"1980." "Byung-gil joins family as their younger son." "1988, year of the Seoul Olympics." "His dream, becoming a soccer player." "Later, he finds out Korea has never won a gold Olympic medal in soccer." "He changes course to wrestling for they have won many medals." "1990." "He is recruited by a school due to his amazing talent." "But upon seeing his coach's crushed ears, he quits." "1991." "He suffers for nearly a year from nightmares where his ears are totally crushed." "By chance, he sees Van Gogh's self-portrait minus an ear." "The nightmares magically disappear." "He decides to become a painter." "Winter, 1996." "He enters Anyang Art High School as an art major." "But girlfriend, Kanghee Choi, is not accepted by the school." "Attending different schools eventually leads to break-up." "However, Byung-gil doesn't mind." "Of the 50 art student majors, he is the sole male." "Even his homeroom teacher is a woman." "He thinks his fellow art majors will all fall in love with him." "But the only one who loves him..." "is his homeroom teacher." "1997." "He is the younger boyfriend of the kindhearted Yonhwa Lee, a high school senior." "1998." "The kindhearted Yonhwa enters Hongik University, a top art school." "And she dumps him." "But he doesn't mind." "With his genius talent, he will easily get into Hongik next year and be reunited with her." "1999." "He is... rejected by Hongik University." "Life is like... shit." "2000." "Second attempt at Hongik." "As luck would have it..." "Rejected again." "With his amazing talent, he makes a living painting movie billboards for theaters." "But shortly after, theaters start using lifelike prints instead." "2001." "In search of spiritual enlightenment, he coops up at home watching videos and teaches himself filmmaking." "His hero is now Stephen Chow." "His dream, to become an actorldirector like his hero." "But he falls into despair when called up for his mandatory military duty." "DESPAIR But he falls into despair when called up for his mandatory military duty." "2004." "He is discharged from the army." "For the next 3 months, he watches 7 videos a day." "Then one day..." "He goes to return a video when the nosy part-time clerk grabs his hand and looks at him with pity." "Excuse me..." "You don't have a job, right?" "I know of a factory job that offers room and board." "Her blunt words are like a dagger thrust into his heart." "Byung-gil immediately applies to stunt school." "No more an impotent daydreamer, he is reborn a man of action." "Hello everyone!" "I am Byung-gil Jung, age 25." "What sports can you do?" "Give us a small demonstration." "On that day, he is accepted on his big mouth alone." "He loses 30 lbs during the 6-month training course." "And finally starts looking like a human being." "He is also presented with the chance to make a film." "ACTION BOYS" "Seoul Action Stunt School, 2004" "In 2004, at the 8th year audition, 36 guys made the cut." "But the vomit-inducing, murderous training has 17 of them dropping out in less than a month." "A month before graduation." "Only 14 remain out of pure grit." "Of course, there always some freaks." "The last group trip of the last 14 survivors." "After this trip, they plan to shoot a film to showcase the stunts they've learned through risk and grit for the past 6 months." "I look good, huh?" "Stop shooting already!" "Director Byung-gil JUNG The director was Byung-gil." "Having penned the script himself, he wrote himself as the hero." "As if he were Stephen Chow." "Stunt director Kyung-tae KIM Stunt director Kyung-tae Kim." "A former member of the 707th Special Missions Battalion." "Those guys jump in and out of North Korea as easy as pie." "Therefore, he just demonstrates." "You need to do it like this." "It didn't work cause you overacted." "All the dangerous stunts are for Gui-duck." "NG (No Good)." "Let's try it again." "Let's go again." "Gui-duck KWON Gui-duck, are you okay?" "I'm okay." "Despite throwing himself like that, Gui-duck never got hurt." "That is until..." "Fancying himself the hero, Byung-gil hits him." " Byung-gil, don't get so excited." " Let's take a break, a little break." "You were nervous." "Too nervous." "Saying that he's taking a break, Gui-duck leaves the room." "Looking at his retreating back, for the first time," "Byung-gil resents Stephen Chow for making him desire to play the hero." "Behind the Scenes Camera Kyung-min KIM" "Gui, are you really okay?" "Yeah..." "Despite losing a tooth, Gui-duck worries about holding up the shoot." "Saying that he's fine, he asks Kyung-min not to tell anyone." "Returning to set, Gui-duck breaks a table as if nothing has happened." "At that moment, the only one recalling his injury is Kyung-min." "Jin-seock KWAK That's amazing under this light!" "Former boxer Jin-seock's specialty is his six-pack abs." "Let's take a look at Byung-gil's abs." "They look quite different in the film, don't they?" "Six-Pack Abs Double Jin-seock KWAK" "Sung-il is Byung-gil's stunt double." "With no prior sports training," "Sung-il worked hard to complete the 6-month training course." "Sung-il SHIN, Sye-jin JEON As a result, he plays the hero in the film's highlight fight scene." "Sye-jin JEON To writhe on the floor like a frog..." "That must be wh Sye-jin endured those grueling 6 months since spring." "Is your phone on vibrate mode?" "!" "Change it to ring mode!" "Take the call..." "Now, he raises HORSES in Jeju Island." "Byung-gil's graduation project "Standing on the Edge of a Sword"" "It may be a film just for them showcasing the stuntman like no other." "But it is also a precious record of their shared 6 months in 2004." "They take a break from shooting to watch TV." "This TV show features their debut." "At the time, they were happy to see themselves on TV and full of dreams." "Yet 4 years later, at present, only 3 of them still work in stunts." "Jin-seock, Gui-duck, and Sung-il." "Hey!" "I'm supposed to be in that scene." "Where am I?" "Crap!" "That's only my arm!" "Were these 3 different from the start?" "Let's start with Jin-seock whose arm only made it on to TV." "This is his audition tape." "2004 Seoul Action School Auditions Jin-seock KWAK I used to be a hairdresser..." "Well, you can't show that here." "Show us something physical you can do." "As usual, his secret weapon is his abs." "How does the saying go?" ""Heroes are made by the era..."" "That year, the boxing film "Crying Fist" was being made so he got in." "Won-joong KIM Stunt Director/Actor of LEGEND What were the 8th year auditions like?" "Oh, those guys!" "They were..." "They were real..." "Idiots." "I was betting everything on this so..." "At first..." "I'd just charge through." "Have you done any sports?" "Gui-duck KWON No, I haven't." "But I've done some construction work." "Did you wear dress shoes to this audition?" "From the best shop in Daegu..." "Aren't they uncomfortable?" "Dress shoes and jeans are a little..." "It shows a lack of..." "You seem ill prepared." "I thought today was about seeing how I looked, that sort of interview." "We don't care how you look." "Not right now." "My major..." "I used be a car mechanic." "You know in movies and on TV, where they flip cars dangerously?" "Can you do that if asked?" "Well..." "I..." "I specialize in fixing cars not breaking them." "So I'm not sure if I... can..." "But if you're talking about flipping..." "If you want me to flip..." "That day, he flipped his body instead of a car." "But today, he is one of the best car-flipping stuntmen in Korea." "That's all." "Wow!" "Thank you." "Good job!" "Please accept me for your school!" "For my specialty, I said I dance some..." "And so I danced." "And even though I was terrible," "I'd do a split and stretch... in jeans." "Those jeans were really tight too." "But I did it." "Of course, they laughed." "They laughed but..." "I think they chose me because I made them laugh." "When I got the call, I made a big bow to them." "Well, a big bow to the phone." "First, we tend to look at how sincere and humane they are." "Then we look at their physical talent." "Sung-il SHIN I'm from Pohang." "My name is Sung-il Shin." "You're a good looking guy." "Why did you apply?" "Are you an actor who wants to learn some stunts?" "Or do you want to be a stuntman?" "We'd like to be clear." "I'm here to become a stuntman." "His kicks were mediocre but..." "Accepted on good looks alone!" "How humane their audition process is." "But there was a guy accepted without even making a single kick." "Oh, that guy!" "I have no clue now why we picked him." "There was nothing special about him." "His kicks were not that great and he wasn't really skilled either..." "Right!" "There was that one thing." "He had a unique way of thinking and looking at things." "And... he had a scary look in his eyes." "Hey, stop glaring at us..." "It's spooky you glaring like that." "I uh... just got out of the army." "So I guess I'm still in that mode." "Are there any sports you can do?" "Can you show us?" "I didn't do a particular sport..." "But I was told in the army that I'm pretty good at soccer." "And um..." "My childhood dream was to be a soccer player by the way..." "I know if I work hard, I can be better than anyone." "My dream is to become an action actorldirector like Stephen Chow so I must pass this audition." "We happened to run into Byung-gil's army buddy returning from reserve forces training." "Sang-hyuk YOON Byung-gil's army buddy On one of my leaves, I met Byung-gil." "He said he made a film or something." "At first, I didn't believe him." "There are lots of idiots in the army." "No matter how dumb or weird, they all brag about how great they were on the outside." "I thought he was one of them..." "Then I saw his film..." "Standing on something sword edge?" "I give it at least 4 out of 5 stars." "And I'm a real stingy critic." "But the thing is..." "His face..." "His face was..." "It was all wrong." "As a director, he's got talent, loads." "But that's it." "He's all talent and no looks." "Maybe in about 40 years, when we're all old men, when actor Dong-Kun Jang gets old and" "Byung-gil gets old, it'll be the same." "Even Dong-Kun Jang, when he's 70, his good looks will sour." "Byung-gil's looks are already sour and will stay so." "They'd finally be equal." "Maybe when he's 70, Byung-gil can be a character actor like Jack Nicholson." "That's the most we can hope for him." "He shouldn't act while he's young..." "Byung-gil chose the wrong path." "He needs to just direct..." "If Sung-il had played the lead..." "I mean, his look is more commercial than Byung-gil so..." "If Byung-gil hadn't played the lead in Standing on the Edge of a Sword..." "Even I'd be a better..." "I think it best if Byung-gil continues to just direct." "Not just because of his looks..." "Not because of that..." "I think directing is a good fit for him." "Swayed by their earnest advice," "Byung-gil firmly vows to only direct this documentary." "The film starts with Sye-jin after Byung-gil sees a UCC of his by chance." "The UCC was for an idea Sye-jin had for a TV variety comedy show." "But since live horses can't be brought into the studio," "Sye-jin's idea was rejected." "Though that idea ended in failure, he came to Seoul again soon after." "It was to meet with another network." "I just need to sell myself right." "Since I'm weird enough..." "What sort of audition is this?" "Sell himself right?" "Jae-seok Yu's Truth Game!" "Which type are you?" "Weird jobs?" "Experiences?" "A Writer for "Truth Game"" " Where do you live?" " Now?" "Oh, no." "No shooting." "You're not shooting me, are you?" " Please turn it off." " Stop shooting." "After the interview, he seems off." "He decides to call the writer again." "Hi, we just met." "You said to call if I thought of anything else?" "You mentioned voice imitations?" "No, I can't do any but..." "You know the martial arts actors" "Bruce Lee and Jet Li?" "I can mimic their actions a little." "Do you think you're going to make it?" "I'm..." "laying down the groundwork to make it, I guess." "A day after vowing to make it, Sye-jin visits a fortune teller." "They say she's really, really good." "I made an appointment 6 months ago from Jeju." "I just met from her." "Filming was not allowed." "But he secretly taped it." "Let's hear." "Looking at your face..." "I feel stifled." "You do many things." "But you need to stick to one." "That's my personality." "I can't stick to just one thing." "It's not your personality." "It's your fate." "A lion blocks every path you take..." "With its mouth wide open..." "Go any further and it'll snap your head off..." "Then what can I do?" "Carry a tiger on your back!" "A tiger?" "How am I supposed to do that?" "You need to draw a tiger on your back." "Then you'll defeat the lion." "The bigger the tiger, the better." "Set of TV Series HEAT A few days later, Sye-jin goes to see his friends who are working on a set." "Maybe in the morning?" "I'll buy some when the store opens in the morning." "There are still a lot left!" "Alright." "Have as many as you want." "Okay." "I can't say anything with the camera rolling." "Are you just going to eat and leave?" "I have debt." "Debt!" "While these guys have cars, houses, everything, all I have is debt!" "So I eat a little..." "Still, I'm older." "They should respect that." "I may look younger but I'm the elder." "Won't even let me eat..." "Assholes." "How much older are you?" "One year!" "The main filming of the night is a car-chase scene by Gui-duck." "The car gets a flat tire." "The stuntmen grab a midnight snack in the down time." "Jin-seock feeds Gui-duck a rice roll as he busily fixes the car." " Sye-jin is busy feeding himself eggs." " So hungry..." "I like boiled eggs better." "But these are baked." "Sung-il is busy throwing his body around." "Damn it!" "I was just about to give him my coat." "Damn..." "Those assholes..." "Sung-il and Jin-seock go over the moves for another scene." "But their timing is off today." "No, no, not like that!" "Unable to sit by any longer, stunt director Doo-hong Jung goes and gives them a demo." "Wow!" "He's on a different level." "Sye-jin seemed to have disappeared." "Ah, the way he sits there seems telling of his gloomy life." "That scared me to death!" "Really!" "How could I possibly be asleep on set?" "You looked like you were asleep." "I wasn't sleeping." "I was thinking!" "What were you thinking?" "How to pay off my debt perhaps?" "How did he fall into debt anyway?" "A pyramid scam maybe?" "My friends back home, they're most amazed about... how I've never been involved in a pyramid scam." "Even though I'm really gullible, I didn't fall for that." "Don't you need money first to get involved in a pyramid scam?" "Maybe that's why." "Since you have none." "Right!" "Cause I have debt." "I'd have to pay that off first before I could even..." "Then sometimes, being penniless is a good thing." "Of course!" "Do you know why?" "I have terrible credit." "So no one asks me to sign for a loan." "I couldn't get one even if I wanted to." "A bank would never approve it!" "Because of my bad credit!" "So it's cool!" "What do you think of Gui-duck as a stuntman?" "Stuntmen get hurt all the time, right?" "They get hurt and can't work even if they want to." "Well, he never gets hurt!" "So why doesn't he work more?" "He's never injured." "Why isn't he available?" "I don't get it." "Sye-jin has not been in Seoul for the last 4 years." "So he doesn't seem to be feeling Gui-duck's aura these days." "Presently, Gui-duck is extremely busy." "He does more car-stunt jobs than any other stunt school member." "I joined up because I really wanted to be on TV." "But it hasn't been easy." "I was too caught up in the fantasy." "To do this, you really have to risk your life." "If I were afraid to die, if that thought ever crossed my mind, then I shouldn't be doing this work." "I wouldn't be able to." "The movie "The Host" I have a small fear of heights." "When I'm way up high, honestly, my legs shake." "They really do." "But I have to do this." "It's not like I can just come down." "Because frankly, it'd be too embarrassing." "There's no going back now so..." "I just squeeze my eyes shut and jump." "Come this way and smash it there." "Right into there?" "Isn't it dangerous that you can't see out?" "Yeah... it's hard." "I need to be able to see in order to hit the right spot." "If I'm off by a little, there'll be an accident." "It's not an easy situation." "But I'll do my best." "Jin-seock is busy scattering cement to make the stunt look better." "Tension builds on the set." "Gui-duck doesn't look happy as he gets out of the car." "Stunt director Doo-hong Jung's face also hardens." "Apologetic, Gui-duck quickly begins to set up for another take." "But there is no way to stop the approaching dawn." "Ultimately, they have to wrap." "Gui-duck runs about busily to clean up." "So does Jin-seock..." "As well as Sung-il." "But Sye-jin is in deep slumber." "How did Sye-jin Jeon get in?" " Who?" " Sye-jin Jeon." "Sye-jin Jeon?" "Sye-jin Jeon?" "!" "I went to Jeju and learned to ride in order to become a stuntman." "You mean how to fall off horses and stuff like that?" " Yes." " You can do that stuff?" "Falling down is a way of life for us." "We ride up front, fall off back, then get up good as new to ride again." "Falling down..." "is a piece of cake!" "Lots of guys talk big like you." "But then they get to set and end up leaving by ambulance." "I'm on a completely different level." "I think he was smarter than the others." "Oh, he was different." "In my case..." "I don't get on the normal way." "I come over and hop on like this." "It's not like you can bring a horse to the audition." "He knew it'd be impossible to prove his skills right there." "After I hop on like this..." "Giddyup!" "Then we ride like this for a little!" "Then I hop back and forth!" "Then I run along side like this and then jump back on." "I can do all that." "I wish for him to live quietly and farm in the country somewhere." "And not get into any trouble." "And not do foolish..." "foolish things." "Just to stay out of trouble." "After watching Sye-jin's audition, we became curious about the others." "Yong-seong JOO I've watched and imitated many films." "I'll show you what I do best." "Accepted due to one judge being a huge Jackie Chan fan." "Kyung-min KIM At my audition, I did a little Tai Chi." "I don't think I did it very well." "But I did do a little mind control exercise before." "'Today is my day." "Don't be nervous." "I'm the best." "I'm the best.'" "So I wasn't nervous and I think that really helped." "I am Kyung-min Kim, born in 1980." "I've come from Daegu." "I'm here to learn stunts." "Accepted solely on his good Tai Chi." "Is there any last thing you'd like to say?" "I really want to do it." "What is it that you want to do?" "Specifically?" "'I want to do it.' What's that supposed to mean?" "Stunts." "Ah!" "So you're talking about stunts?" " Yes." " You can be misunderstood, you know." "If you say it like that." "'I want to do it.'" "What is it you want to do?" "Moon-cheol KWON I'm here because I really want to do stunts." "Thank you." "Though the youngest, he passed with the highest score." "After two ligament ruptures and one surgery on his knee," "Moon-cheol has given up his 4 year career as a stuntman to chase after a new dream:" "Singing." "They transplanted those from a dead person in the US." "Right now inside my knee, there are ligaments of someone I've never met from the US." "At my second surgery, I joked to the doctor to give me some of a black man." "So I'd be more flexible." "Ah-young KWON:" "Friend of Moon-cheol Whenever I call him, he's in the hospital." "So I often say all the money you make ends up going to the hospital." "And also that his parents must be worried." "Sometimes, he hides his injuries from them because he's sorry..." "I think to make excuses is to admit my limit." "In "Million Dollar Baby", the heroine who's a boxer says that she's willing to risk everything for the dream that only she can see." "For the dream that only I can see..." "Moon-cheol is giving it his all in pursuit of a new dream." "What about the unsuccessful auditions?" "They didn't get the chance to dream." "At the 8th year auditions, what were the guys like overall?" "They were all sorts and they showed us all sorts of things." "They came from everywhere, from all over." "So it was a lot of fun." "Personality was very important." "We looked at that first." "Character." "We can't stand the pretentious ones." "Rejected due to pretentious expression." "I'm from the Marine Corps." "Judging from your ears and height, you seem like a wrestler." "Have you wrestled before?" "For how long?" "Excuse me?" "My ears are naturally like this..." "I don't want to be this way..." "I don't know why my girlfriend dumped me a month before my discharge." "Rejected because he couldn't understand the question." "Hold it." "I asked you your specialty." "Why did you take your shirt off?" "I'm a bodybuilding major at Yong-in University so this is my specialty." "Rejected due to that being his specialty." "Hello." "I'm 31 and" "I've trained in Taekkyeon for 8 years." "I shall meditate now." "What?" "Meditate?" "What's with the meditation?" "Rejected due to meditating for 5 min." "There was this Taekkyeon guy." "I don't think he did his best." "No sincerity." "So he was rejected." "There was also one with strange ears." "He was really enthusiastic." "We should've accepted him." "I really regret that now." "I was in a car accident." " Your ears too?" " No, I just injured my legs." "But I have to stay in the hospital for a long time anyway so..." "My ears always shook my confidence." "So I had them done." "Can you see?" "Do you think you were rejected because of your ears?" "Absolutely!" "I'm not lacking anywhere else, in looks, acting ability, etc..." "Then say a word to your ex who left because of your ears." "Just wait until my ears are fixed and..." "Your ears!" "There was this guy who did aerobics." "He worked hard but..." "He was so pretentious." "Like I said, we don't like the pretentious ones." "It was very hard at the time... very..." "But now, I think it was for the best." "I did want to become a famous action star." "But now I've become a famous aerobic teacher in this area." "I even get presents on Teacher's Day." "I feel like it's worthwhile work." "I'm happy... very." "A lot of useless guys were accepted." "Now many of the rejected applicants are working full swing while most of our guys are just loafing." "They don't work." "They're basically loafers." "At least, there's Gui-duck who has thrown himself into stunts for 4 years." "We go to visit a gym in Incheon where today, Gui-duck makes his debut as assistant stunt director." "A charismatic Gui-duck at the center of set controls the movements of all the crew and actors." "We're very curious to know what kind of movie this is." "The title is "Champion Mabbaki"." "Grab Mabbaki's gaze first ...and then start, okay?" "By the way, what do you think of my girlfriend?" "Put some clothes on!" "Still, I'm almost at second base..." "Draw her some nipples please!" "Jin-seock is busy pumping up for yet another topless scene." "He got the role opposite Mabbaki solely on his boxing skills." "Your next reaction is important." "He's just blocked you, right?" "So be like 'damn it' and looking for your next move..." "Were you ever knocked out as a boxer?" "I take my punches standing." "So then, he's never been knocked out?" "The gateway to boxing success with a 40 year history." "The 2004 MBC Contenders!" "Jin-seock's Mom At first, they gave him a grand intro." "They said he was a hairdresser and..." " Red corner, from the Winners Gym..." " Contender Jin-seock Kwak." "Jin!" "Seock!" "Kwak!" "Contender Kwak is a hairdresser." "The news filmed him slipping and falling..." "Mom, I never fell." "You did!" "I took all those punches standing." "I was never knocked out." "...the punch connects and..." " Can it be, a knock out?" "...no, Kwak pulls back and..." " Wow, he really did get hit standing!" "And the bell." "The bell has saved him." "Jin-seock Kwak survives the round!" "He called me and asked "How was I, mom?"" "Then he says, "Mom, buy lots of beef." "I need it for my bruises."" "The result of getting pummeled while standing:" "A TKO." "Then that's a knock out, isn't it?" "I am impressed with Kwak's fighting spirit and indomitable will." " He really took a lot of punches." " Yes." "Most male hairdressers are known to be quite feminine but..." "I wore my hair up for about 20 years." "But as soon as he got his license, he cut my hair." "When I told my mom I was going to be a hairdresser she said," ""You're not handsome enough."" "Then who does she think is handsome?" "Sung-il is handsome and..." "How about Gui-duck?" "Gui-duck is also..." "He's the short one, right?" "He's a little short but..." "Of course for a guy, he's quite handsome enough." "Still, Gui-duck is definitely better looking than Mr. Mabbaki." "Who do you think will win this fight?" "Who do you think?" "Even at a glance, you can tell I'd lose." "However, it's a different story in the movie." "They treated us right on "Miracle on 1st Street"." "The film "Miracle on 1st Street" As actors..." "They treated us like actors." "Once the director yelled 'Cut,' they'd bring a cup of water for the mouthpiece straightaway." "Here, they just keep asking me to shake my legs..." "On set that afternoon, an actor in the scene has disappeared." "They try to ease their boredom by eating choco-pies." "But the actor doesn't return." "One person!" "Because of just one person, nearly 100..." "Almost 100 people are waiting around." "A crew member sleeps in a weird pose as if to show his displeasure." "At last, the actor reappears." "Jin-seock, usually so good tempered, looks scary angry." "Fucking dickhead actor!" "How do you work with the fucker?" "How I became interested in acting was..." "I got hit by the hero and was on the ground..." "And I was lying there in pain." "I was supposed to be dead." "Inside, I was thinking, 'Shit, this hurts!" "'" "And I happened to look up at the actor standing over me." "I thought, 'He gets to say a few lines and make money.'" "I was fuckin' envious!" "It looked so fuckin' easy." "I was cold, trembling and at the edge." "And he looked so comfortable." "I'm personally interested in gag comedy." "I'm thinking of maybe coming up with a comical character..." "Hello, everyone!" "Oh hello, Mr. COCKDEVIL!" "Wait, wait!" "Don't shoot!" "Hi, Mr. HARDCOCK!" "While they make up this idiotic crap, what is handsome Sung-il up to?" "Sung-il is working as Shin-yang Park's stunt double in the TV show Money War." "He seems more handsome than the actor." "He gets into wardrobe to get ready." "Doesn't he sort of look like Tony Leung in Infernal Affairs?" "We can't help but look forward to his stuntwork." "But Shin-yang Park is as good at stunts as he is at acting." "Consequently, the change of wardrobe was for nothing." "All Sung-il did that day was this one shot." "The day of wire stunts on "Mabbaki"." "The actor wears an undershirt to protect his skin." "One, two, three!" "Cut!" "After the actor's simple wire stunt, it is the stuntman's turn." "But there is no protective undershirt prepared for him." "They didn't get an undershirt for me..." "It's just basic common sense." "If you have stunts scheduled..." "At least, prepare the basics." "Don't you think?" "Ultimately, all wardrobe does is tape a towel around him instead." "Still, fabulous Mabbaki makeup job." "Gui-duck first demonstrates." "One, two, three!" "The first attempt, the height is too low." "Ready!" "One, two, three!" "This time, the actor is the problem." "You have to lower yourself some more." "This action doesn't need to be big." "Just the throwing action needs to be big." "Then it'll be fine." "More problems, more injuries." "This time is fine." "But before, they let go and my head..." "I blocked it with my fist but I still hit my head." "My hand hurts too..." " Action!" " One, two, three!" "Ultimately, it took over 30 takes to get the wire stunt right." " He's too short..." " He won't go over..." "At times like this, Gui-duck needs to step in." "Whoa, if you get your neck caught, it'll be a disaster." "His grim expression tells us how much pain he is in." "He comments on his injuries after he is done shooting." "Stuntman Yeon-gyu YUN I usually smile a lot." "Even when I get hurt." "Who'd like it if I got mad for getting hurt?" "After visiting the fortune teller 5 months ago," "Sye-jin started looking for the right tattoo parlor." "Today, his tattoo will be completed." "She did say the bigger the tiger the better..." "But does it need to be this big?" "Actually, Sye-jin didn't mean for it to get so big either." "In the beginning, his plan was to have just the head of a tiger." "But the first tattooist took his money and ran off leaving only half a tiger head on his back." "Sye-jin finds a second tattooist to finish the tiger head." "This one states frankly with regret no energy can come from a head alone." "Sye-jin decides to let the tiger have a body." "But the second tattooist also runs away with his money leaving just a tiger head on his back." "At present, the third tattooist..." "He insists, in terms of composition," "Sye-jin needs a dragon with the tiger for the picture to work." "In this manner, what started as the head of a tiger has expanded into a fight scene between a tiger and a dragon." "It now covers Sye-jin's entire back." "He has spent over $4500 on this." "So, like the fortune teller said, has this tattoo been helpful?" ""Can you pull your pants down a bit?"" "I say "Yes!" And pull down my pants." ""This will hurt some but I'll do my best so it doesn't."" "And she even rubs it gently." "Then she says, "Are you okay?"" "It's great." "They treat me different!" "Monthly rentals are pricey these days." "Around $400-$500, I think." "A friend of mine lives in a motel..." " Your friend lives in a motel?" " Yeah." "Really?" "What world do you live in?" "Don't you know monthly rentals?" "Huh?" "You pay per month for a room!" "At this age, Sye-jin is sponging off a friend living in a motel." "How did he come up with $4500 anyway?" "Try one out!" "Why don't you wear hairpins?" "A girl should wear hairpins." "And earrings..." "Business isn't so great today." "So Sye-jin starts to dance to gain people's favor." " This results in..." " I don't see any." "...someone reporting him to the police." "Did the other guys see any?" "Wow, 8 policemen appeared out of nowhere." "They snapped all these pictures." "They're like "You can't vend here." "We're confiscating this."" "And they did." "I stood there frozen." ""Yes, sir..."" "Set of TV show "Time between Dog and Wolf" Today, Sung-il has a car stunt." "The stuntmen are eating lunch on set." "Their table:" "A car hood." "Hey, you didn't look so hot last time." "Like someone who smoked some weed." "You were totally out of it." "When he got out of the car, he wasn't wearing a helmet." "He was so nervous that he forgot to tighten the strap." "So it was just sitting on his head." "I mean..." "That's really dangerous." "It's so easy to injure your neck." "In an instant, you become this." ""Mom, feed me."" "Clip of car stunt where his helmet came off" "Hey, his helmet came off!" "Why wasn't his helmet strapped on?" "Sung-il, why did your helmet come off?" "You forgot to strap it, didn't you?" "I told you to strap it in!" "Everyone gets nervous before a stunt." "Sure... there's lots of pressure." "But his mind's a total blank." "Please pan the camera." "He's sleeping like nothing's going on." "But after he wakes up, he starts to chain-smoke wordlessly as if nervous." "There's an ominous mood in the air." "An accident!" "The roof of the car is crushed!" "Stunt car roofs are specially made not to cave in to protect stuntmen." "A crushed roof means Sung-il is hurt." "As soon as 'cut' is yelled, all the stuntmen rush to Sung-il." "How badly is he hurt?" "It is a long time before Sung-il is barely able to get out of the car once the seatbelt is cut." "Fortunately, he is not seriously hurt." "Yet, he looks apologetic for worrying his colleagues." "He quietly leaves the set." "We visit the set of a short film where stunt director Won-jung Kim is helping out." "Uh... who hit me?" "Hey, come and see your part." "This will be better with some contact." "They're 10th and 11th year members." "So only Moon-cheol is 8th year?" "Yes." "He's a big shot to them." "So he's got to show them something." "We had a reunion with Moon-cheol who was making a special appearance in the film at Kim's request." "Wow!" "Cut!" "What about singing?" " I'm preparing." " What about auditions?" "I'm going to make a recording." "A recording?" "A demo?" "I'm going to make some demo tapes and hand them to recording studios." "I've already taken profile pictures." "Not only that, he has already given studios a profile video of himself." "He made this video himself." "A stuntman needs to have basic editing skills." "Before a shoot, they shoot stimulations and modify sequences to perfect stunts." "Through this process, stuntmen grow into stunt directors." "Four years ago, Gui-duck pointed to himself on a TV show." "Who could predict 4 years later" "Gui-duck would be the stunt director of the same show?" "Stuntman Cheol-woo LEE What do you think of Gui-duck?" "In terms of car stunts he is now... the best of our school." "He started stunts late but already..." "He's pretty much making his debut as stunt director now." "Gui-duck has always received orders through the walkie." "But today, he's giving them through the walkie." "Please put a little more speed on it, Jeong-wook." "Copy that." "Action!" "Why did the Tiburon stop?" "A problem has occurred." "They still have things to shoot but the cars are unable to move." "Gui-duck and the stuntmen's faces grow dark." "The Tiburon wasn't supposed to stop." "It was supposed to keep going, then swing around and stop." "It needed to go further but since it just stopped..." "It doesn't feel like an accident." "It just looks like it swiped it." " Are you gonna use rollers?" " Huh?" "Let's put rollers under with a jack." " That's the best idea." " Shall we do that?" "We're going to connect cables here and pull." "From the front..." "When we pull, it's got to thrust out." "There'll be rollers under the wheels." "One push and that car will move fine." "We have something to attach to the car." "It's like a roller." "And when we pull..." "It'll spin around." "We'd like to try..." "What do you mean?" "We'll put rollers on here!" "Outfit square boards with rollers." "So the car can move." "Then what?" "We can't shoot this." " We're done, aren't we?" " No, we line the cars up and pull them with cable." "We can get them crashing and spinning." "Is that going to work right now?" "What Gui-duck wants to try is this." "Put rollers under the Tiburon's back wheels." "Connect taxi to truck with cables." "Put Tiburon between taxi and truck." "Using the truck's power, pull taxi forward crashing it into the Tiburon." "Because of the rollers, the impact will spin the Tiburon's back around." "On TV, it'll look like a speeding taxi and a Tiburon actually crashing." "But the director can't understand what they are saying." "Just make them seem moving a little." "Then we can say they crashed there and I'll use a different angle shot." "One, two, three!" "This way, this way!" "A little bit more!" "Ultimately, filming wraps after stuntmen pull the car by cable." "Unable to get the shot he wanted" "Gui-duck consoles himself with a cigarette." "He has to be satisfied with just the stunt director credit." "However, he didn't even get that." "So..." "I corrected his name for him." "Wow!" "Very good!" "After getting his profile out," "Moon-cheol got a call from a cable broadcasting company." "Ah, right there!" "How far does it go in the front?" "This show had panelists try and guess the jobs of the guests." "Moon-cheol was on the show as the stunt double of Jeong-lin Jo." "A photo to commemorate the day." "Suddenly, we're reminded of Sye-jin who didn't get called for "Truth Game"." "Sye-jin is headed back to Jeju after 6 months of cruel Seoul life." "I'm going back with an elaborate plan." "I think owning his business is the best answer for Sye-jin." "I'm going to open my business and sweep Jeju with it." "Some will buy his stuff out of pity." "He definitely needs to use that." "He needs to use how pathetic he seems." "My goal in life was to just work till I was 35." "He says he'll be back in 6 months driving a Mercedes Benz." "What do you think of that?" " Maybe sleeping on a park bench..." " A park bench maybe, not a Benz." "He'll probably drag a bench here and use it to sleep outside." "Touring the entire country..." "Remember I told you?" "Riding and bringing horses." "To people who've never seen horses." "So they can ride them." "I'd take pictures for them." "Feeding horses." "Cleaning up horse dung." "Feeding horses at a racetrack and putting his life on 'reset'..." "I'm not coming back to Seoul if I can." "I've got to settle down now." "If I can..." "I'm 30 now." "It's time to wake up." "Sye-jin, who said he'd make it in one leap is leaving Seoul with only a tattoo on his poor back." "Four years ago, he did 6 months of stunt school." "Four years later, his time in Seoul is also 6 months." "He has personally experienced that people don't really change." "ID?" "Damn it." "Where is it?" "Damn..." "You don't have ID?" " Man..." " Did you bring it?" "I know I did!" "He couldn't find his driver's license so he left the next day." "Sung-il's Room Strangely enough, after Sye-jin returned to Jeju" "Sung-il, Jin-seock, and Gui-duck found no work for a while." "Some weeks pass by." "The first set in so many weeks." "An actor greatly immersed in the role!" "And this was the result." "When it slammed against my head, I thought, 'Damn, I'm screwed.'" "Not cause it hurt but we had to shoot." "Why did everyone gather around?" "It really put me in an awkward spot." "Still it was lucky I was the one hurt and not the actor." "When an actor gets hurt, the shoot gets delayed more." "They might have to go to the hospital and sometimes we have to wrap." "That's a disaster." "That's when you're screwed." "Still it's an injury to the head." "Isn't that dangerous?" "Not really." "Just need to wipe off the blood." "Wipe it off and I can go right away." "Compared to before, I almost died before." "That time, I could've stopped in on God for a visit." "I fell once while doing forward-rappelling." "I was doing that from 3 stories up." "I let go of the safety rope by mistake and so it became a free fall." "Slam!" "Slam!" "Slam!" "I was like this for 6 months." "It was like a sitcom." "My mom had to feed me." "I saw the light after that." "Compared to that, today is nothing." "When he got hurt, he didn't tell me right away." "I went to the hospital and he was in a cast and lying like this." "Seeing him like that, I couldn't say a single word." "Unlike other professions, we get a lot of visitors in the hospital." "Because we've all been there." "It was nice for everyone to visit." "But the problem was some were limping and others had stitches here." "My mom was worried enough about me as is." "But then she saw all my visitors were also injured." "She was like, 'Oh dear... '" "She didn't have time to care for her own son..." "I'd be lying there and someone would come..." "I'd be like, "Dude, did you get hurt too?"" "Mom would always say she couldn't bear to watch me box." "But I think that's a lie." "When she saw me fight and die by sword in the TV series immortal General Lee, she was like, "Look!" "You're dying there!"" "My mom, dad, and brother would clap and yell, "You're dying!"" "I asked her, "How can you be so happy and clap while your son is dying?"" " I guess she thought it was cool." " Why were you so happy about that?" "Because just the fact he was on TV..." "Jin-seock's niece also watches him..." "She always cries "Uncle, don't die..."" "Uncle, don't die..." "Don't die..." "Uncle mustn't die, right?" "No..." "Daddy, is Uncle going to die?" "No, of course not." "It's just a movie." " Huh?" " He's not dying." "He's not dying so don't worry." "Jin-seock's Niece, Jin-seock's Cousin When we watch a movie or TV, usually we can't find him." "It goes by too quick." "Amazingly, So-yeon can find him." "And she always cries when he dies." "So-yeon, do you have anything you want to say to your uncle?" "Say it to the camera..." "To your uncle." "Uncle, don't get hurt." "Don't die." "I love you!" "You don't always get hurt from doing dangerous stuff." "You can get hurt anywhere." "You can get hurt walking down a street." "Or hiking." "I don't worry too much about him getting hurt." "If he enjoys doing what he does, I say do it as long as you're happy." "That's fine with me." "Have you seen any of Jin-seock's films at the theater?" "I have seen "The City of Violence"." "The Set of the Film "The City of Violence" It went by so fast." "At first, it was hard to find him when he didn't tell us where to look." "I couldn't find him." ""The City of Violence" was a real tough one." "For Jin-seock too..." "It was autumn, I think." "But it was particularly cold that day." "We had to go in and out of the frigid creek over and over again." "Jin-seock KWAK Shooting was extremely tough." "All the stuntmen involved in the film gave it their all without holding anything back." "Stunt director Doo-hong Jung didn't hold back despite the danger." "Neither did stunt director Chan-hyung Jeon." "It is true that many stuntmen got hurt while shooting that film." "Even director Jung got hurt." "That's why for me, that film is unforgettable." "Action!" "Gui-duck KWON" "Sung-il SHIN" "All the members of the stunt school worked on "The City of Violence"." "Jin-Seock KWAK And it was the first film the school co-produced." "Maybe for that reason, the stuntmen threw themselves into this film with a greater sense of duty." "Even director Jung charged on shooting through injury with an ice pack to his face." "Gui-duck was the stunt double for director Seung-wan Ryu." "He also choreographed some action sequences." "Gui-duck KWON" "Sung-il and Jin-seock worked hard here and there but..." "Like Jin-seock's mom said, they are not easy to find." "Sung-il SHIN Jin-Seock KWAK 7-4." "Action!" "The tatami sequence, the highlight of the film." "It is said to be the coolest scene in the film." "Behind the brilliant action we can guess the many broken bones and ligaments of the stuntmen." "Their repeated movements and pain of injury are rewarded with audience applause and their efforts transformed into pure action." "One, two, three!" "There is someone who craved such hardship but couldn't get it." "He is Yong-seong, who impersonated Jackie Chan at his audition." "He is preparing to take the teacher exam." "I go to the library first thing and study all day long." "It's like torture." "Absolute torture." "If you think about it, it's hard work." "No sleep." "Going back and forth to set." "Jin-seock and Gui-duck..." "They seem to think it's this or death." "I'm jealous." "Is Moon-cheol's singing career going well?" "Honestly, my mom and dad said to me" ""Be a teacher, be a teacher!"" ""That's a useless way of life." "A life of a bum." "Don't do it."" "But I..." "I want a dream." "I want to go for my dream." "But if I say that, they reply no one does what they want in life." "Public service." "It's safe and good." "It's just like in the army." "The safe jobs are the best!" "In high school, what do you know of drinking or girls?" "Now that I do know, it's hard to do without." "Does Gui-duck have a girlfriend?" "Jin-seock doesn't have one, right?" "That's right." "When you do stunts, you have no time to meet girls." "Assistant Director:" "Jeanne LEE It's autumn." "Don't you feel lonely..." "...or miss a girlfriend?" "A girlfriend?" "Of course I do." "But this job makes it very hard to keep a girlfriend." "Do you want me to fix you up with someone?" "A fix-up?" "Even if we're fixed up with someone, it usually doesn't work out." "We go away a lot and..." "Excuse me." "Yes, director." "I was fixed up once a long time ago..." "But if I get called while on a date..." "I'd have to go even in the middle of a date." "Is he hurt bad?" "I should get there around 5." "I'll call again once I reach llsan." "What happened?" "One of my colleagues got hurt while doing a car stunt." "Then you're going to do it instead?" "That car stunt?" "Yes." "It seems like it." "I need to go right away." "Shall we talk in the car?" "Sure." "I'm thinking this question should've already been asked." "What made you become a stuntman?" "Any particular event, episode, or fundamental moment?" " Let's talk across the street." " Okay." "Gui-duck!" "Oh my God!" "Are you okay, Gui-duck?" "Did you see that?" "Are you really okay?" "I don't get hurt easily!" "I think it was 5 years ago..." "The same thing happened." "I had an accident in Daegu." "I just got up like nothing happened." "He said that he became a stuntman due to this knack of not getting hurt." "How did you get into car stunts?" "Sung-il!" "Oh God!" "Is that guy okay?" "Shouldn't we go and check?" "You saw that, right?" "The exact same thing happened before." "I was perfectly fine that time too." "So I thought, this is also a talent." "That's how I ended up in car stunts." "Sung-il was going to China to work on "The Good, The Bad, And The Weird"." "Since he'd be there for a while, the guys had a small farewell party." "If I'm lucky, I'll make over 10 grand this month." "Really?" "I don't do this for the money." "Even when I was hurt..." "I ripped my cast off and went to work." "When you hear Gui-duck talk..." "Someone who doesn't know better might think he's cool but to me..." "This guy is just dumb!" " Look how dumb!" " What I'm saying is..." "Look here..." "And here..." "Ultimately, the star of the night was Gui-duck." "My mom and dad got divorced." "Over some terrible things." "So I really fuckin' hated my dad." "Even back then." "I was afraid of him." "And I hated him." "I was like that." ""Gui-duck, who do you want to live with?" "Mom or dad?"" "I felt like if I went with mom," "I wouldn't even be able to graduate school properly." "In any case, dad was financially better off." "Cause he could work and make money." "Even in first grade, I was thinking that." "The first grade." "I was filled to here with wanting to live with mom." "But thinking of that, I said "I'll go with dad."" "Every kid says easily, "Mom, give me a quarter."" "But not me." "Not with what happened to me." "One day, my stepmom just left, taking her kids." "I was playing in the playground." "I could see her going with her kids carrying big bags." "I ran hard to catch up." "I caught up with her and" "I can only remember saying one thing, the one thing I said to her," ""Mom, give me a quarter."" "That's all I said to her." "But she said she didn't even have that." "One or two years later, mom and dad got back together." "The fact that I can work hard and get paid for my work..." "I couldn't be happier!" "He's never said that in all the times we've talked." "At the smallest thing, it's been "Fuck!" "This is crap!" "I'm gonna quit!"" "That's what he always says." "That's what I always say." "My words." "He's imitating me right now." "What I always say is..." ""Gui-duck." "I'm having the best time right now."" "This is how Jin-seock stopped Gui-duck's monologue." "But a phone call stops Jin-seock." "It is Kyung-tae, stunt director of Standing on the "Edge of a Sword"." "He is now a guard at Incheon International Airport." "He makes plans to see Sung-il nearby the airport on the day he leaves." "Next year, I'll try boxing in the Contender or what is it..." "the amateur games." "Next month, my baby will be born." "I'll buy a camera to take pretty baby pictures and make albums." "It's just a prenatal name..." "Zanga." "I call the baby, Zanga." "See you later!" "Bye!" "The interview was conducted on his way to work because he didn't have time." "He looked very happy talking about the baby." "Two hours after Kyung-tae's short interview," "Sung-il arrived." "Let's check one more time!" "First to Shanghai, then onto a bus..." "I'm really worried for you." "Don't worry!" "He's not a child!" "I'm sure Jin-seock and Gui-duck are betting I'll become a missing child." "Sung-il has a terrible sense of direction." "He has to transfer flights once and then take a bus for 2 hours." "His destination is nearby the Silk Road." "Will he make it?" "That night..." "The moonlight was particularly gloomy." "Shit!" "He's finally become an international missing child!" "He says he's alone in Shanghai!" ""So things are going bad."" "Crap!" ""I think I missed the transfer while playing Nintendo."" "He says they're in a bad mood because he didn't show up." "They must've gotten the news that Sung-il's alone in Shanghai." "I mean..." "How can he so be predictably lost even in a foreign country?" "We can't do anything about it." "That's who he is." "Apparently, they're in a foul mood." "Even Sye-jin didn't make this kind of trouble." "At Jin-seock's words, Byung-gil is reminded of Sye-jin." "Thus he goes to see him in a few days." "Seogwipo Port in Jeju Approx 6 AM Sye-jin returned to Jeju with a firm resolution." "Picturing him working hard at his resolution," "Byung-gil heads to where Sye-jin lives." "What is he doing this early?" "I'm making them calloused..." "I had them bandaged." "I kept hitting even when they bled." "He answered that he was training to become a K-1 fighter like Seong-hoon Choo." "I used to do a little boxing." "I know I may look like this and have tiny shoulders, but there's nothing I haven't done!" "Jin-seock is an okay boxer." "But he's missing something." "Sye-jin didn't seem cut out for the brutal life of Seoul." "But living in isolation on an island, he seems to have lost a sense of reality." "A colleague of Ranch:" "Kyung-dae MOON What do you think of his tattoo?" "He's out of mind." "You have to rule with your glare!" "Like this and this!" "Right?" "His shoulders are my size!" "At night, he watches K-1 bouts and learns how to fight." "I fully comprehend now the saying that TV ruins the child." "Don't they say that human beings are always learning?" "The inconsistency between dream and ability." "It's painful to watch." "Why is his life going this way?" "I was really lucky as a kid." "I'd raked in the money at poker." "One day, I went to find wild orchids." "It had rained the day before." "I found a hole big enough to go into." "I lit a torch and went in." "On the floor, there were bones." "Bones!" "Bones and broken dishes." "I thought, 'These are remains." "I've struck it rich.'" "I called MBC broadcasting station and told them I've found remains." "The next day, the borough head comes and talks to my dad." "I thought he was praising me to my dad." "Suddenly, my dad comes after me with a stick, you know, from a coolie rack." "He starts cursing me out," ""You brat!" "Going into someone's tomb!"" ""What for?" "What were you doing there?"" "I realized then it was someone's tomb." "Since then, nothing's worked out for me." "Colleague of Ranch:" "Jeong-je WOO You've known Sye-jin for a long time." "What do you think he'd be best at?" "I think farming would be best for him." "What else can he..." "He's got no perseverance!" "He gets bored easily." "Just tell him he should farm with his dad." "Stop with this nonsense!" "If he farms, what would he farm best?" "I don't think there is anything." "The only thing Sye-jin can do is to help his dad and learn from him." "I wish for him to settle down." "No more wandering." "Farm?" "That'd be embarrassing." "People would look down on me." "They'd say I'm farming cause I can't do anything else." "There's nothing to do except for horse riding." "I'm starting to get famous here." "It'll be amazing." "Soon guides will say" "'For horses, go to Sye-jin Jeon." "He'll give you an incredible ride.'" "Even beginners will get to gallop." "He's even pitiful riding a horse." "After hurting his back from the fall, he didn't work the ranch that day." "Instead, he went to see another dream of his, a horse-circus." "I really want to do this now..." "But since I can't..." "I'd be real good at it." "I really wish I could..." "So I try to watch as much as I can." "The more I watch, the faster I'll catch up later so..." "I'll use it someday..." "The next morning." "As if to prove that his back is fine, he takes his shirt off upon getting up." "He looks cool as if in a yakuza movie." "Until..." "Damn, I dropped my phone." "Damn!" "Ouch!" "Ah, the cover!" "The cover fell off!" "Dammit!" "My fuckin' life!" "When on earth will we see the power of the tattoo on his miserable life?" "He must be feeling better." "Sye-jin starts to dance." "He drops by a dance hall now and then to further another dream, dancing." "Embarrassed by his fall yesterday, he asks us to re-shoot." "Oh dear." "I thought he was going to fall off again." "Still..." "This may fit him better than farming." "Nice and toasty." "It's like a stove!" "An ondol room!" "Good job!" "Go!" "Run!" "I still think... there's at least 15 new jobs waiting for me." "Jobs that I would never expect." "As long as he has passion and interest for his dreams, the day will certainly come when he finds his true dream." "We're flying to China to film Sung-il." "Our budget barely allowed for a very humble itinerary so we traveled with a group and mainly used trains and buses." "Byung-gil and the camera crew take a train to the location, Urumqi." "After a 14-hour journey, they arrive at Urumqi the next morning." "From this point, they are on their own having departed the travel group." "No more hotel breakfast included, of course." "They fill their stomachs with some street food." "Tomorrow, we'll eat in a hotel, right?" "They arrive nearby Sung-il's hotel." "But it's not easy to find which hotel." "The language barrier is a big problem." "At last, they get to Sung-il's hotel after getting lost and asking for directions countless times." "5 hours of flying, 14 hours on a train, 4 hours by car, and finally, an hour of walking." "It has been 2 days since leaving Seoul." "Should we ask once?" "I'll go ask." "Though Sung-il is staying there, he is presently on set." "They find a place nearby to stay." "As soon as they unpack, the producer is on the phone to get cooperation." "Producer Yong-hee LEE We all know how it is..." "How much are we allowed to shoot?" "His expression doesn't look good." "They said no but..." "Why don't we just go ahead and shoot?" "With no permission, they head to set." "They thought begging would work." "But begging didn't work here." "Hey, what happened there?" " A scratch." "We got a glimpse of the set that we were curious about from the scar on Sung-il's forehead." "His wardrobe and makeup made us more curious about the set." "How come your makeup is so quick?" "Because I'm not important." "Who cares?" "Sung-il is still a star in our documentary." "They remain here alone after everyone has left for location." "To go through so much to be so close." "Lamenting their pitiful situation, they are unable to leave." "Did the heat of the desert dry up even their brains?" "Suddenly, they decide to go for it." "Come what may..." "This is the set of "The Good, The Bad, And The Weird"." "It's not open to the public so... we are secretly giving you a glimpse." " Excuse me?" "Who are you guys?" " Yes?" " We're the stunt school team." " Oh, I see." "We are just shooting, for ourselves." "Oh, you are?" "Okay, okay, our crew." "Our staff!" "Oh, they thought we were a problem?" "Yes." "They ask us to control the press." "Yes, of course..." "So they wanted to make sure..." "Although producer Lee smiles and talks with them nonchalantly, he is completely petrified right now." "I don't think you can shoot." "With heavy heart, Sung-il tells them they can't shoot." "As an apology, he wants to buy them dinner." "Though still working on his singing, because the film needs many stuntmen Moon-cheol is also here." "They are all glad to see him there." "The next day, a middle-aged man approaches them at the hotel." "I uh..." "You know him..." "I was going to give it myself but..." "Ah..." "You want us to give this to the actor Byung-hun Lee filming here, yes?" "You know people but I don't know anyone." "How did you know Lee is staying here?" "This is the best hotel in Dunhuang." "And you figured he'd stay at the best." "Alright." "Byung-gil, what..." "Give it to him later?" "Yes, well..." "We'll take whatever we can." "We might get to meet Byung-hun Lee." "Yeah, you're right!" "Should we?" "Sure!" "The Korean wave seems powerful indeed." "It can turn a middle-aged man into a shy little boy." "To say thanks, he bought them lunch at the best restaurant in the hotel." "The amazing food paralyzed even their worries about their shoot." "As the taste fades, they become desperate with worry about their shoot." "In such a state, they wait." "Five hours later..." "The stunt team must be back for sitting out front is Joong-hyun Ji, the stunt director of "The Good, The Bad, And The Weird"." "He also choreographed the hammer scene in "Oldboy"." "Stunt Director Joong-hyun JI Producer Lee goes to ask him if the production team is back." "He seems sure of gaining permission through the pretext of the fan letter." "He says the production team is probably back." "This is for Byung-hun Lee." "But the fan didn't know his address." "I told him I'd give it to him." "So we just need to give this to Byung-hun Lee, right?" "Yes, so I'll just..." "I'm sorry but I have a meeting now so..." "Okay." "Have a safe trip back to Korea." "He wasn't even able to broach the subject." "He looks sad." "If someone was funding our film then we would've come comfortably by plane." "But since we have no money, we had to fly 5 hours and ride on a night train for 14..." "For 3 days here, we couldn't shoot a thing." "All we did was hand over a fan letter." "I don't know why we are here." "It seems like we went through all this to hand over a letter." "Have a safe trip back..." "I'm sorry you weren't able to shoot..." "It's okay!" "The day they left China," "Jin-seock left Korea for China to work on" ""The Good, The Bad, And The Weird"." "Even Gui-duck wasn't in Korea." "He was in Russia on a shoot." "Returning to Korea, Byung-gil had no one to shoot." "He was suffering through boredom when..." "A phone call from Kyung-min." "He wants Byung-gil to come see him in a musical that he is starring in." "He knew Kyung-min had been preparing for the JUMP audition for months." "So he thought, "He finally did it!" "Kyung-min wasn't nervous this time!"" "At the theater, Byung-gil could feel a mysterious force." "That force was pouring out of the poster!" "Why on earth did Kyung-min become a power ranger?" "You know the martial arts performance JUMP, right?" "I believed the saying, "Sweat never lies."" "And I kept trying..." "But I kept failing." "So I thought, "Wow..." "Sweat does lie sometimes."" "I quit drinking." "I didn't meet girls." "I tried like crazy..." "Then how did you meet your present girlfriend?" "Musical for Children Power Ranger I went to an audition for a musical called Power Ranger." "It was dubbed by radio actors." "We wear the masks and do the action." "The radio actress who dubs my part became my girlfriend." "Good to see you all!" "So as we worked together..." "...we hit it off." "I gained a girlfriend and the money's good too." "So I thought, "Ah, sweat doesn't lie."" "I was happy then." "Please say something to your girlfriend on the camera." " To my girlfriend?" " Yes." "To her." "To camera." "Soo-yeon..." "I love you." "Kyung-min." "I love you too." "In fact, that radio actress... is me." "A few days later, good news surprises us." "We got a package from Sung-il in China." "Director Ji heard of our miserable story in China." "Stunt Director Joong-hyun Ji With his help, Sung-il shot some practice footage of the stuntman." "You're about to fall from a horse." "How do you feel?" "I'm sleepy." "Real sleepy." "In my dream last night, I'm the only who survives." "Which means the other 4 guys here are dead." " And you alive alone?" " Yeah." "The situation is similar." "Cheol-woo, be careful today." "Like Jin-seock said," "Cheol-woo looks like he needs to be careful." "Cheol-woo's frightening stunt practice brings to mind legendary stuntman Yakima Kanutt Jr." "In the chariot scene of Ben Hur." "And the videotape also ends." "We went to visit Kyung-tae when we heard his baby was coming." "Night Delivery" "Relax!" "Relax your legs!" "Please relax!" "Kyung-tae was the first to get married among the 8th year members and this is the moment he becomes the first father." "He didn't forget to bring the camera he bought months ago for this moment." "As if in wonder, he is unable to look away from his daughter." "As the head of a family, he renews his resolution to provide for them." "In an unexpected turn, all the stuntmen return home from China." "As sudden as their return, some abrupt news..." "It is the death of stunt director Joong-hyun Ji." "They begin to move his casket in absolute silence." "Gui-duck looks somber." "Sung-il was especially close to director Ji." "He gets on the bus, lips tightly shut." "Like the lives of stuntmen outside the spotlight, the funeral was a quiet affair within the league of stuntmen." "The life of a stuntman has no face." "Though director Ji had worked on countless films for over 10 years, it is hard to spot him in his films." "Only a TV interview he did before his death captures his image fully." "Though they are in films, they bear the fate of being unrecognized." "Today, we will meet someone who has such a job." "Usually it's only my back or I double for actors so you don't see my face." "Even if I can't act well with my face," "I just need to express it well through my body." "I strongly felt if I didn't do stunts then, I'd greatly regret it later." " Do you know "A Bittersweet Life"?" " Ah, yes!" ""A Bittersweet Life" The person hanging on top is me." "I hang a bit and slam into that can." "I still have a bad back." "In the last part of "Public Enemy"," "Public Enemy I break a window and go flying out." "I do a full turn, then twist my body before landing on top of the car." "I hurt my back doing that scene." "That was probably my scariest moment." "Even though I knew what I was doing." "Try and find him in the films he's mentioned." " They won't be able to." " No?" "In any case, don't get hurt..." "Like he said," "We will no longer be able to find him in movies." "Director Joong-hyun Ji started his stunt career at the young age of 22." "At 26, he became the youngest stunt director." "He said he started stunts because he felt he'd regret it if he didn't." "His life came to an end at the tender age of 33." "A few weeks after the death of director Joong-hyun Ji" "Sung-il and Jin-seock quit stuntwork." "Byung-gil was also no longer able to shoot." "Days later, late at night..." "We got a call from Gui-duck to go drinking." "When we arrived, he was already very drunk." "Do you think stuntmen don't feel pain?" "That only actors hurt?" "That's not true." "We hurt too when we get hit." "Slap us in the face..." "Kick us in the shin..." "And we hurt too." "We hurt." "We just don't express it." "But it still hurts." "I hated my father." "I hated what he was." "He... before..." "he hit me many times." "He hit me when I was wrong..." "He and I got into a huge fight." "I never called him." "Never." "It was a real important film for me." "You understand?" "Got it, Gui-duck?" "The phone rang and rang and rang." "But I never picked up." "Because we were shooting." "Later I checked my phone..." "There were over 30 missed calls." "My father had passed away..." "I knew I had to go..." "Go..." "I mean, I knew I had to..." "But part of me didn't want to give up that film." "I was being greedy..." "Plain selfish." "So I finished." "Right up to the end." "Even after I heard he died." "I drove that bus and finished all the accident scenes." "Then the shoot was wrapped." "I went to my father then." "My father..." "had really passed away." "At that moment... how do I say..." "I went completely nuts..." "Completely." "Why..." "Why it ended like that." "I thought I'd really go crazy..." "His story started off with the plight of the stuntman." "But it ended with the death of his father." "The job of the stuntman is closer to death than any other." "We recall what he had once said." "If I were afraid to die, if that thought ever crossed my mind, then I shouldn't be doing this work." "I wouldn't be able to." "Three Months Later" "Byung-gil is asked to give a speech about filmmaking to high school girls who have finished taking the college entrance exam." "He asks his 8th year school friends to help him out because he thinks an exhibition of their live on-set experiences would be better than a short speech delivered from himself." "Gui-duck couldn't make it because he was on a shoot." "Sye-jin had called out of the blue." "Once he hears, 'high school girls,' he springs to Seoul." "Sung-il falls down from the ceiling." "A surprised Jin-seock walks out to see." "He is shot and their last stunts begin." "Then followed by historical period action." "Due to a short prep time, they make some mistakes." "Unlike the pressures of a set with NGs and re-takes, they are pumped up by the generous cheers of the students." "The live performance is followed by this stunt video." "Once again, the guy with the cut arm and vibrating phone..." "Sye-jin Jeon!" "Next to him, Sung-il." "You know that car flip before..." "You all said, "Cool!" when he got out of the car." "That's him!" "And next is Jin-Seock." "You saw his abs when he was jump roping, right?" "This man acted in Legend too..." "Stunt director Won-Jung Kim!" "So cool!" "So cool!" "Oh, you want to see his abs again?" "One student asks Jin-seock to flash his abs again." "I'll just take this off, okay?" "Don't be an asshole!" "Take it off!" "Then I'll show my tattoo!" "Jin-seock stayed clothed till the end." "Let's talk after you graduate!" "Dance!" "Dance!" "Now it was producer Lee's turn." "Who have you doubled for?" "Ms. Moon-hee Nah." "Shin-yang Park." "Oh, Shin-yang Park!" "Perhaps in the famous, "Money War"?" "Are you why the series did so well?" "Of course!" "There are some actors who get so into character they really hit you." "Who?" "Who?" "The one I hate the most..." "...is called Mr. K..." "Tell them!" "Go ahead!" "Sang-woo KWON!" "No, no." "To me, he's just K!" "Has anyone been to Jeju?" "I do a horse-circus there." "HORSE-CIRCUS?" "!" "Another lie." "Still, he's not too bad!" "Applause!" "Sung-il does a wire stunt beautifully." "Okay!" "Applause!" "One, two, three!" "They give a student a chance to experience a wire stunt." "And you'll land just like this." "Okay?" "One, two, three!" "Flip!" "And land!" "Was that a bow of thanks?" "A big bow, huh?" " Did you have fun?" " Yes!" "Please remember, when you watch movies and TV, of course the stars are handsome and beautiful." "But behind them are people working so hard to make TV and films better." "Please look out for them and encourage them." "Let's say goodbye now with one last applause!" "Thank you!" "The lecture by the stuntmen is over." "The students swarm around them as if they were big celebrities." "Director Won-joong Kim signs autographs for them non-stop." "Sung-il and Jin-seock are busy taking pictures with them." "Wait!" "Wait!" "You wait!" "I'm standing next to him!" "Just wait!" "Take our picture!" "You!" "You like me!" "I like you!" "What is this?" "You like me!" "Who is the most unforgettable among them?" " Horse!" " Right." "Horse!" "Sye-jin Jeon?" "Sye-jin is so excited he shows off his secret weapon." "Sweat never lies." "So finally, he succeeds in getting his photo taken." "But no student wants to take a photo with him." "You guys are awesome!" "Please don't get hurt!" "Show it to us again!" "It was the best!" "What do you think of their response?" "I was quite surprised." " Your face is red..." " Really?" "It was amazing!" "I was afraid they'd get hurt." "Who was the most impressive?" "The one who looks like Jong-hyuk Oh!" " Why?" " He's cute!" "He was so cool when he spun around." "It seems so flashy from the outside but I didn't know people were working so hard behind the scenes." "I'll have to look more closely now when I watch movies." "They were stars for the first time on a stage they created themselves." "Though bashful, they seemed to like it." "Their smiles never left their faces." "Sung-il opened the bar that the late Joong-hyun Ji had always wanted." "He used the money he had saved from doing stunts for 4 years." "It is located nearby Hongik University." "Jin-seock is helping Sung-il out today." "You shouldn't pour soy sauce like that." "They should be dipped into the sauce." "Oops!" "Crap!" "I already did it so..." "Who is this going to?" "Burned dumplings can be refilled." "He poured the soy sauce by accident." "I cannot live like this!" "Stage Actress Seol-ha CHANG I was in a play that required some action sequences." "I met him then and we became friends." "We've been friends for a long time." "What fits him better, stuntman or bar owner?" "He's a good stuntman..." "But he got hurt all the time so I prefer him as a bar owner." "Sung-il's "Just Friend" I love every stunt that he's done..." "Actually, a lot of pretty girls hang out in this area." "So I am worried." "One time, he got hurt really bad." "It upset me very much." "He still has that scar even now." "The scar under his star tattoo, right?" "Yes." "He says he got it for the bar..." "But it's to hide the scar." "Don't look at other pretty girls and call me more often!" "Oh my goodness!" "I'm tearing up..." "He has to succeed..." "All that pain he took, for 4 years?" "He even cracked his head..." "He will succeed." "Definitely!" "He will." "No doubt." "The next day." "Jin-seock cranks up the volume of his MP3 player in the solemn ossuary." "This song is for loved ones who've already gone..." "Did he like that sort?" "Drunken Tiger?" "Yes." "And he looks like them too, right?" "I keep thinking of him..." "Whenever I listen to this song..." "For a time, I kept listening to it." "I wanted to hear it with him today." "The night of December 25th, we met Jin-seock at the airport." "He was going backpacking." "With no destination, no itinerary." "Don't skip meals." "Don't worry." "I can handle it." "Safe trip." "Don't get hurt!" "In a foreign country." "It's not like I'm going to stunt!" "Why would I get hurt?" "Still... good for you man!" "I envy you for traveling abroad." "I felt suffocated..." "I'm just leaving, with no thought..." "Why the 25th?" "I didn't even realize..." "I've never really celebrated Christmas for the past 27 years." "I don't even pay attention." "I just booked an available flight and it just happened to be today." "I got here and saw the tree." "Still..." "It's Christmas..." "Whatever!" "Have a great trip!" "GO!" "Jin-seock KWAK!" " Hello?" " Jin-seock?" " Byung-gil!" " So... how's the trip going?" "Great!" "Don't worry!" "I got a girlfriend now!" "You mean the one in the photo you sent?" "Yeah." "Is she the right one or the left one?" "Of course, the left one!" "Winona Ryder!" "Well... she looks more Renee Zellweger than Winona Ryder..." "The chubby cheeks." "Renee Zellweger..." "She's not that chubby..." "She's skinnier than me!" "Surely you're not talking about the girl on your left?" "Yeah!" "My left, my left!" "Of course, it's the left one." "Really?" "I was just kidding." "Anyway how is Sung-il's bar going?" "Actually I don't know either." "It's been awhile since we've talked." "I should call him after you." "Yeah, you should!" "Alright, Jin-seock." "Come back safely!" "Sure!" " Byung-gil." " Yeah." "I'm busy now so I'll call you later." "Too many customers." "Sorry." "Okay." "Later!" "In 2004, a total of 36 guys passed the 8th year audition of the stunt school." "When this documentary began, only three were left." "At present, with shooting complete, only Gui-duck remains in stuntwork." "However, we don't think the other guys who chose other paths gave up on their dreams." "They are chasing different dreams, ones of their own choosing." "With different dreams, they will now make differing stories." "But their hearts will be the same as 2004 when they first began stunts." "They are all" "ACTION HEROES." "Dedicated to the late director Joong-hyun Ji who taught us how to stunt" " Byung-gil!" " Hey, Gui-duck." "Where are you?" "Um, I on set." "I'm shooting now." "Gui-duck, are you ready?" "Yes." "I am ready." "Sorry, Byung-gil." "I'll call you after I flip this car." " Okay." "Be careful!" " Sure." "Roll camera!" "Action!"