Years of Upheaval (1991–…): Season 1, Episode 34 - Episode #1.34 - full transcript
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Written In The Heavens Subbing Squad
- In 1 month, North Korea Gains Control of all Southern
Territory (except parts of Gyeongsang Province) -
- August 1950 -
UN Forces Set Up Defense Line
on Nakdong River Front
- September 1950 -
North Korean Army Launches Last
Offensive against Nakdong River Defense Line
- September 15, 6:31 am -
US Army Lands in Wolmi Island
- 1950, Nakdong River -
- Episode 34 -
Originally Aired on 01/30/1992
They're right in front of us!
Hold your posts and resist!
Fire!
Hurry up and shoot!
Quick!
The second battalion was completely
annihilated. We can't go on any longer.
Do I have to repeat myself?
Order them to withdraw.
There was no such order.
I'm giving it now!
Make them withdraw!
- September 18 -
Nakdong River Defense Line Falls
Stop.
Who could that be?
Take cover.
Getting any signal?
{\a6}*5 Kilohertz
We're on a 5000 cycle* frequency
so the background noise is intense.
So you were stationed in Gunsan?
Yes, we were sent there to destroy the
airbase, but the UN Armored Cavalry...
Even before receiving orders
to withdraw, we had to...
As you can see, all that is left of an
entire battalion are fourteen men.
Commander.
Coded message incoming.
Decode it.
Discreetly coordinate with local units,
and quickly begin withdrawing.
Withdrawing?!
To where?
Who sent it?
Vice Chief of the Reconnaissance
Unit Kim Changguk.
Location?
North Pyeongan Province...
Ganggye.
- Aide.
- Sir.
- The map.
- Yes.
Compass.
The fire!
- Where is it?
- We're almost there.
Get some boiling water and send
the children out of here.
Here we are.
Can you hear me?
Can you?
Inhale...
One, two...
One.
When did the water break?
- You've come?
- Hello.
- My brother-in-law's inside, go ahead.
- Yes.
- That should do it.
- Thank you, Doctor.
So...
Where does it hurt?
Brought the medicines.
Everything you asked for.
Want to take a look?
Here.
The Chinese are no laughing matter.
Looks like the US Army got quite a
rude awakening up at Lake Jangjin.
Not even half of the 20,000 strong
barely made it back alive.
- We're out of wine.
- Yes.
Looks like they'll push the western
demarcation down to the 38th parallel.
I wonder if I should just
volunteer to join the front,
as collecting intel without doing
a thing is killing me.
So it's UN against the Chinese...
Is that funny?
They're waging an international
conflict in this tiny piece of land.
Goddamned war... Won't they stop until
Koreans disappear from the face of this earth?
I'll be damned...
Have anything to tell me?
I'm sure you didn't just come here to
get me up to speed on the conflict.
Let's hear it.
I know it makes no sense, but...
It's not like I can ask anyone else.
Let me be clear on this again, but the US
Intelligence Department is out of the question.
I have no intention of helping the
Americans kill fellow Koreans.
Can't we stop talking like
a goddamned commie?
Aigoo, the friends I get...
If you're done talking, let's call it a day.
I've been taking a look
around Mount Jiri.
Mount Jiri?
It's another battlefield.
Heard about the partisans?
They're even worse than
the People's Army.
Not to mention their numbers.
If this keeps up, we might be
attacked from both fronts.
- So?
- The auxiliary police are there,
but even if we armed them, they wouldn't
even know how to load a rifle.
They're so miserable.
So, what, you need someone to
teach them how to load a rifle?
I wish it could be so easy...
But the man in charge
there is Choi Duil.
That Suzuki from the colonial days.
So in other words, I'd be asking
you to work under him.
When are you going to tell
your sister-in-law?
- What?
- About your brother.
Where is she from, again?
Shouldn't we send her back home?
She wouldn't go even if we told her.
Still, that's up to her.
But we're not even sure
he's dead, are we?
There wasn't even any open trial.
I only found out later that he was taken
away by the security department.
And no one knows what
happened to him after that.
So that basically confirms it.
You know how they work there...
What are you thinking about?
Can't you think about me,
at least when we're alone?
What's on your mind?
Did Major Park ask you to come back
to the Intelligence Department?
No.
But it seemed so?
This time, it's the police.
Despite the fact you've been friends
for years, he still doesn't really know you.
Is that so?
I'm not cut out for the police, am I?
What you're not cut out
for is this country.
You and this country don't
suit each other.
What do you mean?
Same goes for me.
I'm not cut out for this country, either.
Because I neither like the
south nor the north.
And you don't dislike either side.
Do you?
I think we might get a boat.
Japan, America, or any other
country will be fine.
Let's go to a place that has
nothing to do with this country.
You'll never be happy if you stay here.
You wouldn't want to have to kill Koreans
on the battlefield, would you?
And having to remain in the shadows
without doing a thing is not easy, right?
Nothing will change even after the war.
Did this country ever do anything for you,
to justify all the suffering you're going through?
- Is that what you were thinking about?
- Let's move elsewhere.
Let's leave, and forget this country.
And...
Stop thinking about Yeook as well.
Come.
Sit.
- Give it here.
- Don't!
I'll fix it for you.
Ajeosshi made it for me.
So he'll fix it.
Why, you know how to fix it?
He'll be better than you, anyway!
- You can't go to him.
- Then who, Daddy?
- Neither Daddy nor Ajeosshi.
- Why?
Daddy can't stay with us.
He's got work to do,
so he can't live with us.
Is he busy?
- Then, Ajeosshi can...
- Not with him, either.
Staying with us would put him in danger.
It wouldn't be good for him.
Can't we just live together, the two of us?
I'll make another one of these,
and even a sled for the winter.
Let's go back to my hometown.
I'll be farming, and you'll go to school.
We'll get persimmons and
chestnuts in the mountains behind.
Aren't there tigers up there?
Why? Are you afraid?
Afraid of what? I can just beat them
up with a stick and get it over with.
All Mommy needs is you.
Don't you feel the same?
Give it here, I can fix it.
- The pinwheel!
- Daewoon!
Don't, Daewoon!
Daewoon!
- September 28, 1950 -
Seoul Recaptured
- October 1 -
3rd ROK Army Reaches 38th at Yangyang
- October 20 -
UN Troops Enter Pyeongyang
Who's there?
I came to meet you comrades.
Hello, everyone.
So where did you get stranded?
Have a look at yourselves...
What's your rank?
Sure looks higher than mine, all right.
I'm the local guerrilla leader Kim Deokjae.
I was told you were here, so I had
to hurry up and welcome you.
We're retreating to the north.
What the hell...
What do you mean retreating?!
They're fighting along the Yalu,
where the hell would you retreat to?!
You'll find some comrades from up north
if you head to our headquarters,
so go talk it out with them.
Look...
Where's the owner?
Since our liberation fighters are here,
how about a warm cup of boiled rice?
Mount Hwemun.
Comrades!
Well done.
Even if stuck here in the rear, let's give
it our best and fight with courage.
If we hang in there, the People's
Army will come back for us.
Is that you?
Seonsaengnim.
- Osu-Ri -
(Sunchang, North Jeolla Province)
Go away!
Catch that little fool!
You little bastard!
Thieving little son of a bitch!
And he's still got the guts
to go on eating!
Go inside a moment.
Here.
- Here you go.
- Thank you.
You little...
- You've been following me, haven't you?
- Let go!
Where do you live?
- Are your parents alive?
- They're all dead, why?
Let go!
So where do you live?
Do you have any place to
sleep for the night?
Come in.
Where is Youngseon?
Here.
Youngseon.
You know the refugees down the village?
They all left today,
and this baby was left behind.
No one wanted the burden, so...
Right...
You did the right thing.
Right... He's going to live
with us from now on.
Have any hot water?
He should get a bath.
Don't cry.
What's your name?
I'm Youngseon.
Just call me nuna (lit. older sister).
My sister's dead, why?
Where are you going?
Come have a seat.
I said sit!
Don't you want to stay with us?
If that's the case,
there's nothing I can do.
If you want to leave,
go in the morning.
I'll make a cotton jacket for you.
But if you have nowhere
else to go, stay with us.
- That's what I'd like you to do.
- Why?
You're just as dirt poor as I am.
I once asked someone
the very same thing.
"Why? Why are you helping me?"
Then that man told me...
that it's only when you help someone
that you really feel alive.
I had a son your age,
but he was killed in the raid.
At first I was so sad,
I wanted to kill myself.
But then...
I got to meet Seokgu, Youngseon and Youngmi.
What that man said was right.
It's not you I'm helping.
You're the one who's
helping me feel alive.
What I need is a son.
Don't you need a mother?
- Jeongeup -
(North Jeolla Province)
Your rifle.
Side arms.
- How many rounds inside?
- It's empty.
Know how to assemble one?
What?!
They're American?
I'm Jang Harim.
I've been sent here to verify the
police force's state of readiness.
Lieutenant Choi Youngseok, Sir!
I was sent here for recruitment purposes.
Dispatched here, to be precise.
We were informed you'd be coming,
but we never imagined it'd be so...
- You were "dispatched" here?
- Yes, that's right.
So I guess you're a
Police Academy graduate.
Yes, that's right.
It's been three months.
- So you're in charge now?
- What?
No, Sir. Lieutenant Lee Minseop is.
He's currently out looking
for potential recruits.
- And who are these people?
- We... We just came to take a look.
See you.
Why are you leaving already?
Come inside and warm yourselves up.
I've had it with this damned post,
goddammit...
- The commander is here.
- Like I give a rat's...
Say that again?
Nice to meet you.
So, what, this fella would
be the commander?
Ehh...
I'll be damned.
So, what, they sent some rookie
still wet behind the ears...
so we can prance around out there and
play target practice for them commies?
I ought to really...
The hell did I do to deserve this?!
For fuck's sake...
Have a smoke, young fella.
Hope you'll understand the outburst,
it's nothing personal.
They might call us auxiliary police,
but that doesn't mean we could actually,
you know, help in any way.
They throw chicken feed at you and expect
us to risk our lives on the frontline?
Are there no volunteers at all?
Even if there were any,
what would be the point?
Need weapons to fight, don't we?
How many weapons do you have?
A few type 99, 38 and 44,
maybe twenty in total.
And just an M1.
And when nobody is volunteering,
what do you expect?
It's exactly like the last
commander left it.
We'll find you a maid soon.
No, let me.
Thanks.
So you were dispatched here,
Lieutenant Choi?
Yes, to handle things here
for the time being.
People don't really know about
the auxiliary police, do they?
It's more a case of regular officers
looking down on the auxiliary police...
as a bunch of amateurs
and nothing more.
But they're only talking nonsense,
so don't you mind that.
Ever engaged against the
communists up in the mountains?
In battle?
Those people just come here
for a free meal and little else.
They're just trying to hang in
there until the war is over.
You'll have to come to the
barracks for breakfast.
Have a good night, Sir.
Aigoo...
I'm so tired...
Is there any makgeolli left?
What happened to it?
- Who's this?
- Who the hell are you?
It's me...
Who else?
Who are you, then?
Say what?!
Chief!
You useless sack of shit...
How many men do you have there?
Yes... that'd be about...
Take them to Nakyang-Ri stat!
The commies have attacked us!
They ambushed the precinct!
You want me to take the boys there?
I sent the truck, so deploy immediately.
The precinct superintendent is here,
so you'll be under his command. Out!
Ahh... Chief!
Hello?!
Commander!
It's me, Lieutenant Choi!
Sir, it's the commies.
The truck is waiting.
- Where are our men?
- Uh? Went away with the truck...
- Where?
- Be... Beats me...
So, any twerp who doesn't know
how to load a rifle, come forward.
Hey... Son's eldest.
- You remember how to shoot now?
- Yes.
Then, here.
My... It hurts...
Why do my legs feel so stiff...
Ehh Ehh... I'll be damned.
Let's give it another try.
Rifle in front.
So, what was it called...
Right. Where's the safety lock?
The hell was that?
It's the commies!
Stay down!
What are they, running away or something?
Quick, get out!
Get out!
The hell are you doing down there?
Move your ass.
What are you waiting for?
Shoot! Shoot at the damn commies.
Get moving.
What are you doing?
Follow me!
I said move your ass!
Get out of the way, they're rocks!
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- Episode 34 -
- Translation and Timing -
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- Timing QC -
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Written In The Heavens Subbing Squad
- In 1 month, North Korea Gains Control of all Southern
Territory (except parts of Gyeongsang Province) -
- August 1950 -
UN Forces Set Up Defense Line
on Nakdong River Front
- September 1950 -
North Korean Army Launches Last
Offensive against Nakdong River Defense Line
- September 15, 6:31 am -
US Army Lands in Wolmi Island
- 1950, Nakdong River -
- Episode 34 -
Originally Aired on 01/30/1992
They're right in front of us!
Hold your posts and resist!
Fire!
Hurry up and shoot!
Quick!
The second battalion was completely
annihilated. We can't go on any longer.
Do I have to repeat myself?
Order them to withdraw.
There was no such order.
I'm giving it now!
Make them withdraw!
- September 18 -
Nakdong River Defense Line Falls
Stop.
Who could that be?
Take cover.
Getting any signal?
{\a6}*5 Kilohertz
We're on a 5000 cycle* frequency
so the background noise is intense.
So you were stationed in Gunsan?
Yes, we were sent there to destroy the
airbase, but the UN Armored Cavalry...
Even before receiving orders
to withdraw, we had to...
As you can see, all that is left of an
entire battalion are fourteen men.
Commander.
Coded message incoming.
Decode it.
Discreetly coordinate with local units,
and quickly begin withdrawing.
Withdrawing?!
To where?
Who sent it?
Vice Chief of the Reconnaissance
Unit Kim Changguk.
Location?
North Pyeongan Province...
Ganggye.
- Aide.
- Sir.
- The map.
- Yes.
Compass.
The fire!
- Where is it?
- We're almost there.
Get some boiling water and send
the children out of here.
Here we are.
Can you hear me?
Can you?
Inhale...
One, two...
One.
When did the water break?
- You've come?
- Hello.
- My brother-in-law's inside, go ahead.
- Yes.
- That should do it.
- Thank you, Doctor.
So...
Where does it hurt?
Brought the medicines.
Everything you asked for.
Want to take a look?
Here.
The Chinese are no laughing matter.
Looks like the US Army got quite a
rude awakening up at Lake Jangjin.
Not even half of the 20,000 strong
barely made it back alive.
- We're out of wine.
- Yes.
Looks like they'll push the western
demarcation down to the 38th parallel.
I wonder if I should just
volunteer to join the front,
as collecting intel without doing
a thing is killing me.
So it's UN against the Chinese...
Is that funny?
They're waging an international
conflict in this tiny piece of land.
Goddamned war... Won't they stop until
Koreans disappear from the face of this earth?
I'll be damned...
Have anything to tell me?
I'm sure you didn't just come here to
get me up to speed on the conflict.
Let's hear it.
I know it makes no sense, but...
It's not like I can ask anyone else.
Let me be clear on this again, but the US
Intelligence Department is out of the question.
I have no intention of helping the
Americans kill fellow Koreans.
Can't we stop talking like
a goddamned commie?
Aigoo, the friends I get...
If you're done talking, let's call it a day.
I've been taking a look
around Mount Jiri.
Mount Jiri?
It's another battlefield.
Heard about the partisans?
They're even worse than
the People's Army.
Not to mention their numbers.
If this keeps up, we might be
attacked from both fronts.
- So?
- The auxiliary police are there,
but even if we armed them, they wouldn't
even know how to load a rifle.
They're so miserable.
So, what, you need someone to
teach them how to load a rifle?
I wish it could be so easy...
But the man in charge
there is Choi Duil.
That Suzuki from the colonial days.
So in other words, I'd be asking
you to work under him.
When are you going to tell
your sister-in-law?
- What?
- About your brother.
Where is she from, again?
Shouldn't we send her back home?
She wouldn't go even if we told her.
Still, that's up to her.
But we're not even sure
he's dead, are we?
There wasn't even any open trial.
I only found out later that he was taken
away by the security department.
And no one knows what
happened to him after that.
So that basically confirms it.
You know how they work there...
What are you thinking about?
Can't you think about me,
at least when we're alone?
What's on your mind?
Did Major Park ask you to come back
to the Intelligence Department?
No.
But it seemed so?
This time, it's the police.
Despite the fact you've been friends
for years, he still doesn't really know you.
Is that so?
I'm not cut out for the police, am I?
What you're not cut out
for is this country.
You and this country don't
suit each other.
What do you mean?
Same goes for me.
I'm not cut out for this country, either.
Because I neither like the
south nor the north.
And you don't dislike either side.
Do you?
I think we might get a boat.
Japan, America, or any other
country will be fine.
Let's go to a place that has
nothing to do with this country.
You'll never be happy if you stay here.
You wouldn't want to have to kill Koreans
on the battlefield, would you?
And having to remain in the shadows
without doing a thing is not easy, right?
Nothing will change even after the war.
Did this country ever do anything for you,
to justify all the suffering you're going through?
- Is that what you were thinking about?
- Let's move elsewhere.
Let's leave, and forget this country.
And...
Stop thinking about Yeook as well.
Come.
Sit.
- Give it here.
- Don't!
I'll fix it for you.
Ajeosshi made it for me.
So he'll fix it.
Why, you know how to fix it?
He'll be better than you, anyway!
- You can't go to him.
- Then who, Daddy?
- Neither Daddy nor Ajeosshi.
- Why?
Daddy can't stay with us.
He's got work to do,
so he can't live with us.
Is he busy?
- Then, Ajeosshi can...
- Not with him, either.
Staying with us would put him in danger.
It wouldn't be good for him.
Can't we just live together, the two of us?
I'll make another one of these,
and even a sled for the winter.
Let's go back to my hometown.
I'll be farming, and you'll go to school.
We'll get persimmons and
chestnuts in the mountains behind.
Aren't there tigers up there?
Why? Are you afraid?
Afraid of what? I can just beat them
up with a stick and get it over with.
All Mommy needs is you.
Don't you feel the same?
Give it here, I can fix it.
- The pinwheel!
- Daewoon!
Don't, Daewoon!
Daewoon!
- September 28, 1950 -
Seoul Recaptured
- October 1 -
3rd ROK Army Reaches 38th at Yangyang
- October 20 -
UN Troops Enter Pyeongyang
Who's there?
I came to meet you comrades.
Hello, everyone.
So where did you get stranded?
Have a look at yourselves...
What's your rank?
Sure looks higher than mine, all right.
I'm the local guerrilla leader Kim Deokjae.
I was told you were here, so I had
to hurry up and welcome you.
We're retreating to the north.
What the hell...
What do you mean retreating?!
They're fighting along the Yalu,
where the hell would you retreat to?!
You'll find some comrades from up north
if you head to our headquarters,
so go talk it out with them.
Look...
Where's the owner?
Since our liberation fighters are here,
how about a warm cup of boiled rice?
Mount Hwemun.
Comrades!
Well done.
Even if stuck here in the rear, let's give
it our best and fight with courage.
If we hang in there, the People's
Army will come back for us.
Is that you?
Seonsaengnim.
- Osu-Ri -
(Sunchang, North Jeolla Province)
Go away!
Catch that little fool!
You little bastard!
Thieving little son of a bitch!
And he's still got the guts
to go on eating!
Go inside a moment.
Here.
- Here you go.
- Thank you.
You little...
- You've been following me, haven't you?
- Let go!
Where do you live?
- Are your parents alive?
- They're all dead, why?
Let go!
So where do you live?
Do you have any place to
sleep for the night?
Come in.
Where is Youngseon?
Here.
Youngseon.
You know the refugees down the village?
They all left today,
and this baby was left behind.
No one wanted the burden, so...
Right...
You did the right thing.
Right... He's going to live
with us from now on.
Have any hot water?
He should get a bath.
Don't cry.
What's your name?
I'm Youngseon.
Just call me nuna (lit. older sister).
My sister's dead, why?
Where are you going?
Come have a seat.
I said sit!
Don't you want to stay with us?
If that's the case,
there's nothing I can do.
If you want to leave,
go in the morning.
I'll make a cotton jacket for you.
But if you have nowhere
else to go, stay with us.
- That's what I'd like you to do.
- Why?
You're just as dirt poor as I am.
I once asked someone
the very same thing.
"Why? Why are you helping me?"
Then that man told me...
that it's only when you help someone
that you really feel alive.
I had a son your age,
but he was killed in the raid.
At first I was so sad,
I wanted to kill myself.
But then...
I got to meet Seokgu, Youngseon and Youngmi.
What that man said was right.
It's not you I'm helping.
You're the one who's
helping me feel alive.
What I need is a son.
Don't you need a mother?
- Jeongeup -
(North Jeolla Province)
Your rifle.
Side arms.
- How many rounds inside?
- It's empty.
Know how to assemble one?
What?!
They're American?
I'm Jang Harim.
I've been sent here to verify the
police force's state of readiness.
Lieutenant Choi Youngseok, Sir!
I was sent here for recruitment purposes.
Dispatched here, to be precise.
We were informed you'd be coming,
but we never imagined it'd be so...
- You were "dispatched" here?
- Yes, that's right.
So I guess you're a
Police Academy graduate.
Yes, that's right.
It's been three months.
- So you're in charge now?
- What?
No, Sir. Lieutenant Lee Minseop is.
He's currently out looking
for potential recruits.
- And who are these people?
- We... We just came to take a look.
See you.
Why are you leaving already?
Come inside and warm yourselves up.
I've had it with this damned post,
goddammit...
- The commander is here.
- Like I give a rat's...
Say that again?
Nice to meet you.
So, what, this fella would
be the commander?
Ehh...
I'll be damned.
So, what, they sent some rookie
still wet behind the ears...
so we can prance around out there and
play target practice for them commies?
I ought to really...
The hell did I do to deserve this?!
For fuck's sake...
Have a smoke, young fella.
Hope you'll understand the outburst,
it's nothing personal.
They might call us auxiliary police,
but that doesn't mean we could actually,
you know, help in any way.
They throw chicken feed at you and expect
us to risk our lives on the frontline?
Are there no volunteers at all?
Even if there were any,
what would be the point?
Need weapons to fight, don't we?
How many weapons do you have?
A few type 99, 38 and 44,
maybe twenty in total.
And just an M1.
And when nobody is volunteering,
what do you expect?
It's exactly like the last
commander left it.
We'll find you a maid soon.
No, let me.
Thanks.
So you were dispatched here,
Lieutenant Choi?
Yes, to handle things here
for the time being.
People don't really know about
the auxiliary police, do they?
It's more a case of regular officers
looking down on the auxiliary police...
as a bunch of amateurs
and nothing more.
But they're only talking nonsense,
so don't you mind that.
Ever engaged against the
communists up in the mountains?
In battle?
Those people just come here
for a free meal and little else.
They're just trying to hang in
there until the war is over.
You'll have to come to the
barracks for breakfast.
Have a good night, Sir.
Aigoo...
I'm so tired...
Is there any makgeolli left?
What happened to it?
- Who's this?
- Who the hell are you?
It's me...
Who else?
Who are you, then?
Say what?!
Chief!
You useless sack of shit...
How many men do you have there?
Yes... that'd be about...
Take them to Nakyang-Ri stat!
The commies have attacked us!
They ambushed the precinct!
You want me to take the boys there?
I sent the truck, so deploy immediately.
The precinct superintendent is here,
so you'll be under his command. Out!
Ahh... Chief!
Hello?!
Commander!
It's me, Lieutenant Choi!
Sir, it's the commies.
The truck is waiting.
- Where are our men?
- Uh? Went away with the truck...
- Where?
- Be... Beats me...
So, any twerp who doesn't know
how to load a rifle, come forward.
Hey... Son's eldest.
- You remember how to shoot now?
- Yes.
Then, here.
My... It hurts...
Why do my legs feel so stiff...
Ehh Ehh... I'll be damned.
Let's give it another try.
Rifle in front.
So, what was it called...
Right. Where's the safety lock?
The hell was that?
It's the commies!
Stay down!
What are they, running away or something?
Quick, get out!
Get out!
The hell are you doing down there?
Move your ass.
What are you waiting for?
Shoot! Shoot at the damn commies.
Get moving.
What are you doing?
Follow me!
I said move your ass!
Get out of the way, they're rocks!
- WithS2 Presented -
20th Anniversary Special
E Y E S of D A W N
- Episode 34 -
- Translation and Timing -
Anarchist
- Timing QC -
julier
- Editing -
langdon813
- Coordinators -
ay_link, mily2