"Whoa?" "Is this my hand?" "From when it turns into old stone-like?" "Well, I used to be a nice cheek?" "Yeah. you know, Dori is getting twenty three this year." "So, how old I am?" "You know time flys fast, doesn't it?" "How long ago is that?" "I was sixteen, so..." "THE 1920s" "The bride and groom's bowing ritual!" "Bride, bow!" "Groom, bow in return!" "It'll take five more years for the groom's seed to ripen." "Bride, bow again!" "Blink all you can now, folks!" "All right, stop blinking..." "And one, two..." "All right, my wife, pour out the nuptial wine." "Mistress Soonie!" "The sun's already up!" "If the daughter-in-law sleeps late, the family goes to ruins." "I can't see my wrinkles." "Polish these before breakfast so I can see my wrinkles." "And you, don't you dare help her!" "Yes, madam." "Guidong has a stomachache." "He says he'll skip breakfast." "How can you eat like that?" "What nerve!" "Her husband's sick in bed and yet it doesn't bother her appetite!" "It's your fault for not taking good care of him!" "What do you do in this house, you good-for-nothing?" "Oh, what a bother!" "Do it gently." "You'll peel my skin off!" "Are you crazy?" "I'll tell mother on you." "Mother!" "I'll tell father about you!" "You not going to school, taking money from the dresser, looking up skirts, pissing in the medicine bowl and trading ginseng for candy!" "One ounce of arrowroot, licorice plant, half an ounce of deer antler..." "Mother..." "What clumsy hands you have!" "Do it over." "But I can't do it any better." "Oh, really?" "Yes, I've done my best." "You wretch?" "How dare you talk back!" "Get up now!" "Pull up your skirt." "Little bitch!" "I never said a word, even when my mother-in-law bit me!" "How dare you talk back to me!" "Mother, forgive me." "I'll never do it again!" "You wretch!" "You wretch!" "I'm sorry." "Talk back like that one more time and I'll rip your tongue out!" " Understand?" " Yes, mother." "I was looking for my socks." "lntroduce yourself, wife." "These are my schoolmates." "What are you standing there for?" "Serve us some wine." "And more food, too!" ""ln the times of King Sejong, of the Chosun dynasty,"" ""there was a couple..."" ""But they had no children"" ""and so they were sad."" ""One day, the wife had a dream."" ""A flower form the sky..."" ""and she was became pregnant"" ""and had a beautiful daughter."" ""They named her Janghwa"" ""and loved her dearly."" ""One day, Janghwa's father said"" ""l know you still cry for your poor dead mother."" ""Your unfortunate fate has brought you stepmother"" ""who treats you harshly." "I understand your sadness."" ""Overhearing that, the stepmother became enraged"" ""and thought of a wicked scheme."" "Soonie, where are you?" "Here I am, mother." "Come in here." "Serves you right!" "Making your mother starve!" "I'm hungry, you wretched girl." "Serve my lunch!" "You've just had it, mother." "Don't you talk back to me!" "How dare you stare at me!" "You cold, unfeeling thing." "That's why you're not blessed with a baby." "You cursed wretch!" "Where are you going?" "You broke our family line." "It wouldn't be enough to run you out of this house." "Your bad luck brought your father-in-law's death." "And now you're trying to starve me to death!" "Little bitch." "I can't believe it!" "Hitting her own mother-in-law!" "Help!" "Help!" "I've brought a guest." "She'll be staying a few days." "Prepare the guest room." "Hello." "I'm a classmate of Guidong's." "What are you waiting for?" "Take my bag." "And our guest's too." "Let's go inside." "What?" "A "classmate"?" "Why on earth are you using foreign words?" "lsn't Korean good enough for you?" "And calling a married man by his first name!" "What manners!" "I can't believe it!" "Ouch, that's hot!" ""You know, it's strange how the heart works."" ""Looking at those two like that, I should have felt jealous, but I didn't."" ""While I was watching the two of them."" ""Embracing in the moonlight."" ""l soon forgot myself."" ""And I realized"" ""how desperately they must love each other."" ""After that, I just felt sorry for them."" "Even if the world has changed, divorce is out of question!" "You can't just leave your wife." "But mother, I've never once thought of her as my wife." "Be quiet!" "The only thing wrong with her is she can't have babies." "She's hard-working, clever with her hands, polite and kind." "There's not a better wife anywhere!" "I won't change my mind." "Anyway... she's carrying my child." "If you don't allow the divorce, we'll kill ourselves!" "Oh, you were there?" "Have you hurt yourself?" "It's just a splinter." "Come in here." "Don't worry." "You're the only daughter-in-law in this household." "Do you mind if I come in for a little while?" "No." "Here, try this." "You didn't seem to have any appetite, so I brought you some noodles." "Go on, have some." "That's pretty embroidery." "I never imagined that you were so good with your hands." "It's for the baby, isn't it?" "I am sorry." "There's nothing wrong with falling in love." "Besides, it's natural to like a girl as well-educated and pretty as you." "I guess everyone has their mate." "Duhksonn's pottery!" "Round, big and small pots!" "Pottery for sale!" "Duhksoon's pottery!" "Round, big and small pots!" "Pottery for sale!" "Over here!" "Yes, ma'am." "Here I am." "What kind of pots do you want?" "My husband says to ask when the pots were made." "Tell him old pots can't compare to mine." "My pottery is best!" "My husband says to buy two big pots and a round one." "My husband says to change the pot on the right." "Tell him that'll be..." "2 won 50." "He says how about making it 2 won." "Well..." "All right then." "Looks like you make good wine here." "Let's have a taste." "My husband says to get some yourself in the kitchen." "That's enough!" "I say to leave off all this "husband says" business!" "How do you expect a man to go into a stranger's kitchen?" "Excuse me, mister!" "Have you got a light?" "Mister?" ""Mother, mother, my heartless mother"" ""Who left me alone in this life"" ""Look for me"" ""When the bird cries"" ""Climb the hill and call for me"" ""When the bird cries"" ""Don't cry little bird"" ""My heart breaks when you cry"" ""Don't cry, don't cry my heartless bird"" ""Nobody knows the sorrow of my heart"" "Silk, velvet, ramie cloth!" "Silk, velvet, ramie cloth!" "Who are you?" "Hey!" "What are you doing here?" "Out of the way!" "What have you done?" "In this day and age!" "Where's all your courage now?" "Hiding there like a mouse!" "Come out and answer me!" "Do you think you can take a woman just because she lives alone?" "Can I ask you something?" "What?" "I can't remember..." "I think I'm gonna go crazy." "Did anything happen last night in that room?" "If I did anything animal-like," "I'll just stay in here and die!" "Nothing like that happened." "Are you sure?" "Of course, I am sure." "Please, forgive me for last night." "I'm Park Duhksoon of the Milyang Park family." "My parents died early on and pottery is all I've done since I was little." "It's a humble calling but anyone will tell you I'm the best potter in Muju." "So I make a living." "I've put my hair into a topknot but I'm not married yet." "Widow," "I really like you so much!" "Please, accept my heart." "Showing off your strength?" "Why don't you use it to get some water for the rice?" "Just one bowl, all right?" "I just brought a little for your thirst." " Don't ask for more." " All right." "That's good!" "Not with your dirty hands!" ""Mother, mother, my heartless mother..."" "How do you know this song?" ""...who left me alone in this life"" ""Look for me"" ""When the bird cries"" ""Climb the hill and call for me"" ""When the bird cries"" ""don't cry little bird"" ""My heart breaks when you cry"" ""Don't cry, don't cry my heartless bird"" ""Nobody knows the sorrow of my heart"" "Honey, you know what?" "I sure am a good potter!" ""She fainted when she found out her sister Janghwa had died"" ""when she awoke she cried "How miserable!"" ""My poor elder sister!"" ""At the tender age of sixteen"" ""wrongfully accused,"" ""you had to throw yourself in the sea!"" ""Now your soul must wander the earth"" ""for one thousand bitter years"" ""How can I comfort your spirit?"" ""Even in the other world,"" ""your heart must be breaking"" ""as you cry blood and tears"" ""for the younger sister you miss so much"" ""O bright sky, see and judge!"" ""For there has never been"" ""such a great tragedy anywhere else"" "Don't let them haggle you down too easily!" "Of course not." "You're too kind-hearted." "Don't take less than 80 jun for the big pots and 30 jun for the round ones." " All right?" " All right." "80 jun for the big pots and 30 for the round ones." "Pots for sale!" "Park Duhksoon's pots!" "My pottery is the best!" "That old line won't do anymore." "Not with all the new potters these days." "How about trying this?" "What?" "As full as a mother's hips that've given birth to 10 sons!" "As ample as a woman's bosom!" "Pots for sale!" "Soybean paste from these pots makes a husband forget his mistress!" "Kimchi from these pots makes a mother-in-law smile." "Buy Duhksoon's pots!" "Try it that way." "As full as a mother's hips that've given birth to 10 sons!" "As ample as a woman's bosom!" "Do it with more feeling!" "As full as a mother's hips that have given birth to 10 sons!" "As ample as a woman's bosom!" "Pots for sale!" "That's it!" "Soybean paste form these pots makes a husband forget his mistress!" "Kimchi from these pots makes a mother-in-law smile." "Pots for sale!" "Do it just like that." "No matter what happens, no wine today, all right?" "Don't worry If I drink, you can lock me out." "If the charcoal dealer asks you to drink, say our family's in mourning." "I've already used that excuse." "Tell him you've got a big family!" "All right." "Don't you worry." "Take care!" "I will." "As full as a mother's hips that have give birth to 10 sons!" "As ample as a woman's bosom!" "How much are they?" "The big pots are 80 jun." "Soybean paste from these pots makes a husband forget his mistress!" "Kimchi from these pots makes a mother-in-law smile." "Pots for sale!" "Yes, the big ones are 80 jun." "As full as a mother's hips that have give birth to 10 sons!" "As ample as a woman's bosom!" "Pots for sale!" "Look here, folks!" "Is this the face of a person or an angel from heaven?" "Her face is radiant!" "Do you see that, ladies?" "Would you compare this face to peach or apricot blossoms?" "What's the magic trick?" "Park's face powder!" "Have you seen the movie "Moonlight Vow"?" "The powder the actress used was Park's powder!" "Park's face powder!" "Hard to find, even in Seoul!" " What do you think you're doing?" "Just wait till we get home!" " I've only got 3 boxes." " Please don't touch that." " How much is it?" " 2 won 50." " That's expensive!" "That's why this isn't something just anyone uses." "I'll take one." "Park's face powder!" "Hard to find, even in Seoul!" "Only 2 boxes left!" "Hey, Duhksoon!" "Where are you going?" "Home." "Already sold everything." "Already?" "Then come and have a drink." "Our family's in mourning." "You old fool!" "I bet your wife told you to say that if you saw me!" "It isn't that." "I just don't want to drink." "If you aren't going to drink, let's eat something." "Spend some time with a friend." "OK then..." "I'll just have a little snack." "Now you're talking!" "Give me some more water." "What a lot of water you drink!" "None of your business even if I use an oak tree for a toothpick!" "Hey, what's this?" "Park's face powder!" "It's expensive, isn't it?" "Give me that." "I won't use it up." "Just by looking at it." "You bride-thief, you!" "Tell us about when you took her off to your place." "What got into you?" "Let's not talk about that!" "You've sure got a good wife, though!" "I can see "fortunate husband" written all over your face!" "A good wife is the best kind of fortune." "Have a good wife is better than being a millionaire." "That's right." " Here, have a drink." " Yeah, have a drink." " Well then, maybe just one." " Yeah, go on." "A man has to know how to enjoy himself." "That's so true." "That's good wine!" ""Was it fate we saw each other?"" ""Was it fate we met?"" ""Or what sin did we commit to be born"" ""and not meet each other?"" ""My darling, my sweet dear honey"" "Darling..." ""Flowers blooming on all hills"" ""Spring has come and yet"" "Where are you going in this rain?" "Stay till it's over." "All right then." "Here you go." "Life is so unpredictable." "He left in the morning fine and came back a corpse." "Holding something in his hands so tightly... his knuckles were bent stiff." "What do you think?" "Do I look pretty?" "Do I look pretty with the powder you bought me?" "How did the pots sell?" "Did they sell well with the lines I taught you?" "Why don't you say anything?" "You heartless man, say something." "You were fine when you left this morning." "Now what's all this?" "You didn't even say goodbye!" "Why did you even bring me here if you were going to leave like this?" "You heartless man!" "Say something!" "Say something..." "Is this just a bad dream?" "I can't believe it." "Say something..." "Say something..." "Get away from there!" "Please forgive me, please!" "My milk just wouldn't come and my baby needs it." "Please forgive me!" "Are you crazy?" "These potatoes are poisonous!" "You'll kill yourself!" "Sit it out!" "Eat slowly." "I'd like to repay you for the food." "This is still usable." "Keep it..." "That gruel isn't enough to feed me anyway." "You need it more than me." "So, where are you from?" "Near Water Valley." "That's more than 30 miles away." "Where were you going in this cold night?" "It's all because of my foolish husband." "I'd heard a man with gambling fever could sell his own wife." "And the little one's father did." "And for just three bags of rice!" "We were tenant farmers, and barely made a living." "But when the bad harvest came, we couldn't pay the rent." "He started gambling to pay off the debts." "Before that, he was a good man." "That Fool!" "If only he'd sold me to anyone, but that mean cow peddler!" "He worked me half to death..." "Only gave me one meal a day." "And that was watery gruel." "What's more, he'd never leave me alone at night." "I couldn't even sleep!" "I had to run away." "There, there baby." "Where's your mamma gone?" "Where'd that rice come from?" "Just leave right now." "I don't want thieves in my house!" "But I didn't steal it." "Then, where'd it come from?" "Really, I didn't steal it." "How generous of you, Sir." "Pleasure to have you at my tavern." "Take care." "See you tomorrow!" "Miss Soonie." "Try eating some." "It's carp soup." "Please eat it all." "It will make you well again." "Must've been hard to get..." "I caught them myself in the river." "Yourself?" "I told you I'm from Water Valley." "I'm great at fishing." "Eat up now." "We must already be out of food." "I met a monk coming back from the river." "I bowed to him like this and he gave me a gourd of the rice he'd got as an offering." "Really?" "We should make an offering ourselves as soon as we get some food." "Yeah, we will." "Hey there!" "Wait a minute!" "So, you're that pretty girl." "I've heard about." "I guess you're from out of town." "You must be hungry to stand out here in the cold like this." "You haven't eaten, have you?" "My, your pretty hands are frozen!" "Come in here." "I'll give you some hot food." "Come on in and warm yourself." "Take off your shoes." "Go on in." "Come on, it's warm in here." "You men are bored, aren't you?" "Have a drink together." "Hey lady, where were you hiding this pretty girl?" "She's still a bit shy." "So, be gentle." "Well, let's hear a song first." "Sing anything you know." "Go on now." ""Jilae, poor Jilae"" ""Where are you going, giving your silk clothes to someone else"" ""still drifting"" ""Jilae, poor Jilae"" ""Where are you going, giving your silk clothes to someone else"" ""still drifting"" ""with your sorrowful heart."" ""After ten moons they had another daughter"" ""and named her Honglyun."" ""Not only did Janghwa and Honglyun"" ""grow beautiful in mind and body, they were also devoted to their parents."" ""Jilae, poor Jilae"" ""where are you going, giving your silk clothes to someone else"" ""still drifting"" ""with your sorrowful heart."" ""Jilae, poor Jilae"" ""Where are you going, giving your silk clothes to someone else"" "She came here on the second, right?" "No, it was the third." "It was the second or I'll eat my hat!" "You better eat it." "I tell you it was the third." "I say it was the second." "The third!" "Sister, I have a favor to ask." "You just have to say use..." "What is it?" "It's about Seok-yi." "You could raise him, right?" "What are you talking about?" "I have this feeling something's going to happen to me." "I've thought about it." "It seems to me it was fate." "We came here and met you." "It puts my mind to rest to see Seok-yi with you." "You can take care of him, right?" "Don't talk nonsense!" "Seok-yi, your silly mamma wants you to live with me." "You want to live with me?" "Who are you?" "Looking into peoples' house?" "Is this your house?" "What do you want?" "I'm looking for someone." "She's about this tall, with a round face." "And goes around with her son." "The baby would be this big." "I was told she's at this house." "Where is she?" "Who are you?" "I'm her husband." "Her husband is gold mining somewhere in Jangsung." "Did that bitch say that?" "That's her old husband." "I'm her husband now." "Let's get things straight!" "There, look." "Gambling debts are debts too." "They didn't pay theirs, so she's mine." "The bitch, running away!" "From me..." "Keunshik!" "How dare she, that bitch?" "I've never been cheated in my life." "Who does she think she's dealing with?" "The fucking bitch!" "I'll rip her legs off!" "I'm a little worked up." "Sorry." "Anyway, where is she?" "She'd already left." "She slept here a few days and went on her way." " Is that the truth?" " Of course, it is." "I have better things to do than stand around lying." " Whose baby is this?" " Mine." "Who else's?" "How could you ask such a thing?" "Sure looks like her first husband." "Nonsense!" "Go off and sell your cows!" "I'll call my husband, then you'll catch it!" "Calm down, lady." "If it isn't, it isn't." "Whose shoes are those?" "Mine." "I might be poor, but I need shoes." "Let me look inside." "Come over here!" "Help!" "Help!" "Thief!" "Thief!" "Calm down, lady." "I'm going, all right?" "You won't get away from me, bitch." "Eat this on the way." "And take this silver spoon and sell it when you need money." "You don't have to..." "It's from my heart." "Hurry now, and be careful." "Thank you for everything." "I'm the one who should thank you." "Hurry now." "I'll be back again!" "Yes, take care till then." "Bye, Seok-yi." "Sweet dreams, Seok-yi." "Sleep tight." "Those two..." "How could they leave me like this?" "Seok-yi!" "Seok-yi!" "Seok-yi!" "Seok-yi, where's your mamma?" "Bok-nyuh!" "Bok-nyuh!" "Bok-nyuh!" "Take care of yourself and don't worry about Seok-yi!" "There's your mamma!" "There's your mamma!" "That was the last time I saw Bok-nyuh." "After that, I raised Seok-yi and never once thought that he wasn't my real son." "Not even once!" "He's already a junior at university." "How time flies!" "This university student is my son." "He got on at the train station." "It's 15 won from the station." "10 won is enough." "He takes the bus quite often." "He's a regular, isn't he?" "Drive carefully now." "Good-bye." "You look thin." "You aren't eating enough." "Mother..." "The boarding house lady is good to me." "You used to be in good shape, now you're all thin." "I lost some sleep over exams." "Don't study so hard." "Take better care of yourself." "You were so plump when you were little, so people used to call you a "Buckshire"." "A Buckshire?" "What's that?" "Didn't they teach you that at university?" "It's a kind of prize pig!" "Eat the white meat later." "Have some dark meat first." "Have some yourself, mother." "No." "I don't feel like meat." "You always say that." "Have some!" "No, I mean it." "If you won't eat any, I won't either." "Actually, there was a wedding yesterday." "They had so much food." "Pork and beef and chicken." "I had so much to eat..." "I'm still half full." "Mother, you know what?" "A friend had a party yesterday." "We had some great food." "Bulgogi, steak, pork cutlets..." "I had so much to eat l don't feel like eating either." "So what shall we do, mother?" "Why, you!" "Now have some, mother." "All right, we'll both have some." "You first, mother." "I like the neck best." ""lt was deep in the night,"" ""moonlight filled the yard,"" ""and as a cool breeze blew,"" ""a bluebird flew in."" ""Honglyun, welcoming it, said"" ""Though you are but a bird,"" ""have you come to tell me"" ""where my sister Janghwa is?"" "It's chilly." "Why don't you go in now?" "What if a customer comes?" "Not at this hour." "I always wait till midnight." "Then, I'll keep shop." "You go in first." "No, you go in." "And don't study too hard!" "Mother... this is for you." "What's this?" "Vitamins." "They're good for you." "Make sure you take 2 a day." "You shouldn't buy things like that for an old woman like me." "Take them for yourself." "I'd feel better if you took them." "Don't worry about me." "You take them." "Mother!" "Now, you take them." "Mother, let me massage your shoulders." "You don't have to..." "That feels good." ""My mother sells eggs." "I love my mother. 1st grade, Kim Seok-yi."" "Mother!" "Did I ever tell you?" "When I was in grade school, my friends thought I was rich." "Really?" "Why?" "Because I always had eggs in my lunchbox!" "Sure, there were always some left at the end of the day." "I almost forgot." "I boiled some eggs for you." "Here, drink this with them." "How about a game of Flower Cards?" "But you most be tired." "It's been a long time." "All right, then." "What did you learn today?" "Personnel management and systems engineering." "That's good." "Remember to listen to the professor carefully." " All right?" " Yes, mother." "The boarding house lady thanks you for the red pepper paste you sent last time." "I'll give you some garlic and sesame tomorrow for her." "Remember to bow to your elders every time." "Always be polite, all right?" "Yes, mother." "Where is that iris card?" "I picked it up before." "Now I can't get the iris pair!" "I've almost made it!" "Mother, I have a rose pair!" "Rose pairs don't count." "Why not?" "We don't play rose pairs around here." "Mother, not that again!" "Hey, I have orchids!" "Don't pay my fare this time." "All right." " Promise, mother?" " All right!" "This student is going to the station." "You know my son, right?" "Mother!" "I forgot and brought this empty lunchbox!" "I'll be back next week!" "No need to bother." "Just eat well and don't study too hard!" "Okay, mother."