New Tales of Gisaeng
Grandma.
How can she come here?!
Don't be like that.
What do you mean?!
She is pitiful.
What do you mean pitiful. Who will welcome her here?
Tell her to leave!
I assume you came here knowing what her reaction would be.
I have class at school today.
Oh okay.
Ahjumma, please show her in.
I will be coming in.
Knowing where this place is...
My husband, without fulfilling his destined lifespan...
in this place he died!
I am also heart-ached by what happened.
Don't test my patience. Please leave.
You can help me by not being here.
Mother.
Don't call me by that!
If my husband was still alive,
then my son and daughter-in-law wouldn't have divorced.
It's due to my retribution.
If you know, then go.
Thinking only about myself, things have become the way they are.
25 years ago, I thought that was the right way.
Although I am greatly lacking,
this seems like an inevitable fate.
What twisted fate?
Though your heart aches,
although you may really resent me.
Please kindly forgive me, Mother.
If you don't leave, then I will have to leave.
Where are we going?
Do you remember that place?
We said that we would return on your birthday to eat the sharksfin dish again.
The sun hasn't set yet, so shall we have some fresh air and eat dinner?
Did you not make a reservation?
I can just call and say that we will be a bit late.
Just go.
Let's just talk.
I have to learn songs.
Which punk are you going to ensnare with your song this time?
What?
You've become coarse.
You can call it jealousy.
Oh my, the housekeeper changed again.
Mother is inside?
She went out.
What about Ra Ra?
To school.
You have come?
This is the second daughter-in-law.
I am Han Soon Deok.
Yes.
But... who are you?
Would you like something?!
Yes?.. Oh, anything is fine.
Dr. Geum and I have a marriage promise.
Who? Brother-in-law and you?
Yes.
When did the two of you meet?
It has been a while since we met.
Was the morning soup edible enough?
It was delicious.
I ate the entire bowl. And, had another one for lunch.
Next year.. Every year, I will cook it for you.
What is the meaning of that laugh?
Would you like the meals served right now?
First that.
Ah, yes.
After meeting you, I have done a lot of things for the first time.
The bouquet of flowers, the pu-er tea in the park.
Even on my mother's birthday, I haven't cooked seaweed soup.
This is why, in the end, you can't depend on your children. Right?
You left out roasting the dried corbina fish. I understand that you roasted mine yourself.
But your face doesn't show that you're touched.
I did it inside (I am touched inside.)
Let's spend a lot of time together before we go in.
First let's eat and see.
And there is also a good movie that came out.
I will sing you the happy birthday song.
Happy birthday to you..
Please don't sing it.
Why?
Please put the lights on.
You must be thinking about what happened on my birthday, huh?
So you are mad, right?
Today is not my birthday.
Your sister told me your birthdate.
But this isn't it.
Then when is it?
I don't know.
So stubborn.
Delicious.
Dan Sa Ran. Let go of the anger.
Didn't I tell you that I didn't come to BuYongGak because we broke up?
Let's just talk after we eat.
Are you really not going to hear the song?
What time did she leave?
About 4? She left after she cooked all the side dishes and main dishes.
Try some of this soup. It is really delicious.
Ajumma.
She's about 10 years older than you.
Did grandma leave right after?
Yes.
What happened?
When I came over, I met a woman named Han Soon Deok.
Is it true that she and your father are going to get married?
Yes.
Unbelievable.
Are you saying that Grandma approved?
No.
You should, as well, object to it.
I don't plan to.
Why?
Why should I when it is father's life?
I just want him to be happy and to have fun.
Since I will be leaving sooner or later.
You have someone?
We will be picking a date (a marriage date).
Who?
A doctor from dad's hospital.
Show him to us and we'll decide then.
There is a call coming in.
Let's meet tomorrow.
I will come over tomorrow afternoon.
Ohh okay.
How come you and that one lady broke up?
Do I really have to tell you?
My younger sister overheard her conversation.
She was talking about visiting the man's family.
If you hear this you'll just be full of mighty air again,
but it has to be you for me.
Without knowing it, we've come to care deeply for each other.
Return the ring quickly.
I won't return it.
I will make sure I put it on your hand.
I wonder.
Will that be?
Just watch and see.
I'm a foundling.
A foundling?
You were carried on the back and raised? (homonym for a foundling)
A baby found on someone's doorstep.
That is why I don't know my birthday.
I don't even know my birthday
and I don't even know the people who bore me.
Are you writing a novel?
I wish it was like that.
Who said that?
After knowing that, I chose to go there(BuYonggak).
Did you hear it from your parents?
Not knowing one's roots,
I guess you can say that about me.
I don't believe it.
Then why don't you just go meet my father and hear it for yourself.
June 14th
I thought it was my birth date for 25 years, but
they said that it was the day when I was left on the doorstep.
So, because I was a new born baby, my real birthdate
must be sometime early June.
Knowing this, do you still wish to marry me?
You should have done as I had asked, so that I didn't have to tell you this.
This is very awkward.
Why did he decide to tell you?
My father was planning to keep it a secret. But, my stepmother...
What about your stepmother?! What good would it serve?
It's because she is a stepmom.
My stepmother is like that. But Gong Joo is pretty. And, very kind-hearted.
Even if it's true, there must have been a good reason.
For not being able to raise you.
If I think about it..
Give it a thought first.
When a newborn baby, who should have been suckling on its mother,
is left abandoned at a doorstep, what do you think it would have felt?
Even though a baby, I feel that I must have felt it.
When I left my mother's warm embrace to be left on the cold ground, I wonder how I felt?
As I watched my mother's face disappear,
how scared and frightened I must have been.
A person needs to know their roots to feel secure and stable.
I have no knowledge at all.
What do my parents look like?
What did they do, under what circumstance was I born,
and how they could abandon their child?
I'm barely managing to hang on.
How can someone like that even think about marriage?
That wouldn't be normal.
Our respective paths are completely different.
You're not drinking?
You lost your appetite for your drink too?
Because I have to drive.
I'm grateful to you.
You created some beautiful memories for me.
Including an enormous diamond ring.
I don't have a trace of enmity towards you.
Only fondness.
When you picked up my pin when we first met in your living room,
I felt my heart pound.
Your gaze was so intense.
I was totally enraptured then.
I guess I should have waited until we had eaten?
Just...
Let's first think about this a little.
What's there to think about?
You only need to pack and leave when we get back.
Don't drink any more.
If you come to think of me, visit once in a while as a guest.
I'll be thinking of you and will be wanting to see you every now and then.
Can we stop somewhere for just a little while?
Are you feeling nauseous?
Stop and see.
What?
Nothing.
What?
Before we return,
embrace me once.
Then, go.
If I embrace you here, we won't be able to return to Buyonggak tonight.
Listen carefully.
I'm not leaving this place by myself.
Make no mistake. I will be holding your hand and taking you with me.
Know that. Now, go in and sleep.
Because of pity?
What is it that you really want from me?
Love!
That's it.
Aside from love, what else do you possess?
Just look towards me and love me.
That's all.
I'm 100% sincere.
There's no reason to doubt me.
Forget about the circumstances of your birth.
Life is busy enough to deal with the joys and good things in life.
Why hold on to that history and drag it along with you?
Go in and sleep. As soon as you awake, pack your bags.
I'll take care of the rest.
Director Oh said that she wouldn't hold you back should you decide to leave.
Why aren't you answering?
I'll let you go if you give me an answer.
I'll think about it.
What kind of thoughts?
You don't have to think about it any further. I'll do the thinking and make the decisions.
I'm not the Ah Da Mo of the past.
I've changed.
Andre!
Did you sleep well?
Were you bored because Daddy was sleeping?
Dr Geum has divorced.
What divorce? More nonsense.
I heard it directly from Ra Ra's mother.
She wasn't joking?
I can't understand it.
Why would he abandon a wife like that?
Perhaps he didn't abandon, but was the one abandoned.
Say something that makes sense! You know how gentle a person Dr Geum is.
You never know how a person, who is gentle on the outside, behaves when he's inside the house.
When I saw her yesterday,
Ra Ra's mother didn't look like a person who was abandoned.
She looked very bright and hopeful.
Regardless, it's a good thing that we didn't become in-laws.
This kid,
nothing but a text-message telling me that he's doing well.
I didn't even get a text-message!
In the end, aren't we the ones to blame?
The issues began from me, and father too.
If only he hadn't cast the child away.
Mother, please don't lay all the blame on Soon Deok.
She's had to lead such a life because of us.
Even if she had to meet you by yourself, she should have told you the truth.
If we had and I had said,
"Is that right? I understand. We'll raise her well.".
Would that have been sufficient?
Right from the start,
she suffered and sacrificed to be where she is.
Please don't make her suffer any more.
Tell her not to come by. After all, I'm only human.
How can I pretend to welcome her?
Meal is ready.
Have you packed?
After I deliver these.
It's heavy. I'll take it.
I'm planning to remain here.
Even if we were to marry, you will undoubtedly change your mind.
I will?
And, I don't want to turn you into a son who will disappoint his parents. On my account.
That's my problem. Why would you worry for it?
How can it be your own problem? Do you marry by yourself?
But I said I would bear it all.
I may believe a dog passing by,
but I won't believe men anymore.
Especially Ah Da Mo.
When you dump me after a few years together, ... I won't be able to return to this life from being too old.
I'll just be a cripple.
Fine!
When I dump you, I'll pull a good amount of alimony for you,
so you can live and eat well on it!
Am I ever petty with money? I'll give you enough to live and eat on for the rest of your life then!
Stop making my life hard.
Just leave me be.
How can a man make demands of something that he spit out at one time?
I caused the problem, so I'll resolve it.
I'll reveal it to your family. Let's see if they like it.
If they are willing to accept someone,
who was once a Gisaeng, as a daughter-in-law,
I won't say a word and follow you out.
Go ahead. Let's just put it all out there.
Your home number is so easy, I memorized it automatically.
Father wouldn't have left for work yet.
Hello?
If it's a prank call, hang up.
If I find your birth parents, will you fold on this lifestyle?
You're suggesting marriage in order to make me leave?
Marriage is not something to play with.
It means a lifetime of living together for the man and the woman.
I realized that it has to be with someone that I can't live without.
After I parted with you.
If only I had realized it before we parted, we wouldn't be in this mess.
In that case, I wouldn't have known the circumstances around my birth.
I'll look for them, no matter what happens.
It'll likely be impossible.
I won't give up before trying!
The price is too severe, isn't it?
The price of having dated me.
It's not the price of having dated you, but
the price of twice betraying you.
There's no other option but to make her leave of her own accord.
Last night, I had a birthday dinner with your sister.
She talked about the circumstances of her birth.
Is it all true?
Yes.
Please, tell me exactly what happened. Did someone really leave her at the doorstep?
It wasn't at her house.
How should I explain this?
Her deceased mother use to work at a house.
At the doorstep of that house.
It wasn't even at the doorstep of her current parents? But, at the house where she worked?
Yes.
Could you ask your father about the location of that house?
She had already asked.
Her mother only worked there for a few months and he can't recollect anything.
I'm saying this, only because you already know.
She decided to enter Buyonggak when she found out that truth.
Before that, she was very upbeat.
Even so, you could ask him one more time.
Since it was his wife's workplace,
it's possible that he accompanied her there a few times.
Please ask him again, in case he remembers something.
Yes.
Why didn't that household raise her?
We don't know.
It's possible that they already had a child.
For now, you can remain at home.
Do you understand?
Yes.
With her discomfort, will she be able to manage looking after the house?
It's a minor discomfort.
She won't return only if it gets too difficult.
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Please come have your meal.
Please, have a serving.
After working in the kitchen,
she's prepared a perfect feast.
I've added the yams as they are full of nutrients and they are cancer-preventive.
This will be beneficial for the constipation.
One wouldn't even notice someone dying beside them while eating this.
They had met and sparks flew before the marriage.
I suppose they met again because it was fate.
What nonsense!
Nothing makes sense in our family.
If a woman like that came in, it's a minus for you as well.
What can we do? Dad likes her.
If he put his mind to it, a golden miss would marry into the household.
A 30-something stepmom?
No. Just saying.
If you and grandmother were to oppose strongly,
wouldn't brother-in-law change his mind?
That's because you haven't seen the two of them together.
Dad is totally unlike how he was with Mom.
Their eyes are full of love and warmth for each other.
Oh for heaven's sake!
The man that you're meeting, what do his parents do?
Daeshin Electronics. An executive there.
Daeshin Electronics?
Such a company exists?
Yes.
It must be a small company.
Yes.
Can you stop using the formal language? Our relationship is beyond that.
We've lived this way for more than 25 years.
I guess they're ecstatic.
Mother treats me very well.
Ra Ra does well, too. She is Dr Geum's daughter, after all.
You're the sole inheritor of that hospital.
She treats me well with her heart.
Bring him to our house. I'll prepare dinner.
And, there's nothing to be ashamed of. So, tell him the truth.
In the past, it was a common practice.
When siblings couldn't have children.
Just so that you can interfere with this and that?
If necessary, it has to be done.
I'll do what I feel is needed.
Do you think it's possible?
Even if you do search for them, leave this place first.
You can't continue to not work.
If you find them, I'll follow you without another word.
While you're here, I'm not going anywhere.
Weren't you suspicious at all?
Not a single picture of your mother while she was carrying you or of when you were born.
How could I suspect?
I believed her when she said that they were too poor to have pictures.
She told me to never have my fortune told since they're not accurate, and not to do them,
even for fun.
I guess she gave up because the date was wrong.
Even if we knew the house where you were first brought,
we could start from there.
How?
They likely didn't have CCTV at the alleys back then.
If they were still living in the same house, for a start.
By fortune, if they haven't moved and were still there,
we could ask if anyone knows something.
If someone knew something, would they have sent me with my mother?
They likely left me there because it appeared to be a well-to-do house.
Just in case.
The percentage to find them is 0%.
You should return home in the meantime.
You have to keep your promise this time.
Can't you just think of it as leaving your parents early and going off to marry?
And just live looking towards me only?
I now believe in fate.
I use to think that effort was all that was required.
My birth was something that I couldn't do anything about.
I'm afraid of my pillars.
Unlike others, I wasn't even given parents.
Do you think God would give me a good husband and a happy life?
This is why we're in this situation.
At first, I was disappointed and angry at you.
But, when I think about it, it was all my fault.
Because I wasn't destined to be happy.
If I don't stand firm at this time,
we'll both become miserable, after the initial happiness.
If I don't see you, I won't be able to do anything.
You'll thank me later.
Other women would only think of their own ambition, disregarding others around them.
Let's say that is your fate. What about mine?
My pillars are good. My family, my wealth, my health.
Only a slight problem with my affections.
You can lean on me. That's all we need.
Do you think that your parents would stand by and do nothing?
I don't have that much strength.
We'll have to withstand their anger and try to turn their opposition.
If I felt honorable and had that level of confidence, I would attempt it.
But, I can't do that in all good conscience.
Actually, I'm barely managing to hold it together.
If I encounter any more pain beyond what I have now,
I won't be able to endure it.
I said that I will find a solution!
After I get their approval for the marriage, I'll find your parents.
Do you think that's likely?
Just one thing...
One what?
If you raise my hair, we could live together.
Your hair?
An official marriage with a gisaeng.
What era are we living in to talk about raising a gisaeng's hair?
Mr Ma is looking for you!
I'm crazy so I want you as my proper wife, but a gisaeng wedding?
Your younger sister hasn't been by lately to visit you.
I told her to not come.
Does she have a boyfriend?
No.
Why? She looks cute.
She's not very interested in men.
Then, what is she interested in?
Oh Bong!
Oh Bong ssi! Yes!
Oh Bong ssi?
Dad.
Yes.
You got along well with Saran's deceased mother?
Yeah.
Then, the house where she was left.
Didn't you go by the place once or twice?
No.
You could have left for work at the same time?
I told you it was only a few months.
There wasn't a letter or something left behind with her?
No, why?
I just feel sad when I think of her.
We won't be able to find it.
When I see Unni, I feel that her birth parents would be nice people.
Would nice people abandon their child?
Perhaps there was a drastic reason.
We may not share any blood,
but we raised her as our own.
How can I treat such a person as a sister-in-law?
I think I've seen her once before. I'm fairly certain.
When?
When father was admitted into the hospital.
She looks very timid, and about your age?
Omo.
She came right to the hospital? With sister-in-law there?
She wasn't there at that time.
I thought the atmosphere was rather strange.
You have to oppose it too.
How can I say anything when Ra Ra doesn't object?
Ra Ran's lost a lot of her affection for them.
After thinking that they were her birth parents.
She won't say it because of her pride, but
don't you think she feels a sense of betrayal?
They don't worry about Ra Ra at all, and they're each busy finding their own happiness.
Where did that doctor friend graduate from?
He seems well-educated and intelligent enough, but...
His family background is too average.
It's tradition to send a daughter to higher status and the son to a lower status.
He's intelligent and treating Ra-ra nicely is the most important thing.
It's fine because brother has a big fortune.
After he gets remarried to the lady,
what if she gives birth to a kid.
Then, Ra Ra will be relegated to the side.
Give birth to what at age 47?
These days, woman give birth at 50-something too.
That only applies if it's not their first one.
I heard she's never married.
Yes.
She won't be able to.
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Do you have an important meeting today?
No.
Then why are you also paying attention to your tie?
Are you going to Sam Chung Dong?
No.
Tonight, I'm meeting my friends
and I don't want to hear that I'm old.
Aigoo.
Honey, you're not old at all!
Your face is full of energy.
Energy is energy.
Duk Jo is getting placenta injections these days, along with his wife.
You're not supposed to take those too carelessly!
If I can just raise this a little bit,
I'll seem much more taut.
Dear, you are handsome just the way you are!
You have class.
And?
Charisma,
and you are so manly!
I bet you were a general in your previous life.
Andre, your mom said that I was probably a general in my previous life.
Perhaps, General In Gyung Up?
That's right.
That's right? (Lnformal)
That's right (formal).
I'm going to BuYongGak today.
The gisaeng house?
Yes.
Why are you going there?
Why?
Jan Song arranged it.
It's been a while. So, we're going to have a drink together, comfortably.
The elderly acting like silly fools.
Elders?
Not you, of course. The person who suggested going there.
Jealousy of a grandmother.
What? Then, the person living with the grandmother is ajussi?
If you keep this up, I'll raise a gisaeng's hair.
Do you know the exact meaning of raising a gisaeng's hair?
My great grandfather was an expert on it, so I'm well acquainted with it.
If you did such a thing these days, you'll get caught for prostitution charges immediately.
Andre, Daddy is leaving. Have fun at home.
Send a message to Da Mo. Tell him to drop by the house.
Do you have something to say to him?
He should give a mid-term report.
I was assuming that no news was good news.
Aren't you the least bit worried? For being his mother?
He's a son. And, a healthy one at that.
We live in a dangerous world.
Even men are kidnapped and sold in shrimp boats.
You're laughing?
You're worried our Da Mo might get caught and sold by shrimp fishermen?
Excuse me, Ajusshi!
Ajusshi,
Is there a system for raising a gisaeng's hair here?
Not any recently.
- There used to be in the past. - How do you raise hair?
There is no age limit, but you have to be legally single.
And you hold a proper ceremony in the traditional wedding sense.
I think you have to take responsibility for the gisaeng's lifetime.
But first you have to prepare a house.
Why? Were you thinking about it?
No! I was just curious.
What is this?
Iced green tea.
Why are you looking at me with that expression?
Because it's pitiful.
Since we live behind the same fence, I'm very happy.
It's similar to feeling full when you haven't eaten.
You're not someone who should be doing this.
Being here, I realize that I was a big frog in a little pond. (a man with a narrow outlook)
I can see how the broader world operates.
I'm spending some meaningful time here.
You're face has gotten skinnier.
I lost 2 kilograms.
Since I'm always using my body, I have a voracious appetite.
My body is in top shape right now.
I think it would be good to get married right now, we could reap the benefit of it.
Geez...
Even getting something like this made by Lady Sa Ran.
It was the next alleyway after Chairman Park's house so...
Oh! This is the right place, right?
Wow, this neighborhood is the same as before.
That's right! It's that house.
I guess this is where our Sa Ran was left.
Has ajummuni gone somewhere?
At home. She wasn't feeling well.
Yes.
It hasn't been long since it's been washed.
It should be brushed and aired every day.
She is very neat.
Da-mo!
Yes.
Knowing that I was here.
A lot has happened.
What about his marriage?
I think he must have broken it off.
Oh my, does this mean he really likes you?
He told me he realized belatedly.
This is totally shocking.
Does his family know?
I think he must have told them he'd be gone.
Just turn a blind eye and do what he says.
He wants to get married, right?
What do you think his family will say about me?
I'd become something.
They'd want to cook me as porridge and give it to the dog.
I suppose that could be true...
I wanted him to tire and get out of here on his own,
But the longer he stays here, the more energetic he becomes.
Truthfully, I'm envious of you.
You're envious of my circumstances?
Having wealthy parents,
do you know what good that does?
The best thing is for an able man to fall in love with you.
Either way, I'm here...
And we'll just end like this.
I really think that love has nothing to do with common sense.
My dad is getting remarried to a lady who used to be head chef here.
Ommona.
You haven't seen her, right?
I have seen her before. It was when we first came here.
She doesn't match my dad in any condition.
Education, living environment, profession, everything.
And she is slightly physically inconvenienced too.
But then when I actually met her.
Strangely, my desire to object went away.
She seemed rather pitiful, and anyway, it's like that.
So the people Mother mentioned were Ra Ra's dad and the head chef then.
Hello.
Yes.
I seem to recall we've met before at my father's hospital room once in the past.
What brings you here at this hour?
I just stopped by for a little while.
If you haven't eaten lunch yet, please have some.
Yes, if there's enough rice.
She's been coming and leaving here like that, as though going to work.
Were they so ardent in the old days?
Apparently so. Unbelievable, isn't it?
Whatever we say, would hyung listen?
Then, stand aside and become a laughing stock for the world?
You oppose strongly too.
Brother always did like modest woman like her more.
So you're saying we should just drink the soup and eat the rice cakes and do nothing?
If he's fallen that hard, he's not likely to listen to anyone.
Since he's saying he's going to marry for love only, at this late age in life.
How did our household become like this?
If you think about it, it's all because of your wife.
Did she introduce the two of them?
There's a reason.
It's all prepared.
There's only one stone bowl, I'm afraid.
Ah, yes. Won't you eat with us?
I'll eat at 2 o'clock.
Mom,
Do you eat like this every day?
Yes.
Wow, your luck has exploded lately.
If my luck explodes again, ...
Eat.
Wow, that's refreshing!
The dishes are amazingly delicious.
Is it mixed with some fruit?
She ground kiwi and pineapple for this.
What kind of a grilled pancake is this? It tastes perfect.
It tastes like grilled mackerel pike pancake.
You can make grilled pancakes with mackerel pike?
You can't tell the taste of the sauce by the bowl.
She may look like that, but she can cook second to none.
Aigoo. She'll hear you.
She can't hear me.
What did you want to talk about?
After we're finished eating.
(Sa Ran has 7 appointments)
Is it an issue about money?
Mom.
You have another grandchild.
Yeon Sang's mother... is she pregnant with a late-in-life child?
No.
He's twenty-years-old this year.
It seems to be that he is my son.
A long time ago..
I dated a nurse for a short time.
He looks a lot like me.
A son?
Yes.
Why do you speak of that now?!
Because I didn't know.
I didn't even know he was born.
But...
Because I was curious, I searched around.
The child's mother died..
And I found out that she had a son.
Looking at his age, it seemed suspicious to me.
And it turns out he's my son.
All you guys do such great things.
Please help.
Me what?
When Yeon Sang's mom finds out, there will be a bout of havoc.
First...
Please take him in and let him live here.
He is your grandson no matter what.
The child's mother died..
Who is he living with now?
Step-father?
She raised the child alone.
And she died as an unmarried woman.
That boy...
he is living in another family's house.
There's no joy in life.
Should I have get pregnant again this late in life?
Next week..
The DNA results will come out.
Then...
he could possibly not be related to us.
I told you he is my son.
You should see him, Mom.
And see if what I am saying is wrong.
He resembles me even more than Yeon Sang.
Yeon Sang takes after his mom.
The kid... is so precious and so easy to love.
Nothing deliquent at all. He grew up really well.
I suppose you two father and son pair had your round of tears then, hugging each other and all.
Since he's a guy.
He doesn't let his tears shown easily, of course.
He didn't seem to believe it.
The test too...
he said to do it.
His name?
Just a single character.
Ja.
Ja?
He took his mom's surname.
So, Sohn Ja.
How could his name be Sohn Ja? [ Sohn Ja = Grandchild ]
If we fix the family registry, he'll be Geum Ja then. [ Geum Ja = Gold-letter. Girly name. ]
Well, the name...
you can always change it.
If people find out, what would they think about our family?
They'd say we didn't properly teach our children.
Your father...
In his lifetime, he never went astray and lived his life clean and straight.
Who do you take after to be like this?
Father too, actually... we don't really know that.
Who knows if he went out and did what?
Say something that's sensical.
You saw him all your life, but you can still say that?
As his son?
I'll retract (what I said).
I'm sorry, Father.
Do you not have a picture?
Should I ask him to take one and send it to my phone?
Never mind.
When is the result coming out?
You can't, without reservation.
I can only reserve if you guys will accept it!
Wait! Excuse me!
What is this?
I'm going to see the madame here in person today.
If you tell me, I'll pass it along to her.
I guess you're the main servant here?
Got some strength?
Not strength, but heart.
We're busy, okay?
We're busy too.
Making reservations aren't part of our work.
And we only show in the guests with reservations.
I got money boxed for you and I'm saying I'll buy some liquor from you.
How come you won't take my reservation?
Huh?!!!
If you give me your business card, I will hand it to my superiors.
Shall we disrupt business around here, then?
Make some noise and disturb the business here?
Hey, don't you see that his face is white?
Don't rile him.
I'm always white, you see.
But my inside is shining.
I guess the servant ahjussi here can speak some choice words.
Mister.
How much are you paid here?
Come to our office.
I'll give you double, okay?
Our boys know how to use some strength.
But their talking is a little slow.
Looking at you.
You got a nice big body too.
Use the special room for Executive Kim.
Yes.
Yes?
We have gangsters at our front door.
The Youngchoon gang, you see.
The middle boss is pestering about meeting madame.
He says to either accept a reservation from them, or to have her meet him.
Hold on.
Mother.
Youngchoon's gang's middle boss is here to make a ruckus about us not taking their reservation.
He says to either take their reservation or to meet you.
Have him go to the guest room.
Will you be okay?
I'm someone who's gone through hell and high-water.
Where are all the gisaengs that there's not even a shadow of them?
How many gisaengs are here?
A lot?
Yes.
When the madame arrives, please mind your manners.
Yeah, fine.
I'm thirsty too. How about some tea?
We're having it prepared.
Pretty neat interior.
Hey!
Yes, Sir.
Take a shot of me with that phone.
I'm going to take it.
Smile, please.
Did it come out good?
Yes.
This is our Director.
Please sit.
Let's talk comfortably with each other alone.
Yes.
I'm Oh Hwa Ran.
Bang Cho Sae, I am.
Bang Chok Sae?
Hey, not that okay?
Cho Sae, okay? Cho Sae.
Cho like grass!
Frigging crazy.
I hear you have business to discuss with me.
Our big brother wants to drink some liquor here.
But you guys won't take our reservation.
So then I came here like this today.
And I came even though I know this is discourteous.
I wonder why?
They're saying this place is like where the top 1% of people in business world come.
We're top 1% in business too.
In our line of business, I mean.
And another thing.
Money for liquor.
I brought it here in advance, nice and clean.
No person is above another, nor beneath another.
We should accept any guest who wishes to come our way, of course.
It's just that I was burned once in the past.
With someone from our side?
You haven't heard the rumors about me?
I heard this and that, of course.
A master singer.
And you collect all kinds of talents here.
Not those, I mean.
Mr. Park Gang Soo.
The legendary...
Brother Gang Soo, you mean?
That mister waved his knife at me, you see.
He wanted me to quit being gisaeng and live with him.
I didn't heed his way.
And one day, he pulled out his knife and drew in air.
He said one of us should die.
And then...
what happened?
If I did as he asked, would I be sitting here right now?
So then... did you get stabbed anywhere?
I did tell him to prick me if he wanted to.
I said I'd rather die than to be the gangster's lover.
So you got some guts then.
And then what happened?
He said he's never seen anyone fierce like me, and he left.
And that's why we don't accept non-ordinary people.
Since there are no laws that say that won't happen again.
I'll promise you.
That will never happen.
But that's just your own thinking.
What if the elder brother of yours comes...
and he could act rude to one of our girls.
Our girls can't be treated like those at the hostess bars, you see.
They are art gisaengs.
They are here today after years of studying the traditions and arts.
We show our utmost respect to our guests.
And the guests here must keep their manners too.
Yeah, okay.
Men who are still young can find this rather taxing.
And the atmosphere may seem too strange.
I said we don't care already.
If we think this doesn't suit us.
Then we won't come after the first time, that's all.
Hey, you!
You can't use rude speech either.
Yeah, okay. Okay then.
Yes, Boss.
Yes, the reservation.
I did it, brother!
Monday at seven, it is.
Why?
So you can go to the skin spa over the weekend.
I pushed it back some on purpose.
They say skin matters too these days.
Of course. Of course.
We gotta get you exfoliatd so you can shine.
The radishes (gangster underlings) are big like this.
But the middle boss guy.
What happened, Director?
We accepted their reservation.
Please don't let Sa Ran go into that room no matter what.
He said they would keep their manners.
No matter what great manners they say they'd keep.
I'll send the experienced girls in.
How nice for you to be so popular by request.
I'd treat everyone a big round if I were you.
What are you doing with all that money you're earning?
But unnies don't particularly like food.
Since it'll cause weight gain.
You can only treat with food?
There are purses and makeup too.
Lots of stuff.
Executive Kim Jong Moon.
Oh, yes.
Guest for the special room.
Yes.
This way, please.
Can you speak Korean?
This is your uncle.
You have some insolence in your eyes.
Why? You love getting cursed at?
Have you rolled around in this field for a while?
No, she's such a newbie and such an innocent one. This is the first time I've seen her like this.
You didn't know Da Mo ssi's father came by today, right?
Don't mess around with Sa Ran. Did you see how she was with the Chief of Midas today?
Her temper is no ordinary temper.
Maybe she chewed her share of gum in highschool. [Gum-chewing means deliquent bullies]
This isn't something that can be solved like this.
Why are you like this... seriously?