Frivolous Wife (2008) - full transcript

Cheon Yeon-soo is a beautiful, hot-headed college girl whose family became millionaires overnight. She was raised by an over-indulgent father and grew up spoiled. Yeon-soo is used to ...

Oh, dear...

Let's go.

damn it!

You're dead!

I really cannot drink.

Please let me go after
I drink this. Please!

One more glass, sweetie.

We're doing it even without
knowing each other's names.

Nice to meet you.

Guys are all the same.

I wonder if there is
a room available.



So long, grand-daughter-in-law
wannabe of Imsil head family.

Good bye!

I'm going to Jeong-do!

Family of nobles
used to enjoy teas.

They picked and dried
chrysanthemum in autumn,

soft pine needles in Spring,

and dried and boiled
artemisia as tea.

There is also Chinese quince,
ginger, countless.

Only five teas!

dear...

What are you doing?

You drink tea like water.

People often say practices of
drinking tea come from Japan

but we Koreans have drunk tea
since ancient times.



don't we call ancestral rites
in lunar new year

and Thanksgiving
ancestor-memorial services?

We used to follow the steps to
serve tea during ancestral rites,

but now it's replaced with
scorched-rice tea.

Let's go please.

are you going to the hall
for the elderly?

dear...

What are you doing, aunt?

What are you doing?

What were you thinking?

You said don't talk back.

don't you know the difference
between talking back and answering?

- When an elder asked you...
- I can't hear you.

If you have something in your
mouth, you spit it out and answer,

when you're working,
you stop and answer!

am I a puppy?

do you know what she does
whenever she sees me?

Oh, dear, look!

What?

are we filming
Petticoat Government?

She is married, why such an
educated lady doesn't know that?

Yeon-soo.

What?

I love you.

Come here.

Jeong-do,
what are you doing here?

We're caught again.

Uh... Boss.

Shall I call her?

No, never mind.

She's not
my daughter anymore.

Okay, well done.

all the documents are ready now.

Now, all we need to do is
bring that daughter?

Yes, Ilsung group
and Hanseong group

are under you, chairman.

Chairman? Chairman Nah?

It sounds good.
I like that.

So Mr. Cheon is
a loner from now on?

You'd think who would use
brass dishes these days,

but ancestral rites are
about devotion.

That's why we polish these
tarnishable dishes and use them.

Yes, aunt.

Big events in
the head family are

serving guests and
performing ancestral rites.

They are considered
as top priority.

do you know how difficult it was
to perform ancestral rites?

In the past, one daughter-in-law
of the head family

was cooking rice cake for
ancestral rite but it wasn't cooked.

Relatives came and the time
for ancestral rite was near.

She was so worried, she hung
herself in front of that rice cake.

She must've wanted to die.
I can understand her.

ancestral rites
are about devotion.

Polish again and again.

Yes.

dear...

Hurry up!

There are wooden ones.

Why don't I even get sick?

'I'm dizzy! '

'Please, do the dishes... '

How good would that be?

How come
I never get sick?

I'm pretty and strong.

That's your fate, isn't it?
You must be destined

to become a daughter-in-law
of the head family.

did I do something
wrong to you?

What can you do?

You got pregnant,

have so much work, but
your tummy is getting bigger.

There is nothing you can do
but accept it as your fate.

Fate...

Son? Daughter?
Oh...

Yeon-soo,
keep an eye on rice cake.

- Please hurry.
- Yes.

We can always buy it.
The work will kill me.

Things gotta change.
Of course!

does this make sense
in this age?

My skin is like sandpaper?

ain't I gonna get
housewife's eczema?

I must've been crazy!
I was crazy!

How did I end up meeting
a human time machine Jeong-do?

Why not take me to
the Stone age?

Oh my...
Is this really my face?

It wasn't as bad even when my
eyes were swollen after eye jobs.

Look at the wrinkles
under my eyes!

What's going on?

Oh, my god!
Oh, it's hot!

Oh, my god!
It became charcoal.

Yeon-soo! Yeon-soo!
Wake up!

Rice cake!

What am I gonna do?

What happened to
the rice cake?

Why isn't the rice cake
not ready?

What are you going to do now?

Uh...

What's that?

Happy Ancestral Rite

Stop crying.

They won't kill you for that.

You might just get kicked out.

No way!

I said stop crying!

The worst that can happen is
you become a single mom.

I hate that even more.

What are you doing?

What are you drinking?
and you're hiding it.

Isn't it alcohol?

It's wild ginseng wine,

a traditional wine
passed down in our family.

It's really rare, it's served
only on elders' birthdays.

It's a secret, okay?

I became so weak these days

so I drank 2 glasses.

Wild ginseng wine?

Let me take a sip too.

No!

and you're pregnant,
aren't you?

I just want to taste it.

Well, I got no choice, I think
Jeong-do's aunt was in the...

Okay, here.

I want it here.

One full bowl!

It won't come out!

Because it's so precious,
it doesn't come out so well.

It's good.

Fantastic, cheers!

It's good.
The smell is different.

- I want some more please.
- Let's put it back.

a bit more!
One more bowl!

# Not everyone can be
the eldest daughter-in-law

You're good!

# Who said it's easy!

What are you doing?

Yeon-soo!

Let me go!
I can't meet other guys!

do you know who I am?

I'm the first-daughter-in-law of
this great family!

The rice cake killed itself!

Yeon-soo! Yeong-soo!

What happened?

It could have been serious.

She's weak in the first place and
stressed with too much house work.

You must put her in hospital.

What does that mean?

What if you lose
your grand child?

You go back to your home!

You belong to
your husband's family and

you torture my
grand daughter-in-law?

I knew it from the beginning.

Training, discipline,
bla bla...

You go back home immediately!

Yeon-soo... I'm sorry.

It's my fault...

I forced you to come here
and gave you a hard time.

My mother experienced
the same thing and...

Yeon-soo!

darling!

Honey!

Yeon-soo!

- I'm sorry.
- It's okay.

What happened?

Yesterday... Uh...

Oh, god! What am I gonna do?

Wait, what's that look for?

She must be so angry.
That's why she has that look.

I must be hopeless!

Uh...

don't worry about anything
and take some rest.

Father forbid everyone to
mention what happened yesterday.

It's so embarrassing...

You were drained,
and you fainted

because you drank
on an empty stomach.

dear...

I was too harsh on you.

I was too eager to teach you.

Let's take one step by one step
and improve things.

When I was getting scolded
from grandfather,

I remembered
my hard time during

my living with husband's
parents, so I nearly cried.

Is she reborn?

I heard from Jeong-do.
Your family opposed a lot.

So you just trusted
our family and...

You poor thing.

How terrible you must've felt
when you got pregnant

without your mother?

Was I really?

I was a very poor thing.

And I was badly treated and
wasn't allowed to eat together.

The toilet is so scary,
the rice cake ghost is...

No. If grandfather finds out
he will be angry.

But I need to make dinner.

- But...
- No!

Yeon-soo...
I will go now.

don't go!
I'm nearly finished!

anybody there?

anybody there?

That's terrible.

Open the door now!

Hello.

Gosh! The black noodle
is getting soggy.

What a big house!

- Toasted dumpling is for free?
- Of course.

Please clean
the soy sauce jars.

Yeon-soo,
you clean the toilet.

Can I clean the jars?

No! It will be
a lot of work.

I can just wipe it, isn't it?
I can do a good job.

I really want to do it!

Okay! If you really want that...

I don't want to clean the toilet.

Soy sauce jars!

# Let's go to
clean soy sauce jars?

Soy... sauce jars.

This can't be!

aunt!

I will just clean the toilet!
aunt!

Let's not talk long.
Let's just follow the law.

do you think I don't know
how to legally treat this matter?

We're family and
this can't happen

among family members.
That's embarrassing.

although that land is under my
name, is that really my property?

It belongs to the head family.

Frankly, what did
the eldest son do for us?

What did your family do
for descendants?

You inherited all the fortune.
You are enjoying your wealth!

Father.

Lunch is ready.

I can't give up anyway.

If you have wealth,
that must be evenly shared.

don't you think it's fair?

Welcome,
nice to meet you.

I'm Jeong-do's father.

Who's here?

Sir, how have you been?
How are you?

Please let's go in.

are you a maid or a cleaner
of this house?

Why do you do this?

It's my job.

What have you done
to my daughter?

Were you tortured?
Or did they threaten you?

Please have
a pleasant conversation.

No, sit down.

I'm busy,
we don't have to talk long.

I'm going to take
my daughter back.

I, I can't go back.

I will get married here,
have kids and live happily.

What?

Living like this is happiness?

are you out of your mind?

don't regret later.
Come on, pack your things.

Please calm down...

Happiness?

do you know what
real happiness is?

You think it's money, right?

What's wrong with
living like this?

I'm being loved by grandfather,
father and Jeong-do.

Neighbors help my work
as if it's theirs.

This is what
happiness is all about.

I'm very happy every day.

Frankly, things were
a little bit inconvenient at first,

but this is better now.
do you understand?

Money, you like money, right?

Grandfather, how much land
does this family own?

I'm not sure.

about 220,000 square meters?

Have I talked about money?

Money doesn't
make you rich.

do you know poor mind and
poor soul make people miserable?

I realized that I was poor
after I came here.

If mum was alive,
she wouldn't have opposed.

She'd be proud of me.

I'm not going back.

I can't go back.

This is my home.

I'm going to become

the 13th eldest grand daughter
- in-law
of Chongtangong family.

Good bye.

Sir.

You came a long way,
have lunch before you go.

It's okay.

I don't think I can swallow
anything in this situation.

Since you set the table,
I will stay.

Thank you. It's not much,
but please help yourself.

I'm staying for you.

Thank you. Please make
yourself at home and enjoy.

This is wild ginseng wine.
This is for special guests only.

In-law, please don't worry.

It will be alright.

You called me in-law again.

do you think I've changed mind
over just few glasses of this wine?

Please don't call me that!

Yeon-soo is everything to me.

Without her, I have nothing.

We're one family now.

don't think
you've lost your daughter,

but think you got a new family!

did you say family?

Yes!

a new family?

Sir!

You know, I...

I met Yeon-soo's mother
when I was 19,

and became a father at 20.

I was penniless so

I couldn't give
Yeon-soo's mother

a medical treatment
not even once.

after she passed away,
Yeon-soo doesn't even call me father.

So I made money like crazy.

I thought that's what
was best for YeonSoo.

So I just made money.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you, sir...

So we were too soft on them.

We must show how tough we are
to people like them,

so they don't do it again.

The situation got worsen
because I didn't handle it wisely.

I'm not trying to determine
who is right or wrong.

It's just the time is tough on us.

So what should we do?

We may lose not only our dignity
but the land as well.

If this happens
because of one tough person,

other family members
will get swayed.

Well... grandfather.

Yeon-soo...

I know one land expert

and he's close by.

an expert?

There is nothing to worry about.
This is not even a case.

If you look at Real Estate
act article 48 clause 9,

there're details about authority
related to group-owned land

for the purpose
of non-profit making.

it's embarrassing to
even take it to the court...

If you consider it a disgrace,

you can request for
withdrawal of the suit.

There is no need to
go to the court.

If you look at the documents sent
by them, there are many

defects so it's 99% likely
to be withdrawn.

Please look after Yeon-soo.

Sweet rice drink
was so well made.

It's nice, isn't it?

Yes, it was very good.

Sweet Rice Drink

The rest will be taken care of
by manager Jeong.

Oh, if it's not solved legally,

there are many ways,
so just tell me.

Thank you.

did you call me
because of this?

No, I missed you.

In-law.

Thank you for many things,
for helping us.

Thank you very much.

Isn't it obvious that families
are to help each other?

See you...

dad!

dad? Wow!
She called him dad.

I really missed you.

Thank you, dad.

do you like him that much?

No, not as much as you.

That's okay, then.

Ji-sook...

Hey,

Yeon-soo is getting married.

She's going to become

the grand daughter-in-law of
a very distinguished family.

I raised her well, didn't I?

What is the noise?

You must leave now!

What do you mean?

Mudang group
has just invaded us.

What about In-seok?

He's not seen since this morning.

You take care of the customers
in the shop and evacuate them.

- You must leave first.
- We'll take care of it here.

Since when did you
talk back to me?

Go now!

1st and 2nd floor
got broken in already!

Please leave now!

Mr. Cheon, long time no see.

InSeok!

I'm sorry. Boss,
well, life is funny, isn't it?

You should have treated me
better when I was here.

Today is the last day
to call you boss.

Mr. Cheon.
You must leave for us.

Okay, I'll leave.
Let's finish the matter.

No way!

do you think I'm stupid?

I heard you transferred all the
ownership to your daughter?

- did you say she is in Sooncheon?
- Yes.

Get him!

Boss!

You bastards!

Boss! are you okay?

Go to Yeon-soo.
To Yeon-soo!

Kick.

What's going on?

- Father!
- Sir!

- What's going on?
- They will be here soon.

Help us!

dad!

Yeon-soo!

I'm sorry.
I'm sorry...

Family is in danger,
we must get together.

Attention, please.

attention.
Residents in the castle and

everyone of
Chongtangong family.

As soon as you hear
this broadcasting,

please come to the central yard
in the castle.

This is an emergency.

We're ready.

Let's go.

are you all here from
the eldest aunt's?

You have people who go out
when time comes.

If she is here, we're all here.

What? Why did you bring
that little girl?

Who will take the blame
if she gets hurt?

Brother-in-law! Why did you
bring that agrochemical can?

If I spray this agrochemical,
they will all die!

You're such a worry.

What are you doing here?

am I not part of Lee family?

You have familyship!
Good! Good!

You have become wise at last.

Chongtan!

Everyone's here.

We protected the castle by

raising civil army during
Japanese invasion.

We led the March
First Proclamation for

independence at the market
during Japanese ruling period.

and we, Chongtangong family

won the Mt. Jiri battle
during Korean War.

Yes!

Now, it's time for us to save
family-in-law of Lee family.

We are not to fight, but
to protect

our family that is the most
important in the world.

Let's show them our unified
spirit of Chongtangong family

in this right fight.

Right!

I think we've prepared enough
with this plan. What do you think?

- I think it's enough.
- Okay.

and since Yeon-soo has a baby,
send her somewhere safe.

- alright.
- Grandfather!

Honey, please stay inside.

Let's go! Move forward!

Line up!

Let's show our will!

Hey! What are you doing there?

Come here, quick!

Mr. Cheon! Why don't you
come down with your daughter?

Smoking is banned
in the castle.

What are you doing?
Bastards!

Break in!

How about some shit!

This is good shit.

Where do you think
you're coming?

Father! Look!

Is that a ladder truck, isn't it?

Ilsung group has arrived.

Sir, It's not working
let's go for plan B.

Son, get it ready now.

- First we...
- Plan B!

Change to plan B!

Change to plan B!

We will all die if we move slowly.
Run fast!

Get inside! Get inside!

Hurry! Hurry!

Come out now!

It's over.

Mr. Cheon, I lose.

Come here!

What? damn it!
I'm not finished yet!

- Yeon-soo!
- Yeon-soo!

don't come near, damn it!

don't come near!

- Get them all!
- I got it!

God, how dare they attack
our family?

Sir!

are they the last ones?

This one is the under boss
and that one is the boss.

They're all we captured.

There are so many of them.

For what did you come down
all the way here?

Sergeant Lee!

What? This bastard?

It's me.

You shit!

You're dead!

Sir! I want to thank you
for your kindness.

We're one family.
You don't need to say that.

By the way,
where are the kids?

Oh! There they come.

I don't wanna deliver a baby!

It's a boy!

a boy!

They say the eldest grandson
lives in the past.

They're right.

The eldest grandson
lives in the past.

And they live looking
at the future.

So the eldest grandson
and his wife...

become one part of
the past and the future.

It was not a romantic wedding
I dreamt of and there was no prince.

Although
my pride was hurt a bit,

I was honest with my feelings
and my marriage proposal

was more gracious than
any other luxury goods.

It also brought me family,

that is more precious than
any happiness in the world.

- Sparrow.
- Chirp chirp.

Please hold on a sec.

anyone there?
Is anyone there?

Welcome.
Welcome to

the head family house of
great teacher Choo-gye.

I'm the 13th eldest
grand daughter-in-law of

Chongtangong
family.

Park Jeong-ah
Park Jin-woo

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