City Hunter (2011): Season 1, Episode 1 - Episode #1.1 - full transcript

In 1983, 21 South Korean soldiers were deployed in a secret mission to eliminate some North Korean officers. Yet, halfway through the mission, the South Korean government decided against it and had the soldiers eliminated. Lee Jyn-Pyo was left as the sole survivor and swore to get revenge for his fallen comrades. To do so, he raised and trained the son of one of the soldiers that died who was also his best friend. 28 years later, that boy now a man, Lee Yun-Seon, arrives in Seoul to infiltrate the government and find out the identity of the 5 politicians that gave the elimination order. Yet matters start to complicate themselves when, despite Lee Jym-Pyo's orders to remain detached from people around him, Yun-Seon starts caring for Kim Na-Na, one of the Security Agents for the government.

Keep breathing.

Yes, you're doing well.

The baby's heart rate is falling.

Let's give it one final push, and if
it doesn't work, we'll prepare for surgery.

Where's the guarantor?

N... not here right now.

October 9, 1983
Aung San Mausoleum, Burma

Isn't it past 10?
The president is late.

The Burmese foreign minister
was late in picking him up.

He's on his way with the ambassador.

I understand.



Field team, report on the current situation.

Get this car out of here!

Congratulations, it's a little prince.

Ay, those crazy bastards!

It hasn't even been a few days
since the Soviets shot down the KAL plane!

The nation is still in mourning
and they're basically saying, "Die! Die!"

The guy already in custody...

and the guy who threw the gas
grenade confessed to everything.

They are from the reconnaissance team
for the North Korean Commando Unit...

and the mission was to kill the president.
That's what they said.

This is a declaration of war.

How dare they target
a nation's head of state!

Even socialist Burma

immediately announced a severance
of diplomatic relations with them.



And, we're doing nothing!

This is a disgrace to our nation

And yet, the cabinet is just tiptoeing
around, judging reactions.

What the he** are they thinking?
This really...

Then...

Let's strike back.

Do you all agree?

- Yes, let's strike.
- Yes, let's do it.

Why worry about how others will react?

Fine.

Let's hit those guys.

We've decided to retaliate for the terrorist
attack at Aung San in the motherland's name.

Even the president doesn't know
about Operation Clean Sweep.

Only 5 people in Korea know.

What's the plan?

Infiltrate Pyeongyang, and slit the throats
of 30 generals from the North Korean Army.

Are you going to do it?

We can't just sit back and take this.

If anyone goes, it will be me.
You stay out of it.

You no longer have just yourself
to worry about.

Kyung Hee.

Moo Yul.

It was hard on your own, wasn't it?

I'm sorry.

Here.

Is this our son?

Let's see.
He's good looking.

I'm your dad.

You sure took your time coming out
and put Mom through a tough time.

Little Sister-in-law, you did good.

Watch how you address your hyung's wife.

Thank you for coming back safely.

I worried so much after watching the news.

- You didn't worry about me at all, did you?
- Crazy guy.

Why would my wife worry about you?

Jin Pyo, are you the same
as my dear husband?

Aigoo, my wounded heart...

I'm going to go and get myself married.
This year!

Aigoo!

Okay. Take good care of sister-in-law.

I'm going.

No, I'm going with you.

Hey.

I'm sorry to leave so soon after coming
back, but I have somewhere I have to go.

- W... where?
- Park Moo Yul.

No, that's enough.

But, I won't be able to return for a while.

Then, when will you be coming back?

Uh, let's name the baby when I get back.

We'll use my family's generational name
symbol "Sung" and come up with a nice name.

- It's not a dangerous place, is it?
- Don't worry.

I will absolutely come back to you.

Back to our son...

Attention!

Explosives expert, Sergeant Lee Min Gu.

Quick draw sharp shooter,
Sergeant Sung Ho Yeol.

Top-ranked swordsman,
Staff Sergeant Park Ji Kwon.

Kwon Sam Su, head of National Security,
currently lives in central Pyeongyang,

Gyeongsang Dong District, in the
Cheollim Apartments, 2nd floor, Unit 3.

- Lee Min Gu.
- Yes, Sir... Lee Min Gu!

- Song Ho Yeol.
- Yes, Sir... Song Ho Yeol!

You two will take this one.

Finally, Commander Oh Jeong Man of the
People's Ministry Goodwill Headquarters,

Lee Jin Pyo and I will take him.

Attention!

Salute!

Indeed, you appear to be veterans.

In a short amount of time,

you've recaptured your forms
from the anti-North secret agent days.

Please send us in, even tomorrow.

Pyeongyang is as clear as
a frozen pollack belly.

We don't need any additional training.

All 21 of you who have answered
the motherland's call,

I'm proud of you.

I, Choi Yong Chan,

no matter what happens,
even if I must stake my own life,

stand here and promise
that I will arrange for your safe return.

This, as a man, as a fellow citizen,

as your senior,

this is my promise to you.

We promise as well.

627158, Byun Jae Yoon

The North Korean dog tags
haven't changed at all.

If we dress in North Korean
military uniforms there,

we'll look just like the
North Korean People's Army!

Sergeant Lee, you look like a
People's Army soldier already.

You set out tomorrow at dawn.

You'll successfully infiltrate Pyeongyang
and carry out your mission.

Then at dawn the next day,
you'll gather at a point in Nampo Port,

and return on the submarine we send.

I pray you all return safely.

[Pyeongyang]

What the he** is going on?

The president does not want
to take any military action at all.

Then, what about the boys we sent?

This is blueberry liqueur...

The country I visited only gives it
to their most honored guests.

To get some for you, I...

What is this?

What do you mean abort the mission now?!

We already sent a submarine to Nampo Port!

I will talk to the president!

Just a moment!

In the case that we take military action,

the US will dissolve...

the US-Korea-Japan Security Triangle
that includes the Korean Peninsula.

The US is resolute in its stance.

The president too feels
that because public opinion

is at its height of anti-communism fervor,

there is no need to resort
to military tactics.

Then what about the men we sent?

What do we do about the men
who risked their lives and went in?!

Well, let's think toward
the greater victory.

For our nation and its people,

- let them be removed without a trace...
- Unbelievable!

Have you forgotten the anguish and anger we
felt while planning Operation Clean Sweep?!

We have a responsibility to
bring our troops back safely!

Are the troops the problem right now?

Frankly,

for the President, who started his career
as an appointed sports official,

this is too big of a burden.

Let's be honest, now.

Ambassador to the US,
NIS Chief,

National Defense Minister,
Finance Minister,

you're all worried you will lose
your positions over this large case.

- Isn't that what you're really afraid of?!
- What?!

That is such...

Don't you think your words
are a little harsh?

So are you saying...

we need to sacrifice another 21 lives?

If this plan is exposed to the world,

we may end up paying an even greater price.

You've heard the opinions of all four of us.

Now, Chief Choi, only you
are left to make a decision.

Moo Yul.

Wake up, you can't fall asleep.

Moo Yul. Moo Yul!

I'm cold.

Just leave me behind...

Moo Yul, the sub is here.
The sub is here.

Be strong, Moo Yul!

What is this?

Song Su!

Sung Su!

We're on the same side!

Why?!
We're on the same side!

Moo Yul.

Moo Yul! Moo Yul!

Ever since I was stabbed,

I was already destined to die.

You must live.

Please take care of Kyung Hee and my child.

I don't want to.
You live and take care of them, Man!

Moo Yul. Moo Yul.

Moo Yul.

I love you, My Friend.

Moo Yul.

All of them are dead?

I understand.

Documents pertaining to Operation
Clean Sweep have all been destroyed.

And the troops sent to North Korea
will all be reported as missing persons...

and their identities wiped
from the registry.

Now,

all that remains...
is for the 5 of us to forget.

Ah, y... yes.

Well, there's a party at the
American Embassy, so... well...

At Hanghae, and Guwol Mountains,
chrysanthemums*. (*white: symbolic of grief)

And on Seoul's Nam Mountain, too,
chrysanthemums.

I've smelled them so much,
my nose is stuffed.

But it seems,
you do have some conscience after all.

I see you've gathered up
the dead on your desk.

Your life that you promised,

I've come to collect.

I'm sorry.

- I had no choice.
- I'm sorry?

It's twenty lives.

The lives of compatriots I saw shot
with my own eyes, not by the enemy,

but our own side!

We... weighed the lives of those 21 men,

but had to choose the American promise
to protect our harbors...

for the security and peace
of the Republic of Korea.

Right now, that promise is the greatest
source of support for the president.

It was for political power?

Do you know?

We can sacrifice our lives
for our motherland,

but we absolutely won't sacrifice our lives
for political power.

Especially for those who treat
our troops' lives like that of flies!

You at least, Hyungnim, can't do this.

You swore we would live or die together!

Kill me.

Director Choi?

Are you in there?

These are satellite photos
of air force bases along the Pacific Coast.

Reports show that the fighter plane...

that shot down the KAL plane
was launched from this base.

Director Choi... Why did you leave
your window open when it's so windy?

Oh...

Because it felt stuffy.

- All right.
- I'll go, then.

The debt of 20 lives
betrayed by the motherland,

I will absolutely come to collect.

Here you go.

My baby.

No! No! Not my baby!
You can't!

Baby!
Baby!

Baby!

You can't.

Baby... Baby!

No.

Baby.
Baby.

Baby!

Moo Yul is dead.

I will take and raise the baby well.

You can only find happiness
without this baby.

Begin a new life.

You must be happy.

Shut up!
You want to die?!

Give me the baby.

Moo Yul...

I named the baby Yoon Sung.

I suppose he'll live as Lee Yoon Sung
rather than Park Yoon Sung.

I will take the cruelest
revenge in the world.

Because this will be my reason
for living on.

[10 years later
Golden Triangle area in Southeast Asia]

Boss, this guy has taken out
and sold our merchandise.

What should we do with him?

I told you, you can sell drugs
in other places, but not in Korea.

Wait!

Concentrate.
Aim down the side line.

One knee.

Dad!

Dad, I did well, didn't I?
I hit all the targets.

Head, neck, chest!

Otherwise, you die.

Most of the kids
miss the target completely, Boss.

He did really well.

Take him and train him in martial arts.

- Go.
- As you wish, Boss.

Is that all you can do?!
Do it right!

Mom?

What is it?

No... nothing.

Hand it over.

I don't have anything...

Is that my mom?

My mom?

I wish I had a mom like Muangsuri.

Why don't I have a mom?

Please at least show me a picture.
Please.

I told you she died.

Forget her.

But, it's my mom.

It's my mom.

Poo Chai...
Come here.

- What's the problem?
- Boss...

A monkey stepped on a landmine.

Be on guard.

Poo Chai!

Poo Chai... Poo Chai!

I didn't con you!

I didn't do anything!

Ow.

Ow!

Really, I... I...

Just a second.

Do you know how much money I lost, Punk?

No! Let go!
A... Ahjussi...

Let me go!

Let me go!

Yes!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey, hey!

Hey!

Ahjussi...
You're Korean, right?

Yes, yes.

Totally wild.
This is the first time I've seen a Korean.

You're Korean, too?

There's quite a lot of them.

- Let's go.
- Wh... where are we going?

- We have to run away for starters.
- Wait.

Hurry!

Hurry, hurry.

- Hurry, hurry.
- Hurry, hurry.

Snake snake snake snake snake!
Snake snake!

- Are you okay? All right, all right.
- No, no, I can't move! Hurry!

- Let's hurry!
- Just a second, just a second!

Oh, my gosh!

Sorry, sorry!

- Ahjussi. Let's go.
- Just a second!

- Hurry go! Go, go, go!
- Just a second, wait!

Hey, hey! Uh uh uh...

Ahjussi, I swear I didn't con you!

Get away.

- Oh, my! Yeah?
- Ahjussi. Jump, jump.

- Where do I jump to?
- Ahjussi, just jump!

- Hurry up and jump!
- Just a second. Oh, my.

Mommy! Mommy!

Get up. Quickly!

Hey! Hey, hey!

- Whoa!
- What's this?

Ahjussi! This way, this way.

Don't move. Don't move.

Oh, my gosh!

- Just be still.
- Sn... snake.

- Be still.
- When I'm near a snake...

Oh, my God!

Hey!

Ah, dang...

Stop! Stop! Stop!
Hey! Hey! Stop!

Hey! Hey!

Ay, stupid punks. They're the fools
for getting conned gambling. Punks.

Stupid punks trying to settle it with force.

Where are we going?

What if you step on a landmine
while roaming around out there?

And another thing.

As a safety measure, didn't I tell you
to never bring in an outsider?

That the moment we're discovered,
we're dead!

How can I ignore someone
who was about to be killed?

And a Korean at that!

Whether he dies here or there,
the guy is going to die anyway.

- You!
- Yes?!

M... me, yes.

What do you know how to do?

Food...
I can cook food.

I used to be a ch... chef on a ship.

Shall I cook for you?

It's the best, the best!

Dad... It's so good.

That stew, doesn't it taste like jjambbong?
[Korean Chinese seafood noodle soup]

If you saut? tom yum goong ingredients
before you boil, you get that flavor.

And, since you had cabbage...

- What's your name?
- I'm Bae Shik Joong.

Not Shik Chung, but Shik Joong.

Shik for taste and Joong for heavy.

My grandfather named me.

- Bae Shik Joong.
- Yes, Sir?

The moment you try to run away,
you die.

Just rot here, cooking.

Yes, Sir.

Thank you.
Thank you.

- Who's that?
- My dad.

Is your name Poo Chai?

My Korean name is Lee Yoon Sung.

My name here, Poo Chai.

What is this?

She's really white and pretty.

Who is this? Your daughter?

She's pretty, isn't she?

It seems you have good taste in women.

Let me see.

What's her name?

Kim Na Na.

Kim Na Na?

Your last names are different.
She's not your daughter.

Just a second.

- Give it to me.
- Just a second.

This is Dad's room.
This is mine.

Come here.

What is he doing?

Sleeping?

Boss.

Lie down comfortably and...

- What is it?
- Excuse me?

I just wanted to tell you
to lie down comfortably and sleep...

- Butt out.
- Sleep well.

He just sleeps like that.

He sleeps like that?
Doesn't it hurt his back?

I don't know.
I've never seen him sleep lying down.

How strange.

Strange.

Ahjussi, you can sleep here.

Ah, thank you.

How can he sleep like that?
It's not like he's Buddha.

You want me to shoot?

No way, my dad will have a fit.

Hey! Please, let me go!

Let go of me! Hey! Let me go!

Please set me free! Release me!

You know that Muangsuri's husband
ran off with drugs, right?

Sir... Sir please, spare my life.

Dad.

Shoot right.

Otherwise, Muangsuri will get hit.

But Muangsuri didn't do anything wrong!

The commander in the Triangle is me!

And it's my law that traitors
and their families all die!

Stop commanding and try being magnanimous.

Try some forgiveness, Dad.

Watch carefully how I enforce my law.

- Sir please, spare my life.
- Dad.

Please... Please.

Poo Chai.

Fine. I'll shoot.
I'll shoot.

But,

if I hit all those targets,

you forgive her.

All right.

I'll give forgiveness a try.

Really, does it make any sense
to shoot someone precious to you?

This is screwed up.

I suppose in that place called Seoul,

you're living happily?

Poo Chai.

Poo Chai.

Poo Chai, watch out!

Don't come!

Muangsuri.

Muangsuri, let's go inside.

Muangsuri, open your eyes!

Open your eyes, please!

I'm going to kill all those bastards.

Yoon Sung!
You can't go alone!

Poo Chai.

The second you lose your rationality,

you'll find yourself stepping on landmines
buried in your own backyard.

D... dad.

When you saved Shik Joong, you should
have eliminated all of them at the root.

If you leave a sprout,

you die.

Dad. Dad, don't die.

Dad, please!

Dad!

Dad, don't die!

Dad!
Dad, please!

Dad! I'm sorry.

Don't cry.

A leg in exchange for your life...
it's worth it.

Take this drug.

I will remove the shrapnel
and stitch it fast.

You're losing too much blood.

- Knife.
- Knife?

Knife, knife...

My left shoulder, there's a bullet wound.

Cut there.

- Dad...
- Just cut.

Immediately!

If you dig in there, there's a bullet.

Yoon Sung.

Listen carefully
to what I'm about to tell you.

It's about your birth father.

Dad.

What do you mean my birth father?

17 years ago,

there were 20 lives betrayed
by the motherland.

Your father who was wounded
during the operation,

took a bullet for me to save my life.

That bullet...

pierced through your father's heart,

and became embedded in my shoulder.

The reason I lived with such ferocity...

was for your father who died in my stead,

to take revenge for him.

Yoon Sung.

You stay alive.

And nail a bullet into the heart
of your father's and my enemy.

That's why...

That's why you trained me so severely?

To take revenge?

Dad.

We have to operate quickly.
It becomes life-threatening.

- Come on, we have to operate.
- Dad, save my dad. Dad.

Hurry, save my dad.

Dad.

Poo Chai, come here.

Moo Yul, don't die.

Kyung Hee...

I'm sorry.

I had no choice.

Who's the bastard
who killed my birth father?

There are 5 men.

If I kill all 5 of them,

can you and I...

go somewhere no one knows and start over...

and live happily?

Let me ask you one last thing.

My mom...

Is she alive?

She is alive.

I'm going to change now.

That is my destiny.

[7 Years Later
Republic of Korea]

Hello?

So, you've arrived.

Yes... Just a little bit ago.

The first guy you need to find...

of the 5 man committee is Lee Kyung Wan.

You can now forget about the
years you lived in the US.

But, you cannot forget
about your father's death.

Yes.

Please stop the car for a moment.

Don't love anyone.

If you're true identity gets exposed,

you and those around you
will be awash with blood.

Ahjussi! Do you really have no clue
who you should and shouldn't go up against?!

You... you are a Blue House bodyguard?

The president's youngest daughter, Miss Choi
Da Hye, has a temper that's quite unique.

Professor Lee Yoon Sang,
please give me private lessons.

Please save my father!

Let's have that surgery.
I paid the bill, so operate.

The tax revenue that you can't even use,
just give it to me.

Issue a warrant for those three people,
including Lee Kyung Hwan.

What's your reason
for sending me to the Blue House.

Those guys are different
to the very marrow of their bones.

I, Lee Kyung Wan, am telling you
I have never accepted a single won!