The onset of mental derangement is triggered without a warning.
So far, the onsets have mostly occurred during the night.
It also appears to trigger a chain reaction.
Therefore, keeping the infected patients together in isolation
could lead to devastating consequences.
At this rate, things will only tum for the worse.
We're still waiting for the update on the time of delivery,
we cannot advise you the exact time at this point.
- Chief! - Please give it a little...
Everyone is calling about the time.
- Tell them not to wait! - Excuse me?
The motherfuckers didn't produce a single pill!
Why aren't we getting the medicine?
Joa failed to produce any!
Liars! What did you do with the pills?
What are you accusing us of?
What the hell do you take us for?
Sons of bitches!
Bastards...
- Hey. - I got the pills.
- What? - I got the pills!
I'm sorry.
It's a line that's been discontinued for so long.
Rushed reactivation seems to have caused an overload.
The machinery is very outdated.
I heard that Joa spends tens of millions each year on kickbacks.
If you used a fraction of that to invest in new machinery!
I don't know what to say.
There is only one solution now.
Disclose the chemical composition of Windazole.
Beg Your pardon?
By making the composition available,
Other manufacturers can use it to produce Windazole?
That's right.
By activating production lines in 20 pharmaceutical manufacturers,
we can produce enough doses for 1 million persons in a day.
But you cannot compel a company to release the composition formula.
In a national emergency, we can force them to disclose
all data submitted to KFDA relating to Windazole.
All data except the chemical composition,
if I may correct you.
It is impossible for us to disclose it before the expiration of patent.
That's why we're asking for your cooperation.
Even if we decide to disclose it,
it'll take some time for other manufacturers.
To set up the precise manufacturing process.
If we allocate all available labor and equipment,
and bypass legal procedures
we can expect to kickstan production within a week.
- One week? - That's correct.
It's all very hopeful,
but ultimately, it comes down to Joa's decision.
It's not a charitable organization.
Do you believe that Joa will agree to release the formula?
The majority shareholder of Joa Pharmaceutical is BronStar with 51%.
They have the decision-making authority.
Surely, it's a matter of convincing them.
That's correct.
The government will guarantee a very generous support and benefits.
And we can officializes it on paper, if you wish.
But should you reject our offer, we'll dispatch our best auditors.
To conduct the most scrupulous audit on Joa Pharmaceutical.
Prime Minister!
Offer us your cooperation in good faith
or prepare to face an insurmountable penalty tax and shut down the company.
The decision is yours.
Please go away!
There is no use hassling us like this!
You're breaking the law by doing this!
Give us the medicine!
When are they sending us a backup?
- Did you bring the money? - Of course!
Come with me!
Hey! It's me!
Let us through! We're employees!
Hey. wait!
One of the employees went through the storage room with a fine comb.
And found a couple of boxes.
It's his last remaining batch.
Why are you letting them through?
They work here.
Son of a bitch, charging a grand for 3-dollar pills.
- Take this. - Thanks so much, man.
Let's go.
Let us out!
I just need three.
Come on, take it!
Thank you! Thank you so much!
He's got the cure!
He has the pills!
Let go of me! No! Let me go!
Jae-hyeok!
Jae-hyeok! Jae-hyeok!
How did it go?
They rejected your offer.
Have you lost your mind?
Cold-blooded bastard!
That was the last.
Why did you take it out?
Damn it!
How are we supposed to get them now?
Hello?
Dad?
Yes, big guy-
Where are you, dad? Please come quick!
Jun-woo! Jun-woo!
Open the gates!
Jae-hyeok.
Why are they throwing out the families?
I don't know.
We can't produce the drug any time soon.
It's a precautionary measure.
So, we're not supposed to know if our family is dead or alive in there?
It's not like that.
It's exactly like that!
They're keeping the patients in isolation waiting for them to die!
The government is doing their best...
Shut up! I'm not taking any more crap!
Hey. Gyeong-sun.
Why are they taking them away?
It's uh...
Are they giving up on us?
Don't be ridiculous. Why would they do that?
Even if they do, don't you give up on us.
Don't be silly. You gotta be strong for me.
I'm never giving up on you!
Kids are barely holding out.
I'm sorry.
Forgive me.
Don't say that.
You're doing all that you can.
Honey...
Yeah.
Did you eat?
Stop worrying about me! Worry about yourself for once!
All right. I'll call you later.
Hey.
You've got to be strong for your baby.
They're gonna be fine.
I can't even look out for my own family.
Why'd I try to be a saint?
Fucking idiot!
Damn brainless moron!
Don't take it out on yourself. You're not to blame.
It doesn't add up.
Horsehair worm is not a virus.
Yet, it managed to be rampant everywhere.
How did Windazole disappear from the market so quickly?
Until the discontinuation,
100,000 boxes were released in the market.
Each box contains 4 doses, meaning enough for 400,000 people.
And within a few hours of the announcement,
the medicine went completely out of stock.
Maybe they were not sold out. Maybe they were never there.
Then what?
Someone may have hoarded it away.
Maybe it's being sold on the black market.
Well, the production team told me...
Hey! Where are you going?
Jae-hyeok!
These are the people who bought the shares?
They're all similar.
No jobs or known addresses.
Not a likely person to buy shares.
What are you suggesting?
They're using surrogates to anonymously purchase the shares.
- Who? - No idea.
You, piece of crap!
But one of them did something stupid.
Somebody always leaves a trace.
A mentally disabled old man working at a mushroom farm bought shares.
And one of the farm owner's sons...
Yes?
His eldest son is a researcher at a pharmaceutical company.
None other than...
Joa Pharmaceutical!
How about this?
The government should take over the company.
Then, the composition will naturally become the property of the government.
What our investors want is profit.
If you offer a favorable price, they'll take it.
Prime Minister.
Windazole
What the hell do you think you're doing?
The bugs are growing at a remarkable rate.
It only takes them 3 to 4 months to fully develop.
We cannot regard them in typical biological terms.
So what?
Once the infected show a sign of severe thirst,
their appetite disappears and they ask only for water.
Once this symptom is triggered,
almost all the infected were reported to have died within 3 days.
Only when they were left uncontrolled?
You seem to believe that death can be avoided by preventing access to water.
You need to understand that it's not as simple as that.
How do you mean?
There'll come a day where it takes its toll.
Meaning?
At some point, the bug will put up its last-ditch fight.
The safety of those infected cannot be guaranteed in such circumstances.
The reason they suffer is
because the bug is trying to force its way out.
If the effort is hampered by an external factor
it will put up the final battle for survival with all its might.
Sorry, we only have water.
- Doctor... - One moment, please.
My kids have a stomachache and terrible eczema.
We're not allowed to give out anything.
Something most horrific will happen.
The worms will go crazy,
and the infected patients will face the worst imaginable situation.
That's absurd!
How long do they have?
It could be today or in few days.
We must supply them with drugs before it happens.
If not, we'll be faced with the most dreadful tragedy in history.
Name your price.
Room 502? Got it. I'm on my way.
Who is it?
I just spoke to you on the phone.
- You came alone? - Yes.
It's your lucky day. It's my last box.
- You have the money? - Of course.
Here.
One moment.
Mom...
Freeze! Police!
Hey!
Open the door.
Open the goddamn door!
Where's he gone?
Son of a bitch!
Damn it!
Sneaky bastard! Where is the medicine?
I don't know what you're talking about!
Mom...
Please... Please... please...
Stop it!
Get a hold of yourself or you'll end up dead!
Please! Snap out of it!
Watch your kids over there!
You told me to think about my baby.
I got them off the internet, too.
Shut up!
- Hello? - It's me.
You, goddamn cops...
- I'm hanging up! - Please!
Don't hang up! Just hear me out!
What!
I know where they're hiding Windazole.
I'm on my way there now.
Listen to me carefully.
They orchestrated this situation from the very beginning.
A plan carefully devised by the researchers.
Take it easy, man. Just calm down for a moment.
There is no need for this.
I only invested in the future of the company I work for.
I borrowed the names because I can't buy my company's shares.
Wanna continue with this game?
How about it?
No-one will bat an eyelid if you were found dead.
No-one will even notice.
I'll tell you!
Long time ago, before the company was bought out.
A special research project was launched
with full support of the former CEO.
A top secret project
inspired by horsehair worm's ability
to manipulate the host's brain.
We were going to make
a ground-breaking cure for brain diseases
if we can discover the secret behind
the protein material that the worms produce.
It'll be a break-through
for treating incurable central nerve illnesses
such as brain tumors and Alzheimer's.
A game changer
that will change the shape of the world's pharmaceutical market forever.
The first stage of research was to create a mutant
that uses mammals as a host.
And after countless attempts, we succeeded.
Unlocking the first barrier.
Then all of a sudden, the company was taken over by BronStar.
And the newly appointed CEO dismantled the R&D department.
They were trade men who had no interest in new drug development.
The former CEO who had his company snatched from his hand killed himself,
and the research was put to stop.
Everything was left hanging.
And then...
This is just ridiculous!
One of us jokingly suggested that
we make some profit out of the research.
Cheers!
In an highly emotional situation, we unanimously agreed to do it.
So, you developed a cure,
put in the market as a common vermicide,
released mutant horsehair worms and bought the company shares.
That's correct.
You deplorable rat!
You murdered thousands of people to manipulate the share price?
We had no idea how dramatically things would escalated out of control,
We estimated tens of thousand infected
and perhaps, under a hundred dead.
You know, that's a lot less than the number killed by flu each year.
Crazy motherfuckers! What do you take the human life for?
Once it became a national issue
and the share price reached our target,
we were going to clean out the shares
and release the medicine back into the market.
What do you mean you were going to release the drug?
You have some stashed away?
About 100,000 doses.
Where are you keeping it?
Where?
Jae-hyeok!
Where is the medicine?
Let go of me!
Son of a bitch, where did you hide it?
Over there! It's all kept in there!
Wait!
- Open the door now. - Let's wait for Yeon-ju!
I have the keys.
She's bringing a transport for the medicine.
I don't want to hear it!
Don't you know how hard Yeon-ju is working for us?
Don't trust anyone!
I told her not to tell anyone.
Where is the damn medicine?
Bro!
Over here!
That's the medicine, isn't it? Bastards!
Windazole... They have Windazole.
This...
Sons of bitches.
Jae-hyeok!
' No! . ATE you okay?
No! No, no, no!
No!
- Let go! No! - No, damn it!
Let me go!
Hey!
We're all going to die here!
Get a hold of yourself, man!
Goddamnit!
Jae-pil?
Wake up, man!
This isn't why I called you.
I always wanted you to be happy.
- You know that, don't you? - Save your breath, idiot!
I'm sorry. I'm sorry, bro.
We're walking out of here together. Stay with me, all right?
Jae-hyeok!
Wake up, man!
Jae-hyeok! Are you in there? Jae-pil!
Answer me!
Jae-pil!
Jae-hyeok!
Hey. you all right?
How do you feel?
Where are you going? You're not allowed past here.
Gyeong-sun!
Jae-hyeok...
Yeah.
Where are you?
What's wrong, honey?
They're taking away our cellphones I wanted to talk to you last.
What?
In case we don't meet again.
There is something I want you to know.
What the hell are you saying?
Honey.
I don't want you to blame yourself.
You did everything you could.
Stop it!
You've always been a good husband and a good father.
Don't say that. Why would you say that?
You can't do this. You gotta stay strong, dummy!
I want to, but I'm not feeling like myself.
I'm not sure any more. I'm sorry.
I'm not gonna hear of this.
You're not gonna make my children motherless kids.
Jun-woo, say hi to your dad.
Dad.
Jun-woo.
I miss you, dad...
Ye-ji, It's your dad...
Dad...
Baby, it's daddy. Daddy's right here.
When are you coming?
I'll be there real soon. I'll bring you your medicine.
Wait for me a little longer.
Dad...
No, not my cellphone!
Hello? Ye-ji! Ye-ji!
Hello? Hello?
You don't have to confiscate their cellphones!
Don't you know what's going on?
The situation inside the camp is being broadcasted live.
Thanks to that twitter crap, it's stirring up the public!
You're freaking out the infected people.
Why are you escalating the situation?
Public security is as important as the well-being of those infected.
What about the uninfected?
Do you want the whole country to come to a stand still?
I don't know how disturbed the public is by the epidemic
but could they be more in pain than the infected?
Just a while longer.
All we need is another week!
Worms came out of her mouth!
Call for medical attention!
Jae-hyeok.
Everything will be fine. Don't worry.
The government is taking over Joa Pharmaceutical.
Then, they will disclose the composition of the drug
so that other pharmaceutical manufacturers can duplicate it.
We just need to hold out for a week for them to prepare the process.
Ta-ta! A natural soap bar made by dad!
Wow!
That's not soap.
Soap is supposed to be square or round.
This soap is the same.
The most important thing in making a soap is fatty acid.
That's what gets rid of the grime from your hands.
As long as it contains it
it doesn't matter if it's star- or heart-shaped.
It's still soap all the same.
Jae-hyeok!
They won't last another day.
Where is the crude drug kept?
In the production headquarters.
Let's go!
Hey!
This is nonsense!
5 years ago, BronStar took over Joa for a mere 700 million.
They bought a solid company
through a ledger manipulation scheme and by turning it
into an insolvent enterprise.
Now they're trying to sell it for 5 billion?
He has a point.
If other pharmaceutical companies found out...
What choice do we have?
Is it really possible?
As long as you have the crude drug, you can make Windazole right away?
It doesn't matter if it's square or star-shaped.
- It'll have the same effects. - So, effectively,
we're making a knockoff Windazole?
Something like that.
Where are you?
You have to listen very carefully to what I say now.
Grab a hold of the chairman of the Pharmaceutical Association.
We need the help of all manufacturers.
Did you find anything?
The rest of the researchers have fled the country a long time ago.
Only the team leader remained to take care of the stash.
You got to him before he got rid of the medicine.
- Wait a minute - What?
- Did you say the 'team leader'? - Yeah. Why?
The one that got killed in the warehouse?
He was the team leader.
Son of a bitch!
The team head and Joa's CEO are classmates.
I've seen pictures of them together. They've been friends for a long time.
Can you smell a rat?
The Chief's been summoned by the Commissioner.
Fine!
I don't think it was a plan devised by the researchers alone.
What?
The dead researcher was the team leader.
He must have conspired with the CEO.
You see, this was masterminded by the top brass.
I'm on the sign of the contract.
Don't worry about it. I'll take care of it.
Yes, sir.
Good job.
This is the one.
Windazole?
That's it? All this for the money?
Looks like it.
Heartless motherfuckers!
Hello?
- Where are you? - Why?
I'm at the isolation camp. Something terrible is going on.
I don't know what's happening,
but tons of bodybags are being carried out.
Shouldn't you be here?
Stop the car! Pull over, now!
Why?
Check in on my wife and kids!
What?
I swear I'll kill you if anything happens to them!
- What about you? - Just go, damn it!
Stop them!
Please! Hear me out for a moment!
I beg you! Listen to what I have to say!
Please! Listen to me for a second!
There is a crude form of the cure in there.
With the crude drug, we can save our families.
Please help me get inside.
Help me help all our families!
Please help me!
I beg of you, please!
Help me!
Let's help him! Come on, everyone!
Formally, Hyoin Pharmaceutical here will own 51% of Joa's shares
with the government as the guarantor.
Upon request of Joa Pharmaceutical,
the two CEOs will sign the agreement.
With the Prime Minister's signature
the agreement will take immediate effect.
Let's get a move on!
Prime Minister! Wait!
Is there a problem?
You piece of shit bastard!
Stop them! Don't back off!
What's that?
Get him!
I'm the squad leader!
Don't stop him!
- Sir? - Leave him alone!
What do you think you're doing?
Where are you keeping the crude drug for Windazole?
Don't look...
Mom, my throat's itching.
What?
Mine, too.
It's because you're thirsty.
Drink some water and you'll be fine.
Here.
I've never been inside the storage room myself.
Only an executive with their own key
could go inside.
No!
If you press that, everyone here will be killed!
No!
Get out of my way!
Jun-woo, take your sister and get up on the podium!
Go on! Hurry!
Please don't come near me!
Come on, everyone! Give us a hand!
We're trying to save lives here!
Hand it over!
Get a forklift!
Out of my way!
Get out of the way!
What now?
Manufactured drugs consist of a crude drug
and excipient that controls the rate of its effects.
Each manufacturer have their own lines of vermicides in production, right?
Leave the excipient,
and only add the crude drug to create mockup Windazole.
Let's not go into the legality of this process.
Let's think about saving lives for now.
- When are we getting the crude drug? - Any minute now.
There it comes!
The crude drug was passed onto the Pharmaceutical Association just now.
All participating manufacturers will go into production by tonight.
Yeah!
Song Yeon-ju!
Good job. We did the right thing, huh?
Jae-hyeok!
Over here!
Jun-woo! Ye-ji!
' Dad! ' Dad!
You held out, my darling! Good job.
Come here, Gyeong-sun.
With the collective help of more than 20 pharmaceutical manufacturers,
mass produced horsehair worm remedy
is being delivered to quarantine stations everywhere.
Please step back! Coming through, please!
James Kim, the CEO of Joa Pharmaceutical
planned the epidemic 5 years ago.
They just gave up on being human.
Goddamned vermin.
You should feel ashamed of yourself thinking only about money.
I learned my lesson the hard way.
So many mutant variants in the world, huh?
Stop babbling and finish your food. We'll be late for the play.
Slow down, silly. Have some kimchi.
Jun-woo, hold on tight!
They're really loving it.
It's been a while.
I've been a terrible dad.
You've been busy.
I'm sorry, Gyeong-sun.
There is no need for that.
Dad!
And thank you.
What for?
For pulling through.
Well, thank you for saving my life.
Shall we take a family trip abroad?
Abroad?
We've never been with the kids.
Where to?
Anywhere is fine,
as long as they have tons of pharmacies.
You're worried there'll be horsehair worms abroad?
What's the matter, honey?