CHO In-sung
SIN Min-a
PARK Jung-ah
Kang Lea-yen
KIM Soo-ro
Director K.C. Park
Good night, Miss Lee
- Good day - Thank you
- Are you closed? - Yes
Is it raining?
- Are you here for a cut? - Yes
So sorry. Come back tomorrow?
Wait. Wait a sec
Give me a reason why you need your hair cut today and I'll do it
A reason?
Yes, Mr. Ji-suk Kang!
Um, how do you know my name?
Don't you know me?
Well
Shall we play a game?
Remember who I am before I'm done and the haircut's on me
But if you can't remember, then you pay me double
Are you always like this?
It's a game. What, no questions?
- Okay, you're done - Thank you
Don't you want a hint?
A beautiful woman knows my name
Aren't you even curious?
No
I think I've won
Dong-beak Junior High, ninth grade, Hee-jin Park
Wrong!
Not Hee-jin Park. It's Hee-jin Lee!
Madeleine
Guess who I met today
Quiet, I'll lose count
Our class president in 9th grade
He looks like a total goodie. But with some work here and there
he'll be decent boyfriend material
- Looking to get dumped again? - What!
Joon-ho Kim
Hee-jin Lee
What do you mean, dumped?
I dumped him
Oh, yeah?
It might start raining again so get out your raincoats
Ji-suk, good work!
Gyu-hee!
You missed 36-13 yesterday! Don't forget it today!
Man-ho! Good morning
Hey, Mr. Writer
- Good weekend? - Yeah
Should we get our coffee?
Hmm, sounds good
What'd you make in class today?
For our teatime pleasure today
Sweet rolls!
Looks good, Man-ho
Thanks
This is really good
How many stars today?
Out of five stars four and a half
Ji-suk Kang!
- Hee-jin! - That's right, dude
- Where are you headed? - School
Huh? You haven't re-enrolled yet
I'm going to the library
No girlfriend, huh?
Why else would you go there on such a beautiful spring day?
Still, there are a lot of single girls there
Hey! Give me your cell phone
Whoa, what an antique!
Can you even send text messages?
No numbers saved?
I don't use it much
Well, what an honor, I'm number one
I'll show you how to do it
- You press this - Miss Lee
And then save
Hey, she's calling you
Yep, well, see you next time!
Hello?
- Hello? - Hello?
Hee-jin, it's me. I got us a blind date off the internet
Again? Did you get fired? You work at an internet cafe now, don't you?
Hey, don't be mean. Get dressed up after work and wait for me
- Oh! No! - Love you!
Hey!
Um, excuse me Uh
Do you have something to say?
No
'Please dine with me tonight. Woo-jin Choi'
Damn, what a bust!
Cheer up
Did you think you'd meet Prince Charming on a blind date?
I was crazy to go with you. Plain crazy!
Treating me like that, they suck! Ugh!
You know, they so weren't my type
Shit!
Hey, in your mood, you'd kill at Fortress
Let's go play a game
Do you know what time it is?
Tomorrow's my day off
Let's go, let's play
Do you think I'm off, too? No, I'm going home to sleep
Come on
You lonely? Want me to set you up?
Hey, set me up with someone
You have your little honey
Nah, she thinks
keeping her virginity is God's will or something
Know why her name's Yae-eun?
'Yae' is from 'yae-soo' (Jesus)
'Eun' is from 'eun-hae' (blessing)
Get it? Jesus' blessing. So what chance do I have?
And I've invested too much to dump her now
I think I need a sex partner
Bastard
Hey! Ji-suk!
What are you doing here?
As you can see
You are weird
Wow!
This is for the coffee!
This is the best coffee vending machine around here
Wow, it's really good
I'm so strange. I just can't pass up coffee from a vending machine
Standing in the street, drinking coffee like this
I feel so elegant, I love it
Watcha doing later?
I'll probably be at the library
The library again!
I'm off today
Let's go somewhere and play
Where?
Where ever. You decide
Hey, Ji-suk!
Hey, you're here
You love me, don't you?
You must love me to wait 40 minutes
Then you must hate me
to be 40 minutes late
No, I'm usually an hour late for the first date
I'm actually 20 minutes early
Let's go
This is where you chose for our date?
Why not? It's nice
With lots of vending machines around
Ooh, f-e-e-I that sun!
I love the sky!
It's never boring
When I don't want to see it, I don't have to
And when I want to, I can see it from anywhere
You really do love me, don't you?
You smile at whatever I say!
Mr. Author!
Did you read all these?
I'm working on it
You're so weird
Why do you want to write books?
No one reads books nowadays. None of my friends read books!
That's an error from over-generalizing
Over-general what?
Just because your friends don't read
doesn't mean the whole world doesn't
Right, you're so smart
I don't know much about over-whatever
but I know too well how to scrimp to make ends meet
You haven't tasted the bitterness of society yet but
Give me one of your thickest books
Very good! Me likes it
I'll lend it to you. Give it a try
See! It's the perfect pillow!
That book is sort of a milestone for me
After ending army duty
I vowed not to cut my hair till I read 100 books
Then when you came to the salon?
That's the 100th book
Wow, we have something in common
My goal's to fill up my phone with 100 boy names
- Let's go! - Where to?
To commemorate our date!
Another year, another birthday
let's all congratulate Ji-suk
All together now, happy birthday!
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday! Happy birthday!
Happy birthday to you!
Congratulations!
Hey, is this a dinner show?
Fun, huh?
Yeah, lots
So what if it's not your birthday
Think of it as congrats on our date
Do you know how many papers I need to deliver to pay for all this?
Is this the bitterness of society?
Ji-suk when you write, do you calculate how much each word costs?
10 cents, 20 cents, 30 cents
Eat up
So you got what you dreamed of
Hair designer. Wasn't that your dream from 9th grade?
Huh! You remember that?
I don't think any of our classmates could forget
Will you look at this?
Are you wearing mousse to school?
Hee-jin Lee!
If you're like this now, how are you going to turn out later?
Do you want to end up a bar hostess?
I'm going to be a hair designer
A hair designer?
Ji-suk!
Do you think her hair's pretty?
Um it's pretty
What did you say?
Is that pretty to you?
Ji-suk!
You're the class president! No wonder this class is in the dumps!
Did you start right after high school?
Nope, since 11th grade
Wow, you're quick at everything
It's cause I'm simple. I do it cause I like it. Simple!
Why did you get a job delivering papers of all jobs?
I do it cause I like it, too
Delivering papers at dawn
it's like taking a walk in an empty city
Hee-jin!
I wanted to take a walk at dawn too
33-90, that's the house number, R-alley, R-swing is
- Past the right alley - Oh, past the alley, swing right?
Yep
So L-swing, R-1 means swing left, first house on the right?
Wow, you catch on fast
It's easy
Let's start!
Let's go!
Okay, here you go
- Hey, Mr. Writer! - Good morning
- Are you quitting your route? - Huh?
Oh, no, she's my friend
- Hello! - Hello. How do you do?
She's pretty
No wonder I wanted to pack some extra today
What's today's menu?
Today, it's um
Let's have some milk
- Thank you - Do you have strawberry milk?
Strawberry? Um yes
- Here you go - Thank you
Ah madeleines! Today's madeleines
Ah so these are madeleines?
Have you had madeleines before?
No
In Remembrance of Things Past
the book starts with the character recalling a childhood memory
The thing sparking his memory is the madeleine
Why?
He eats a madeleine by chance
and remembers the taste which triggers
other forgotten childhood memories
Here
Mmm, it's good!
Five stars
So do you remember anything?
This is my first time
Maybe, in 10 years
I'll eat a madeleine by chance and I'll remember today
Ji-suk Kang!
What?
Shall I make today unforgettable for all time?
How?
Let's date!
What?
Let's have a romance!
We don't know each other very well
Did I say for us to get hitched?
We date, to we get to know each other!
Why? Don't you like me?
- It's not that - Then what?
Give me some time to think about it!
Fine!
I'll give you till we get home!
Go on in
How about it?
What do you say? About our romance
Um, well It's um
It may be easy for you to decide
- But this is very hard for me - Stop!
If it's too much for you
then let's just go out for a month
What?
An arranged romance for just a month
Watcha think? Fun, huh?
The conditions are we have to be 100% honest!
We can't say let's break up until the month is up
After a month, we part ways grandly!
You do whatever you want, don't you?
But poor you
After a month, you'll be in love with me
Then what happens?
Then? Well, say that you love me
I shall consider it then
Hey, is it supposed to sting so much?
My scalp feels like it's on fire
Wussy you know what we call hair that's never been permed or colored?
What?
Virgin hair
Ji-suk, the first time's always a little painful
How come a guy like you, who can't make a decision
said 'yes' to our month romance?
Here are some moments I want to share with you
Really?
What kind of moments do you want to share with me?
Well, you see, it's
So what you want to share with me, it's to go biking in the rain?
Isn't it romantic?
Please don't write a love story
I'm writing one right now
Well, take this scene out
Ji-suk, why do like getting wet in the rain?
In the rain, I feel like I'm getting cleansed
You do know that it's acid rain
That's why we're wearing raincoats
Ji-suk, you wanna go to my place?
Hey! This is really good
My mom likes tea more than sex
I've inherited her talent with tea
I think I'm going to like tea
more than s-sex from now on
Liar
It's really good
Not that
Have you even had sex?
No, right?
Hey, at my age, of course I have
Really? With who?
Well, um
Ji-suk Kang, you're so cute
The moments we shared today, I was really happy!
Even when I'm older, a grandma
every time I drink this tea, I think I'll remember today
This way, my memory will be more vivid
- They'll break! - No, they won't!
Don't talk when I'm doing the dishes
I can't concentrate on, so I might break them
You know, you're pretty good with dishes
Yeah? Well, of course. I've lived alone for years. Dishes are a given
Yeah? You can do laundry as well?
- Laundry? - I have lots of laundry
laundry? I can't do it well
- Are you good with dishes? - Of course
Hey! Don't you feel like this is a waste of time?
Nope! Doesn't it just clear your head?
Play another game!
Any questions, just ask me, the master
Hi! It's Sung-hae, remember me? We were in the same class, 9th grade
Wanna catch up? Come to Blue Moon, Sat. At 7. You can catch me there
What I wish for is your blue ocean
The universe inside those pearls I cannot see anymore
I lose sleep, I'm so tired
The energy inside me Fading, fading
As I wait quietly Finally, blue eyes
I lose sleep, I'm so tired
The energy inside me Fading, fading
I lose sleep, I'm so tired.
The energy inside me Fading, fading
I lose sleep, I'm so tired
The energy inside me Fading, fading
Hee-jin Lee, what are you doing?
Aren't you meeting Ji-suk today?
Shhh, mommy's reading
Be quiet, please
- You major in film? - Uh-huh
Bye. See you tomorrow
- See ya! - Uh-huh
A film major and lead vocals in a band
Wow that's a busy life
There were 3 things I always wanted to do in college
Love, travel, and the leader of a rock-n-roll band!
Then you've done all three?
Of course!
Oh, there's a class reunion this Sat
Reunion?
Just some classmates living in Seoul. You want to come?
Do you have a girlfriend?
Uh, uh, no
Hello?
It's me
Oh, Hee-jin
Yeah. Ji-suk, I read 100 pages of Moon Palace today
Oh Really?
At this rate, I'll finish it before our month is up, don't you think?
Probably
Probably?
How come you're so wishy-washy, huh?
One time, Jong-chul, man, he was at my house to watch porn
Suddenly, my mom walked in
Wow, we were screwed, you know!
We tried to get the tape out but it was stuck
So then what happened?
We took the whole player out
Told his mom, we had to copy an English tape or something
Hey! You're really a hair designer? Not a washer?
If I were still a washer, I'd die!
That's impressive!
You're the only one still doing what we dreamed of doing in school
Oh, my! I must be the last one
- Hey, Mi-hee! - It's so good to see you, girl!
I'm so heavy it's hard to get around
What's a mommy doing here?
Min-chul, you be quiet!
But what's this?
Oh, it's Sung-hae's birthday today!
Whoa, Sung-hae's birthday?
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday, dear Sung-hae! Happy birthday to you!
I dedicate this song to my friends
who remembered my birthday
You're still in my heart
When it rains, the rain covers, hides me
The times we spent together pass
You go one without remembering me
Oh, time passes, without a word from you
Even when forever comes, you still don't know me
Yeah. So what if it's Pusan or that it's between other acts?
We can't be too picky
Anyway, Pusan's my hometown
Alright, so we're taking the gig
I'll call you later. Bye
Uh-huh
- Sung-hae! - Huh?
- Happy birthday - Thanks
Come by the salon sometime
I'll cut your hair real nice for your present
- Really? - Of course
Come to our gatherings from now on
Bring your boyfriend too. Okay?
Okay
Oh, yeah. You came with Ji-suk, right? He told you about tonight?
Yeah
- So is it true he doesn't have a girlfriend? - What?
Hey, how would I know?
Why?
Did he say he didn't?
Well, that's what he said. But I think he has one
Hey, I really can't dance!
Whatever, it's easy, just move
Yeah, stop being such a goodie goodie
Go on! Get up!
Hey, sit, sit, here!
Don't they look peachy together?
Actually, Sung-hae liked Ji-suk back in junior high
That girl, she's so cool now
But she was too shy to tell him back then
Sung-hae has really blossomed
She used to be a real geek
I always thought she was pretty
Did you like her back then?
Hey, everyone thought I was a goodie goodie, remember?
A goodie goodie is also a guy
We promised to be 100% honest
Uh-huh
I may not be able to forgive ugliness but I can forgive a past
It's okay, tell me
Um, when Sung-hae had her appendix taken out and missed school
being the class president, I did lend her my notes
Ji-suk, what are you reading?
Wanna borrow it?
When you're done
I'd really appreciate your notes!
That was my first kiss
I wasn't sure
Nope, I was even gonna let it go
But honestly, I'm really bummed out
Because Sung-hae was my first love?
It just hit me
I'm a woman who can't help myself
And you have no clue about women
Are you mad?
You know, life's a bitch
See you
100% honesty, right?