Eyes Of Dawn
- Episode 35 - Originally Aired on 02/05/1992
- Jeongeup - (North Jeolla Province)
Ohh... Jang Harim!
No... I'm afraid I'll have to call you Commander Jang now.
Listen, Inspector Lee.
Let's have a word, shall we?
There.
- Ohh... So you're in charge? - Yes.
This is his resignation.
I let him join the police because he's the first son we have in three generations,
but looks like I shouldn't have. So we want out of this.
- Commander, please accept it. - Sir, just a minute.
- Sir... - Let go!
I ain't gonna be a policeman anymore!
Got a bit of that shitting my pants thing, and it ain't no fun.
So I'll call it quits.
Let's get going, Father.
Don't even start.
I'm too ashamed to even go to that funeral.
I should have just died right there instead of them.
Commies or whatever, it's all over now.
Bye Bye, that's what.
Whatever you say, it will make no difference.
I made up my mind.
And it's not like I ever wanted this post.
After all, commies as they might be, aren't they fellow Koreans?
I could never get any sleep, haunted by nightmares.
And I might have gone on because I had to make a living, but...
That's right. All the better.
Enough with this police crap, and let's go back to the fields.
But tell me, are you alone or something?
No.
Think of your age...
So I guess the missus just let you go?!
Although I doubt she'd even know what you were getting into.
She asked me to run away with her. On a boat, to another country.
My... Looks like your missus is smart.
I did give it a thought, at first.
I thought I could go to a far away place, and forget all this.
But that's easier said than done.
Couldn't find a boat, could you?!
Will going back to the fields make you happy?
Ahh... That...
The chief of police was here earlier on.
At the funeral.
He used to be a detective during the colonial days.
My mother was tortured to death by him.
And of course he beat me to a pulp, too.
Because I was an independence fighter back then.
When I heard he was promoted and I'd end up working under him,
I thought of this.
If that's the case...
If that's the case, it would be better if I took the job.
Turns out you're a patriot.
"It would be better if I took the job?!"
Now that's guts.
I can't wait to quit this job, but if there's anything I still hesitate about...
If I quit, who will take my place?
What if he ends screwing up everything just like I did?
I let all the boys get hit by those grenades...
And all I could say was "careful about the rocks." Can you believe it?
That's what keeps bothering me.
- North Jeolla Province Police Station -
Ohh... Was just waiting for you. Have a seat.
I was adamant to have you within my ranks here.
The whole Anti-National Activities fiasco still disappoints me,
but one should let bygones be bygones, so I've already forgotten it all.
Let's give it our best.
When you get promoted, buy me a drink.
- I have a few requests to m... - Just a moment.
- Let's have tea first. Hey! - First.
You'll have to start recruiting.
We can't send inexperienced volunteers out there against the partisans.
Isn't that why we need a capable leader like you?
Second. You must guarantee adequate supplies.
We're desperately short of weapons and ammunition.
You feel like some kind of creditor asking for money.
It almost sounds as if I owed you all that.
Third. Make sure the auxiliary police can act independently.
Having to act upon the main station's orders can only lead to such accidents.
So that...
is not really a request, but a demand, right?
Just a request.
A request...
Give it your consideration.
Here... It's not like we're strangers, so I can't ignore your requests, can I?
I'll give your request for more recruits and operational independence a thought.
But as far as weapons and ammo go, I'm afraid I can't guarantee anything.
How do we deal with that?
And what is communism, anyway?
Isn't it about taking money from the rich and sharing it among the poor?
So see what happens if well-off folks like you start opposing it.
You'll be labeled as evil landlords by them commies.
So how do you deal with that? Will you take up arms and go fight them?
'Course you can't do that...
Doing that on your behalf is what the auxiliary police is all about.
Problem is, we've got no guns.
If we had any money, we'd get some one way or another,
but where do you get the money?
That's the problem, fellas.
Under the wire!
Never lose your concentration when the enemy is nearby.
Bear in mind that you're dealing with experienced guerrilla squads.
Their goal is not that of engaging in battle, but hitting the target and running away.
Second team, under the wire!
Who are you?
Where do you think you're going?
We came to join the auxiliary police.
Volunteers?
Commander! We've got volunteers here, uh?
Volunteers!
Is it true you hand out rifles here?
Not to everyone.
We came to fight the commies.
They slaughtered all our families.
We were going to fight them one way or another, anyway.
But is it true you give people rifles here?
- Osu-Ri - (Sunchang, North Jeolla Province)
Hello.
Aigoo... I can't really figure her out.
Where did she come from?
He keeps refusing to eat, what do we do?
- So what now? - Tomorrow I'll have to go look for milk.
But you have no money.
What?
Why aren't you eating? You said you were hungry.
I'm fine.
What's wrong, again?
I'm having it hard as it is, so don't make it worse.
Go back in.
Will you keep that up?
- You're going to abandon us, aren't you? - What?
Since you're out of money and had it with all this, you'll just abandon us, right?
And I'll be the first on the list.
That's right. If you keep refusing to eat and keep me out here in the cold...
listening to you prattle such nonsense, I'll just send you away. Got it?
Ajumma.
We come from the mountains.
We came looking for supplies, but the boys haven't eaten in so long...
They need to eat something and regain strength... Help us out, will you?
*At the time, used by communists to suggest it abode by their ideology
This village might be democratic*, but how about the one down the valley?
Any mutts infesting that place?
You know... I've heard these days there are reactionaries even among the villagers.
- So how about it? - I wouldn't know.
You wouldn't know?
I can feed you if you're hungry, but I've got nothing else to tell you.
- Say what? - Try to understand.
- I ought to... - She helped us enough.
Don't say anything to our neighbors.
Start talking and we might get in trouble.
See anything?
Is the map right?
So that's where they keep their funds and supplies?!
There aren't even any guards around...
I can't really see them from here. Let's get closer.
What?
Wait!
Commander!
There's got to be a few men inside as well.
Those twats... They draw a map and forget about the guards?
How can they miss something like that?
Let's check the precinct while we're here.
My... He's got balls.
We're here to back you up.
How many are you?
In theory it'd be two companies, but we're really only forty men at best.
Aigoo... Comrade Kim!
How did you get here? Can someone like you run out of supplies?
It was hard, wasn't it?
- Osu-Ri Precinct -
- What is this? - Had a memorial service. Have some.
There must be rice in it?!
- Have anything to drink? - Ehh... Not asking about women, while you're there?
Here you go.
While Unit 1 surrounds and attacks the precinct,
Unit 2 will take care of their vault.
- Osu-Ri Finance Cooperative -
It has to be quick enough to end before reinforcements show up.
In the meantime, Unit 3 will secure the supplies.
Everyone is in position.
Good.
Preparing to deploy.
Comrade Kim, you join Unit 3.
You want me to remain in the rear?
I wouldn't want you to get hurt.
Hel... Hello?
It's not like we can deploy whenever you please, man...
The commander was promised that he wouldn't need to deploy until all men were...
Hello? Osu-Ri?
Osu-Ri, where?
Under the stone wall, or something?
And how far is that from here?
All right, we're on our way.
Let's go.
Go?
Comrades, get moving!
Quick, load it up.
We've got no time! Let's hurry up!
Quick!
- They've stopped shooting, right? - Right.
- Come on, go back to sleep. - Giho is such a heavy sleeper.
All the gunshots must have sounded like a lullaby to him.
Anyone home?
Come out of there.
Any men in here?
- Get up. - Leave him alone.
Move!
No.
- Can't you hear me? - I'll go instead.
Commander, let's go.
There's nothing else to find in here.
All we need...
Can you get up?
Remember where the first cordon is?
Under the pennant rock...
He had no choice.
Go... Go up there with your brother, and give him my regards.
Get up.
Your brother was a proud and brave soldier.
That's enough.
Stop.
I said stop!
- We'll be getting off here, get moving. - What's the matter?
- Get off. - Hurry up.
One, two, one, two...
And halt!
We'll be going up the mountain.
March as you've been taught.
One line, be rapid and quiet. Take lines eight and nine.
Now.
So we'd leave the truck here to march on foot?
- Driver. - Yes.
- How long have you been doing this? - What?
How good are you at this?
What's that?
Come on, get up.
Move your ass!
Will you get up?
Get moving!
I said hurry up!
What's the matter, Comrade Kim?
You bastards... Just come and let's get it over with.
Charge!
That way!
Stay down.
It's an import one?! Must be a senior officer?
Are you the commander?
That's right.
Let me ask you something.
How far did our People's Army advance?
You sons of bitches!
- Osu-Ri Precinct -
Sir.
We just arrived from Cheongwon.
Kill all these people! Kill them all...
They're all in cahoots with the commies!
You bastards!
She's a spy!
Those bastards killed my son.
- First time? - Yes... The first.
First time you kill someone?
Yes... I've seen dead people before, but...
With this mission, 23 enemy troops were killed, and two captured.
We confiscated three rifles for a total of twenty firearms,
along with five grenades, three katana and a Kalashnikov.
Our side?
Three dead, eight injured.
We completely dominated them.
Hold three days of mourning for our casualties.
Yes, all right, Sir.
- Have any previous military experience? - None, Sir.
You know how they slap you in the face as punishment?
Two people facing each other, one slapping the other.
At first you just joke around, but then begin furiously slapping, as if in battle.
I was in Jeju while the April 3 riots went on.
I've heard, Sir.
That's what I thought about when I was there.
What?
Slapping each other.
Yes...
Get inside!
On your knees.
You smell like a goddamned stable. On your knees, dammit!
Get up... Is this your damned living room?
Shut your mouth, you son of a bitch.
Making a big fuss over nothing...
I mean it... We didn't do this.
We weren't behind the Osu-Ri attack.
We've heard the "One-Eye Army" is behind it.
- We just came in as backup as ordered. - One-Eye Army?
Yes.
The commander there was some People's Army admiral or something,
and they got stranded at Nakdong River.
- Is the admiral the one-eyed one? - That?
I thought so, but turns out he's still got both eyes.
But he did have a big scar on one of them.
- A scar? - Yes.
- Cutting from top to bottom like this. - Know his name?
I've heard about him through our radio operator, so I couldn't say.
- I'm asking if you know his name! - I don't!
I think his last name... Choi... I think?!
I have no doubt. That bitch is a spy!
She's the one who drew them a map of Osu-Ri.
Aigoo... Aigoo, you wench. Think I wouldn't find out?
I even saw her bring in a bunch of commies the other night.
And think she only fed them?
Then you should have reported it right away.
Aigoo! And risk having them retaliate?
Youngseon, you know where I keep the money, right?
Giho is crying.
Go in.
Here... Let's go.
Let go, I can go by myself.
Aigoo... Wicked bitch. She doesn't even cry?!
Shameless wench.
Aigoo!
Look at that little rat!
He must be a commie, too!