Drama Special (2010–…): Season 1, Episode 24 - Pianist - full transcript
She's totally into me, right?
I can feel it.
Do you know anything about women ?
Do you like women that much?
Sure. l live to meet women.
What do you like about them?
You don't need to know.
Just go and buy me some cigarettes.
- A pack of cigarettes, please.
- I need stockings.
My cigarettes.
My cigarettes!
Excuse me.
Hello.
Miss Yun, your contract ends soon. Extension hasn’t been decided yet.
Yes...
Can't you tune before you teach?
We don't need complaints like that.
Sorry...
No one bothers to even pick up trash these days.
I'll pick it up, vice principal.
- I can do it...
I heed to check the stairs and the 3rd floor as well.
I'll do it all. You go and rest.
Hello, Miss Yun.
We said hello to you!
Okay.
Yes, Jeongu.
The piano here is used only for classic recitals.
But the owner loves the piano, so they brought it here.
It's too precious to listen to at a place like this.
I know. It was my dream to play that piano.
Why did you give up?
You know that I wasn't talented, and we were poor.
You would've done well if you’d gone abroad to study.
Insa, how about going now?
I'm turning 30 next year.
It's too late for that.
I'm sorry I wasn't able to spend your birthday with you.
Earrings?
They need me at the hospital. Sorry I can't take you home.
It's okay.
Professor Park's conducting research. I need to be in Boston for a month.
Okay... I'm going then.
Jeongu, what should we do?
About marriage...
Can you wait a little longer?
How long?
My parents want me logo on a blind date.
She's a doctor. I have no choice. I have to meet her.
Can you try to understand? They'll give up on me soon.
Give up?
You know what they're like. If you wait...
This is stupid. Why do I have to beg you and your parents?
Let's just finish it.
- What?
- Let's break up.
Hey! Yun Insa!
We've been going out for 5 years. Do you want to waste that?
- Doesn't that mean anything to you?
- Not really.
I was a fool, a real idiot to have waited for you.
I regret the time that I spent living like that.
Don't you think I had worries? I thought a lot too.
Fine, let's finish it.
I'm sick of this too.
It's over! Good riddance!
My bag!
Hey! Hey! Han Jeongu.
Hey! You rotten jerk!
You rotten jerk!
Hey!
Yes, 92-Na 4239. His workplace...
Saerona Used Pianos.
If something happens to me, it's his fault. Report him.
Do you fix pianos?
Do you tune them too?
Yes.
Wait a minute.
Here...
They're pretty.
Goodbye.
Thanks for your help.
Man from Saerona pianos.
Why are yon so late?
- Sorry, something came up.
- Listen to the sound.
Maybe it's the hammer.
They said the keys are heavy too.
Our pianist can't trust anyone but you.
I'm going to go out and have some noodles.
Work hard.
I dropped out during my 2nd year of high school.
You need to have gone to high school to know how to date women.
Everyone goes out at the school campus.
You're 21 years old, but such a fool. Who do you take after?
Campus? It was nothing more than a sports field.
Hey! Campus and sports field are the same thing.
Your life wouldn't be so hopeless if it weren't for your father.
Don't start.
You would've gone to high school just like everyone else.
Who knows? You might have gone to university too.
Jero, play the piano.
Play a Jang Yunjeong song.
Forget it. It's like asking a statue to dance for me.
- Hello?
- Saerona pianos
Are you good at tuning?
The classroom was filled with water recently. The pianos are a mess.
Rumors say that the teacher's hopeless and the pianos are out of tune.
Your business card.
Oh, yes...
Do you give discounts to people that you know?
Yes.
How long will it take?
I don't think I'll be finished until tomorrow.
Sumin, fingers together. Relax your wrists.
Didn't you practice?
How can you become a pianist?
- Why are you such a bad teacher?
- What?
I made mistakes, you didn't notice. Did you really major in music?
I can't point out every single mistake that you make.
That’s enough for today.
It's cold. Go and wash up.
- Are you going to the school again?
- Yes.
You hated school as a child, but you have to go there every day.
It's so hard to make a living...
Hey! Your hair...
What happened to your hair?
Miss Yun, do you really want to get fired?
Shouldn't you teach according to the curriculum?
Vice principal, that student isn't ready for Czerny 40.
She's been learning the piano for 2 semesters.
I think you're the problem then. You take care of it.
Be called a hopeless teacher or advance her to the next level.
This will all be included in your performance evaluation.
Play.
- What's this?
- Chopin.
- You can't play this yet.
- I want you to play it.
What?
My mom told me to record you playing.
- Your mom?
- She wants to see how good you are.
Can't you play it?
Fine, but pianists practice a lot before they play.
If you ask me to do this out of the blue...
Should I go outside?
I can't play very well when someone's watching either.
See? I told you she can't play.
Wow!
It's warm.
- Do you like Chopin?
- Yes.
I started to play because of Chopin. I wanted to play it well.
You may not believe this, but I used to be quite good.
Did you major in the piano?
No, I just play when I'm bored...
There are so many geniuses. I'm the only one who's a fool.
I'm Yun Insa. What's your name?
Oh Jero.
Do you fix broken pianos too?
It hasn't been played for a long time.
Yes, I'm coming.
It's a total piece of junk, right?
Can yon fix it?
It has a warm tone.
-I'll try to fix it. - Really?
I've been dealing with pianos in Incheon for 20 years.
I've never seen such a piece of junk.
How can they ask us to fix it?
It's worthless.
I think I can tune it.
It will be really beautiful.
Beautiful?
I'll fix the surface and change the wood underneath.
Change the hammers and strings and paint it again.
- Should I change the pedals?
- Why not just make a new piano then?
We'll be left with nothing!
Yun Insa, happy birthday Gyeongmin Insurance Company.
- Hello?
- It's Oh Jero.
Oh, yes...
Do you want to have black bean noodles?
Excuse me? Why?
There's a good black bean noodles place.
You can just kick...
I mean, yon can turn me down.
- I'm sorry.
- Let's go.
- Excuse me?
- Let's go have black bean noodles.
This is supposed to be the best in Korea.
You have sauce...
To the right. A little higher...
How old are you?
- You?
- I asked you first.
I'm 25.
I see... I'm 26.
My family registrar's wrong.
I'm 26 years old too.
I wanted to be a pianist.
But that's not easy for girls who are poor like me.
I came to hate the piano. I wanted to forget it and be a good teacher.
It's not easy being a teacher.
So do you know what I am now?
I'm not a real teacher. I just teach casually.
I even give piano lessons after school.
I'm neither this nor that.
What's your dream?
I've never thought about it.
You know...
Something you want to do or avoid before you die.
Not be like my father...
What's he like?
His life is nothing special.
I don't want to live like him.
My father named me.
To live without any presence.
That's why my name's Oh Jero.
It's my birthday today.
This is where I work.
Come this way.
Sit down.
This is my birthday present for you.
You're the 1st person to hear me play.
Why are you crying?
Jero, I'm not 26 years old.
It's okay. I'm not 25 either.
Take a good look. We use a tool on the lump of honey.
Make a hole and make it thinner a little at a time...
1 strand becomes 2.
4 and 4 make 8.
4 strands become this thin...
Wow.
I think we look alike.
Don't you agree?
- Hello.
- How are you?
- Can I play the piano?
- Of course.
What are you doing?
Do you know this one?
Let's play it together.
I can't. I haven't played the piano for a long time.
You saw my piano, Jero.
I can't play if you don't join me.
Okay.
1st place, Yun Insa.
National junior Chopin contest.
Oh Jero.
This is the infinity sign. It's just like your name.
Your life isn't ordinary.
You're really special.
I know a professor at a university. Do you want to meet her?
At a university?
It'd be nice if you could study. Come with me.
He sure is talented, but it's too late.
It would've been nice if rich parents had fostered his talent.
He could've been the 2nd Baek Geonu.
He played without a teacher.
He has bad habits.
It's not easy to fix habits that are that old.
That can change if he has proper mentoring.
It can be fixed, if he's rich.
Is he a millionaire?
The rich have no talent.
The talented have no money.
You can't have just money or talent alone.
That's what the piano is like.
Just let him enjoy playing.
That's the most economical solution.
Just take care of yourself. You need to make ends meet too.
Did you ever think that you destroyed someone's dreams to get to
where you are now?
Then you should have the courtesy to let others dream.
That's the least you can do to pay people like me back.
Who dreams economically?
Do you think he plays alone because he doesn't want to learn?
Snap out of it.
You're not in the situation to play around with a young boy.
Can you change his life? You?
Good for you.
You used your uncle to push me out and study abroad.
- Is this all they taught you?
- What?
You can't even play the piano better than me.
Let's go, Jero.
How did you start music?
Was there a musician in the family?
My father was in a band.
Band? Who? Would I know him?
No. He played at a bar.
How did you start up the piano?
My mother taught piano in our neighborhood.
I was really young, so I don't remember much.
- I'm sorry.
- He is talented...
- Sorry.
- But learning classic now...
It won't be easy.
Not all geniuses become musicians.
Are you mad?
Why would I be mad?
Really? You’re not mad, are you?
I'm not mad.
I wish time would go quickly.
- Why?
- I want to see you as a grandmother.
I want to be a grandfather and scratch your back
and brush your false teeth.
Put it around your neck now. You can wear it properly later.
Goodbye.
Miss Yun.
Miss Yun!
-Yes?
- We need to talk.
We've hired a new full-time teacher.
I don't think we will be able to extend your contract.
Oh Jero.
Isn’t it any good?
It's not that...
Are yon disappointed because of me?
There'll be a good teacher.
I'm fine with things as they are.
I don't need to play the piano.
So don't make such an effort.
You said you didn't want to live like your father.
Do you want to fix pianos for the rest of your life?
You don't like it that I tune pianos?
I don't like it.
Why aren't you greedy?
People step over others to get to the top.
Why don't you even think of giving it a go?
No one will hear you playing secretly in the factory.
You're the same as those pianos in the factory.
Among faulty pianos that are out of tune...
You'll become old, lose your chance and end up as nothing.
Is that what you want?
What are you doing?
There's so much dust here.
Should we have pork belly tonight?
Do you think I can go to a university if I study?
University? No way.
That's really hard.
High school students study all night to go to a university.
Even if you graduate, do you know how many jobless people there are?
Did someone ridicule you for only attending middle school?
Who was it? Who?
It's not like that.
Jero!
Jero!
You're drunk.
I came because I wanted to see you.
Do you have a lot of work?
Want to dance?
I'm sorry...
Let's not meet anymore.
Insa!
Can I talk to you?
It won't take long.
Even if you end it, at least let me speak.
It won't take long.
You've gotten prettier.
- What did you want to tell me?
- I missed you.
It was really hard for me not being able to see you.
I know I'm indecisive.
I'm a real fool.
I know I hurt you too.
I can't live without you.
Give me one more chance.
- Don't do this.
- Don't be this way.
I don't like you anymore.
I'm sorry about everything.
I'll do whatever you tell me to do.
Please don't do this to me.
We love each other.
Do you even know what love is?
You've never been in love.
How do you know this is love?
Then what is this?
This is just...
Just like a wave.
It comes and goes.
Are you going to go back to him?
Is that why you're being so nasty?
Yes. I'm going to go to him.
Why?
Because you're a child.
Please leave your message after the tone.
Hi... It's me.
- Jero.
- Who are you?
Let go.
Jero, let go. Let go of me.
Hey! Who are you ?
Who are you?
Should I tell you who you are?
You're a wave.
You just come and go.
How dare you?
Let's go, Insa.
Once... Just once.
I wrote this song while I fixed the piano.
I'm sorry.
- Do you have a lot to pack?
- No, not much.
Should I pick you up?
No, it's okay.
Please take a look at this.
Why are you trying so hard? Who is he?
Can you stop here for a minute?
Let's get married.
Jeongu...
I... I can't.
I... I...
I...
Are you in pain?
I'm sorry.
Two years later.
How's practice going for the recital?
It's your 1st time.
You must be nervous.
Don't smile like that.
Let’s hear it then.
- Goodbye.
- Okay, bye.
- Can you keep practicing?
- Yes.
Aren't you going to practice?
I thought you said you'd never play the piano again.
I heard your student won the junior Chopin contest.
You're so good.
- How was the recital?
- Good. I'll be there with cigarettes.
Don't come to the factory.
I have to work to earn money for my tuition.
I'll just go buy some stockings.
I can feel it.
Do you know anything about women ?
Do you like women that much?
Sure. l live to meet women.
What do you like about them?
You don't need to know.
Just go and buy me some cigarettes.
- A pack of cigarettes, please.
- I need stockings.
My cigarettes.
My cigarettes!
Excuse me.
Hello.
Miss Yun, your contract ends soon. Extension hasn’t been decided yet.
Yes...
Can't you tune before you teach?
We don't need complaints like that.
Sorry...
No one bothers to even pick up trash these days.
I'll pick it up, vice principal.
- I can do it...
I heed to check the stairs and the 3rd floor as well.
I'll do it all. You go and rest.
Hello, Miss Yun.
We said hello to you!
Okay.
Yes, Jeongu.
The piano here is used only for classic recitals.
But the owner loves the piano, so they brought it here.
It's too precious to listen to at a place like this.
I know. It was my dream to play that piano.
Why did you give up?
You know that I wasn't talented, and we were poor.
You would've done well if you’d gone abroad to study.
Insa, how about going now?
I'm turning 30 next year.
It's too late for that.
I'm sorry I wasn't able to spend your birthday with you.
Earrings?
They need me at the hospital. Sorry I can't take you home.
It's okay.
Professor Park's conducting research. I need to be in Boston for a month.
Okay... I'm going then.
Jeongu, what should we do?
About marriage...
Can you wait a little longer?
How long?
My parents want me logo on a blind date.
She's a doctor. I have no choice. I have to meet her.
Can you try to understand? They'll give up on me soon.
Give up?
You know what they're like. If you wait...
This is stupid. Why do I have to beg you and your parents?
Let's just finish it.
- What?
- Let's break up.
Hey! Yun Insa!
We've been going out for 5 years. Do you want to waste that?
- Doesn't that mean anything to you?
- Not really.
I was a fool, a real idiot to have waited for you.
I regret the time that I spent living like that.
Don't you think I had worries? I thought a lot too.
Fine, let's finish it.
I'm sick of this too.
It's over! Good riddance!
My bag!
Hey! Hey! Han Jeongu.
Hey! You rotten jerk!
You rotten jerk!
Hey!
Yes, 92-Na 4239. His workplace...
Saerona Used Pianos.
If something happens to me, it's his fault. Report him.
Do you fix pianos?
Do you tune them too?
Yes.
Wait a minute.
Here...
They're pretty.
Goodbye.
Thanks for your help.
Man from Saerona pianos.
Why are yon so late?
- Sorry, something came up.
- Listen to the sound.
Maybe it's the hammer.
They said the keys are heavy too.
Our pianist can't trust anyone but you.
I'm going to go out and have some noodles.
Work hard.
I dropped out during my 2nd year of high school.
You need to have gone to high school to know how to date women.
Everyone goes out at the school campus.
You're 21 years old, but such a fool. Who do you take after?
Campus? It was nothing more than a sports field.
Hey! Campus and sports field are the same thing.
Your life wouldn't be so hopeless if it weren't for your father.
Don't start.
You would've gone to high school just like everyone else.
Who knows? You might have gone to university too.
Jero, play the piano.
Play a Jang Yunjeong song.
Forget it. It's like asking a statue to dance for me.
- Hello?
- Saerona pianos
Are you good at tuning?
The classroom was filled with water recently. The pianos are a mess.
Rumors say that the teacher's hopeless and the pianos are out of tune.
Your business card.
Oh, yes...
Do you give discounts to people that you know?
Yes.
How long will it take?
I don't think I'll be finished until tomorrow.
Sumin, fingers together. Relax your wrists.
Didn't you practice?
How can you become a pianist?
- Why are you such a bad teacher?
- What?
I made mistakes, you didn't notice. Did you really major in music?
I can't point out every single mistake that you make.
That’s enough for today.
It's cold. Go and wash up.
- Are you going to the school again?
- Yes.
You hated school as a child, but you have to go there every day.
It's so hard to make a living...
Hey! Your hair...
What happened to your hair?
Miss Yun, do you really want to get fired?
Shouldn't you teach according to the curriculum?
Vice principal, that student isn't ready for Czerny 40.
She's been learning the piano for 2 semesters.
I think you're the problem then. You take care of it.
Be called a hopeless teacher or advance her to the next level.
This will all be included in your performance evaluation.
Play.
- What's this?
- Chopin.
- You can't play this yet.
- I want you to play it.
What?
My mom told me to record you playing.
- Your mom?
- She wants to see how good you are.
Can't you play it?
Fine, but pianists practice a lot before they play.
If you ask me to do this out of the blue...
Should I go outside?
I can't play very well when someone's watching either.
See? I told you she can't play.
Wow!
It's warm.
- Do you like Chopin?
- Yes.
I started to play because of Chopin. I wanted to play it well.
You may not believe this, but I used to be quite good.
Did you major in the piano?
No, I just play when I'm bored...
There are so many geniuses. I'm the only one who's a fool.
I'm Yun Insa. What's your name?
Oh Jero.
Do you fix broken pianos too?
It hasn't been played for a long time.
Yes, I'm coming.
It's a total piece of junk, right?
Can yon fix it?
It has a warm tone.
-I'll try to fix it. - Really?
I've been dealing with pianos in Incheon for 20 years.
I've never seen such a piece of junk.
How can they ask us to fix it?
It's worthless.
I think I can tune it.
It will be really beautiful.
Beautiful?
I'll fix the surface and change the wood underneath.
Change the hammers and strings and paint it again.
- Should I change the pedals?
- Why not just make a new piano then?
We'll be left with nothing!
Yun Insa, happy birthday Gyeongmin Insurance Company.
- Hello?
- It's Oh Jero.
Oh, yes...
Do you want to have black bean noodles?
Excuse me? Why?
There's a good black bean noodles place.
You can just kick...
I mean, yon can turn me down.
- I'm sorry.
- Let's go.
- Excuse me?
- Let's go have black bean noodles.
This is supposed to be the best in Korea.
You have sauce...
To the right. A little higher...
How old are you?
- You?
- I asked you first.
I'm 25.
I see... I'm 26.
My family registrar's wrong.
I'm 26 years old too.
I wanted to be a pianist.
But that's not easy for girls who are poor like me.
I came to hate the piano. I wanted to forget it and be a good teacher.
It's not easy being a teacher.
So do you know what I am now?
I'm not a real teacher. I just teach casually.
I even give piano lessons after school.
I'm neither this nor that.
What's your dream?
I've never thought about it.
You know...
Something you want to do or avoid before you die.
Not be like my father...
What's he like?
His life is nothing special.
I don't want to live like him.
My father named me.
To live without any presence.
That's why my name's Oh Jero.
It's my birthday today.
This is where I work.
Come this way.
Sit down.
This is my birthday present for you.
You're the 1st person to hear me play.
Why are you crying?
Jero, I'm not 26 years old.
It's okay. I'm not 25 either.
Take a good look. We use a tool on the lump of honey.
Make a hole and make it thinner a little at a time...
1 strand becomes 2.
4 and 4 make 8.
4 strands become this thin...
Wow.
I think we look alike.
Don't you agree?
- Hello.
- How are you?
- Can I play the piano?
- Of course.
What are you doing?
Do you know this one?
Let's play it together.
I can't. I haven't played the piano for a long time.
You saw my piano, Jero.
I can't play if you don't join me.
Okay.
1st place, Yun Insa.
National junior Chopin contest.
Oh Jero.
This is the infinity sign. It's just like your name.
Your life isn't ordinary.
You're really special.
I know a professor at a university. Do you want to meet her?
At a university?
It'd be nice if you could study. Come with me.
He sure is talented, but it's too late.
It would've been nice if rich parents had fostered his talent.
He could've been the 2nd Baek Geonu.
He played without a teacher.
He has bad habits.
It's not easy to fix habits that are that old.
That can change if he has proper mentoring.
It can be fixed, if he's rich.
Is he a millionaire?
The rich have no talent.
The talented have no money.
You can't have just money or talent alone.
That's what the piano is like.
Just let him enjoy playing.
That's the most economical solution.
Just take care of yourself. You need to make ends meet too.
Did you ever think that you destroyed someone's dreams to get to
where you are now?
Then you should have the courtesy to let others dream.
That's the least you can do to pay people like me back.
Who dreams economically?
Do you think he plays alone because he doesn't want to learn?
Snap out of it.
You're not in the situation to play around with a young boy.
Can you change his life? You?
Good for you.
You used your uncle to push me out and study abroad.
- Is this all they taught you?
- What?
You can't even play the piano better than me.
Let's go, Jero.
How did you start music?
Was there a musician in the family?
My father was in a band.
Band? Who? Would I know him?
No. He played at a bar.
How did you start up the piano?
My mother taught piano in our neighborhood.
I was really young, so I don't remember much.
- I'm sorry.
- He is talented...
- Sorry.
- But learning classic now...
It won't be easy.
Not all geniuses become musicians.
Are you mad?
Why would I be mad?
Really? You’re not mad, are you?
I'm not mad.
I wish time would go quickly.
- Why?
- I want to see you as a grandmother.
I want to be a grandfather and scratch your back
and brush your false teeth.
Put it around your neck now. You can wear it properly later.
Goodbye.
Miss Yun.
Miss Yun!
-Yes?
- We need to talk.
We've hired a new full-time teacher.
I don't think we will be able to extend your contract.
Oh Jero.
Isn’t it any good?
It's not that...
Are yon disappointed because of me?
There'll be a good teacher.
I'm fine with things as they are.
I don't need to play the piano.
So don't make such an effort.
You said you didn't want to live like your father.
Do you want to fix pianos for the rest of your life?
You don't like it that I tune pianos?
I don't like it.
Why aren't you greedy?
People step over others to get to the top.
Why don't you even think of giving it a go?
No one will hear you playing secretly in the factory.
You're the same as those pianos in the factory.
Among faulty pianos that are out of tune...
You'll become old, lose your chance and end up as nothing.
Is that what you want?
What are you doing?
There's so much dust here.
Should we have pork belly tonight?
Do you think I can go to a university if I study?
University? No way.
That's really hard.
High school students study all night to go to a university.
Even if you graduate, do you know how many jobless people there are?
Did someone ridicule you for only attending middle school?
Who was it? Who?
It's not like that.
Jero!
Jero!
You're drunk.
I came because I wanted to see you.
Do you have a lot of work?
Want to dance?
I'm sorry...
Let's not meet anymore.
Insa!
Can I talk to you?
It won't take long.
Even if you end it, at least let me speak.
It won't take long.
You've gotten prettier.
- What did you want to tell me?
- I missed you.
It was really hard for me not being able to see you.
I know I'm indecisive.
I'm a real fool.
I know I hurt you too.
I can't live without you.
Give me one more chance.
- Don't do this.
- Don't be this way.
I don't like you anymore.
I'm sorry about everything.
I'll do whatever you tell me to do.
Please don't do this to me.
We love each other.
Do you even know what love is?
You've never been in love.
How do you know this is love?
Then what is this?
This is just...
Just like a wave.
It comes and goes.
Are you going to go back to him?
Is that why you're being so nasty?
Yes. I'm going to go to him.
Why?
Because you're a child.
Please leave your message after the tone.
Hi... It's me.
- Jero.
- Who are you?
Let go.
Jero, let go. Let go of me.
Hey! Who are you ?
Who are you?
Should I tell you who you are?
You're a wave.
You just come and go.
How dare you?
Let's go, Insa.
Once... Just once.
I wrote this song while I fixed the piano.
I'm sorry.
- Do you have a lot to pack?
- No, not much.
Should I pick you up?
No, it's okay.
Please take a look at this.
Why are you trying so hard? Who is he?
Can you stop here for a minute?
Let's get married.
Jeongu...
I... I can't.
I... I...
I...
Are you in pain?
I'm sorry.
Two years later.
How's practice going for the recital?
It's your 1st time.
You must be nervous.
Don't smile like that.
Let’s hear it then.
- Goodbye.
- Okay, bye.
- Can you keep practicing?
- Yes.
Aren't you going to practice?
I thought you said you'd never play the piano again.
I heard your student won the junior Chopin contest.
You're so good.
- How was the recital?
- Good. I'll be there with cigarettes.
Don't come to the factory.
I have to work to earn money for my tuition.
I'll just go buy some stockings.