New Tales of Gisaeng
Episode 17
For Grandma's sake, I won't hate you.
Ending things in this way,
I'll be thankful for.
I'm only going to think about dance from now on.
I'll only love dance,
I'll put all my energy towards it.
Grandmother.
I'll miss you.
Please go to a good place.
And
watch over me, too, once in a while.
This suits you better, dear.
How many carats is this?
It's four carats.
Just wear it out now.
Just you wait and see,
I'm going to marry into a much wealthier home than you.
Mm-hmm.
What are you doing tomorrow?
Nothing much.
Let's get together.
Tomorrow, let's go to the Chinese herbal medicine place.
Why?
To get some herbal medicine for you.
You aren't eating well these days, because it's Spring.
It's good because I can lose some belly fat.
If you get any thinner, you won't look good.
A woman needs a fair amount of flesh in her face to look pretty.
If you take herbal medicines wrong, you can gain weight.
We'll make sure they don't prescribe any that make you gain weight.
It's okay.
You really don't want any?
No.
I had already made an appointment, too.
The guy you're dating,
is the one I saw, isn't it?
The one I asked about earlier.
The son of the home you went to dance for.
The one you met by coincidence.
It isn't.
Just look at her.
It isn't?
No, it isn't.
It isn't good to date too long.
If you both get along well, and nothing is lacking, it's good to get married while you're in love.
We broke up.
What do you mean, finished?
I mean, we ended things.
When?
It's been a few days.
Is that why you don't have an appetite?
No,
It has nothing to do with my eating.
It's just Spring fever.
Why did you end things?
Do I have to tell you all the details?
But the fortune teller said that you were supposed to get married this year.
I don't believe in such things.
Are they going to live my life for me?
Please don't bring it up again.
Just tell me one thing.
Did he agree to this, too?
To end things?
Yes.
This stupid fool, how could she push away this unexpected fortune?
Did she dump him or did she get dumped?
The house feels completely empty.
If that night,
we hadn't eaten out, Mother-in-law
might not have died.
One's life and death is determined by fate.
Pleased to meet you.
Thank you for coming out like this.
No need to feel that way.
Please have a seat.
Has your health been completely restored?
I'm afraid it's due to my age,
He's put all his energy into finding this child.
When you first met my wife,
I actually went with her and saw you.
I have no excuse to give you.
I don't deserve to face you.
I didn't even know she was my granddaughter,
I kicked out my own child's daughter.
It's my fault.
I should have stated it more clearly.
When I think about it now.
My heart aches a dozen times a day.
All the responsibility lies on me.
Things have turned out like this. What good is it to try and find blame?
It will only cause heartache and illness.
Even if I am to be cursed, I wanted to apologize to you.
And beg your forgiveness. That's why I asked to see you.
Even though this doesn't mean that we'll find the child.
Wait, just hear her out first. Afterwards, if you still can't accept it, then we'll all go out.
Let's go!
After I heard from Choo that you had ended things with Ah Da Mo thinking he was gay,
I happened to run into him.
His friend lives above us, you see.
I know that part.
And his grandmother called me to dance, so I went to his house a few times then, too.
That's how we kept meeting each other.
To see if he was gay like you said.
I was curious to confirm that, too.
He isn't, is he?
He seems normal to me.
Did you tell him that?
Not at all.
If I had planned to keep seeing him, I would have probably told you about it.
The terms we started seeing each other on were just to meet casually, without any pressure.
That's why I didn't. It was going to end anyway, so what good would it have been to bring it up.
It started as a curiosity, but it changed to love?
It's over.
Why?
He said to break up.
Damo did?
When?
Last Monday.
From what she said, she said you guys looked very intimate.
He said he didnt see me as a woman, but as a younger sibling.
After he started seeing me, he realized...
In a word, he said that there wasn't any romantic attraction.
If there wasn't any attraction, then what do you call walking with his arm around you?
That day we played catch.
Because I was like a comfortable little sister.
You guys would probably have had some physical contact.
Just once, a hug
I did...
Did you like him that much?!
You guys probably would have kissed too.
We didn't. Because the terms on which we started seeing each other were to meet casually.
Without any physical contact.
Were they your terms or Ah Da Mo's terms?
It was mutual.
So I went out with him without any pressure.
Does that make any sense? You agreed not to have any physical contact, and date casually.
And then to say that there isn't any romantic attraction?
I don't have any reason to make this up.
His behavior was clean even to the end.
There aren't any hard feelings.
What you said to me today,
is it all true?
Ya...
Aren't
you hurt at all?
Because there aren't any true feelings left behind.
Regardless of the reason, I won't be meeting him behind your back.
Let's go out.
I'll treat, to comfort you.
♪ Long ago, on a certain star ♪
♪ The day I came out to the world ♪
♪ "Go and give love" ♪
♪ I heard a small voice telling me ♪
♪ A rose that blooms only when you truly love ♪
♪ With no hatred in your heart ♪
♪ What is true love? ♪
♪ A million love roses will bloom ♪
♪ Without a hateful, hateful, hateful heart ♪
♪ If you love without holding back, without holding back ♪
♪ A million roses, a million roses, a million roses blossom ♪
["Because I've given my best"]
["I hold no regret or lingering attachment"]
♪ What is true love? ♪
♪ Tears of torment are flowing down ♪
♪ Because I met a person who is cold-hearted ♪
♪ Because it was a world that was very very sad ♪
♪ After a long time has passed ♪
♪ After I've given out everything including my life ♪
♪ Like a ray of light that appears suddenly ♪
♪ A person like that came and hugged me ♪
Unnie.
Are there any musicals worth seeing these days?
They're all just so-so.
The "Lion King" I saw in England was totally awesome.
What are you all doing?
We're cleaning our shoes.
Is it your job to be cleaning your shoes, that you all are doing that right now?
Will gisaengs be of any use if they ruin their hands?
We need to clean them in order to wear them.
As if we don't have anyone to do them?
You just go inside and study hard.
And go nourish your skills instead.
And take care of your skin.
I feel it, feel it, I am in love, in love.
This fond...
Atmosphere, so good it is.
It's totally backwards.
What is this that you're doing, with stuff that is supposed to be eaten?
I just have callus on my face.
Are you going on a blind date?
I can't be entering the guest's room with a callous face.
Do a side job.
What?
Clean the girls shoes really well.
What, you're telling me to go and clean the shoes?
The more you work, the more you earn.
Did anyone say to do them for free?
The money isn't the issue. To a guitarist, his hand is his asset.
Will your hands break from cleaning them?
I'll help in the kitchen instead.
So you can go and eat the abalone like a rat?
I've made myself clear.
Please listen to what I have to say.
I'm turning sixty, the day after tomorrow. How do you expect me to clean the girls' shoes?
Oh...
So you're turning sixty soon?
Do you have some assets saved up?
Do you have a room under your name?
What are you going to do if you leave this place?
Where did your age go?
How are you saying no to earning money? What is wrong with that head of yours?
I wonder.
I do like money.
So? So what?!
You do like it, but you don't want to put any effort for it?
You don't like anything difficult. You want to earn it comfortably, happily, looking grand!
And it's even better if someone unknowingly does the work for you.
It's $5 for a pair.
Geez, she sure makes it sound like it's a lot of money.
If a ghost saw her, the ghost would bow to her.
Da-Mo.
Yes.
Your grandmother had said that she had wanted to live until she saw her great-grandchild.
She died without being able to see her great-grandchild.
This house feels... Should we move?
Where to?
If we look into it, there are probably many places we could go.
Until we build one ourselves, it will be hard to find something that we approve of.
Do you... believe in reincarnation?
I dunno.
What about you, dear?
I've never thought about it.
I believe in them. I meet someone for the first time,
and there are those that are kindred spirits.
And aren't there those that you don't like for no particular reason?
It's clearly because of a crossed fate in the previous life.
Why reincarnation all of a sudden?
Da Mo, hurry up and get married and
have a child.
Who knows, maybe grandma will be reborn as your child.
How can you expect that? You can't even know for sure.
Whether you can know it or not.
In any case, go and have a child.
It's because I can't bear to stand it anymore.
I feel like there is a hole through my heart.
I can't concentrate on work either.
We need a new life to come into this huge house.
What hope can we live for?
It hasn't been that long since we held the funeral.
It doesn't matter, since you're the grandson.
It isn't like I'm telling you to get married next month either.
You really can't predict what will happen to you.
You don't know if something will happen to me tomorrow.
Honey.
She wasn't ill and died when she was perfectly fine.
She even ate well at dinner.
Did you even imagine this?
Mom!
Honey, that day when I was leaving,
I did think something was a little strange.
Why?
When I said that I'll be back, she went, "Mm-hmm." and then,
She called for me, "Mother" again like that.
And?
So I said, "Yes? " and then she smiled like this and,
"Even if father is harsh with you once in a while,"
"Don't hate him", she urged me.
She did?
Yeah.
You're making this up, aren't you dear?
Are you crazy?
When mother is looking down on us from heaven?
When am I ever harsh with you?
Anyway, I'm just telling you what she said.
Listening to her, I had this strange feeling.
Da-Mo,
You don't know what is going to happen to me or your mother.
If someone decent comes up, try dating her diligently.
And if you find some attraction, get married, is all I'm saying.
Yes.
Andre? You don't have to rush.
Yes. Hello.
Have you gone to many match dates?
No, not a lot.
What is your ideal type?
I'm not sure.
Yes, Minki's dad, did you find out anything?
The son of Eun Seol is meeting another woman.
It is certain that he broke up with your daughter.
Is the girl pretty?
By what I can see from the picture my employee sent.
She looks pretty, and seeing how she drove a foreign car here,
She is the daughter of a well-to-do home.
Should I look into it?
That's good enough.
Wow, why are you marinating so much meat?
All the gifts that came in. When are we going to eat all this?
I told Ra Ra to bring her friends over. They like meat because they dance.
Today?
Tomorrow.
It needs to marinate for a day.
She's showing off her poverty, that pathetic fool.
Why are you doing dishes? You'll ruin your hands.
I'm wearing gloves anyway.
Should we have some tea?
Did you put the tea set away somewhere?
I threw it out because it broke.
All of it?
Yes.
How could it all break? And what about the tray?
It broke with it.
It must have been a gift from him.
She got upset after getting dumped and threw it out.
Don't get into the habit of throwing things out so hastily.
Yes.
Actually, I'm just telling this to you.
I'm not working at a friend's restaurant. I work at Buyonggak.
You know Buyonggak, don't you?
Yes.
There in the kitchen. The head chef is forty-seven and below her the manager is forty.
Who plays dirty and low, in many ways.
But for the family's sake, I bite my tongue and put up with working there.
Making a living in life isn't so easy.
When is your exam?
Did you say that it was Jae Il Dance Academy?
They said they aren't selecting any this year.
They aren't selecting any?
Yes, they don't have any vacant spots.
Then what are you going to do?
I'll have to wait and audition, in the Fall, for Samhak.
Geez, so you have to keep waiting around until Fall?
That's a good thing.
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What?
It was past time for you to come out, but you weren't coming out, so I got worried.
I gained 1 kg, so I wanted to lose all that and then leave.
Yes.
Are you going to do some?
How can I here?
You can't swim?
Of course I can!
Isn't she the one from Buyonggak?
She is.
She looks good.
Hello.
We met you with some friends last month.
Have a seat.
Yes.
You must maintain your health by swimming.
Because I like the water.
Oh.
That friend must not have come?
Ah, Sa-Ran?
Yeah.
She asked about you.
So?
I told her you were soaked in tears from having broken up, of course.
Kidding!... She said that whenever you change your mind to call her.
Here now.
Auntie, I'm so stuffed, I ate too much meat.
Women have another stomach for fruit, you know. Isn't that so?
That's so true.
Eat up. Isn't it sweet?
Yes, it is.
Did you guys see "Au-gong" yesterday?
Au-gong?
Au-rora Gong-ju (Princess Aurora).
Oh...did that start?
Is it good?
You watch and it'll make your hands and feet puke.
I changed the channel. It's totally childish like jjambong.
It's total cliche candy drama.
And the male lead is totally half-gay. What's cool about him? Even I could do a better job.
And the female lead starts crying nonstop when it's not sad at all.
Was it just me, do you think? No, I went on the internet and it's not even ranked in the search engine.
Are you guys on twitter?
Yes.
What about you, Sa Ran?
I don't.
Do you, Auntie?
Of course. Wanna follow each other?
I'm so embarrassed I could die! All because of Auntie.
Why?
How can she be like that? She invites my friends over and
she's so embarrassing.
Mind your manners!
She should act her age.
I'm the one who is about to puke.
I was itching in my hand and in my feet, I couldn't bear to listen more.
The girls laughed forcibly, but they were sneering.
Did she put her senses on a rocket and set them off to outerspace?
Seeing how she dresses and how she talks, it's just so unsightly.
Mother!
Yes, Mother-in-law?
Hurry, your father-in-law has a severe nosebleed!
Omo.
Welcome.
This way.
Back then, Chunhyang and the young master...
sang their song of love.
Good!
Come, come this way...
and play, let us.
Walking step by step, and let me watch you walk.
Smile, and let me have a look at your teeth.
No matter what, you are my love.
Come sit over here.
Really?
Yeah, I saw it with my own eyes.
I think that once before they said he was the chairman of some group.
He likes our place so much,
That when he comes once every few months, he drops some large sums of money.
Some gisaeng even got a $10,000 just for a tip.
From what I see, they are very proud of themselves too.
Isn't it the same as earning money with skills and art?
That's true.
Last time...
There was a Mrs. Joo that came, who used to be a gisaeng at Bu Yong Gak. Then got married to a Hong Kong millionaire.
She had expensive brand names all over her body.
A Hong Kong millionaire?
Are you sure she didn't marry an old grandfather?
The age difference was only 8 years!
If we were to meet a rich person like that, we could have five cars all over $100,000!
It's hard for us commoners to imagine.
If she were to become a Bu Yong Gak gisaeng, a reversal in life would only be a matter of time!
I guess this is a new restaurant.
Yes.
How do you fold it?
It's easy.
Teach me.
Ah, I haven't asked you about your hobbies.
Just working is my hobby.
No way.
Do you like baseball?
I only watch a little bit.
The saying that the chronically-illed are the ones who live a hundred years is a true saying.
Grandmother is always the one complaining about feeling sick. But grandfather uses the hospital more often than she.
You're right...
Was everything from the brain CT scan normal?
Yeah.
Grandpa's lost it in these last two or three months.
How can you say anything that comes to your mind?
His face, not his mentality.
Don't always say things about your aunt because you need to watch yourself too!
Have you reconciled with Sa-ran?
Yup. She was dumped by Ah Da-mo.
His mother seemed very reserved and simple,
but why does her son have such high taste?
Let's just wait and see what kind of great wench he meets.
You...!
People use the word wench without much thought to it these days, even the gradeschoolers use it.
You've studied many more years than an elementary student.
Adults nag too much.
Do you know anyone who foretells accurately?
I'd like to ask about him.
Without him knowing though. He hates those.
A problem like this, instead of a pillar reader.
They say the age tellers are more accurate.
It would be nice if we can find an age teller person.
But what if we ask, and hear something unpleasant?
You're right. I suppose I'm just desperate to do something.
You're here?
I'll take my leave now.
Be careful.
Yes.
I'll eat it well.
Who is that?
Just someone I know.
Stop sleeping.
Did Han Soon-deok leave?
Yeon Saeng's dad is here.
Father, you look better today.
I'll be discharged from the hospital tomorrow.
Your son has to give you the okay.
Well, what's the point of laying around?
It's not like I have something ruptured or broken.
Father, you need to drink some oriental tonic. Then your appetite will return too.
Go on in. You're probably hungry.
I had a snack. So, I'm not hungry.
Is the lady who just left, Han Soon-deok?
How do you know each other?
Why?
No, just because the atmosphere seemed kind of serious.
I'm going home tomorrow.
Just laying here makes me grumpy.
Think of some hobbies.
And, even better, if it's something you can do together with mother.
It's tiresome.
You have to distract your mind a little.
He says he doesn't want oriental tonic either.
Father, your health is more important than your pride.
All my friends eat herbal medicine even though they're doctors.
Do they cure illnesses?
They fix faces.
Go to the resort when you have time.
I'll have you reinstated at work later on.
Fine.
Why?
He's going to get engaged or married after he finds time to date.
He says he's going to stop meeting President Jung's daughter.
Why?
We don't have much in common.
There are plenty of singles who need to get married.
You won't have time to meet women next year.
This year is perfect timing so put your heart into meeting these women.
You won't fail if you put in effort.
Yes.
Yesterday, I had a meal with the CEO of Mokhwaran.
He mentioned the daughter of Gaboon Foods.
Oh, how old is she?
27.
They had wanted to consider her as a daughter-in-law prospect.
But what?
But the other party has too many sisters and I think that's a problem for them.
That's right. I heard it was 1 son and 3 daughters.
If there are too many females in the house, it can become quite burdensome.
I'm getting a paternity test done. And if it isn't positive, I will give it up completely.
Yeah, Ra-ra.
Won't you come to our house?
Why?
Grandfather just got released from the hospital, but he has something to ask you.
It's too late today. But, I'll stop by tomorrow.
Ah, tomorrow is Sunday.
It doesn't matter.
Isn't your father going to be there?
Dad's golfing.
It's sliced so thinly that we can see the picture through it.
Eat it well.
I'm tweeting this.
Aigoo, only kids use that.
I'm still a teenager at heart.
You can't stop aunt.
Why?
Today she uploaded a picture of blowfish sashimi.
Does she really like eating that much?
She's always talking about things to eat, golfing and smoothening out wrinkles.
There are only 3 conversation topics.
She should read some books.
I haven't been reading books lately either.
But you're busy with grandfather.
Here, go put this one in grandfather's room.
He should have stayed in the hospital until he was completely better.
The atmosphere at home is way too stuffy.
Mom, you can't do anything.
Do you think you're not going to age?
Health is unpredictable.
For dinner, don't make abalone porridge.
Just make a plain rice porridge.
He didn't like the abalone porridge?
Things like that don't move.
He can't digest it.
I think it'd be good to have father's pulse read by an oriental doctor, like brother-in-law says to do.
That's probably Sa-ran.
Grandfather.
Grandfather,
Sa-ran is here.
Hello.
Sit down.
I have to pluck out a strand of hair. But what should I say?
You said you were going to ask her something.
Yeah...
When I went to Secheon-dong, the air there seemed quite nice.
Yes, since it's outside of the city, and there are mountains nearby, as well.
Here in Kang-nam, the air is bad.
Do you want something to drink?
No, thanks.
I was thinking about moving.
How is the price at your apartment?
Our apartment?
Yeah..
We don't have any big apartments in our building.
No, just us. My wife and I.
Should I look for a house with the realtors?
You don't know?
We're renting our apartment.
It's not urgent, so take your time. Do you know, by any chance,
if they have any villas nearby?
There are some nice villas toward the mountains.
Look into those.
Okay.
Where do you feel ill?
You should have stayed in the hospital longer.
It's because of my age, I'm just getting old, that's all.
Nothing can be done about that.
I don't know about just the two of you living there like that.
We've lived this whole time... with our son's...
Sa Ran.
Do you not feel well somewhere?
Should I call for Ra Ra?
Head...
Does your head hurt?
Which one should I give you?
Grandfather.
Grandfather!
Grandfather has lost consciousness.
Father-in-law!
Is this 911? Please come quickly!
The address? Just a moment.
Your address.
What are you doing, Grandma?
What is it?
Open the door quickly... You can just use the upstairs one.
Father-in-law! Father-in-law!
Why are you crying?
Grandmother.
Don't be too shocked.
I think Grandpa passed away.
What?!
Father-in-law!
Honey!
Honey!!!
Ay! Ay!
How?! Honey, honey!
I'm so happy!
This fish makes you happier than I do, doesn't it?
Who bought it for me?
Now for the rice course... do you want fried
or souped?
Fried, of course.
Open wide.
Give me your cheek.
Who?
Sister-in-law.
Hello?
Brother-in-law.
Yes, Sister-in-law?
Father-in-law passed away.
What?
We're on our way to the hospital now. Dae Sung Hospital.
I understand.
What is it?
She said that father passed away.
Oh no, how could he?
Yeon Saeng?
Mm-hmm.
What is going to become of the building he was going to buy for us?
Is the building the issue right now?
What about the grandmother?
She was in the bathroom.
Are you saying that you were alone with him when he passed?
Why is your pillar so fierce?
It isn't fierce. She merely did a good deed.
She was present alone during the passing of another family's family member. That's not fierce?
Why are there so many people dying these days? Starting with Sohn Ja's grandmother.
We never know about us either.
That's true. So we should be good to each other and to love each other, while we're alive.
Everyone who looks favorably on me is leaving me.
Did you really make this yourself?
Yes.
You're so skilled.
Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday, dear Ah Da Mo, Happy birthday to you!
Ra Ra,
Doctor Geum has also met with a death.
His father passed away.
Dear, you can't go, right?
I'll have to try to make some time tonight.
I'll just go. Dear, you're so busy.
Mother, when did you get your physical?
Last fall.
It's been over six months. Get another one done.
Who passed away?
Doctor Geum's father.
I wonder if he's lived to his content.
What brings you here?
Oh,
I don't suppose you're here for Doctor Geum's wake.
There's a Buddhist nun I am close with.
Her mother passed away.
If I had known, we could have come together. You're done, aren't you?
Yes.
Dr. Geum's father passed away.
I see.
Sister-in-law.
That lady that came was Oh Hwa Ran from Buyonggak.
How do you know?
I saw her in an ad once.
I wonder how she is connected to our family to come?
Did you go to Buyonggak, dear?
No. Some for me, too.
Are you sure you didn't?
Why?
Because of Oh Hwa Ran, who was just here, is the head madam.
Really?
Did father-in-law go there then?
Come out here.
Yes.
What about your cousin?
He couldn't come. There weren't any flights available.
Is it that hard to get there?
You know how L.A. is.
Is your grandmother okay?
Do you think she'd be okay?
She's passing out from crying frantically that she's going to follow him to death. So we hired someone to watch her at the hospital.
He died too suddenly.
Is there anything that he said?
Grandfather?
Just one word, "head" is all he said.
Head?
I think his head hurt.
Tell me all the details.
He strained to say, "head" and reached out his hand.
So I thought he was asking for headache medicine and turned around to find two medicine packets.
And I was turning around asking which one it was,
He closed his eyes right then and there, and drooped down his neck.
How can I live?
You have your sons, daughters-in-law and grandchildren.
We hear your eldest daughter-in-law is a filial daughter-in-law.
My old man was breathing his last breath,
And I was going in the bathroom.
Were you?
What are you doing?
I can't go on living!
Even if you're just a dog poop, being in this life is still better, they say.
Now why are you so strong?
Please let go of that.
Buddha,
How will I atone for this sin?
He died because of me.
And my child became like that because of me.
When do you start working?
The day after tomorrow.
It'll be hard on you.
This is from a big brother to a younger sister, spending money.
Don't you want to have some tea with me?
I'm not in the mood.
Let's talk.
Gong Ju said that starting tomorrow, you'll be working part-time.
Yes.
How much are they giving you?
It's just earning some spending money.
Don't do that. And don't get the wrong idea, because I'm only thinking of you.
Give our Buyonggak some thought.
What thought?
You'll be dancing anyway. So, what is the difference between dancing in an academy or at Buyonggak?
You're telling me to be a gisaeng?
Gisaengs used to be prestigious.
What is?
This is just what I've heard while working there.
During the time of the empire, their status were lowered because of political reasons.
But, originally... so in other words, in today's terms, they were artists.
That's just old talk.
Just think about it.
They're not even hiring this time around. And, in the Fall, you're going for Samhak academy or something?
Yes.
Do you have any guarantee that you'll get in?
They'll just be hiring one or two. And the competition will be out of the roof.
The professors who make selections are going to push for their own understudies.
And let's just say that you get in, because you're lucky.
What are you going to do with that salary that's less than $2,000?
Some spending money and some stuff for your body, and that's it.
To be honest, we're not on a lease. We're on month-to-month rent. And it's $1,200 a month.
And where did all the money go?
We have to repay the bank loan, and eat and live.
We can't eat on borrowed money. And who'd lent us the money, anyway?
That's why I was against the restaurant in the first place! Telling you that not just anyone can do it.
Did I make it go under on purpose? I thought it would do well.
Think about it, rationally.
You know what Koreans think of gisaengs.
It's because they don't know how it really is.
There are flower gisaengs, and Sa Ran, you can be a dance gisaeng.
There's a sound gisaeng. She just plays the pansori a few times and gets thousands of dollars in tips.
How can she even mention a gisaeng?
Is this the time for you to be picky about cold or warm rice?
Did someone tell you to go and miss out on the son of Eun Sung, you dunce?
Go in, you rascal! Now!
Stand up.
Take it off.
I have told you leisuring up takes from your poise.
I've told you time after time, haven't I?
I am sorry.
There are 15 clients today.
She's got the girls in the room next door crying. Are you girls here alright?
Yes.
Su-jin, I heard you received a lot of tips yesterday.
How much did you make?
Mister, you sure are curious about a lot of things.
Don't I look different?
A little...
Yeah, a little bit what?
Did you not eat lunch?
Your eyes look sulken.
No, not the sulken part.
Are you sick?
Huh?
Saeng-gang.
Yes.
Charles ssi can't come today, so you get ready.
Oh really?
So that's how it is.
I told oppa to give you higher pay.
There's no need for you to do that.
I might get fired.
Because it's worth doing.
Do you have any plans with him?
Oppa has been very busy lately.
That's right.
There were really a lot of customers.
If things continue at this rate,
we'll probably be engaged in the Fall.
The food just has to taste good.
You have to keep an eye out for oppa.
You don't have to worry.
He seemed very straight in his ways.
But girls come on to him!
It's because oppa comes from a nice family
and has strength.
Watch over the other employees and if one of the girls smiles at him, tell me right away.
The way I see it, he won't fall for any other girl, except you.
Why?
He's totally infatuated.
In good terms, he's enchanted, and in bad terms, he's obsessed.
He's so obsessed with you, that any other girl is bland.
He doesn't notice them.
There is that.
I feel like having a drink.
Can you handle a couple of more shots?
Ah Da-mo?
Has there been no communication?
Yeah.
Were you not hurt?
I think of it as a good experience.
Why?
I'm going to get unni a glass of honey water.
Did she do this?
I think so.
I'll make it.
Here's the honey water.
Did you drink with your friends?
Just know that I'll never become a gisaeng.
I'm going to live my life happily dancing.
You would be more happy if you made a lot of money and danced!
If I become a gisaeng, I won't be able to get into the Mu Yong Gak.
Who would accept me?
If you really want to be happy in life, some sacrifices have to be made!
How can you do everything you want to do?
When you grow older, so will your body.
And when you're older, money is the thing you need the most.
Do you know how pitiful it is if you're old and poor?
"Hungry Art" may sound cool, but
what's the point of having a cool name when your life is pitiful?
Even if I end up eating instant noodle for all three meals a day.
I will definitely become an acknowledged dancer who stands on the stage.
That's greed.
Mom.
Why?
The stage you see is not all of the real stage, but there's a thing called a stage in your heart.
Even if it's dancing in front of 4 to 5 people instead of thousands,
if the audience is enraptured with your dance,
isn't that just as powerful?
What is powerful about dancing in front of four or five?
At Buyonggak, we get foreign VIPs coming to visit.
If the foreigners praise your dance,
they'll learn more about our culture and at the same time, you'll earn money!
Rather than dancing for several people of importance and earning their respect,
I would rather be acknowledged by normal people and give them happiness through my dance.
Then...
what about our daily expenses?
Is that my fault?
I already told you this morning. Did I squander the money off?
Why do I have to be the one responsible for the family?
If dad had continued to work at the factory, then I would've been able to go to graduate school.
We wouldn't be living on monthly payments,
and we wouldn't have to worry about eating and living.
We're on monthly payments?
That's right!
Please don't mention this again.
But I will.
Mom, you really.
You're meeting your friends tomorrow.
You should treat them once in a while. It's not much.
What's this?
Who brought it?
It was in the mailbox.
Like this?
Yes, someone must have left it in there.
What's wrong?
Do I not even go and send my husband off?
So instead...
Just smile.
So that the customers don't have to say, "Please bring me some water."
You keep a tight watch and when you see that the water is low, you go there first and say excuse me.
Since you're an only child, weren't you lonely as you were growing up?
I had many things to do so I never thought about it.
Were you also too busy to date?
I still do the things I need to even when I'm busy.
What do you think is the most important?
What?
The things you look for in your partner.
Well...
rather than more important, I have to be interested.
I could start to dislike someone because of their way of speech.
Or we might not have a lot of things in common.
I also have a younger brother. And,
I realized that what men are thinking and what they say are different.
They think beauty is the most important part. But,
they say they like women who they feel they can connect with.
It's not an evasive answer but a truthful one.
I feel that I can connect with pretty women.
Da-mo, you too?
At first it's like that.
If she's pretty, I feel something.
Next is...
Next is what?
Not the face, but the heart.
If she acts nicely, I'll love her.
You must like women with a lot of cuteness.
Aren't you hungry?
If we leave, I'll be able to eat.
I'm a little picky with food.
I'm curious about one thing.
Yes.
The products that are manufactured at your family's company... do you eat them?
I used to eat them often.
But these days I've gotten pretty tired of them. So, no.
What do you like?
I don't eat meat.
I'm a vegetarian.
I heard there are different types of vegetarians.
I'm a vegan.
Bibimbap, please.
Yes.
I'll have that too.
Please take out the meat and eggs from mine.
I understand.
Don't you have any problems with your health?
I didn't go cold-turkey at once, so not really.
It's bad to start too abruptly.
I just feel so pitiful for the animals.
That's right.
How about milk?
All you have to do is squeeze for the milk.
"The call cannot be answered right now..."
What now?
He said she is a total vegetarian.
Meat, fish, milk, eggs, not a single one of those.
How does she live then?
Because she is living, she goes out on blind dates.
And wants to get married, I suppose.
It's too hard!
To get a daughter-in-law.
It's a once a lifetime grand event. Would it be so easy?
We can't live with her, if our eatings don't match.
Get in.
I have something to tell you.
I don't have anything to hear.
Don't make me come again and ring your doorbell.