(One Night Two Days in Harbin)
(Korean History)
(Maybe the reason why we remember Harbin...)
(is because...)
(Ahn Jung Geun assassinated Ito Hirobumi in Harbin, Manchuria.)
(We have seen it in textbooks.)
(But behind the few sentences we read in textbooks,)
(there are stories we didn't know.)
Did you know that?
- No, I didn't. - I didn't know that.
- It's the first time I heard this. - Same with me.
Right here in this spot...
The place you are standing right now is where it all happened.
(We are going on a journey today to learn about...)
(the heroic deeds of an individual...)
(and the anguish he had to endure.)
(Ahn Jung Geun assassinated Ito Hirobumi in Harbin, Manchuria.)
(Harbin, Manchuria)
(Harbin, Manchuria in 1909)
(It was an international city...)
(that was also known as "the Oriental Paris".)
(Let's travel back to 107 years ago.)
As I mentioned yesterday, this hotel dates back to 1906.
- That was 110 years ago. - Yes, it's 110 years old.
This place, where you are now,
was built...
in the age of imperialism.
It was common all around the world for a stronger country...
to colonise a weaker country for their own benefit.
Imperialist countries believed that only the strongest were to survive.
They would trample over weaker countries and thought nothing of it.
We have brought newspapers from all around the world.
These were published in 1909, at the height of Imperialism.
- Oh, my. - Is it newspapers from that time?
- Yes. - Has this been preserved until now?
(Jong Min's surprised.)
- Is it The New York Times? - It's The New York Times.
- What does that Chinese letter say? - It looks fancy.
- Is that Chinese one for me? - I want the English one.
(They're not very good at foreign languages.)
- Wait, don't I look fancy? - This is great.
- That's it. - This is Gyeongseong Daily.
"To avenge the conquest of Korea, he assassinated Ito Hirobumi."
"Through other Koreans..."
- In 1909? - Yes.
"He admitted that he shot at Ito."
"Hirobumi was shot three times."
- Is that The New York Times? - Yes, it's The New York Times.
What is this? Is it Russian?
It's an image of Ito Hirobumi collapsing after he got shot.
(It's an Italian newspaper.)
- It's Ito Hirobumi. - Did they put that in the papers?
- It's Ito Hirobumi. - What does it say?
- Ito Hirobumi? - What does that mean in Korean?
Ito.
- Ito was shot. - Ito was shot.
He was the prime minister.
"The prime minister and the Russian minister..."
"agreed on a meeting suggested by Ito Hirobumi."
So he came for a meeting and that's when it happened.
Here it says, "A Japanese cause celebre".
"The trial of Prince Ito's murderer".
So this was covered in all of the papers around the world in 1909.
It's an event that we have all heard about, right?
Yes, it is.
Wasn't it at a train station in Harbin?
- Yes. - Mr Ahn doesn't have a ring finger.
He did it to write a pledge in his own blood.
You have snippets of information. But did you know that this...
- was reported world-wide? - It's the first time I heard this.
- I didn't know at all. - At such a meaningful place,
did you make us take our underwear off?
- How could you do that to us? - Can it be aired?
(They worry about what happened the night before.)
This is a historical place.
I can't do a show with people like them.
(I can't do a show with people like them.)
- I... - Head home first.
I can't believe they took off their underwear.
- Don't you think you went too far? - Seriously.
Aren't you curious?
- Why did Ito Hirobumi die here... - In Harbin.
and not in Seoul?
- With Russia... - He was here for a meeting.
Since Russia was a powerful nation,
maybe they wanted to combine their forces to unite the world.
I think it's the opposite.
They were testing Russia to see whether Russia was strong or not.
- It was to take over Russia. - Do you think Japan wanted that?
- Yes. - Russia wasn't easy to take over.
- It wasn't. - I think...
- Russia was difficult to beat. - Why?
- So they were trying test Russia. - Don't you know Gorbachev?
- Gorbachev? - It was a long time ago.
- How long ago was that? - That was when it was Soviet Union.
Wasn't there a Russo-Japanese War?
About five years before Mr Ahn carried out this patriotic deed,
Japan won the war against Russia.
- See, there was a war between them. - Did Japan win?
- Yes. - Did Japan win that time?
- Japan was so strong. - So...
(We didn't know you'd be that disappointed.)
Before the war against Russia, Japan already won the war against China.
Then after winning the Russo-Japanese war,
Ito came to Harbin. The reason was that since...
the Protectorate Treaty was already concluded with Korea,
Japan wanted to warn Russia not to covet Korea.
- Really? - My goodness.
- To warn them not to covet Korea? - It was a prior warning.
It's our land. Why did the two nations do that?
At the time, Japan and Russia were competing over Manchuria and Korea.
In order to negotiate the terms of their influence over Korea,
they chose this city for the meeting venue.
It was considered the halfway point where Russians and Koreans lived.
Moreover, Japan had easy access to this location.
Mr Ahn sensed this in advance...
and to assassinate Ito, he came here.
That's how the two people met here.
(Mr Ahn traveled to Harbin to stop the meeting.)
(One nearly fulfilled his ambition.)
(The other set out to punish him.)
The meeting must have been called off.
(What was the result?)
He's a true assassin hero.
When we read about it in the textbook,
- it was only a page long. - That's right.
(Today)
Today, we're here in Harbin where Mr Ahn's traces still remain.
(Today, Independence Day, Harbin Patriotic Deed)
We will take this time to trace...
the short period of time that Mr Ahn planned and executed the revolt.
- We will have such a journey. - That sounds meaningful.
(On October 22, Mr Ahn arrived in Harbin.)
(On October 23, he planned the revolt.)
(On October 25, Ito left Changchun.)
(On October 26, Mr Ahn assassinated Ito and got arrested.)
- What exactly are we going to do? - If you go to each place,
there will be a quiz.
If you answer correctly,
we will give you 15 dollars for your independence funds.
- Independence funds? - Yes.
- What can we use it on? - You can buy snacks.
(You can buy snacks.)
- Then why did you call it that? - This is confusing.
You're confusing me.
So we will retrace our nation's history for the viewers...
while having fun, right?
(We can just have fun, right?)
- It's a variety show. - Yes, you're right.
- We can't make it too serious. - I know exactly what will happen.
- I know how you guys are! - You're right.
- You better not do that. - Hey, hey.
- Don't do that. - We are proud Koreans.
- Don't do it just for show. - Don't you dare cry.
Don't act.
- You'd better not. - Don't do this.
You are smart.
- This is mine. - Don't act like that.
What about you? What's your move?
(Deeply touched)
- And yours? - I really didn't know.
(What will today's episode turn out?)
Anyway, I'll give the first quiz.
- Already? - Quiz?
Mr Ahn was born with a birth mark on his stomach.
It was the shape of the Big Dipper.
- Goodness. - We know that much.
That's why when he was young, he was called by this name.
My goodness.
- Does everyone know the answer? - Of course.
The meaning behind it is...
he was born responding to the energy of the Big Dipper.
What is the childhood name of Mr Ahn?
That's easy. What did you say again?
- His name when he was young. - He asked about his childhood name.
- Who dares to answer this first? - The Big Dipper?
Since it's the Big Dipper...
- Raise your hand. - I know the answer.
- Joon Ho. - Chil Sung.
(Chil Sung)
- That's incorrect. - It's wrong.
- Is it similar? - It's not that.
- Go on. - Is it Buk Sung or Doo Sung?
Hurry.
- You need to say it too. - Is it Buk Sung or Doo Sung?
- My answer is completely different. - Then go first.
- What's the answer? - I think I've heard of it before.
- Then go. I know the answer. - Please tell us your answer.
I know the answer.
- Jong Min. - Ahn Eung Chil.
(Ahn Eung Chil)
I think he's right.
- My goodness. - Jong Min, that is correct.
- Really? - Don't you know history?
- Don't you know? - My goodness.
You can't call yourselves Korean.
(You can't call yourselves Korean.)
You can't call yourselves Korean.
- Is it Eung Chil? - That's right.
- They don't know history. - I've heard of it before.
Is it really Eung Chil?
- I'm just really... - Seriously.
- Tae Hyun. - I didn't think you'd know.
- How did you know? - Shame on you.
- I can't believe it. - What would you say that?
You're amazing. How did you know that?
- I think I heard of it somewhere. - No.
Now that you mention it, I think I've heard the name before.
But why is it "Eung"? Is it "Eung" as in the crying sound of a baby?
- I don't know either. - I don't get it.
It was in the question itself.
I said "He was born responding to the energy of the Big Dipper."
You're amazing. Jong Min is great at quizzes.
- He knows a lot. - What's gotten into you?
- Look at him take that money! - Gosh.
On the envelope, we have written Chinese characters.
We have replicated what Mr Ahn had wrote himself and had it...
- printed on the envelope. - What is it?
Jong Min, could you please read out aloud what it says?
- He doesn't know. - What does it say?
Please, read what it says.
What is he doing?
Sorry, can someone please help him out?
- Turn it around. - What is that?
Turn it around.
(What?)
I don't know what it says.
Hey.
(They are also illiterate.)
- What's the first character? - How do you read that?
- It is "dependence". - What does that mean?
- Oh, "dependence". - Is it "dependent" or "dependency"?
- Is it "dependable"? - No idea. They're old characters.
- Does that mean "dependability"? - What is it?
There must be a meaning.
Since it was written in the past, you need to read from right to left.
- It says "independence". - Really?
(Independence)
- Independence. - We're so ignorant.
- So it says "independence".
It was so easy.
Didn't we just tell you that it was independence funds?
Please don't make these kind of specials. Gosh.
I need to tell Soo Chan to watch "Running Man" or "K-pop Star" again.
Even more people came compared to yesterday.
There are more here than at the airport yesterday.
(Cheering)
- Oh, my. - Hello.
- You're beautiful.
(Our ancestors from a 100 years back would've never imagined this.)
- You're cute. - You're cute.
(What?)
Hey, pretty.
- What is this? - Are we taking the car?
Look. It looks so different from last night, right?
Look over here. Look.
- Is it this way? - It's this way.
- That's Russian style architecture. - Is it?
- Yes. It's all Russian style. - Wow.
(There's an exotic atmosphere in downtown Harbin.)
- It's so cold. - Goodness.
- My face is cold. - It's cold.
- Isn't that the ice park? - It is.
- Is it that one? - Yes.
- We were right. - It is the place.
(Have they arrived at the right place?)
- Oh, my. - My goodness.
Why did we come here?
- That's real ice, right? - This is all real ice.
(Harbin is the city of ice.)
(A small park is located right at the centre.)
- Look at this. - It's very slippery.
- Be careful. - There's a dragon head.
Where?
(A slide made of ice)
(Right now, only the shrieks of happy children can be heard.)
Move out of the way.
(Right now, only the shrieks of happy children can be heard.)
(But what secret lies here?)
I'm glad you all made it.
This is Zhaolin Park. It's a park that has been loved...
by the people of Harbin for 100 years.
Zhaolin Park?
Here, you will find a spot that meant a lot to Mr Ahn.
- Here? - That's right.
- Really? - Yes.
Maybe it's that over there.
- Where? - It could be that pavilion.
We should think of why Mr Ahn was at a park.
Was he here to meet someone?
I think you're right.
- You may be onto something. - Hang on.
I know we got Ahn Eung Chil right but that was a fluke.
Look at the ice.
(Jong Min's radar is on point today so they all follow him around.)
Isn't this a sculpture of Mr Ahn's hand?
- I think you're right. - Isn't that his hand?
(Is it a sculpture of Mr Ahn's hand?)
- No, it's not. - What are you talking about?
You were so far off.
- What is he talking about? - Isn't this a bit too weird?
This is the "okay" sign.
Tell me about it!
Gosh.
(Tae Hyun starts walking towards something.)
- What's that? - There's something there.
- Over there! - I see it too.
- That's it. - That's his hand.
- You're right. - That's his hand.
- It's his hand! - That's Mr Ahn's hand.
- You're right. - I know.
What does it say?
- You can just tell by his hand. - You're right.
- It's Mr Ahn's. - Check out his middle finger.
- No, it's his ring finger. - Oh, that's right.
(Hundreds of miles away from home)
(His handprint is clearly engraved on the stone...)
(along with his name.)
- His ring finger is... - It's written right here.
- It says "Ahn Jung Geun". - "Ahn Jung Geun".
What does this say?
- "Ahn Jung Geun". - That means "Mr".
- "March". - March?
That's when it was placed here.
(The city of Harbin set up a stone monument to commemorate him.)
- I've never seen this before. - Three days before the shooting,
on October 23rd, 1909,
he planned the assassination here with his associates.
- Right, this is the place. - That's right.
This is where they discussed the plan.
(The plan was developed here with his associate Woo Deok Soon.)
At that time, Mr Ahn was in Vladivostok, Russia.
That's where he found out about Ito Hirobumi's travel plans.
- Is this the Daedong Bulletin? - Yes.
Back then, this newspaper was published in Russia.
(Daedong Bulletin)
(Mr Ahn decided to follow Ito Hirobumi to Harbin.)
(Ito Hirobumi's exact schedule was never released in the paper.)
Mr Ahn came to China and collected information from the locals.
That's how he learned which train Ito Hirobumi was taking.
(The morning when his mission finally got itself a date)
I guess you could say that he had great timing.
You could say that.
He knew that this was a suicide mission.
- Of course. - He knew he had three days to live.
- That's right. - Gosh.
If you found out that you would die in three days,
what would you do right now?
- Well... - I'll go and see my family.
I'll make sure that all of my assets go to my family.
- That's very realistic. - And then...
Your family would throw a fit if you decided to donate it.
I'd never do that!
- He wouldn't do that. - I'm leaving it for my family.
- You should donate some of it. - You should.
- It's my money. Stay out of it. - Okay.
- Tae Hyun. - What?
- What would you do? - I'd see my family.
He already said that he'd see his kids.
I don't think Soo Chan would realise what's going on though.
I'd think he'd just joke around.
I agree.
- You can't tell him, either. - That's right, I can't.
You wouldn't be able to.
I wouldn't be able to tell my family that I'm going to die.
To be honest,
I think I'll be sulking in my room if I knew that I was going to die.
(The last moments of a normal person's life)
- I'm serious. - I can see you doing that.
- I'd be depressed. - Me too.
Do you think Mr Ahn told his family about this?
He probably didn't.
Mr Ahn knew that he was going to die.
The day of the assassination, he got a haircut...
and bought himself a clean, new outfit.
- Then... - That leaves an impression.
Then he took a photo with his two associates,
Woo Deok Soon and Yoo Dong Ha.
- A photo? - He must've been determined.
Right.
(What would a man that knew he was going to die look like?)
We need to find the photo studio. Where do you think it is?
Is the studio still around?
- Look. - Is this it?
(An antique building)
Six embassies were in Harbin at that time.
It was a big city and a commercial district.
So we think that Mr Ahn took his photo here.
- Gosh. - This building is 100 years old.
- Isn't it beautiful? - "Photo Studio".
Isn't this a photo studio?
(What will they learn here?)
(A photo is handed to them.)
Place it here.
- Wow. - This is amazing.
Isn't this Mr Ahn?
(Ahn Jung Geun)
(Woo Deok Soon)
That's Ahn Jung Geun, Woo Deok Soon and Yoo Dong Ha.
Yoo Dong Ha.
The assassination was planned solely for Korea's independence.
Mr Ahn knew that this was probably going to be his last photo.
How old do you think he was when he took this picture?
Hang on a second.
Joon Ho who is 42 years old will get a chance to answer first.
Why me?
- Who's going first? - Because you're the oldest here.
Okay, let me take a closer look.
Look at this photo.
This is Mr Ahn when he was younger.
- Really? - Yes.
He took this photo, assassinated Ito Hirobumi...
and then...
- Then... - I'm sure he was younger than us.
Then...
(I'm sure he was younger than us.)
- I think so too. - I'm sure he was younger than us.
All right. I think he was very young.
I think he was 25 years old.
(25 years old)
- Isn't that too young? - I agree.
That is incorrect.
- Who's next? - It's me.
He obviously wasn't married.
Gosh, that's so sad.
I think he was 31 years old.
That is incorrect.
Mr Ahn is 100 years older than Jong Min.
That's right and we were born in the same month.
Do you know the answer?
- I do. - He mentioned it yesterday.
- Then answer the question. - I see.
Mr Ahn was 30 years old when he took this picture.
- His age... - Gosh.
at that time was indeed 30.
(Jong Min got it right.)
- Really? - Wow.
How can you not know your history?
Were the questions leaked in advance?
- These are basic questions. - I'm serious.
He knows everything about Ahn Jung Geun.
Mr Ahn was born in 1879.
I think he was born September 2nd.
- Really? - Is he right?
Yes, he's right. Mr Ahn was born in 1879.
He was born in 1879 and I was born in 1979.
- You're exactly 100 years apart. - What?
- Yes, that's right. - Gosh.
Did you look it up?
Why would I do that?
- He looked it up. - How on earth...
do you know Mr Ahn's date of birth then?
He looked it up. I'm sure of it.
Are you telling me that he planned all of this when he was just 30?
That's incredible.
A while ago, you mentioned that he was probably single.
- However... - Was he married?
Yes, he was.
- Really? - He got married at 16.
- He even had kids. - Oh, my.
- Really? - Yes.
He had a family?
Japan made his family pay for what Mr Ahn did.
Gosh.
(The things he had to endure to save our country)
Mr Ahn thought that dying for his country was an honour.
He probably knew what would happen to his family afterwards.
He was a Catholic with a baptismal name of Thomas.
He was a devout believer.
However, he went against his beliefs and killed a man for his country.
What did we do when we were 30 years old?
That's when I hit big with my catch phrase "You idiot!"
- I played a village headman. - You did voice impressions.
Yes, that's right.
- Yoo Dong Ha looks very young. - He does.
- How old do you think he is? - About 23 or 24.
- He must be in his early twenties. - I think so too.
He was 17 at that time.
- What? - No way!
- Was he only 17 years old? - That's unbelievable.
For this assassination to work, they needed a Russian translator.
What happened to Yoo Dong Ha?
- He was imprisoned. - I see.
- He was only 17. - Goodness.
It's hard to even contemplate what they were thinking back then,
but I think it would be nice if we all took a photo like they did.
Together?
- Let's go. - We should take our hats off.
We should show our respects.
Bring in the camera.
That's a real antique camera.
- My gosh. - That's what they used back then.
- It's that an antique? - It is.
- Wow. - Look at that.
Look at that! Do you all see that?
- I do. - Where did they get this?
We should take off our hats.
- Hands should be at our sides. - For our country...
- We should look serious. - That's right.
Look resolutely serious.
(It becomes silent and solemn.)
(They try to look determined as the martyrs were.)
Look determined.
One, two.
(Click)
Can we see it soon?
It takes about two minutes.
(It would have looked the same back in 1909.)
(The three foreigners...)
(took a picture together in an unfamiliar city.)
It can't be exactly the same.
Aren't you curious about the quality of the picture?
How will it turn out?
(We pay our respects to them in our own ways.)
(The streets are covered with Chinese characters.)
(How will the members find their way on the streets?)
"Excuse me, where are we?"
"Which way should we go?"
(Where is it?)
"Where is it"?
- I think this is it. - Where is it, Joon Young?
- That's it. - What is that?
It has the same Chinese characters.
- That's the building. - It says the same thing.
(They have no one but Joon Young to count on.)
- Is this right? - We should find number 34.
This is number one.
It's here. It says, "Senlin Street".
(Joon Young is good at navigating.)
We should go to building number 34 on this street.
Senlin Street.
- That's 34. - That's 34. It's here.
- That's it. - Where is it?
- This is it. - What is this place?
- It says "Luck" here. - What is this?
I think it is a house.
- What is this building? - Why are we here?
Is this the right building?
- You've come to the right place. - Okay.
What's the address?
- It is "34, Senlin Street". - Right.
Can you guess what this building has to do with Mr Ahn?
If this is a house, he could have stayed in this building.
We talked about him coming to Harbin earlier.
Maybe this is where he stayed.
- For 2 or 3 days... - There is a park near here too.
- He's right. - I think he's right.
- That is correct. - All right.
- This place... - It was right.
is where Mr Ahn...
stayed from the day he arrived in Harbin to the day...
- he completed his mission. - So, this is where he stayed.
How many days did he stay here?
The house was right here. He stayed here for about five days.
They probably didn't notice him...
even if he passed by the neighbourhood.
They already tore down the old building.
They built a new building on the same spot later on.
- Is it a new building? - Yes.
(It only remains in our imagination.)
(100 years ago, Mr Ahn stayed at Kim Seong Baek's house.)
This is where he stayed...
until he executed the revolt.
Let's go and find out what happened...
in this place.
(He stayed here until October 26, 1909.)
This is the place...
where he stayed for five days.
On the night he came back after taking the picture,
how do you think he felt?
(How would he have felt?)
- He's human. - How would he have felt?
He must have been worried...
about leaving his family behind and what would happen to them.
That's true, but he could have also felt excited.
What he had planned and hoped for was about to happen.
He probably thought that once this revolt was executed,
Korea would be one step closer to its independence.
He must have been looking forward to it in a way.
I guess he probably kept picturing what was going to happen.
Maybe he spent his time reminding himself of the things he'd do.
He had only one chance.
I don't think he would have been able to sleep.
If he had failed, everything would have been for nothing.
I think he prayed a lot since he was a Catholic.
- He's right. - He probably prayed to succeed.
He could have prayed for the success.
I think so too.
I wonder what Joon Young thinks.
He lived in foreign countries for a long time.
What would he have felt?
He must have been afraid.
(Afraid)
- That's possible. - That's right.
- He could have been afraid. - Killing a person...
- can be a scary thing. - That's true.
Why would he have been excited?
What if things went wrong?
How can you be excited when you are going to kill a person?
Did you mean to say nervous instead of excited?
That was a mistake. Gosh.
I don't have a good command on vocabulary. I am a fool.
By the way,
among your answers...
Did someone get it right?
Jong Min's answer is the closest to the answer.
- Really? - Was he excited?
- Really? - Don't you study at all?
Don't you study history at all?
Shame on you.
When Mr Ahn...
came to Kim Seong Baek's house, he composed a poem...
called "Jangbuga" with his comrades.
(He composed a poem called "Jangbuga" with his comrades.)
This is what he wrote.
I see.
"A man goes out to the world with a great purpose."
("A man goes out to the world with a great purpose.")
"Times make a hero and a hero makes times."
"Looking at the world,"
"I wonder when the purpose will be fulfilled."
"Being indignant once again,"
"I will accomplish my purpose."
"You are a thief, Ito."
"How could I spare your life?"
"Hurray, hurray. Korea is independent."
"Hurray, hurray. We are compatriots of Korea."
- Goodness. - Seriously.
He was very talented.
Jong Min was right.
He was.
He was determined and nothing would change his mind.
How can you not know that?
Jong Min,
I just want you to stay in Harbin.
(Jong Min, I want you to stay in Harbin.)
(Jong Min should go to Harbin University.)
He probably had other thoughts, too.
He must have scoped out the site beforehand.
He would have needed to survey the area.
- Would he have? - I'm pretty sure he did.
There's evidence that shows that he did.
- Really? - It seems he did it.
"I hope you are well."
"As of October 22,"
"I'm staying at Kim Seong Baek's house."
"I read Wondongbo..."
"and found that Ito would take a special train..."
"that Russian Railways prepared for him..."
"to get to Harbin."
"I want you to know that..."
"we will wait for the right timing..."
"to carry out our mission."
"I borrowed 50 cents..."
"from Kim Seong Baek."
"Please pay him back..."
"as soon as possible."
"Long live Korean Independence."
How much was...
50 cents worth at that time?
In today's currency, it'd convert to about 1,000 dollars.
(About the price of a pistol)
It was enough to buy a pistol at that time.
When Mr Ahn made the plan,
it seems...
he expected to be locked up in jail or even end up dead for it.
He knew he wouldn't be able to return the money himself.
So he asked someone else to pay him back.
Even during his last moments, he was thinking of others.
Those significant moments happened here at this house.
Let me give you the next question.
Which of the following is not...
what's written in Mr Ahn's writings?
"Don't idle away your time. Youth never comes again."
"Where there's a will, there's a way."
This is correct for sure.
(Don't idle away your time. Youth never comes again.)
- I've got the answer. - The answer is number one.
The answer is number four.
- Defconn. - "I can't go a day..."
"without reading a book."
That's what Dosan Ahn Chang Ho said.
(4. I can't go a day without reading a book.)
That is incorrect.
- Is it wrong? - Of course, it's wrong.
- Really? - Is that what Mr Ahn said?
- That's what he said. - Did I get confused?
I'm an idiot.
It's number two.
- Did you say number two? - Yes.
(2. Where there's a will, there's a way.)
That is correct.
Nonsense. It was a random guess.
- You guessed, didn't you? - What are you talking about?
- Then what? - Gosh, you people are...
- Please explain it. - How could you know less than I do?
How could you know less than I do?
- Why are you saying that to me? - Gosh.
"Where there's a will, there's a way."
Who said that?
- Is it Kim Gu? - That is correct.
(He knows his history.)
(Did he embed something in his brain?)
Didn't you know that?
(He shows his respect to Jong Min.)
I'm sorry.
Use your brain.
- I'm sorry. - Hey.
This is it. "I can't go a day without reading a book."
- That's the one. - "I can't go..."
"I can't go a day without reading a book."
"I can't go a day without reading."
- It means... - It means you should read a lot.
- your ignorance can ruin you. - That's not it.
- That's not right. - When he didn't read a book,
he couldn't...
Breathe?
- Do you mean he couldn't breathe? - Yes.
It means you should study and improve yourself.
Joon Young's translation is the most accurate.
What do you mean?
It means your ignorance will end up harming others...
- if you don't read. - Is that right?
- Really? - So was that why he said that?
- I didn't know that. - Me, neither.
I thought it meant something else.
- I thought the same. - I didn't even...
think about it that deeply.
- Joon Young is good at this. - It means it can harm others.
So I'd like you...
to write down what you felt today...
and leave it in your own writing.
In Chinese characters?
How would you do that in Chinese characters?
There are not many characters we can write down.
This is too long.
(The scroll is too long compared to their knowledge.)
This is endless.
Do we have to fill this all up?
(They should write in big letters.)
Make it look good.
They say Mr Ahn never pondered when he wrote something.
He just wrote what came to his mind.
- Okay. - I can do that.
- That's the way to do it. - We'll do it in our way.
Don't try to be someone else.
Don't think too hard.
- Let me see. - It looks good.
You are a foolish fellow.
How did you gain your freedom?
Ask yourself that at all times.
The indignity and humiliation I felt today.
I will recover my reputation through Soo Chan.
That was straightforward.
All around the word, there are many of us who are breathing.
(All around the word, there are many of us who are breathing.)
What I realised was that...
somewhere on this Earth,
in a place that we don't even know exists,
there must be history that we have never even heard of.
You sound like a poet.
Right? It's not just in Harbin.
Who would've thought of Harbin?
That's unless you know about Mr Ahn.
(We thank a lot of people for all of their hard work.)
- There are traces everywhere. - Yes, somewhere.
That's great.
(Respect)
I feel like something's different in our show today.
Everyone seems to feel better.
- Don't lie. You don't seem well. - I'm good.
You don't look well.
I'm good.
- You look sleepy. - History does makes me sleepy.
- Is it "Kill 2 birds with 1 stone"? - No way.
Here it is.
Kill 2 birds with 1 stone.
Why?
Take back our country and take revenge.
(Take back our country and take revenge.)
Wouldn't that be killing 2 birds with 1 stone?
I can't help you out on this one.
I won't help him out.
(I won't help him out.)
What's wrong?
I feel sorry, but I don't know how to help.
This describes your head. Your head has 1 stone and 2 birds.
That's you. Your head contains 1 stone and 2 birds.
- Please move away. - Lastly,
- Joon Ho. - Is it horizontal?
Let's see what he wrote.
- What's that? - It's like a tongue sticking out.
(It's like a tongue sticking out.)
My work is about the tongue sticking out.
- What on earth is that? - It's a tongue sticking out.
One Night Two Days, you need to be a little crazy to accomplish things.
What does that mean?
One Night Two Days.
You need to be a little crazy to accomplish things.
That sounds good. But what does this have to do with Mr Ahn?
- Mr Ahn has... - Be careful of what you say.
Watch what you say.
- I just scared him. - Mr Ahn has...
He chose to be crazy for his country.
Did you say he's crazy?
He was crazy about the independence.
Be careful of what you say. You could get me in trouble.
- Wait, then... - I didn't mean it in a bad way.
- This isn't for you to interpret. - Doesn't it sound weird?
After Mr Ahn stayed here for five days,
finally the last morning sun rises on October 26, 1909.
His mind was solely on completing his mission.
After he gets up,
he has his morning prayers.
Then, with a pistol that has six bullets,
he leaves Kim Seong Baek's house.
(Mr Ahn leaves Kim Seong Baek's house.)
This was in the morning.
- He just passed. - I felt like he was passing here.
- I got chills. - Did you imagine that too?
- Did you feel that too? - Yes.
Imagine how he must have felt when he left the house...
with a pistol in his chest pocket...
and with only a few hours left before his mission.
Let us trace back his path now.
(How could we possibly understand how he felt at the time?)
(Now, only the site remains.)
(But 107 years ago, on a chilly autumn morning,)
(he walks out of the house...)
(alone but with confidence.)
(October 26, 1909, Harbin Railway Station)
(Waiting room inside the station)
- Wow. - We've arrived.
As you may have already seen when walking inside,
- this is Harbin Railway Station. - It's Harbin Railway Station.
- It's huge. - It's really huge.
- It's really big. - It's huge.
You need train tickets to go inside the station.
We would like to show you the inside the station,
but we can't enter without the train tickets.
Then, we can't get in, right?
Well, the station has become modernised...
and now high speed trains run here.
- So there won't be much left. - That's right.
This room is part of the old Harbin Railway Station,
which now expanded to such huge station.
So is this part of the site?
Do you remember the feeling when you left the house?
Yes, the resolute emotions.
Try to imagine Mr Ahn getting off the carriage...
- with those resolute emotions. - He got off the carriage.
In his chest pocket, there is a pistol.
(In his chest pocket, there is a pistol.)
- He comes in. - He must've been so nervous.
He orders a cup of tea...
and waits for Ito Hirobumi to come.
(Mr Ahn waits with a cup of tea at the waiting room.)
(He waits for the train to arrive.)
(Illustration by Seok Jeong Hyeon)
It's been said that Mr Ahn assassinated Ito at the station.
But actually,
before the mission could succeed at Harbin Railway Station,
there were urgent moments where it could've led to failure.
Did you know that?
- No, I didn't. - I didn't know that.
I thought he succeeded at once.
(I thought he succeeded at once.)
What do you think happened?
- There must have been many things. - Before he came...
to Harbin Railway Station,
he didn't know exactly at which station...
he would meet Ito. That's as far as I remember.
(How did Mr Ahn predict it was Harbin Railway Station?)
(Professor Kim Wol Bae studied Mr Ahn for several years.)
- This is Harbin Railway Station. - That's right.
But this wasn't the place he planned to assassinate Ito.
- Wasn't it? - No, it wasn't.
- So was it somewhere else? - Did he fail at other locations?
Is that why he came here?
- Let me explain what happened. - Okay.
- Really? - I didn't know about this.
This is the map of the area back then.
On October 22, 1909,
Mr Ahn arrived in Harbin after he left Vladivostok.
That was the evening of October 22.
At that time, Ito left Japan...
and travelled to Harbin via Dalian on October 18.
He was on his way to Harbin.
(Ito had a series of meetings with other officials along the way.)
(He didn't know what fate had to offer him.)
In October 24,
The late Ahn Jung Geun, Woo Deok Seon and Cho Do Seon...
- visited Caijiagou. - Caijiagou.
The reason why they chose Caijiagou station was this.
The train which goes from Manzhouli to Harbin...
and then to Suifenhe is called Chinese Eastern Railway.
- Chinese Eastern Railway. - This was an area ruled by Russia.
- I see. - I see.
The train that connects Changchun and Dalian is called...
South Manchuria Railway.
- South Manchuria Railway. - This was ruled by Japan.
The trains had to change tracks at Caijiagou.
So at Caijiagou, the trains had to stop.
(Ito had to get off the train at Caijiagou.)
(Caijiagou was the ideal location for the revolt.)
(But Mr Ahn returned to Harbin alone.)
Isn't it like this?
They were assigned to different locations.
(They put different men in different locations.)
- That's right. - They spread them out.
- What about the newspapers? - They set the location...
- of the revolt in Caijiagou. - If the plan failed there...
- If he failed at Caijiagou... - Mr Ahn was going to try again.
Mr Ahn decided to wait in Harbin just in case the plan failed.
That's why he returned to Harbin on the 25th.
On the morning of the 26th,
the train Ito was on arrived at Caijiagou.
- Did he get off the train? - Did he get off the train?
- The train stopped. - I see.
It stopped for 4 minutes.
(But then...)
Caijiagou Station is a small station in a countryside.
There was a residential space at the basement of the station.
- Since Koreans stayed there, - Did they get caught?
people came and locked the door.
Therefore, Mr Woo and Mr Cho could not get out...
- and failed the attempt. - They failed.
They failed to execute their plans.
- Oh, dear. - Back then, there were no phones.
That means they couldn't communicate even if they failed.
That's right. So at this location,
Mr Ahn waited for Ito to arrive while drinking a cup of tea...
not knowing the attempt failed.
- He waited at this spot. - Where was his family?
Mr Ahn's family...
- was back home. - Hwanghae Province.
There was a man named Jeong Dae Ho.
He escorted Mr Ahn's wife, Kim A Ryeo,
and his two sons...
to Kim Seong Baek's house the day after Mr Ahn passed away.
(They arrived the day after Mr Ahn passed away.)
- After he passed away? - After he passed away?
It had been three years since Mr Ahn left his home.
Are you saying they arrived the day after he passed away?
That's right.
- He couldn't see his family. - Oh, dear.
- How could it be so coincidental? - That's what I'm wondering.
- It wasn't like they knew. - They had no idea.
His family must have felt...
(The last time his sons saw him was three years ago.)
It's been said that Mr Ahn had a cup of black tea at the cafe.
We would like...
to give you a cup of black tea and finish the story.
You didn't put salt or anything like that in here, did you?
(Did you put salt in this tea?)
- Joon Ho, don't say such things. - We're talking about Mr Ahn here.
- Don't say things like that. - What are you thinking?
Please, help yourselves.
(What was on Mr Ahn's mind when he was drinking his tea?)
It was right here. This was where he was.
- Why is it so bitter? - He probably had so many thoughts.
I think...
he may not have had so many thoughts when he was here.
It's possible that he only thought of the mission.
He probably thought of completing his mission no matter what.
Mr Ahn was on a trial later on.
And according to the trial records,
he was at the cafe in the waiting room.
He deliberated if he should shoot Ito when he walks off the train...
(Should I shoot him when he walks off the train?)
or if he should shoot him when he gets on the carriage.
The whole process of his thinking is all written there.
For the two hours, rather than thinking about his family,
he thought about how he would kill Ito.
I could see why he thought that.
That's probably the most dramatic part of this story.
He didn't know exactly when Ito was arriving...
nor on which route he was taking.
(The time and place were all unknown.)
(But there was something he also didn't know.)
(He didn't know what Ito looked like.)
Mr Ahn didn't know what Ito Hirobumi looked like.
- He wouldn't know. - How would he know?
- There was no way he could know. - Right. There was no internet.
- That's true. - I'll give you a quiz now.
- What? - Do you want us to guess his face?
- Is that it? - Guessing Ito's face?
- Who is... - Is it multiple choice?
Ito Hirobumi?
(Who is Ito Hirobumi?)
- What? - It's confusing.
What is that?
- Number 5 is wrong. - Number 5 is wrong.
- Number five is... - He's Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
- He is... - It's number three.
- Am I right? - This is Kim Kyu Chul, isn't it?
- It's from a drama. - That's right. He's an actor.
- It's Kim Kyu Chul, isn't it? - Why did you capture this scene?
Doesn't this guy look familiar?
- Doesn't he look familiar? - That one is...
- Don't you think he looks familiar? - You're right.
The people in picture number 1 and 3 look so familiar.
I'll go for number 3. I've seen that face more often than number 1.
- I'll go for number 3. - It's number 3. Let's go for it.
Number three.
Then I'll go for one that I can possibly win some money with.
I'll go for number 1. Nobody picked number 1 yet.
- You'd rather choose number one. - Yes.
As a person who appreciates history...
Actually, this is a very famous picture.
- Number 1? - Number 1.
Who is it?
He's the traitor. It's Lee Wan Yong.
- Really? - Is that right?
Number three is the last emperor. He's Empress Myeongseong's...
- What? - Then, it's correct.
What about number four?
I'm not sure who he is.
He looks biracial.
(He looks biracial.)
I can see why you said that.
He looks Thai. Do you pick number two?
Yes, because I don't know this man.
- It's a good strategy to pick... - Someone I don't know.
Who do you think number 1 is? Joon Ho picked number 1.
Oh my gosh.
- It was Lee Wan Yong. - You were right.
- Of course. - Jong Min is the best.
- Is that really him? - How did you know?
I'm so embarrassed.
(I'm so embarrassed.)
This is such an embarrassing day. I'm so humiliated.
- Soo Chan, I'm so sorry. - So, who is it?
Lee Wang Yong was actually against the Japanese at first.
- That's why he looked familiar. - But he changed.
After realising Korea was defeated, he betrayed Korea right away.
What's going on with you?
Professor, what do you think about Jong Min?
He seems to be quite learned.
- Is he erudite? - I've never heard that before.
- I can't believe it. - Let's see the next one.
- "Renya Mutaguchi". - Who is that?
"He was an officer who triggered the Sino-Japanese war."
He's a real person. He isn't an actor.
"Ishii Shiro"?
- Oh, it's Unit 731. - Unit 731.
He's the worst one.
(Ishii Shiro, Director of Unit 731)
He conducted medical experiments on living people.
- He was the scariest person. - He was the cruelest one.
Unit 731 is in Harbin.
- In Harbin? - Yes.
He conducted medical experiments on about 3,000 living people every day.
My goodness, 3,000 people.
Then Ito Hirobumi must be...
- number three. - That's correct.
That's right. I've seen this picture a lot.
So Mr Ahn didn't know this face, right?
- He had no idea. - He didn't know anything.
We will be stepping out of this station now.
Before we check out how different it has become now,
there is something you should see.
About 100 years ago, when this incident happened,
a Russian film maker was at Harbin Railway Station.
He was filming the welcoming event.
He didn't know what was going to happen.
So there's a video that recorded the historical moment...
when Mr Ahn shot Ito Hirobumi.
- What? - Really?
- So, did this record the events? - Yes.
It's a video from 110 years ago. I'd really like to see it.
- The train is arriving. - That's the train.
(The scene of Ito and the welcoming crowd at Harbin Railway Station)
Was he just filming there?
That's right.
(And the next scene shows...)
(Mr Ahn being arrested after shooting Ito.)
- This is Mr Ahn. - He's under arrest.
Japan bought the original video...
for 150 dollars by the currency of that moment.
- The original one? - They bought the original video.
Japan didn't want to let the people to see the moment Ito was killed.
- This part is opened to the public. - Then it's possible that there's...
- more recorded on the original one. - That's very likely, yes.
- Then it's possible then. - Yes.
- They must've erased it. - They might have cut the scene off.
They probably didn't delete it.
(Records can be hidden...)
(but the history remains.)
Although we couldn't see it from the video, we can still imagine...
the most important moment when Mr Ahn shot Ito.
Let's now move to the site.
Can you see the sign over there?
There's a big sign.
It's written, "The Site Where Ahn Jung Geun Slew Ito Hirobumi".
As you can see from the sign, this platform was...
where Mr Ahn assassinated Ito,
who tried to pillage Korea in 1909.
This was where Mr Ahn carried out his patriotic deed.
You are standing on the exact spot...
- where Mr Ahn killed Ito. - Oh, my.
- Here? - It must've been around here.
Would you like to check under your feet?
- What is it? - Is this the place?
- Here? - Oh, it's here.
What is this?
- This one? - Really?
Is this the mark?
You are now standing on the very spot.
(This is where Mr Ahn stood.)
(The busiest place in Harbin...)
(is Harbin Railway Station.)
(Many people come and go here...)
(to reach their own destination.)
(In the middle of their daily lives,)
(at a platform of a train station,)
(the history from 107 years ago still remains.)
(On October 22, Mr Ahn arrived in Harbin.)
(On October 23, he planned the revolt.)
(On October 25, Ito left Changchun.)
(On October 26, Mr Ahn assassinated Ito and got arrested.)
(They keep touching the ground in disbelief.)
Let me explain it a bit more.
- He drank tea. - It was nine in the morning...
when Mr Ahn was drinking tea at the cafe.
At nine o'clock, the train that Ito was riding arrived at the station.
Although it was announced that he was visiting Harbin as...
an individual in the newspapers,
he actually came as a secret emissary...
to warn Russian Minister of Finance not to covet Korea.
(After the secret meeting in the train,)
(Russian Minister of Finance, Kokovsev suggested something.)
("How about meeting the welcoming crowd outside the train?")
Ito stepped off the train.
(What did Ito see when he stepped off the train?)
On the left was the Russian army.
Next to them was the Russian military police.
Right behind where you're standing was the Japanese welcoming crowd.
On the right, there were the Japanese delegations.
(Russian army, military police, welcoming crowd, delegations)
(Ito headed to the delegations first.)
He shook hands with the Japanese delegations.
The moment he turned around,
Mr Ahn deliberated.
(Only Japanese people are wearing casual clothes.)
(The man who marches in the front must be Ito.)
(It's dangerous to shoot him from the front.)
(I should wait quietly until it's the right time.)
When the people had their eyes...
on Ito Hirobumi,
Mr Ahn shot him at the exact spot you are standing.
(Mr Ahn successfully shot Ito three times.)
The bullets went through Ito's top right stomach.
The bullets get lodged in Ito's lungs.
(Mr Ahn did not know what Ito looked like.)
(So he shoots three bullets exactly at Ito's entourage.)
(And on that spot,)
(he shouts "Long live Korean Independence" in Russian.)
(He is then taken by the Russian military police.)
(We finally stand on that spot,)
(where Mr Ahn was.)
"A man goes out to the world with a great purpose."
"Times makes a hero,"
"and a hero makes times."
"Being indignant once again,"
"I will accomplish my purpose."
(Our history is living and breathing in many places around the world.)
(At the site of the revolt, which was a near miracle,)
(there is another special place.)
There are a lot of pictures.
Where are we?
It's over there.
- Where? - It's this.
(Ahn Jung Geun Memorial Hall)
It's over here.
(Harbin Railway Station in 1909)
Yes, it's right here.
- You're right. - It still remains.
Can you spot something unusual about this memorial hall?
- The clock? - The clock.
- It's set for 9:30. - It's set at 9:30.
It must be the exact time when it happened.
It's so detailed.
- Let's go. - Is that when he did it?
- Yes, he prepared for it. - That's right.
- This place... - Hey.
- Hello. - The letters...
It's all here.
(To commemorate the patriotic deed of Ahn Jung Geun,)
(the waiting room was remodelled and made into the memorial hall.)
He lived in the countryside.
He lived there until he was 28 years old.
This was when he got off from the train.
- It was when he got off the train. - This was where Ito got off.
The train station was like this.
It's still here.
(Ahn Jung Geun Memorial Hall holds records of the event.)
It's right in the middle of the station.
It's amazing that the Chinese built this.
(Chinese consider Korean heroes as our own.)
(Mr Ahn's achievement was directly expressing his patriotism.)
(We believe that such noble spirit...)
(should be respected by people regardless of nationality.)
(This was where it happened,)
(so it's natural for this to be built here.)
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
Don't mention it.
How many people come to visit this place?
(It has been 2 years since the memorial hall has been built.)
(As many as 250,000 people have visited.)
As many as 250,000 people?
(90 percent of the 250,000 visitors are Chinese.)
(They want to pay their respects and commemorate Mr Ahn.)
(The gunshot was fired for the sake of his country in 1909.)
(There was a noble meaning behind his actions.)
In order to pass on Mr Ahn's message of peace in the East,
we made souvenir postcards...
in five different languages...
for those that visit Ahn Jung Geun Memorial Hall.
- Wow. - This is Russian.
- English, Korean, Chinese. - Chinese.
Japanese.
We will leave these postcards...
that have been translated in five different languages here.
(We will now talk about Mr Ahn's will.)
(They are heading to the next location.)
Aren't you tired? You two are the only members that stayed behind.
(Aren't you tired?)
No.
We are the ones that volunteered...
instead of the other members.
(We volunteered to be here.)
What was the name of the place we were going, again?
What is this?
- Does this say "Dalian"? - Dalian.
"North Railway Station".
Isn't Dalian Station, that place?
Isn't that where Mr Ahn...
was...
sent to prison?
At 11:25am on November 1st, Mr Ahn...
travelled from Harbin, where we departed,
to Lushun by train.
That's where he spent...
his remaining life in Lushun Prison.
Gosh. I think it's going to make me angry.
He probably received unjust treatment.
It would have been unfair.
(Lushun Japanese Guandong Court was built by Japan...)
(to exercise their jurisdiction after they won war against Russia.)
(Under foreign jurisdiction, it was easier to intervene than in Japan.)
(Mr Ahn was sentenced to death after only six trials.)
Is this the courtroom?
- Yes. - Is it?
(They step inside.)
At first, the trial was to be held...
in the district court which is where you are standing right now.
But because so many people came to watch,
the trial was moved to the High Court which is on the second floor.
This is the photo they took during the trial.
Ahn Jung Geun, Woo Deok Soon,
Jo Do Seon and Yoo Dong Ha are in the picture.
There are...
- so many people that came to watch. - I know.
There are some who can't even sit down.
Since the world's attention was focused on the case,
they held a trial as a mere formality.
The presiding judge was Japanese.
The public prosecutor was also Japanese.
Even the lawyer was Japanese.
The verdict was already decided.
- Yes, that's right. - It's obvious.
- It was intended. - It was.
Yes, it was.
(Mr Ahn, in the status as an assassin,)
(stands before the court.)
"Ahn Jung Geun,"
"why did you kill Ito Hirobumi?"
(Ahn Jung Geun, why did you kill Ito Hirobumi?)
"One,"
"for his crime of murdering Empress Myeongseong."
"Two,"
"for his crime of forcibly dethroning Emperor Gojong."
(Two, for his crime of forcibly dethroning Emperor Gojong.)
"Three, for his crime of forcing unequal treaties on Korea."
"Four, for his crime of massacring innocent Koreans."
"Six, for his crime of extorting railroads, mines, forests..."
"and rivers."
"Twelve, for his crime of spreading a rumour around the world..."
"that Korea wished to be protected by Japan."
(The record of the third trial that was held on February 9th, 1910)
(The accused disrupts public order. It will be closed to the public.)
(There were foreign reporters that witnessed the event.)
(Ahn Jung Geun was ready to be a martyr.)
(He proudly walked out of the courtroom.)
(An excerpt from The Graphic)
(The "assassin" became a martyr.)
(Lushun Prison)
This must be the prison.
(Mr Ahn spends his last 144 days here.)
(As they walk inside, their footsteps become heavier.)
So, the prison is inside.
It's inside.
Inside there are...
(There are taller buildings within the building.)
There are a lot of buildings inside.
It's such a large place.
It must have accommodated a lot of people.
This is where Mr Ahn spent...
the rest of his life after his patriotic deed.
This place could hold up to 2,000 prisoners at one time.
It was the largest Japanese prison in East Asia.
That's a lot of people.
Including Shin Chae Ho,
many of our independence activists were imprisoned here,
and died here in this prison.
This must be the entrance.
(The first thing that they see when they enter the building)
This place is...
It looks like prisoners' uniforms.
- Yes. - Is it prisoners' uniforms?
Those are prisoners' uniforms.
Is that right?
(This is where the prisoner's clothes were inspected.)
- That's the place. It's the prison. - What?
Is "prison" the right term?
(When they walk in the small doorway,)
(they find the place filled with prison cells.)
It opens.
Look at the thickness. It's so thick.
(The thick doors show how brutal the surveillance was. )
Up to 10 people could be imprisoned in a cell.
During the summer, they wouldn't be given anything.
And in the winter, they were only given straw mats.
It must have been freezing.
The winter in Dalian...
is very cold.
Back then, the temperature would fall to about minus 15°.
If you take a look on your left...
(Another path appears at the end of the corridor.)
The doors are all so thick.
(A small room is surrounded by buildings.)
This is where Mr Ahn Jung Geun...
was imprisoned for 144 days in Lushun Prison.
As we saw just before, about 10 prisoners...
were imprisoned in one cell.
But Mr Ahn was imprisoned right next to the prison warden's office.
This shows us that Mr Ahn was considered very important.
(The room is hidden even within the prison.)
(This is the place where Mr Ahn spent the last days of his life.)
He must have wrote his many writings in this room.
He must have.
Has this room been preserved?
(Although his body was imprisoned, they could not imprison his mind.)
Do you remember all those famous quotes we found...
- at Kim Seong Baek's house? - Yes.
All of those...
- were written on this small desk. - I see.
How did he think of these things while locked up in this room?
"A Treatise on Peace in the East".
("A Treatise on Peace in the East")
(The book Ahn Jung Geun wrote after he was sentenced to death)
(It was about the countries in Asia...)
(coming together to fight against the invasion of the West.)
(Ito Hirobumi's idea of imperialism...)
(made the people in Japan...)
(and the surrounding countries suffer.)
This is one of Mr Ahn's...
most precious writings.
He wrote it for a man named Chiba Toshichi...
who was one of the guards here.
- What? - Really?
Chiba Toshichi respected Mr Ahn and what he believed in.
After he told Mr Ahn of his execution,
he cried his eyes out with his forehead against the wall.
Wasn't he a Japanese guard?
- That's right. - I see.
Instead of spoken words,
Mr Ahn replied...
- with this writing. - He wrote something.
"It is the duty of a soldier to sacrifice his body to the nation."
In other words, it means that a soldier's duty is...
to dedicate himself to his country when in need.
So he was telling the guard that...
- it was his duty. - Mr Ahn was telling the guard...
that it was his duty to follow orders as a soldier.
He didn't resent the guard in any way...
and he let the guard know that.
Chiba Toshichi was so moved by the writing that...
after he was discharged from the army,
he went back to his hometown and cherished the memory...
of Mr Ahn through his writings for 20 years.
- Really? - Yes.
Kurihara, the warden at that time...
also named Mr Ahn as...
- the man he respects the most. - Even the warden?
That's right.
- Is that why Mr Ahn got a bed? - Yes.
That's why they gave him a bed.
(Kurihara asked to delay Ahn Jung Geun's execution...)
(so that he could finish writing "A Treatise on Peace in the East".)
(However, his request was shot down.)
(Ahn Jung Geun's life was coming to an end.)
Is this something he also wrote?
(A very short writing)
"The beautiful land of Korea".
- "The beautiful land of Korea". - "The beautiful land of Korea".
(Ahn Jung Geun)
(Ahn Jung Geun left his hometown.)
(He ended his life on foreign land.)
(Dalian)
(His hometown must have lingered before his eyes.)
Compared to his other writings,
this is very short.
(He loved his country so much that he had to leave it behind.)
There's a great meaning behind it though.
- He missed home. - Right.
We started this journey in Seoul...
and now we're headed to our final destination.
We'll now go and see where...
- Mr Ahn was executed. - Gosh.
(That morning)
(Mr Ahn must have walked this path.)
Gosh.
(Mr Ahn must have walked this path.)
(March 26th, 1910, Day of Execution)
(A small building next to the prison)
It's the building behind you.
- Is this where we was executed? - That's right.
Really?
(Even the air seems heavy here.)
Gosh.
What do you think was going through Mr Ahn's head?
This is him five minutes before he died.
Five minutes before he died?
It's as if he's looking up at the sky.
He doesn't seem to be scared though.
- It's like he's made peace with it. - I know.
The white shroud he has on was made by his mother.
There's a letter that came with that shroud.
His mother wrote him a letter.
Tae Hyun, would you like to read it?
(His mother's last goodbye)
- Gosh. - Gosh.
This is the letter Mr Ahn's mother wrote to her son.
"Don't think that passing away before your mother is a sin."
"You'll be making a mockery out of me."
(Cho Maria, Ahn Jung Geun's mother)
"Your death is not of one person,"
"but carries all of Joseon's righteous indignation."
"To claim that your death penalty is unfair..."
"means begging Japan for your life."
"You have come to this point for your country."
"Do not stray and think of other things when you face death."
"You received this sentence for doing something right."
"Dying honourably..."
"instead of begging like a coward is an act of filial duty."
"I've given up on the hope..."
"that I might see you again in this life."
"I assure you that..."
"we will meet again..."
"in the peaceful afterlife."
("I assure you that we will meet again.")
- My gosh. - Wow.
(A hero's mother cries, too.)
His mother was an incredible woman.
Can you imagine how hard...
it was for her to write this letter?
Mr Ahn must've thought about his mother the most...
right before his death.
(A small exhibition hall greets them first.)
This is it.
(They're finally here.)
Wow.
(They're finally here.)
My gosh.
(10am, March 26th, 1910)
(Ahn Jung Geun died for his country.)
(There...)
(are no words that one could say.)
Gosh.
I feel like...
- we should offer a silent tribute. - You're right.
We should.
(He was...)
(He was only 31 years old.)
(May he rest in peace.)
He wrote his mother back.
(He wrote his mother back.)
This is it. "The Letter to His Mother".
("The Letter to His Mother")
"Forgive me for not being a devoted son."
"I will no longer be able to greet you day and night."
"I look forward to the day I see you in the afterlife."
"That I pray for."
"Everything that happens in this world..."
"is a part of a master plan."
"My only wish is that you get to make peace with my passing."
"I have so much more that I wish to say to you."
"When we meet again,"
"I promise that I will tell you everything."
"Shine your wisdom..."
"now upon Jeong Geun and Gong Geun."
"Don't think of me any more and find peace within yourself."
- Wow. - That's really sad.
(Ahn Jung Geun hoped to meet his mother again in the afterlife.)
This is the will he left to his brothers.
(Jeong Geun, Gong Geun)
"After I die,"
"have my remains buried next to Harbin Park."
"And when our national sovereignty is restored..."
"convey them back to the fatherland."
"Even after I die,"
"I will continue fighting for my country."
"Once you two return home,"
"tell our people to fulfill their responsibilities."
"Tell each and every one of them..."
"to fight for our country."
"For when news of Korean independence reaches heaven,"
"I shall rightly dance and shout."
"There's nothing I leave behind in this world,"
"but know that I assassinated Ito Hirobumi..."
"so that Asia could live in peace."
"All I want is for Korea and Japan..."
"to work together to restore the peace all across Asia."
(That's what he hoped for until the day he died.)
(Peace in the East)
(But)
(His last words weren't followed.)
(Instead, we ended up with nothing but misery.)
Japan's military operations...
- is growing. - A large army has been allocated.
North Korea carried out their missile launch.
(We weren't able to honour his last wishes.)
(There was another request we could not honour.)
(Ahn Jung Geun wished for his remains to be brought back home.)
Normally, the remains are returned upon the family's request.
Mr Ahn's two brothers pleaded in tears...
for Japan to return Mr Ahn's remains.
However, Mr Ahn initially wanted his remains...
to be buried in Harbin.
Japan was worried that it would only attract more independent activists.
So the remains were not given to the family.
The remains were illegally buried around the prison in Lushun.
Japan kept Mr Ahn's burial site a secret.
- They did it illegally. - Did they bury him...
around this area?
At that time, it was predicted that...
Mr Ahn was buried in a prison cemetery.
We will move to that location under the guidance of the professor.
He will be telling us about Mr Ahn's will and last words.
- All right. - Let's go.
We'll be taking this path. It's about 1.5km from this location.
(Retracing Ahn Jung Geun's last footsteps)
Where are we?
(They arrive at an apartment complex.)
How could there be a cemetery at such a place?
- I guess this is the cemetery. - Do you mean here?
They've built apartments right in front of the cemetery.
- How could they... - This is the cemetery.
(The cemetery hasn't been maintained.)
If you look at this headstone,
it reads "Lushun Prison Cemetery".
It means that prisoners of Lushun Prison lie in this cemetery.
This cemetery is the most likely place for him to be in.
Can we excavate this place to find his remains?
In fact, China is willing to actively help find the remains.
However, Ahn Jung Geun's hometown is Hwanghae Province, North Korea.
So, if South and North Korea agree to join forces in this matter,
China is willing to help on the condition of the two agreeing.
The agreement of the South and North Korea is crucial.
That means both of his last words...
were not realised.
Peace and being located to his true hometown were not realised.
It has been 106 years since his death.
Even though this is a cemetery, they've built apartment complexes.
To the left of the apartments is an orchard,
but it has been sold to a constructor.
So they might start to build more apartments around here.
(The 30-year-old man who loved his country more than his life...)
(lies in a wild mountain in a foreign land.)
(The hero quietly endures his loneliness.)
As his mother loved him with all her heart,
he also must have loved his children.
Parents are all alike.
Parents have this one thing in common.
If...
Tae Hyun has...
three children, so he empathises more.
If a parent could save his child...
by giving up his own life instead...
(If a parent could save his child by giving up his own life instead...)
If he faces that situation,
he wouldn't think twice and would choose to die.
(The parent wouldn't think twice and would choose to die.)
The reason is...
that parents think...
their child should live longer...
and in a better environment.
I'm sure...
Mr Ahn also thought...
the same.
I think that as a parent, he did what he did so that his children...
and his descendants could live in a better world.
I think his sacrifice stemmed from his love for his children.
(There is only one hero, but there are many ways in understanding him.)
(When people understand him,)
(the hero lives forever.)
This is a meaningful episode. I can't believe we took clothes off.
(We didn't know it would be such a serious episode.)
- You didn't. - I am glad I didn't.
We came to make you laugh...
but instead we ended up feeling touched.
I hope our viewers feel the same.
I hope that this special speaks to you.
This was the Harbin special of...
- One Night Two Days. - Two days.
(See you next week.)
("Hero" by MONSTA X)
("Platonic Love" by SNUPER)