"Busan, KOREA" "Answer your phone!" "You're here to help, and I'm carrying everything!" "Load that stuff, damn it!" "This is bags." "That's diet pills." "These are watches." "You check, too!" "Boss Bo-gyoung's pissed at me." "OK?" "Everything's in order?" "Yes." "One more thing." "Remember whatever happens..." "I know." "Boss Bo-gyoung hit it big in Japan." "I take stuff over for him every week or so." "It's way under the table, but he pays me well for it." "He took me in when I was 6, when my mother abandoned me." "I've never lived with him, but I owe him everything." "Yamaguchi, JAPAN" "'Y o bo se yo'." "That's the wrong Korean word." "That's only 'hello' on the phone." "You pick up the phone and say 'yo bo se yo'." "When you meet someone, it's 'An nyong ha se yo'." "'Hello.'" "Hello." "'Hello.'" "This is good!" "With kimchi like this," "I lose all sense of proportion." "I hate myself for it." "My sister makes it just the way my mother did." "I can't stand the sight of her but her kimchi..." "It's the one thing I love." "I'll do anything to make sure you keep getting it." "You don't think I will?" "If I don't, I'll piss off abroad somewhere or maybe..." "Maybe what?" "Like in the fairy tale." "I'll throw myself in the sea!" "I'm your dog, Boss." "Your dog!" "He's funny!" "You mean I treat you like a dog?" "No!" "I was just kidding, Boss." "A son..." "Huh?" "You're my son." "Yes, Boss." "Takashi, you're younger?" "I don't know." "He's my younger son, and you're my older one." "OK, Hyeong-gu?" "Yes, Boss." "Takashi!" "Come sing" "Go sing with him!" "Thank you." "Very good!" "Where did you learn to sing in Japanese?" "You were perfect!" "Your wife?" "I haven't seen her in six months." "Don't you go home?" "You've got kids, don't you?" "That Japanese guy who met me, is he her brother?" "He says 'yo bo se yo' when he sees me." "Teach him proper Korean!" "He's an idiot." "Over here!" "A friend?" "Hello." "What happened to you?" "No!" "What are you doing?" "Hey!" "Wait a minute!" "Let's take a picture." "Say 'peace'!" "'Peace'." "Now I'II save it." "No!" "No!" "Oh, all right." "Can I take a shower first?" "Sure." "A high-school girl this time!" "Why didn't Mom take me?" "My brother was three years younger." "He was a dirty little brat, with asthma and bad skin." "Hyeong-gu!" "Settle down!" " Stop!" "Stop, kid!" " Mom!" "Mom!" "Mom!" "But she took him with her and left me." " Stop!" "Stop!" " Mom!" "Mom!" "Mom!" "But now I don't care." "Boss Bo-gyoung takes care of me." "I've got money, and I have a Iot of fun in Japan." "It's not a bad life..." "not bad at all." "Why don't you ever come around any more?" "Sorry." "Still as dumb as ever, aren't you." "Don't go all mushy over Bo-gyoung." "He's a man with no heart." "To him people are just tools for making money." "You'll end up either used up or eaten up." "Hyeong-gu..." "I'm not as wild as I used to be." "And you've grown up." "How old were you?" "1 5?" "1 6?" "Those were the days..." "Unusually, I was seasick." "Unusually, he was late." "It was an unusual night." "Hey!" "Where were you?" "A mermaid tried to climb in the boat." "I swear!" "I'm in deep shit!" "The Boss loves her kimchi." "He'll kill me." "What am I going to do?" "What's that?" "What?" "Ah, that's good!" "Hey, Toru." "This time it's really good." "Maybe it's just me." "You try some." "I'm fine, thanks." "Come on and have some." "Shit!" "The Boss didn't have a clue about kimchi." "I'd been running drugs without knowing it." "But that was OK." "AII I had to do was be a good dog, and not think too much." "I'd never trusted anybody anyway." "Boss Bo-gyoung has a friend, a Mr Kim." "Mr Kim?" "There's a company, Daesung lnsurance." " Yes." " You know the ad..." "'Cheap, cheap, cheap!" "'Step out with Daesung, get more out of life.'" "So?" "His daughter." "Get her to Japan in one piece." "She's never been there before." "Ciao." "Bro, wait a minute!" "What do you mean?" "Take her where?" "She's alive, I hope..." "Shut up!" "Don't ask." "Sang-gyoung!" "I don't want to do this..." "Shut up and do as you're told, damn it!" "Apartment to let" "Where are we going?" "Why so serious?" "'Yo bo se yo'!" "Hey..." "I stay here with her?" "In here." "There." "Won't it work?" "No." "He said it was this key..." "Fire!" "Fire!" "Fire?" "There's a fire!" "What's all that noise?" "Who are you?" "Fire..." "Fire!" "Yo bo se yo" "Help!" "Help!" "Near a bus stop." "Lots of bicycles." "A bus stop!" "Hello?" "It's Hyeong-gu!" "On the other side of the place we were in." "'Police'?" "Hello?" "Don't hang up!" "What the..." "Where'd she go?" "Oh, shit!" "I'll just have to apologize." "I was attacked." "I'll go to the Boss to beg him and explain..." "He'll say, 'Get up, Hyeong-gu." "I'm glad you're safe.'" "No, he won't." "What?" "Sure he will!" "I'm like a son to him!" "Hey, what did you say?" "He'll kill you, Hyeong-gu." "You speak Korean?" "What?" "I'll go." "Wait here." "Whoa!" "Is he killing her?" "I think I might need help after all." "You bastards!" "You bastards!" "How many?" " What?" " How many of there are you?" " Two." " Four." "You'll be sorry if you're lying." "How many?" "Two." "Stay there!" "I can see you." "50 million yen each." "You want Papa's money?" "I'll make you a deal." "50 million yen." "500 million won." "You have to find Papa." "So her father took off with 200 million yen?" " Yes." " He's friends with Boss Bo-gyoung?" "He's just a sucker." "He was embezzling company money..." "Yes." "And he brought 200 million yen to Japan, then vanished." "So the Boss kidnapped his daughter." "Yes." "He's not strong." "He's diabetic, too." "Papa finally snapped." "He knows nothing about Japan." "He's not strong and he's diabetic, too." "He might be dead!" "Excuse me." "Toru, sit here." "We're in trouble!" "If she gets away, the Boss'll kill us both!" "And..." "There's more?" "Daesung lnsurance has men looking for her." "Yeah?" "You mean the guys that came after me?" "Maybe." "We'd better take her to the Boss." "It's OK." "I phoned him." "The Boss?" "It's OK?" "Yeah." "You're sure?" "The Boss isn't mad at me?" "It's OK." "He said to take her to a hotel." "Great." "Great!" "What the hell?" "Shut up and find him!" "He can't be back in Korea." "He must be here somewhere." "Why don't you know his cell number, you bunch of fools!" "He uses stolen phones." "The number always changes." "Morning." "So Hyeong-gu took off?" "Toru fucked up again." "Didn 't you!" "You hear me, you dumb-ass kid!" "Hyeong-gu knocked him out and took the girl." "Aw, man!" "What?" "Why'd he wreck the boat?" "What about my money!" "You're in shit." "Boss Bo-gyoung wants to kill you." "What?" "You told him we've got the girl, didn't you?" " It's OK." " What's OK?" "Let's find Mr Kim." "That's 50 million yen." "Screw the 50 million yen!" "This morning you said you phoned the Boss." "What?" "You phoned the Boss..." "I don't understand Korean..." "What?" "What the..." "What the fuck?" "Whose side are you on?" "You got the pictures?" "So did Bo-gyoung." "Those girls you slept with were the same person." "My sister." "What?" "Takashi's wife." "You still don't get it?" "Boss Bo-gyoung's son's wife." "There's no way you can go back to him." "It's 50 million yen." "Let's go find Mr Kim." "Why are you doing this?" "For that girl?" "What?" "Or is it the money?" "I don't understand." "Don't understand what?" "Look, you can't go back to Boss Bo-gyoung." "It's me or nothing." "Answer me!" "Fuck you, then!" "I'll go to Boss Bo-gyoung." "I don't care if he kills me." "I'll tell him everything." "It's the money!" "Speak Korean." "Money." "Why else?" "You bought a woman for 30,000 yen." "My sister made 30,000 yen." "for letting you fuck her." "It's the damn money!" "Bo-gyoung and Takashi are scum." "I work for scum." "I get kicked around, all for money." "Why else would I do this but for the money?" "What do you want?" "What?" "What do you want it for?" "OK." "I'll show you everything." "Come on." "Come here." "How's it going?" "Brats!" "Come here!" "Are they your kids?" "My sister's." "Takashi's?" "That one, or that one, maybe." "Go take your bath." "Yes!" "But aren't they married?" "He's a fool, and she's worse." "Some girls are like that." "I know one." "Takashi might come here." "He never has." "What's wrong with him?" "He needs an operation." "Then why isn't he in hospital now?" "No money." "Don't worry." "When we find Papa he'll give you money." "Look..." "I can't come in right now!" "What?" "Oh, hi, honey!" "I'II just be a few minutes." "I went and slept in." "I'II be all yours for the..." "We've got guests." "Why'd you bring him here?" "She tried to steal your drugs and sell them." "She's the mermaid!" "She's a fool." "Aw, man!" "He sure showed me, all right." "The ratty old house." "I smell bean-paste buns!" "The senile Grandma." "The slut of a sister... and her three stupid kids." "One of them dying..." "Was it all for them he wanted the money?" "Shut up!" "I have to work tonight." "Let me sleep!" "Then I really don't get it." "Hey!" "Take him outside for a walk." "What?" "Isn't he dying?" "Okay, okay." "No problem." "He'II die when he dies." "Me, I'd be out of here as fast as I could go." "Hey!" "Who said you could wear my clothes?" "Relax." "I'm just trying it on." "You're ugly when you're mad." "That's the sea." "Such tiny fingers..." "No bigger than a rice bug." "But at least you got them all." "Let's sit." "Why did you miss the important parts?" "Is this the Hotel Diasmont?" "I'd Iike to ask something." "Do you have a Korean man, about 50, staying there?" "He doesn't speak Japanese." "Uh, no, we're just looking for him." "I see." "AII right." " No?" " No." "Damn it!" "OK, next." "He's probably left town." "No." "How do you know?" "I'm his daughter." "He's obsessed with staying clean." "And he's not well..." "Yeah." "And with the 'dangnyo' he can't see at night." "'Dangnyo', you said?" "Yeah. 'Dangnyo'" "Look it up in your great big dictionary." "Does diabetes stop you seeing at night?" "Well, yeah!" "You can go blind from it." "Papa won't go far with all that money." "He's hiding out in a little hotel near here." "I'm sure of it!" "'Dangnyo'..." "'Diabetes'!" "Injection!" "Like this!" "Injection!" "Yes, injection." "Was he injecting insulin?" "Yeah." "If not, he dies?" "He dies." "I'II call you when I get some." "Sorry to keep you." "Insulin, eh?" "Now why would I have insulin here?" "Yeah, sure." "This is a general store, as you can see." "Oh, come on!" "AII right, I'II ask you straight out." "A Korean man, about 50, buying lots of it..." "I wouldn 't know." "For me?" "Well, thank you." "Come this way." "There you go." "What?" "Drink this and be on your way." "My lad go away." "Thanks for coming in!" "No." "Just try him." "Never." "Fuck him and he might tell you." "Nowhere else sells medicine without..." "I don't want to!" "I've got my standards." "Huh?" "Your what?" "Say that again." "Some men I'II sleep with and some I won't." "You're not in a position to pick and choose." "That's the one thing you can do." "Don't you get it?" "You're a mother!" "You've got three kids from sleeping with scum!" "Go fuck that old man." "Do you want to watch your son die?" "How big's your family?" "Don't have one." "You're alone?" "When I was a kid, my mom took off with my brother and left me." "She's probably around somewhere, but..." "You're lucky." "You make me feel that way." "I wish they'd all die." "Some way quick and clean..." "I'd go away and they'd all disappear." "Like in a fire, or a gas leak..." "Grandma, Nami, the kids..." "Things would be so much easier." "I could have a real job..." "I'd still have a girlfriend..." "We could get married, have kids..." "Shit!" "What miserable daydreams to have!" "Are those my smokes?" "They were in the house." "So they're mine." "They are?" "There." "Why is it... with him I remember what I most want to forget?" "My mother..." "I'II be going." "Huh?" "I'm not here to bug you." "No." "That's not it." "It's just that today I did something stupid." "What was it this time?" "An old lady gave me a 1 0,000-yen bill for a 1,390- yen compress." "She said her eyes were bad and gave me her purse to take out 390 yen in change." "While I was doing that, I was thinking about... how easy it would be for a bad person... to cheat someone that old." "There's a Iot of that lately." "Huh?" "Yeah." "But... a while after she'd gone I realized..." "I hadn't given back her 9,000 yen in change!" "I feel like I want to go home and hang myself!" "You never change." "Sorry." "I started again." "But I'm glad to see you." "I feel better." "You'II see her again in the store." "Yeah." "Thanks." "Thanks for coming." "That's 700 yen." "You're OK?" "That, too." "1,000 yen." "Thank you." "I'II treasure these." "Eat them." "But you bought them." "This is good!" "Good, huh?" "Can you cut that?" "Eat!" "Stuff yourselves!" "What did she say?" "Hotel Okura 1 pm The day after tomorrow" "He's delivering the insulin the day after tomorrow." "You did it with that old guy?" "Who is it?" "It's me!" "Just a minute." "Open up!" "Look who 's here." "I came to see my kid." "He 's asleep." "Can 't I come in?" "Well, it's just that you'II wake them all up." "Anyway, why haven't you been around the office?" "Better not wake my sister." "No more!" "I can't eat another bite!" "No!" "Who's she?" "Grab him!" "Don't let him get away!" " What's going on?" " Get back!" "I'II kill the kid!" "No!" "You fucked us over..." "You son of a bitch!" "No!" "You'II kill him!" "I'II kill him!" "I'II kill him!" "I'II kill him!" "I'II kill him!" "I'II kill him!" "You're taking off with all the kids?" "Of course." "If you had to leave one who would it be?" "I said I'm taking them all!" "I said 'if'." "Don't get mad." "Huh?" "This isn't the time for stupid questions." "The middle one." "Why?" "He's not shy, and he's tough." "He could get by on his own probably." "Run away!" "Run away!" "Jump!" "Jump!" "I'II save you!" "I'II save you!" "Where are you going?" "Grandma?" "Home." "I'm going home." "Uncle Toru's going to be mad!" "Uncle Toru's going to be mad!" "Uncle Toru, Grandma's..." "Go play outside!" "Give him to me." "Rental Apartments" "Grandma!" "Grandma!" "Hey, Mister..." "Turn the karaoke down!" "Karaoke?" "Sign here." "Bee-bay!" "'Bee-bay'?" "There's a sick baby trying to sleep!" "What?" "Bee-bay!" "'Bee-bay'?" "Karaoke!" "Too loud!" "Sign here ifyou want to sing." "Fuck off!" "Thank you very much!" "Next we have a wild-card entrant." "Take it away!" "~ Peking, Berlin, Dublin, Liberia," "~ Wait in a bundle, form a circle" "~ Iran, Afghan let us hear the balalaika" "~ Bijin ariran gamelan Iasagna" "~ Be a mouse or move the cursor" "~ Kibun eleven access, wanna try now?" "~ Open the door," "~ The time is now We are what's happening" "~ Asia!" "~ Take every panda and line them all up," "~ every single white one" "~ Tonight the pure hearts are" "~ shining so bright, about to burst into flame" "~ And they glitter and they glow," "~ fire flowers in the sky" "~ Kazan, magellan, Shanghai, Malaria," "~ The heat is on when the night is falling" "~ Tabun, Hong Kong, BIinky whinky all night long" "~ Open the door" "~ Even if tears should start to fall Even if there 's a flood" "~ Asia!" "What are they doing?" "~ Somewhere a pure heart is waiting to meet the other sweetest heartbeat" "~ Breathing day into the night," "~ so tomorrow will be bright" "~ Take every panda and line them all up," "~ every single white one" "Where 's my house?" "Your house?" "I don't know." " I want to go home." " You wanna go home?" "~ And they glitter and they glow" "~ and we all will love them so" "~ In the twinkling of our hearts" "~ Now access love!" "Thank you very much!" "Grandma!" "Grandma!" "Hyeong-gu." "Papa, it's OK." "I'll save you." "Sorry." "What's wrong?" "Where are you going?" "We'll be late!" "Can you wait a Iittle bit?" "Just for a Iittle while." "Well, no..." "I'm working." "I mean before you get married!" "I might be able to get my hands on some money." "Then I'II be free, of my family and everything." "You won 't have to pay on dates... and I won 't get mad when I'm in the wrong." "I was a jerk." "I acted like shit." "But if I had money, we could start again..." "Toru!" "I'll wait in the van." "Someone's coming." "Hi!" "I Iove you!" " What?" " Sorry, you know her?" "We are the friends!" "You know?" "You know?" "You know?" "Wow!" "Fantastic!" "Who are you?" "Me?" "I don't know!" "Who is it?" "Delivery." "Run!" "Wait!" "I'm here to help!" "Mr Kim!" "Your daughter's here!" " Mr Kim!" " I didn't do anything!" " I didn't do anything!" " Your daughter's here!" "Mr Kim!" "Papa?" "Papa?" "Who's he?" "What?" "That's not Papa." "Papa!" "Smarten up!" "Sorry!" "Papa..." "Papa..." "What are you looking at?" "Hello?" "You're good, Hyeong-gu." "I underestimated you." "But that Jap's better." "You remember when you took the girl?" "When the company guys came after you?" "He tipped them off." "It was Toru." "He tried to sell them the girl and pin it on you." "He 'd have made a Iot of money." "Ask him." "Is the girl still with you?" "Y es." "Good." "Then it's not too late." "Bring the girl here now." "I'II forget about all this." "You'II be my son again." "You'II come back, right?" "You haven't seen your mother for a Iong time, have you." "Huh?" "Would you Iike to?" "What do you mean?" "It'd be a real shame if she died and you never saw her... wouldn't it." "Wait a minute..." "what are you talking about?" "Ifyou don't want her dead, bring the girl here quick." "It wasn't Kim." "Did you get paid?" "What?" "By the insurance company." "No." "I want the truth!" "I didn't get paid." "You two were gone." "Where's Ji-su?" "Why?" "You're not taking her in!" "Piss off." "Fuck you!" "I won't let you do it!" "Son of a bitch!" "Look..." "I'II do anything for my family!" "He'll kill my mother!" "He'll kill her!" "The Boss!" "He said he would!" "I've got family, too!" "Toru!" "Hyeong-gu!" "Papa's here!" "He's really here!" "I found him!" "Up here!" "Fuck it." "AII ofit." "Hey." "Take me." "Take me to the Boss." "Tell him I killed Ji-su." "It was all me." "Then he won't kill your mother." "In return, you give the money to my family." "For sure." "Let's have some music." "What a great day!" "I feel great!" "It's been ages since I felt like this." "It's time for 'Korean for Travelers. '" "Hello, everyone." "Hello, everyone." "Here is the phrase for today:" "'Where is the Japanese embassy?" "'" "'Where is the Japanese embassy?" "'" "'Hello." "I am Japanese." "Where is the Japanese embassy?" "'" "'Hello." "I am Japanese." "Where is the Japanese embassy?" "'" "Now, Iet's practice." "'Hello." "I am Japanese." "Where is the Japanese embassy?" "'" "' Hello." "I am Japanese." "Where is the Japanese embassy?" "'" "'Hello." "I am Japanese." "Where is the Japanese embassy?" "'" "'Yo bo se yo.' I am Japanese." "Where is the Japanese embassy?" "It's not 'yo bo se yo'!" "Ow!" "What are you doing?" "Go back to your family!" "Hey..." "Hey!" "You OK?" "Eat." "Eat it." "Get on." "Hyeong-gu's late." "Yeah..." "Is he really out shopping?" "What's he buying?" "I don't know." "Give him his money, then." "Okay." "Take care." "Yeah, you too." "Thanks." "Bye." " Beer!" " Yes, sir!" "You or your mother." "Who goes first?" "Boss..." "let my mother off." "Please!" "OK, sure." "Sure." "Sure." "Sure." "First... we'll all fuck her." "Then we'll tie her up and kick the shit out of her." "Do you know his mother, Dad?" "I used to run a strip joint in Busan." "Called 'Mermaid'." "She was the star attraction." "She robbed me and took off with a waiter." "That sweet, innocent face of hers sucked me right in." "Her son was the same." "Where is she now?" "I threw her into the sea years ago." "One, two..." "When I was a kid..." "I saw a cartoon on TV where a mermaid... saved a prince who'd fallen in the sea." "So, am I the prince?" "If so then who is it... that's lifting me up... calling my name and kissing me?" "Hey!" "Hyeong-gu!" "I get it!" "He's a prince, too." "Hey!" "Wake up!" "Stop fucking around!" "Hyeong-gu!" "A prince and a prince." "So it's not that kind of love." "Then what is it?" "Don't cry, Prince." "If I wake up I'II smile at you."