New Tales of Gisaeng
Definitely..
It was Da Mo.
EPISODE 28
Earlier today, I stopped by older brother's hospital.
And I saw Oh Jin Ahm.
How did he look to you?
He makes a pleasant impression.
And he looks like he won't upset her either.
You don't know for sure just by looking at the face.
You only know about a person after you spend time with them.
That's a correct saying, but since I've encountered so many people in my life...
and since the face is my specialty.
I'm pretty much a half-face-reader.
What about your brother's marriage issue?
Would he listen to me?
An iron hand in a velvet glove.
Brother is more stubborn than he looks.
I was getting very dizzy. Then...
I lost conscious.
You didn't lose conscious because you were dizzy, you passed out from being drunk.
How much alcohol did you drink?
2 glasses of wine.
Say something reasonable.
Or verify it with Madame Kim yourself.
Then I suppose someone drugged it.
I jokingly said you should go there once, and you turn around and go there right away?
These days I feel no joy.
Things with Ra Ra are more distant.
Worse than it was when she was my niece.
Let's have a child now, late in life.
I can still give birth.
My fitness age shows up as 38.
We're about to turn 50 soon.
You have a kid out of boredom?
Use the kid to undo boredom?
We need someone to pour our affection into.
Yeon Sang says he's going to settle in the U.S. for good.
And Ra Ra will soon become the daughter-in-law of someone else's household.
What is this? Just the two of us.
Just wait a little more because there is Sohn Ja.
Dear..!!
I'm saying I will go through ten months of suffering to have the kid!
Don't suffer.
The phone is off. When you're connected to the voice box, upon hearing the beep.
You mean you're going to move into the girl's home?
No, not really moving in.
But I plan to trail her all the hours, except for sleeping.
Did he fall for some gisaeng there?
A group of madames came today and one of them fell unconscious, I hear.
The guests in the chrysanthemum room.
She wasn't passed out from being drunk?
They were just sharing a bottle of wine, how could they get drunk?
If a person's tolerance is weak, then they could pass out, over just one glass of wine.
They didn't get to see any performances before they had to just empty out.
Oh no, how awful.
The food bill is not just a small amount. What a waste!
From what I can tell, they look like madames from heads of corporations.
Which?
They don't say, of course, in case someone speaks ill of them.
I should've been the one to enter that room.
The ladies... when I sing...
they go crazy, right?
If they come back, let me know.
Eat slowly okay?
How come you didn't make a golf appointment today?
I'm going on a business trip tomorrow.
My condition has to be optimal.
Ohhh.
Why?
Oh just because.
Do you wish that I leave?
No, I was just wondering what I should make for lunch.
Welcome.
Oh.. Mother is in the restroom.
If I had known you were coming today, I would have gone to pick you up.
You made it sound like you wanted to rest today.
Seeing you here at our house like this..
It's another different feeling.
I didn't get to see at all yesterday...
The others in the family will see.
Ra Ra isn't home.
And the ahjumma is cleaning the second floor.
Ra Ra..
Is she going out everyday because of me?
It's the weekend, do they not date?
My mom..
Suggests that you come to our house to eat.
She said that she would make something delicious.
Then I can't go on an empty hand.
It's okay.
Does she like health food?
Like phellinus mushroom?
Then just buy some flowers.
Today's coffee tastes so good.
Yet the color is the same as that of oriental medicine, right?
But coffee tastes so great while the oriental medicine is so untasty.
Yeah.
How is Da Mo oppa doing these days?
Why? Are you curious?
No, I was just wondering he's marrying the woman I saw last time at the wine bar.
She didn't seem too great from what I saw.
And she got into a fight with my friend's sister too.
I haven't heard from him.
I guess he doesn't know he is at BuYoungGak.
Look at him, he's such a tiger.
-It's Da Mo... it's been a long time.
Yup. Mr. Lee Sung Taek passed away.
When?
Last night. You'll come to the mortuary, right?
Of course I have to go.
Who did you hear that from?
Su Gil.
Let's meet at the hospital. I'm about to leave.
I may have to spend the night there.
Wearing clothes like that?
I can just stop by the department store and buy something proper to wear.
Be well, and be good.
Was he down with an ailment?
I didn't hear about it.
He's very prideful, so he probably keep it hidden.
Then have a safe trip.
Buyounggak.
Yes, Buyonggak.
I wonder what today's dishes will be...
Come have your meal.
Okay.
What is this?
Chogyetang (chilled chicken soup).
Chogyetang?
That kind of sounds familiar.
Why only 2 sets?
I am going to eat later.
Just sit together with us.
I was going to eat with the housekeeper.
Just hurry and bring it.
Why don't you just eat with us?
<...... -empty...... ->
Ahhhh.. it really is good.
The broth...
is there sesame seeds in here?
Perilla seeds.
Yes.
Among the employees here... Ah Da Mo...
He just left for a trip.
Try his cellphone.
It is turned off.
Is the Director here? I met her yesterday.
Yes she is in.
Can you let me in?
Yes?
Someone who came yesterday is asking to meet you.
What is her name?
It's a woman,
and she said she was a guest here yesterday.
Show her here.
Yesterday, did you lose something?
No.
Ahhh.
How is your body?
I regained my consciouness as soon as I was in the car.
That's a great relief.
We were so worried about you. Please sit down.
Please bring something refreshing, two cups.
Please come by again, all of you, and we won't charge you.
How did Ah Da Mo come to be here?
Are you perhaps his mother?
Yes.
I saw my son yesterday and was so shocked...
that is why I lost consciousness.
Did he come on his own?
Yes.
Perhaps..
Is he dating one of the gisaengs here?
I'm his mom.
Please tell me the truth.
I do not know the details...
A former teacher of his passed away.
So he left not long ago to pay his respects at the wake.
He's dating a gisaeng here, isn't he?
If I say he is, then you will ask who it is..
And you will in turn say something unpleasant to the girl, right?
That child did no wrong..
Your child, himself, likes her.
My son from his side only?
Yes.
How?
If my husband finds out...
I understand,
so please persuade your son and take him with you.
Truthfully speaking, we are also uncomfortable as well.
Who could she be...
Is she here right now?
So that I can at least hear how this came about...
Please call her for me.
I think hearing from your son yourself should be first.
Ahhh..
Hello.
Do you live around here?
Yes.
Grandma suddenly passed away..
Yes.
Have you already heard?
From Ra Ra.
Ahh okay. Then you must know each other.
Since you both came out from the same school..
Did you enter a dance company somewhere?
No.
They didn't have a vacancy this year, so they didn't hire any.
Oh no.
Wait...
mother-in-law said she lived in an apartment.
You're not possibly working here at Buyounggak, right?
That is correct.
Then you must know my son.
Since I heard you and he have met before.
Yes.
Can we go somewhere and talk?
You know the near-by hotel..
- Yes. - Over there.
-The lady that our Da Mo is dating,
who is she?
I verified it with the Head Madame.
And she said he is fond of a gisaeng there.
It is I.
Our son, why...?
.. why does he like you?
The story is long.
I really can't understand.
Grandma..
Did she give you his number?
To contact him?
No.
When I went to dance at your house, I saw him briefly.
We then saw each other again at the ski resort by coincidence..
With Ra Ra and the others.
In the end,
after some twists and turns, we ended up dating.
Because your son said he wanted to break up, we broke up.
And I happened to enter there (BuYoungGak)
And one day he came looking for me.
How did he find out?
He went to meet my sister,
and since she didn't know, she told him.
What does our son say?
Is he wanting to date again?
Marriage.
Marriage?!
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The reason you entered BuYoungGak was because you and my son broke up?
It's because of my own situation.
Because you might misunderstand, I am telling you this.
We dated cleanly.
Once, the three of you, you, my son, and grandma
went to the movies and ate dinner, right?
Then you're saying...
you were in the middle of seeing each other at the time.
Yes.
Then the two of you deceive grandma?
Because we only intended to date briefly,
it was better not to say anything.
We thought she would worry and be concerned.
So if I'm to get this right.
So you're saying that he broke up with you,
but he couldn't forget you.
And now he's pressing you to marry altogether?
Yes.
How?
If my husband finds out, it'll be chaos.
Then please don't tell him.
In this situation,
when it comes to discovering the truth,
it's just a matter of time.
With my husand's temper,
he might severe ties with Da Mo altogether.
Perhaps,
the customer who collapsed yesterday..
I went out to answer a call..
I saw Da Mo carrying a tray.
I questioned my own eyes.
What do you plan to do?
What do you think is best?
To be honest,
I've tried treating him quite harshly.
And I have, indeed, tried whatever I could.
You received a call a couple mornings ago, didn't you?
They called, but didn't say anything.
It was me.
I had threatened to tell his parents, but he told me to go ahead.
That it was for the best
and that he was going to get everything out in the open, so I hung up.
Then...
Is there no solution?
It was difficult for me, too.
I couldn't do this or that.
Our husband..
Thinks you're from a similar family as ours.
First..
Don't tell anything to the chairman
and call Da Mo ssi to come home.
He has to listen to me first.
I feel faint right now.
Pretend that you don't know it's me.
Just ask who the girl is.
He probably won't tell you it's me, until he gets your full approval first.
Try to persuade him so that he understands.
I have to tell him that we met today
so that it will be easier to persuade him.
If I react severely.
He may realize it's your influence.
And I will also look for another solution as well.
When he decied to enter Buyonggak,
he must have made up his firm mind.
How could this happen?
Once he returns,
the director will likely tell him that you came by.
First, send a text to his cellphone.
Saying that you know he's staying at Buyonggak.
Then, he'll call you.
He's done hateful things to me twice.
But I can't bring myself to hate him.
If you quit here,
will it be easy for him
to get his feelings in order?
It's already passed that point.
We have to remedy this situation.
My husband can't find out about this.
We don't know what might happen.
I'm sorry to say this,
but please help me with this.
Yes.
Don't tell him that you've met me.
The director is looking for you.
Da Mo's mother came by.
I met her at the front.
Please keep this a secret from Da Mo,
about me meeting his mom.
Mother-in-law,
Da Mo's fallen for the woman you were fond of.
Is this fate?
Please help.
For Da Mo's sake, for the family's sake.
This can't be.
She even became a gisaeng.
If he finds out, he will collapse.
Since his mother knows, I wonder if everything will work out.
He's her son, so he'll probably listen to her.
He has to be made to listen.
It's all on you.
If you insist no until the end, what can he do?
She was trembling in fear that Chairman Ah might find out.
You're back so soon?
You...!
Are you having an affair?
Did you go and make a lover somewhere?
How could you say such a thing?
Where the heck did you go?
And you clearly had the look of wanting me to leave.
But when I asked you earlier you said no.
Yet as soon as I go out, you turn around and go somewhere, so where?
I'm someone who's spend my lifetime managing numerous employees...
So did you get the desire for an affair late in life?
I made a trip to Buyonggak.
Why there, during broad daylight?
The fact that I was carried out from there last night...
the more I think about it, the more I felt embarrassed and worried.
They could gossip to others.
So I went there to make sure the madame will keep their mouths closed about it.
But you're seriously...
Because you're doing something you've never done before.
Don't go to that place ever again.
I went because you told me I should.
Can't you even decipher when a person is saying something to mean it or not?
Why do you listen to those words like knife-work?
You may think ill of us brothers if you hear this.
Think ill about what?
My younger brother, he didn't know...
but he had a child out of marriage.
The DNA test results haven't come out yet.
But I met him yesterday, and it's certain that he's my nephew.
My sister-in-law won't accept it easily once she finds out about him.
But for mother's sake as well,
since she's his real paternal grandma.
I plan to have him come live at our home for the time being,
but what is your opinion on it?
What I think isn't what's important.
Does Ra Ra know?
Once the results are out, I plan to tell her.
She's receiving all kinds of traumatizing news.
She is likely greatly hurt, but what can we do about that?
She has to accept that's already happened in life.
In life, you can encounter all kinds of things, right?
Ra Ra's been living her life too sheltered up until now.
Do you think the two of them will get along well?
How does his family live?
Very neat and clean.
What did she make for you?
Blowfish with honeyed fruit and sweet and sour pork.
Chinese food?
Yup.
Tomorrow, I will be going with Mother to clench a date.
That is something you ought to do with your real mother, actually.
I'm sorry to you.
You must resent Grandpa.
Grandpa...
if the same things were to occur again now,
he would likely say to do the same.
Yes.
Hello?
It's me.
Yes.
Today, I'll be spending the night here.
Yes.
Your voice doesn't sound good.
Call home once.
Your mother came by here today.
How did she know?
The guest who came yesterday and fainted...
That was your mother.
You can ask the Head Madame about the details.
All right.
I thought the fortunetellers closed on Sunday.
Other establishments closes on Sundays. Only this place doesn't.
Because they have so many clients.
September would be a little too hot, I think.
And the beginning of October is perfect for weddings.
When did you have yours, Mother?
Me? May 20th.
You did yours during a good time.
We just need to leave here within fifty minutes.
After Ra Ra is married off too...
Your grandma and the director...
Wouldn't they feel so empty at home?
It doesn't matter to us.
So, if the elders want it, you can start your marriage with Dr. Oh at your maiden home.
But oppa is the eldest son.
His mom and dad are young still, so he's not at an age where his parents need him.
Far from that.
And Ra Ra would feel much more comfortable too.
And free of burden, right?
It might be convenient for me, but it would be inconvenient for Oppa.
He already sees him at the hospital, but to see Dad at home as well?
That would be wonderful though,
so he can learn extra medical knowledge from the director.
I am grateful,
but my grandma is mindful of traditions.
They believe it's a given that I should live away from them once I marry.
Regard me as your mom, and discuss anything you want with me.
And the wedding preparations as well. I'll follow you along and help you get everything done.
Not just as your mother-in-law, but as your mom.
Thank you, Mother.
Me too... with my own mother-in-law...
We were like mother and daughter.
I called her, "Mom, Mom"... you see.
Omo, really?
When my mother-in-law passed away.
She told me, "Let's meet again in the next life."
She left that last word and closed her eyes.
Oh my.
The love of parental love...
When I see Ra Ra, I can understand how my mother-in-law was so fond of me too.
You are so precious. Just like the saying, it doesn't hurt even when I put you in my eyes.
Love my son,
and in hardship, and in joy...
you will be there for him... as I think about that.
Mother, I will do well.
I'll regard you as my own mom.
What is the occasion?
That Chief Ma would ask to see me outside too.
Well, I'm always in admiration of you, of course.
You admire me,
but you only give out your affection to the youngsters, right?
Affection isn't anything great.
Something you give to the dog and something you give to the cat, that is what affection is.
But..
But can a person's heart yearn for a cat or dog?
That seems to make sense.
And it seems nonsense too.
What..
Please treat yourself to something delicious.
If Chief Ma offers to buy a delicious meal, I ought to be on guard.
Ohh, who said that?
I did.
I...
I will get a beer, how about noonim?
Me too.
Please give them to us, with clear soda.
Will you be mixing them?
Oh how refreshing.
Summer is summer.
Seeing how things like this is what gets the pull.
In the autumn...
I'm planning on shooting a comic sageuk (historical) movie.
Your Buyonggak...
Can't I use it as the filming location?
Find somewhere else.
There are a lot of traditional Korean villas.
What use is that?
They don't maintain them well.
So most of them are all a mess.
Then you can just build a set.
Ahh yes.
Since you have so much money anyway.
I may appear to have a lot.
But a few movies go under,
and it'll just be a matter of time before I go digging the trash cans.
Like that will ever happen to Chief Ma.
And look how I can't even marry too.
I'm the one who's always getting rejected, right?
But you get to date to your heart's content.
Now that I'm of age.
That's rather sour too.
Are you fifty or are you sixty?
The foreign player papas still date the 20-year-olds when they're over 80.
But that is a sickness.
You heard, right?
That I got baptized by water by one of your baby gisaengs.
The baptism of alcohol went her way,
so she went the water baptism this way, of course.
I've never seen anyone so bold as her.
She is a good-hearted girl.
Twice the good-heart, and she'll yank my hair.
But anyway...
which school did she come from, that she'd act so mighty?
She seemed like she wanted to teach me a lesson.
Silla University, dance major.
She wanted to get into a dance company at first.
But due to her family's harsh circumstances, she changed her focus to us.
How difficult can it be?
And it seems her father's health isn't good either.
And she said she had a younger sibling she needed to support through school too.
Why, interested?
But you didn't request her yesterday.
No, her face...
seems like it would grab the camera well.
Stop there.
Don't you try to snatch her from us.
Very nice.
Yeah?
Try this one.
Bye... Yes.
Thank you.
Others will see.
So what?
It's not like we're having an illicit affair.
It's humiliating.
We could run into people we know.
Who is it?
Your son.
I'm here.
What about Father?
He went to Milan for business trip.
Andre.
Is finding Andre important in this situation?
Come in!
Eun Sung Group's son... handing out food at the gisaeng house?
Imagine how shocked I was, to faint there and then.
I'm sorry.
Sorry?
What will you do if you're sorry?
What are you going to do now?
Since you have a rough idea, so I'll tell you.
Come back right now! Pack your bag!
I am going to stay there a little longer.
Why?
There is someone I have to bring out.
Gisaeng?!
It hasn't been too long since she entered there.
She is a gisaeng anyway!!
What do you plan to do with a gisaeng?!
I am going to marry her.
Eun Sung Group's son marrying a gisaeng?!!
Are you in the right state of mind?!!!
She's someone you can't even date briefly, but what now with a gisaeng?
I'm finally in my right mind.
If I had the right judgment sooner, things wouldn't have gotten this way.
I came to my right mind belatedly.
I am not making the same mistake twice.
Ah Da Mo!
This is not it.
Even falling for a girl, this is too much!
What can I do, when I can only feel love for her?
You know very well I tried to marry based on terms.
I tried hard.
But it just wouldn't work, so what am I suppose to do?
You just live life.
Women? They are all roughly the same.
These days, people get tired of each other after a year.
So it doesn't matter who you meet.
Because mother haven't loved before, you don't know.
Me?!!
I love your father.
To be precise, mother, what you have for him is emotional attachment, not love.
You just married him two months after you met him.
No matter what, I will not accept it.
No matter what happens.
When father returns... Let's talk again.
So we can turn this household upside down?
Don't you know your father's temper?
One of you will end up clenching your back neck and collapse.
I will tell him the right way.
Ah Da Mo!!
You are my son!!
You should listen to your mother, at the least.
The girl you dated for a few months...
is more important to you than your mom?
I've lived with you for some thirty years.
And married life.. Is at least twice longer than that.
Two strangers get together.
And how will we live well for so many decades?
Do you wish misfortune upon your son?
Just look around for another two or three years first.
You are merely twenty-nine this year.
Look around for another two or three years.
And if you still insist then, that it has to be her...
Then, I will reconsider it.
Without her next to me, I can't seem to do anything.
I can't focus on work.
Living doesn't feel like living..
Imagine how desperate I felt.
Imagine how desperate the one and only precious Ah Da Mo of the universe must have felt.
To be handing out food at a gisaeng house?
It's not just handing out food.
I wipe the rooms too.
I fix the roof too.
And I sweep the courtyard. Everything!
Please think of it as saving your son,
and you be the one to think about it rationally.
This is better than me getting an incurable disease.
You do have an incurable disease right now!
Ohh what to do?!!
Don't cry.
This is so that I can live.
I am not doing it for her.
Love sure sounds splendid.
But in truth, it's not for someone else, it's all so that the person can be happy.
In reality, nothing is more selfish than love.
And that's why...
I can't give up on her.
Tell me to die instead.
Nothing is wrong with your son, so why would you die?
How can you not be worse than this?
If I end up with a Buyonggak gisaeng as daughter-in-law...
The cows would laugh and the dogs would laugh too.
And we become the laughing stock of the world.
Did the people in the world tell you they would be responsible for my happiness?
Just because I fear the world, I should end up living unhappily?
Da Mo, please!
There's the old saying...
You give birth to a child physically, but you do not give birth to the child's heart.
Children do not go as you wish.
Give up on what you should give up.
Da Mo! Please!
Father..
I'll handle him.
Mother!
MOTHER!!!
Mom!
Mom!!!
Why did Chief Ma ask to see you?
That fox in a bear guise...
is not someone who would buy you a meal for no reason.
He brought up about using Buyonggak as a filming site.
Do you have any desires to become an actress?
I have never thought about it.
Why?
He said your face is not too bad.
Saying that you would look good in camera.
I told Chief Ma not to think about stealing you.
But if you're interested, you should give it a shot.
Acting is an innate skill.
But if you're lucky, you could become a star.
I don't want to garner a greed of vanity.
I've never thought about becoming an actress.
And I have no talent in that area.
Yeah.
It's true that acting isn't something anyone can do.
Ma Yi Joon is really very manly.
Imagine if we went to a host bar,
and we got doused water by a man younger than us.
We'd throw a big fit.
We would probably trample on him.
He's a man of great capacity.
And he isn't holding any grudge whatsoever.
Since he didn't request for her yesterday.
I thought he was harvesting something internally.
Director...
can't you give me my cellphone?
How could I make allowance just for you?
With Da Mo ssi's mother...
we agreed to be in contact for the time being.
Give it to her.
Don't use it in public.
Madam just woke up.
Does your head hurt or anything like that?
What?
Are you in pain?
Mother.
Who am I?
Can you not talk?
Ahjummeoni, get the car ready.
If he doesn't listen to you either...
then act like you've collapsed,
or at least you've lost your ability to speak, so you can hold him at home.
Help dress her.
Yes.
Comfortable clothes.
Mother...
take a deep breath slowly.
And try calling me.
My name.
Madam.
So you've clenched a date?
August 26th. Friday.
It'd be hot.
But they said that was a good date for us, so what are we suppose to do?
It'll be an evening wedding, so it should be fine.
We'll have it at a hotel,
so I'm sure they'll have the air conditioner on really high for us.
Who said we're doing it at the hotel?
Should I find a wedding hall then?
Or... a church?
It's not a lot of time away.
Ask your auntie for help.
She's the mother who bore you, regardlesss of what.
I agreed to do it with his mother.
And Dad, you get a house ready for us to live.
A house for the newlyweds should be prepared by the groom's family though.
They didn't say anything about it?
His father isn't some executive of some big corporation.
Would their circumstances allow that?
They don't have any inheritance?
Dad!
Mother is so good to me.
I should at least bring that, to keep our face.
Maybe they think you will live there.
You know the apartment is small.
It's just perfect size for their family of four.
How can I add to that?
And it's not like we can take over the master bedroom.
Then if I get you guys an apartment around 30 pyong (~ 1100 sqft).
Is that enough?
Yes.
These days apartment leases are so expensive.
I know.
Your younger son and his wife are here.
We're here.
What is the occasion, at this hour?
A friend of ours returned to farming and farmed these.
They are very sweet.
Oriental melon?
Yes. Because Mother likes it, we brought it.
Let's peel to have a taste.
Ahjumma!
Yes.
Why aren't you coming with Oh Jin Ahm to have a meal at ours?
We'll come next weekend.
But only say the necessary words.
They grabbed a date today.
A wedding date?
Yes.
When?
August 26th. Friday.
You set a date without showing him to us?
Uncle saw him.
You are suppose to do that with your real mom.
Mother helps me with everything.
Since when is she Mother?
You're going to become a mother-in-law soon too.
Yeon Sang says he's going to marry a blue-eyed bride.
I can't even play a proper mother-in-law.
The mom who bore me gave me away to marry,
and the mom who raised me left me to be happy.
So I plan to live life leaning on my mother-in-law now.
Mom, what about the house?
What about it?
I'm sure Ra Ra's family will buy you guys one.
I thought the groom's was supposed to prepare it, and the bride's pays the taxes.
Jeez, a family so well-to-do
can't get you guys a nice proper place?
That would make no sense.
And it's not like they have lots of kids.
They just have that one daughter,
who is more precious than anything to them.
Mr Doctor,
please just wait and enjoy the rice cakes and the soup now.
Mom will get everything set up for you.
Okay.
She grew up in a rich family with so much love,
so she's so innocent too.
She's full of charms, right?
Don't you lose focus over her charms, got it?
You have to take a carrot-and-stick approach with your wife,
in order to live life comfortably.
Is it Ra Ra?
It's my friend. Eun Sung Group's son.
Oh Da Mo!
I have something to ask you.
My mom can't speak right now.
Did she collapse?
Earlier, something upset her and she fainted,
so we took her to the hospital but she woke up on the way there,
so we went back home again.
She fell asleep.
And when she woke up, she could not speak.
What was the upsetting matter?
I said something that upset her pretty bad,
and right now she's getting a CT scan at University Hospital.
If a person gets stressed they could lose their speech temporarily,
so if the CT results are normal,
just keep her calm,
and don't worry too much.
This is outrageous.
How could she set a date without showing us the son-in-law's face first?
All that really matters is that she meets a nice man and live happily.
Whether he is good or bad, I need to see him to know that.
What can we do?
It's not like we did anything for her.
Did we not do anything for her because we didn't want to?
That bratty girl.
She should wait and see when she has her own kid after marrying, to know how we feel now.
Hello?
It's me.
How about dinner?
I ate, of course.
What happened?
I think I will have to help my mother for a few days.
Did she get sick?
No, father's in Milan and she has an appointment tomorrow for a health checkup.
One of those formal ones you stay at the hospital for a few days.
I see.
Since she needs a guardian around.
She found out everything, so did she go into a rage?
Mom is not the type to get overly angry.
Don't worry and take care.
What brings you folks here?
I came to meet Sa Ran Unni.
I'm her younger sister.
Oh come in.
She's having English lesson right now.
Go wait under the rattan tree shade over there.
It's cool there.
Yes.
Today is a bit hot.
The monsoon season is suppose to start next week.
Hello.
Yes.
Noona is currently in English lesson right now.
Yes.
We were told to wait here.
Who is he?
Why?
Oh just because.
A dongsaeng.
Would you like something refreshing to drink?...
We have cola, soda, plum tea, yogurt drink, orange juice, tomato juice.
Just give us water.
What about Gong Joo ssi? We also have iced coffee.
Iced coffee.
Yes.
But dongsaengs too...
there are real sibling dongsaengs,
and then there are X-dongsaengs.
What kind of dongsaeng is he?
Why?
A dongsaeng from a relative.
Yes.
How does he know your name?
He probably heard it last time, when unnie called me.
Who the heck is he, to be calling you Gong Joo ssi?
He is acting friendly to us because of unnie.
Maybe I shouldn't tell Sa Ran nuna about me finding my dad?
I don't know if nuna will be sad because of it.
She can't not know forever anyway.
Just tell her.
Plus if things work out well with future brother-in-law and they marry,
then the birth issue is no trouble.
That's true.
I'm curious what he looks like.
You can just have a look yourself in a little while.
Aish.. you have to do it well.
Elder Brother,
I think the hair will come out dashing.
Be quiet or else.
Please eat.
It seems to be Dad.
Ohh! What to do?!
Hello?
Is it Da Mo?
Yes.
Did you come back home?
Yes, but isn't it early A.M where you are?
It is 3:30.
You can't sleep because of the time difference?
Is your work going well?
When you come, I'll tell you.
Let me talk to your mom.
Mom?
Because mom has a pretty bad cold, she can't talk well.
Her voice isn't working, I mean.
What?
Not even the dogs get colds in the summer.
Is she less than Andre now?
Then let me talk to Andre.
Video conversation.
We'll call you later, when we're home... We're at the hospital right now,
for various checkups. She's staying here for now.
Where? Geum Hospital?
No, the general hospital.
Did she catch something severe?
What severe illness could she catch in a matter of a day?
Then how come she can't talk in a matter of a day over some cold?
When she was just fine yesterday.
You know how colds are like that though.
She got really worse in the evening.
Have a taste.
If it's bitter, I'll make a new one.
It is just right.
Enjoy.
Yes.
Unnie!
Sohn Ja came too.
Because I missed you, Nuna.
Did you undo the haircolor?
Yes.
He is dating.
That's good!
Nuna, would you like some coffee too?
No, I'm fine.
This is basic cosmetics.
It shouldn't cause any skin irritation.
He bought the best one.
Why did you do that?
Your birthday present.
But it's not even my real birthday.
Regardless, it's true that your birthday is early June.
This one is expensive.
Thank you.
Buy one for your girlfriend too.
I don't have one. Nuna was just joking.
Something amazing happened.
Tell her.
I met my dad.
Dad, plus uncle, and grandma too.
I haven't met my grandma yet.
Really?
They took pictures of the brain and there's nothing wrong.
Mom just needs to get your heart settled at ease.
Please eat.
Father might worry, so make sure you text him.
That's so great.
The test result comes out on Wednesday.
It's probably certain though,
since you look like him.
Then noona as well.. have some hope.
But case is not the same as yours.
The saying that you never know about a human being's life
is really very true.
Did I even imagine something like this could happen?
Your dad didn't know you were born,
but that's not the case for me.
They threw me away, so would they look for me?
Then look at it this way..
The mom who gave birth to you,
back then she was too poor so she gave you up, but now she's better.
And so, your parents are looking for you now.
I've already given up.
I just hoping nothing worse happens.
Sohn Ja is curious about future brother-in-law.
What future brother-in-law?
He quit and left.
When?
Yesterday.
There won't be any reason to meet again.
Let's go eat somewhere out front.
No, we have to go.
You guys aren't hungry?
We ate breakfast late.
Okay.
This... Gong Joo nuna brought it.
Goodbye!
Hello?
I was just with unni, so I couldn't answer your call.
I see.
I heard you quit Buyounggak.
No.
That is what unni said.
That you guys ended.
Unni is always like that.
My mother needs to get her health checkup.
I am at the hospital.
I see.
What about the thing I asked you to ask your father?
Dad says he doesn't know since he never went to pick her up.
Which house she worked at.
You heard that I picked a date right?
No.
August 26th.
Isn't that too fast?
It's said that that day is the best.
There must be a lot of things to prepare.
Is there anything I can help you with?
When I get married, I hope you can make some dishes for us.
It is really delicious.
Whenever.
My mother-in-law-to-be understands my situation,
so she offered to help me.
That..
Why?
I heard that even mothers and daughters end up bickering over wedding preparations.
But my mother-in-law is someone who is very understanding.
I see.
If there's anything I can help you with, just tell me.
I may look like this physically, but I get the jobs done well.
To tell you the truth, it's a bit daunting.
What to prepare first..
But I don't want to ask auntie for help either.
And asking my mom, who's already left, is a bit so-so too.
First, get your wedding dress made.
You're going to have one made, right?
Yes.
After the dress, then make a reservation for bridal makeup.
And massage.
And after that...
Go pick out home appliances with your groom-to-be.
Hold on. Let me write it down.
During the time when one of our Buyonggak unni was getting married.
I went along with her to help her with the preparations.
Is it often, when a woman who used to be there, end up marry?
About half.
Mostly with foreigners.
Actually...
and don't tell this to Grandma, please.
One of my friends entered there; to Buyounggak.
Why?
Because her situation is difficult?
Yes.
Thinking about her, it's sad.
Then, she must have majored in dance, too.
How difficult?
Because her dad is not healthy,
he can't work.
Once you enter Buyonggak,
your sight gets set high, so an average man doesn't seem satisfactory.
But a satisfactory man won't want to marry a gisaeng.
Fortunately for her,
a man from a pretty well-to-do household wants her and is clinging onto her.
But she herself can't make the decision.
Since she's a gisaeng now, regardless of what.
And it's obvious that the man's family would object.
That is right.
Most families would object.
The people in our country are so lacking in understanding.
They only think about the gisaeng culture from the Japanese colonial era.
Elder brother, use Seoul dialect if you can.
You just worry about your own mind straight.
And do it right, please (Kangwon accent).
Yes.
Let's see.
Us like this... means we're successful, right?
We're going to the gisaeng house that only accepts the top 1% of the buiness industry.
That's what I'm saying.
Don't you have a mirror?
Here it is.
The hairstyle is really important for sure, huh?
Look how my appearance is totally different.
Reviving the roots is very important, they say.
That famous hair-designer guy...
was saying on the telly...
What telly? Are you a granny from the countryside?
It's just my habit...
And Elder Brother,
that whatchamacallit...
Never mind. I'm sure you'll do it well.
What?
The words have it that the girls at the gisaeng house...
They're like super-refined.
So what I'm saying is.. maybe when you talk, your level..
I'm sharp as a needle.
And you know that saying of, if you say nothing, then, you've already scored half-way.
Just don't forget that.
Oh my god! Oh my god!
Our elder brother is surely so wise.
Babe, don't you think so?
Elder brother, I'm totally impressed.
Come this way, please.
So that they will never want to come back again,
do well.
Yes.
Unnie, ever seen a mafia in real life?
No.
What is with this solemn atmosphere?
Yes it is.
It's whatchamacallit.
Present them your greeting.
Our... elder brother.
Thank you for seeking us.
Oh, yes.
Thank you.
I'm Lee Do Hwa.
Oh, right.
Um... I'm Gi Dong Dae (police squad).
Which police squad are you affiliated with?
Ack, no...
My name is Gi... Dong... Dae.
Oh. Your last name is Gi?
Yes.
Um, we have other guests that come in and out.
The men outside of the room...
The guests could find them uncomfortable.
I see.
Go and wait in the car.
Yes.
Introduce yourselves.
I'm Baek Su Jeong.
I'm Han Song Yi.
I'm Jang Soo Jin.
I'm Yerang.
You're here.
Come in, please.
Allow me to toll a glass to thee.
Okay, so I should converse on a matching level?
Well, yes.
You shall did it.
One, two, three.
Radish!
Pickles!
Call Dan Sa Ran to come, please.
It can't be another girl?
Sa Ran already has eight rooms requesting for
I'll wait an hour if I need to.
With what happened last time...
She could say no.
Sa Ran.
Chief Ma...
He wishes to talk to you.
If you don't feel up to it, then don't.
I will go in.
Come to the Fragrance Room, when you're available.
Yes.
If it were me, I may be bearing a grudge.
But she just said fine.
The insult..
I already had to take it back.
What is there to bear a grudge about?
She only danced...
she's never sat next to a guest to pour them a drink.
I saw how she's been this whole time, right next to her.
People who think those who run large corporations
do so by exploiting and using unethical measures.
So we can't be holding such prejudice either.
Thinking how a gisaeng is such a dirty profession.
But, in actuality,
they are the same as celebrities on TV.
The only difference is that they are
admired and looked at, by people who are eating and drinking.
But do we get all dressed up in formal attire to watch TV?
We watch it, drinking beer, snapping peanuts, and farting here and there.
It's the same.
Please.
Change your mind, Mother.
Have you been well?
Yes.
Thanks to you.
Would you like a glass?
I'll just drink half a glass.
Here.
Do you have any desire to try acting?
The only thing I can do properly is dance.
But you sing well too.
Last Friday...
I saw you, while I was passing through.
What is your real name?
Maybe it's an imposition to ask.
It is my real name.
Dan Sa Ran is your real name?
Yes.
It's rather...well, usually, parents name their children,
they don't usually use names like that.
They're just...
because I was not named by my real parents.
Naive.
Last time..
I was disrespectful.
I'm sorry.
I'll apologize too.
Please forgive me.
As a sign of apology... allow me to pour you a drink.
Please have some accompaniment.
Yes.
This place...
the food taste has changed a bit.
A little different...
and the flavor... has died a bit.
Don't tell anyone I told you this.
Our kitchen head changed.
I see.
No wonder.
It seems your appetite is sensitive.
I'm sensitive in every way.
And that's why...
I can't date the same woman for long.
With you...
it occurs to me, I'd like to date you.
What is your thought on that?
She has a boy enamored of her; Chasing after her, right?
If I told you his name, you'd probably know which household he comes from.
The household is mighty. But the boy is a player?
He's someone very suitable for Sa Ran, aside from family background.
She was born to your father,
but she grew up in her eldest uncle's household.
Wait. Geum Kang San. Geum Ra Ra.
What's wrong?... Is it by chance, Ra Ra nuna?
Dan Sa Ran.
Sa Ran!
The friend of yours that entered Buyonggak, when she first came on that day, didn't she have her hair tied?
Did you see her?
Yes... And I had the premonition that I'd meet her again.
She felt very different.
Big huge news! Sa Ran and Midas Chief...
Really?