"Produced by Jeonju International Film Festival" "This film is based on the actual stories of government officials, who took part in Jeonju City's restoration of" ""The Annals of the Chosun Dynasty"." "HANJI" "Subtitle by Aldi Arman" "Written and directed by IM Kwon-taek" "We will now issue certificates for the new personnel appointments." "Attention!" "Bow to the mayor!" "There's an old saying," "Hanji lasts 1,000 years, silk lasts 500." "Your names and duties are printed especially on Hanji paper." "Director, he's new to Han Style and the Hanji department." "Appointment certificate" " Nice to meet you." " I'll do my best, sir." "Han Pil-yong and I went to high school together." "You're old schoolmates?" "Yeah, he had girls chasing him all the time." " How's your mother?" " She's fine, sir." "She made really good noodles." "Han Pil-yong just came from the cleaning department." "Hi, I'm Han Pil-young." "Glad to meet you." "Han Style manages medicine and traditional song and dance." "Han Foods manages Korean food." "Han Housing manages traditional Korean houses." "Hanji Paper's main job is restoring" "The Annals of the Chosun Dynasty." "This material will be of help." "Okay." "Let's do a great job together." "We want your names and duties printed on Hanji to remain as worthy records even after 1,000 years." "One drop from a brush spreads over Hanji beautifully." "We pray your determination and ideals on this 1,000 year paper will shine on brightly." " You haven't gone home yet?" " No." " Did my wife exercise?" " She just slept all day." "You should have made her." "Why do you always give in?" "She says she doesn't have the strength." " Your dinner's ready." " Thank you." "Let's eat." "The bean-paste stew is boiling." "It looks delicious." "So you didn't exercise or eat all day?" "You shouldn't do that." "You won't get better." "Hold the spoon and try to eat." "Hello?" "I just got in, Father." "I was about to call you." "Congratulations." "You drank too much with the cleaning staff and residents." "Cut down on it now that you're on the Hanji team." "Sure." "Are you going to stay at the same rank forever?" "You have to get promoted so you can hold your head up to your kids!" "I know." "Government officials are transferred every couple of years." "I don't know anything about Hanji." "I have a lot of studying to do." "Ask your wife." "She comes from a paper-making family." "She did paper craft for ages." "Ask when you don't know." "Father, she can barely talk." "I can't ask in-depth questions." "Dad!" "Is Sang-hoon there?" "Can you put him on?" "It's your dad." "Dad, you promised me a cell phone." "I'm the only one who doesn't have one." "Okay." "Listen to Grandpa and Uncle." "Don't fight with your cousin." "Your mom and I will come this weekend." "I love you, too." "July 7, Incheon International Airport." "A very special cargo arrived from Japan." "It drew many reporters' attention." "It was the 47 books of the "Annals of the Chosun Dynasty"." "They had returned after 93 years." "The Annals of the Chosun Dynasty" "The Odaesan Archive was right above 'Woljungsa ' temple." "It was the archive that 'Woljungsa ' protected." "The Odaesan Archive copy of the annals kept here went to Japan 93 years ago during the Japanese Occupation." "Four copies of the annals were made at that time." "They were kept at Chunchugwan Cheongju, Seongju, and Jeonju." "But they burned in the Imjin War and only the 'Jeonju Archive ' remained." "The Korean War broke out in 1950." "The Annals went through war, too." "The Jeoksangsan copy went to North Korea." "472 years from King Taejo to King Chuljong." "The "Annals of the Chosun Dynasty" are strict and objective." "A vast record comprised of 64 million words." "Acknowledging its value," "UNESCO appointed it as a world cultural asset." "What do you do?" "My job?" "The city's budget for restoring the Annals is $10 million." " $10 million?" " Yeah, $10 million." "But it takes years to make it so the profit margin's low." "Paper makers are excited because the budget is big though." "Dealing with them is my job." "Must be hard." "Come on." "Stand straight." "Come here." "One, two, good." "It's okay." "Okay." "We began using paper from the China's Song Dynasty days." "Literature and art blossomed in this age of cultural Renaissance." "Korean paper was sent to the Chinese emperor and gained fame." "According to records of the Song Dynasty, an envoy from Korea brought Baejchuji paper in 1915." "History books say that in 1080, the 34th year of King Moonjong, the Emperor of Song requested 2,000 poks of large Daeji sheets." "Kaifeng was the government office of the Song dynasty." "Many officials including Bao Qingtian passed through here." "Su Dongpo, considered the best poet of the Song Dynasty..." "In poetry, literature, calligraphy..." "The doctor?" "My..." "What does he think of your state?" "I know." "Tell..." "Tell you?" "You're dizzy and have depression on top of your condition." "So you avoid people and won't have sex." "Who..." "Me..." "Who made you this way?" "I'm sorry." "I say that all the time." " And?" " And more?" "There's more?" "What else should I apologize for?" "What other apology..." "To my dearest love..." "I didn't sleep at all last night." "Actually, I didn't know what to apologize for." "I'm ashamed of what I did." "Even after ten years have passed," "I never showed interest in your paper craft until now." "I thought I could get promoted if I did a good job." "You must have resented me asking you for help now." "When my parents looked down on yours for being a paper craft family," "I never stuck up for you." "When you came home after looking for your hometown," "I didn't understand your pain and imagined you were unfaithful." "I want to apologize for all that." "I'm lacking as your husband." "I'm really sorry." "I'll help you find your hometown." "I work on the Hanji team now so I can find it for you." "Please give me another chance." "I'll be good to you." "Honey, let's have a good life." "What the hell happened?" "I heard the restoration project got cancelled." "Is this true?" "Did you all know about this?" "What about people who already spent money getting 'dak'?" " Who'll be responsible for this?" " What the hell is going on here?" "Calm down everyone." "How can I calm down?" "I understand, but we never notified that it was $10 million." "I know it wasn't, but everyone believed it was going to happen!" "This is probably due to the new chief at the Culture Ministry." "I'll discuss it with them once I go back to Seoul." "Mr. Han, the mayor considers traditional Hanji very important." "You have to excel in trying times to get noticed." "If you convince the new chief there," "I'll give you a good evaluation." "I don't get it at all." "The Ministry said it was positive about this, so the paper makers got all excited for the last two years." "But now its suddenly cancelled because there's a new section chief." "Does that make sense?" "You don't know the whole story." "The Ministry never thought this project was promising." "What do you mean?" "They said it should support paper makers nationwide, not just in the Jeonju area." "There are other reasons, too." "Can they make paper as good as the original?" "Even if they did, modern ink only lasts about 200 years." "Then do we restore it again after 200 years?" "Why spend money on that?" "Things like that." "Don't worry too much." "I can persuade him with all the materials I've prepared." "What's that bottle?" "It's 'moju'." "You said she liked to drink." "Stupid, that's a tacky present." "Anyway, the new section chief loves to drink, so convince her to come out for a drink, okay?" "Hello, I'm Jung Woo-hyuk from Jeonju City Hall." "Lee Jin-kyung." " This is Han Pil-yong." " Nice to meet you." "How do you do?" "These socks and scarf are all made from Hanji." "That's amazing." "Can they be washed?" "This is 'Moju', crude liquor made with various herbs." "You shake it first." "It's got all kinds of medicinal herbs and..." "Thank you." "The project's main focus is to increase demand." "That means more supply." "Then the industry will grow." "That could lead to overseas demand as well..." "We also did our own evaluation." "It's not clear if this is for restoration or to raise demand." "Well..." "We should go after both..." "And there are other ways to raise demand for Korean paper." "But this project aims... to preserve our precious treasures and..." "Also, I don't think this will help support smaller Hanji companies." "Hello?" "I drank all night for work." "I'm on my way back now." "I'll be home soon." "Okay, bye." "You did a great job!" "I heard she said she'd positively consider it." "You were there." "Didn't you hear her?" "I was dozing off." "I couldn't keep up with her drinking." "How did you get that icy woman to soften up?" "I said, "You have great skin."" "I'll bring all the paper makers for a rally." "Stuff like that." "Honey, the moon's so pretty." "Let's do some exercises." "I feel really good today." "I got $50,000 more from the Culture Ministry." "We can start the first round of restoration now." "$250,000 sounds small compared to $10 million." "But Mr. Lee said I did a tremendous thing." "Some are criticizing me, though." "Those bastards." "All I need to do now is talk to the Hanji makers." "The biggest obstacle's gone." "I brought the moon." "A monk in the woods fell in love with the moonlight." "So he brought it along with the water." "He realized when he got home." "Moonlight also disappears when the water is poured out." "Remember quoting Lee Kyu-bo's poetry to me on our school trip?" "I fell for you so hard." "You got pregnant and... we shacked up despite our parents objection." "And when our kid died," "I remember how sad your eyes looked." "Let's bring Sang-hoon back even if it's hard for us." "Your parents..." "I'll talk to them." "I want the three of us to live together." "Next is what interests you the most." "The quality standards for Hanji to be used in the restoration." "You must use inner bark of Korean 'dak', not the outer bark." "You usually use 'palm' as a diffuser, but you must use Hibiscus manihot for this project." "Sometimes you use caustic soda for the cooking process, but you must use traditional lye this time." "Next is 'choji'." "You usually bleach in contained water, but you must bleach in running water for this project." "Excuse me, but who are you?" " I got permission from upstairs." " Why are you shooting this?" "I said I have permission." "This is a meeting." "Please leave." "Those are the regulations." "Next, we'll take questions." "People barely use the single-framed webal." "The double-framed sangbal is common." "So why can't we use sangbal as usual?" "Webal is Korea's greatest technique of creating paper." "As you all may know," "Webal scoops water from the front and dumps it at the back, letting water flow side to side to create paper with its complicating weave of fiber..." "I'm asking 'cause I don't know." "My family made paper for four generations and I started at six." "All the time since my grandfather made paper," "I never heard of regulations for acidity or whiteness." "I don't know what your references are based on." "They're based on the analysis of the Annals of the Chosun Dynasty." "It may be hard to follow them at first, but you should be able to do it after a few tries." "Hibiscus manihot goes bad after summer." "Can't we use 'palm'?" "Yes, it does go bad easily due to the summer heat." "Thus producing less glue." "But with modern science advancing, you can use related equipment." "Using a cooler or freezer will produce more glue." "I can give you advice on such technology." "Can we mix imported dak with Korean dak?" "Out of the question." "Imported dak and Korean dak are processed very differently." "Imported dak uses fresh peeled bark, while Korean dak is cleaned of impurities in the process." "So you must not use imported dak for this project." "Imported dak results in resin imperfections or spots." "They are bad for preservation and printing, so don't use them." "Some people lie about mixing imported dak and sell them." "Can you tell if it's been mixed?" "Of course." "Although the two are not completely different, composition, length, and thickness analysis of fiber identifies them." "The important thing is... we restore the Annals of the Chosun Dynasty." "It goes against our conscience to use imported dak." "People selling imported dak as if it were the real thing, and cheap Chinese paper as Hanji ruined the Hanji tradition." "You expect them to have any kind of conscience?" "You're saying people who sell imported stuff ruin everything?" "No, no." "He's not talking about you." "Just that there are a few." "$10 per sheet won't cover half the production cost." "How's that going to help save the Hanji industry?" "I can't do it for $10." "I know the price is wrong." "But your name will be in the Annals." "Passing this test will acknowledge you as a master, and you have the honor of making a masterpiece." "Masterpiece, my ass." "There's no masterpiece in Korea!" "We can't make paper like the old Goryeo paper." "Pollution!" "Water!" "Our conscience!" "That's what's stopping us." "If any of you can make a masterpiece, come out here." "Hey, you." "You take cheap paper and sell it at a high price like you made it." "Can you talk with a straight face?" " You little piece of..." " Stop talking nonsense." "Go to hell!" " Get up." " Who is it?" " Fuck, get up!" " Okay, okay." "What a disgrace!" "What the hell did you do to make a such mess of things?" "Sorry, sir." "Raise the price or something so the masters will take an interest." "We'll find a way, sir." "The mayor's concerned about this." "So do whatever you can to make this project a success." " Yes, sir." " Yes, sir." "Show them in." "Come this way." "Did you see "Taean Oil Spill"?" "Yes, about the west coast." "Director Min Ji-won here made that." "She's making one about the beauty and industry of Hanji." "We're providing full support, so show her around, Mr. Han." "Yes, sir." "I'll be shooting things related to Hanji." "Clothes made of Hanji, scarves of Hanji and fiber, bamboo fans, crafts like accessories or brooches." "Jeonju Korean food, bibimbap, bean sprout soup and so on." "Sang-hoo," "Daddy's working so I'll call you back soon." "Okay, I'll come with Mommy on the weekend." "Don't fight with your cousins." "Bye now." "Han Pil-yong, Hanji team." "I arranged that yesterday and let you talk to them!" "I don't know what she heard, but she says to film them as they are." "Moving and lighting them will supposedly contort them." "Where are you?" "You know the soup place under the overpass?" "Okay, I'm on my way." "Shit!" "Don't get upset and just go and help her." "It'll be broadcast in April so we have to cooperate." "You know that the people upstairs are interested in this." "Hop in!" "I saw that you got some award at the Yamagata Film Festival." "You said you'd shoot the beauty of Hanji but what's all this?" "Are you a reporter now?" "There are Hanji festivals in Wonju, Andong, and Jeonju." "So?" "Is the restoration project to beat out the other regions?" "Or is there a political agenda?" "Look!" "See things as they are." "Hanji was born in Jeonju." "Hanji makers spread out to other parts of the country." "You know?" "We're trying to help small businesses through this project." "The main focus is to create profit and expand the industry." "More demand means more supply, making the industry grow." "Then there'll be orders from overseas, too." "That's why we're doing it." "You know?" "I'm Han Pil-yong from City Hall." "You said it was okay on the phone yesterday." "I thought about it but a camera crew makes my job difficult." "Please, I'm not happy, either." "It's hard for me, too." "Come in." " Thank you." " Thank you." "Be careful with them." "This looks good." "Wow, I thought you attached carved wood to furniture, but you carve the paper itself." "What does the bat shape mean?" "It stands for wealth and honor." "Heuksukgol used to be famous, but now it's deserted." "About 1,000 paper makers used to live here though." "That's the 'kalbittuh'." "They used to beat the dak, but now they use a kalbittuh to increase production." "'Ssangbaltuggi' is a method created by the Japanese to increase production compared to 'webalteuggi'." "So are you in or out on the restoration?" "If I do webalteuggi according to the regulations," "I have to change the facilities and get a technician." "The numbers don't fit." "You were the first to apply for webalteuggi." "That's when I thought it was for $10 million." "I can't change the facilities just for 1,000 to 2,000 sheets." "You can't do that." "You have the largest factory, so you have to take the lead." "It's the city's main project." "Mr. Park of Namsun Paper agreed to participate." "Then we should, too." "I hear Jeil Hanji brought in a scientist to make samples?" "Yes, they're very enthusiastic." "See, look." "This was made five years ago." "I could pass with just this." "You know the Hanji industry better than anyone else." "And you're leading the project." "But this project's regulations are too strict." "And its underpaying." "It's unrealistic to offer only half the money to make paper." "You talk as if we're a small-scale business." "Come on Mr. Choi, Jeil Paper is Korea's largest." " Mr. Han, come on in!" " I didn't know it was this far in." " Remote, huh?" " Yes." "I bet there's no pollution." "That's why I came here." "I see." "Mr. Han." "I've used that container for seven years." "And I cant stand it when someone calls me a paper swindler." "Are you going to apply for the restoration project or not?" "Lots of people are doing it." "Sir, are you in?" "Sir!" "Who is it?" "I'm from the Hanji department." "Is your father in?" "He's not home." "He said he'd be home all day when I called yesterday." "My old man goes haywire once in a while." "He's not answering his phone." "That means he's getting freaking' wasted at the temple." "How can you talk about your father like that?" "And you grabbed him by the throat, too." "You don't know anything." "He's out of control when he's drunk." "He'll get beat up somewhere if I don't do that." " Which temple?" " Geumdunsa." "Someone's coming from Seoul to see the paper." "So tell the old man to hurry back." "I'm Han Pil-yong from Jeonju City Hall." "Hey, what are you doing here?" "You know why I'm here." "I wanted to ask you to join the restoration project." "There are lots of people to do that." "Why are you bothering me?" "There aren't many people left who know the traditional ways." "Please participate." "My paper will kill them all!" "None of them want me." "Would they want mine to beat 'em?" "They'd rather kill me." " Wake up." " Come on, sir..." "Come here!" "Have a drink!" "The priest made Songhwaju just for me." "Have some." "He works three years to make this booze for me." "It smells great." "Restoring the Annals of the Chosun Dynasty is important?" "Yes, we can introduce the excellence of Hanji to the world." "It's tough for paper makers now, so we want to create..." "Our great Mr. Jang does things far greater than that." "You're too kind." "I'm building a tower for unification on Geumjunsan." "I have the greatest stone mason working on it for two years." "In order to decorate the tower with scriptures and dharani," "I need a paper that can last a thousand years." "Scribing, is the holy act of copying the Buddhist scriptures," "And laying down the words of Buddha." "You write one character and bow once." "It's a process that requires all of your heart and soul." "If it is to last and be passed on to generations," "It must be written on lasting paper." "The only man who can make such a paper is Mr. Jang Duk-soon here." "What makes you think he can make a 1,000 year paper?" "Kumarajiva, an Indian monk who learned Chinese, translated the 'Diamond Sutra'." "It's a 350-year-old book printed with wood." "The paper is so soft that no one can make it now." "It feels as smooth as a baby's cheeks." "It's thin, strong, tight." "Still, it's as light as a dragonfly's wings." "It's already 350 years old, but it'll last hundreds more." "This is called a ninefold hemp cloth." "You can't change your mind about taking part in it." "I already submitted a report so you can't back out." "Please do." "Thank you, sir." "This is Han Pil-yong." "Why are you so late?" "It's 11:45 pm." "You, of all people, have to be a part of this." "I'm begging you, please." "I'll call you." "Yes, bye." "Why are you waiting outside?" "It's freezing." "It's going well." "Seven companies are in." "We only need three more." "Who?" "Daesung Hanji, Haedong Hanji, Songgang Hanji." "Soondae sausages." "Nam..." "I got it at Nammun Market like you said." "It looks good." "Here's salt and toothpicks." "Looks delicious, huh?" "Eat." "Your hometown, Wolgok." "It's not on the map." "I asked every paper maker I met, but no one knows it." "There are similar names in South Jeolla and Gyungsang provinces, but they're not paper making places so that's not it." "Hello?" "Sang-hoon, it's late." "Why aren't you sleeping?" "Yes, I'll come with mom tomorrow." "Okay, okay." "Good night." "I love you, too." "Your family history, you see..." "Your paper making grandfather finally settled down in Wolgok." "Your father exported paper to Japan, then ran off with another woman." "So you lived with you mother until she passed away." "And you grew up with your mom's relatives, right?" "I told the whole family history, but nobody knows." "Think it's near here?" "Think carefully." "Pull over." " Why?" "You remember something?" " No." "Mom!" " Sang-hoon." " Dad!" "How are you?" " Big brother." " You came." "Come on in." "How are you feeling?" " Hello." " Hello, auntie." " Hello." " Father, I'm here." " Sang-hoon's mom." " Mother." "You guys share that." "Come on, hurry up." "Is there any change?" "What do the doctors say?" "They say she's much better." "Rehab exercises will help her recover." "Although they say that every time..." "I'm here to see Ms. Kwak." " She's in the room at the end." " Thank you." " Mr. Han!" "How are you?" " Oh, hello." "Hello." "What brings you here?" "It's my wife's old studio." " Everything's going well?" " Yes." "Just say what you think." "Brain development, creation, creativity, concentration." "Ms. Kwak, right?" "I'm Han Pil-yong." "Yes" " Is Hyu-kyung getting better?" " Yes, she is." "Tell her to exercise with this." "It'll strengthen her muscles." "This is 'okchoonji' and you wash it in water for days." "The paper just keeps getting stronger and softer." "You can make clothes, scarves, or use it for paper craft." "I see." "I'm leaving." "Keep up the good work." "Good-bye, then." "I'll give it to her." "Thank you." "Mr. Han must come often." "No, it's his first time." "His wife has many beautiful pieces that she made." "Try to squeeze harder." "It's still the same." "Hello?" "The crew's going there to shoot the tea set and tray." "They say they have to, so let them in." "No, that's..." "Your teacher recommended it." "They'll be there in 30 minutes." "Come in." " Here they are." " Okay." "I'll give it to her." "Thank you." "They want to see the chamber pot, too." "This chamber pot is made with twisted paper." "It has to be lacquered seven times to not leak." "Where do you use it?" "A bride's mom would put it in the bridal palanquin." "The 18-year-old bride can pee in it," "Or throw up in it if she gets nauseous." "The government and the city put up a total of $500,000." "$30,000 is for using the image of the Annals in Kyujanngak." "Printing costs $150,000." "Then there's the cover and management fees." "That leaves a little over $100,000." "If all the companies qualify, they each get $10,000." "I'll get straight to the point." "How about a loan of some kind..." "I need money to buy dak and get people together." "I can't do this." "It's too hard." "Paper makers have tough lives." "Sir, about the smaller companies..." "Couldn't we give them an advance to get things started?" "So you've been telling people they'll get some funding." "No reason we can't." "Well get into serious trouble if we get caught!" "I don't mean that." "I'm just saying let's advance the funding date, that's all." "I'm telling you as a friend." "Pil-yong, you're overdoing it." "Working late alone and getting noticed by the director's good, but look what's going on around you, man." "Am I doing this for just me?" "All I'm saying is, let's help the ones having trouble." "It's not like I'm keeping the money." "Then you guarantee it and get the Culture Institute to pay up." "You got good grades in school." "Use your brains." "Stop overdoing it, dickhead." " Fuck you, man!" " What did you say?" "You've completely lost it." "Are you done, you fucker?" " Sir, he's not worth it." " Let go of me!" "Pil-yong!" "You're dead meat!" "Woo-hyuk!" "You used to copy my answers in school!" "Fuck you!" "Who does he think he is?" " You're early, sir." " Yeah." "Where's the film crew today?" "The director wants to have dinner with them." " Mr. Han!" " They're shooting 'jihwa', sir." "What's jihwa?" " Paper..." " Paper flowers, sir." "Make dinner arrangements tonight." "Yes, sir." "I've been there a couple times, but I can't remember." "I turned right at the realtor's and came 200 meters." "Huh?" "I came the wrong way." "I'll turn back." "What are you doing here?" "Your cell phone's turned off." "The director wants to have dinner tonight." " I already have plans." " What plans?" "I'm having dinner with an accessory maker." "The day after tomorrow looks okay." "You shoot bamboo fans from two to four and that's it." "He's coming." " Hello, sir." " Let's go in." "Have a seat." "You can take your coat off." "I hear you're working hard." "Thank you for coming to dinner." "Thank you." "Would you like a drink?" "Here you go." "You, too." "I'll pour for you." "When is it airing?" "It'll be delayed about three months." "I hope it gets finished by the time the restoration is completed." "I heard you know Professor Kim Choon-gi at Jeolla University." "I asked him for an interview, but he hasn't replied yet." "I was hoping you'd help me." "Why do you need him?" "They say he uses only traditional hanji for his calligraphy." "Hello." "The interview just started." "Many artists and calligraphers use 'hwasunji', but why do you insist on using only hanji?" "Do you think you can save hanji through calligraphy?" "You compared hanji to a faithful wife and hwasunji to a concubine." "Could you tell me why?" "I'm Han Pil-yong from Jeonju City." "Sorry I'm late." "Calligraphy must be good to make hanji look good." "Hwasunji makes even bad writers look like they can write well." "I'll explain as I write on the two papers." "Now watch." "This is hwasunji." "Ink is absorbed quickly so it clings to the paper." "Not only that," "It keeps the brush straight, and makes it look like it goes right through the paper." "So it makes even bad writing look good." "This is the trickery of hwasunji." "This means 'play in talent'." "According to Confucius, it's the most consummate level in life." "This is our hanji." "It doesn't absorb ink immediately, and looks a bit rough." "You can see all the traces, so a bad writer's faults cannot be concealed." "Let's look at the two together." "Hwasunji absorbs the ink and covers up its tracks, so the ink looks like it's deeply imprinted." "The same person wrote them, but this one looks much better." "It is not his actual writing." "The paper makes it look good." "Look at the hanji though." "It shows every trace of the brush, so it's very honest." "Hwasunji uses trickery to make bad writing look good." "So, I compared it to a concubine." "Hanji shows up writing as it is and keeps it for a long time." "So, I compared it to a faithful wife." "Aren't the two papers completely different?" "Wasn't hwasunji developed with pulp after western paper was introduced?" "It spreads better and looks good so it was popular for 100 years." "Yes, but hwasunji..." "Hwasunji has its own excellent..." "That's enough nonsense!" "You're making a film about hanji and you compliment hwasunji?" "Let's not just talk among ourselves." "There's no objective evidence that hanji is good, right?" "Yes, there is." "Poet Hwang Jung-gyung's book of poetry in the Song dynasty..." " Listen to me!" " Yes." "Bu Wu Yao Lan of Ming, and Gezhi Jingyuan of Qing dynasty all talk about the beauty of..." "I've read them all, too." "Professor." "France, Italy, Japan, China, Thailand produce the most writing paper..." "But Korea isn't regarded as a major manufacturer, right?" "Take a look at this." "This was written on hwasunji." "It looks fine at first glance, but a closer look reveals it is cracked and split, and it looks ugly with age." "Look at this one." "This was made only 22 years ago." "Look at the ugly discoloration and how it's cracked everywhere." "It may be because it wasn't taken good care of, but it happens because it is not very durable." "And you still think hwasunji is good paper?" "Look at this one." "This was written on traditional hanji 68 years ago." "Look how graceful it is!" "Like a beautifully aging lady." "The paper holds the ink well with no cracks or discoloration." "Isn't it beautiful?" "This is certain to last for several hundred years." "China developed 'xuanchi', their own traditional paper." "Japan also developed 'washi', their own traditional paper." "But both are interested in the durability quality of hanji." "International circumstances for calligraphy are becoming more advantageous to hanji." "Hanji is not simply a material." "It contains our spirit." "If we globalize it along with our spirit," "I believe it will succeed." "How did you end up working on hanji?" "There must have been other topics, too." "I was at a film festival abroad a few years ago," "And they had a fashion show for clothes made with hanji." "I was watching it when a foreigner asked me," ""China has xuanzhi and Japan has washi even today."" "Wasn't Korean hanji made only in the past?" "Do you still make it?" "I was shocked by that." "Great job." "Have a drink." "A toast." "Good work everyone." "Yes." "It's going well." "We wrap up this month, so I'll make the deadline." "Yes." "I'll send a rough cut right away." "Yes." "Sorry." "I'm pissed off." "This helps." "I should be doing features, but I'm still stuck in documentaries." "Sense of duty?" "I feel I need to tell about things that need to be told." "Is that it?" "Want some more?" "You go in first!" "Turn the lights off." "The moon's nice." "Wow!" "What a great place!" " What happened to your wife?" " What?" "Oh, it's all my fault." "She found out I was having an affair." "She was already stressed so it came as a huge shock." "She had a stroke and spent six months in intensive care." "She's been home for two years now." "So the other woman was even more beautiful than your wife?" "That wasn't it." "She was just comfortable." "By the way, are you married?" "You look married, but you also look single." " I'm divorced." " I see." "He took our kid and I didn't take the settlement." "I wanted the divorce, so why should I take it?" "I'm free and single." "You don't have a boyfriend?" "Too busy with work." "But no matter how busy you are, you have needs..." " What about you?" " Huh?" "My wife feels bad about being like that for two years." "She said she'd understand if I do it with a professional." "So do you?" "Once she said that, it was harder to do it." "Dad!" " You're home." " Yes." " Dad!" " Sang-hoon, chicken!" "Yeah." "How was my wife today?" "She's in a bad mood." "She stayed in bed all day." "I'm off now." " Thank you." " Bye." "Honey, I'm home." "Are you sick?" "You okay?" "Sang-hoon, go to your room." "Why?" "Close the door." "Close the door." "What?" "Where were you today?" "Why didn't you answer your phone?" "I went to Wonju." "They have an international paper festival." "I talked to the professors and came just now." "You didn't answer my calls!" "They kept calling here because that director wasn't answering." "Give me." "Your phone." "Give it!" "Welcome." "I'm from City Hall." "Where's the professor?" "Over there." "Dongadang herbal pharmacy." "Hello, professor." "I'm Han Pil-yong, in charge of hanji." "I called you." "I enjoyed your lecture at the institute the other day." "I heard you have a 400-year old Donguibogam." "I'd like to see it." "Sure, I'll show you." "I collected books for 40 years, going up and down these steps." "This is Donguibogam, written by Heo Jun." "This is Gyewonpilgyung." "A collection of works by Choi Chi-won." "I see." "This was released in 1613, so that's 397 years ago." "This was written in 1666, so it's 334 years old." "The hanji used in Donguibogam is made of raw paper mulberry, so it has bits of bark and the color is yellow." "The paper of Gyewonpilgyung is whiter, thicker, and seems better," "but Donguibogam hasn't worn out and is actually better." "Sorry to keep you waiting." "We finished shooting today." "I leave tomorrow." "Already?" "Thanks for all your help." "I don't know if I was of any real help." "I got everything I wanted." "I'm disappointed I didn't get the real good paper though." "Yeah." "When will the books be completed?" "We're examining the samples now." "Soon, but no definite dates yet." "This is from that table." "Thank you, sir." "What a surprise." "I leave tomorrow." "So I wanted to interview you." "Tell me about the good things and the bad things, and even the smallest details." "I was about to come and see you." " I got the payment today." " You did?" "That's great." "Thanks." "You're here." "Have a seat." "When I first joined the Hanji team," "I wanted to run away." "What was the most difficult thing to deal with?" "All the masters say they're the original and are the best." "Getting them together was the hardest to do." "I pleaded with them and I humored them." "I made threats, too." "I said things I didn't mean and that was the toughest." "Do you still want to leave if you could?" "No." "Not at all." "I'm totally into hanji now." "I don't have much power but as long as I'm here," "I want to do what I can for the hanji industry, and make something wonderful before I leave." "I'm from Jeonju City Hall." "Is Professor Kim in?" "Yes, he's waiting." "Come in." "Come this way." "We analyzed all ten candidates for the restoration paper." "Yes." "Some of the paper was the quality we wanted." "But some didn't meet the requirements." "Professor Kim, please announce the results of the quality test." "I'm sorry but only two satisfied the qualifications." "Then let's use only those two and drop the rest." "We made it clear from the start." "But the object is to save the hanji industry." "If we disqualify all of them, they won't take it well." "Aren't the standards too high?" "The samples are much better than existing paper." "If we pass only two companies, it will be hard to do the project." "Manbok Paper used chemicals to make it whiter, so let's take them out." "Professor, the original has good paper and bad paper." "Manbok Paper could also..." "Their whiteness was very high because of chemicals." "That makes durability questionable." "And we mentioned the importance of conscience and trust early on." "This is unacceptable." "This is Han Pil-yong." "Yours was the only one rejected." "Did you use chemical bleach?" "Only a little to make mine look whiter." "How could you use chemicals!" "I told you several times!" "You think public funding is free?" "I have to pay for this because I vouched for it!" "You couldn't get it passed at your level?" "Where would I get that kind of money?" "I can't pay back anything until my paper gets sold!" "I see a teahouse on the left." "Ah, I found it." "Hello." "What would you like?" " Is green tea okay?" " Sure, that's fine." " Green tea." " Okay." "When did you come?" "Early this morning." "I came straight from a meeting." "This place is nice." "You come here often?" "How's the documentary coming along?" "I finished the rough cut." "I'd really like to see it." " Come in." " Okay." "It's my work space." "Messy, isn't it?" "Sit over here." " You have a lot of stuff." " Well..." "I put up the works that I made." "Beta tapes, research material, the originals," "And my collection of old films." "Oh." "Oh yeah." "These are the early 6mm tapes of the hanji project, the locations and research material." "It's a lot, isn't it?" "My books and other stuff." "My son, Joon-hyung." "How old is he?" "How old is your son?" "He's in first grade." "My boy's younger." "He's five." "HANJI" "That's the title." "What do you think?" "Traditional paper windows served as air purification filters." "Depending on the air current, the outside dust is filtered at the bottom," "And the dust inside is filtered at the top." "On a moon lit night, paper windows acted as a screen." "After setting dinner for her husband, the wife would be spinning a wheel under a lamplight." "When her drunk husband appears near the front gate, she straightens herself." "Sometimes, she lowers the brightness of the lamplight in order to see her husband under the moonlight." "The shadow screen is a metaphor of sharing thoughts and communicating with each other in its own way." "Bandajijang, a handicraft that shows the aesthetic sense of our ancestors." "By cutting thin Hanji and decorating it with lacquer, it gushes out a heavy mood like a decoration made of metal." "Paper flowers of magic lily, lotus and flowerless plant show the peak of hanji handicraft." "Collecting paper mulberry" "China's Tsai Lun invented paper," "But it was our Korean ancestors who cultivated and developed paper." "Steaming" "Unlike Chinese paper which is determined by plant fiber," "Hanji uses fibers from 'chamdak, which is known for having the best quality in Asia." "Making chunyunjae" "Thus the paper is in its highest quality." "Hanji is strong, durable, breathable, and cold-proof." "Beating" "Western documents succumbed after a few hundred years." "After centuries of facing catastrophes," "Korean artifacts made of hanji have stood the test of time." "Webaltuggi uses a frame and is suspended from a single string." "It weaves paper by shaking it back and forth and side to side." "It creates a crisscross pattern to strengthen the durability." "This technique is also called 'hullimtuggi' because it lets water drop." "The worlds oldest xylopgraph print from the year 706." "The Great Dharani Sutra of Immaculate and Pure Light," "'Korea Joongsoo Munseo ' in 1038," "The transcript of 'Shinla Baekji Mukseo' in 754" "Are all Korea's culture patrimony that has been for over 1,000 years." "There are also records of general Lee Sun-shin's 400-year old Nanjung diary." "The preservation of our ancestors have been through hanji, and we have to promise that our traces be preserved for the next 1,000 years." "You did a great job." "I think we were too ignorant about hanji until now." "I'm a little ashamed." "If it had more scenes of Hanok Village," "Jeonju would become famous." "It's too bad." "Thank you for your help." " And thank you, director." " You did very well." "It's as interesting as its title, 'HANJI'." "Will this go to international documentary film festivals?" "I'll decide after it airs in June." "The mayor wants to have dinner." "Do you have to leave now?" "I have a blind date." "I have to be in Seoul by seven." "About finding someone comfortable..." "How do I pick someone who's comfortable?" "Well, you see..." "There should be no pressure." "Neither should have a motive." "And you have to click." "I just felt comfortable right from the start." "But then, that doesn't guarantee anything." "It's not easy." " This is Han Pil-yong speaking." " Mr. Han Pil-yong?" " This is he." " This is the Wansan Police." "The police?" "Why?" "Someone filed a petition, so you'll have to come and explain." "Oh, okay." "What is it?" "Someone reported me." "I'll be right back." "For the restoration project, did you promise to forward payment for paper sales?" "I did." "Did you know that it was an abuse of authority, breach of accounting and unfitting behavior?" "I just..." "It says here you were at a bar on Feb. 20, from 21:00 to 01:00." "You and the documentary director, Min Ji-won, had two bottles of whisky, five bottles of beer, you wanted more, but the owner kicked you out." "Oh Kyung-min of Sungho Paper paid your bill." "You and Min Ji-won left in a cab, fully intoxicated." "You said you would make sure Oh Kyung-min got the money for the restoration project." "Is that right?" "I can't remember 'cause I was drunk," "Mr. Oh of Sungho Paper said later that he paid." "That's a bribe." "It's good to have free time, but I can't tell the days apart." "You know that I've never rubbed anyone the wrong way." "I don't know who did this to me, but this really sucks." "I got nobody to talk to..." "Its only a three-month suspension." "That's a piece of cake man." "Don't be such a crybaby." "Okay, I'll take it like a man." "Thanks, jerk." "Okay." "Hi, Mr. Hwang." "Do you want to see the restored Annals of the Chosun Dynasty?" "Sure." "Can I bring my wife?" "It wouldn't look good." "Okay, I'll go alone." "Thanks." "We folded it in the same way as the original." "We used an exact copy to make this." "We took away the yellowed parts during the imaging process, and made it like this." "People think this process is much easier." "It's a simple process, but hard to do." "It's actually not that easy." "The cover is silk, dyed with natural polygonum indigo." "The cover is made of screen paper with a pattern on it." "This one is discolored now, and we used technological devices to reproduce this one." "This book is Shurangama Sutra from Solwonsanbang." "It's over 400 years old." "You mentioned nine-fold hemp cloth last winter." "What does that mean?" "Aristocrats wore nine-fold cloth." "Commoners wore three-fold." "Paper is like cloth and there's three, seven, and nine-fold." "This paper here is nine-fold like the cloth." "It means it can be washed nine times and made into a very thin, yet strong paper." "This is called 'chekji', but nobody can make it." "Nobody but me!" " You made it before?" " Never." "What?" "I can't make it unless somebody asks me to." "I thought you had because you were bragging so much." "I've never done it, but I know the secret." "I'm the only one who knows." "Priest, why do all paper makers say they're the best?" "Paper is made deep in the mountains, or in a valley with clean water." "Cut off from the world." "So they think what they or their master make is the best." "That makes sense, but I'm different." "My master and his master all made paper for the King." "That's as good as it gets." "Let's see what you're made of, whatever your roots are." "Who did you learn from?" "I made paper in Wolgok, okay?" "It's all underwater at the Woonam Dam now, but they used to make the best paper there." "Over there beyond the dam." "That's where your hometown of Wolgok used to be." "Now its called Woonam Dam and the name's gone." "But it's Wolgok." "19 villages including Hakjeon, Pillam, and Wolgok were submerged." "I think Wolgok was higher." "Your grandfather's name was Bae Choon-byung." "They all called him Choonbenggi." "Do you remember?" "He was well-known here for making paper really well." "Hello, I'm Han Pil-yong, from Jeonju City Hall." "Hello, you've come a long way." "Thank you for coming out." "Jang Duk-soon kept telling me to meet the two of you." "I used to export dak paper to Japan, but I went bankrupt." "Now I rely on my relatives." "I'm here to find out about my father." "I did well but Mr. Bae did exceptionally well." "The water was good and dak grew well, so it was competitive." "Mr. Bae went to Japan a lot because of the dak exports." "Since he went there often, he fell for a Korean-Japanese woman." "He had his reputation and" "other paper makers to think of." "So I guess he just settled down there." "I'm showing you this because you're restoring the Annals." "This was made in the 1970s in Japan out of handmade writing paper from all over the world." "Making a huge reference book like this is to develop their own washi." "Japan makes many kinds of paper differing in material or process." "Dak paper used for Asian artifacts in world museums is called 'Japanese paper'." "Dak paper that we make would look like 'Japanese paper' to them." "It's pathetic that we have no record of the methods and skills." "So hanji has no status in the world?" "None at all." "I told you to take the bus and you ride that thing!" "You thoughtless idiot!" "You could have gone to America and back twice." "You think getting cotton sticks and burning them is easy?" "It was freakin' hard." "Mr. Kim, the head of Shinan said to give you this." " Dad." " Yes, Sang-hoon." " Mom's really mad." " Why?" " I don't know." " I wonder why." "Honey." "Go to the The Story of Go bookmark on the top book shelf, and grab the bankbook." "Stay here, Sang-hoon." "Why did you take out a $6,000 loan?" "The guy who got an advance wouldn't pay up so I had to." "I invested $3,000 in making scripture paper." "What's that?" "They write Buddhist scriptures on them to put in new towers." "$2,000 plus $3,000 comes out to $5,000." "What's the $1,000 for?" "For emergencies." "Why do you need emergency money?" "How are you going to pay back $6,000?" "One container makes 400 sheets of paper." "That makes 200 yingyang sheets divided by three, so I get 66 sheets." "One sheet is $100, so I'll get $6,600." "And who's going to pay $100 for paper?" "It lasts for 1,000 years." "Of course someone will." "You'll stay alive 1,000 years and make sure it does?" "You have no concept of debt." "I could always sell this house to pay off the bank." "This isn't your house." "It's your father's." "You always wanted to buy an apartment." "And you live here on lease because you have no money!" "I took out a loan to make the 1,000 year paper." "I know I should have talked to you about it first, but how could you, of all people, say that to me?" "For just $3,000!" "Do Not Enter National Park Preservation Area" "Welcome." "How much longer will it take?" "Two hours at least." "Fuck, what is this?" "Lift it." "Carefully." "Yes." "Well done." "Hit it, yeah." "Good." "Very good." "God of Dukyu Mountain, it is my small gift from my heart." "Listen and praise me with the paper of 1,000 years." "We have to live in this temple until the paper is fully weaved." "This place is where Doam monk stays as the chief Buddhist monk." "Mr. Han, go over there!" "You're getting in the way." "Fasten it tight." "Nice fire." "Wake up." "Get up for a minute." "What is it?" "Do we have to go through all this?" "Can we really make the 1,000 year paper?" "This is the waterfall that angels come to bathe in." "It's like the paradise people can't reach." "This is the perfect place to make that paper." "I mean, you said you got chamdak before the first frost, you grew the Hibiscus manihot deep in a valley, and you got cotton sticks all the way from Shinan for the lye." "Acid rain's acidifying the soil, so is there any clean place left?" "If you have that little faith in me, you should pack up and leave now." "What?" "I paid a third of the money." "I'm entitled to think that." "Bastard, you paid $3,000 and you're saying it's a third?" "This container alone is $6,000, you bastard." "Monks and female Buddhists are lining up to pay for the paper." "The priest is staying quiet because he's reserved." "And to think I thought you'd be of help 'cause you're an official." "Fuck, what's with you?" "You're supposed to work at night and sleep in the daytime!" "If you can't, then it's all your fault." "Get lost." "I don't need you to make the 1,000 year paper." "I'm not going anywhere." "Go, you jerk." "We have a guest." "Ji-won!" "I just had to let you know, but I didn't think you'd come." "The road here's bad, isn't it?" "Wow!" "This is amazing!" "Tell me about it." "This is a restricted area." "We sleep in the temple in the daytime and work at night." "Did you know Heuksuk Village was forced to relocate due to pollution?" "This area is restricted to keep it clean." "Don't you think you're polluting it to make paper?" "If you look... at the postscript of Shillas Avatamsaka Sutra, the method of producing paper for scriptures comes out in detail." "It says to spray perfume on the mulberry's roots." "After that, peel the mulberry skin." "And then meticulously trim the mulberry peel." "And then those who make or help make this paper will be blessed." "If anyone of them relieves himself or lie down sleeping or eating, they must first bathe in perfume and then start the scripture." "Do you know how pure and sublime this work is?" "Of course we cant do it as well as they did in the Shilla dynasty, but in order to make this 1,000 year paper for the scripture, we have to put in such great effort." "So what problem is there for us to be here for a moment?" "I've never heard of making paper in the moonlight." "Why is that?" "I make paper with my spirit." "The moonlight calms you and helps you concentrate." "I made paper at 3am with just a kerosene lamp." "I could do it with my eyes closed." "How can you make paper with your eyes closed?" "Water in the container reaches my wrist during front watering, and the back of my hand during side watering." "The energy of both the moon and the waterfall will help me make the 1,000 year paper." "Let's take a break." "My old man says you and your father used to come to our house." "He says you really like apricots." "He said to get apricots for you, but there aren't any in winter." "Then he said get apricot flavored candy instead." "Shit." "He's a got a bad fucking temper, but he's actually soft-hearted and lonely." "You should have come looking for him." "Fuck, I think he was waiting." "Were prepared to weave paper with the traditional method." "We've found the native chamdak root and cultivated it with natural compost at a mountain with excellent soil." "We have also obtained hwang chokgyu for fresh dak glue." "And the waterfall's water is as good as Seokgan water, which flows out from a large rock." "The container is made with Chunhyang wood so it is nice and clean." "It's made just the way it was done in Wolgok." "The moon's up." "What are you waiting for?" "I'm making it now." "We met before." "You look healthier." "Am I able to shoot?" "It's possible at night time huh?" "Of course." "Everyone here is crazy." "People making paper in the moonlight." "Or me recording them." "The apricot scent is nice." "What do you think of hanji?" "Hanji is more like a spirit than a material." "They used to use the character for 'one hundred' and not 'white for the word 'baekji'." "It takes 100 touches to make." "If people don't work hard at it, then the paper cant be born." "Considering that, paper seems to be more precious than rice." "The character for 'rice' means it needs to be tended 88 times." "That's still less than one hundred." "Despite those numbers," "Rice is food for our bodies, and paper is spiritual food for our hearts and minds." "So the value is different." "No matter how much I look at it, the moonlight is not too bright." "It is a friendly light that quietly brightens the dark." "The soft, quiet, yet strong hanji" "is just like the moonlight." "When our hearts are..." "Pure and composed," "It is when we can scoop up the moonlight like hanji." "Just because the moonlight can be scooped up it does not." "Only when you leave the moonlight as it is and embrace the light with your heart," "Can it be scooped up in full at last."