Bridal Mask
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Episode 18
Takeda! Takeda!
Takeda!
Where is Mok Dan?
Where is Oh Mok Dan?!
Some guy wearing a black suit, suddenly...
Black suit?
Was he tall? With a mustache?
Yes!
Captain! Captain, you can't!
They said no one is to be allowed in!
Ueno Rie, where is Oh Mok Dan?
Kimura Shunji!
I warned you, didn't I?
Where is Mok Dan?!
You punk!
Put down the gun!
Father, everyone has at least one thing he wants to protect.
I definitely warned this woman not to touch that.
Why can't I love a Joseon woman?!
Why does the Kishokai meddle with even my emotions?!
Captain Kimura.
If you want, you can have Joseon women to your heart's content.
But that wench... is associated with Gaksital.
Saying that you're going to protect that wench,
is no different from saying you're going to protect Gaksital, Captain Kimura.
How could I just sit and watch?
Even if it is just to capture Gaksital with my own hands,
I can never give up that woman.
Understand?
Where is Oh Mok Dan?!
Don't you worry.
She's likely very safe.
Safe?
Because Gaksital... took her away.
[Gaksital]
A bastard like you should have died,
and Gaksital should be alive.
Look. Look carefully!
You don't know who I am?
I know. Of course I know.
Jap bootlicker, traitor, a cannibal that eats up independence fighters!
Look straight into my eyes.
Look at me, will you?
You can't see who I am?
Just confess.
Even if you say everything you know about Gaksital...
Just kill me instead.
Do you think I'm going to tell you anything?
I...
thought the young master was Gaksital.
The man saving the Joseon people, Gaksital...
Listen to me...
Get out, get out now!
[Gyeongseong Inn]
Unni,
where are you finding money these days to get a perm and buy cosmetics?
Totally nerve wracked, keeping a watchful eye this way and that...
It's payment for an intensely stressful life.
Butt out.
But Unni,
are you close to Teacher Shunji?
Oh wow. You didn't know yet?
We're... close, yes.
Have you seen Mok Dan? Did she contact you?
Excuse me? Unni?
I don't know.
Did Mok Dan escape from jail again?
Oh gee. Maybe someone should just break her leg with a club,
maybe half cripple her or something...
You know I wouldn't harm Mok Dan, right?
If she contacts you, be sure to let me know.
Oh Mok Dan...
What?
You're going to disband the circus troupe?
We've somehow managed to operate even though we were losing money.
But I don't think I can do it any longer.
Now, I think I'll rest.
Take this opportunity to travel far away with a friend who's like family to me.
Troupe Leader.
There's nothing wrong, is there?
My heart keeps racing, and I don't know why I feel so nervous.
Troupe Leader, Mok Dan has vanished.
Does anyone know where Mok Dan is?
I heard she was being held in jail.
Why are you asking us where she is when she's locked up?
Would the two of you please step out?
Are you really planning to execute Commander Damsari in public?
If the rest of his group contacts you,
please let them know the public execution is a certainty.
Even I can see this is an obvious trap.
So why would Gaksital or the commander's comrades
show up unless they were fools?
I don't know about Damsari's men, but Gaksital will be there.
Even though he knows it's a trap,
even though he knows he's dead if he gets caught,
Gaksital will, indeed, appear.
Because the Joseon people ardently want Gaksital to appear and free Damsari,
and he won't be able to crush their hope.
Troupe Leader.
Find some news on Mok Dan by the end of the day.
I've already received the death sentence from my comrades.
I can no longer cooperate.
Who says they can execute you?
I will be protecting you forever.
So, I fervently hope that I won't be disappointed or have any reason
to drag you to the Jongro Police Station again.
Goiso!
Yes, Captain.
Call a meeting.
Yes, sir.
The day after tomorrow is Damsari's public execution.
A chance to capture Gaksital and the other members...
Where is Sato Hiroshi?
He hasn't come in yet.
He hasn't?
He hasn't come in yet?
That's right.
Lee Kang To doesn't show up
when Oh Mok Dan has disappeared?
Young Master.
In the courtroom where Father was given the death sentence,
when I saw Lee Kang To stand beside him for a commemorative picture,
I truly wanted to kill him.
In an attempt to catch Gaksital,
the man who stood me in the Jongro market,
the Lee Kang To who leveled his gun at me was...
really,
more frightening than the grim reaper.
That Lee Kang To,
that Imperial Officer Lee Kang To...
How did he come to wear the *gaksital? (*bride mask)
The Gaksital I wanted to capture so badly,
enough to use you as bait,
turned out to be my brother.
Hyung...
Shoot, you bastard!
Hyung was trying to take revenge on Captain Kenji who killed our mother.
And I, not knowing he had killed our mother,
fought on Kenji's side against Gaksital.
And shot my brother...
At first, it was just
to avenge my mother's death
and to wreck vengeance on my father's enemies as my brother had intended.
But even if I fully avenge all the crimes against my father,
I don't think I can take off this mask.
There's just too much that needs to be done.
Everywhere I look
there are people suffering, too many people.
I won't ever make you do it alone.
I'll follow you to the end,
and support you.
Into the deep darkness of the sea or into a pit of flames,
I will always,
go with you.
I'm sure he was sleeping in the night duty room.
I'm certain I saw him passed out, snoring even.
Snoring, even?
Has he already figured out you're tailing him?!
A moron like you is supposedly a hotshot?
What did you find?
There was no one at your place.
There was no sign of anyone even living there.
He's not at the Angel Club.
They said he didn't come by last night either.
All right.
All of you can step out.
Yes, Sir.
Kimura Shunji.
The fact that Oh Mok Dan has disappeared and that Lee Kang To hasn't come in,
have nothing to do with each other.
Calm down.
In just two days, you can catch Gaksital.
Just two days...
Young Master will be all right, won't he?
He is simply mentally and physically exhausted.
He'll be up soon.
Ahjussi, please take care of him.
I think I'll have to return to the hotel soon.
What do you mean return?
The people who tried to kill me last night witnessed Gaksital rescuing me.
If I've disappeared and the young master doesn't show up for work either,
he'll be suspected of being Gaksital.
Do you think you'll be all right?
When the young master is fighting right in the heart of enemy territory,
how can I fear something like this?
When he wakes up, let him know that I've returned to the Asuka Hotel.
Just a moment.
The young master had a plan to free Commander Damsari.
If he somehow met with Damsari's comrades and put together a plan,
they need to know that the plan may go wrong with the young master hurt.
I understand, Ahjussi.
I'll try to meet them.
Mok Dan!
Comrade.
What happened?
Did you escape?
No. But, don't worry about me.
By the way, did you meet with Gaksital?
We did.
At the execution,
we will join forces with Gaksital and free the commander.
Execution site?
What do you mean execution?
They're executing Father?
You didn't know?
The bastards are scheming to execute him publicly at Gyeongseong Station.
Don't worry.
Together with Gaksital, we will definitely free the commander.
Oh no, what do we do?
Last night, while rescuing me, Gaksital was hurt.
What?
It will be impossible for him to rescue Father in his condition.
We'll have to revise the plan.
Thank you for letting us know.
Do you think it will really be all right?
Don't worry. We have a good chance of success.
We have weapons.
The day before yesterday,
we tried to free Commander Damsari as he was being transferred to prison.
And...
Comrade Yoon lost his life.
Even if only for the sake of Comrade Yoon, we absolutely must succeed.
Comrade Yoon?
He was shot by Kimura Shunji and killed.
Once we free the commander,
the man Comrade Yoon was trying to eliminate,
the traitor to our people, Lee Kang To...
I will get rid of him, without fail.
No, you can't!
You absolutely cannot kill him.
Do you know who Lee Kang To is?
[Damsari]
[Gaksital]
This is Captain Kimura of the Jongro Police.
Did you not hear that I wanted to see you?
Did you not hear that I was busy and couldn't go?
I'm hanging up now.
You don't come when I ask to see you?
Katsuyama.
Get the car ready.
Now that word is getting out about Damsari's public execution,
Gaksital and Damsari's people will definitely come to rescue Damsari.
Every opportunity and method they may utilize...
we must anticipate and prepare for.
Kakawa.
Please escort the guest to my office.
Yes, sir!
Please have a seat and wait.
That is all!
What's this about?
I asked what this is about.
The chairman,
just in time for Damsari's public execution,
will be arriving in Gyeongseong.
You'll be able to catch Gaksital without any mistake this time, won't you?
I believe I've already told you that I myself, can not accept any more mistakes.
If a problem arises during the public execution,
that Commissioner Konno so vehemently opposed,
it becomes harder for us to eliminate Konno.
Then, it would follow that Chief Kimura's reinstatement would also be delayed.
There will absolutely be no mistakes, so don't worry and leave.
From now on, when I want to see you,
stop whatever you're doing and race over.
Understand?
I'll try my best.
Try... your best?
Where do you get the audacity to treat me so brusquely?
Is there any reason I should meekly obey you?
Ah. Because you're the chairman's daughter?
Keep this in mind.
The reason I joined Kishokai was to capture Gaksital.
Not because of greed like yours...
Is that so?
However, your father, Chief Kimura, is a man with a lot of greed.
Showing this sort of antagonistic attitude,
surely will not help your father's future.
Huh. Is your mouth finally shut now?
This is precisely the strength of people in power...
This is Captain Kimura.
Captain, Oh Mok Dan just returned.
What? Mok Dan?
Everybody step outside.
Yes, sir.
I almost died last night.
I was captured by a woman named Lala.
She approached me in jail too, disguised as a nun.
I hear that Gaksital rescued you.
How did you know that?
That woman... is she someone you know?
I went to the Geumhwa Pavilion last night because a report came in.
Didn't you run away with Gaksital?
No!
When Gaksital was fighting a man in a black suit,
I ran away alone.
And where have you been until now?
I was at the church all night.
I came from praying.
I think the woman named Lala is staying in this hotel.
She captured me in the coffee shop a while back too,
and tried to hold me captive.
I don't want to be here a moment longer.
Let me stay at Sun Hwa's house.
Why does Gaksital always appear when you're around?
I thought that was strange too.
So I thought Gaksital
was the young master I was separated from when I was young.
But, even after he rescues me, not only would he not show me his face,
he'd also leave without saying a word.
So, I think I must have been mistaken.
It's good you came.
I'll protect you from now on.
I'm the guy who put on this uniform only to protect you.
I will make sure nothing and no one will harm you.
Let me stay at Sun Hwa's house.
All right. Let's go there.
Sun Hwa!
Unni!
Um, Sun Hwa.
Would it be all right for Mok Dan to stay here for the time being?
Of course she can.
You won't be uncomfortable?
It's more comfortable than the hotel.
Don't think of the officers at the gate as watching you,
but as protecting you.
All right.
I leave her in your hands, Sun Hwa.
Don't worry, Teacher... I mean, Captain.
I'll stop by often.
Shunji.
My father's doing all right, isn't he?
I can trust your word that you'll block his execution, can't I?
Yeah. Just trust me.
Are you all right, Young Master?
Boon Yi. Where's Boon Yi?
She returned to the hotel.
What?
You should have held her back.
She said with you unable to go in for work, if she disappeared,
Kimura Shunji would suspect you are Gaksital
so she had to return to the hotel.
How could I stop her?
Shunji isn't the only one at that hotel.
The woman who tried to kill Boon Yi is also there.
If they happen to run into each other...
Young Master!
Boon Yi didn't go without knowing that.
She knew it was dangerous and in spite of that went to protect Gaksital.
You have to consider her intentions in doing so.
The woman who tried to kill Boon Yi...
is definitely connected with Shunji somehow.
I wondered what authority Shunji could have had,
to push for a public execution that Commissioner Konno so opposed.
I'm certain that Shunji and that woman too,
have some connection to the organization,
that Taro and Choi Myung Sub were members of.
If it's the organization that Taro and Choi Myung Sub were members of,
then are you talking about...
the bastards who betrayed your father and killed the late emperor?
We have to uncover their identity as soon as possible.
Officer Ahjussi!
My sister made *mung bean bindaedduk. (*mung bean pancakes)
Have some with *makgeolli. (*unfiltered rice wine)
- Makgeolli? - Yes.
Refreshing.
Let's have some bindaedduk.
Boon.
How are you feeling. Are you all right?
Are you still at the Asuka Hotel?
No, I'm at Sun Hwa's house.
I insisted that Shunji move me to Sun Hwa's house.
There are two officers watching me,
but I don't think Shunji is suspicious of me yet.
Be careful.
You saw, right?
That Shunji's father is on the same side as the woman who tried to kill you.
Shunji is likely in the same organization as that woman.
I understand.
By the way, I went and met with our comrades today.
When I told them Gaksital was hurt, Jeok Pa ahjumma said,
Gaksital absolutely mustn't go to the public execution.
If I don't go, there's no chance.
I would also like Gaksital to save my father.
But, if by any chance, something goes wrong,
what would my father think?
I thought about that.
If something happens to Gaksital while trying to rescue him,
Father
wouldn't be able to bear it.
Because Gaksital must live.
Because Gaksital...
is the beacon of light for the Joseon people living in darkness.
He will not want that light to go out.
You said that there are too many suffering people everywhere you look.
And that there is too much that needs be done.
Don't go to the execution.
You mustn't go.
Sun Hwa.
I'm going to ask you again.
Where did Mok Dan go?
I really don't know.
Sun Hwa.
Am I someone who would harm Mok Dan?
Mok Dan is in danger! Someone is trying to kill Mok Dan!
You are a trustworthy person and that is why I brought her here.
If she travels around recklessly like this and the bastards capture her again
or if something bad happens to her...
We have to find her quickly, don't we?
And bring her back safely.
Where is Mok Dan right now?
U- u-unni...
Unni...
Sun Hwa!
Unni!
Where did you go?
I went to the church to pray.
The officers...
I told you they weren't here to watch you but to protect you.
From now on, don't evade them. Have them go with you. Huh?
Can I possibly pray in peace when there are people waiting for me outside?
I won't ask the officers for protection in the future, either.
If you're going to have me watched 24 hours a day,
then just throw me in jail again.
[Jongro Police Station]
There's no word from Sato Hiroshi today, either?
It appears he's got some nerve.
He must be planning to quit.
Now then...
Tomorrow is, at last, Damsari's public execution.
In our mission to arrest Damsari's people and Gaksital,
and to carry out Damsari's execution,
the biggest variable affecting our success will be the spectators.
Make sure no one dressed in white is allowed to approach the execution tomorrow.
Carefully manage and control every corner of Gyeongseong today.
And I ask that you take it up a notch in the rigorous inspection of identification.
That is all!
Yes, sir!
What?
He's going to disband the circus troupe?
Everybody's having a terrible time with it.
Why, suddenly?
After Teacher Shunji took the troupe leader in,
I don't know where or how he was tortured, but he can't even move properly.
And even afterwards, officers have been constantly camped out near him...
Sun Hwa, can you leave us for a moment?
Yes.
Lee Kang To has disappeared.
He's been absent yesterday and today.
And he's not the sort to do this.
Do you happen to know where he is?
What are you talking about?
How would I know where that bastard is?
Because he's a guy who said he loved you,
I thought maybe he has contacted you.
No. He hasn't.
He really hasn't?
What are you saying?
If you're going to spew nonsense, then just go.
I'm sorry.
I'm truly sorry. There was nothing I could do.
I tried everything in my power, but there was nothing I could do.
Tomorrow,
Damsari will be publicly executed at Gyeongseong Station.
It would be better if you didn't come out to the execution.
With people like you, Assemblyman Hyun, united in our pro-Japan stance,
I think we were able to persuade His Excellency, the Governor-General.
Of course, it's naturally something we must do.
Nationalists like Damsari,
are a scourge on peace among the people, namely, pests.
Oh my goodness!
How spot-on your description is, Assemblyman Hyun!
As someone who studied abroad in Tokyo, you are indeed different.
Not just Damsari...
All the activists in Shanghai,
are just mobsters who don't recognize the kindnesses they've been graced with.
Of course, of course!
Just as the parents are the cornerstones of a household,
the country's cornerstone is, of course, His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress.
To offer up one's life and complete loyalty to that cornerstone is one's filial duty.
You are so right, Countess.
By the way, I understand the Joseon institute you two operate,
has not yet received school accreditation.
As a matter of fact, that's quite a worry for us.
To advance our Joseon civilization, education for women
needs to be established as soon as possible.
If Count and Countess could put in a good word with the governor-general...
Aigoo.
What influence could I possibly have?
Why, that's absurd.
The whole of Joseon knows you have...
a close relationship with the governor-general.
For the advancement of our women's education,
I entreat you to help us, Count.
Aigoo.
This is so...
Honey, honey?
You really shouldn't.
But, well...
Are you really going to leave?
Well, you know, after being dragged to the police station once,
I'm too afraid to live in Gyeongseong anymore.
And seeing how they're even going to execute a man in public...
Instead, I think I'll stick with a peaceful life on a fishing boat near my hometown.
You said you came here because life on a fishing boat was too hard.
Aigoo, Sang Yeob...
Be well.
Now then, goodbye.
Ay, don't go, really.
Manager!
Should I just take off too and not have to see this and that crap?
Madame, do you want to go with me?
Putting your faith in this heart, jumping like a sweet fish,
and this young body? Huh?
A man's going to be publicly executed and you...
Well, after all...
How can someone who's hungry and someone who has plenty
ever be together as one?
We sincerely welcome you, Chairman.
We welcome you!
Tomorrow, at last, is the public execution of rebel terrorist, Damsari.
The weak Joseon resistance has barely managed to survive since the unification;
and with this public execution of Damsari,
we will take away its last breath of life.
The spirit of treason that began to spread since,
the Yoon Bong Gil terror incident in Hongkou Park (Shanghai),
shall be entirely broken with Damsari's public execution tomorrow.
In addition to Damsari,
tomorrow, I will take Gaksital's neck with my blade,
and completely trample on the hope of the Joseon people.
Victorious warriors do not fail to defeat an enemy,
when they are in an undefeatable position. (corollary to Sun Tzu's "Victorious warriors win first and then go to war.")
To the capital transfer to Gyeongseong...
Kishokai!
[For Persistent Brutal Crimes]
[Public Execution]
Aigoo.
W- w-what...
God.
You know what's in my heart, don't you?
And you know what sort of situation this is, don't you?
Please, let my father live.
The comrades who have gone to save my father and Gaksital too,
please protect them.
The only one I can rely on right now is you, God.
I leave the lives of those Japanese bastards to you.
We will now begin...
the public execution
of the heinous and brutal Mok Damsari.
The accused Mok Damsari,
in violation of the Public Peace Act,
for violating the laws against intimidation, attempted murder,
burglary-murder, setting off explosives,
as a heinous brutal criminal,
shall be publicly...
executed.
Proceed!
Yes, sir!
Comrade Damsari!
It's me! I shall go with you too!
Troupe Leader... Troupe Leader...
Kill me too! Kill me too, you bastards!
Kill me too, you bastards!
Troupe Leader Jo! Troupe Leader Jo!
Suppress them!
Punk, you'd better come to your senses!
Troupe Leader!
You bastard! Kill me too, you bastard!
- Kill me too! - Aish!
Kill me too, you bastard!
Dong Nyun.
- D-d-dong Nyun! - Ahjumma!
Dong Nyun!
Hurry, to the hospital!
Carry out...
the death sentence!
Yes, sir!
It's Gaksital!