Based on the novel "Chi to Hone" by YAN Sogiru (Gentosha)
A SAI Yoichi Film
CHI TO HONE BLOOD AND BONES
There's my father...
He's off to Japan by himself, leaving Korea and Cheju Island behind
There's Osaka!
You can see Osaka!
What would my life have been like, without him...
All my life, my father blocked my path, like a solid wall...
Kimchee
Get out!
Bastard! Bastard!
"That hurts"
"Bastard! Bastard!"
"Stop! Stop!"
Mommy...
That's my Mom...
She was first married off when she was 16...
but to a 10 year-old kid
She couldn't take it, so she ran away to Japan,
and found work at a textile mill in Kishiwada...
You slut! Get out!
"Impudent!"
"Shameless!"
She got cozy with the manager, a family man, who knocked her up,
so she got thrown out
You're filth!
"Beggar trash!"
"Don't you dare come back!"
"I thought you liked me"
Mom spent the rest of her life struggling hopeless against
Dad's ceaseless... violence...
"My stupid husband never came back after wandering off"
"I wish my drunk husband would wander off, he's a drunk"
Hey, Masao! Give that back!
Give it back, Masao!
That's me...
Next to me is my sister, Hanako, who's 3 years older
Wherever the troops
of the righteous may go
None shall hinder their passage
Go forward then, warriors
sons of Japan
That's my Dad's little brother, Shingi
And Harumi, my half-sister, by Mom
They were rushing to get married,
because Shingi was being sent to war
Oh, fearless Japan,
who knows no foe
Now is the time for the whole world to know
Go forward then, warriors,
sons of Japan
Why, thank you
Takayama Shingi! Banzai!
Mansei!
You bastard, spitting on an Imperial soldier!
In this time of crisis, as sons of the Emperor,
Japanese and Koreans must fight as one!
Have you no shame! Shame!
Try that again, you moron!
Great Imperial Japan, Banzai!
Banzai! Banzai!
Air raid warning! Enemy aircraft!
Exterminate the Anglos! 1, 2, 3!
Exterminate the Anglos! 1 ,2, 3!
And then, the war was over and the summer was gone,
and I was 9 years old...
The Koreans are at it again!
Ikuno Chapter Association of Koreans Residing in Japan
Osaka Korean Middle School
Return to your classrooms
Go back!
Go back
Crush the Imperial Collaborators!
Crush them!
Crush 'em!
From 10 Million Patriots to 10 Million Penitents!
Korean Independence, Mansei!
Mansei!
Shut up! We can't study!
Korean Independence!
Look at the shit you put us through!
Pushing us around with that Japanese-Korean Unity crap!
You piled up a real mountain of corpses. How many did you kill?
How many Koreans did you send to war?
How many? Tell me!
I nearly lost my life, thanks to your bullshit!
Blaming everything on me, now!
Don't you wave the Japanese flag, you moron!
"People's Traitor!"
You were an MP on Cheju Island, weren't you Shingi?
I could turn you in to Occupation GHQ as a war criminal!
"What choice did I have! I had no country!"
"What choice did I have!"
My Dad had up and disappeared one day before the war got bad,
and we hadn't heard from him since...
But,
the way we saw it, his absence was just a short,
blissful interlude
What's wrong?
He's back, he's back, he's back!
Welcome home...
You locked the door
You were gone... so long...
Shut up! I do what I like!
I'm sorry
"Say hello"
- Welcome home, father - Welcome home, father
I'll make your dinner right away
Get over here
Over here!
Stop!
Don't!
You can't!
Can't!
Don't!
"Brother!"
"Brother... "
"Father-in-law,"
welcome home
Let's have a toast at my place, sir
Violence isn't good. We're all for Democracy, now
Every last one of you fuckin' with me!
Who the fuck do you think I am!
He's out of his mind
Hey, keep it up, keep it up
Aren't you supposed... to get the landlord's
Permission...
Get me 40,000 Yen, cash
What for?
Starting a fishcake factory
That's impossible
It's not
Idiot! Watch it!
Sorry
It's my payday tomorrow, payday
I'll fuck my brains out in Tobita
4,400 Yen
Your seal
How many boxes?
500 times 22 Yen is, 11,000 Yen
Your seal
Hurry it up, moron!
It'll rot!
Time's money
Those are some tasty fishcakes Carry 'em good and and safe, now
They're your paycheck
More rice
It's been a while I'm starting work here tomorrow
Let me set you straight
This is Great Imperial Japan
Blood relations are meaningless You slack off, you're out of a job
What's got you so worked up, brother Shingi?
I'm no fishcake maker, I'm just a laborer
Like you know anything!
You hired him 'cause we're short-handed
Keep your fat trap shut!
You're grateful for the job
Get your ass over here
Are you... Kim Shunpei?
What the hell?
I'm your son, see
"I, Lee Yonghi, was born on a moonlit night"
"According to my mother, a light shown upon"
"my newborn back"
"It is now 18 years since my husband,"
"Kim Shunpei began treating me like a slave"
Thanks
Your tip, keep it
Thanks, brother
Wanna smoke, Masao?
I will, brother
...I've been working,
so hard everyday
All the other workers are good folks...
"Sir... "
...and everyday is fun
Thanks always
Charging them for slops...
Tesu and Yongsu are your nephews. That's too much
They make their money selling the pigs,
that eat these slops
What's wrong with that!
Sure is hot
Too hot
Sanae, up here!
Takeshi! I'm sorry it took me so long
Come, come, everybody! C'mon up!
Who's that! How dare you bring her into my house without permission!
She's my wife. She'll be living with us, starting now
Take some
We'll be leaving
Takeshi, good morning
Mom
Sorry. Can I get a glass of water?
Finish the fuck up there! That an old hag pee?
You're so mean to me
You're at it all day and all night?
If you don't like it, why don't you buy us a house...
Dad?
You idiot! Who's got that kind of dough!
I was born 'cause you raped my mom
Then her enraged husband beat her to death,
so I got passed around from the moment I was born
God's hardly going to punish you, for buying a house,
for this poor son of yours, is He now, Dad?
You don't like it here, get the fuck out!
He's here
Morning
It's not loaded
Can I touch it, brother?
Nope
What's the big deal? Let him
It's no kid's toy, you moron!
You can't tell a soul, got that?
Oh, sir
Long day, sir
Thank you for everything, Dad
Thank you very much
Get out
I'm leaving, but I need a favor
Can you lend me some... money?
You see any money! I haven't got any
What the fuck are you doing, moron!
Shut the fuck up, you miser!
Give him, brother!
Cut it out!
Get off!
Sir!
You moron! I'll bust your head in two!
Get over here!
Isn't that enough?
Let go, let go!
I said, let go!
Take this
Go wherever you want
Stick around, he'll kill you
Honey...
Masao
You study hard
Masao, Masao
My brother Takeshi...
showed up in the rain and left in the rain
Ten days later,
he up and got shot in the back in a cabaret in Hiroshima,
and he was dead...
Hey, Masao, I'll help you
Wow, amazing
Fellow Korean-Japanese Arise and Join the Japanese Revolution
We have to follow Mao Tsetung
It's not just about your stomach...
Here's some makkori
I'll have some later
It's home brew, I made it myself...
That fucking bitch spoiled him
The next son that's born, I'll raise
After Dad bought a new house right under our noses
and a war widow named Kiyoko, started coming by,
our crowded Korean-Japanese neighborhood fell into an uproar
"God's curse on her"
"Slut"
Let me... die
Let me die
What?
What are you smirking for?
You're good
If I keep this up every day, I will die
Kim san,
please look after me forever and ever
Strip
I really will die
Hurry, strip!
Hello, boss
Nice to see you, boss
Hey, liquor man
She looks just like a princess,
right, boss?
Shut up! Sake!
Special day, today?
He gets away with it, because you keep quiet
I really hate it. It's so disgusting
You just look after your own family, that's enough
"You lech!"
Tetsu
Tomorrow's payday
I'll get my ass to Tobita and fuck my brains out
Lucky you. Wish I could fuck, too
You assholes
Just because 3 guys quit, you cut down on production
Keep your quotas up
What the fuck do you expect us to do!
Who the fuck you talkin' to!
Don't, Yoshio
Fuckin' miser. Pay us overtime!
Please pay us overtime. We barely get any sleep, now
Overtime pay!
Fishcake makers get a day rate, based on skill!
Goddammit!
You work us to the bone, then threaten us like that!
Work! Get up!
Work!
What
Get to it
Work, goddammit!
Get to it!
Work!
Work
Principal of 400,000 Yen
Against such principal of 400,000
borrower shall pay monthly interest of 24,000 Yen
on the 25th of each month
April 3, 1950
Osaka City, Nishiyodogawa Ward, Himeshima 3-15-2
Borrower, Nanbara Eisei Lender, Kim Shunpei
When will you pay off he principal?
Can you wait... Another 6 months?
Cut the crap
You want a 6 month extension, you owe me 6 months' interest
That's impossible
Who's next?
Dad used his fishcake fortune, to become a loan shark...
As though competing with him,
Mom quit her peddling business and opened a diner
Even with everyone...
I remain...
their...
pioneer
Wherever...
there is pain
"Please save me... "
"from this suffering"
"Aunt"
"Salvation won't bring you happiness"
Shut up, Commie
Where are you going?
Somewhere to talk about death and life
I know, you're going somewhere nasty
You're crazy, we're Communists
Moron Masao! You lech!
Why can't you make a baby?
You've been here 2 years now. Why not?
Eat!
Eat it, regain your powers and have my baby!
Eat it!
Eat!
"Brother Chynamyo!"
Masao! Hanako!
"Brother Chynamyo!"
I'm stuck in here for awhile! You take care!
Let's go home, Hanako
Let's go
Then, Kiyoko suddenly collapsed from a brain tumor...
We're going
Unable to contain his rage,
my Dad started taking it on his family again
Who the fuck do you think I am! I'll kill the lot of you!
Come sit here
You deaf?
Who the fuck do you think I am?
Tell me!
Who the fuck I am to you?
My father
You don't even believe that shit
You say I'm your father?
Who the fuck I am to you? Tell me
Tell me!
Who the fuck am I to you!
My father
I'm not your fucking father!
If you're not my father, who are you, then?
How dare you!
"Fucking lunatic!"
Rat Poisoning
Although she took 15 pellets of rat poisoning, Hanako survived...
You did this to Hanako
I swore revenge for Hanako
and went to the bath house to stab my father to death...
Stab me
Stab me!
You coward!
Brother, brother
Please stop. Masao will die
But I was no match for my father,
who broke my nose and two of my ribs
I was hospitalized the next day
Whether because of Kiyoko's collapse,
or a decline in his fishcake fortunes,
Dad shut his fishcake factory,
and dedicated himself to usury like a man possessed
Get out here, you!
Get out here!
Give me back my money!
Pay me back!
Get out here, you!
I'll open up, open up, stop!
You moron!
How long you gonna make me wait?
Here, drink this!
Anyone who eats my money is sucking my blood
Desperate to escape from Dad, my sister Hanako,
had accepted a proposal from a man she didn't love
Hey, Tokuyama!
"It's a trial, a trial!"
"I haven't done anything bad"
Stop, stop it
When did you kiss Hanako?
I haven't kissed her
Confess, dammit!
You've got the face of a liar
It's the truth, the truth
Spare me
That spring, Kiyoyo was released from the hospital
The casting metalworker died!
Killed himself!
You drove him to his death!
You hear me, moron!
Bastard ate my money!
I'll drag him from his grave to get hold of my money!
Let him die if he wants to!
Brother Chyanhyon was released after 4 years in prison
I feel like Rip van Winkle
Hanako got married,
the war to liberate Korea ended,
and the things I believed in so fervently have changed completely
Do you mean the Japanese Communist Party's revised position?
Hanako and Arai,
congratulations on your marriage, really
Thank you
Cheers
He's sure got plenty of attitude, for an ex-con
And that worthless brother of yours,
all tail-wagging smiles
Bet that ex-con wanted to fuck you