"a Myung Films, Isu Venture Capital and CJ Entertainment presentation in association with Sun Capital" "starring Song Kangho, Kim Hyesu produced by Shim Jaemyung, Lee Woojeung" "executive producers Shim Jaemyung, Lee Kangbok, Chae Yoon co-executive producer Shim Jangshik director of photography Park Hyunchul lighting director Lim Jaeyoung production design Kang Seungyong, Oh Sangman prop master Lee Taewoo" "costume design Jung Kyunghee make-up artist Song Jonghee" "special visual effects Jang Sungho edited by Kim Sangbum, Kim Jaebum" "music by Bang Joonseok sound design Kim Sukwon, Han Chulhee" "written and directed by Kim Hyunseok" "YMCA BASEBALL TEAM" "Seoul 1905" "Do you even know what you're reading?" "I must be gifted in languag" "So Korean isn't a language?" "I found them all" "Just in this one page, there are 682 'A's" "Little bastards" "Now for the 'B's" "Push harder" "Higher" "A little more..." "Hochang..." "Hochang, are you okay?" "Haven't found it yet?" "What is that?" "The ball shrank" "Oh my goodness" "Don't get me wrong" "No, I am just here to get my ball" "To find my ball" "No, you must have misunderstood me" "Now that I 've found it, I better go" "I am sorry for interfering with your ironing" "This is not an ironing paddle" "It sure did look a bit long..." "Then is it a washing paddle?" "Or maybe not" "By any chance, do you like sports?" "I am a scholar" "Don't just watch the ball" "Hit it!" "Don't just swing it" "Aim for the ball" "The farther you hit it the better" "You sure talk a lot!" "This is what we call baseball" "Base... what?" "Baseball" "What do you think?" "Would you like to seriously learn how to play?" "I told you I am a scholar" "If you learn how to play it, you'll be the first in Korea" "Players Wanted For Seoul YMCA Baseball Team" "Chunghak Private School" "I must be getting tired of Seoul after 20 years" "Considering my age," "I'd like to spend the rest of it in my hometown" "However, I'm concerned about this school" "It would be irresponsible for a scholar to abandon it" "So I was thinking what if you were to take it over?" "Father, I'm deeply honored that you acknowledge my intelligence" "It's not that I think you're smart enough" "Your brother is probably more suitable" "Father, this is a bit sudden so I cannot make up my mind right now" "Please give me some time to think about it" "Okay, do as you like" "Yes, father" "Good night" "Hochang" "I expected a lot from your brother" "I'm not implying that he's wasting his time now but parents always expect more" "I hope you don't disappoint me" "Master" "What are you doing here?" "I heard they were teaching sports, so I came" "Who was that?" "Just a servant who worked at our house" "Hey!" "Where's that scholar friend if yours?" "Welcome to Seoul's YMCA baseball team" "I'm in charge of this baseball team" "My name is Min Jungrim" "Nonsense!" "Hey, lady" "Stop fooling around" "And call the real coaches" "Of course the technical aspects will be assigned to the American missionaries" "But without my presence how would you communicate with these gentlemen?" "But that doesn't mean I'm clueless about baseball" "I learned it while studying in America" "Unlike here, women also..." "All baseball players must use the front gate" "Well, there's this thing called a strike" "Let's call it 'su-tu-rak' in Korean" "'Su' for water" "No, 'su' for 'great' would be better" "'Tu' for throw" "And 'rak' for happy" "So throw great and be happy" "Su-tu-rak!" "No, that's third base!" "First base is to your right!" "That's right!" "If you touch the runner with the ball, he's out" "Seoul YMCA Baseball Team" "How do you feel?" "Still dizzy?" "When did I ever say that I was dizzy?" "What are they doing over there?" "Starting from Chongryang Street" "I've seen it several times already" "Oh, that" "Many kids have been playing it lately" "It's baseball or something" "Most modern schools nowadays are teaching it" "How foolish" "Bow" "Seoul YMCA vs. Dukuh School Korea's first baseball game" "We're not only Korea's first but its best baseball team" "The first and the best!" "Go YMCA!" "Kid, aren't you too young for this?" "Didn't you just bat?" "I don't want to be fourth" "Four means death" "The best hitter is supposed to be fourth" "Then four for scholar" "Master, please catch!" "A nobleman can't catch a ball from a peasant" "Here!" "Seoul YMCA 5:0 Dukuh School" "Wonderful!" "Over there!" "Run idiot or else you'll be out!" "Seoul YMCA 12:3 Baejae School" "Seoul YMCA 8:4 English School" "Seoul YMCA Baseball Team on Winning Streak" "Louder!" "Good, and one last time!" "Nov.17, 1905, Korea gives away her diplomatic power by signing the 'Ulsa Treaty' with Japan" "Sir, the rickshaw is ready" "Okay" "Please use this umbrella or you'll get wet" "I don't need it" "Even with my eyes open I think of you" "Even with my eyes closed I think of you" "You're a thief who stole my heart" "Yes, you are" "Jungrim's father Diplomat Min kills himself in protest of the 'Ulsa Treaty'" "Stop!" "How dare you come here!" "I won't accept your condolences" "On behalf of the Japanese Empire he came here to offer his condolences" "Who wants to mourn for whom?" "Do you know where you are?" "Mother" "You dirty traitor" "Rotten bastards" "Father" "Attention everyone!" "Before the honorable Min Younghwan left us he left this will for his comrades to read" "Please listen carefully" "While listening to the wind in the bamboo forest a thief came without being noticed" "A thief who stole my heart A thief who stole my sleep" "Instead, steal away the longing left in me" "I'm a normal person who you keep awake" "A thief who stole my heart" "You thieves!" "Even with my eyes open I think of you" "Even with my eyes closed I think of you" "You've made a fool of an honorable son" "A thief who stole my heart" "We did not get to see even one crane this winter" "Winter at Myungryun District was once famous for being a resting place for cranes" "But they disappeared several years ago" "Maybe because too many scholars have changed sides" "I wonder if your brother is keeping himself warm in this cold weather" "Father" "There's a crane" "That's a duck, boy" "The legs are too long to be a duck" "Then what about its bill?" "Now that I think about it I see it's not a crane" "I'd like to introduce our new member" "This is Oh Daehyun" "I've heard that this team has never lost a game" "I'll do my best not to ruin that reputation" "Nice to meet you all." "Hello, I'm Ryu Kwangtae" "Everyone, gather around." "Shorter people in the front taller in the back" "Two steps to the left" "Okay, good" "Now move your head a bit this way" "Good" "Here we go" "Look this way open your eyes wide, and freeze!" "1906 YMCA Baseball Team" "My father tells me to be an admiral when I grow up" "But my father doesn't understand me" "I wanna be something else" "My mother tells me to become a powerful man's wife" "Mom, what's so great about that?" "I wanna marry someone else" "I wanna become" "I wanna marry the YMCA baseball team" "Ladies and gentlemen!" "Please give a very warm welcome to Korea's best baseball team!" "Go YMCA!" "You're the best!" "On behalf of Seoul's citizens we'd like to present a very special gift" "Seoul's best leather tailors had worked very long and hard to make this special gift" "Thank you!" "Thank you!" "Don't just thank us with words!" "Sing us a song!" "Yeah!" "Let's hear the YMCA players sing!" "Yeah!" "One boy" "Two boys" "Three boys are here" "Four boys" "Five boys" "Six boys are here" "Seven boys" "Nine boys are here" "So let's play baseball" "One more time" "So let's play base ball" "Hurray!" "Eiffel what?" "The Eiffel Tower" "Well, it's a type of pagoda." "A pagoda..." "Then is it bigger than Dabo Pagoda?" "Compared to Dabo or Sukga Pagoda probably thirty times taller" "Thirty times taller..." "Don't lie to me" "Think I'm stupid because I lived here all my life?" "Know what my childhood dream was?" "What was it?" "It doesn't exist anymore" "Something that doesn't exist?" "The king's secret emissary" "My uncle was a royal emissary" "Don't lie to me" "It's the truth" "He was the last royal emissary of Korea" "His name is Lee Myungsang" "I can't believe this" "Your uncle is the honorable Lee Myungsang?" "Why are you so doubtful?" "It's the truth" "I never really liked to study but when they abolished the emissary test" "I was very upset" "I lived each day without a goal" "But then I ran into baseball" "You see" "You gave me a new goal in my life" "So I'm grateful" "Stop right there!" "Father, I'm home" "I'm not one of the "Ulsa Five" traitors" "So what do you want?" "How can only the five be blamed for everything?" "The traitors that the Anti-Ulsa Five can't punish we take care of" "So are you the Anti-Ulsa Fifty or something?" "We were looking for a name anyway" "Thanks for giving us one" "The Anti-Ulsa Fifty..." "You think what your group is doing is right?" "You may think you're saving the country" "I don't think this is right or if it's the right way for our country" "I just think you don't deserve to live" "Father!" "Who are you?" "Father!" "Is your father all right?" "Yeah." "He's lucky not to have been badly hurt" "Thank goodness" "Ouch, it hurts" "What?" "What the hell is this?" "What are they doing in our territory?" "What are you doing here?" "This is a restricted area" "What is he saying?" "Don't know" "We are baseball players from the YMCA" "This is where we practice" "So what are you doing here?" "This place will be a training camp for our soldiers" "Have you gotten permission from the government office?" "We've been using this place with approval" "Government office?" "I don't know which office you're talking about but we received permission from the National Security Agency" "Is there any authority higher than that in this country?" "What the hell is he saying?" "Let's go!" " Yeah, let's go" " Come on!" "What's going on here?" "They said the YMCA baseball team practices here, sir!" "Dismiss them!" "Dismissed!" "This place will be a training camp for our soldiers" "Find another place to play baseball" "Let's get out of here" "Daehyun, is that you?" "Hideo!" "I heard that you went back to Korea but I didn't expect to meet you here" "I didn't expect to, either" "A military outfit suits you better than a baseball uniform" "I heard that YMCA is the best baseball team in Korea" "I guess they owe that to you." "So is your fastball still working?" "We should have a game sometime" "I'd like to pay you back for losing in Tokyo" "Japan's Sungnam Club vs. Seoul YMCA" "Show me what Korea's best can do" "Don't know what you're saying but we never lost a game" "There's nothing to it!" "Very nice!" "Go get them, Hochang!" "Beat them!" "Catch it!" "Hochang!" "Give them hell, Hochang!" "You guys are finished!" " What was that?" " The ball curved" "Go captain!" "Victory!" "What happened?" "You don't seem like yourself today" "What's the use in being like this?" "Let's get up" "I never went to school but this I know" ""A stumble may prevent a fall"" "Master, please get up" "Don't touch me" "Those filthy hands." "Let me say something Master..." "No, Jung Byunghwan" "Class discrimination disappeared long ago" "So how can you still treat me like a servant?" "What?" "Wait!" "Let's not do this" "We could lose again if you all keep this up" "Japanese started baseball thirty years before us" "Maybe it was inevitable for them to win" "It was my fault" "I was in bad shape today" "No" "It was all my fault" "My father showed up suddenly so I couldn't concentrate" "No, it's because I was pitching bad" "No, it's because I was hitting bad" "It was both of your faults" "Are you happy now?" "Know what's wrong with your batting?" "What I think is that you're too impatient" "You swing your bat too early" "So you're good at hitting fastballs but you're weak at curve balls" "Don't flatter yourself" "I don't hit curve balls" "I only play straight and fair" "A curve ball is a fair technique" "Please listen to me" "When you're at the plate wait a breath and then swing" "Did you know that there's a pagoda in France 30 times taller than Dabo?" "Do you mean the Eiffel Tower?" "What is this?" "See what's inside of it" "Wait, is this?" "Now do you believe me?" "It's not that I didn't believe you but you've really put me on the spot" "Please" "Hochang, please take it" "What did you say?" "I begged and begged my uncle to let me have it" "Did you really?" "You're not believing me again" "But still, it must be so precious to him" "Actually, he did have two medallions but yes it is a precious item" "But how could I accept this?" "By any chance is it because you have feelings for me...?" "I just hoped that you help win a rematch against Japan" "I just hoped that you help win a rematch against Japan" "If that's your wish I promise you on this medallion" "I have two sons" "One is in the underground somewhere" "And the other is playing some peasants' game" "Forgive me for being forward but I know I'm nothing in the world of scholars" "But as a baseball player I'm one of the best" "Compared to scholars that means I'm as famous as Yi Hwang and Ryu Songryong" "You always told me that a scholar must live gracefully like a crane" "But nowadays a train can take you to Incheon in an hour" "Maybe the reason why cranes don't come to Seoul lately is to tell us that to live like them now is something hard to do" "No more need for discussion" "I've made up my mind" "I will close the school and go to the countryside" "To ever think of handing the school to you was foolish of me" "Father..." "Don't even call me father" "Straight!" "I know already" "Now once more!" "Good!" "Good!" "Kwangtae!" "Is something wrong?" "No" "Just that I'd like to hear that pipe again" "Could you play for me?" "The harmonica?" "Right, the harmonica" "But too bad..." "I lost it" "Really?" "Come back if you can't find it" "There's another ball here" "Find him!" "Yes, sir!" "Where's Oh Daehyun?" "Try some beans" "Boy do they look tasty" "So what are we going to do now?" "If you don't know neither do I" "I guess our team has broken up" "I never did like those two from the beginning" "We should've stuck to playing this from the start" "My hands still hurt..." "Did you know that?" "That Jungrim and Daehyun used to be lovers?" "Father" "Father" "Anybody home?" "May I help you?" "Isn't this Lee Daechang's home?" "Lee Daechang?" "Yes, it is" "He is my older brother" "I realized that I was foolish" "I want to live here with you, father" "Forget it" "I don't need a worthless boy like you here" "I want to fulfill my duty and live as a crane now" "But your brother will return home in Seoul..." "What will he do if you're down here?" "I've already talked to the neighbors" "There's no need to worry" "My father gave me my body" "My mother raised my body" "Inside of her, my mother embraced me and breastfed me" "I've thought about this before" "The Ulsa Five, Ulsa Fifty or even if 500 traitors disappeared" "how would it make a difference?" "But every time our baseball team won the people became one and felt very proud" "Japanese tea tastes better than ours" "Doesn't it taste good?" "It just arrived from Sijuoka" "You must be proud to have a dependable son" "I am now but he used to cause trouble once" "I felt relieved to send him to military school but then he got caught up in baseball" "Still regret you quit baseball and became a soldier?" "No, I am glad I did, sir" "Good, you can always play baseball as a hobby" "Anyway, since that Anti-Ulsa Fifty group is trying to kill both Korean and Japanese officials," "they've become a real pain for us" "How's the search going?" "We're trying our best to track them down but it's not that easy, sir" "If you chase after a mouse you'll never catch it" "You have to make it come to you" "Come and pick one out" "For laundry, cleaning we have all kinds of paddles" "Don't you have a longer paddle?" "Good to see you Myungwol!" "Let's see how big your breasts are" "I've been waiting" "Hurry and grab it" "Try and hit it" "Can't even hit that?" "Dummy" "Catch" "Give it here" "Catch it" "There's a newspaper from Seoul" "Take a look at it" "I'm not interested in Seoul anymore" "But still you should read it" "Lots of interesting articles" "Thought you'd get away with homework while Master's away?" "What are you whispering about?" "Forgive us, teacher" "Think I'll let it pass that easily?" "Tell me what you were whispering about" "Well..." "Now!" "That you were good at whipping like you were good at baseball" "Baseball?" "Where did you hear that I played baseball?" "The Master always bragged about it" "That his son was Korea's best baseball player" "And as famous as Scholar Yi Hwang." "Teacher, please tell us about baseball in Seoul" "Please, teacher!" " YMCA Baseball Team reunites for rematch against Japan - A gentleman, s actions are greater than his words" "A man with faith must act out his words" "A man with faith must act out his words" "Must act out his words" "Wait a minute, sir!" "Look here" "I'd like a ticket to Seoul" "No more trains to Seoul today" "There; s one tomorrow afternoon" "Oh no..." "I can't believe this" "I have to get there by noon tomorrow..." "Very nice" "Daehyun isn't the only pitcher out there, you know" "You're a little slow, though" "That's what's so special about my ball" "As if it climbs slowly over Arirang Hill" "I'm sorry" "From the beginning there wasn't going to be a game today" "Hideo!" "Let us play the rematch" "What is it?" "Let us play, father" "We can still arrest them after the game" "Don't underestimate them" "They might have a plan" "They showed up knowing they'd be caught" "Although you may never understand this is real sports, father!" "You were never cut out to be a soldier" "Fine" "Arrest them after the game" "But you have to win" "Look at those Koreans" "They're expecting the YMCA players to give them what their government failed to do" "Don't give them any more hope" "Win no matter what!" "In honor of the great Japanese Empire!" "I already know that you all feel betrayed by us" "I won't give any excuses" "If you all wish we'll stay out of it" "Then stay out of it" "Let's go!" "I won't!" " No, let's go!" " I won't!" "No!" "My Arirang ball!" "About your father" "I'm sorry for what happened." "A nine-inning game and no more!" "Victory!" "Victory!" "Excuse me" "I'm in a hurry to get somewhere..." "Please let me use this horse" "We have none available at the moment" "Wait" "So you're telling me that's a cow?" "If you can't ride this horse then it might as well be a cow" "This one's used for emergencies" "Emergencies?" "What kind of emergencies?" "It's for government officials on urgent business" "This is the most serious game out of all the ones I've seen" "If one side is ahead the other catches up" "Both sides are fighting mercilessly for their pride" "With every lightening throw there's a thundering hit" "A burst of flame shoots out from the bat and limbs tear as they run" "I hear bells ringing" "While carrying Korea's hope and prayers our YMCA players are fighting to the death" "Japan's last attack at the top of the ninth" "Players to score are on first and second base" "Our YMCA players are facing a crucial point" "Pitcher Oh Daehyun seems a bit worn out" "Give it to them!" "Japan's fourth batter to come up to bat is Nomura Hideo!" "In the last game he hit the ball into the sky and our poor YMCA team lost eight to zero" "I knew I didn't feel good about this" "No!" "That's my son" "Come on the game's not over yet" "Korea's best!" "Go YMCA!" "What an unlucky day for our YMCA team" "Two hits were caught like nothing" "With one more out the game is over" "Everyone can go back to your home" "Fantastic!" "We've come back to life!" "We should keep this chance alive" "And the next batter is an unknown..." "I don't know his name" "He batted three times and struck out three times" "Who cares who he is" "Is there any hope left for us?" "Stop the game!" "Hochang" "I can't believe it." "The man who just appeared on a horse is the man we've all been waiting for!" "New batter, Lee Hochang!" "Hit a homerun!" "Give it all you have, Hochang!" "He's a beast when it comes to fast balls" "Give him curve balls" "Take a breath and then swing" "Don't lecture me" "Strike!" "Throw a straight ball!" "He won't throw it straight..." "He hit it!" "It's flying away!" "It'll fly forever!" "It went pass the flagpole!" "The sky is the limit!" "It's finally a tie!" "A tie!" "Hit it hard!" "Score one more!" "Hit a big one!" "One more out and it's over" "I'd like a time out" "Time out!" "What are you doing?" "To work out a strategy" "There's no need for a plan with two outs" "Listen to me very carefully" "Whether I make a hit or not the game ends here" "Then you and Jungrim will be taken away" "So what I'm trying to say" "Go back" "It's my decision" "I told you to listen to me" "I'm going to bunt this time" "People won't expect it so all eyes will be on me" "See that horse over there?" "The one Hochang rode on" "When you reach third base get on that horse" "Go as fast as you can and don't look back" "No, but what about the game?" "Don't blow this chance!" "Kwangtae!" "Thank you for saving my father" "Good-bye, Jungrim" "Bunt!" "Arrest them!" "Damn it." "I can't wait any more, sir" "The royal emissary is here!" "chulwoo, hit a big one!" "don't be nervous" "go Tae-hun Lee!" "hit a home run, my son" " Let's go!" " Let's go!" "Seoul YMCA Baseball Team didn't make news by winning" "Since winning was inevitable Then only made news when they lost "Korean Baseball History,""