salt" "and sesame salt" "No," "I'm looking for a special kind of salt that's only available locally" "Look around!" "We're surrounded by mountains" "Local salt?" "Are you kidding me?" "That wasn't necessary!" "What about the local water?" "A really good water?" "Where?" "Oh, really?" "I was being serious" "Damn you" "The apartments have been here for a some time" "I opened up this place around the same time, so it must be about 3 years ago" "The town has changed completely since" "It used to be a handsome place" "What are you doing?" "Playing with your food?" "!" "Eat up like a man!" "It doesn't taste good?" "No." "I just don't have much appetite" "Don't give me no crap!" "Your eyes say otherwise, you're starved" "Did you use to live in the neighborhood?" "Before they put up the apartment blocks?" "Do you happen to know a woman called Jang Hye-jin?" "Am I talking to myself?" "It's already salty!" "Try it now It's no ordinary salt" "It's special salt that" "I only scarcely use but I'm piteous of your saggy face" "You should be honored" "Are you sure that was just salt?" "This salt alone in the water is better than most soup-bases" "Try making a stock with all sort of stuff, it won't taste like that" "It must be expensive?" "Paying a lot will be a cheap deal!" "You can't buy it with money even if you wanted" "I was only able get some when her mother was around" "Hye-jin's mother I'm talking about" "Didn't you say you knew her?" "The first thing she ever saw were soybean blocks" "Her mother used to make Doenjang for living, so that was only natural" "She smelt the fermenting bean blocks before the smell of the breast milk" "She used to play with the crocks She never needed to be taught" "She just naturally grew into making Doenjang" "Then, her mother passed away" "It wasn't like she had anyone left here" "So, She just took off" "She set out to search the salt pan that supplied salt to her mother" "That was the last I heard of her" "Not only should you dry it up properly," "The seawater must be drained thoroughly to keep it from tasting bitter" "That the most important thing!" "No matter how many times" "I tell her that it was the salt her mother used" "She would barely dab her tongue and shake her head" "But, then she found the dear batch that I stashed away" "Hidden so well that I sometime forget where I kept" ""You got me there girl," "I can't NOT sell it to you!"" "I couldn't help but say that" "So, I personally packed it and sent a sack to her address" "Did anyone come for your soybeans?" "To make Doenjang?" "Her name is Jang Hye-jin" "Isn't that the mill owner Park's daughter?" "She is Park Hye-jin, you dumb ass!" "She set out to become a singer years ago, stupid!" "Is there any other soybean field around here?" "There is nothing but soybean field around here" "The soil is so rich and abound that we get good hard beans here" "They say, the beans are so good the goblins come to the village to eat them" "Goblins!" "What Goblins?" "It's true what they say about the goblins!" "How come you find fault with everything I say?" "Thank you I'll see you again" "See you!" "Thanks" "What's your problem, woman?" "Everytime I say something!" "Beans!" "Get back to the beans" "In that house, the pig helps out weeding the field because the granny has no-one else to help her" "The granny makes manure with the pig dung" "I mean, every house has their secrets" "I can't just pick one" "The water always tastes fresh and stays chilled even in summer" "Awesome, huh?" "If you cook rice with it, rice have almost bouncy texture" "This spring is our village's hidden treasure" "It's hard for anyone to find it by themselves" "The path leading up to here is very rough" "Why is it called Mount Ume?" "I don't a single ume tree" "There is a grove full of ume trees deep in the woods" "I've never been there on my own" "Better have the mountain goblin guide you" "You mean the goblin that visits the town?" "No, not the local myth stuff" "I was talking about a guy who knewthe path" "You see there?" "We call it Lacquertree Spring because the water passes lacquer tree roots" "It's hidden well, don't you think?" "The salt and the water is identical to the sample you brought me earlier" "They are, right?" "You have no idea what kind of trouble I went through!" "But, I can't say the same about the beans" "Even if they were from the same field, each year's produce may be different" "You mean, even if I get all the right ingredients for 100% pure sodium chloride, you can't recreate the Doenjang?" "Well..." "It'll be extremely difficult to do" "How come?" "As long as we can recreate 100% sodium chloride..." "There are so many other elements acting reciprocally" "Other elements?" "I found alcohol and some fermentation agents" "Those elements are needed to make Doenjang?" "They were present in that particular Doenjang" "Even with all the right ingredients, sample analysis has its limitation" "You can't figure out howtheywere combined even if you get me a crockful to analyze" "The crock?" "Crocks..." "I've never seen one Did you see one?" "I've never see a crock stand in that house" "Can you make Doenjang without the crocks?" "Where else would you store it for fermentation?" "Not without the crocks!" "But, I saw her bring in some crocks" "I used to walk past her house all the time but I never saw any crocks out" "She told me she got her crocks made by a blind potter" "She had a truck load of them" "Maybe they were for the winery" "Are wine crocks smaller?" "I can't see so, I remember people by their scent" "She smelt of Doenjang, so I knew right away that she came for condiment crocks" "She brought her own clay" "It was moist and free of fishy odors, fresh and had a smell of petals" "It takes decades for decomposed petals to slowly seep into the soil for the clay to carry that fragrance" "If you fill up that crock with water, the water will carry the scent of flowers" "The man she came with had the same scent" "A man?" "She came with a man?" "Did you see his face?" "I could smell the scent even from afar" "I could tell that they were lovers" "They hands shared the same fragrance as if they were holding them for a long time" "Scent of petals..." "Park Min" "scent of petals and man" "This is not right" "You're being connected to the voicemail..." "Hey man, why is it so hard to reach you?" "You're not avoiding my calls, are you?" "I'll call you again on the way to the station" "I'll buy you a good meal, okay?" "When did you come in?" "Chief has been looking foryou He wants you in his office, now" "Way too busy..." "Gotta go find someone" "Who?" "I dunno" "Choi!" "Mr. Choi?" "My name is Park Gu" "I'm Chairman Park's twin brother" "Man, you do look so alike" "Are you feeling all right?" "It didn't seem like a minor collision" "You left the hospital early" "Well, I..." "How did you know about my accident?" "I have my sources" "Where are you taking me?" "You are not a good driver You know..." "I'm not tiny bit interested in your brother's lame scandal, I promise" "What are you cooking up man?" "You must have a lot of free time at hand" "Where the hell are you taking me?" "Please..." "I hope you didn't get a wrong idea" "I am not pulling off some spy movie here," "I just didn't want people having wrong ideas about my brother" "People tend to draw up an easy conclusion like you" "I'm sorry to disappoint but there is no big conspiracies" "We are almost there So, don't worry" "This is where he passed" "I didn't believe him until I learned more about the accident" "I thought it was just coincidence" "Sometimes your conditions just goes away without a reason" "There was a girl my brother had a secret crush on as a boy" "Sadly, the poor girl vanished into the ground right in front of his eyes" "Her body, recovered much too late, reeked of stench" "And, the stench pierced my brother's nose" "Was it the horrendous smell?" "Or was it the shock of seeing her like that?" "Whatever the reason, he completely lost his sense of smell since" "By irony of fate, he became a sewer pipe layer since no stench could deter him, he could spend all his time in the sewer without ever seeing the sun" "Eventually the underground world became his empire" "And, with that came enough money to make him the richest of all" "But, what good would that be?" "No delicacies of all land and sea, no scent of woman could allure him" "For him, the world was odorless color-free and uninspiring" "We sought after doctors from all over the world but, no one could give him back what he had lost" "A long time passed like that" "One night, while being lost in a mountain, he found a lodge and knocked on its door" "And, there, the lost world came back to him" "It was like magic" "The airwas filled with an unbelievable fragrance the woman gave out sweet and precious scent" "He kept going back to her" "He wanted to pay her back for the gift she gave him" "Or maybe, he just wanted to see her" "Maybe you're right Maybe he was in love with her" "He hadn't known a scent of a woman before he met her" "She gave him back his world" "How could he not be in love with her?" "But, it wasn't the case for her" "She had someone else in her heart" "Someone she wasn't able to forget for all those years" "My brother wanted to find him for her" "Because to be reunited with him was the only thing she wanted" "The day of the accident, they must have been on their way to meet him" "I guess he wanted to take her to him by himself" "Because that's the kind of man my brother was" "Do you know the name of that man?" "You wanted me to find a person with just the name and now, you don't even have the name?" "Eat up!" "Save the talking for later" "That's abalone" "Which is also yours!" "Go on, try some!" "The smell is just awesome" "You knowthey got killed while driving to see the man?" "And, they are both dead now" "If I had someone else to ask, I wouldn't be buying this" "What are friends for?" "Huh?" "If you are so dying to find him, why don't you look for him yourself?" "It's not like I didn't try!" "I gave it to you, didn't I?" "Gave me what?" "I got you the accident record, along with navigation coordinates" "You ignorant bastard!" "You didn't you what you were looking at, did you?" "You stupid dumb ass!" "The big shot chairman driving through countryside, minus the chauffer," "Of course, he used navigation system!" "I can't believe how dumb you are!" "But, this is where the pig soybean field is" "Hey, kid!" "Do you live around here?" "Yes" "Are your parents around?" "No?" "This woman used to live in the mountains" "look close..." "Do you recognize her?" "Yeah?" "There was a man who was..." "you know... um... in love with her" "Like Husband and wife?" "Yeah!" "Clever boy!" "Is his place nearby?" "What that thing on your back?" "It's for the village festival The goblin man made it for me" "Oh, shoot!" "The festival!" "Follow up this road" "Gotta go!" "Hey!" "Where are you going?" "You got me late forthe festival Go straight up!" "Come on..." "Is anybody home?" "Is anybody home?" "Alcohol and fermentation agent..." "Alcohol... yeast?" "Alcohol and fermentation agent!" "Yeast has these substances" "I just confirmed that" "I haven't met him yet but, there is a village festival tonight Maybe I'll find him there" "Careful, boy!" "Hey, kid, is he here?" "The guythat lives in that house?" "The goblin man?" "Yes" "He's overthere" "Grandma, the goblin man is..." "Excuse me!" "Excuse me!" "Do you know Jang Hye-jin?" "Where are you going?" "You've been in this village all along?" "Wait up!" "And, take off that mask!" "You are scaring me" "Hey, man!" "Where the hell are we headed to?" "Do you actually know where the crocks are kept?" "By the time I came back they were covered in white power" "What are covered in powder?" "So, by the time you got back, Hye-jin had already left the village" "Why didn't she wait for you here?" "Talk to me, please!" "Why didn't you get back earlier?" "Can't I get some answers around here?" "If you had gotten back earlier, she wouldn't have gone to look for you" "Do you know where the lacquer tree spring is?" "It's little further down Down that way" "What are these for?" "For making ume wine" "You put the petals in wine?" "I cover the yeast with them" "That's why you smelt of alcohol" "I thought you were going to fetch water" "It looked like bucket" "I was lost" "You went through all that trouble to use the water for cooking?" "I wanted it for making Doenjang" "Wait here for a moment I show you the way" "It's quite tricky to find forfirst-timers" "Is it just me?" "I think I smell soybean blocks" "I'm here!" "Careful, boy!" "A goblin?" "That's what we call him" "He knows all the paths by heart He can find them with the eyes closed" "He shows up from out of nowhere day and night" "He might as well be a real goblin" "We got him to wear a goblin mask at the last village festival" "Both his parents were winemakers for generations" "His grandfather is Japanese" "He wanted to make the ume wine here and got his son to travel back and forth" "He first came once every month then every ten days then, every five days and she soon had a bun on the oven" "he was the bun out of that oven" "He lived here all his life then?" "Not really" "When he was still a boy, his grandfathertook him back to Japan" "He was almost dragged back" "Heard he is set up for an arranged marriage with someone there but he came back one day to carry on the family legacy" "He does have amazing skills" "Like father like son" "Granny, can I use your phone?" "That goblin must have known that we were talking about him" "Be brief or I'll get a humongous bill!" "He didn't put up a phone line just to avoid talking to his grandpa" "His grandfather must be so anxious" "He is his only grandson, after all" "Men came from Japan to take him home just a while ago" "But, he is stubborn like his own father" "There is a call foryou!" "It's a cordless phone for him" "Hello?" "Hey!" "Here!" "These petals must have been piling here for a long time" "It's summer and I can still smell ume flowers" "Do you think the crocks will have the same fragrance?" "It's cool in here, isn't it?" "Yes, like in spring" "Maybe it was to meet you" "I sometimes wonder what made me want to come back" "Maybe it was for you" "I met a goblin while looking for soybeans" "There they are!" "It's the goblin man!" "She's putting them in the blocks to make them go white" "If you place them on the blocks, it helps them ferment well" "When the crickets chirp they create wavelength" "If you place them on the rice stalks, they cause the stalk to resonate" "It helps the bacteria on the stalks to transfer evenly on to the blocks helping the blocks to ferment thoroughly and turn them white" "If turned black, Doenjang will taste bitter" "You have to feed the fire with woods everyday?" "I should live with you here to get you the fire woods you need" "I used to sleep in the room where they dry the blocks since I was little" "When are you going to let me taste your Doenjang?" "It's far from ready" "You've got to wait at least few more years" "All right, I'll wait!" "Instead," "Instead, what!" "In the olden days, they sent over Doenjang with the bride as dowry, you've got to bring all these with you when you marry me" "You see how they've turned all white?" "The crickets..." "Don't!" "It'll scratch up your face" "Winemakers have soft hands" "because yeast retains moisture" "Cold water makes your hands chappy" "Always Use warm water and yeast to soak your hands, okay?" "The yeast!" "Do you have any more of them?" "Two jars, maybe three jarsful!" "To take a bath or something?" "I'll let you taste it first when it's ready" "I'll make the best Doenjang stew ever!" "Is it in there?" "Maybe because the yeast is generating more heat it's fermenting too fast" "I can move the crocks into the shade to keep them cool" "But Doenjang must be exposed to sunlight everyday to get the flavor right" "Would you like some more pan cakes?" "No, I'm okay Please help yourselves!" "More pancakes for you?" "Thank you!" "Take a seat here" "I'm okay" "Help yourself" "Help yourself" "Let's get out of here" "In a minute" "You've done enough" "A few more minutes" "No, that's enough" "Grandma, the goblin is taking her away" "I'm taking her to make her my bride" "Goblin and the lady sitting in a tree" "K-l-S-S-l-N-G" "First comes love then comes marriage then comes a baby in a carriage" "Goblin and the lady sitting in a tree" "K-l-S-S-l-N-G" "First comes love then comes marriage then comes a baby in a carriage" "It was her, wasn't it?" "The one standing in the back" "It was the first time seeing her for me, too" "Hye-jin," "Grandfather passed away" "I've got to pay my respect" "I gotta leave today to be on time for the funeral but I'll be back right after" "I'll be right back" "I'll only be away for a few days" "You were here?" "Why did you down so late today?" "He called for you!" "Hyun-soo?" "He said he is coming back soon Just about to take off" "Look at you blush!" "His grandpa didn't pass away after all" "He must have believed he could make him stay" "I can see how badly he wanted his grandson but he couldn't be more mistaken" "How could he stay there without you around?" "Hye-jin!" "You have a call!" "Hello?" "Who is this?" "Hung up, I guess" "Who could that have been?" "The goblin man" "Will you stare at the road all day?" "This is the first stew I made... for you..." "I kept my promise" "I waited here every day" "The crocks were covered in white powder" "Did you say she was on her way here?" "The winery?" "It fell into ruin all of a sudden" "What are you talking about?" "It got blown away in a storm years ago" "But, it was perfectly okay until yesterday" "What about the young man who lives there?" "He disappeared, too" "What on earth are you talking about?" "We haven't seen him in years Not since what happened" "He's dead?" "That silly girl set out to look for a man who was dead and gone" "His grandfather had men at the airport, so, he arranged to travel on a boat" "That year, so many boats got shipwrecked in the storm" "No-one has ever heard of him since What else can it mean?" "But, how could I break the news to her when she is waiting for him like that" "I hoped she would eventually give up" "I couldn't find anything." "So, I got men to track his trail in Japan" "Theyfound his name on the sailing record" "He had signed under his Japanese name" "I'm sorry to be passing you bad news" "Do you really want to go back?" "It'll only bring back painful memories" "Silly me." "Am I not?" "It feels like he is waiting for me there when that's not possible" "It's just... just that we were together there" "He didn't get to taste it, yet" "I was gonna make him a tasty stew when I find him" "All those big promises and what did you get for me?" ""Trust me?" Trust you, my ass!" "Will you listen to yourself?" "You got intoxicated by the fragrance of Doenjang and met a goblin?" "You got wasted somewhere and had a booze soaked dream!" "The ingredients of the Doenjang that Kim Jong-gu missed in his last moments" "Crocks made of clay saturated with ume blossoms" "Salt dried only in sunlight then drained of seawater over time" "Soybeans grown by baby pigs" "Lacquer tree spring water from a deep forest" "Ume wine yeast" "Resonance created by crickets" "Sunshine, wind and" "tears" "Method for making" "You wait"