What are you going to say?
I love you, Eun-ho?
I love you to death?
Why aren't you saying it?
Out with it.
Go...
What?
Don't go.
What, talking down to me already?
Don't go.
Don't go...
Don't!
Don't go!
Don't go, you jerk! Don't go!
What are you doing?
Are you trying to jump?
Get down, I said!
Go.
Just go, Jin-tae. Go!
I'll be back.
I'll come back soon.
Grandfather, give me Jin-tae's phone number.
Jong's uncle!
-Hey, Mr. Cool. -Yes?
What's so urgent that she'd call you on my phone?
Answer it before I change my mind.
Hello?
(Are you confident?)
Jung-eun.
(It might be better if you don't go.)
Your mother...
If you haven't seen her since you were ten...
(She might not recognize me?)
Right.
(It doesn't matter.)
It does matter.
I thought that, too.
But it was so difficult when I came back.
I could feel the earth caving in under me.
And those feelings stayed with me every day from then on.
It's hard to go on.
It becomes intolerable.
Just unbearable...
(I'll just tell her who I am.)
(I'm going to do that.)
(If my mom doesn't recognize me, I'm going to tell her,
instead of clamming up like someone I know.)
"Mom, it's me, your son Eun-ho!"
"Mom, I'm here." "Eun-ho's here!"
"Mom, I'm here."
(I'll be back.)
(I'll come back as soon as possible.)
(I'll bring presents, so in the meantime, you have to practice being Miss Chatterbox.)
(From the moment you wake up until you go to bed at night, you have to talk nonstop.)
(You have to make up for your silent days.)
(Got that?)
Hello?
Did you hang up?
Or have you clammed up again?
Hello?
Should I hang up?
Hello?
When are you coming back?
When are you returning?
Soon.
I'll only be away a little while.
Grandpa, stop dragging things like this home.
It's broken and only clutters the place up.
I'll make your dinner after I throw this away and look in on Jong.
You can wait, right?
Eun-ho, don't think it over a thousand times.
Just think it over twice and come back.
You don't even need to think twice.
Just come back.
We can't find the vein on this patient.
Dr. Baek tried for one hour and gave up.
The patient and his guardians are quite upset.
Dr. Koh...
I'm... here to... give you your shot.
Pull it.
Pardon?
"Pull it," he said.
Make it tighter, doctor.
What?
Do you have a death wish?
You're a quack, aren't you?
If you don't do it right this time, I'm stepping all over you.
Are you just practicing here?
What do you think you're doing?
Are you all right, sir?
Hey, you jerk!
You think our boss is just a body for you to experiment on?
Poking him all over like that, are you trying to turn him into Swiss cheese?
Please, don't!
Why, I ought to just give you a new face today.
I'm sorry.
Quiet down.
Hey, Mr. Doctor.
Aren't you going to answer him?
I'm very impressed with you.
I'm very fat, so other doctors get upset because...
...they can't seem to find the artery or vein or whatever they're looking for.
Sometimes, I feel bad.
But you tried so hard and finally found it.
I'm so grateful I could die.
The late Brother Jo Chun-bok said,
"You pay back revenge tenfold, but gratitude you pay back a hundredfold."
Number one.
Yes, Boss.
He's above you.
Boss?
Any complaints?
Of course not.
Everyone, escort him with the utmost respect.
Yes, Boss.
Get up.
Good day, Brother.
Have a good day, Brother.
(Take off that gown.)
Goodbye, Brother.
You drink all night at bars, and then you treat patients...
...the next day when you're all hung-over?
You call yourselves doctors?
Your patients are watching you.
Bring a letter of apology.
(How can he say that?)
(I guess being a chief is a big deal.)
(I guess.)
He married a bar hostess, so why does he act like a saint?
(What about us having to respect her as the Chief's wife?)
(I have to move on.)
(If he wants to lecture us, he should set an example.)
(I'm going to open my own practice!)
(Hire me when you do.)
What?
(You scared me.)
I'm busy. Hang up.
(Honey, honey, guess where I am.)
I registered for an English class.
You told me to study.
I'm studying, so I can come with you on your seminars.
Am I good or what?
Are you still there?
Are you listening?
I am, but I'm hanging up.
Honey, honey, honey...
You said I shouldn't be ashamed of not knowing things.
There's something I want to ask you.
What is it? Make it quick.
Honey, what do you say to someone when you're longing to see them?
What?
You said I shouldn't be ashamed, but I should be.
You're thinking I'm hopeless that I don't even know such a simple thing.
I'm right.
When will I ever be an intellectual match for you...?
(I'm sorry, I'll try even harder.)
(Don't be so hard on me.)
(I'm going to try hard to learn.)
It's "I miss you."
Pardon, what did you say?
I couldn't hear.
"I miss you."
You know how much I wanted to hear that?
I'm sorry for playing a prank on you.
Thank you, honey.
That means "I'm Miss You," right?
(You laughed. You did.)
(I don't know what upset you, but you feel better, right?)
I'm hanging up.
Hello?
Yes, it is.
How can I help you?
Can you say that again? Who was it?
You have to transport a patient from Gangneung hospital.
What...
It's a car accident victim.
One person's dead and the other's in a coma.
You go and bring him.
Are they people you know?
Get up.
Wake up.
Come on.
Wake up.
Come... on.
Get up!
(Come home this instant!)
(But, Father...)
(No, buts.)
(Pack up and come home now!)
You have to look at the sheet.
(What's this?)
(Staccato.)
(Right.)
(Then, you have to play...)
Got it?
I understand, but it's not easy to do.
You'll practice, right?
Yes.
I'm going to camp tomorrow.
Lucky you. I won't see you for a while then.
Goodbye.
Wait, the snow will turn into rain soon.
Wait, I'll get you an umbrella.
It's okay.
Sae-rom! Sae-rom!
She ran off.
(It doesn't matter.)
(I thought that, too.)
(But it was so difficult when I came back.)
(I could feel the earth caving in under me.)
(And that feeling stayed with me every day from then on.)
(It becomes intolerable.)
(I'll just tell her who I am.)
(I'm going to do that.)
(If my mom doesn't recognize me, I'm going to tell her,
instead of clamming up like someone I know.)
(I'm going to tell her.)
You're a grown-up now.
Let's eat.
-Eat slowly and chew well. -Okay
Is it any good?
It's to die for.
What?
It's awesome.
It's the taste I remember from my childhood.
But instead of eating this...
I'm sorry.
That's not it.
That last few days before coming here, all I had were eggs.
Egg soup, egg stew, scrambled eggs, fried eggs...
Mom...
Why didn't you come for me?
I did, of course.
Then you did come?
I can't even count how many times I went to the house and turned back.
And just as many times, I got into fights with your step mom.
How much is rice cake?
(Two dollars.)
Now that we're on the subject, can I chew them out?
It's cold.
Mom...
Honestly speaking, I'm better looking and smarter than Eun-sub.
So stepmom must've been jealous.
When I started study sheets, she hired a tutor.
I started playing the piano, and he started the contrabass.
You know why he played the contrabass?
She couldn't find any instrument as big as a piano.
Wait, there was so much more...
Mom, what about you?
You must've had your share of grief, so tell me.
Let's chew them out.
Mom, it won't make you an angel to keep it in.
You should speak so you don't get sick from bottling it all up inside.
You see...
Tell me the truth. Am I ugly?
What? Who would say such a thing?
Compared to your stepmom...
Should I stop?
See? I shouldn't have started.
Who would say something so ridiculous?
You're a hundred times better looking than any actress.
Right?
Others think your stepmom�s good looking, but I don't think she's that great.
-Didn't she fix everything? -Every part of her face.
-She's a real charmer, huh? -Gross.
I'm a little disappointed at your father's taste.
Exactly.
-Eun-ho. -Yes?
But he had his reasons for choosing her.
Enough that I was willing to leave him to give him peace.
So don't hate him so much...
What about me?
You gave him peace, but what about me?
I'll get it.
Hello?
Hold on one second.
-Was it your dad? -Yes.
I guess you have to leave now.
Yes, I have to.
Eun-sub left home causing Father grief.
Then you shouldn't trouble him, too.
I told Eun-sub that what he's doing is throwing a tantrum.
It is a tantrum.
And that if he wants something, he has to convince Father.
My baby is so wise.
I have to convince Father, too.
Convince him of what?
Mom...
Yes?
Do you want to live with me?
Let's live together.
I want to live with you.
That's that.
And I'm going to get married, too.
I don't know if she wants to marry me, but if she says no,
I'll just have to nag her until she says yes.
I gave her your piano, since we'll be living together anyway.
You know Jung-eun, right?
Dr. Suh's granddaughter.
He and I can run the clinic together,
and you and Jung-eun can teach the kids piano.
Why don't you say anything?
Mom... Are you crying?
Mom... Don't cry.
Starting when?
When can we live together?
Be honest. You were really lonely, weren't you?
Mom...
I've been bless with a gift for winning women's hearts.
I'm sorry for taking so long to get here.
The weather's terrible.
I told you I'd take the bus. It'll be difficult going back alone.
I'm okay. You can't take a bus with that luggage.
The train's better. It's just over this hill.
I couldn't wait until the weather cleared up.
I'll tell Father, pack up, and come.
You should close up your school, and wait for me.
I should've listen to you. The weather was bad.
I should've waited until the weather cleared up.
I should've listened to you, too.
You could've just taken the bus.
I feel so bad.
Mom.
I should close your eyes for you, but my body won't move.
My beloved son, I'm so sorry.
Mom, thank you for recognizing me.
And thank you for remembering me.
Grandfather, let me know.
Let you know what?
Where he went.
I have to go see if anything's wrong.
He said he was coming back soon. It's taking too long.
I want to ask if I should stop waiting.
I told him not to make a hasty decision.
He must be thinking it over and over again.
Then, I want to ask him how long he's going to think.
Mother and son have met again after twenty years.
He can't come back so soon.
But he said he'd be back soon. That he'd only be away a little while.
This is too long to be "a little while." I'll ask how long his "little while" is.
Whether it's a month, three months, or a year.
Tell me.
-Jung-eun... -Grandfather.
I don't want to live like before.
If there's something I want to do,
I just want to do it.
I've come to miss him.
I'll go see him.
Hey, aren't you going to get up?
Get up and be a showoff again.
Why are you lying here?
This bed is for patients! It's not for you.
Here.
These are all yours, jerk!
Why do I have to wear this for you?
Why do I have to suffer because of you?
Get up!
My precious Eun-ho!
My poor Eun-ho...
What kind of terrible catastrophe is this?
Quiet down.
Don't make a fuss. Just go home.
I can't believe this. How could this have happened...?
My poor Eun-ho...
Brother!
Let's pray.
-Let's go. -Excuse me.
I... I came to see the teacher. Did something happen?
She passed away in an accident while driving her son.
My daughter was away then, so we came just now.
Wait, what about her son?
I'm not so sure.
(The night of the accident, he was transferred to a hospital in Seoul.)
(The female passenger didn't survive.)
(The night of the accident, he was transferred to a hospital in Seoul.)
(The female passenger didn't survive.)
Was the male passenger hurt badly?
Yes.
Don't!
Glare at me all you want.
If you get bitten, you scream before it starts to bleed.
You scream and cry because you're hurting.
You don't just look at the blood like an idiot.
Good. Hit me.
There you go.
That's the way. Harder.
Harder.
The muffler is warm. It's the warmest muffler in the world.
Grandfather, his mother passed away.
(And he's hurt badly.)
(This can't be happening. So many things can't happen to one person all at once like this.)
(I'm going to find out what's happening to him.)
What do you think?
Don't hesitate. Just tell me.
We can't tell yet whether the cerebral cognitive functions...
...have been impaired, but brain function is normal.
Sleep cycles, respiration, EKG, and autonomic nervous system are all normal.
-Look here. -Yes, sir.
I'm a doctor, too. And I can read the x-ray.
I'm sorry, sir.
Tell me from experience.
You must have a feel for this kind of thing.
What I'm saying is, how much hope should I have?
Or if I should give up hope, then when and to what degree should I give up?
Don't pretend you don't understand my question.
Dr. Koh came and asked the same question.
Eun-sub did?
Yes. So I told him we'd have to observe him for about a month to be sure.
And?
He said if there was some medicine that would...
...put him to sleep for one month, then he wanted it.
This isn't some kind of bribe.
What?
The boss wanted me to say this.
The other doctor came and is breaking out in a sweat...
...trying to find his vein, but he can't find it.
So the boss wants you to come.
I told him your brother's a vegetable, so it's hard for you to come by often.
So he made sure to tell you that this isn't a bribe.
-Did I tell him right? -Yes.
But you forgot to mention, "Do stop by."
He's not a vegetable.
He's just unconscious.
I have so much to tell him. He can't do that to me.
I'm going to beat him if that's what it takes to wake him up.
Beat him, you say?
That's our specialty, so just say the word.
[KOH EUN-HO]
Look here.
You can't do this to me.
How could this have happened...?
You said you'd come back in a little while.
English subs by KBFD - The Asia Network (TAN)
Transcriber: kood Timer: ay_link