"My last name Jang gave me the nickname of Jjang or Boss, which has since stuck with me all through my childhood," "But now, people stopped calling me that," "I graduated from a second tier college but I work at a listed company," "And I may move up to sales director in the next round of promotions," "I financed a modest apartment through a long-term loan though it'll take another seven years to pay it off," "Starting to feel my age," "I promised my daughter and wife that I'd quit smoking three months ago," "But I still haven't quit," "Dad." "Dad." "It appears that your daughter met one of the boys from our school on the street and went to a karaoke together." "And after getting into a small disagreement there the boy got upset and lost his self-composure and..." "Excuse me." "So you're suggesting that my daughter went to an isolated singing room with a guy she had just met?" "There's a big difference between what parents think of their children and what that child really is like." "I know this from my long experience in the field of education." "Ok, but why is my daughter in the state she's in?" "I suppose that things didn't go exactly according to plans in the karaoke with a girl he had just met" "What plans?" "You must be very disappointed, but this is an ordinary occurance with kids these days." "The boy is very taken aback by all this as well." "But why is it that you people are here?" "I mean why are you here instead of that bastard's parents?" "This is no more than a simple quarrel between kids." "Whatever it is, aren't the parents supposed to offer sincere apologies if the child beats up someone else?" "They are very busy people." "Busy?" "And you think I'm here because I've got time to spare?" "They are busy with affairs of state." "You work at Beomhan Ltd.?" "You don't want to put your career on line on account of a trifling matter between kids, do you?" "There's also your daughter's future to keep in mind." "The world is such a dangerous place these days." "Sorry." "Didn't plan on it but, got really riled for some reason." "Sorry." "You little shit!" "Can't take this out irrationally." "The boy is apologizing to you sincerely, isn't he?" "Oh my, I'd better be on my way." "I have to get running so do excuse me." "How in the world have you been raising her?" "The very least you could do is know what she's up to!" "And you too." "How in the world have you been conducting yourself to bring this on, huh?" "Get out." "Get out!" "I was an average salaryman who was prepared to lay down even my life for the good of my wife and daughter," "I truly believed that, until yesteday that is," " Why aren't you inside?" " Hi." "No particular reason." "How is she?" "Thorough checkup today said everything's normal." "Thank goodness." "Uhm... there's one thing." "Yeah?" "Dami is refusing to see you." "She was worried and wanted to go over." "And we overheard everything yesterday." "That's 5,500 won." "We're here to see for ourselves of a rising high-school boxing phenom," "Kang Taewook is putting the final touches to his training for a nation-wide boxing tournament," "A championship contender for three years running," "Kang Taewook's resolve is stronger than ever, and to find out more about his expectations, we've come to meet him personally," "Hey, it's great to meet you," "Wow, You sure do train really hard," "So, what do say?" "Are you up for the challenge?" "Yeah, I'm expecting the results to reflect all the hard training that I've been doing," "Yes, Kang Taewook is the jewel of Choongsol High," "Not only does he excel in atheletics, but he is in every facet one of our most outstanding students," "Dami's not speaking all day long." "Do you remember?" "Dami had a fit when she was Only 8 months old." "She started crying in the middle of the night, then stopped breathing..." "Your face turned pale and" "I just cried in fear." "You took Dami and ran to the hospital." "First time I realized that you could run fast." "Because you were carrying Dami, and still I couldn't keep up with you." "At the hospital, the doctor told us that it was natural for babies to have fits." "While returning home on a taxi," "I felt relieved seeing you holding onto Dami," "I felt proud of you." "They came and dropped this off in the morning, saying that it's 'comfort money.'" "And that they'll pay for the hospital expenses afterwards." "I should step back in." "Daddy, Did you smoke today?" "I'm on my lunch break now," "I hope you're eating healthy, but smoke only a bit if it gets hard," "I promise not to tell mom," "I'm Dami's father." "I want a real apology from that kid." "And one from his parents as well." "In any case, one each from him and his parents." "hello?" "hello?" "Where's this Kang Taewook?" "Come out wherever you are!" "Come out wherever you are!" "Where's Kang Taewook?" "Come out!" "Kang Tae." "Kang Taewook!" "Kang Tae." "Who are you?" "Get away!" "Move I say!" "Are you alright?" "Remember me?" "At the hospital rooftop?" "Got a cigarette?" "You're asking for cancer." "Don't light up." "Hi." "We're all friends and" "I go by Chae Subin." "And I'm Oh Sejung." "My father gave me that name so that I'll become a man the world can't do without, but my friends call me Gaejung telling me to start with the neighborhood first." "My old man is in the same ward too." "And the Scarface there, his name is Go Seungsuk." "But why are you looking for Taewook?" "And with a kitchen knife at that." "Can't imagine what it could be, but" "I have to show my daughter that I can be her protector." "And I'm ready to risk everything to prove her that." "But why do you need a knife for that?" "You can fight him clean." "You've said that you're ready to risk everything, didn't you?" "Don't just talk the talk." "You're self-centered, and you don't want to get hurt." "You brought a knife to compensate your fears of Taewook." "I wonder what options..." "you have open right now?" "First, go to the police." "They already made sure that I can't do that." "Then upload it on to the Internet." "On the presidential website too." "They're immune to all official channels." "There is a way, but" "You have to focus on training for Taewook and leave the venue for your vengeance to us." "And Seungsuk will train you." "You have to get in some sort of shape." "Meanwhile we'll get to the drawing boards." "Wait." "What are you saying?" "There was a time when Seungsuk came on top going 17 to 1." "You'd run Taewook over if you learn from Seungsuk." "I don't like it." "C'mon, let's toss one in for the yearbook." "Yeah, one for the ages." "You do it." "I'm out." "A pooper if I ever saw one." "Man!" "Guess you just gotta try to brush it off." "Guess that's your only option." "Hello." "It's been a while there, champ." "Nice, huh?" "Dami." "What's wrong?" "You alright?" "Tell me." "Are you alright?" "Oh." "Here." "Feeling sick?" "They say it's psychological." "Some phobia or other to go outdoors after a traumatic experience." "External scars are healing fine, but looks like it'll take a while before she'll be able to leave the hospital." "Something happen?" "Did something happen?" "Dami got hurt." "A lot?" "Nothing serious physically." "Got to be more careful." "How did it happen?" "She was assaulted." "Assaulted?" "What kind of hoodlum would do that!" "And you just let him be?" "You wouldn't, right?" "One time when our little boy bled a little from running headlong into a roadside tree, his daddy pulled the tree straight from its roots." "Good thing he wasn't taken in for that." "Then I couldn't believe how hard he was on our boy." "Leaving already?" "Bye!" "What can that man pull but the hair on his head?" "He probably couldn't even do that." "What do you want to do?" "What do you want to do with Taewook?" "Exactly what he did to Dami, with my own fists." " You're 20 minutes late." " Sorry." "Traffic." "In any case, you can walk up." "Took time off work to train," "And kept it secret from my wife, obviously," "All my co-workers were scratching their heads," "I asked them if there was ever a time when their children saw them at their very best," "Holler with your arms extended." "Who'd win in a fight between Seungsuk and Taewook?" "Taewook's still undefeated." "Chest measurement's 103." "but he lost once, though it wasn't official." "That was to Seungsuk." "Waist, 36." "Seungsuk used to box too." "As long as Taewook doesn't beat Seungsuk, he can't really call himself champ." "Seungsuk's the only blemish on his overblown ego." "You weigh in 71.8 kg today." "Body fat at 32% ." "Sir, how tall are you?" "170 cm." "165..." "Now I'll tell you what the rules will be." "One!" "I'm the teacher and you the student." "You must respect the code of that relationship." "OK." "Fine." "Two!" "Don't question the training methods." "The only think I want to hear from you is 'yes'." "Yes." "And since it's ackward for a teacher to call his pupil 'sir or mister,' do you have a moniker?" "Jjang." "Alright." "I'll call you Jjang from now on." "What do you think is the fundamentals of training?" "To eliminate the undesirables and keep only what is." "Right now, you are full of undesirables both in your mind and body." "For now, we're going to focus only on the fundamentals." "That's all for today." "Always, keep your eyes on the foe." "Haven't you even seen Bruce Lee's films?" "Hi." "Goal." "How ya?" "I'll go up." "You take the stairs." "Ten minutes." "If you don't make it in time, you do it again till you do." "Jiyong's not coming." "That'll be 1,200 won." "1,200 won." "Approximately 60 billion." "How many do you think you've used so far?" "What are you doing?" "Go back down." "It's been no more than 30 or 40 minutes that I've been running," "But I had not one but two deja-vu," "A Hawaiian beach I've never been to and my late grandfather." "Gapil." "He's here!" "Alright." "Stretch out your legs." "Stop staring at me." "How'd you get that scar on your face?" "On that 17 to 1 fight?" "The world you live in is different from mine." "Ah." "You did well on your finals?" "I'm not going to college." "Why not?" "And look forward to becoming a salaryman?" "You don't want to work for a company?" "I'm not working for anybody." "Is that possible?" "I'll find a place where that is." "What do your folks do?" "D'you already forget the rules?" "Get up." "Nine..." "Nineteen..." "Can't build something new without first demolishing." "That goes for muscles too." "Always have your meals at home." "And no drinking for the time being." "Yes." "Start again tomorrow." "The menu looks a bit different." "I thought you gained a bit of weight." "Come on." "Left hand." "Left hand!" "Shoulders." "Shoulders." "Watch your waist." "21..." "Again, from the top." "He's here!" " Hello." " Oh yes." "He's here!" "68 kg 18% body fat." "Wow." "You look solid." " Really?" " Yeah." "The date has been set." "In exactly 25 days." "This is to develop your defensive skills." "Try to avoid the balls." "You can use your hands too." "Wait." "What is it?" "I'm not ready yet." "What was the color?" "Blue?" "Red!" "It's not about guessing the color." "Your movements become dull if you focus on just one thing." "You hit the same place twice?" "Here goes!" "What are you here for?" "Oh, I just walking by and..." "How's Dami?" "Just so so." "Go in if you like." "I gotta go." "Uhm..." "I'll be back soon, and I'll walk Dami out." "Tell her that for me, will you?" "Ok." "Why here?" "Thought that a change in scenery would be good for you." "You didn't have to." " No, you probably are." " The mountain's fine, really." "Come up to the Sky Lounge." "You've got 15 min." "Uhm..." "let me buy you a pair of runners." "These aren't runners, they're called sneakers." "Anyway, let me buy a pair." "That's fine." "I can buy them myself." "I want to." "I'd feel better if you let me." "Then, buy a pair for my friends too." "For your friends too?" " I know a discount store." " Yes." "Hey mad dog." "It's been a while." "What you looking at!" "Little pecker." "Do him in." "Disappointed?" "A little..." "You know game fowls, right?" "Game fowls?" "Game fowls fight to the death, but their characteristics comes from breeding." "Biologically speaking, fighting is a stupid thing to do." "People too think guys who's like them game fowls are strong, but that's the thinking of chicken-sized pinheads." "So you don't fight anymore?" "I'm not a pinhead." "They're running late." "Why don't you go ahead and look around?" " Aren't you cold?" " It feels nice and fresh." "Don' wait out too long." "You'll catch a cold looking cool." "It's freezing!" " Hey, how much you lose?" " Twenty grand?" " Forty." " That fool sure doesn't know when to quit." " You want some more?" " Hey, I gotta see to it, don't I?" "I'm in for all I got for a matchup between them two Jjang vs. Taewook." " Ok, for how long are you betting?" " 5 minutes." "Ok, for how long are you betting?" "Hey." "Anyone in for an upset?" "What are you, joking?" "Man, this guy's a born bookie." "What's your take so far?" "Bonjour." "Wait long?" "Yeah." "Forever." "Sir." "You." "You having fun at my expense?" "Sir, what I meant is..." "Were youguys betting on me?" "You bastards!" "You knew it all along too." "You bastard." "What's it to you what we do?" "You, you trampled on my feelings." "We're putting in our winter vacation on you." "All you've got to do is follow our lead." "What's it to you what we do?" "Shut up." "What'd you say?" "You little punk!" "You'd better show respect to someone older." "I even gave up my chance for promotion." "You know?" "And I've still got 7 years left to settle my loan." "You can quit if you want to." "I've been straight and law-abiding." "Why is something like this happening to me?" "You didn't expect something like this would come knocking on your door, did you?" "knocking on your door, did you?" "Hey, what?" "Hey, you little shit." "Stop whining about this." "Your daughter is crying!" "Aren't you cold?" "Yeah, my heart." "5 minutes?" "That's pretty bad." "5 minutes or 7, what's the difference?" "Oh man." "I totally blew it." "Why?" "I don't want to say." "You think he'll show?" "Hey mad dog." "Heard you got a fun pet project going." "Did you adopt the old man as your daddy?" "Hello." "Come over here." "I'm your guardian, at least for today." "A beauty, isn't it?" "Mad dog." "No, pinhead." "A lot went through my mind on my way to the station." "At the same time I was angry and worried about you." "Even wondered what I'd do if I had a son like you, and if there was something I could do for you... then I thought of Dami in the hospital and told myself to worry about myself." "Cuz I'm Korea's No. 1" "Weakling." "Just a salaryman." "I..." "It's a lie, that I got this scar in a 17 to 1 fight." "There was a fight in my neighborhood when I was in middle-school." "My hometown is so poor, so it happenes a lot." "It got pretty bad that night." "Nobody was doing anything when a drunk was going around swinging a knife, so I jumped in and got cut up bad." "The guy's eyes were all bloodshot red." "I was scared." "I had nightmares in the hospital about getting stabbed by the man with bloodshot eyes" "I was so scared" "I couldn't leave the hospital though all my wounds healed." "Just like your daughter." "My old man left when I was still a little kid." "I hoped he'd come get me then, but he didn't." "I wanted my hero to come and walk me out of the hospital." "I wanted to grow up to be strong." "Because I thought everyone in the world was against me." "But suddenly I started feeling like I was losing something important whenever I got into fights." "Get stronger." "You got to get strong right away so you can look over me, alright?" "Taewook's one weakness you have to take advantage of is that he's a boxing champ." "To be a champ, you have to know the rules and practice the skills over and over again." "Then this here stiffens up." "Taewook is an old-school boxer." "He'll meet you with a left jab ten out of ten" "Like Pablov's dog." "The jab is a must in the traditional world of boxing." "But is it needed in a wholly different world?" "So you have to make the hooks and jabs go useless in a different world." "And what could that be?" "Jjang's world?" "Right." "So from today, we start making Jjang's own world." "Look." "After avoiding his left jab, try tackling him from the lower body like in rugby." "Why are you shaking when this is just make believe?" "My legs won't move." "Aren't you curious what lies ahead of your fears?" "Kill me, just go ahead and kill me." "Ran into a person on the street." "If you cut the air like that he'll be out in 7 seconds." "What happens after the 7 seconds?" "There's neither justice nor evil in violence." "Violence is just violence." "Jjang, you want to do violence on Taewook." "Don't forget that." "Should we try reentering the world of fear?" "Ran into a person on the street." "A different person." "Four four two three four." "Good." "Keep going!" "Sir." "What are they doing here at this hour?" "They have a gift for you." "A gift?" "She's Dami's friend." "Her name's Jinhee." "She was with her at the karaoke." "I'm really sorry." "What are you sorry about?" "One-two-one-two-three" "That day Dami said she wanted to buy birthday present for her father so we all went to the mall." "I asked her to go sing," "Dami didn't want to go, but I pleaded with her to." "Some time later these boys came in to our room." "They apparently saw her on her way back from the washroom." "They looked like they were drunk." "I really wanted to go check on her, but I was scaredand couldn't do anything." "Daddy." "I was scared." "I was really scared." "I'm so sorry." "I'm so sorry." "It's not for you to apologize." "I hope you'll continue to be good friends with Dami." "The big day's in two days, so get some good rest at home tomorrow." "I want to do something for you guys too, so keep tomorrow open." "How've you been?" "You know, I quit smoking." "Already been 30 days." "I'm sorry," " this father of yours..." " Daddy" "I'll come back next time and take you home, ok?" "Aren't you curious of what lies ahead of your fears?" "If not, then well..." "Only the real winner has the right to dance like a bird flying free." "You can fly free too, this time." "I listened to tomorrow's plans," "I had absolutely nothing to say," "Unlike me, they were very sure about the prospects," "The next stop is at the vet's," "Hey, you!" "Hey!" "Did you know?" "Soup turns quickly into energy, so atheletes eat meat on the night before their competition." "They say it's good for blood circulation." "Yeah?" "About a month ago, a young man visited and after giving me a food chart, asked me to make it for you." "Same day, two other boys came by the hospital and pasted a white sheet of paper on the wall." "And started recording your progress, and coming by every day after that." "Didn't you think I'd notice after spending the last 17 years with you?" "Off somewhere on Saturdays, even on Sundays, and losing weight and building muscles and coming home with black eyes." "Hi." "Thank you." "Why here of all places?" "Because of our daddy, our legs are tied." "You going 'daddy daddy' is getting hard on the ears." "Can't call him old man and can't call him father," "So I decided to settle on calling him daddy." "Is everything ready?" "More or less." "Think everything'll go well?" "Give it a go and see what's up." "This vacation sure went like wildfire." "' Eat slowly, greet people, 'and be friendly" "Haven't seen this before." "The boys brought it." "Said they bought it with money they won somewhere." "I'll be here when you get back, with Dami." " So, then what?" " You know." "Let a sucker punch fly and took off." "What an embarrassment." "You're always taking off." "What are you, in track and field?" "Congrats." "Champ." "Can't say no to a glory fight, right champ?" "I'll be waiting in the gym." "Let's end this quickly." "Got no time." "The new venue being the school gymnasium," "All is invited to congregate in 10 minutes," "I tell you again," "What bullshit announcement is this?" " Mister Cha." " Yes?" " About that time again, no?" " Of course." "Don't just stand there." "Do something!" "Those called are asked to appear ringside." "Boxers Yongchul Park, Jo Sangmin." "I'm here, so what?" "Untimed competition is now about to begin." "In the red corner, the rotten high-school boxing to evade an assault on an innocent female student," "Kang Taewook!" "And in the blue corner, our hero and man of justice who said no to being idle to Kang Taewook's unacceptable behavior, our very own Jjang!" "How's your daughter doing?" "Tell her for me how I'm just dying to see her." "Daddy" "Daddy, give it, daddy" "That's enough, now." "Don't get up." "One more time." "One more time." "Hey Kang Taewook!" " Jjang!" "Jjang!" "Jjang!" "Jjang!" " Jjang!" "Jjang!" " Jjang!" ", Jjang!" " Jjang!" ", Jjang!" "This is how you treated my daughter." "And like this, and this, and this, and this too!" "Don't you want to guard what's dear to you?" "Don't you even look upon my daughter again." "This is for your comfort, and send me the hospital expenses once you're done." "Damn it!" "I saw what was on the other side of the fence." "Are you going to go get her?" "Why?" "Do you think I'll look stupid?" "No." "You did good." "Thanks." "Want to go together?" "You go." "Hug her with the same hands that taught Taewook a lesson he'll never forget." "Daddy!" "Thank you, daddy,"