Time Between Dog and Wolf (2007) - full transcript

The Time Between Dog and Wolf (L'heure entre chien et loup) is the twilight hour when it's difficult to distinguish good from evil, friend from foe. Lee is a model NIS officer, admired by his peers, adored by his family and reunited with his true love (Nam Sang-mi, The Grand Chef, Sweet Spy). But his bright future darkens when he learns that the savage murderer of his parents is now the key figure in an Asian narcotics ring. Lee sacrifices everything he holds dear to infiltrate the Triad in a labyrinth of corruption that leads back to the NIS itself.

Dad!

Get in!

What are you doing, Ari?

Final Episode

Yes. Come straight to the villa.

Make sure no one is following you
and watch out for patrols.

Ah Hwa will fetch Madam.

I think we should drop Miss Ari here.

No!

If we separate here, we might not
be able to see each other anymore.

I want to go with you.



I want to stay with you
until you leave.

Ari...

Please.

The closing meeting is ready.

All right.

Byun Dong Suk is dead.

All the art pieces displayed at the
auction were confiscated as evidence...

and members who were left at the
event venue were arrested.

What about the production plant?

Yes. Three assault teams were sent in, and secured
all the production equipment and raw materials.

We have arrested everyone
involved in the transaction.

What happened to Mao and
his members who ran away?

We've informed the Immigration Office to
make sure they don't leave the country.

We have sent wanted posters to the police
and strengthened the inspection searches.



Okay, good job, everyone.

It seems Cheongbang is almost destroyed.

Let's work hard until the end.
Good job.

Soo Hyun has disappeared with Mao.

So?

We have to quickly find out where Mao is.

The mission is over and we don't
know what Soo Hyun will do.

Didn't you hear Team Leader Park's report?

We have done everything possible.

The only thing left to do is wait
until Lee Soo Hyun contacts us.

Suh Ji Woo is with them too!

That's good.

He won't be able to kill Mao
in front of his own daughter.

Go back.

Not only the police, but other groups
are looking for your father as well.

It's dangerous, so go back.

What about you?

You have finished your job.

What is there left to do?

There is something I haven't finished.

By any chance, about that work...

Do you remember what you said
to me in Thailand?

That you were going to find and take revenge
on the person who killed your mother...

By any chance... was my father the person
you were trying to shoot earlier?

Kay!

I need to talk to him,
so go inside first.

Okay.

Who do you think did this?

What?

The traitor.

Only Director Mun and I know the
location of the production plant.

Who gave the information away?

If both of you are the only ones who know,
then it must be Director Mun?

Although he is shrewd, he doesn't
have the nerve to betray me.

I'm sure someone else leaked it.

Kay, can you think of anyone?

Well...

Myoung Jae, I have a favor to ask.

Tell me.

Can you find out what is
in ahjussi's computer?

Especially files related to Chief Jung.

Your boss is destroyed and yet
you are staying quiet.

It seems you have loyalty.

You really don't know
where Mao is hiding?

Team Leader Oh, let him go.

What?

We don't need to waste our time with
someone who doesn't want to talk.

He will either be indicted by prosecutors or be
taken care of by the yakuzas or the triads.

Whatever happens, I hope you
keep your loyalty.

Hold on.

The fake passport will be ready today.

I see.

Is it okay to leave like this?

Other groups are targeting us,

and CheongBang's elders will
probably not leave us alone.

Kay.

In this field, you won't fail
if you have three things.

Confidence, a trustable
subordinate, and money.

Oh yes, Kay.

Yes, President.

Before we leave tomorrow, drop Ari off.

Her road and ours are different anyway.

We have to let her go.

This is Kang Min Gi.

Come to my office for a minute.

Macau Bank... secret account?

According to that friend,
it's enough to buy a small island.

As long as they have that fund,

they can rebuild the group not just
in Thailand but in any country.

So?

The account is registered to the boss,
so it seems Mao has done it himself.

He's been carrying around the
USB which holds the information.

He probably has it right now too.

Lee Soo Hyun will probably not contact
me but he will call you, right?

Are you thinking about asking
Soo Hyun to get that for you?

If he can get me that information,

I can protect his identity and
fulfill any requests that he has.

It's an unusual action for NIS.

Do you think Soo Hyun will believe you?

That's why you have to persuade him.

So Lee Soo Hyun won't pick
extreme solutions like revenge.

Your responsibility as a brother
is bigger than that of a colleague.

You didn't care about Soo Hyun
when he disappeared...

after foiling Cheongbang's transaction.

And now that you need that
information, you do what?

Identity protection?
Unusual action?

You were always like that.

Not just Soo Hyun, you also used
Byun ahjussi...

and then threw him away!

Why do you think they were used?

After Byun Dong Suk was arrested by the
Thai Police, he made a deal with me.

You can say our government
denied his existence...

but he too received money on the
condition that he hide his true motives.

Lee Soo Hyun accepted the undercover offer
in order to take revenge for his parents.

No one pressured nor used anyone.

Both of them accepted
according to their necessities.

Dad.

You didn't sleep yet?

Yes.

Are you worried?

About what?

Everyone is looking for you.

Are you really okay living like this?

Why?

Do I look pitiful to you?

Yes.

We had a good relationship
a long time ago.

Don't you remember?

Yes, we did.

Back then, if you hadn't gone with
your mother and had stayed in Thailand...

We would have had a good father-daughter
relationship right now.

It might have been the opposite.

Being around a father who commits crimes,

I would have become a daughter
who is always nagging,

telling you to stop and
to quit everything.

Yes.

That's possible.

Ari.

Yes.

When I leave... we might not be
able to see each other anymore.

I know.

Wherever you are, whatever you do...

Just remember that I love you.

Ari's massage is the best in this world.

Really?

Yes... it's refreshing.

Don't make others unhappy anymore.

Especially starting with you, dad.

Are you going somewhere?

I'm going to take the young lady back.
It's the President's instruction.

Oh, hyung, a while ago I dreamt
that we were back in Bangkok.

We received VIP treatment wherever we
went and we were doing very well.

When we go to Thailand, it will
not be a dream but a reality, right?

What's wrong?

I'm leaving now.

Do you want to go with me?

What is it, Kang Min Gi?

What bombshell declaration are you about
to make by creating this atmosphere?

I'm requesting help from both of you.

It's about a secret undercover plan
with Agent Lee Dong Jo...

that Chief Jung started which took
place in Thailand a long time ago.

Even though it was impossible
at the procedural phase,

there is a suspicion that
he enforced the plan.

As you said, whether there is a problem
at the procedural phase or not,

why are you bringing up an old case?

I need to check the NIS Internal files
for the details but my access is limited.

I hope that both of you can help me.

You want to destroy Chief Jung?

If needed, I can do things even
more serious than that.

Jerk, Kang Min Gi...

It's not an old case.

The same thing is being repeated right now.

What are you talking about?

Agent Lee Soo Hyun is currently
in an undercover plan.

Who?

After making a new identity,

you will probably need 2 weeks to get
settled in the country of your choice.

But I'm sure once you arrive, you will
want to disappear from our sight.

You know me.

There is nothing to worry about.

I have no intentions of involving
you in anymore plans.

Maybe because it's the last time...

I want to believe what you said.

Then my promise is up to here.

What about yours?

There is one thing I want to ask.

You put my father in the plan
in Thailand and failed.

You eventually made me an undercover too.

Was it planned from the beginning?
From the first time I joined NIS?

Regardless if I lost or regained my memory...

leaving me behind in Cheongbang too?

I don't question the causes.

My task is to decide the next
step based on different outcomes.

Deciding what would be best
for our country and our organization.

Like these decisions.

You don't care about
the steps and methods.

There is a saying that if the end
is good, then everything is good.

Don't you feel lonely?

You don't understand anyone, and
don't ask anyone to understand you.

You calculate alone and decide
everything on your own.

Lonely... Lonely...

Ji Woo!

What happened?

Where are you now?

Don't worry.

I'm fine.

I was with my father.

I know.

I heard he was being chased
by the police. Is he safe?

Yes. He's leaving Korea today.

Also, he won't be coming back.

Okay. Let's talk more when we meet.

Dad, thank you.

For believing in me and
being understanding.

You can't say such things in
a parent-child relationship.

Dad, I'll call you again.

Did it go well?

Yes. Everything is finished now.

Please face the screen.

Verified.

What is it?
What is it you have to tell me?

Lee Soo Hyun... You put him in
an undercover plan, right?

Even though you have the power to
select and put the black agents in,

this case is obviously misconduct.

You also used Lee Soo Hyun's father,
Agent Lee Dong Jo, as an undercover agent...

and did things you shouldn't have done.

Agent Lee Dong Jo doubted this undercover
plan and requested that it be terminated.

From Byun Dong Suk's findings in Thailand,
we found proof that you ignored this request.

As team leaders, as long as we
know about this case,

we are not going to let it go lightly.

We'll be going.

Is something going on?

The atmosphere seemed serious earlier.

It's nothing.

Hyung-nim! Chief!

Explosion Time: 12:20

Kay...

Kay...

- Hey, move this there and be careful.
- Yes.

Madam.

Kay hyung will go straight to
the airport, so let's go.

President.

You guys head out first.

What?

I have something to take care of.

I have to resolve something with Kay.
I'll be on the next flight.

No.

I want to wait for you.

Giraffe, take her to the airport quickly.

Let go.
I will wait for you.

I'll see you later.

Honey.

Okay, go.

Where did ahjussi go?

What are you going to do?

What?

Are you going back to NIS?

I don't know.

I think I'll stay here
for the time being,

tidy up my things, and think
this through again.

No matter what you do,
don't leave without saying anything.

I don't want to let you go
like that again.

Okay.

Is it? all finished now?

Didn't you say there was someone
you needed to take revenge on?

That's right.

That's why I became an undercover agent.

But by living for the sake of revenge,

I've realized, one day,
that I had changed.

I had turned into that person
whom I hated so much.

Have you found that person?

Yes, he's already dead.

He's dead?

What a relief.

I still thought that you?

Nothing. I'll stop saying these things now.

- Wait a second.
- Why?

You haven't eaten all day, have you?

You have to eat something.

Here.

How is it?

It's not tasty, is it?

It's not that.

Being able to sit here with you
smiling face to face?

It just doesn't feel real.

Me too.

I'm grateful that you're alive.

But you should put more pakchi* in this.
(*Thai word for 'cilantro')

What?

It tastes awful.

Ji Woo.

Kay.

Where are you?

You still have not left?

The data you took with you was false.

You shouldn't be...

I thought you wouldn't be?

Come out.

If you come on your own,
then I'll give you the data myself.

No, I don't need it anymore.

Really?

If you don't come,
then I'll come to you.

Aren't you the one who
really understands me?

A person who betrays the group?

will have to sacrifice
something in return.

Even if you go into hiding,

your family, your friends...

The people who are important to you...

I'll find them all, one by one...
and I'll kill them.

Until you show yourself.

Soo Hyun.

Sleep.

When did you come?

A while ago.

Ji Woo's inside.

Where are you going?

You're going to see Mao, aren't you?

It turns out running away
won't solve anything.

Why?

You've won.
Cheongbang has been destroyed.

All that remains is for things
to go back to how they were.

If you go to him now,
then either one of you will die.

No matter who it is, you'll lose.

One way or another,
he will end up finding me.

Before that, you, mother and
maybe even Ji Woo?

might end up getting hurt
because of me.

It can't just end like this.

I have to cut this evil bond
with my bare hands.

Ahjussi died while saving your life.

Don't let his death be in vain.

Hey, Lee Soo Hyun.

Don't go, you jerk!

Soo Hyun, don't go!

Don't go!

Don't go!

Go back.

I'll take the boss away.

If you don't go back now,

you'll die at my hands.

Min Gi, are you all right?

Myoung Jae, help me get
an exact location quickly.

Kay!

Who are you?

Are you my son?

Or are you the traitor?

Answer, Kay!

My name is not Kay!

If you were hiding your identity simply
for the sake of an investigation,

then you could never have deceived me.

Mao, you've lost.

Why have you saved my life so many times?

Every time you had that
look in your eyes.

That sense of loyalty. What was it?

It was only a momentary mistake that
I made after losing my memory.

Thanks to that, I was able
to completely deceive you.

Wrong.

At that time, Kay, you were real.

Perhaps you don't want to admit it.

That was the real you, Kay!

Shut up!

This is for betraying our group.

And this is for betraying my trust.

Where did you get that watch?

Why do you have that watch?

It was my father's.

The person you killed when I was born.

My father!

You want to know why I was
so loyal to you like a dog?

Because I wanted revenge.

You killed my father, and you killed my
mother in front of me when I was young.

That's why I wanted to
finish you off by myself.

So it's you.

You were Lee Dong Jo's son.

What?

That... was the first time
I killed someone.

Following Sir Jang's orders,

I planted a bomb in a spy's car.

I only found out later...

that the target of my
first assignment was...

a friend more precious than
one's own brother, Lee Dong Jo.

Shut up! Who is your friend?

This is the watch that I gave to him
as a memory of our friendship.

Stop lying or I'll kill you!

If you don't believe me,
then I'll show you.

Don't move!

The invincible Mao...

is actually begging me to spare
his life by using such a lame excuse?

Do you want to live that much?

What is your name?

Your real name?

What are you doing? Let go!

Well, it doesn't matter anymore.

Because you were my son, Kay.

I want to rest now, Kay.

Shall we start to look into it now?

Yes, Overseas Team 1 should
take charge of it.

Team Leader Kang.

Wow, this is my style.
Very peaceful!

You are right that it's peaceful here.
But there's a lot of work.

Sunbae, what do you want me
to do with these?

Although the process of our work is
tedious, the objective is simple.

Amongst the hundreds of thousands of data,
to find that one piece of useful information.

Sunbae. Sunbae-nim.

Call me Team Leader from now on.

Team Leader Gu, let's go.

Confirm Monitor 1.

[note: Ji Woo is reading Michael Ende's
"The Neverending Story"]

Is Jae Woo awake? Awake?

My Jae Woo, you're so adorable!

- Sorry.
- Why have you just come?

I had a last-minute meeting.

- Let's go to daddy.
- How has my Jae Woo been?

So adorable.

Where did she go?

Has work been good lately?

So-so.

I draw then I worry.
And then I go back to drawing.

That's my life.

Have you prepared for
your overseas studies?

Yes, I'll prepare this year,
and go next year.

Where are you going?

Paris.

Wow, Paris. What a great place.

He's not like your usual bad guy.

Welcome.

I heard that you applied for another
black mission in another region.

You think I will change the person
in charge because of that?

Where is it? I'll chase you
to the ends of the earth.

Is Jae Woo growing well?

Hurry up. What location is it?

Rascal, for how long are you going
to live as a dead man like this?

I'm leaving.

My next mission is at
a paradise for spies.

Paris?

See you again.

{\a6}The times that I have spent with you

{\a6}The days that I have spent loving only you

{\a6}The reason I live was because of you

{\a6}Now I have to let you go

{\a6}I need to make you leave

{\a6}I'm not going to look back

{\a6}Foolish heart

{\a6}Vague memories

{\a6}Please tell me that it's not that love

{\a6}Have my eyes farther away
so that I can't see you

{\a6}Even if I have to live in pain

{\a6}Holding back the tears

{\a6}Biting my firm lips

{\a6}Though I tell you harsh words saying
that it has nothing to do with you

{\a6}In the end I yearn for you

{\a6}Till the day I close my eyes

{\a6}I'm going to regret this day
of letting you go

{\a6}Foolish heart

{\a6}Vague memories

{\a6}Please tell me that it's not that love

{\a6}Have my eyes farther away
so that I can't see you

{\a6}Even if I have to live in pain

{\a6}A good person that will cherish you

{\a6}It must have not been me, sorry

{\a6}Foolish heart

{\a6}Vague memories

{\a6}Please tell me that it's not that love

From that time, the young boy began his
long journey.* (*from "The Neverending Story")

Jumping from this wish to another wish.

Until the boy finally figured out
the true meaning of himself.

Nightfall...
All things become stained red.

There beyond that hill,
approaches a silhouette...

of a dog that I raised or
a wolf ready to harm me.

A time when that is indistinguishable.

It is the time when both
good and evil can only be red.