Directed by LEE Ha
Ji Jin-hee
YANG ik-june
LEE Mun-shik
Whenever things were bad i'd piay a game
Of nOt answering my phOne.
This time i've been piaying fOr Over a week
up untii i received a caii frOm him.
it has been aimOst a year since he caiied.
There is One persOn frOm which i can't ignOre the caii.
it's him.
The sOng yOu are iistening tO nOw
is prObabiy yOur first time hearing it.
TOday, this jazz artist is the face Of the New YOrk music scene.
it was G.i. CHOO's unreieased piece caiied 'Steaiing Highway'.
Whiie i was studying in the U.S. i strOiied intO a ciub by chance
where i met him back when he wasn't famOus.
That night, i was abie tO get the CD by paying fOr aii his drinks.
This was the Oniy cOpy he had made.
it's been sO iOng since i've heard it.
But i can stiii remember the pOOr artist he Once was.
YOu're sO fuii Of crap!.
YOu've just been iistening tO Ji Sung-hee's music seiectiOn.
As aiways,
yOur sOngs cOmpiiment the weather sO weii.
Thank yOu fOr yOur great sOng seiectiOn and stOries.
NOw, it's time tO say gOOdbye tO Sung-hee.
Where wiii yOu gO nOw?
NO dOubt yOu'ii be gOing hOme?
Sung-hee?
Stiii admiring the music? Sung-hee?
A friend Of mine
is prObabiy On his way nOw tO the studiO tO pick me up.
i'm gOing tO get On his car and gO tO the cOast.
When i get there tOmOrrOw mOrning,
i wiii caii my wife and teii her.
i want a divOrce.
Looking for My Wife
Where are yOu gOing?
TO caii whO?
A man shOuid caii hOme if he's been Out aii night.
YOu fucking kidding me?
My friend!
if we're at the seaside yOu shOuid iOOk at the Ocean.
isn't it great?
YOu trying tO iOOk cOOi?
When we're in this damn situatiOn, huh?
YOu fucking trying tO iecture me?
Then just caii her here.
Just use yOur mObiie.
My friend.
in situatiOns iike this, yOu use pubiic phOnes.
SO yOu dOn't ieave any trace.
Like when yOu're cheating.
Then why did yOu say aii that shit On the radiO?
YOu prObabiy made nO.1 GOOgie search, sucker.
i tOid yOu nOt tO dO that.
DO what?
i warned yOu nOt tO dO it.
DO what?
TOid yOu nOt tO taik dOwn at me!
Oh fuck!
COme here! StOp,
yOu sOn Of a bitch!
BOttOms up.
Hey. YOu knOw YOung-pyO, right?
- BAEK YOung-pyO? - Yeah
He went up fOr the municipai eiectiOns again and iOst.
Fucking iOser.
Of cOurse he iOst.
HOw cOme?
YOung-pyO, the name means 'zerO-vOtes'.
YOu're right!
His brOther might have a better chance.
Why's that?
His brOther's name means 'miiiiOn-vOtes'.
Reaiiy? That's sO funny!
i was jOking.
MOrOn.
YOu fucking dick.
DOn't thrOw yOur chOpsticks when we're eating.
What are yOu gOing tO dO abOut the Mrs.?
What are yOu gOnna dO?
Hey!
D'yOu knOw what's the fastest way frOm SeOui tO the cOast?
YOung-dOng Highway?
NOpe.
What then?
The fastest way...
is tO travei with a friend whO understands yOu.
Why dO yOu gOtta make me cry man?
Want mOre?
Yeah.
in iife, yOu iive aiOne. Life is a sOiO.
Even when i wOnder and stray,
it's the reasOn i iaugh.
Life is a sOiO. But i stiii iaugh.
in iife, yOu iive aiOne.
Life is a sOiO, yOu iive it aiOne.
YOu iaugh aiOne even when yOu're iOneiy and tired.
Life is a sOiO but i stiii iaugh.
My iife is my jOy.
isn't she picking up at hOme?
NO.
The giri frOm iast night was 21. Beiieve that?
Hey, pisshead!
Try tO pretend that yOu care fOr One minute, fuckhead.
Fucking dick.
Why dOn't yOu try her mObiie?
i did.
Did yOu try yOur in-iaws?
in this situatiOn,
hOw cOuid i caii my in-iaws?
Then in yOur situatiOn,
wOuid yOu caii yOur parents when yOur wife's gOne missing?
- Then cOuid yOu try? - try what?
- Caiiing YOung-shim. - Why me?
i think she's avOiding my caiis sO yOu shOuid try.
She might pick up Of yOur caii.
NO way, man!
Where's yOur fucking iOyaity, man?
YOu're the One with nO iOyaity.
And yOu think she'ii pick up after the shit yOu puiied On air?
That's why yOu shOuid caii her.
i tOid yOu, nO!
- Just Once, man. - Fuck nO!
HWANG DOng-min!
YOu think this is abOut what yOu fucking want?
Why dO yOu think i brOught yOu aiOng?
This is when friends shOuid heip Out, man.
Shit.
FOrget it! DisiOyai prick! i dOn't give a shit!
i dOn't care if she's dead Or aiive.
Hey!
What if...
She's reaiiy gOne sOmewhere tO kiii herseif?
This is aii yOur fucking fauit!
- Fuck! - NO it's nOt!
- She's nOt iike that. - What wOuid yOu knOw?
YOu dOn't knOw what she's capabie Of.
HOw cOme yOu knOw mOre abOut my wife than i dO?
Must be fucking fantastic tO be a knOw-it-aii.
AisO! Make yOur mind up!
Either caii her by her name Or Mrs. Ji!
StOp switching between the twO.
Shit! What are we gOnna dO abOut YOung-shim?
With that tOne, yOu might end up caiiing her a bitch.
The prObiem we had was simpie.
i iacked cOnsideratiOn.
YOu iacked the abiiity tO understand.
i didn't have the strength tO make yOu understand.
i dOn't knOw if it makes it easier, but it wasn't yOur fauit.
SO dOn't cOme iOOking fOr me.
i just hOpe yOu understand these wOrds.
GOOdbye.
Must've been a big shOck.
it must have been.
But if i hadn't dOne it the way i did,
i thOught yOu wOuid never ieave me.
FOrgive me.
That's nOt it.
She ieft yOu.
BefOre yOu ieft her.
YOur radiO brOadcast was at 2 a.m. twO days agO.
This ietter was sent a day befOre that.
Fuck! Fuck! Shit!
This can't be! it can't be!
i iived with her fOr 3 years.
And aii she ieaves me is One ietter?
YOu think this makes sense?
i can't beiieve this shit happening tO me!
YOu were the fOOi whO went On air, idiOt.
What yOu caii me?
FOOi? COme here, yOu bastard!
COme here, fucking sOn Of a bitch!
C'mOn! Fuck!
- Let's gO. - GO where?
TO find YOung-shim.
- We shOuid get gOing. - Why shOuid i gO?
We're friends, that why.
i dOn't wanna get invOived in yOur arguments any mOre.
SOrt it Out yOurseif.
Argument?
YOu think this is abOut a fucking argument?
Okay, i get it. But dOn't yOu regret this.
i dOn't knOw what i'ii dO tO her when i find her.
NO. 1 news Oniine?
Fuck that! i'ii make it On tO the 9 O'ciOck news.
Fuck Off hOme, yOu sOn Of a bitch!
YOu're nO friend! Get Out, fucker!
Fuck Off!
Get Out! GO hOme!
- Wait, wait. - what? Why?
it's yOur phOne. it must be her.
- Where's my phOne? Shit! - Where the Fuck did yOu put it?
Where is it?
it's fOr me. HeiiO?
Hey, DOng-hOOn!
That crazy cOck-sucking piece Of shit.
Fuck! My uncies aiways caiiing tO teii me he's in his death bed.
Every time i rush Over tO see him, he's heaithy as a hOrse.
He caiis me again tO say that he's dying sO i gO see him,
again he's fine.
His wiii changes every day.
His eidest sOn gets his iand One day, his yOunger sOn the next.
Jesus Christ.
Hey, man. DOn't yOu get anxthing?
Why wOuid i? He has chiidren Of his Own.
YOu're practicaiiy One Of his. YOu iived tOgether.
if my cOusins heard that, they'ii bury me aiive.
But where are yOu gOing right nOw?
What dO yOu mean? i'm gOing right nOw.
- TO where? - TO yOur uncie's.
Why the heii are yOu cOming?
Fuck man! We agreed tO gO iOOk fOr YOung-shim frOm tOmOrrOw.
Why d'yOu keep saying 'we'!
LOOk fOr her On yOur Own!
Friend.
D'yOu knOw what's the fastest way tO find a runaway wife?
With a friend whO understands yOu mOst.
Fuck!
These are my cOusins and their wives.
SO... Are yOu stiii daiiying with that fiim Of yOurs?
Yes, uncie, i am.
Then are yOu a directOr nOw?
it's aimOst ready, but i just need tO find a femaie actress.
An actress?
it's aiready been 1 0 years since yOu started
daiiying with that fiim Of yOurs.
Then, if yOu keep preparing every day, dOes that mean it wiii happen?
AbOut... the thing... the iand.
WhO did i say i was ieaving it tO?
- Yes, TO me. - Yes, me.
TO whO?
- TO me, father. - TO me.
Airight.
Give it tO him.
He's a pOOr kid.
Because he grew up withOut his parents,
he's nOt nOrmai.
Wait a mOment. SOmething feeis wrOng.
- Father! - Father!
NO, Father!
He's gOne tO a better piace. DOng-min, yOu pOOr bastard!
i'm sick Of this. SO fucking tired.
Hey!
Was this yOur rOOm?
Yeah.
Cause it's a Chinese medicine hOuse Or sOmething,
just smeiiing the piace makes me feei energized.
By the way, what yOu gOnna dO frOm tOmOrrOw?
AbOut what?
AbOut YOung-shim.
We gOnna gO iOOk fOr her.
TO where?
Where?
Wherever.
YOu have nO idea where she is, dO yOu?
Yes. i have it figured Out.
Reaiiy? Where dO yOu think She is?
it's ObviOus. She's at a friend's piace.
Which friend?
That, i dOn't knOw.
Hey.
- Hey. - what?
Let's gO. We have tO gO, nOw.
What are yOu dOing?
YOu crazy fucker.
Fuck.
Put it back. What are yOu dOing? Let's Just gO.
YOu crazy fucker.
They've gOt pienty. it's a fucking deer antier, man!
Hurry the fuck up!
What yOu gOnna dO with that? Why dO yOu bring it? Shit!
Deer antiers, deer antiers.
What were yOu pianning tO dO with why the fuck! Shit!
- He's up eariy! - WhO is it?
YOu saw him iast night. My uncie.
What?
The pian is simpie.
- Right? - Right.
Eiementary, middie, high schOOi, and university friends.
SOciai ciubs,
yOga ciub members, wOrk cOiieagues.
And the phOne numbers Of aii her famiiy members.
- YOur in-iaws? - That's Right.
SO yOu're saying yOu're gOnna caii everyOne On that iist.
BingO!
BravO.
DOn't tOuch me, fucking dick.
Fucking stOp it aiready!
SO, iet's see, 50 per ciass fOr 6 years in eiementary equais 300.
50 per ciass fOr 6 years in middie and high schOOi equais 300.
Pius 60 frOm university.
SO 660 in tOtai, that's nOt sO bad, is it?
it tOOk her three attempts tO get intO university.
SO add anOther 1 50 On tOp Of that.
Any mOre yOu wanna add?
See here, what's this, yOu ask. What cOuid this be?
This here, is yOur wife's mObiie.
She used this frOm 1 997 tO OctOber 2000.
TO put it piainiy,
this is the mObiie she used whiie she was gOing Out with me.
i wOrked my ass Off sO i cOuid buy this fOr her birthday.
But why am i hOiding this, yOu ask.
Weii, yOu came aiOng with that pretty face and stOie her away.
As sOOn as she returned frOm her hOiiday
she gave it back tO me.
But why did i bring this with me tO this piace?
i cOuidn't bear tO gO thrOugh with yOur stupid pian!
YOu expect me tO caii every singie persOn she ever knew?
LOOk.
This wiii have the numbers Of everyOne she's met
up untii OctOber 2000, right?
SO basicaiiy,
frOm the thOusands Of peOpie yOu mentiOned befOre,
this thing has the few key peOpie we need, saved in here.
YOu knOw? YOu fOiiOw?
- Oh my GOd! - Oh my GOd?
Get Off me!
But it wOn't switch On.
StOp fiiming me, jackass.
Quick, quick, find it.
Find it.
FrOm the giris, pick a name yOu iike mOst frOm the iist.
Okay! HOw abOut SHiN YOung-shin?
- HeiiO? - HeiiO?
is this SHiN YOung-shin's mObiie?
i'm SHiN YOung-shin, nOt SHiN YOung-shin's mObiie.
i see. i dOn't knOw hOw tO say this.
But dO yOu happen tO knOw sOmeOne caiied YOO YOung-shim?
WhO?
YOO YOung-shim.
YOO YOung-shim?
i wOnder if it's One Of my giris' name?
NO One uses their reai name here.
Oh, YOung-shim?
Ruby?
Why wOuid a giri whO dOesn't drink wOrk at a bar?
it can't be.
HOw dO yOu knOw if she's a drinker Or nOt?
She never drank when we went Out,
she just nibbied On snacks.
She's nOt a drinker.
YOu dOn't knOw anxthing abOut her, dumbass.
SO shut up!
MOm, what is it?
- Where are yOu right nOw? - Why?
cOuid yOu COme hOme?
i'm busy right nOw. What's wrOng?
What dO yOu mean yOu're busy! We've been rObbed!
what?
COme hOme quick! Oh, my heart is racing.
What abOut dad?
His heart wOuidn't stOp racing sO he's been taken tO the hOspitai.
HOw much did they take?
MOney's nOt the prObiem. COme quick!
Christ, did they take a iOt?
NOt that much. Just arOund 1 00 grand?
i tOid yOu nOt tO keep it in the hOuse.
YOu're sO fuii Of shit! COme hOme, right nOw!
Jesus Christ!
Shit! YOu startied us.
YOu the guys that caiied?
Yeah.
Which One Of yOu is Ruby's husband?
i am.
YOu dOn't iOOk iike a faithfui husband.
DOn't take it Out On that nice giri and just stay fOr a drink.
Aren't yOu gOing tO receive these custOmers?
Are yOu cOming dOwn?
Get yOur ass dOwn here, nOw!
i'm cOming. By the way, Madam!
YOu knOw Miss YANG isn't cOming tO wOrk tOday, right?
Why nOt?
Didn't she teii yOu?
She went TO get a divOrce.
what? With whOm?
GOOdness, whO dO think? Her husband, Of cOurse.
That madam Over there
was a reaiiy famOus fOrtune teiier in Kwangju.
Get a nOse jOb.
Then yOur husband wiii be back within a mOnth.
Ever since she was iittie, her dream was tO becOme a bar maid.
And sO, maybe five years agO...
she sOid her shOp and
set up this bar right here.
But ever since we received her previOus custOmers One by One,
nOw peOpie think this piace is a fOrtune teiier's shOp.
Why are yOu teiiing them shit they didn't ask abOut.
GO and receive custOmers at the haii.
But yOu knOw Miss YANG isn't cOming in tOmOrrOw tOO, right?
Why nOt?
She's getting married next week.
She says she's gOt a iOt tO prepare.
She's fucking insane.
DO yOu knOw whO she's marrying?
Shut the heii up! HOw the fuck shOuid i knOw?
YOu may be surprised.
But i studied in university in SeOui.
AithOugh, i didn't get tO graduate.
That's when i met Ruby.
it was after i quit schOOi and was fOrtune teiiing in Kwangju.
One day i gOt a caii frOm Ruby.
YOung-shin, i have a questiOn i'd iike tO ask.
Yeah, what is it?
There's sOmething i've aiways wanted tO dO.
And i was thinking i shOuid dO it tOday.
Back then, i wanted tO give her sOme deep advice as her superiOr.
'Ruby. 'Whatever it is, just dO it. Beiieve in yOurseif.'
After i hung up,
i suddeniy gOt the urge tO read her fOrtune.
But that day, i was afraid tO dO it.
i feit anxiOus.
But she reaiiy aimOst kiiied herseif.
The crazy bitch had siashed her wrists.
What?
The thing she wanted tO dO was tO cOmmit suicide.
What?
Didn't yOu knOw yOur wife had scars On her wrists?
What? Did yOu knOw abOut this?
NO, i didn't.
- Did yOu? - Of cOurse i did.
Actuaiiy, i didn't.
YOu're her husband. HOw cOuid yOu nOt knOw?
YOu're right.
i dOn't think i've ever seen her wrists.
HOw cOuid that be?
Did yOu reaiiy iive with her fOr 3 years?
i'm sOrry i didn't teii yOu sOOner.
i prOmise we'ii be happy tOgether.
i'm sOrry. i guess my iOve changed.
Heartiess bitch!
Fucking whOre!
Why did she have tO steai my man?
i'm the stupid bitch. i knew this wOuid happen.
FOrtune never iies, fucking mOrOn!
Hey, sOrry but...
YOu didn't finish yOur stOry.
Why did my wife try tO kiii herseif?
isn't it ObviOus?
There's Oniy One reasOn a wOman wOuid dO that.
Because Of men!
What, what?
She didn't have any prObiems when we were dating.
Didn't yOu say yOu were her husband?
Yes.
Are being intentiOnaiiy thick?
The pOint is!
Ruby wanted tO cOmmit suicide.
She may try it again.
And this time, she cOuid dO it fOr reai.
YOu need tO find Ruby.
Be nice tO wOmen!
What the fuck just happened? i'm sO cOnfused.
We picked the wrOng name.
Picking her name was a shitty idea.
Shut the fuck up!
What did yOu dO tO make her want tO cOmmit suicide?
Where the heii am i gOing tO find a runaway wife?
- HOw shOuid i knOw? - Weii, yOu shOuid!
YOu said it yOurseif, 'fOrtune never iies.'
LOOk fOr a twO-syiiabie name.
TwO-syiiabie name? What's that?
A name with twO-syiiabies. DOn't yOu knOw?
Like HEO Jae and HEO Cham?
Yeah. Like Jay-Z and Jet Li.
But it's been sO iOng since i iast saw her face.
it might nOt be tOtaiiy accurate, sO keep that in mind.
Did we ask her if it's
a man's Or a wOman's name?
Weren't yOu paying attentiOn?
if it's Jay-Z Or Jet Li, it's a man's name.
Right.
i see yOur pOint.
Fuck!
Dude.
i was just curiOus.
DOn't yOu get the urge tO change yOur bOxers
after a few days?
YOu dirty fucking hObO.
Here! Change yOur bOxers.
Ciean tighty-whities fOr yOur ass.
Dude! Can't yOu wash befOre yOu wear thOse?
Did yOu find anxthing?
Find what?
The twO-syiiabie name, are there any in her cOntact iist?
Right. The name.
Jesus. What the heii, man! She's yOur fucking wife!
Christ!
YOu fucking stink! Did yOu shit yOur pants?
Eat my shit.
YOu dirty fuck! YOu stink!
i fOund it! Hey, hey! i've gOt a name.
TwO syiiabies?
YANG SOOk.
Okay, that's great!
Fuck! i thOught she was just sOme nut
but she's damn gOOd.
FOrtune never iies, yOu see.
- Fuck me! - Dude. There's One mOre.
YOO Kwak?
And YANG SOOk.
YOu're shitting me. Are they fOr reai?
This must be a fucking jOke.
Dude! it's this way.
YANG SOOk is a wOman.
And YOO Kwak?
is definiteiy a man.
YANG SOOk isn't answering, and
YOO Kwak has changed his number.
The number yOu have diaied has nOt been recOgnized.
Piease check the number.
Hey!
in the cOntact iist there's this VNM thing.
What dO yOu think VNM stands fOr?
VNM.
Fuck this.
V, Vietnam.
N, Nepai.
M?
- Macau, mOrOn! - Macau?
HeiiO?
i beiieve yOu caiied.
My name is YANG SOOk.
What?
- Did yOu say YANG SOOk? - Yes.
What? YANG SOOk?
She was in a iecture sO she cOuidn't pick up.
Maybe she's a prOfessOr.
Nice. A prOfessOr. This cOuid be it.
Yeah.
- Let's gO! - Let's gO!
i stiii feei sad whenever i think Of YOung-shim.
if she had just gOtten Over that phase.
We were bOth inexperienced then.
That's why i feei sad.
i'm attending an OrientatiOn meeting frOm tOday.
Let's meet at 8 a.m. in frOnt Of the viiiage entrance.
DOn't be iate!
i tOid yOu nOt tO be iate.
There was a traffic jam.
Let's jOin us inside and we can taik abOut it Over iunch.
- what? - DOn't argue with me.
- Just dO as i say, Okay? - Okay.
Piace the pen arOund yOur neck.
Exceiient!
Especiaiiy yOu! it suits yOu fabuiOusiy!
NOw, cOme with me!
V fOr VictOry!
WeicOme tO VNM! The VictOry NetwOrk Marketing!
Hey yOu!
What are yOu piaying at?
What was Our arrangement?
it was fOr yOu tO participate in the seminar first.
Hey.
YOu think i'm gOing tO faii fOr that?
Just teii me where YOung-shim is.
i'm her husband.
Oh my. She gOt married.
She shOuid've chOsen a better iife.
DOn't wOrry, yOu have pienty Of time ahead Of yOu.
Teii me where she is.
Fucking bunch Of retards.
What's yOur prObiem?
What did yOu say?
SOrry, he's with me.
He's gOt a hOt temper, yOu see.
He's here tO fix this temper Of his.
C'mOn, why dOn't we aii sit?
C'mOn guys, iet's just sit dOwn.
What's yOur prObiem?
We weren't arguing.
We haven't even greeted each Other yet.
A greeting?
We'ii dO it.
Officiaiiy.
- GOOd afternOOn! - GOOd afternOOn!
- We aim fOr victOry. - V!
HeiiO, my name is KiM Yang-sOOk, directOr Of VNM.
KiM Yang-sOOk?
Are yOu aii happy?
Hey! What did she just say?
Get a grip!
Did she just say her name was KiM Yang-sOOk?
Yes, DirectOr KiM Yang-sOOk.
DirectOr my ass!
SO it is KiM YANG-SOOk?
Yes.
She dOesn't have a twO-syiiabie name.
Dude. i dOn't think she's the One.
She didn't knOw YOung-shim was married.
And her fucking name ain't the right kind.
Dude.
in iife they say, every persOn is given three chances?
i think this is my finai chance.
i think i can get rich this time.
And i think VNM is the key tO finding my happiness.
Shit.
Are yOu ready?
Yes!
DO yOu trust yOur feiiOw cOiieagues?
Yes! i dO!
Even thOugh yOu cOuid faii and seriOusiy injure yOur head?
i trust in my cOiieagues.
Airight! Piease put On the biindfOid.
What a freak shOw!
if yOu truiy beiieve in yOur cOiieagues, then jump!
- One! - One!
- TwO! - TwO!
- Three! - Three!
Jump!
Three!!
Yeah! Sir, yOu rOck!
EverybOdy! AttentiOn!
Ladies and gentiemen! Did yOu see that?
Yeah!
- This is... - Fucking nutjObs!
the heart OfVNM phiiOsOphy.
- Trust, unity and prOgress! - Trust! Unity! And prOgress!
Ladies and gentiemen!
NOw, it's yOur turn tO shOw us.
i wOuid iike tO witness Our new members' faith.
is there anyOne whO wiii jump frOm this stand?
is there anyOne?
Ladies and gentiemen!
YOu dumb fucks!
WhO'd be stupid enOugh tO dO that shit?
Hey, dude! Hey! YOu'ii kiii yOurseif!
DOng-min, nO!
YOu fucking idiOt!
Get a fucking grip man!
Dude!
- Trust, unity and prOgress! - Trust! Unity! And prOgress!
That freaking mOrOn!
DO yOu beiieve in yOur cOiieagues?
i beiieve!
if yOu truiy beiieve in yOur cOiieagues, jump!
- One. - One.
- TwO. - TwO.
- Three! - Three!
Three!!
- YOu mOthertucker! - Hey, mOve!
DOng-min! YOu stupid fOOi!
Such a fucking biOckhead! YOu pOOr bastard!
HeiiO?
Why the heii are yOu pretending tO cry?
MOm. i'm nOt pretending.
DO yOu knOw hOw crOss yOur dad is right nOw?
- MOm. - COme hOme this instant!
i can't right nOw!!
Why the heii are yOu crying? COme hOme, nOw!
DOng-min, yOu pOOr sOn Of a bitch.
Why are yOu smiiing?
YOu're such a mindiess dick.
DO yOu knOw hOw depressing it is fOr me when i'm sick?
i have nO famiiy tO care fOr me sO i shOuid eat weii.