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EBS History of Culture Series - Part 1 THE COUNT OF MYEONGDONG
~ Episode 17 ~
~ Kim Chang Ryong ~ (Counter-Intelligence Corps chief)
What the hell...
You...
Ahh... those little...
You little pricks!
Know whose vehicle this is?!
It belongs to the CIC chief!
Get this out of the way right now!
Who are you?
At 7:30 am on January 30, 1956,
the chief of the Counter- Intelligence Corps, Kim Chang Ryong,
was assassinated on the street.
~ Lee Seung Man ~ (President)
~ Kim Chang Ryong ~
Mr. President...
Who...
Who could commit such an atrocious...
Your unyielding patriotism will grant you immortality.
Were it not for the strenuous efforts of anti-communist fighters like him,
our great nation would already be in Kim Il Sung's hands.
The tomb of Kim Chang Ryong, at the Daejeon National Cemetery.
Kim was the very first military leader in South Korean history to receive...
such a lavish sendoff.
On that entire day, the flags of all army buildings were at half-mast,
while smoking and any form of celebration were prohibited amongst the troops.
The representative historian of the period, Lee Byeong Do,
wrote this epitaph honoring his death.
"He was diligent, patriotism filling his heart,"
"the strongest sense of responsibility guiding his actions,"
"and the utmost dedication to his calling cementing his legacy..."
"and untimely demise."
"Ahh... And thus he was taken away from us,"
"shedding nobler blood than the one drenching our battlefields,"
"walking through the pearly gates, as the spirit protecting our fatherland."
Who could Kim Chang Ryong possibly be,
to elicit such sorrow in the grieving heart of Lee Seung Man,
and even lead historian Lee Byeong Do to christen him as...
"the spirit defending our fatherland"?
People say that knowing Kim Chang Ryong will tell us...
about Lee Seung Man and our 1950s.
But let us once again quote Lee Byeong Do's epitaph.
"His vigorous efforts in punishing the rebel army during the upheaval..."
"resulted in over twenty-five thousand condemned spies, rebels and vandals."
Indeed he did.
Kim Chang Ryong was an anti-communist fighter who condemned and punished...
over 25,000 alleged communists.
But the real problem is that amongst those 25,000 communists...
were many innocent citizens and political adversaries of Lee Seung Man,
along with several people maliciously slandered,
paving the way for Kim's success.
This Kim Chang Ryong...
was one of the leading lights in the Korean politics of the 1950s.
~ Seo Jung Seok ~ (Seonggyungwan history professor)
He was particularly important for what concerned the rising influence...
of the military in the government.
But, originally,
he voluntarily enrolled in the Japanese Army during the occupation.
After serving in the military police, he started rising up the ranks...
through his notoriously devious means.
After liberation,
he returned to his hometown in what later became North Korea,
but right after moving down south,
this fella suddenly started amassing power at rapid pace.
That must have been because of his reputation...
for effectively dealing with left-wing forces.
The military was put in charge of seeking out left-leaning spies and sympathizers,
~ Hong Seok Ryul ~ (Seongshin U. history professor)
and it was from there that he started gaining huge responsibilities.
~ Gyeongmudae (old Blue House) HQ ~
This... This one?!
He's a commie, Mr. President.
So you're positive, I trust?!
Certainly, Mr. President.
He's commie from head to toes.
Some people raise objections about his ideological views,
but since they claim he's not a communist...
I know better than anyone how much of a communist he really is,
Mr. President.
And why is that?
He is a friend of mine, Mr. President.
He so cunningly disguised himself, he even managed to fool me.
But it turns out he's the worst kind of commie you could find!
And he's your friend?!
You must indeed know him better than anyone.
Red complex.
Kim Chang Ryong was suffering from this peculiar malady, in another sense.
Indeed.
It was like a recurring theme in Lee's regime, persecuting communists.
That is, Lee Seung Man using pro-Japanese collaborators was, as he claimed,
~ Lee Heon Young ~ (literary critic)
for the sake of finding communists,
and he essentially rendered the law to catch those collaborators fruitless.
Even when resistance to his dictatorship started,
the only ideological flagbearer for him was...
that of completely eradicating communism from society.
Not just eliminating the party, but completely eradicating it.
He used "eradicating" them in the sense that he wanted all of them dead.
It wasn't just an anti-communist policy, it tried to eradicate an ideology altogether.
So this Cold War logic, this ideology of the divide,
created an atmosphere where communists could only be scorned at,
and it eventually started to permeate the national psyche, if you will.
Also, the deeper into the countryside you'd go,
the more powerful those influences became.
People there would be intimidated into thinking that...
falling on the authorities' bad side would mean serious trouble,
not to mention the Counter-Intelligence Corps...
led by Kim Chang Ryong, and their "communist witch hunt,"
as people called it back then.
Remember Kim Su Young's stay at the Geoje Island POW camp?
I said, eat.
Su Young.
I'm not a commie, you bastard.
I said I'm not a commie!
Who said you are?
I'm just a person, you bastard.
I'm not a commie!
Think I wouldn't know? How could you be one?
A real poet would never become a commie.
Come on, have something to eat.
I'm not a commie!
I said I'm not...
Then, is Lee Jung Seop at a mental institution now?
Yes.
How could this...
At the last exhibition, an officer from National Defense we know...
said all that red on his pictures felt like something a commie would paint.
What on earth?!
It was just an ignorant military officer saying that,
but it looks like it shocked Jung Seop Hyung.
So?!
A few days later, I got a call from the Daegu police department.
They were saying he went there, screaming and crying...
to prove he was not a commie.
Mr. Policeman.
Write a testimonial saying I'm not a commie, please.
Those fools think I am, so they'll execute me!
So write it for me!
Amongst the things which drove Lee Jung Seop crazy...
was exactly this kind of red complex.
So are you telling me that there are still communists hiding in the army?!
Isn't that a big problem?
You don't need to worry, Mr. President.
As long as this Kim Chang Ryong of yours is alive,
every single one of those commies will get what they deserve.
Indeed.
By the way, Mr. President.
I might have dealt a little with commies in the army,
but it's amongst civilians that the problem is more pressing.
Politicians, idealists, artists... It's filled to the brim with commies out there.
Mr. President.
Only when we capture and punish all those vandals...
will this country of ours witness the glory it deserves!
You will have to play a big part in doing that.
We must strenuously look for them,
and cleanse this country's ideology from the stench of their ideas.
Yes, Mr. President!
I will spare no efforts!
Here are Kim Su Young's hurling words of thunder, on the subject of freedom.
"Freedom can never be quantified or constrained by compromise."
"It must be absolute."
"We might have enjoyed 80% of absolute freedom up to today,"
"but even if 90% of freedom will grace our future,"
"we can never say things will have improved."
"That is because the remaining 10%..."
"can easily lead into having no freedom at all."
That's right.
The freedom those poets championed was something...
free of compromise, conditions and intimidations. It was absolute.
The path we're walking on, on these streets...
which gave us Park In Hwan and Lee Jung Seop,
is exactly the kind of journey those poets dreamed of.
And who proclaimed Jang Myeon as the US ambassador?!
Isn't it President Lee?!
Also, isn't it because of him that Jang became vice-president?
But can Jang Myeon turn his back on him, after all this?
I don't really know much about politics.
Ahhh... Lee Sajang.
Don't they say people are political animals?
Without politics, no businessman, artist or even gangster can exist.
You know, this country's politics?!
Anti-communism is all it will take you.
Use that to your advantage, and you can fear no one.
Then again, you're from the northwest,
so you must know a thing or two about that ideology.
The world changes every day, can anti-communism alone suffice?!
That's what I'm saying.
After Kim Chang Ryong passed away, President Lee has been looking dejected.
With the Democratic Party in tumult,
he can't find a proper way to deal with them now.
Let's have a meeting with Lee Gi Bong, shall we?
What could you possibly lose by meeting him?
Would bearing a grudge bring you any benefit?
Isn't that right, Lee Sajang?
~ Lee Gi Bong ~ (National Assembly Speaker)
Speaker, let me pour you a drink.
Start with Lee Sajang.
I didn't mean that. Only after you're done drinking,
I should serve him one.
No. I personally invited him myself.
Ahh... I'm green with envy.
You always reserve the best treatment for Lee Sajang alone...
I will pour you a drink.
Shall we, then?
You know Han Myung Hwe, Prince Suyang's right-hand man?
Seems like he enjoyed himself around the Han River,
collecting political funds and the like.
Ahh... that Han Myung Hwe, you meant?!
Go ahead.
Yes.
Ahh... Lee Sajang. What are you doing?
In drinking, once the cup is empty you pass it on.
It should be passed on like this for friendships to work!
Empty that cup, will you?!
My apologies. I really can't handle too much drinking.
Aigoo... Who will ever believe you saying that?!
We can always take our time with that.
Indeed we can, Speaker.
Let's take it easy. Shall we, Lee Sajang?
In politics, you're always asked to beat around the bush,
but I never seem able to get used to that.
Yes! He is way too forthright to do that!
I've been helping out President Lee ever since his days in America.
I'd be satisfied just by serving him for the rest of my days,
but things are not working as I'd like them to.
Ahh... Let's just call a spade a spade.
What could ever happen if the Democratic Party gained power?
Would things end well?
If it's politics, I just...
President Lee is a patriot.
Not to mention his unyielding anti-communist spirit.
But, let's take a look at those Democratic Party folks.
They're just low-rent renditions of Baekbeom*.
*Kim Gu - independent fighter/political activist
Of course Baekbeom was a patriot himself.
However...
Ideologically speaking, he's certainly not to be trusted,
what with all his intents to join forces with Kim Il Sung,
to just lie down at the 38th and wait for him to come.
He's that kind of fella.
Let's look back.
If we had done right as Baekbeom suggested,
what would have happened to this country?
Wouldn't the entire Korean peninsula have become commie land?!
And didn't President Lee stop all that from happening?
I really don't need to become president.
Not that I would be qualified for that to begin with.
But, shouldn't we stop the Democratic Party from...
having one of their men as president?
Isn't that right, Lee Sajang?
How could that possibly happen?
I believe it won't myself.
Here...
Ahh... Look at those clouds.
- Weather's great today, indeed. - Yes.
Problem is all those credulous fools out there.
If Jo Byung Wook or Jang Myeon say anything at all,
they flock all together and make a mess.
Those clouds are really something.
Lee Sajang, know about that gathering the democrats...
are organizing at Jangchungdan Park?!
We must stop that.
We must make sure they stop filling those credulous fools with their rhetoric.
Help me out this once.
Speaker.
I think of public sentiment as something like a river current.
Try to run against the current, and you will face problems.
Isn't that the reason why he invited you here?!
My apologies.
Ehh... Listen to me!
You indeed are smart, Lee Hwa Ryong.
Maybe that's why I like you a lot more than Lee Jung Jae.
If I were you, I'd just talk with my fists first.
If you can make sure the current of history flows the right way,
then wouldn't that make you the best at your game?!
What did you tell him?
Will you two join forces?
Think about it, Aunim.
If this keeps up, Lee Jung Jae will steal Myeongdong from you.
Sajangnim. A guest is waiting for you.
Who?
Come on in, Lee Sajang.
Hey... you scoundrels!
So you're telling me that you just stared while those Dongdaemun fools...
kept prancing around Myeongdong?!
We were told to just ignore them, so...
He was just talking, you dumbass!
I ought to...
He just meant to deal with them in a gentlemanly way, you fools.
Do things cleanly, that is. Uh?!
I mean... Where else are you going to use those fists?!
Aigoo... you hopeless...
~ Kim Du Han ~ (Assembly member)
He came into a house with no host,
and now the guest is even sitting on his chair.
This chair is quite comfortable.
What brings you here, Kim Euiwonnim (Assembly member)?
Don't give me that... Call me Du Han,
or just Kim Seonbae.
Aigoo, what are you saying?!
Ahh,... right. You know Kim Seung Ho, right?
He's the most popular actor out there, these days.
It's a pleasure. My name is Kim Seung Ho.
Aigoo, pleasure is mine.
I haven't missed a single one of your films.
So you're a fan of his as well!
His becoming an actor was all thanks to me.
He's from Cheolwon in Gangwon Province,
and went to school in Cheongjin-Dong*.
*A district of Jong-Ro (Kim Du Han's territory)
*One of Jong-ro's most famous and oldest movie theaters (founded 1912)
He kept skipping classes and was always at the Umi Theater*.
Then, what was it, were you expelled or did you quit?
I quit.
That was back when I controlled Jong-ro, you know?!
*Famous theater in Seodaemun (founded 1935)
So I brought him up as an actor for the Dongyang Theater*.
He had it a little hard at first,
but, what was it, "The Wedding Day" or something?!
He won an award for that, and instantly became a star.
- Thanks to you... - Ahh, he's a great actor,
so it's only natural he would win awards.
Kim Hyung. I'll see you at the Orient Saloon later.
I have something to talk about with him.
Yes.
I hope we'll meet again.
Ahh... yes, yes.
Yes.
It's a pleasure to meet you.
- Nice to meet you. - It's a true honor.
I'm a big fan.
Have a safe return!
Lee Sajang.
Yes, Kim Euiwonnim.
Will you really square off against Kim Du Han?
Why would I?
I heard you met with Lee Gi Bong?!
Yes.
You know, this Jangchungdan gathering?! It's historical.
The people's reaction is unprecedented.
I'm well aware.
They'll win at the next elections.
You know how popular he is, right? Jo Byung Wook.
I'm acting as his bodyguard and I've organized security for this gathering.
But...
if you start going in that direction,
then it can only mean you're going against me.
Worry about Lee Jung Jae instead.
That paltry fool...
So is that why you came here?
Know why Lee Gi Bong keeps sticking to you so much?
That's because you're from the north.
Wouldn't he want to gain the votes of all those from up north?!
Not to mention, you and stupid gangsters like Lee Jung Jae...
are a whole different story.
If you end up helping him, things will be much easier, that's why.
I have no interest in politics.
And that is the exact same thing I told him.
Thank you.
I knew you would be a "loyal fist" to the end.
*Mid-Joseon's equivalent of Robin Hood
You're like Im Kkeok Jeong*!
The Kim Du Han who used to rule Jong-ro during the Japanese occupation...
entered politics during the 1954 parliament elections with flying colors.
The man who would gain notoriety...
for throwing sewage waters in the Assembly Hall,
Kim Du Han was at the time leading security for the Democratic Party's...
gathering at Jangchungdan Park.
Right... here...
Share it with the others.
Aigoo...
That stingy bastard...
And you have the guts to give someone that little?!
Keep an eye on the boys.
Make sure they don't set foot on Jangchungdan.
Ahh... Lee Gi Bong Seonsaeng expressly asked you to help him.
Are you still planning to decline, Aunim?
What is it you need to be envious of Kim Du Han for?!
If things go our way, you'll likely end up like him...
How can mere gangsters involve themselves in politics?!
Is that all this country has turned into?!
What truly saved Lee Hwa Ryong from facing Lee Jung Jae...
and all those other gangsters' fate down the line...
was exactly this very principle.
That Madam Kim has not aged a bit.
Kim Seung Ho and Lee Hwa Ryong would once again work together...
on their film "A Coachman."
We'll talk about that a little later,
and instead focus on the Myeongdong after Park In Hwan and Kim Su Young's deaths.
That is, not long before the April 19 revolution,
the Myeongdong which had turned into a nearly unrecognizable state.
We'll have to talk about those epochal changes first.
Let's start with what happened at Jangchungdan.
Opened by the Democratic Party on May 25, 1957 in Jangchungdan,
hundreds of thousands of people from Seoul participated in this gathering.
Considering the capital's total population at the time was just over one million,
this number of people all gathered together surpassed any imagination.
It seemed like public sentiment had completely abandoned the Liberal Party.
The most significant pending issue for both sides at the time...
was the fourth parliamentary election law, which would be passed a year later.
Before that election, both Liberal and Democratic Parties had various plans.
The Liberal Party's stratagem was to revise the election law at all cost,
so that they could strike a victory...
in the presidential elections of 1960,
whereas the Democratic Party was trying to gain public sentiment...
with their campaigns.
The results of that election would have certainly made Korean politics...
a much more complex world.
Of course you had the issue of whether the liberals or democrats would win,
but even only the question of what kind of electorate the progressives would gain...
was enough to rattle the foundations of Korean politics at the time.
So, inevitably, the two parties fought over how to deal with the election law.
As they thought they could no longer deal with the liberals' arrogance,
with the Democratic Party as the core, a demonstration against dictatorship was staged.
When people like Jo Byung Wook or Jang Taek Sang tried to speak,
a disturbance suddenly arose.
People under Lee Jung Jae, like Yoo Ji Gwang,
tried to create tumult on purpose to derail their tentatives.
And this was the infamous Jangchungdan Riot.
Can you deal with something like this only with brute force?!
My apologies, Mr. President.
These passionate young fellas...
couldn't take the democrats' arrogance any longer, so...
Those weren't passionate young fellas.
They were nothing more than conspirators from those gangs.
That is nothing but a fabrication the newspapers...
There is no way those newspapers would report falsehood on purpose.
This cannot be tolerated.
This Jangchungdan gathering's main goal was to decry you,
and engage in defamation against...
Look.
Mansong (Lee's moniker).
Y...es, Mr. President?!
Politics should be rational,
it's not something that power can solve.
I will keep it in mind, Mr. President.
You must embrace the opposition...
and make it an active part of your policies,
if you wish to fulfill your goals.
I will always reflect upon it, Mr. President.
You can leave.
Y...Yes.
If only Kim Chang Ryong was still alive...
All this was orchestrated by the Liberal Party's second in command, Lee Gi Bong,
with the top "political gangster" of the time, Lee Jung Jae, playing the lead,
and Dongdaemun's police station playing supporting parts in this political terror.
However, even though the democrats' Jangchungdan gathering...
might indeed have been halted,
this was the perfect occasion to verify that both President Lee...
and the Liberal Party had been abandoned by popular sentiment,
and also that these people's thirst for freedom was starting to...
carve a hole into two thick nets which imprisoned this country for long,
such as anti-communism and dictatorship.
Myeongdong started changing at an alarmingly fast pace.
What seemed like "greenhouses" for poor artists,
both the Poem and Mona Lisa closed their doors due to financial problems.
Gongcho Oh Sang Soon's hideout, the Bronze Coffee Shop...
was still in business,
but with the sudden death of its owner Kim Dong Geun,
the Orient Saloon was acquired by Lee Hae Rang who sold his own house,
and who could only resist for a year before closing, ravaged by debts.
The music aficionados' mecca, the Dolce, managed to remain afloat...
thanks to its impressive record collection,
but it eventually became dominated by youngsters.
All those scribes and poor artists could turn to was the Eunseong.
Kim Gwan Shik's drunken antics hadn't changed.
At the time, he was living near Segeomjeong valley,
right past the cultural village in Hongje-dong.
Kim's drunken rampage would begin at the Eunseong,
pass through the cultural village and end all the way at his house.
This was also the time when Myeongdong started becoming...
what is today known as the "fashion street."
~ Shin Hye Soon ~ (Korean Fashion Designers Academy chairwoman)
At the time, if you asked me to mention any famous spot,
that would be the International Clothing Company my mother used to run.
I think it probably was located where the Esquire is today?!
And the Songok Atelier was right next to it.
On the other side was Seo Su Yeon's Arisa Boutique,
and a bit higher up on the right was Han Hee Do's boutique, the Vogue.
Continuing along the street was the Han Clothing Store.
After that was the Savoy Hotel, and turning right would lead you to the Norano.
Looking back on it, I think they were all gathered there.
And what could Kim Su Young have been doing at the time?
Su Young. Again drowning anger in that?
Why all this silence?
Want to die just like Park In Hwan?!
It's not good for your health.
Know why Park In Hwan died?
Drinking, what else?!
He drank as if there was no tomorrow...
He committed suicide because he couldn't write anything anymore.
- Suicide?! - Drinking was just an excuse.
What really sent him crazy was not being able to write as he wanted.
You really...
And know why Lee Jung Seop died?
Derangement was only a pretext.
Not being able to paint as he wanted is what killed him.
If you really want to put it like that...
You probably won't understand since you don't write.
Those who live by the brush...
Novelists, poets, composers, painters...
Whenever that inspiration abandons them, it drives them crazy.
It makes them crumble, and forces them to commit suicide.
Then, why didn't I die just like them?
Why doesn't Kim Su Young go crazy?
Why is he living a happy life raising chickens with his wife?
That's what you're curious about, right?
I... Kim Su Young...
From the moment we were liberated, because of that damned ideology,
I was immune from that to begin with.
Su Young...
To be really honest,
aren't you curious and suspicious about my ideology yourself?
What on earth populates his thoughts.
Whether he's green on the outside but all red inside.
Or if, just like an apple, he's only red outside, and all white inside.
That's what you're curious about.
Think I would ever suspect a friend of mine?
I...
am not right-wing.
Still, neither am I left-wing.
I wish I could be red down to my bones like Oh Jang Hwan.
When Kim Chang Ryong was murdered,
I am the kind of man who danced near the Han River all night.
And if you ask me why I hate Lee Seung Man so much,
it's not because of that old fart's dictatorship,
it's because he made all people suspect each other because of ideology.
To remain in power,
he pierced our souls down to smithereens.
So what damned poetry, music and painting could exist?!
You could only lose it and go crazy.
You know, Lee Seonbae?
I can't write in these conditions.
Whenever I try, I get so incensed that I spit all the fire inside...
on that blank page before me,
but then I wonder whether I should, whether I could write this!
Could you possibly write with that fear in mind?
That's why I can't write...
That's why...
Park In Hwan and his grandiose will to go on writing,
or Lee Jung Seop and his disgraceful paintings over silver foil,
couldn't help but go insane and die!
Listen, Su Young.
Careful what you say.
Careful?!
Think of what kind of times we live in...
Lee San Ha's "Mt. Hanra," written after the April 3, 1948 Jeju uprising
"Don't bemoan the deaths..."
"of our soldiers fallen fighting the enemy!"
After drinking in silence, any time he got drunk,
Kim Su Young would get up and start cursing,
singing patriotic songs from the north he learned during the war,
whenever anyone tried to stop him.
Stop, Su Young!
Only when I can sing North Korean songs...
and I can insult Lee Seung Man all I want will there be freedom!
If my mouth is itching to say those words and you try to stop me,
that is much scarier than anything the commies would do!
Look at Kim Chang Ryong.
If there was anyone scarier than the commies, that was him!
He was nothing but a murderer eating commies alive, Kim Chang Ryong!
With that... anti-communist motto or something?!
~ Kim Hyun Gyeong ~ (Kim Su Young's wife)
All those bureaucrats shouting that.
Whenever anyone of those tried to stop him, a fight would ensue.
They would fight, he would get drunk, and even shout...
things like "Hurrah for Kim Il Sung."
It was just a spectacle trying to stop him.
Before he became an activist poet, the Kim Su Young of the 50s,
~ Choi Ha Rim ~ (Kim Su Young biography author)
he had this huge complex about the People's Army.
So significant was this red complex, just mentioning anything related to red,
his eyes would suddenly pop out, he was that sensitive about the issue.
This is what I thought.
As there is no speed limit or restricted lanes for this thing called thoughts,
you'd think it would mean endless freedom,
but everyone in power tries to put limits and restrictions to it.
Whenever that happens, people's thoughts go in tatters.
For instance,
even if you tell people to forget all restrictions and think on their own,
it would be already difficult to think and create something truly unique,
so what creativity could possibly be borne out of such restrictions?!
I am not denying that certain tenets of communism populate my thoughts.
However,
that is merely because of the compassion I harbor for people.
They're just simple, humble notions,
like the idea that communism can help the poor.
But, because people started suspecting me ideologically...
and thus branding me, I found it difficult to strip off those insinuations.
I was envious of Park In Hwan.
Envious of Lee Jung Seop.
That rage of the moment.
Call it romanticism or utopia,
that thirst and hope for the world they longed for assaulting them,
making them crazy and killing them is what I envied.
I did.
I wanted just for once to savour the taste of freedom,
but the freedom I was thinking of...
was neither political nor ideological.
Because...
Because it was absolute freedom of the human mind,
I kept surviving for the sake of looking for that light.
What brought peace to Kim Su Young at that moment...
was the birth of his second son.
~ Mapo (Kim Su Young's house) ~
How is it going in there, Mother?
She's still in labor?
Mother!
Shouldn't we move her to the hospital?
What if something happens to her?
Oppa, will you be quiet?
Su Myeong, let's just call an obstetrician.
Just calm down and wait. Your mother will take care of it.
Dear! Are you all right?
Is everything all right in there?
It's a pecker, you fool!
You were prattling louder than your wife.
You like him?
That much?!
Looks like an angel.
From now on, you need to wake up for real,
if you want to raise those kids.
Don't worry about it, raising chickens is...
And when are you going to write?
So, what? Are you going to stop writing?
I'll write...
I've made a promise with your wife.
She'll take care of the chores at home...
I can do it all by myself.
I can worry about the chickens during mornings and evenings,
and during the day I'll do the translations for the magazine.
I can just write at night.
What's wrong?
And when will you drink?
Drinking... I'll have to quit right away!
Aigoo... Aigoo!
- I'm going. - Yes.
I promise, Mother.
I'll live to the fullest.
You can trust me!
I thought of writing a novel, after giving birth.
It had always been a dream of mine,
but thinking I'm getting old without filling a single page...
I think I'll turn this little fella into a boxer.
Look at how feisty he is.
Dear.
You worry about writing.
I'll take care of all the rest.
You can write as well.
Thank you.
You're really a great man.
You accept back someone like me...
Your heart must be really as endless as the sea.
I didn't just forgive you.
It's because I loved you.
Because I love you...
Because I couldn't live without you...
Whenever we talked, we agreed on so many things.
Sometimes we'd spend the night talking, just like that,
like two lovebirds who just started dating.
Even after being together for a decade, that never changed.
That still warms my heart.
When it came to kids, well... He left no stone unturned.
He would just dedicate himself to them, for their sake.
He loved them like no other, and strove to guide them.
I don't think I've ever seen anyone show such fervor for his children.
You know how hard it can be to raise kids,
in all senses.
Isn't it just about the same for everyone?!
Who wouldn't possibly love their child?!
But my husband just completely and utterly dedicated all his free time...
for the sake of raising his kids.
He loved them that much.
Shoot... Get going!
Ahh... It's a souvenir, you...
It's all right! Come here...
Aigoo... Again...
Aigoo!
You look a million dollars today!
Aigoo... Not to mention these shiny new shoes!
Ahh... Wait a second.
Where did you buy these shiny new shoes?
Look,
didn't you hear he had a son?!
That's why he looks like new.
I'll shoot your dol (first birthday) photos for free.
Any new magazines?
Are you going to start translating again?
Ahh... There's one more mouth to feed...
Here... have a seat.
Here. Sit there.
Seonsaengnim, if you need money urgently, come to my store.
I'll loan it to you without any hypothec.
Wow... Look at how nice the tiger becomes when it smells blood!
You worry about the missus.
Tell her to stop fooling around.
Ahh... Again with that?!
Indeed, tell him.
Need to be careful.
You can't talk about someone else's missus like that.
Dear!
Let's have a word.
Aigoo... Just calm down.
What do you teach to your children?
What did I...
How can you buy bicycles for both of them?!
Is money falling from the sky?!
What's wrong with that?
If you keep spending like that, what about later?
Stop prattling that nonsense.
Should we subject them to all that we go through?
Let's keep the struggle with poverty to ourselves.
Don't you know answering all their whims will ruin them?
They must know how precious money is, to succeed later.
If you keep buying them all they want, they'll only grow spoiled!
Ahh... really...
Indeed, indeed.
They need to know the value of money.
Why, will you bring it to the coffin with you?
I'll do it, you fool.
Ahh... you little...
Let me go!
Same goes for you, learn to respect money.
You spend all night staring at me.
When did I ever...
You always suspect me!
How sweet...
When did I ever suspect you?!
You keep prancing all day shaking your ass,
"Oh my, what if she falls for the dance bug again?!"
You keep hammering without knowing where the hammer goes!
Aigoo...
Aigoo... I can't stand seeing this rat anymore, really!
Aigoo... I really ought to...
And why would you leave this perfect spot?!
Let's be clear on that, you!
Try to buy what they want without first asking me again,
then I'll go find myself another spouse.
Understood?
Another?!
Great!
Aigoo... Let's not do this.
Here you go... Let's shoot that photo.
Ahh... Have a seat.
Many people left it,
but others returned to Myeongdong as well.
Seonsaengnim.
Aigoo... Look who's this!
Isn't it Jeon Hye Rin?!
Who else could it be?
What happened to you?
When did you come back?
Few days ago.
I... became a mother.
A mother?!
You got my postcards.
I married in Munchen,
and I had a daughter.
I changed just as much as Myeongdong, didn't I?
How could Jeon Hye Rin have changed so much?
We'll talk about that on the next episode.
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So you didn't know that.
Myeongdong has really changed a lot.
So, I've become like all the others now?
Seonsaengnim.
I'll see you again.
I've gathered all the works the Bronze's regulars wrote.
Guess it will be around a hundred.
Impressive, isn't it?
You will make what?
Movies.
Movies?!
We'll make a really great movie.
If you really want to fill your belly,
don't waste time in theater,
go direct a film or something!
If they don't give you an award this time, you'll become a loner.
Everyone will leave you out in the cold.
People who are so methodical tend to lack upside.
Let's look back at our youth.
Wasn't it filled with disorder?!
It was from the clouds of that disorder...
that we created a new light.
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