Life Is Beautiful (2010–…): Season 1, Episode 9 - Episode #1.9 - full transcript
Episode 9
Thanks to the parrot,
the other birds got pretty beaks as well.
And these creatures with lovely beaks,
lived harmoniously in their little village.
Do I continue?
Mom!
Oh, have you finished?
Mom, you weren't listening, were you?
Of course not, I was listening.
No, you weren't.
Sorry, I had something on my mind.
What's on your mind?
There's just something.
That's right, Mom,
I've thought about it,
I don't want a younger sibling.
Grandmother keeps telling me
how great it would be to have one,
so I kept pestering you for a younger sibling,
but after thinking about it,
I'm not so keen anymore.
I see, but why?
It's just... I think it'll be a bother.
It might be bothersome sometimes,
but there will be times
when it's cute and loveable.
And what if you and Dad
end up liking it better?
If that happens,
I think I'll have to run away.
Well, that...
that might happen,
I know it too.
Will you be fine if I ran away?
Where would you go if you left?
To Grandmother's!
You called that running away?
What do you expect?
I'm still a child,
how do you expect me to support myself?
There's no need for you to worry about that now.
Why isn't Dad back yet?
Oh, he said he had to do something at the office.
Shall we give him a call?
The number you have dialed is
not available, please leave a message.
Why aren't you answering?
You'd better give me a satisfactory
answer when you get home.
Honey, I'm lonely.
Come home and keep me company.
You're the only one on my mind right now,
I guess it's because you're
my greatest support and love.
I miss you, honey.
Dad, come back quickly!
He didn't say he had a company meal...
You
really only have a week.
Hey.
Kid,
my word is law.
But I'm worried,
I heard he came from a rather poor family.
What will we do if he can't pay up?
Who cares about that?
Doesn't he work at a bank?
What would I know about that?
Why are you being such a busybody anyway?
I was just wondering if
I had to be prepared to pay,
since I was the guarantor.
Crazy dude.
Do you have so much money to spare?
How could I possibly,
I only receive 10,000 Won
daily as pocket money!
Is she pretty?
Your woman?
No, no, that's not it,
we're just colleagues.
Dude.
Who're you trying to kid?
Believe what you will, just get the job done.
Is your wife doing fine?
Of course.
Please enter the PIN code.
Why aren't you picking up?
You'd better have a good explanation
for it when you get back.
Honey, I'm lonely.
Come back quickly and comfort me.
You're the only one I can
think of in such a situation.
You're really my greatest love and support.
I miss you, honey.
Is she changing her tactics?
There's no need for that.
I'd already given up.
Cho Rong!
Yes.
If your dad asks where I am,
tell him I'm in the resort kitchen.
All right, I'll be right there.
No need for that.
You'll be bored alone.
There's too much on my mind,
I can't be bored.
The fisherman catches rich savory fish.
Piping hot fish soup.
So who's catching the fish?
Yes, what?
There's something I need
to discuss alone with you.
Please come to the kitchen downstairs.
You come down then.
I'm already in the kitchen.
I was just remarking
on her recent quietness.
So she has something to tell me...
Is it better now?
It's hurting more.
If I could soak it in hot water,
that would be nice.
I'll take you tomorrow.
You haven't eaten much,
even if it's a simple porridge,
shall I make you some?
You want me to die from eating porridge?
Something like a pumpkin porridge would be sweetish,
you'll like it.
No need.
So what you're saying is,
I nearly ceased being part of this world?
That I might never have existed?
Like soap bubbles or foam,
I nearly burst, just like that?
If I had made a mistake,
that's what would have happened.
Mom,
as a mother, how could you tell me such things?
I said I didn't go through with it!
How can I believe you!
Whether you believe it or not
is your own problem.
Ever since I heard that story,
I've felt like smoke in this house.
Like I'm no more than a shadow.
As if I was a child that never
should have been born,
I even feel a sense of guilt!
You...
I feel so empty,
so confused,
so lonely,
so abandoned,
servile,
and wretched.
Get out! Why did you enter?
More or less once we got married,
I felt that marrying your father was a mistake.
It was as if the sky was about to fall.
Then you were conceived.
In any case,
without consideration for your situation,
or for my status,
you ended up giving birth to me.
So why do I have to bear the burden,
to the extent of getting headaches out of it,
what has my mistake been?
When I despaired of my husband,
when my life was a mess,
that was the only thing I could think of!
Many women are like that.
The respect for life.
Isn't that something you advocate?
That's why I gave birth.
It was you I gave birth to!
Entering this family on your coattails,
did you think it was easy for me?
Grandmother, Father, my uncles,
Tae Sub and you,
you were all banded together.
I was the only outsider,
do you know how lonely
and low self-esteem I had?
Why would you be excluded?
Your dad treated you so well.
And there's always me.
Grandmother was terrifying.
Tae Sub never said a word.
And you, Mom...
you were only concerned about making
a good impression to Tae Sub and Grandmother,
you never considered me!
Why, you...
You gave birth to Ho Sub and Cho Rong.
Because Tae Sub is Dad's son,
and Ho Sub and Cho Rong are
born of the two of you,
there was only me,
I was the only half-child.
Your point of view?
Have you ever considered mine?
Were you the only one who suffered?
Did your dad have it easy?
Afraid you'd be hurt and
follow the wrong path,
he was always so solicitous of you.
If you hadn't had me, your life would've
been so much better, wouldn't it?
Why, you...
Because I'm a burden to you!
If I wasn't there,
you'd be a lot happier in this family!
Yes, I know that.
That you don't like me that much,
I know it very well!
How old do you think you are?
Should you be saying such things?
Do you know how much I've
bottled up over the years?
I've wanted to die so many times over,
wanted to run away hundreds of times!
What's wrong with you?
Mom said she hadn't wanted
to give birth to me,
but she ended up doing it anyway, Uncle!
When did I say such a thing!
That's exactly what you said!
Exactly how old do you think you are!
You're over thirty,
nearing forty years old,
you're even a mother yourself!
I'm sorry for being born.
It was a mistake.
Please forgive me.
Enough of this.
I'm done.
Do you have anything to add?
Not me.
Some other day,
when you're in a more rational mind,
let's talk again.
You'd better be ready for it!
What happened?
What's that?
When did you come in?
Sister-in-law's dumplings.
Have you had dinner yet?
Did you run out of gas?
I don't like the smell of cooking.
Do you have kimchi?
Yes, probably.
Rice will be ready in thirty minutes.
No, it's alright, there's no need
for you to trouble yourself.
Cho Rong, get me a glass of water.
Yes.
There's some kimchi.
Have a seat and eat.
It's all right, something simple will suit me fine.
Have you had a lot of customers lately?
Any increase in numbers?
Neither up nor down,
it's pretty much average.
Have you heard there's
a corporate client, Mom?
How's the old man?
Is he doing well?
Shouldn't you go up to see him?
Brother-in-law.
I have nothing to say to him.
I can't even bring myself to call him Father.
Don't be like this,
no matter how you feel,
you have to acknowledge him.
The children's father said something.
Said that if you continued like this,
he'd have to have a word with you.
Mother...
she made some ox bone broth.
Even though she says
it's for everyone to eat,
what do you think she means by it?
That's also a reason to dislike Father.
Mother...
could never rid herself of his influence.
She's from an older generation, after all.
How can you compare her with women nowadays?
There's no need for her to do that.
That thing called the heart,
how can you summon it at will?
You feel impulsed by it at times too, don't you?
Even though you'd deny it.
Don't dwell on it,
there's no such thing.
Let the water boil for five minutes, add
the soup powder, then add the dumplings.
Yes.
Yes?
I'm in the resort kitchen.
I need the cooker and the frying pan.
The kids and the help didn't clean it properly.
It'll probably take some time.
He just came.
Why come?
Isn't there anything I can do?
All right.
No, it feels odd for the house to be so empty.
Oh.
Okay then.
Get busy then.
I can't even fit a floss in anymore,
I ate so much at dinner.
Ji Hye's appetite and our family's appetite
must be genetically different.
If she doesn't take after Sister-in-law,
then she probably takes after her father,
her father is probably just as she described.
Hey, Mom,
when she was maybe
four or five years old,
didn't you say something similar?
That if the new members of the family
were hard to get along with,
it will be bad for the family in the long run?
Since she came, how long
did it take for us to get along?
It's not as if Tae Sub is easy
to get along with either...
But Tae Sub isn't sensitive about it,
he's a man, after all.
Although it's true,
he's always been one to do as he wished.
Tae Sub has always been few of words,
but he's not a prickly child.
Is she insisting on not having the child?
From the words coming out of her mouth,
it's hard to form a conclusion.
If she had been my blood relation,
I would gladly have slapped her to her senses.
Don't go overboard.
I'm afraid she'll really say
it's because you're not her real uncle.
That's why even though I've
wanted to say worse things,
I've been keeping it all in.
Are you asleep?
Oh, Byung Tae?
Please come in.
Sister-in-law ignoring you because she's busy?
No.
She's cleaning up the resort kitchen.
You should do it in the daytime,
isn't it too dark for it now?
You sleep alone in this room,
yet you always have two pillows.
Even after you take out mine...
It seems like you like to hug the other one to sleep.
Father...
drank some of the ox bone broth,
and it seems he's regained some strength.
He just drank it, does it work so fast?
He didn't eat much for dinner.
He seems a little depressed.
Depressed?
Did you ask him when he'd die?
Yes.
He seems to have suffered a blow.
He's listless all over,
suffering from the guilt of letting you suffer,
he wishes to simply die like that.
Let him do that.
Really, Mom...
He keeps saying he wants to die, this and that,
I asked out of curiosity.
He's someone with whom I have no connection,
why would I simply ask him to die?
In any case, what you did wasn't right.
Why would he die?
The world is so great, one should live long.
Are those things that
you should be saying to Dad?
What's the point of living long?
He's a shame on his children,
why live so long?
In any case,
he's really out of strength.
You don't see any vigor when he opens his eyes,
and his side hurts even more.
It's a concern that if this continues
he might never again be the same.
What's that got to do with me?
Mom, you're really...
Even a healthy person shrivels in front of you.
If we were to assess it accurately,
you have to take some responsibility
for Dad's recurrent affairs.
It's like you don't have even a little feminine,
womanly qualities, what man will...
Your eyes are shooting flames.
Fire, fire!
Aren't you drinking?
If one person drinks,
one person will become anxious.
So what if you get drunk?
We can get a replacement driver.
After your fall,
are you all right?
One side of my butt
does hurt a little.
I'm really okay,
you don't have to worry.
I tend to fall rather often,
so I'm quite experienced at that.
Dinner was all right, wasn't it?
Yes, it was delicious!
The meat was good as well,
I have nothing to complain about.
The wine is good too.
But then,
it would be good if
you stopped drinking now.
Why?
If you're worried I'll get drunk,
I'm still some way from it.
You won't like it if I got drunk?
Right now,
I'm going to say something
that's not easy to say.
What?
Again,
you're going to tell me
I'm not what you're looking for?
Yes, that's right.
Where am I lacking?
Please tell me,
I'll work on it.
No,
it's not about you,
you're wonderful.
Do you really...
know me well?
You're honest, bright, righteous.
You're also caring,
and a sincerely good person.
I know this much.
Then is it...
because I'm not sexy?
That's right.
You're not sexy.
I find you sexy.
More than any other man.
I'm...
not someone who feels
that way towards women.
It's not just you,
but to all women in general.
I can't appreciate womanly beauty.
I feel that way...
towards men.
I'm like that.
I'm no longer the confused youth
who likes men more than women.
I've overcome such feelings of confusion
a very long time ago.
I really disliked myself,
and I was really unhappy,
I always felt guilty
and deprecated myself,
as if I were a criminal.
That's what I am now.
That's why I can't accept you.
I'm sorry.
I need to drink more.
Okay.
When
did you know for sure?
When
did you come to such a conclusion?
When I graduated from university.
I was afraid of facing up to people around me,
afraid of disappointing my parents,
and my siblings too.
So I kept telling myself I wasn't like that.
I insisted that it wasn't me.
But repressing myself like that
was even harder than acknowledging myself.
I had no confidence of being able to deal
with my family if they were to find out,
and was afraid of the blow
this would mean to my parents,
so even up to quite recently,
I was hesitating if I should
keep up the lie to myself and to society,
and live like this dishonestly,
for my entire life.
Don't worry.
You know my limit is up to two bottles.
Why
are you only telling me now?
You should have told me earlier,
why did you keep me in the dark,
and let me keep loving you?
In this world,
there's only one person who knows.
Now with you, there're two people.
By clinging onto you,
I must have been such an irritation.
Not at all.
It wasn't like that.
Because I couldn't tell you,
I felt sorry and sad for you.
Besides me,
that other person,
is it Kyung Soo?
Isn't he?
Yes.
I'm sorry.
I didn't have the courage.
I thought so.
It's all right.
I can understand.
There are many homosexuals in Japan as well.
Two of my closest friends
are also gay.
I'll just have one more glass.
People say
what's taken by a woman will leave a scar,
but what's taken by a man
will hurt a little and fade with time.
So I suppose,
for letting it not be a woman,
but Kyung Soo instead,
should I thank you?
Thank you.
Thank you.
I said I'd call for a replacement driver.
It's all right with me.
I'll send you back.
But you also drove here.
I can come back to get it tomorrow morning.
Give me the keys.
Love remains in memories...
Once again, tears fall as I cry...
I'm really
very sorry.
No.
My heart
really hurt so much.
I had a picture
in my heart,
that our love
would grow beautifully, warmly
for the next thirty, forty years.
What do I do?
What I can say to apologize,
I don't know anymore.
No,
this isn't something you should apologize for.
It's not your fault.
Seeing you
so troubled,
my heart hurts too.
Even so,
it's all right.
You were born like this,
it's your life.
Live your life proudly.
I
will like you more,
love you even more for it,
as a friend.
Love is, my love is...
I've waited for,
even though I've tried waiting for it
Two of us. In pain. Two of us...
As hard as I try, I cannot erase you
In pain, in more pain...
Honey, you should come out too!
Come out and let's have a drink together!
Got it!
This is a free extra!
Wow, what's this?
What's the occasion?
Honey...
Can't I have a glass of soju?
One glass turns into two,
two becomes three, how can I trust you?
It's been hard on you, drink up!
Hyung, you have a drink too.
Here.
Thank you!
The weather lately hasn't been good for diving.
I haven't been sleeping well because of that.
With all the rain and the storm,
seeing this situation,
it may lead to a typhoon.
Things don't look good.
Who knows?
There wasn't a single typhoon
last year, after all.
Since it skipped last year,
it may come back with twice the force!
In this case you might as well
close up and work elsewhere,
it's hard to get by these days.
Honey, let's go to a noraebang*!
(*karaoke place)
I said we had to go to work,
this crazy woman...
Eat this, Honey!
My kid's going on to high school soon,
it's giving me such a headache
I can't sleep!
Do you know of a suitable job?
Omo! Who's this now!
Hello, Yeon Joo.
What brings you here?
Oh, I have a friend who's heard of
the food here and would like to try it.
Omo! Our shop's so famous that
your friend has heard of it?
Yes, they all know about it.
Wow, that's wonderful!
Honey!
He's already gone inside...
The food that's to be taken away,
remember to give it some extras!
Have a seat!
Come here and have a seat!
It's okay, I'll just stay here.
Come on over!
It's not like we don't know each other.
Are young people nowadays so shy?
Ho Sub! What are you doing?
Yes?
It's your mother's pupil,
don't you know her?
Yes, er...
We're not that close.
Come on over, yes?
I'll just sit right here.
You don't know him?
Yes, not very well.
Omo, how could this be...
I suppose it's a matter of timing!
When you go to work,
Ho Sub would already have left,
I suppose that's possible!
Come on, Miss,
I'll introduce you!
Well, for me to go over would be rather...
Oh, of course, of course!
Ho Sub! You come over.
Of course the man should make the first move.
Ah, Noona, it's all right even if we...
Sook Ja!
Yes!
What?
I'm Yang Ho Sub.
Hello, I'm Bu Yeon Joo.
Hold on! Wait up! Your things!
On the roads at night, it's not
safe for a woman to be alone.
Are you going far?
No, not far.
What kind of friend do you have,
sending you out for takeout like that?
A friend that's stuck in bed and
can't get out because of a bad cold.
Well if that's the case...
It's not far,
I'll be fine.
That's great that it's not far.
Be off, then!
Is it there?
Really?
Would I lie to you?
So why would she say that?
Under what circumstances?
It doesn't sound like something
she'd say out of the blue.
Do you think I'm so unreasonable?
Tell me the truth.
Am I like that?
Not to that extent, but...
you're not gentle and forgiving either.
That's not my style.
In any case, I like myself.
That's right,
it's your personality,
just live according to it.
It's my body, so I'll take care of it.
How could a mother do this to her child,
how could she say such things?
Mother-in-law did go somewhat overboard...
Just let it go.
You have no clue how shocked
and hurt I am, do you?
When my mother gets mad
she says such things too!
Things such as,
"How could I have given birth
to an unfilial son like you?"
Otherwise,
"I want to throw up all the seaweed soup
I ate after giving birth to you".
I get it, I get it.
I'll formally defend you at home,
just you wait.
What do you plan to do?
Leave me to it.
I asked you what you planned to say!
Mother-in-law.
Children are a matter between us,
as husband-and-wife.
No one should have a say in it.
Between me, my wife and the doctor,
we consider this matter closed,
so why are you bringing it up again,
and so unreasonably at that?
What do you think?
Is that all?
You want more?
Yes!
Mother-in-law, you're always
interfering in our lives,
do you see yourself as
an omnipotent problem-solver?
Do you think there's no
problem you can't resolve?
You must be kidding!
"You must be kidding!" - to my mother?
Are you crazy?
Okay, maybe not that.
Put your hands down!
I'm off.
I said I'll be off!
Go ahead.
Don't go!
Come on over.
Come here.
No!
You haven't washed your feet, have you?
Don't put your feet on the bed.
I had a big fight with Mom.
I said everything, everything.
Everything I could have said, I did.
I wondered if I'd gone overboard,
but it feels good to let everything out.
How far did you go?
To the extent of asking if
she'd ever cared for me.
Oh dear, to that extent...
Didn't you clear that up
as a misunderstanding?
But she really said that before!
You're already the mother of a child yourself,
what an insecure life!
You love me, don't you?
Of course.
Have you had dinner?
Not yet.
What do I do?
After that big fight with Mom,
how could I go asking her for food?
I don't care, you can just go hungry.
All right, I'll just go hungry then.
Stop it! It's impossible!
You should really have
started doing yoga ages ago.
How can this be as far as you can go?
There's nothing more to getting old -
a decrease in flexibility and
the stiffening of bones are
symptoms of it.
At this rate, you sure are getting there.
Kim Min Jae's body age: 95! Ding ding ding!
Without you getting on my case,
I already have my eldest
daughter upsetting me,
aren't you being a little too harsh here?
You should consider doing
the exercises Grandfather does,
doing nothing all day,
don't you feel you're lazy?
Where are you going?
To rest.
But Mom!
Isn't it better to have more children?
That's why you had four.
No, eldest brother doesn't count...
But in any case since you raised him,
it makes no difference, is there?
I want to have plenty of children
with my husband.
Plenty of children?
How do you plan to bring them up?
If the eldest is a daughter,
she can look after the younger ones.
And the money?
I'll let my husband take care of that.
How nice.
Unni has been known to have
this strange complex!
She would just stare at you.
Get mad for no reason.
She was like that.
I know.
Oh, you're back?
Yes.
Have you had dinner?
Yes. I'll be heading up first.
Okay.
I'm here, Mother-in-law.
Yes.
I have something to say.
Come in.
Ji Na's mother...
she quarreled with you?
Yes.
She must have let things
escalate out of control,
as if she'd gone crazy.
I was the one who started it.
It's not as if she'd listen to me.
I've done it this time.
She's crying her heart out now.
She thinks she's broken your heart,
and is blaming herself
for her nasty temper.
She seems to have started
crying before I returned.
Do you think I'd believe you?
It's true, Mother-in-law!
If that were true,
tell me she's crying with her legs
stretched before her like a child.
Whose daughter is she?
She only cries when she's angry,
never when she's chastising herself!
To tell the truth... that's true.
It's all right.
You must be feeling upset.
What are you trying to do?
Can't you put on some headphones?
If only you'd put on headphones,
we'd be able to get along fine.
I'm watching television here,
why did you turn on your volume so high?
How annoying!
Isn't this nice, now?
Isn't it blissful?
Turn off the television and come over here.
Why?
I'm watching a show.
Come over here.
What he is going to go on about now,
he's geared up for a lecture.
I get it. Okay.
I'm here. Now what?
I've been telling you to read more
instead of watching TV,
another three times will make it
550 times I've said this.
I never even read as a student,
now that I'm old, what,
am I still going to take some exam?
Another three times would also make it
the 550th time I'm saying this.
Even if you keep watching that,
you'll only be momentarily entertained.
I'm grateful for the entertainment,
it's entertaining!
Honestly, your entire life is
centered around entertainment!
How can you live your life so flightily,
without ever a serious thought or consideration,
like an empty tin can!
You're starting again, this nagging.
Why don't you just leave me alone,
let me live this way until I die!
Come and sit here.
What about you, Hyung,
once you get off work, instead of reading
why don't you go out or something?
How long do you plan to lecture me
like this whenever it enters your mind?
You nerd!
I'm going to sleep with Mom again!
My cursed life!
I'll get you some kimchi.
It's all right, since you don't like the smell.
It's okay, it goes with your ox bone broth.
Just leave it there.
No, I don't like the sight of it.
Just hold on.
She didn't even give you something to eat,
why was she nagging you for so long?
You must've been starving to death!
I had a glass of water.
Well, really.
She should at least have given you
a slice of bread or something,
just a glass of water, that's so pitiful!
I say, Honey.
Yes?
Mother-in-law...
she seems very regretful.
As I was midway through my tirade,
she looked really very regretful,
she even gave me an omelette,
freshly made for me!
Shut up and eat.
Even if you're her son-in-law,
shouldn't you try to
understand Mother's feelings?
You only know how to
receive her services,
to be fed when you're hungry,
clothed when you're cold,
if she purses her lips you should
be able to read her thoughts.
Wow... the relationship between
mother and daughter,
is really something special!
It's true that blood never lies!
Who'd know my mother better than me?
That's right. She did purse
her lips into a line.
There's not much in the way of side dishes,
I'm sorry about that.
There's soup, isn't there?
You have to accompany me to the hospital.
What's with that response?
I said yes.
Are there any fruits?
I'll wash some strawberries for you.
The sight of you crying without a sound
keeps appearing before my eyes.
Saying my troubled look hurts you more,
these words cut through my heart,
even though I know it's not my fault.
A man who receives your love is so blessed,
not being able to hold on to you,
I feel so sorry.
I cried a little too.
Thank you for understanding.
Thank you for having loved me.
If we can still be friends, Chae Young,
that would be the greatest blessing to me.
I'm sorry, Chae Young.
Friend,
I'm enjoying a glass of wine in the bath.
Thank you for trying to comfort me.
Perhaps, rather than being your woman,
this is better for us.
It can't have been easy for you.
For your trouble, thank you.
You're not asleep?
I didn't call you, because
I didn't want to wake you.
Don't you know I've been waiting for you?
I was afraid you'd fallen asleep.
Where are you?
At home.
When did you get back?
Not too long ago.
I just took a shower.
Did you see Chae Young again today?
Hey!
Don't get mad.
I just broke up with Chae Young,
and didn't want to call you right after that.
Why?
I got home past ten o'clock,
when you should be about to sleep.
I waited up for you!
I told her everything,
the whole truth.
It's been hard on Chae Young too.
After breaking up with her,
calling you immediately...
It's all settled now.
There's no need to worry.
I see.
I understand.
In that case,
you should at least have texted me.
I didn't want to do that either.
Okay, I get it.
You stubborn fool.
I'm going to sleep now, goodnight.
I'm back!
Yes.
What are you doing?
I'm working.
Isn't it too dark?
Shall I get you a lamp?
It's all right.
Your eyesight will get worse.
Hold on.
Isn't it much brighter now?
Thank you, my dear son.
Were you out drinking?
Not much.
Is there anything up?
No.
Did you go to town?
To Soo Ja noona's place.
Business doesn't seem to be going too well.
Bringing up children costs a lot too.
They're worried that they'll
have to close up shop
and look for jobs elsewhere.
It's not the first time they've said that.
Some other shops...
They can earn enough to get by
a whole year from a season's earnings
They said it's worse than
the last couple of years.
Business was better
even during the IMF crisis.
That's right, that's what everyone's saying.
That's what life's like...
Don't stay up too late!
Why are you doing this instead of that young lady?
Yeon Joo has her work,
and I have mine.
I see.
But then,
how did she come here?
Yeon Joo?
Yes.
She was recommended by
a professor from Tamra University.
Why?
Did she major in cuisine?
No, after graduating with
a degree in math education,
she was the secretary to the head
of a cooking institute,
because of her grandmother's ailing health.
Why?
Nothing.
Are you interested in her?
Me?
What are you saying?!
Don't make any rash moves.
I don't know anything,
but I heard she's attached.
He's studying overseas,
in France.
What rash moves...
really, Mom!
Towards such an ugly girl...
Ugly?
She looks too ordinary!
Like an ahjumma.
Do you need to see an eye doctor or something?
Did you hurt them somehow?
She's not my type.
I'm heading up.
Then what type is his type?
How strange.
You're not sleeping?
I was sleeping, then I woke up.
How cool,
studying in France.
I guess there's no need to
keep this on me all the time.
How careless, always forgetting things,
not even knowing when she's forgotten them.
When I think about the fact that life
is being lonely from the beginning to the end,
I feel like crying.
What's this?
Even I can come up with this!
Love has left...
Friends have left too...
What are you doing?
Oh, you gave me a start!
Still busy?
No...
Don't work so late, go to sleep.
Night is the time to rest.
Why are you up?
Aren't you tired?
No idea.
If you're not sleeping,
let's have a drink.
There's beer here,
and even soju!
Shall I get you some plum wine?
I don't feel like it.
What about Ji Hye?
What did she say?
She refused.
She's insistent on it?
She refused.
How come you didn't manage to convince her?
Would she listen to me?
Why don't you try?
That's not good...
Don't I know it...
About Mother too...
She says she doesn't care
if Father gets depression.
He's depressed?
It seems like it.
He keeps saying he wants to die.
She asked him straight out today,
when he was planning on dying.
He's given Mother so much pain over the years,
so he says he wants to die now.
To think Mother would say such things...
If you want a drink, you should just say so.
Will you join me?
You drink yourself.
No, it's fine.
Go to sleep soon!
Got it.
Honey. Am I asleep?
No, why?
What's with this advertisement?
True...
I'm going to bed.
Sleep well.
You're not coming in?
I'm watching TV.
Without your arm as a pillow,
I can't sleep well.
Okay, I get it.
I'll join you then.
My gracious lord...
Honey, honey!
Ji Hye, wake up!
Was an alien out to get you?
Did the house get robbed?
It's all Mom's fault.
It's your mother again?
There were so many babies...
sprouting like bean sprouts.
When I walked in, they all started crying.
What kind of dream was that?
It's a premonition.
It seems your current decision isn't the right one.
All the unborn babies in the world
are trying to teach you a lesson.
Did you also dream of candles?
All in all, it is quite creepy.
It's because I'm becoming too sensitive.
Mom's making me especially stressed.
Do you think I'll change my mind so easily?
Just like your grandmother.
You're so alike.
I'm no blood relation of hers,
why compare me to Grandmother?
When did I talk about blood relations?
Are you still sleeping?
Now what?
Lend me your arm.
I'm not in the mood.
Don't sleep with your back to me.
This is really...
It must be some kind of magic, a spell.
I'm going for work, Mother.
I'll be off, then.
Hey.
Yes?
Is your father all right?
I'm different from you children.
I've been ill-fated all my life.
So whether your father
was by my side or not,
it made no difference to me.
But still, he is your father after all.
Don't be like that.
If you have time,
look in on him.
Can't I just leave now?
Why?
Are you late?
No.
Then look in on him first.
I don't want to.
Don't just do what you want to do.
If you want to live with a peace of mind,
be mindful of filial piety now.
I understand.
Mom is over there,
if you wish to have breakfast,
you can join her.
I'm not eating.
You need the restroom?
I want to eat some kimbap!
Make some for yourself after
you come back from school.
What time will you be back?
I don't know yet.
I'm here with the packed lunches!
There's only four left.
It's all right.
Come help prepare, quickly.
Yes.
Where are the scissors?
Thank you.
It's nothing.
What's this for?
Do I need a reason to pay you my respects?
What were you thinking
when you gave me that bow?
Its meaning differs with your intention.
It had no other meaning.
Mother sent me to do it.
Your mother
sent you here?
She said I had to do by my duties.
She doesn't even do them herself,
yet she expects her son to?
Neither did you,
did you expect Mother to?
Stop arguing.
Life isn't so simple.
I'll be off.
Just eat this before you go,
I'll make you rice tomorrow.
Why don't we get some next door,
there's plenty of side dishes as well, isn't there?
I can smell it from here.
Are we beggars?
To be begging for food like that?
Just pass me the dishes.
I'll go and ask for the food.
Just eat.
Mom, I want rice too.
Who's that?
You haven't eaten, have you?
We brought some food over.
If you were bringing it over,
you might want to be more mindful of the time.
I've prepared all this,
what do I do with it now?
We'll eat that then,
you can eat rice.
Yes, Mother-in-law.
Why are you being so warm?
I was making packed lunches for the guests.
These were freshly made from this morning.
There's kalbi here too.
Sit down and eat.
Oh, so that wonderful smell was kalbi!
It couldn't have been a party
so early in the morning,
so that's what it was!
Cho Rong, serve the soup.
And don't bother doing the dishes,
Cho Rong can do them.
They smell so strong,
how can I just leave them like that?
The kimchi is fresh, it should be delicious.
Yes.
Did you lose something?
You're taking care of it, aren't you?
You knew all along?
Return it to me.
Do you like poetry?
There were a lot of annotations.
When did you get to work?
Six o'clock.
That's the thing about days when
we're preparing packed lunches.
According to Mom's philosophy,
food doesn't taste good once time passes,
so they have to be made early that day itself.
We're in for it now!
We'll be preparing packed lunches
often from now on.
There are some guests
who even order group lunches,
for up to twenty people.
I know.
In the book of poetry,
there was a memo.
Can't you do this properly?
It's all over the place.
I'm a man after all,
please be more understanding.
There are more male chefs than female.
Do you want to do it yourself?
I'm busy.
You're up?
Yes.
What did you buy?
It's for Father.
I wanted to make him something good,
so I bought this and that.
Those guys got in there again!
Hey, you!
You there!
I told you you weren't allowed in there!
Why don't you listen?
When I tell you not to, you should obey!
We might as well eat them all.
Shall I boil the water?
Those, those, those damn dunces...
Are you tired of living?
That must hurt!
Does it hurt?
You should be more careful...
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Thanks to the parrot,
the other birds got pretty beaks as well.
And these creatures with lovely beaks,
lived harmoniously in their little village.
Do I continue?
Mom!
Oh, have you finished?
Mom, you weren't listening, were you?
Of course not, I was listening.
No, you weren't.
Sorry, I had something on my mind.
What's on your mind?
There's just something.
That's right, Mom,
I've thought about it,
I don't want a younger sibling.
Grandmother keeps telling me
how great it would be to have one,
so I kept pestering you for a younger sibling,
but after thinking about it,
I'm not so keen anymore.
I see, but why?
It's just... I think it'll be a bother.
It might be bothersome sometimes,
but there will be times
when it's cute and loveable.
And what if you and Dad
end up liking it better?
If that happens,
I think I'll have to run away.
Well, that...
that might happen,
I know it too.
Will you be fine if I ran away?
Where would you go if you left?
To Grandmother's!
You called that running away?
What do you expect?
I'm still a child,
how do you expect me to support myself?
There's no need for you to worry about that now.
Why isn't Dad back yet?
Oh, he said he had to do something at the office.
Shall we give him a call?
The number you have dialed is
not available, please leave a message.
Why aren't you answering?
You'd better give me a satisfactory
answer when you get home.
Honey, I'm lonely.
Come home and keep me company.
You're the only one on my mind right now,
I guess it's because you're
my greatest support and love.
I miss you, honey.
Dad, come back quickly!
He didn't say he had a company meal...
You
really only have a week.
Hey.
Kid,
my word is law.
But I'm worried,
I heard he came from a rather poor family.
What will we do if he can't pay up?
Who cares about that?
Doesn't he work at a bank?
What would I know about that?
Why are you being such a busybody anyway?
I was just wondering if
I had to be prepared to pay,
since I was the guarantor.
Crazy dude.
Do you have so much money to spare?
How could I possibly,
I only receive 10,000 Won
daily as pocket money!
Is she pretty?
Your woman?
No, no, that's not it,
we're just colleagues.
Dude.
Who're you trying to kid?
Believe what you will, just get the job done.
Is your wife doing fine?
Of course.
Please enter the PIN code.
Why aren't you picking up?
You'd better have a good explanation
for it when you get back.
Honey, I'm lonely.
Come back quickly and comfort me.
You're the only one I can
think of in such a situation.
You're really my greatest love and support.
I miss you, honey.
Is she changing her tactics?
There's no need for that.
I'd already given up.
Cho Rong!
Yes.
If your dad asks where I am,
tell him I'm in the resort kitchen.
All right, I'll be right there.
No need for that.
You'll be bored alone.
There's too much on my mind,
I can't be bored.
The fisherman catches rich savory fish.
Piping hot fish soup.
So who's catching the fish?
Yes, what?
There's something I need
to discuss alone with you.
Please come to the kitchen downstairs.
You come down then.
I'm already in the kitchen.
I was just remarking
on her recent quietness.
So she has something to tell me...
Is it better now?
It's hurting more.
If I could soak it in hot water,
that would be nice.
I'll take you tomorrow.
You haven't eaten much,
even if it's a simple porridge,
shall I make you some?
You want me to die from eating porridge?
Something like a pumpkin porridge would be sweetish,
you'll like it.
No need.
So what you're saying is,
I nearly ceased being part of this world?
That I might never have existed?
Like soap bubbles or foam,
I nearly burst, just like that?
If I had made a mistake,
that's what would have happened.
Mom,
as a mother, how could you tell me such things?
I said I didn't go through with it!
How can I believe you!
Whether you believe it or not
is your own problem.
Ever since I heard that story,
I've felt like smoke in this house.
Like I'm no more than a shadow.
As if I was a child that never
should have been born,
I even feel a sense of guilt!
You...
I feel so empty,
so confused,
so lonely,
so abandoned,
servile,
and wretched.
Get out! Why did you enter?
More or less once we got married,
I felt that marrying your father was a mistake.
It was as if the sky was about to fall.
Then you were conceived.
In any case,
without consideration for your situation,
or for my status,
you ended up giving birth to me.
So why do I have to bear the burden,
to the extent of getting headaches out of it,
what has my mistake been?
When I despaired of my husband,
when my life was a mess,
that was the only thing I could think of!
Many women are like that.
The respect for life.
Isn't that something you advocate?
That's why I gave birth.
It was you I gave birth to!
Entering this family on your coattails,
did you think it was easy for me?
Grandmother, Father, my uncles,
Tae Sub and you,
you were all banded together.
I was the only outsider,
do you know how lonely
and low self-esteem I had?
Why would you be excluded?
Your dad treated you so well.
And there's always me.
Grandmother was terrifying.
Tae Sub never said a word.
And you, Mom...
you were only concerned about making
a good impression to Tae Sub and Grandmother,
you never considered me!
Why, you...
You gave birth to Ho Sub and Cho Rong.
Because Tae Sub is Dad's son,
and Ho Sub and Cho Rong are
born of the two of you,
there was only me,
I was the only half-child.
Your point of view?
Have you ever considered mine?
Were you the only one who suffered?
Did your dad have it easy?
Afraid you'd be hurt and
follow the wrong path,
he was always so solicitous of you.
If you hadn't had me, your life would've
been so much better, wouldn't it?
Why, you...
Because I'm a burden to you!
If I wasn't there,
you'd be a lot happier in this family!
Yes, I know that.
That you don't like me that much,
I know it very well!
How old do you think you are?
Should you be saying such things?
Do you know how much I've
bottled up over the years?
I've wanted to die so many times over,
wanted to run away hundreds of times!
What's wrong with you?
Mom said she hadn't wanted
to give birth to me,
but she ended up doing it anyway, Uncle!
When did I say such a thing!
That's exactly what you said!
Exactly how old do you think you are!
You're over thirty,
nearing forty years old,
you're even a mother yourself!
I'm sorry for being born.
It was a mistake.
Please forgive me.
Enough of this.
I'm done.
Do you have anything to add?
Not me.
Some other day,
when you're in a more rational mind,
let's talk again.
You'd better be ready for it!
What happened?
What's that?
When did you come in?
Sister-in-law's dumplings.
Have you had dinner yet?
Did you run out of gas?
I don't like the smell of cooking.
Do you have kimchi?
Yes, probably.
Rice will be ready in thirty minutes.
No, it's alright, there's no need
for you to trouble yourself.
Cho Rong, get me a glass of water.
Yes.
There's some kimchi.
Have a seat and eat.
It's all right, something simple will suit me fine.
Have you had a lot of customers lately?
Any increase in numbers?
Neither up nor down,
it's pretty much average.
Have you heard there's
a corporate client, Mom?
How's the old man?
Is he doing well?
Shouldn't you go up to see him?
Brother-in-law.
I have nothing to say to him.
I can't even bring myself to call him Father.
Don't be like this,
no matter how you feel,
you have to acknowledge him.
The children's father said something.
Said that if you continued like this,
he'd have to have a word with you.
Mother...
she made some ox bone broth.
Even though she says
it's for everyone to eat,
what do you think she means by it?
That's also a reason to dislike Father.
Mother...
could never rid herself of his influence.
She's from an older generation, after all.
How can you compare her with women nowadays?
There's no need for her to do that.
That thing called the heart,
how can you summon it at will?
You feel impulsed by it at times too, don't you?
Even though you'd deny it.
Don't dwell on it,
there's no such thing.
Let the water boil for five minutes, add
the soup powder, then add the dumplings.
Yes.
Yes?
I'm in the resort kitchen.
I need the cooker and the frying pan.
The kids and the help didn't clean it properly.
It'll probably take some time.
He just came.
Why come?
Isn't there anything I can do?
All right.
No, it feels odd for the house to be so empty.
Oh.
Okay then.
Get busy then.
I can't even fit a floss in anymore,
I ate so much at dinner.
Ji Hye's appetite and our family's appetite
must be genetically different.
If she doesn't take after Sister-in-law,
then she probably takes after her father,
her father is probably just as she described.
Hey, Mom,
when she was maybe
four or five years old,
didn't you say something similar?
That if the new members of the family
were hard to get along with,
it will be bad for the family in the long run?
Since she came, how long
did it take for us to get along?
It's not as if Tae Sub is easy
to get along with either...
But Tae Sub isn't sensitive about it,
he's a man, after all.
Although it's true,
he's always been one to do as he wished.
Tae Sub has always been few of words,
but he's not a prickly child.
Is she insisting on not having the child?
From the words coming out of her mouth,
it's hard to form a conclusion.
If she had been my blood relation,
I would gladly have slapped her to her senses.
Don't go overboard.
I'm afraid she'll really say
it's because you're not her real uncle.
That's why even though I've
wanted to say worse things,
I've been keeping it all in.
Are you asleep?
Oh, Byung Tae?
Please come in.
Sister-in-law ignoring you because she's busy?
No.
She's cleaning up the resort kitchen.
You should do it in the daytime,
isn't it too dark for it now?
You sleep alone in this room,
yet you always have two pillows.
Even after you take out mine...
It seems like you like to hug the other one to sleep.
Father...
drank some of the ox bone broth,
and it seems he's regained some strength.
He just drank it, does it work so fast?
He didn't eat much for dinner.
He seems a little depressed.
Depressed?
Did you ask him when he'd die?
Yes.
He seems to have suffered a blow.
He's listless all over,
suffering from the guilt of letting you suffer,
he wishes to simply die like that.
Let him do that.
Really, Mom...
He keeps saying he wants to die, this and that,
I asked out of curiosity.
He's someone with whom I have no connection,
why would I simply ask him to die?
In any case, what you did wasn't right.
Why would he die?
The world is so great, one should live long.
Are those things that
you should be saying to Dad?
What's the point of living long?
He's a shame on his children,
why live so long?
In any case,
he's really out of strength.
You don't see any vigor when he opens his eyes,
and his side hurts even more.
It's a concern that if this continues
he might never again be the same.
What's that got to do with me?
Mom, you're really...
Even a healthy person shrivels in front of you.
If we were to assess it accurately,
you have to take some responsibility
for Dad's recurrent affairs.
It's like you don't have even a little feminine,
womanly qualities, what man will...
Your eyes are shooting flames.
Fire, fire!
Aren't you drinking?
If one person drinks,
one person will become anxious.
So what if you get drunk?
We can get a replacement driver.
After your fall,
are you all right?
One side of my butt
does hurt a little.
I'm really okay,
you don't have to worry.
I tend to fall rather often,
so I'm quite experienced at that.
Dinner was all right, wasn't it?
Yes, it was delicious!
The meat was good as well,
I have nothing to complain about.
The wine is good too.
But then,
it would be good if
you stopped drinking now.
Why?
If you're worried I'll get drunk,
I'm still some way from it.
You won't like it if I got drunk?
Right now,
I'm going to say something
that's not easy to say.
What?
Again,
you're going to tell me
I'm not what you're looking for?
Yes, that's right.
Where am I lacking?
Please tell me,
I'll work on it.
No,
it's not about you,
you're wonderful.
Do you really...
know me well?
You're honest, bright, righteous.
You're also caring,
and a sincerely good person.
I know this much.
Then is it...
because I'm not sexy?
That's right.
You're not sexy.
I find you sexy.
More than any other man.
I'm...
not someone who feels
that way towards women.
It's not just you,
but to all women in general.
I can't appreciate womanly beauty.
I feel that way...
towards men.
I'm like that.
I'm no longer the confused youth
who likes men more than women.
I've overcome such feelings of confusion
a very long time ago.
I really disliked myself,
and I was really unhappy,
I always felt guilty
and deprecated myself,
as if I were a criminal.
That's what I am now.
That's why I can't accept you.
I'm sorry.
I need to drink more.
Okay.
When
did you know for sure?
When
did you come to such a conclusion?
When I graduated from university.
I was afraid of facing up to people around me,
afraid of disappointing my parents,
and my siblings too.
So I kept telling myself I wasn't like that.
I insisted that it wasn't me.
But repressing myself like that
was even harder than acknowledging myself.
I had no confidence of being able to deal
with my family if they were to find out,
and was afraid of the blow
this would mean to my parents,
so even up to quite recently,
I was hesitating if I should
keep up the lie to myself and to society,
and live like this dishonestly,
for my entire life.
Don't worry.
You know my limit is up to two bottles.
Why
are you only telling me now?
You should have told me earlier,
why did you keep me in the dark,
and let me keep loving you?
In this world,
there's only one person who knows.
Now with you, there're two people.
By clinging onto you,
I must have been such an irritation.
Not at all.
It wasn't like that.
Because I couldn't tell you,
I felt sorry and sad for you.
Besides me,
that other person,
is it Kyung Soo?
Isn't he?
Yes.
I'm sorry.
I didn't have the courage.
I thought so.
It's all right.
I can understand.
There are many homosexuals in Japan as well.
Two of my closest friends
are also gay.
I'll just have one more glass.
People say
what's taken by a woman will leave a scar,
but what's taken by a man
will hurt a little and fade with time.
So I suppose,
for letting it not be a woman,
but Kyung Soo instead,
should I thank you?
Thank you.
Thank you.
I said I'd call for a replacement driver.
It's all right with me.
I'll send you back.
But you also drove here.
I can come back to get it tomorrow morning.
Give me the keys.
Love remains in memories...
Once again, tears fall as I cry...
I'm really
very sorry.
No.
My heart
really hurt so much.
I had a picture
in my heart,
that our love
would grow beautifully, warmly
for the next thirty, forty years.
What do I do?
What I can say to apologize,
I don't know anymore.
No,
this isn't something you should apologize for.
It's not your fault.
Seeing you
so troubled,
my heart hurts too.
Even so,
it's all right.
You were born like this,
it's your life.
Live your life proudly.
I
will like you more,
love you even more for it,
as a friend.
Love is, my love is...
I've waited for,
even though I've tried waiting for it
Two of us. In pain. Two of us...
As hard as I try, I cannot erase you
In pain, in more pain...
Honey, you should come out too!
Come out and let's have a drink together!
Got it!
This is a free extra!
Wow, what's this?
What's the occasion?
Honey...
Can't I have a glass of soju?
One glass turns into two,
two becomes three, how can I trust you?
It's been hard on you, drink up!
Hyung, you have a drink too.
Here.
Thank you!
The weather lately hasn't been good for diving.
I haven't been sleeping well because of that.
With all the rain and the storm,
seeing this situation,
it may lead to a typhoon.
Things don't look good.
Who knows?
There wasn't a single typhoon
last year, after all.
Since it skipped last year,
it may come back with twice the force!
In this case you might as well
close up and work elsewhere,
it's hard to get by these days.
Honey, let's go to a noraebang*!
(*karaoke place)
I said we had to go to work,
this crazy woman...
Eat this, Honey!
My kid's going on to high school soon,
it's giving me such a headache
I can't sleep!
Do you know of a suitable job?
Omo! Who's this now!
Hello, Yeon Joo.
What brings you here?
Oh, I have a friend who's heard of
the food here and would like to try it.
Omo! Our shop's so famous that
your friend has heard of it?
Yes, they all know about it.
Wow, that's wonderful!
Honey!
He's already gone inside...
The food that's to be taken away,
remember to give it some extras!
Have a seat!
Come here and have a seat!
It's okay, I'll just stay here.
Come on over!
It's not like we don't know each other.
Are young people nowadays so shy?
Ho Sub! What are you doing?
Yes?
It's your mother's pupil,
don't you know her?
Yes, er...
We're not that close.
Come on over, yes?
I'll just sit right here.
You don't know him?
Yes, not very well.
Omo, how could this be...
I suppose it's a matter of timing!
When you go to work,
Ho Sub would already have left,
I suppose that's possible!
Come on, Miss,
I'll introduce you!
Well, for me to go over would be rather...
Oh, of course, of course!
Ho Sub! You come over.
Of course the man should make the first move.
Ah, Noona, it's all right even if we...
Sook Ja!
Yes!
What?
I'm Yang Ho Sub.
Hello, I'm Bu Yeon Joo.
Hold on! Wait up! Your things!
On the roads at night, it's not
safe for a woman to be alone.
Are you going far?
No, not far.
What kind of friend do you have,
sending you out for takeout like that?
A friend that's stuck in bed and
can't get out because of a bad cold.
Well if that's the case...
It's not far,
I'll be fine.
That's great that it's not far.
Be off, then!
Is it there?
Really?
Would I lie to you?
So why would she say that?
Under what circumstances?
It doesn't sound like something
she'd say out of the blue.
Do you think I'm so unreasonable?
Tell me the truth.
Am I like that?
Not to that extent, but...
you're not gentle and forgiving either.
That's not my style.
In any case, I like myself.
That's right,
it's your personality,
just live according to it.
It's my body, so I'll take care of it.
How could a mother do this to her child,
how could she say such things?
Mother-in-law did go somewhat overboard...
Just let it go.
You have no clue how shocked
and hurt I am, do you?
When my mother gets mad
she says such things too!
Things such as,
"How could I have given birth
to an unfilial son like you?"
Otherwise,
"I want to throw up all the seaweed soup
I ate after giving birth to you".
I get it, I get it.
I'll formally defend you at home,
just you wait.
What do you plan to do?
Leave me to it.
I asked you what you planned to say!
Mother-in-law.
Children are a matter between us,
as husband-and-wife.
No one should have a say in it.
Between me, my wife and the doctor,
we consider this matter closed,
so why are you bringing it up again,
and so unreasonably at that?
What do you think?
Is that all?
You want more?
Yes!
Mother-in-law, you're always
interfering in our lives,
do you see yourself as
an omnipotent problem-solver?
Do you think there's no
problem you can't resolve?
You must be kidding!
"You must be kidding!" - to my mother?
Are you crazy?
Okay, maybe not that.
Put your hands down!
I'm off.
I said I'll be off!
Go ahead.
Don't go!
Come on over.
Come here.
No!
You haven't washed your feet, have you?
Don't put your feet on the bed.
I had a big fight with Mom.
I said everything, everything.
Everything I could have said, I did.
I wondered if I'd gone overboard,
but it feels good to let everything out.
How far did you go?
To the extent of asking if
she'd ever cared for me.
Oh dear, to that extent...
Didn't you clear that up
as a misunderstanding?
But she really said that before!
You're already the mother of a child yourself,
what an insecure life!
You love me, don't you?
Of course.
Have you had dinner?
Not yet.
What do I do?
After that big fight with Mom,
how could I go asking her for food?
I don't care, you can just go hungry.
All right, I'll just go hungry then.
Stop it! It's impossible!
You should really have
started doing yoga ages ago.
How can this be as far as you can go?
There's nothing more to getting old -
a decrease in flexibility and
the stiffening of bones are
symptoms of it.
At this rate, you sure are getting there.
Kim Min Jae's body age: 95! Ding ding ding!
Without you getting on my case,
I already have my eldest
daughter upsetting me,
aren't you being a little too harsh here?
You should consider doing
the exercises Grandfather does,
doing nothing all day,
don't you feel you're lazy?
Where are you going?
To rest.
But Mom!
Isn't it better to have more children?
That's why you had four.
No, eldest brother doesn't count...
But in any case since you raised him,
it makes no difference, is there?
I want to have plenty of children
with my husband.
Plenty of children?
How do you plan to bring them up?
If the eldest is a daughter,
she can look after the younger ones.
And the money?
I'll let my husband take care of that.
How nice.
Unni has been known to have
this strange complex!
She would just stare at you.
Get mad for no reason.
She was like that.
I know.
Oh, you're back?
Yes.
Have you had dinner?
Yes. I'll be heading up first.
Okay.
I'm here, Mother-in-law.
Yes.
I have something to say.
Come in.
Ji Na's mother...
she quarreled with you?
Yes.
She must have let things
escalate out of control,
as if she'd gone crazy.
I was the one who started it.
It's not as if she'd listen to me.
I've done it this time.
She's crying her heart out now.
She thinks she's broken your heart,
and is blaming herself
for her nasty temper.
She seems to have started
crying before I returned.
Do you think I'd believe you?
It's true, Mother-in-law!
If that were true,
tell me she's crying with her legs
stretched before her like a child.
Whose daughter is she?
She only cries when she's angry,
never when she's chastising herself!
To tell the truth... that's true.
It's all right.
You must be feeling upset.
What are you trying to do?
Can't you put on some headphones?
If only you'd put on headphones,
we'd be able to get along fine.
I'm watching television here,
why did you turn on your volume so high?
How annoying!
Isn't this nice, now?
Isn't it blissful?
Turn off the television and come over here.
Why?
I'm watching a show.
Come over here.
What he is going to go on about now,
he's geared up for a lecture.
I get it. Okay.
I'm here. Now what?
I've been telling you to read more
instead of watching TV,
another three times will make it
550 times I've said this.
I never even read as a student,
now that I'm old, what,
am I still going to take some exam?
Another three times would also make it
the 550th time I'm saying this.
Even if you keep watching that,
you'll only be momentarily entertained.
I'm grateful for the entertainment,
it's entertaining!
Honestly, your entire life is
centered around entertainment!
How can you live your life so flightily,
without ever a serious thought or consideration,
like an empty tin can!
You're starting again, this nagging.
Why don't you just leave me alone,
let me live this way until I die!
Come and sit here.
What about you, Hyung,
once you get off work, instead of reading
why don't you go out or something?
How long do you plan to lecture me
like this whenever it enters your mind?
You nerd!
I'm going to sleep with Mom again!
My cursed life!
I'll get you some kimchi.
It's all right, since you don't like the smell.
It's okay, it goes with your ox bone broth.
Just leave it there.
No, I don't like the sight of it.
Just hold on.
She didn't even give you something to eat,
why was she nagging you for so long?
You must've been starving to death!
I had a glass of water.
Well, really.
She should at least have given you
a slice of bread or something,
just a glass of water, that's so pitiful!
I say, Honey.
Yes?
Mother-in-law...
she seems very regretful.
As I was midway through my tirade,
she looked really very regretful,
she even gave me an omelette,
freshly made for me!
Shut up and eat.
Even if you're her son-in-law,
shouldn't you try to
understand Mother's feelings?
You only know how to
receive her services,
to be fed when you're hungry,
clothed when you're cold,
if she purses her lips you should
be able to read her thoughts.
Wow... the relationship between
mother and daughter,
is really something special!
It's true that blood never lies!
Who'd know my mother better than me?
That's right. She did purse
her lips into a line.
There's not much in the way of side dishes,
I'm sorry about that.
There's soup, isn't there?
You have to accompany me to the hospital.
What's with that response?
I said yes.
Are there any fruits?
I'll wash some strawberries for you.
The sight of you crying without a sound
keeps appearing before my eyes.
Saying my troubled look hurts you more,
these words cut through my heart,
even though I know it's not my fault.
A man who receives your love is so blessed,
not being able to hold on to you,
I feel so sorry.
I cried a little too.
Thank you for understanding.
Thank you for having loved me.
If we can still be friends, Chae Young,
that would be the greatest blessing to me.
I'm sorry, Chae Young.
Friend,
I'm enjoying a glass of wine in the bath.
Thank you for trying to comfort me.
Perhaps, rather than being your woman,
this is better for us.
It can't have been easy for you.
For your trouble, thank you.
You're not asleep?
I didn't call you, because
I didn't want to wake you.
Don't you know I've been waiting for you?
I was afraid you'd fallen asleep.
Where are you?
At home.
When did you get back?
Not too long ago.
I just took a shower.
Did you see Chae Young again today?
Hey!
Don't get mad.
I just broke up with Chae Young,
and didn't want to call you right after that.
Why?
I got home past ten o'clock,
when you should be about to sleep.
I waited up for you!
I told her everything,
the whole truth.
It's been hard on Chae Young too.
After breaking up with her,
calling you immediately...
It's all settled now.
There's no need to worry.
I see.
I understand.
In that case,
you should at least have texted me.
I didn't want to do that either.
Okay, I get it.
You stubborn fool.
I'm going to sleep now, goodnight.
I'm back!
Yes.
What are you doing?
I'm working.
Isn't it too dark?
Shall I get you a lamp?
It's all right.
Your eyesight will get worse.
Hold on.
Isn't it much brighter now?
Thank you, my dear son.
Were you out drinking?
Not much.
Is there anything up?
No.
Did you go to town?
To Soo Ja noona's place.
Business doesn't seem to be going too well.
Bringing up children costs a lot too.
They're worried that they'll
have to close up shop
and look for jobs elsewhere.
It's not the first time they've said that.
Some other shops...
They can earn enough to get by
a whole year from a season's earnings
They said it's worse than
the last couple of years.
Business was better
even during the IMF crisis.
That's right, that's what everyone's saying.
That's what life's like...
Don't stay up too late!
Why are you doing this instead of that young lady?
Yeon Joo has her work,
and I have mine.
I see.
But then,
how did she come here?
Yeon Joo?
Yes.
She was recommended by
a professor from Tamra University.
Why?
Did she major in cuisine?
No, after graduating with
a degree in math education,
she was the secretary to the head
of a cooking institute,
because of her grandmother's ailing health.
Why?
Nothing.
Are you interested in her?
Me?
What are you saying?!
Don't make any rash moves.
I don't know anything,
but I heard she's attached.
He's studying overseas,
in France.
What rash moves...
really, Mom!
Towards such an ugly girl...
Ugly?
She looks too ordinary!
Like an ahjumma.
Do you need to see an eye doctor or something?
Did you hurt them somehow?
She's not my type.
I'm heading up.
Then what type is his type?
How strange.
You're not sleeping?
I was sleeping, then I woke up.
How cool,
studying in France.
I guess there's no need to
keep this on me all the time.
How careless, always forgetting things,
not even knowing when she's forgotten them.
When I think about the fact that life
is being lonely from the beginning to the end,
I feel like crying.
What's this?
Even I can come up with this!
Love has left...
Friends have left too...
What are you doing?
Oh, you gave me a start!
Still busy?
No...
Don't work so late, go to sleep.
Night is the time to rest.
Why are you up?
Aren't you tired?
No idea.
If you're not sleeping,
let's have a drink.
There's beer here,
and even soju!
Shall I get you some plum wine?
I don't feel like it.
What about Ji Hye?
What did she say?
She refused.
She's insistent on it?
She refused.
How come you didn't manage to convince her?
Would she listen to me?
Why don't you try?
That's not good...
Don't I know it...
About Mother too...
She says she doesn't care
if Father gets depression.
He's depressed?
It seems like it.
He keeps saying he wants to die.
She asked him straight out today,
when he was planning on dying.
He's given Mother so much pain over the years,
so he says he wants to die now.
To think Mother would say such things...
If you want a drink, you should just say so.
Will you join me?
You drink yourself.
No, it's fine.
Go to sleep soon!
Got it.
Honey. Am I asleep?
No, why?
What's with this advertisement?
True...
I'm going to bed.
Sleep well.
You're not coming in?
I'm watching TV.
Without your arm as a pillow,
I can't sleep well.
Okay, I get it.
I'll join you then.
My gracious lord...
Honey, honey!
Ji Hye, wake up!
Was an alien out to get you?
Did the house get robbed?
It's all Mom's fault.
It's your mother again?
There were so many babies...
sprouting like bean sprouts.
When I walked in, they all started crying.
What kind of dream was that?
It's a premonition.
It seems your current decision isn't the right one.
All the unborn babies in the world
are trying to teach you a lesson.
Did you also dream of candles?
All in all, it is quite creepy.
It's because I'm becoming too sensitive.
Mom's making me especially stressed.
Do you think I'll change my mind so easily?
Just like your grandmother.
You're so alike.
I'm no blood relation of hers,
why compare me to Grandmother?
When did I talk about blood relations?
Are you still sleeping?
Now what?
Lend me your arm.
I'm not in the mood.
Don't sleep with your back to me.
This is really...
It must be some kind of magic, a spell.
I'm going for work, Mother.
I'll be off, then.
Hey.
Yes?
Is your father all right?
I'm different from you children.
I've been ill-fated all my life.
So whether your father
was by my side or not,
it made no difference to me.
But still, he is your father after all.
Don't be like that.
If you have time,
look in on him.
Can't I just leave now?
Why?
Are you late?
No.
Then look in on him first.
I don't want to.
Don't just do what you want to do.
If you want to live with a peace of mind,
be mindful of filial piety now.
I understand.
Mom is over there,
if you wish to have breakfast,
you can join her.
I'm not eating.
You need the restroom?
I want to eat some kimbap!
Make some for yourself after
you come back from school.
What time will you be back?
I don't know yet.
I'm here with the packed lunches!
There's only four left.
It's all right.
Come help prepare, quickly.
Yes.
Where are the scissors?
Thank you.
It's nothing.
What's this for?
Do I need a reason to pay you my respects?
What were you thinking
when you gave me that bow?
Its meaning differs with your intention.
It had no other meaning.
Mother sent me to do it.
Your mother
sent you here?
She said I had to do by my duties.
She doesn't even do them herself,
yet she expects her son to?
Neither did you,
did you expect Mother to?
Stop arguing.
Life isn't so simple.
I'll be off.
Just eat this before you go,
I'll make you rice tomorrow.
Why don't we get some next door,
there's plenty of side dishes as well, isn't there?
I can smell it from here.
Are we beggars?
To be begging for food like that?
Just pass me the dishes.
I'll go and ask for the food.
Just eat.
Mom, I want rice too.
Who's that?
You haven't eaten, have you?
We brought some food over.
If you were bringing it over,
you might want to be more mindful of the time.
I've prepared all this,
what do I do with it now?
We'll eat that then,
you can eat rice.
Yes, Mother-in-law.
Why are you being so warm?
I was making packed lunches for the guests.
These were freshly made from this morning.
There's kalbi here too.
Sit down and eat.
Oh, so that wonderful smell was kalbi!
It couldn't have been a party
so early in the morning,
so that's what it was!
Cho Rong, serve the soup.
And don't bother doing the dishes,
Cho Rong can do them.
They smell so strong,
how can I just leave them like that?
The kimchi is fresh, it should be delicious.
Yes.
Did you lose something?
You're taking care of it, aren't you?
You knew all along?
Return it to me.
Do you like poetry?
There were a lot of annotations.
When did you get to work?
Six o'clock.
That's the thing about days when
we're preparing packed lunches.
According to Mom's philosophy,
food doesn't taste good once time passes,
so they have to be made early that day itself.
We're in for it now!
We'll be preparing packed lunches
often from now on.
There are some guests
who even order group lunches,
for up to twenty people.
I know.
In the book of poetry,
there was a memo.
Can't you do this properly?
It's all over the place.
I'm a man after all,
please be more understanding.
There are more male chefs than female.
Do you want to do it yourself?
I'm busy.
You're up?
Yes.
What did you buy?
It's for Father.
I wanted to make him something good,
so I bought this and that.
Those guys got in there again!
Hey, you!
You there!
I told you you weren't allowed in there!
Why don't you listen?
When I tell you not to, you should obey!
We might as well eat them all.
Shall I boil the water?
Those, those, those damn dunces...
Are you tired of living?
That must hurt!
Does it hurt?
You should be more careful...
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