Based on the novel "Chi to Hone" by YAN Sogiru (Gentosha)
A SAI Yoichi Film
BLOOD AND BONES
1923
There's my father...
He's off to Japan by himself, leaving Korea and Cheju Island behind
There's Osaka!
You can see Osaka!
What would my life have been like, without him...
All my life, my father blocked my path, like a solid wall...
Kimchee
Get out!
Bastard! Bastard!
"That hurts"
"Bastard! Bastard!"
"Stop! Stop!"
Mommy...
That's my Mom...
She was first married off when she was 16...
but to a 10 year-old kid
She couldn't take it, so she ran away to Japan,
and found work at a textile mill in Kishiwada...
You slut! Get out!
"Impudent!"
"Shameless!"
She got cozy with the manager, a family man, who knocked her up,
so she got thrown out
You're filth!
"Beggar trash!"
"Don't you dare come back!"
"I thought you liked me"
Mom spent the rest of her life struggling hopeless against
Dad's ceaseless...violence...
"My stupid husband never came back after wandering off"
"I wish my drunk husband would wander off, he's a drunk"
Hey, Masao! Give that back!
Give it back, Masao!
That's me...
Next to me is my sister, Hanako, who's 3 years older
Wherever the troops
of the righteous may go
None shall hinder their passage
Go forward then, warriors
sons of Japan
That's my Dad's little brother, Shingi
And Harumi, my half-sister, by Mom
They were rushing to get married,
because Shingi was being sent to war
Oh, fearless Japan,
who knows no foe
Now is the time for the whole world to know
Go forward then, warriors,
sons of Japan
Why, thank you
Takayama Shingi! Banzai!
Mansei!
You bastard, spitting on an Imperial soldier!
In this time of crisis, as sons of the Emperor,
Japanese and Koreans must fight as one!
Have you no shame! Shame!
Try that again, you moron!
Great Imperial Japan, Banzai!
Banzai! Banzai!
Air raid warning! Enemy aircraft!
Exterminate the Anglos! 1 ,2,3!
And then, the war was over and the summer was gone,
and I was 9 years old...
The Koreans are at it again!
Ikuno Chapter Association of Koreans Residing in Japan
Osaka Korean Middle School
Return to your classrooms
Go back!
Go back
Crush the Imperial Collaborators!
Crush them!
Crush 'em!
From 10 Million Patriots to 10 Million Penitents!
Korean Independence, Mansei!
Mansei!
Shut up! We can't study!
Korean Independence!
Look at the shit you put us through!
Pushing us around with that Japanese-Korean Unity crap!
You piled up a real mountain of corpses. How many did you kill?
How many Koreans did you send to war?
How many? Tell me!
I nearly lost my life, thanks to your bullshit!
Blaming everything on me, now!
Don't you wave the Japanese flag, you moron!
"People's Traitor!"
You were an MP on Cheju Island, weren't you Shingi?
I could turn you in to Occupation GHQ as a war criminal!
"What choice did I have! I had no country!"
"What choice did I have!"
My Dad had up and disappeared one day before the war got bad,
and we hadn't heard from him since...
But,
the way we saw it, his absence was just a short,
blissful interlude
What's wrong?
He's back, he's back, he's back!
Welcome home...
You locked the door
You were gone... so long...
Shut up! I do what I like!
I'm sorry
"Say hello"
- Welcome home, father - Welcome home, father
I'll make your dinner right away
Get over here
Over here!
Stop!
Don't!
You can't!
Can't!
Don't!
"Brother!"
"Brother..."
"Father-in-law,"
welcome home
Let's have a toast at my place, sir
Violence isn't good. We're all for Democracy, now
Every last one of you fuckin' with me!
Who the fuck do you think I am!
He's out of his mind
Hey, keep it up, keep it up
Aren't you supposed...to get the landlord's
Permission...
Get me 40,000 Yen, cash
What for?
Starting a fishcake factory
That's impossible
It's not
Idiot! Watch it!
Sorry
It's my payday tomorrow, payday
I'll fuck my brains out in Tobita
4,400 Yen
Your seal
How many boxes?
500 times 22 Yen is, 1 1 ,000 Yen
Your seal
Hurry it up, moron!
It'll rot!
Time's money
Those are some tasty fishcakes Carry 'em good and and safe, now
They're your paycheck
More rice
It's been a while I'm starting work here tomorrow
Let me set you straight
This is Great Imperial Japan
Blood relations are meaningless You slack off, you're out of a job
What's got you so worked up, brother Shingi?
I'm no fishcake maker, I'm just a laborer
Like you know anything!
You hired him 'cause we're short-handed
Keep your fat trap shut!
You're grateful for the job
Get your ass over here
Are you... Kim Shunpei?
What the hell?
I'm your son, see
"I, Lee Yonghi, was born on a moonlit night"
"According to my mother, a light shown upon"
"my newborn back"
"It is now 18 years since my husband,"
"Kim Shunpei began treating me like a slave"
Thanks
Your tip, keep it
Thanks, brother
Wanna smoke, Masao?
I will, brother
... I've been working,
so hard everyday
All the other workers are good folks...
"Sir..."
...and everyday is fun
Thanks always
Charging them for slops...
Tesu and Yongsu are your nephews. That's too much
They make their money selling the pigs,
that eat these slops
What's wrong with that!
Sure is hot
Too hot
Sanae, up here!
Takeshi! I'm sorry it took me so long
Come, come, everybody! C'mon up!
Who's that! How dare you bring her into my house without permission!
She's my wife. She'll be living with us, starting now
Take some
We'll be leaving
Takeshi, good morning
Mom
Sorry. Can I get a glass of water?
Finish the fuck up there! That an old hag pee?
You're so mean to me
You're at it all day and all night?
If you don't like it, why don't you buy us a house...
Dad?
You idiot! Who's got that kind of dough!
I was born 'cause you raped my mom
Then her enraged husband beat her to death,
so I got passed around from the moment I was born
God's hardly going to punish you, for buying a house,
for this poor son of yours, is He now, Dad?
You don't like it here, get the fuck out!
He's here
Morning
It's not loaded
Can I touch it, brother?
Nope
What's the big deal? Let him
It's no kid's toy, you moron!
You can't tell a soul, got that?
Oh, sir
Long day, sir
Thank you for everything, Dad
Thank you very much
Get out
I'm leaving, but I need a favor
Can you lend me some...money?
You see any money! I haven't got any
What the fuck are you doing, moron!
Shut the fuck up, you miser!
Give him, brother!
Cut it out!
Get off!
Sir!
You moron! I'll bust your head in two!
Get over here!
Isn't that enough?
Let go, let go!
I said, let go!
Take this
Go wherever you want
Stick around, he'll kill you
Honey...
Masao
You study hard
Masao, Masao
My brother Takeshi...
showed up in the rain and left in the rain
Ten days later,
he up and got shot in the back in a cabaret in Hiroshima,
and he was dead...
Hey, Masao, I'll help you
Wow, amazing
Fellow Korean-Japanese Arise and Join the Japanese Revolution
We have to follow Mao Tsetung
It's not just about your stomach...
Here's some makkori
I'll have some later
It's home brew, I made it myself...
That fucking bitch spoiled him
The next son that's born, I'll raise
After Dad bought a new house right under our noses
and a war widow named Kiyoko, started coming by,
our crowded Korean-Japanese neighborhood fell into an uproar
"God's curse on her"
"Slut"
Let me...die
Let me die
What?
What are you smirking for?
You're good
If I keep this up every day, I will die
Kim san,
please look after me forever and ever
Strip
I really will die
Hurry, strip!
Hello, boss
Nice to see you, boss
Hey, liquor man
She looks just like a princess,
right, boss?
Shut up! Sake!
Special day, today?
He gets away with it, because you keep quiet
I really hate it. It's so disgusting
You just look after your own family, that's enough
"You lech!"
Tetsu
Tomorrow's payday
I'll get my ass to Tobita and fuck my brains out
Lucky you. Wish I could fuck, too
You assholes
Just because 3 guys quit, you cut down on production
Keep your quotas up
What the fuck do you expect us to do!
Who the fuck you talkin' to!
Don't, Yoshio
Fuckin' miser. Pay us overtime!
Please pay us overtime. We barely get any sleep, now
Overtime pay!
Fishcake makers get a day rate, based on skill!
Goddammit!
You work us to the bone, then threaten us like that!
Work! Get up!
Work!
What
Get to it
Work, goddammit!
Get to it!
Work!
Work
Principal of 400,000 Yen
Against such principal of 400,000
borrower shall pay monthly interest of 24,000 Yen
on the 25th of each month
April 3, 1950
Osaka City, Nishiyodogawa Ward, Himeshima 3-15-2
Borrower, Nanbara Eisei Lender, Kim Shunpei
When will you pay off he principal?
Can you wait... Another 6 months?
Cut the crap
You want a 6 month extension, you owe me 6 months' interest
That's impossible
Who's next?
Dad used his fishcake fortune, to become a loan shark...
As though competing with him,
Mom quit her peddling business and opened a diner
Even with everyone...
I remain...
their...
pioneer
Wherever...
there is pain
"Please save me..."
"from this suffering"
"Aunt"
"Salvation won't bring you happiness"
Shut up, Commie
Where are you going?
Somewhere to talk about death and life
I know, you're going somewhere nasty
You're crazy, we're Communists
Moron Masao! You lech!
Why can't you make a baby?
You've been here 2 years now. Why not?
Eat!
Eat it, regain your powers and have my baby!
Eat it!
Eat!
"Brother Chynamyo!"
Masao! Hanako!
"Brother Chynamyo!"
I'm stuck in here for awhile! You take care!
Let's go home, Hanako
Let's go
Then, Kiyoko suddenly collapsed from a brain tumor...
We're going
Unable to contain his rage,
my Dad started taking it on his family again
Who the fuck do you think I am! I'll kill the lot of you!
Come sit here
You deaf?
Who the fuck do you think I am?
Tell me!
Who the fuck I am to you?
My father
You don't even believe that shit
You say I'm your father?
Who the fuck I am to you? Tell me
Tell me!
Who the fuck am I to you!
My father
I'm not your fucking father!
If you're not my father, who are you, then?
How dare you!
"Fucking lunatic!"
Rat Poisoning
Although she took 15 pellets of rat poisoning, Hanako survived...
You did this to Hanako
I swore revenge for Hanako
and went to the bath house to stab my father to death...
Stab me
Stab me!
You coward!
Brother, brother
Please stop. Masao will die
But I was no match for my father,
who broke my nose and two of my ribs
I was hospitalized the next day
Whether because of Kiyoko's collapse,
or a decline in his fishcake fortunes,
Dad shut his fishcake factory,
and dedicated himself to usury like a man possessed
Get out here, you!
Get out here!
Give me back my money!
Pay me back!
Get out here, you!
I'll open up, open up, stop!
You moron!
How long you gonna make me wait?
Here, drink this!
Anyone who eats my money is sucking my blood
Desperate to escape from Dad, my sister Hanako,
had accepted a proposal from a man she didn't love
Hey, Tokuyama!
"It's a trial, a trial!"
"I haven't done anything bad"
Stop, stop it
When did you kiss Hanako?
I haven't kissed her
Confess, dammit!
You've got the face of a liar
It's the truth, the truth
Spare me
That spring, Kiyoyo was released from the hospital
The casting metalworker died!
Killed himself!
You drove him to his death!
You hear me, moron!
Bastard ate my money!
I'll drag him from his grave to get hold of my money!
Let him die if he wants to!
Brother Chyanhyon was released after 4 years in prison
I feel like Rip van Winkle
Hanako got married,
the war to liberate Korea ended,
and the things I believed in so fervently have changed completely
Do you mean the Japanese Communist Party's revised position?
Hanako and Arai,
congratulations on your marriage, really
Thank you
Cheers
He's sure got plenty of attitude, for an ex-con
And that worthless brother of yours,
all tail-wagging smiles
Bet that ex-con wanted to fuck you
"Are you in, sir?"
When you hear the buzzer, come upstairs and check
She can't talk, but mostly she understands
I see
Let her pee and shit into this pan
She pees 2 or 3 times a day
She shits about once
I see
You gotta help her eat She can't feed herself
This lady's going to look after you, now
You do what she says, got that?
Maybe she doesn't like me
Who gives a shit
Worm,
snake,
little brother of a snake,
big snake
Stinky
Don't they have any gas here?
For tomorrow's groceries
40 Yen? For a day's groceries?
Got a problem?
Make her play outside
Yukiko
Maggots, Mom
Go buy some candy at that candy store
Maggots...
Go buy some
Strip
I said, strip!
I left you some money
Thank you
How about a "thank you"?
Thank you
I'm going
"Brother, I'm going"
My stomach's been bothering me lately
Go see a doctor
It's just my age
I tire so easily these days
You can leave him and come home
You've got Chyanmyan
Say goodbye
Listen, he tricked me into moving in
He said he'd marry me after you died...
He's got a wife, across the alley. She's nowhere near dead
What a joke
She won't eat, no matter what I try
Try to make her eat again
God, it's exhausting
You don't like it, get the hell out
As of today, I'm a Poet of the North
Masao
each of us is a single-line poem
This moment is a poem
Write poems, poems
I'll write you as soon as I get there
Chyanmyan
Brother, wait for me!
I'll see you soon,
"in the Republic of Korea"
I'll be waiting!
"Kim Il Sung, mansei"
"People's Republic of Korea, mansei!"
I didn't go home to the Republic
Perhaps, more accurately, I never went
He never sent me a single letter from that Earthly Paradise
and I eventually lost all contact,
with our Poet of the North
What the hell!
How did she crawl to the stairs?
Oh, I'm so scared
Bet she fell down the stairs on purpose
Bet she wants to die and get me blamed, I'm so scared
Shut the fuck up
Let me play
No, go away
You've go the apples and the bananas reversed
Red's in the east, white's in the west This is wrong, too
And that snapper's backwards, too
The head faces east, tail faces west
Get with it, you're the eldest son
Please, act the part
Take this, please
Masao, it's about time to go get your father
We're about ready to start
I gave her some peace
You can't tell anyone
You keep your mouth shut
He's a murderer
That man's a murderer
You can't...send your father to prison
Sooner or later, Kiyoko san was bound to die
That's no excuse for murder! I watched him murder her!
Just keep your mouth shut!
Masao,
you're the eldest son. You get the family inheritance
I don't want money!
That money belongs to us! We can't let some Japanese girl have it!
Masao!
You won't talk, will you? You keep your month shut, go that?
Masao!
What's this?
Wow, open this. Not that
Look at this, it's a skirt
It's so cute
Mommy I'll wear this
Yuki, try this one on It'll look good on you
Look, it's tight on me
Hey, don't touch it
Get off!
Keep your hands off
Hey, money-man, you home?
Against principal of 3,000,000, borrower shall pay 270,000 Yen,
on the 25th of each month, as interest
In the event of delayed or unpaid interest payments
borrower shall be subject to a 540,000 Yen penalty
"Welcome"
I explained it all on the phone Can't you come home?
I can't
Leave it be, brother Shingi
I'll take care of myself. Leave me be
You're Kim Shunpei's son You've got nowhere to run
What are you, my Dad's shadow?
Your Dad and I...
Run back to my mother you love so much
What are you saying? You've got it all wrong
Bet you want him dead, more than all of us
Some things, you just can't say, Masao
Oh, is that so?
Please...
Masao
"Oh, God"
The doctor says radiation would eliminate some of the cancer
But she won't recover, right?
She's gonna die anyway, why waste money?
Can't you even take care of her, at the end?
I don't give a fuck if she lives or dies
But she's your wife
Who the fuck you think you're talking to?
Please cover her treatment
I don't give a shit
If it's money you need, you can work like a dog, like I do
You made it by yourself?
After working us all to death, you keep everything for yourself!
You won't pay for her treatment!
Shut the fuck up, you moron!
Die! Bastard!
Outta the way!
Asshole! I'll kill you!
Get the fuck out here! I'll crush you!
I'll crush you to death!
That's the fighting spirit!
"You bastard!"
Get back here! Fight!
Try jumping! Break your leg! Moron! Trash!
Fucking idiot!
Be strong, be strong
You're almost there
Be strong, I can see its head
I can see the head
A boy! A girl!
Got quite a little weenie on him
That's all he's good for, that lunatic!
How many kids he gonna make at his age! Shameless!
There's a curse on your whole family
Cursed penises
You've got bad blood in you
Hey
When's that idiot Masao gonna pay back my money?
I don't know
Didn't you ask him, you moron!
I lent it to him 'cause he's your brother
Grovels when he needs money, but not a word since!
Just a dumb high school grad!
Please talk to Masao
Please talk to Masao?
You got that wrong
Isn't he your brother!
Get up, bitch
Get up, bitch. Get up
Would you lend me money to rent an apartment?
That's a bad idea
Even if I can't sew dresses, I can at least do piece work
Buy Maki some toys and get back home
You're starting to be just like Dad
Maybe our family blood is bad
Listen, sister. It's a tough world out there
You're best off going home
So he beat you up It's nothing compared to Dad
Ever since you were a kid, you were always threatening to die
God, you're annoying
Why don't you die already, if you can
Masao, the second floor!
Put a lid on it
I'm sending Hanako off in style Shut up
It's time you paid attention to your guests
Can't you show any sympathy?
With Hanako gone, I'll have to raise my kid alone
You're the one who drove her to this
Masao, your debts were a real burden to her
My sister was planning to divorce you!
That's enough!
"Father-in-law"
"It's been so long"
I would have come to meet you
Who the fuck are you?
"I'm Hyubon, Hanako's husband"
Hanako
Hanako, your father's here...Hanako
Say something, Hanako Say something, Hanako
Where's my daughter?
Father-in-law, get hold of your senses, she's right in front of you
Where?
Where is she?
Where?
Let me see my daughter
That's enough. If you wanna pick a stupid fight, you'll have to go
Where the hell is she!
You outta your mind! Your blood's spoiled
Please, stop!
Where's my daughter!
"Wife"
I can't get up
My leg's... numb...
I can't get up
Go up and die
Die
Where'd you put the money?
Who knows when you'll have another attack
I'm keeping the money for you Don't you worry
Making a fool outta me, thief!
Your money belongs to us
Peace!
Peace! Peace! He'll die
You, "almost-died" Don't you fuck with me
That felt good
Listen,
you pay me back before your factory goes under
Otherwise, I'll kill you
What are you, threatening me?
I've paid you back at high interest rates for years
Quit muttering or else
This note's worth 5 million
This one's worth 4.5 million
Add the 500,000 commission, for a total of 10 million Yen
Hand him over
I'll throw in the land at Tezukayama
That pussy-drunk Oyama's keeping a girl there
Yoshio,
I've still got a mountain of riches
You do a good job, you hear?
Boss, who is that guy?
A freak
It's me! Oyama!
Where the hell are you!
What the hell's going on, moneylender!
Yakuza burst into my place with the notes and deed I gave you
Give up
Once you get involved with the yakuza, you're screwed
You're the one that broke your promise, asshole!
You sold me out to the yakuza, you bastard!
Better get home and raise that money
You'll find a watery grave
Doesn't this room stink?
You don't have to come so often, Shingi
Nothing better to do
I'm embarrassed, too
All black, from the radiation...
Should I call him over?
Don't bother
I'm sorry for your loss
Deliver my soy sauce
I'd better go get him
"Brother,"
this is fun
Shut up and eat
Listen, I'm willing to assume those debts
you've left all over the place
Isn't that great, Masao? Your father's looking out for you
Brother Shingi, sorry, but he's bad for my business
He came all the way to visit you Can't you at least listen to him?
Feel free
You'll work as my collections man
Work like a dog and pay off your debts
Isn't it time you let Masao take over your business?
Leave things to him and take over your business?
Don't you agree that's for the best?
Hand my money over to him? No way
You don't even trust your own son?
No way, no way, you do exactly as I say,
while I'm still alive and kicking
My money belongs to me I won't let him touch it
This is just a bunch of crap It's time you got going
You're the only one, Masao
You've always done whatever the fuck you want,
just keep doing that 'til you die
Masao!
Enough
You're...
You're Kim Shunpei's son
That was the last I saw of my father
According to Brother Shingi, after that,
my father took Ryuichi,
the son he had with Sadako,
and moved to North Korea
Five German duo-tone automated plate-makers,
5 cars, 5 two-ton trucks
100 Seiko watches, clothes, shoes
70 million Japanese Yen
He donated the entire fortune he'd hoarded to North Korea,
and went across the sea
Mom! Dad's a kidnapper!
In any case, until the bitter end,
my father lived for no one's pleasure
but his own
"There's Osaka!"
"You can see Osaka!"