Physical: 100 (2023–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - The Pecking Order - full transcript

[master] The human body does not lie.

[man screaming]

This is the history of suffering
written by each contestant…

[clanging]

…and this is also where it leads to.

[intense music playing]

[man screams]

Across the world, there are many
different humans and body shapes.

So we asked ourselves…

[intense music playing]

… "Who has the perfect body?"



100 bodies will compete…

- [woman 1] Hang on!
- [man 1] Hang on!

[master]
…to survive in extreme conditions.

[man 2] It won't stop
until someone drops dead.

[man 3] Only the most tenacious will win,
we know that.

[man 4 grunts in effort]

[man 5] We could kill if we were asked to.

[screams]

[master] In the end,
only one body will remain standing.

[man 6] All the monsters are here.
They've all gathered here.

[intense suspenseful music playing]

[man 7] I came to win,
and I'll be number one.

[contestants yelling]

[man 8] It's beast versus beast.



It's really dangerous.

[man 9] The throat. Go for the throat.

[man 10] Our genders, specialties,
and weight classes are all different.

[woman 2] Take it! Take it!

[man 11] "It's okay to kill."

[man 12] I can crush everyone.

[woman 3] You never know
until you enter the arena.

[master] Starting now,
we will search for the answer.

PHYSICAL: 100

EPISODE 1: THE PECKING ORDER

[light switches clicking]

[low ominous music playing]

[suspenseful music playing]

This is so cool.

Hello. For 21 years,
I've been a professional gymnast,

and my name is Yang Hak-seon.

[Hak-seon] I won gold
at the 2010 Asia Championship

and gold at the London Olympic Games.

When it comes to my physique,

I'd say I'm at the top of the group
at things like free gymnastics.

When I entered, I was the only one there

and it felt a little strange.

Oh, mine's here.

[suspenseful music playing]

Damn.

Looking good.

[Beom-seok] Wow.

Whoa.

- Oh, hello.
- [Beom-seok] Hello.

- I'm gymnast Yang Hak-seon.
- [Beom-seok] Gosh, what an honor.

- Nice to meet you.
- Are we supposed to find our own?

[Hak-seon] Yes, I found mine.
It's right here.

[Beom-seok] Ah.

[Beom-seok] Hello.

I served in the special forces
for over 11 years.

I was the first Korean
to win the World Firefighter Games.

I heard the fittest people in Korea
were getting together.

I wanted to show people
how strong and reliable

Korea's special forces
and firefighters are.

[Sun-ho] What's all this?

Awesome.

[light tense music playing]

Wow.

[Sun-ho] I'm a natural bodybuilder.

I'm Ma Sun-ho, the King,

and I hold the most
domestic competition wins.

MA SUN-HO, BODYBUILDER

I felt overwhelmed.

There were so many
fit-looking torso casts,

and seeing them all intimidated me.

It was also fun to look around.

Everyone looks so fit.

Hey, aren't you on the national team?

[Hak-seon] Hi, nice to meet you.
How are you?

Hi. Nice to meet you. Hello.

[upbeat music playing]

I'm Agent H, Hwang Ji-hun,

and I served as a sniper with the UDT,

under the Korean Navy's
Special Warfare Flotilla.

AGENT H, UDT RESERVIST

[Agent H] When I first came in,
all the torsos made me think

of a Greek temple,

and it was grand and imposing.

I thought,
"The production team went all out."

[Beom-seok] Hey, you're here.

Hello. Oh, dang.

- There are so many.
- Yes, there are lots.

[Ye-hyun] Hello.

I am Kim Ye-hyun, I'm an ex-fencer.

I think I'm a pretty fit athlete,

and after I heard
other fit people were gathering,

I came on to win first place.

[imposing music playing]

BANG SEONG-HYEOK, TRAINER

- Hello.
- [Seong-hyeok] Oh, nice to meet you.

- Hi.
- Wow, you're The King.

[chuckles]
Not really. You have a great body.

Not at all. Not at all.

Your upper arm is as big
as my face is wide.

- Oh, yeah. Well, I guess.
- [Hak-seon] Your arm.

[Seong-hyeok] Thank you.

Hello, hello. You can speak English?

[chuckles]

How are you all?

Hello, I've lived in Korea
for four years now.

And I look like an ordinary German,
but in my heart hides a real Korean.

My name is Florian. Nice to meet you.

[Florian] Not only am I a fitness model,
but I'm also a TV personality.

My life's motto is "my body."

So after I heard about Physical: 100,
I want to try out a new challenge.

Hello. Hey.

You must be on the national team.

- Oh, yes. I'm Yang Hak-seon.
- [Florian] Nice to meet you.

Yeah. Wow, your abs!

[Florian] Wow. Gosh. Looks awesome.

[sassy music playing]

- [Eun-ji] Hello.
- Oh, nice to meet you.

- Hello.
- [Eun-ji] Hello.

[chuckles]
You're really tall.

I'm Kim Eun-ji,
a competitive fitness model

and fitness trainer.

[Eun-ji] What I'm looking to see is

if there are any women
with prettier bodies than mine.

Is there anyone with a body
prettier than mine?

[Chun-ri] What kind of place is this?

[rock music playing]

Whoa.

- Hello.
- [Chun-ri] Hello.

[Eun-ji] I was a little surprised.

As a woman, I was really impressed.

[Ye-hyun] Ms. Chun-ri. How are you?

[Chun-ri] Hello, I'm Kim Chun-ri,
and I've been a bodybuilder for 17 years.

I thought it would be a waste
to not enter with my physique,

so I got interested
and decided to participate.

Wow, it's fascinating to see it like this.

- Hey, this is your sculpture?
- [Chun-ri] Oh, hello. This is my body.

Wow, your body is, in itself, a sculpture.

[Florian] Your thighs. I'm lost for words.

What's going on over there?

[Florian] One, two, three.

- [Chun-ri] One, two.
- [Florian] One, two.

- [Ye-hyun] I heard something snap.
- [Florian and Chun-ri] Three.

[Florian and Chun-ri laughing]

[Florian] Okay, you pass for now.

[Eun-sil gasping]

[Eun-sil] How cool.

It's different to see them like this.

[rock music playing]

Wow.

[gasping in awe]

- [Eun-ji] Hello.
- [Eun-sil] Wow. What a figure.

Hello.

- You have an amazing figure.
- [Eun-ji] Oh, me?

- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.

Anyone can tell you're an athlete.

I'm a sportsperson, yes.

Hello. I am female wrestler Jang Eun-sil.

[Eun-sil] I've been a wrestler
for seven years now,

and I do CrossFit and ssireum as a hobby.

I did nothing but work out
for over 20 years,

and I decided to join the program

to show my physical abilities.

Oh. There it is. "Jang Eun-sil."

Wow, so this is me.

My belly. Wow.

It came out nice.

Originally, uhm…

I'm a wrestler.

Wrestling.

A female wrestler.

You could pick up
and fling everyone around.

Just a bit, not too much.

Okay, you came prepared
to beat everyone up.

[Florian] Oh, hey, nice to meet you.

- [YOYO] Hello.
- [I-taek] Hello.

- Are you partners? A couple?
- No, we're brother and sister.

- Siblings.
- [Florian] Brother and sister. Siblings.

Where are you from?

- I'm from Germany.
- Germany.

[upbeat electronic music playing]

Hi.

[BBULKUP] Hello.

Oh, hi.

- Oh, I watched you a lot.
- [Agent H] I watched you a lot, too.

- Whoa.
- You look beautiful.

- Hello.
- [BBULKUP] Thank you.

Go on in.

[Eun-sil] He stands out too much.

Is this everyone here? All 100 of us?

- Who is he?
- That's BBULKUP.

- BBULKUP?
- Yes.

[Agent H] He was doing fitness
but then, uh,

he became an influencer
and he has a YouTube channel.

I believe he owns a business too.

I'm screwed. This place is freaking big.

Hey, there's a camera?

BBULKUP, FOOD SERVICE CEO

[Eu-ddeum] Ooh…

- [BBULKUP] Eu-ddeum.
- [Eu-ddeum] Huh?

[BBULKUP] Nice to meet you.

- Your name is…
- I'm BBULKUP.

B… BBULKUP? BBULKUP?

When I was younger,
I saw you in lots of magazines.

[laughs]

[Eu-ddeum] Hello.

I'm Shim Eu-ddeum.

I'm an exercise YouTuber
with 1.21 million subscribers.

I'm ambitious when it comes to exercising
or doing something physical.

Because my self-esteem is at 100,

I also want to give a perfect score
to my confidence in my body.

- [Agent H] Oh, hey, Eu-ddeum.
- [contestants] Hello.

- Eu-ddeum, wow.
- [Eu-ddeum] Yes. Hi, H.

- [Agent H] Yes.
- [Eu-ddeum] I'm a fan.

Oh.

[bright music playing]

AN DA-JEONG, BODYBUILDER

- You're An Da-jeong, right?
- [Da-jeong] Oh, yes.

I saw you over there.

I'm a fan.

[both laughing]

[country rock music playing]

TARZAN, TRAVEL YOUTUBER

Isn't this the place?

- Tarzan's here.
- Wow.

Hey, you're here. Tarzan's here too.

[Jeong-yun] Hey, you stripped already.
You took off your clothes.

- Hey, we're…
- [Jeong-yun] You stripped already?

- That's crazy.
- Why is everyone so fit?

SON HEE-DONG, WRESTLER
SON HEE-CHAN, SSIREUM WRESTLER

[YOYO]
Oh, everyone here is so very fit.

Oh, he's massive.

Oh, gosh.

- [Kkang Mi] Salute.
- Hi.

- Salute.
- [Beom-seok] Hi.

[Kkang Mi] Yes, how are you?

We meet here.

Salute.

Hello. I served in the Special Forces

at the 707th Special Missions Group
for eight years,

and I am currently
a sergeant first class reservist.

My name is Kkang Mi.

KKANG MI, 707TH SMG RESERVIST

Yet another comrade. How are you?

Oh, hey. Hi. It's good to see you. Hello.

[Kkang Mi] Wow.

I'll take a look around.

[Agent H] Yes, go
and take a look around, sure.

[Kkang Mi] Wow.

[bright music playing]

[laughs]

Oh, hey, Ye-hyun.

JANG SEONG-MIN,
NATIONAL TEAM RUGBY PLAYER

Oh, hello. Wow.

Everyone else seems to know
someone else here.

- I'm so glad you're here.
- Hey, you're here, too?

- Wait, you… you'll beat me?
- I beat one, then.

- I beat you.
- Okay.

[Jung-myung] This is yours, here.

- Hello.
- Hello.

PARK JIN-YONG, CHO JUNG-MYUNG
NATIONAL TEAM LUGERS

Hello.

- Hello.
- [Jung-myung] Hello.

Hello.

Yang Hak-seon, wow.

[Agent H] National team athletes,
weightlifters, bodybuilders,

they're all here.

The cream of the crop in Korea.

[Jung-ho] Hello.

- [Seong-hyeok] Hello.
- Hello.

Oh, you have a great physique.

[chuckles]

I'm a… a prison guard,
have been for 17 years.

[Jung-ho] I work at
the Korea Correctional Service

under the Ministry of Justice.

- [YOYO] Uh, hello.
- Hello.

- [Jung-ho] Gosh. [Chuckles]
- You look like Robocop.

[eerie choir music playing]

Oh, gosh.

Oh, shit. I'm… I'm scared.

[eerie choir music playing]

[contestants murmuring]

- Hello.
- Hello.

JO JIN-HYEONG, CAR DEALER

CHOI IN-HO, TRAINER

Oh, I'm too scared to look.

- [YOYO] Mommy.
- I want to go home.

- [chuckles] Mommy.
- [I-taek] I'm scared.

[Seong-min] Wow, look at his body.

It's no joke.

[Jung-ho] I'm pretty big
where I come from,

but I wasn't big after all.

There were so many bigger people.
I was so surprised.

Look at his forearm.

[Eun-sil] His forearm is
the size of my face.

He has killer forearms.

Whoa.

[male contestant chuckles]

[JJANG JAE] Hello.

- [Agent H] Oh, JJANG JAE.
- [JJANG JAE] Oh, how are you?

Hello, I'm JJANG JAE the E-Tool.

Nice to meet you.

Hello. Hi.

[suspenseful music playing]

CHA HYUN-SEUNG, DANCER

- [Eun-ji] Hello. Hi. Hello.
- Oh.

[Jeong-yun] Oh. Yes.

Yesterday, uh, yesterday,
I saw him on a dancing show.

He's a dancer and yes, that's him.

- [Seong-hyeok] Everyone's here.
- [Jeong-yun] Yes, everyone's here.

Gosh. There are all sorts of people.
This is beyond my expectations.

Hello.

[man] Huh, who's she?

- Oh, hey.
- She's like a fairy.

[both chuckling]

Let's survive. Let's stay for a long time.

[upbeat music playing]

Hello.

- You're a cheerleader, aren't you?
- Oh, yes.

[Yeon-joo] Hello.

Uh, my name is Jo Yeon-joo.
I'm a 24-year-old cheerleader.

I started on September 15, 2017,

and I've been cheer leading
for almost six years now.

Cheerleaders have
great physicality and movement

because they're always jumping
and doing somersaults.

- [Chun-ri] Cheer leading.
- You're here to cheer us on.

- Wow, Ms. Chun-ri.
- She's just…

[Seong-min] Biceps, triceps.

- [BBULKUP] Hello. It's nice to meet you.
- [Yeon-joo] Hello.

Hello. Bling bling.

[bright music playing]

Oh, I'm glad I came on.

[sassy music playing]

[ELAINE] Hello.

ELAINE, ACTRESS

[ELAINE] I'm ELAINE,
an actor from Singapore.

As soon as I went in,

I noticed the glances.

"What is she doing here? What is she?"

I got that impression.

I thought, actually I, uh,

"Should I not be here? This is bad."

Oh, hang on.

Uh, hello.

[BBULKUP] I don't do love triangles.

Am I the only one who thought
this was a dating show?

[Je-yong] Hello!

[Je-yong laughs loudly]

- [Je-yong] Hello!
- Oh, my gosh.

Who's that?

[Je-yong laughs]

Oh, I'm screwed.

[Je-yong] Hello, everyone.

I'm Ha Je-yong,
the strongest man in Korea.

Nice to meet you.

[chuckles]
He's so freaking funny.

PARK HYUNG-GEUN, MMA FIGHTER

[man 1] Whoa, what's he wearing?

[man 2] I bet he's strong
but not a good fighter.

Who's that?

He won an arm-wrestling competition.

[Je-yong] For over ten years,
I represented Korea

in open-weight arm-wrestling competitions,

and currently, as a power-lifter,
I hold the Korean bench-press record.

Soon, I will break the world record.
My name is Ha Je-yong.

[electronic music playing]

[bright music playing]

- Hello.
- Hello.

SONG A-REUM, KIM KANG-MIN,
BODYBUILDERS

No way, what is this?

[laughter]

Is he a human being?

Wow, shoot.
I saw him on YouTube yesterday.

[Seok-hwan] Me too.
I watched him this morning.

- [Dae-won] Oh, really?
- [Seok-hwan] Yeah.

[Da-jeong] Kim Kang-min?

He's famous on social media
among competing athletes,

and has lots of fans.

- Hello.
- Hello.

[Kang-min] We're a married
bodybuilding couple of the same age.

- I'm Kim Kang-min and…
- [A-reum] Song A-reum.

[Kang-min] We've been married for,
uh, six years.

[A-reum] We have a six-year-old daughter.

Oh, here I am.

[Kang-min] I saw the back
and recognized it right away.

This is mine.

[Kang-min] Compared to the others,
my torso looks much better taken care of.

Oh, my god.

[Florian] Does he push
1,000kg or something?

Yeah, I should compete again
in my next lifetime.

[Jung-myung]
This lifetime's already, whoa…

We must be the only married couple.
We're the only couple.

Hello.

Oh.

PARK MIN-JI, LEE DA-HYEON
SSIREUM WRESTLERS

Wow. Whoa. Hello.

[Da-hyeon] I'm the first female
ssireum wrestler to win a grand slam

and I play for Geoje City.

My name is Lee Da-hyeon.

[gasps]
Oh.

Oh, I look too arrogant.
[chuckles]

Hello, I'm the goddess on the sand,
Park Min-ji.

[Min-ji] When I say I play ssireum,
most people go, "What?"

But I love sports so much,

so I think I might get really fired up
with the competitive spirit.

[hard rock music playing]

[contestants] Whoa.

Hello.

SEOL KI-KWAN,
NATIONAL TEAM BODYBUILDER

I'm a bit of a show-off.

- [Sik] Hello.
- Hello.

KANG HAN,
NATIONAL TEAM BOBSLEIGH ATHLETE

KIM SIK,
NATIONAL TEAM SKELETON COACH

[Sik and Han] Nice to meet you.

- [Bo-kyeong] Hello. Hello.
- [man 1] Hello.

- [man 2] Wow.
- Hello.

JEONG BO-KYEONG,
NATIONAL TEAM JUDO PLAYER

[hard rock music playing]

Hello.

NAM KYUNG-JIN, NATIONAL TEAM WRESTLER

Isn't this the Olympic Games?
It's almost like the Olympic Games.

Everyone who works out is here,
from all over Korea.

This should be fun.

[hard rock music playing]

- [man] Whoa.
- [Eun-sil] Awesome. Wow.

[all applauding]

Oh! It's him! It's him! It's him!

[gasps]
Wow!

[laughs]

MIRACLE, DANCER

[Seong-min] Choo Sung-hoon came in
and he had so much charisma.

I was startled, like, "Oh, he's here?"

Whoa! Choo Sung-hoon is here?

[Eun-sil] Whoa! This is madness.

[YOYO] I was in awe. I was in
the same space as someone like him.

I felt like a fan
whose wish had come true.

[Hyun-seung] I saw a name
that didn't feel like it belonged here.

Was it wrong of me to come here?

[JJANG JAE] Choo Sung-hoon. I'm lost for…

What are they gonna do
that they needed to bring him here?

I'm at ONE Championship.

I'm an MMA fighter, Choo Sung-hoon.

[Sung-hoon]
I started judo at three or four

and trained until I was 30.

After that, I did MMA for 17 years.

I compete with younger people, too.

I want to show people
that even at this age,

there's a way to beat young people.

Don't underestimate this middle-aged guy.

- I'd like to say hi. Hello.
- [Sung-hoon] Hi.

[BBULKUP] When would you ever
get to shake his hand? I'm a fan too.

[Hak-seon] You end up going over,
you know. You can't help it.

- Hello, I'm OVAN.
- Yeah. Oh, I see.

- Hello.
- [Sung-hoon] Gosh.

[Sung-hoon chuckles]

Gosh.

- Hello. Amazing.
- [Sung-hoon] Oh, yeah.

- [Dong-guk] I'm a fan.
- Thank you.

Nice to meet you.

I shook his hand. It's crazy calloused.

His hand is so tough. Seriously, the skin.

I could feel sort of
an intimidating chi coming off of him.

[Eun-sil] There are so many
strong people here.

[hard rock music playing]

Hello. Hello.

Boxing. The pro-boxing champion.

Choi Hyun-mi,
the woman ranked number one in the world.

- Ah. Boxing number one, right?
- [Agent H] Best in the world,

among female boxers.

I'm the current
WBA Super Featherweight World Champion.

[rock music playing]

[Hyun-mi] My current record is 18 wins…

One tie…

And zero losses.

I haven't lost yet
and I don't plan to in the future.

[chuckles]

[man 1] Wow.

[man 2] You look nice together.
You make a nice couple.

- [Eun-sil] Hey, it's Caro.
- Hello.

- Hello. Hello.
- [man 3] Whoa.

[I-taek] There's a CrossFit YouTuber
called Caro

and he has a beautiful physique.

I'd wish for nothing
if I had a body like his.

[Caro] To be honest,
if I were all stripped naked,

I'd be close to perfect
from the neck down.

That's the truth.

[laughs]

[man 4] Wow, he has such a nice shape.

You're here?

[Yong-seung] Hello.

[Agent H] From the human standard
that I know off,

considering strength and aesthetics,

Korean Hercules, Yong-seung,
is the strongest

and he has the greatest body.

[I-taek] Oh. Wow.

[YOYO] How do you get it
to look like that?

[man 5] Wow, just look
at those ripped muscles.

[man 6] Killer muscles.

- [man] Hello.
- Hello.

[So-young] Nice to meet you.

- Hello.
- [So-young] Oh. Hello.

[woman 1] A student? What? What do we do?

A student?

A student came here instead
of going to school.

[Seon-kwan] I think
he must have something special.

[Jin-hyeong]
He's wearing a school uniform.

[Seon-kwan] There might be something

- under that uniform.
- [Eun-sil] Yes, yes.

Now, I really don't know
what the competition will be.

- [BBULKUP] How old are you?
- I'm 18 years old.

[BBULKUP] Oh, really?
What sport do you do?

- I do taekwondo.
- [BBULKUP] Oh, taekwondo.

Are you on the national team
by any chance?

[Byeong-jin] Yes,
I'm on the national team.

Oh, are you? There's no way
you're here for no reason.

I'm 18, I'm part of
the national taekwondo team.

Free sparring competitor, Kim Byeong-jin.

[Byeong-jin] I came first
in the national team selection process

at this year's taekwondo
free sparring World Championship.

I came first in pairs.

I'll show you how fearsome
us teens can be.

[Bit-yeo-ul] Hello. Hello.

WOO JIN-YONG, CROSSFITTER
HWANG BIT-YEO-UL, CROSSFITTER

KWAK MYUNG-SIK, CROSSFITTER

Oh. Hwang Bit-yeo-ul. They're all here.

- [Da-young] Hello.
- Hello, it's nice to meet you all.

- [woman 1] Hello.
- [woman 2] Nice to meet you.

Hello.

KIM MIN-CHEOL, MOUNTAIN RESCUE

[contestants exclaiming]

Whoa.

Oh, my gosh, my goodness. Oh, my gosh.

[Chun-ri] Who is this guy?
His arms are all twisted. That's crazy.

[woman] That's out of this world.

[Young] Hello. I'm Jeon Young, the leader
of Korea's first bone-breaking team.

I designed the choreography
for Kingdom, seasons one and two,

and for Hell bound,

I designed the choreography
and worked on the motion capture.

That's the kind of thing I do.

[eerie music playing]

[Seong-min] Ms. Chun-ri.

[Nippert] Oh. Hello. Hello.

[man 1] Wow!

[man 2] The Doosan legend.

[Seong-min] Nippert the baseball player
is here. Just wow.

He looks like he's at least
two meters tall.

[Eu-ddeum] 203cm. The 203cm we saw before.

Hello. I'm Dustin Nippert.

[Nippert] 2002, Arizona Diamondbacks,
uh, Major League Baseball Draft.

In 2011, I came to Korea
and to KBO Doosan Bears.

KBO TOTAL 1,000 STRIKEOUTS,
NO. 40 NIPPERT

Hey, you can't put the tallest guy
next to the shortest guy.

[laughter]

What?

Is he here too?

[suspenseful music playing]

- [Jin-yong] You didn't know?
- [Sik] What, he's here?

- I think so. Look over there.
- I thought you two would know.

I asked and he said he wouldn't appear.

- [Jin-yong] Oh, really?
- Yes. This is crazy.

Oh? He's coming too?

He really has a great body.

He's good.

His muscles are so taut.

During my interview, the person I said
I feared the most was that guy.

- Oh, he's coming.
- Yes, I mean…

- [Ye-hyun chuckles]
- [Seong-min] Bet he has the best physique.

I'm not sure if he'll come on.

But he's at that level
you can't catch up to,

even with great effort.

To put it in one word, all you can say
is that he's really a monster.

[man 1] Oh, he must be
the 100th to enter.

[man 2] Number 100, the ending.
The ending.

[suspenseful music playing]

[So-young] Where will he come in from?

[So-young mimics drum roll]

[man 3] The last national team athlete.

- [man 4] Hello.
- [man 5] Whoa.

[contestants applauding]

[man] It looked like
a beast was walking in.

It felt like I had come across
a tiger on the mountain.

I don't know why, but it was powerful.

The look in his eyes.

Where's mine?

[Bo-mi-rae] His shirt might rip.

Hello, I'm Yun Sung-bin,
I'm an ex-skeleton player.

[Sung-bin] I won gold at
the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games.

Olympic athletes rarely get a chance

to show themselves off to the public
or share about themselves.

Our only chance is the Olympic Games,
which happen every four years.

So in many cases,
we're forgotten too soon.

I came on this show
because I wanted to show myself.

[man] What a build.

[Bo-mi-rae] His sculpture
can't even mimic his body.

[Dae-won] Everyone here
is way beyond my imagination.

[master] Welcome to Physical: 100.

Starting now, you will compete in games
according to the rules here.

Your uniforms are under your torsos.

Please start changing into them now.

[intense music playing]

[man 1] Wow. I have to compete
with these people?

This is crazy.

[man 2] All these famous people,
like, athletic people,

came together to compete for real.

[Hyun-seung]
It literally is Physical: 100.

People with various physiques
will get to compete

and I thought it would be fun.

[Hyung-geun]
The game is kicking off at last.

It felt real then,
so I got a little tense.

[master] We will begin the games now.

I wish you luck.

PHYSICAL: 100

[intense music playing]

[man 1] Whoa. It's beginning for real.

[OVAN] Oh, I'm so curious. Let's go!

- [man 2] It opened.
- [man 3] Wow, this is insane.

[Agent H] The door to heaven has opened.

[man 4] Let's go.

[Da-jeong] What's this? I'm scared.

[man 5] Oh, this is gonna be fun.

[man 6] Wow.

[man 7] Wait, there are numbers.

[man 8] Wow. This is insane.

[Florian] Oh, my god.

[man 1] The numbers give
an ominous feeling.

[intense music playing]

I got the feeling
it would be like Squid Game.

[woman 1]
Wow. This is an incredible setup.

[Chi-hyun] Wow. A place like this exists?
What games will we play?

[Je-yong] I got excited.
It's beginning at last.

What on earth will they do
with these people? [Chuckles]

[man 2] At last, it's time to show
what I have prepared.

[man 3] I'll keep going until I die.

[OVAN] Wow, it's so much fun already.

This won't fall out, will it? The floor.

[laughs]
The floor?

You watch way too many movies.
Too many. The floor?

[man 4] I can't guess
what they'll make us do.

[man 5] Feels ominous. What will we do?

Wow. What is this?

[system booting up]

[master] 100 contestants, welcome.

[woman 2] Wow.

[master] To study
the most perfect physique,

regardless of gender,

age and race,

we invited you all here.

We have prepared five quests,

to find the most perfect physique.

The one to last to the end,

the final physique standing

will win 300 million won.

300 million won.

[contestant exclaiming]

[man 1] 300 million won?

[man 2] I wasn't expecting
300 million won.

I have to go all in.

Wow, 300 million won is wild.

[Hee-chan] It's an amount
I'd like to get my hands on.

[Ye-ji] I got chills.

[man 3] 300 million won
is worth betting your life for.

I should have exercised harder.

I really need to give my all.

[So-young] 300 million in cash?

That's awesome.

[Chun-il] I'm gonna make it mine.

I'm gonna give it my all without regrets.

[master] Then, we shall begin
the first quest.

[contestants cheering, applauding]

- Let's go!
- Let's go!

[master] The survival rate
of the first quest…

Is 50 percent.

- Wow!
- [contestants exclaiming]

- Half of us will fail?
- [Dae-won] Shit.

[Eun-sil] Isn't that too extreme?

- Are you kidding me? Are you joking?
- What?

[master] But before we get to that,

there is a pre-quest mission
you must go through.

[suspenseful music building]

The rule is very simple.

Hang from a structure.

Hang from a structure.
Hang from a structure, the longest.

[man 4] Wow, we're supposed
to hang from that?

- [Tarzan] Where's the structure?
- [woman 3] I knew it.

[Florian] We have to hang on?

[Ji-han] Yes, hang from it the longest.

[Sun-ho] I was very flustered.

[Jin-hyeong] I had a bad feeling about it.

I weigh quite a lot.
Should I lose some weight?

[Hak-seon] Hanging is something
I'm more confident at.

I should win.

[Min-cheol] I currently compete
as an ice climber,

so I was confident
that I would most likely win.

[master] Hang with the power of both arms

as long as you can.

[man 5] Wow.
How am I supposed to do this?

[master] The one who lasts the longest…

Will receive a powerful privilege

that will give them an advantage
in their survival.

We're not dropped right away.

The one who lasts the longest gets
a privilege that'll help their survival.

They'll give a privilege, so I thought,
"Oh, I need to hang on."

I'll do everything in my power
for a benefit.

[man 6] Regardless of gender,
we need to fight with all we've got.

Oh, I'll win. No matter what.

[master] You are standing
on a number of your choice.

You will be divided into two groups
for the game,

according to the numbers.

Now, prepare yourselves.

QUEST: 0
GROUP 1

- [Jin-yong] I'm nervous.
- [Jung-myung] Me too.

[man 1] I'm getting nervous.

[suspenseful music playing]

Whoa, we have to hang on to that?

[man 2] I don't think it'll be easy.

[Da-jeong] For the first time,
we get to see each other's capabilities

and I was panicking a little,

because the quest was something
I wasn't good at.

[man 3] Yang Hak-seon is a gymnast.

I thought of course
he'd have an upper hand in this.

How should we hold on?

It depends on where we are
when the thing comes down.

- I did this.
- Oh, like this?

Yes, cling on like this
and droop downward.

- Just droop and relax your body?
- [Hak-seon] Relax.

[YOYO] Relax and droop.

[Hak-seon] Hanging is something
I'm confident at,

so I was feeling good for once.

[Han-saem] Choo Sung-hoon was in my group.

So I thought, "Oh, let's just beat him."

[Sung-hoon]
When it comes to gripping strength,

I trained in judo,
so I'm somewhat confident about that.

So I think I could be in the top ten,
or something like that.

It's okay to hang with the bar
under your arms.

We can use our armpits?

- That's much better.
- Oh, if you go like this?

Yeah, it's much better.

[master] The first group of contestants
for the Physical: 100 pre-quest mission

will begin the game now.

[ominous music playing]

[man 4] Oh, it's coming.

- [man 5] It's coming down.
- [Florian] Will I be okay?

- Oh, I'm sweating.
- [man 6] It's coming. It's coming.

[man 7] This is tense. So tense.

[man 8] Good luck! Good luck!

Good luck!

[dark ominous music playing]

- Good luck!
- Good luck!

Good luck!

[Ye-ji] I got goosebumps
when I saw the bars above my head.

[Beom-seok] My mind was racing
with all kinds of thoughts.

How should I hang from this?

I didn't feel nervous.

[Kyung-jin] I didn't think much about it.
I just thought, "Let's try and hang on."

The thing is, this isn't the main game,
so I felt torn.

[Caro] Should I give this my all,
or should I save some energy?

[Sang-wook] Hey, hey.

Hey, hey.

[countdown blaring]

[man 1] This is tough.

[Florian] It's going up?

Come on, this is insane.

[structure whirring]

[man 2] Wow, shoot. What is this?

It's going up.

[woman 1] Wow.

[man 3] Shoot. There's water.

[Jung-ho] When the floor opened up,
there was a thick fog.

So we couldn't judge the depth.
It was so scary.

[So-young] Won't you actually die
if you fall in?

[Da-jeong] I felt the kind of fear I felt
when I watched Squid Game.

[Eun-sil] It was really dizzying.

[structure whirring]

[Florian] What? I have to survive this?

Oh, shit.

Oh, I didn't curse.

Oh, this is what you have to do.

Wow. This is no joke.

[tense music playing]

[Eun-sil] Come on. Let's do this!

- [splashing]
- [Florian] Oh, no.

- [Eun-sil] Let's do this!
- [splashing]

[Florian] Oh, no. What…

What was that?

[Ki-kwan] Someone fell in already?

JEON YOUNG, MOVIE CHOREOGRAPHER
GROUP 1, 50TH PLACE

[So-young] He dropped
as soon as we went up.

"You should last
at least ten seconds," I thought.

[Seong-hyeok] He fell off even when
there's a benefit if you win,

so this was clearly not his forte.

[timer beeping]

I can't hang on.

[splashing]

[man 4] Whoa, they're falling in.

JO JIN-HYEONG, CAR DEALER
GROUP 1, 49TH PLACE

[Jin-hyeong] I couldn't manage.

I'd given up, but it hurt my pride,
to be honest.

I come first in
the strongest man competition, and yet,

wow, I wonder if
I shouldn't have entered this at all.

JUNG HAE-MIN, CYCLIST

[Hae-min] I hadn't hung from anything
since elementary school,

so I wasn't confident.

But I thought I'd still give my best.

[contestant breathing deeply]

Hey, this is really hard.

They don't teach this at the gym.

[groans]
[So-young] I'm done for.

- [yelps]
- [splashing]

LEE SO-YOUNG,
54-YEAR-OLD FITNESS MODEL

GROUP 1, 46TH PLACE

[splashing]

KIM EUN-JI,
COMPETITIVE FITNESS MODEL

GROUP 1, 45TH PLACE

- [yelps]
- [splashing]

[Eun-sil groans]

[Eun-sil] I thought I just
couldn't fail the first quest.

I had to keep hanging on.

AN DA-JEONG, BODYBUILDER

HWANG BIT-YEO-UL, CROSSFITTER

Wow. I think I'm getting cramps.

Gosh, my blood's not circulating.

[groans]

- [yelps]
- [splashing]

JUNG HAE-MIN, CYCLIST,
GROUP 1, 42ND PLACE

- [Hae-min] Shoot.
- [splashing]

CHO JUNG-MYUNG,
NATIONAL TEAM LUGER

GROUP 1, 41ST PLACE

I just couldn't do it. I was too heavy,
I couldn't endure my own weight.

- I fell so early on.
- I couldn't do it.

Not this. Lighter people
are bound to win this one.

YANG HAK-SEON,
NATIONAL TEAM GYMNAST, 53KG

- [man 5] Why do you look so relaxed?
- I'm tired. So tired.

[groaning]
Keep going!

Keep going!

[deep breathing]

[male contestants] Keep going!

[Eun-sil] Wow, I'd feel so embarrassed
if I fail now. I should give it my all.

[Florian] Hey, it's getting slippery.

[suspenseful music playing]

[groans]

[man] No. You've got this!

No.

[stressed groan]

[splashing]

[Florian] No, shoot.

[splashing]

[groans]

No, shoot.

[splashing]

FLORIAN, MODEL, GROUP 1, 33RD PLACE

KIM JI-HAN, VOLLEYBALL PLAYER
GROUP 1, 32ND PLACE

They don't teach this at gyms.

[amazed sigh]

[So-young] Good luck!

Good luck!

[splashing]

AN DA-JEONG, BODYBUILDER
GROUP 1, 30TH PLACE

Oh, gosh. Da-jeong, well done.

- Wow, it's so scary.
- [man 6] Keep going!

[Da-jeong] Wow, it's no joke.

[Florian] Hold on!

[Eun-sil pants]

[contestants cheering on]

- [So-young] Good luck! Good luck!
- [Jin-hyeong] She's hanging in there.

[splashing]

[suspenseful music playing]

[screams]
Shit!

[screams]
Shit!

JANG EUN-SIL, NATIONAL TEAM WRESTLER
GROUP 1, 28TH PLACE

What? It's humiliating.

[embarrassed laugh]

The others are so good.

It's crazy.

[splashing]

[intense suspenseful music playing]

[groans]

[man 7] You can do it!

[splashing]

CHOO SUNG-HOON, MMA FIGHTER
GROUP 1, 27TH PLACE

[Sung-hoon groaning]
I fell much sooner than I thought so,

I'm not very pleased.

I thought I tried hard.

[chuckles]

[Eun-sil] 21!

20!

19!

[Jung-myung] Look at the wrestler.
He's amazing.

[Hae-min] Wow, that wrestler's doing well.
He looks heavy but he's holding on.

[Jin-hyeong] Yes, he's enduring it.

Keep going!

[Jin-hyeong] Won't his shoulder dislocate
if he does that?

[woman 2] I know.

[breathing heavily]

[Kyung-jin] Because I'm heavier,
I did think I'd be at a disadvantage.

But I wanted to win this fight
against myself.

[Jung-ho] He was hanging by just one arm,

and I thought
I should avoid him at all costs.

[Eun-ji] He was withstanding
his own body weight,

it's really impressive.

You're doing well!

Let's get it!

- [groans]
- [splashing]

[man 8] My arm cramped up.

16 left. Go, wrestlers! Go Kyung-jin!

[Eun-sil] Hang in there! Don't fall!

- [Kyung-jin yelps]
- [suspenseful music playing]

[Eun-sil] Yeah, well done.

NAM KYUNG-JIN, NATIONAL TEAM WRESTLER
GROUP 1, 15TH PLACE

[Kyung-jin] There'd been talk
about a privilege you gain,

so I thought, "Wow, I was in trouble."
[chuckles]

I didn't feel that great.
[laughs]

You're doing great!

Yang Hak-seon looks relaxed. So relaxed.

[lullaby music playing]

Yang Hak-seon is asleep.

[Hak-seon] What? No, no, no.

[splashing]

[groans]

[contestants] Keep going!

HWANG BIT-YEO-UL, CROSSFITTER

[intense music playing]

[Ye-ji] Hwang Bit-yeo-ul
was in front of me.

I hung in as long as I could because
I wanted to be the last woman standing.

I didn't want to fail.

[Bit-yeo-ul] I had to show them.

- [Hae-min] Ah, so amazing.
- The women are really impressive.

You're doing great! Hang in there!

[splashing]

JOO DONG-JO, MMA FIGHTER
GROUP 1, 12TH PLACE

[woman 3] Ladies!

[man 9] Keep going!

[contestants murmuring]

[impressed exclaims]

LEE YE-JI, MMA FIGHTER,
GROUP 1, 11TH PLACE

- [man 10] You did well.
- [woman 4] Oh, well done!

[man 11] A woman.
Wow, she lasted this long?

- Wow.
- [man 12] That's amazing.

- There's only one woman left.
- [Da-jeong] She seems in her element.

Am I the only woman left?

[Bit-yeo-ul] I wanted to come
in the top five of my group.

I thought I'd just hang on and then
use the privilege as best as I can.

[yelps]

[Seong-hyeok groans]
My arms.

[deep exhale]

[contestants cheering on]

[labored breathing]

[Beom-seok] I propped myself up,
and my armpits became sore.

I had to work through the pain.

I thought this was going to be hard.

HONG BEOM-SEOK, EX-FIREFIGHTER
GROUP 1, 9TH PLACE

I should have gotten in the top five.

I felt like this was
a bad way to start off.

- Oh, the foreigner's doing well.
- Miracle, hang in there!

[Han-saem] Miracle! Fight it!

[Florian] Miracle, come on!
Six more, you can do it!

[Miracle groans]

[Miracle] I'm afraid of deep water.

So that's why I tried even harder.

I can do it.

[contestants cheering on]

[Eun-sil] Keep going!

[Florian] Grab it.

[YOYO] Oh, he does pole dancing
and CrossFit.

[I-taek] Yes, that's right.

[man 13] Doesn't the gymnast look
too relaxed?

[man 14] Yeah. Seriously.

[man 15] He could be even reading
a book in that state.

[Hae-min] He's even making
a V with his fingers.

[Hak-seon] It was much harder
than I thought.

But everyone else said
the gymnast would win this,

so I went, "Oh, I might as well win."

[man 16] Wow, that guy at the end
looks too at ease.

[man 17] Kyeong-baek, nice.
Hey, you can totally do this.

Wow.

Who is this guy?

He's my instructor, Kim Kyeong-baek.

My UDT senior and ex-drill instructor.

[Dae-won] No way.

[Kyeong-baek] In our actual training,

we need to hang from things
in many situations.

I thought I could land somewhere
in the top tier.

[hanging contestant groaning]

[strained groan]

[contestants exclaiming]

Miracle!

Are you gonna give up?

[Florian] Don't give up, man!

[contestants exclaiming]

MIRACLE, DANCER, GROUP 1, 6TH PLACE

- [man 18] You did amazing.
- [Eun-sil] Well done. Well done.

Nice, nice. Good one! Well done.

[man 19] Good job, man.

[Bo-mi-rae] Fight! Fight!

Wow.

[Ki-kwan] I wanted to stay
as long as I could, but

Yang Hak-seon was close by
and he was on another level.

He just looked so at ease.
So I stayed as long as I could, and…

[splashing]

SEOL KI-KWAN, NATIONAL BODYBUILDER
GROUP 1, 5TH PLACE

[applauding]

[man 20] Top five.

Congratulations.

- [man 1] Keep going!
- [Hyun-mi] Bit-yeo-ul!

Three to go.

- Three.
- Three?

[Hyun-mi] Stay up there.

[squeaks]
Stay.

[yelps]

Ah, I'm dying.

[groans, laughs]

Go down.

- [contestants laughing]
- [tired chuckle]

[contestants cheering on]

[Seong-hyeok]
There was a woman in front of me,

and she hung in there and didn't fall.

I used all my willpower.

[groans]

That woman is amazing. Who is she?

- What sport does she do?
- CrossFit.

- Hang in there. Hang in there.
- Oh.

Should I just give up?

There are four left. Four.

- [man 2] Just four! Four people.
- You're doing well!

- You're doing well!
- [cheers]

[intense suspenseful music playing]

[Bit-yeo-ul]
Should I stay a little longer?

[man 3] Oh, he's feeling it.
He's feeling it.

[groans]

[contestants] Keep going!

[contestants exclaiming]

- [man 4] Three people! Three people!
- Wow, it's him.

- Oh, dang.
- Wow. So cool. So cool.

Can I come down now?

[Hyun-mi] No, no!

I can't do it!
[yelps]

[Bit-yeo-ul] I can't do it!
[yelps]

[splashing]

HWANG BIT-YEO-UL, CROSSFITTER
GROUP 1, 3RD PLACE

[contestants cheering]

She's the ace.
Wow, that was amazing. Amazing.

Bit-yeo-ul, well done!

[applauding]

God, that was so hard.

Are your arms okay?

I can't feel my arms.

[Bit-yeo-ul] I felt proud, actually.

I was the longest-lasting woman,

and I think I showed
that women are just as strong as men.

I think I did pretty well.

- [contestants] Keep going!
- [man 5] He's glaring. Glaring at…

[woman 1] You're a legend! Stay! Stay!

[Hae-min] Gosh, they're amazing.
Just amazing.

Go, gymnastics legend.
Hang in there! Hang in there!

Go, Yang Hak-seon!

[Hak-seon] I've hung off things
for 21 years,

so I need to win at all costs.

If I lose here, all the gymnasts
nationwide will berate me.

[Kyeong-baek] I trained with
the UDT for 15 years,

and there were many situations
where we had to hang from things,

so I think I was very confident.

UDT! Go, UDT!

UDT, go get it!

- [woman 2] You're almost there.
- [man 6] Last stretch. Last stretch.

[So-young] Wow, a UDT soldier
and an Olympic gold medalist.

[man 7] Go, go.
It's the last stretch. Last stretch.

[man 8] That's his everyday life
right there. It's what he does.

[woman 3] You're almost there!
Almost there!

[man 9] No, no, no!

No!

[contestants exclaiming]

No! Stay! Stay!

[man 10] Keep going! Keep going!

[woman 4] Nice, nice, you look stable.

[Hak-seon] I was up there a while,
and my arms got cramped.

And just when I realized,
"Oh, I'm really tired,"

I saw Kyeong-baek
hanging there motionless.

[YOYO] He's… he's so not shaking.

[man 11] He's glaring.

[man 12] He was hanging there
like a corpse, and I thought,

"He has a strong will."

"Whoa, I really
do not wanna compete with him."

[Sung-hoon] He weighs more than me.

So I thought, "He must have an iron will,"
so I kept my eyes on him.

[intense suspenseful music playing]

[Kyeong-baek] I didn't want to lose,
so there was a battle of wills.

[contestants] Keep going!

[contestants exclaiming nervously]

[shouting]

- Where are you going?
- Where are you going?

[Dae-won] That might tire you out
even more!

Nice! Well done. Well done!

- Wh… What?
- [man 13] Oh, he changed his position.

[Jin-hyeong] He won't look.
He's refusing to look at the other guy.

[Eun-sil] Well done!

Go, Yang Hak-seon!

You're doing great!

Legendary gymnast, show them!

- [man 14] Stay! Stay!
- [Eun-sil] You're doing well!

[Eun-sil] Don't look!

Think only of yourself!

The other guy is the same! He's the same!

[man 15] Think of the 300 million!
The 300 million!

I think I'll look so pitiful
if I fall now.

[man 16] Go, Yang Hak-seon!

There's no point in finishing second!

[man 17] The fight for first place
is really fierce.

[contestants] Keep going!

[Eun-sil] Nice! He's swaying!

[suspenseful music playing]

[Kyeong-baek] My arms were numb,
but I couldn't give up,

so I decided to last as long as possible.

Go, Kim Kyeong-baek!

[Hae-min] They're both shaking.
They both reached their limits.

[So-young] Both… They're both shaking.

[Florian] Do you think
they're both weaker?

[breathing heavily]

[contestants screaming]

No, no, no, no, no!

No! Muscle-attack! No! Get back up there!

Use your muscles! Yes!

[contestants cheering in awe]

Yang Hak-seon! Yang Hak-seon!

[Eun-sil] Yang Hak-seon!

[man 18] He gave us an amazing scene.

[man 19] It was incredible. He's awesome.

[Hyun-seung] I was surprised by that.
There's a reason not just anyone

can win gold at the Olympics.

- [Hak-seon] Let's hang in a little longer.
- [Kyeong-baek] Oh, this might get tiring.

Go, UDT drill instructor, Kim Kyeong-baek!

[man 20] Hey, if he wins,
he'll have beaten an Olympic medalist.

[woman 5] Seriously.
He'll have beaten him for real.

[man 20] How great would that feel?

[Kyeong-baek]
Let's hang in a little longer.

[man 21] UDT Kim Kyeong-baek!

[shouting]

[shouting]

[closing theme music playing]