(This program is a documentary that captures the journey of...)
(two renowned show hosts, who were once beloved by the entire nation,)
(looking for someone to feed them dinner.)
(The second episode...)
(in Russia)
(Sakhalin)
(Permafrost)
(On top of this permafrost,)
(there is an island of birch tree forest.)
("I am waiting for you.")
(Just like the meaning of a birch tree,)
(there were people...)
(who desperately waited for us.)
(An island of homesickness)
Dining Together, Episode 79.
An island of homesickness, Sakhalin.
(Episode 79: An island of homesickness, Sakhalin)
(Amazed)
We're now at Sakhalin after our journey in Vladivostok.
Yes. We traveled two hours on a plane...
- to get here. - Yes.
It took us two hours by plane in the same country.
When I looked out from the plane,
all the mountains were covered with snow.
(Russia is covered with snow.)
And what's amazing is...
that this is an island.
We have arrived...
in the southern part of Sakhalin.
We're at Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
This is Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
- Yuzhno must mean "south". - Yes.
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
What's east in Russian?
I don't know that.
- Come on, Gyeong Gyu. - It's not that.
You told me what it is yesterday.
If we went to the east... Right! Is it "vladi"?
- No, it's... - Vostok.
- Vostok is east? - Yes.
- I... - That's your study note.
- Oh, no. I did bring my note. - Yes.
But I want the help of the voice actress.
At Sakhalin?
I did that in Vladivostok, right? It's tiring.
I'm glad you made that decision.
It's frustrating... What's this?
(They got the mission card after Gyeong Gyu gave up.)
"Have dinner with Koreans who live in Sakhalin."
- In Sakhalin. - Yes.
(Russia, Sakhalin)
Sakhalin Oblast is the biggest island in Russia.
It's a quiet island that's...
88 percent of the Korean peninsula in size,
with a population of only 490,000 people.
(88 percent of Korea's size, population of 490,00 people)
The biggest city, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk,
is a city with a long story where 12 percent of the population is...
of Korean heritage.
Will they become a family with Koreans...
who live in this close yet far land of Sakhalin?
- Okay, let's go. - They used their experience...
from Vladivostok and decided to find the Korean Association first.
As soon as you leave the airport,
you can see an amazing scenery of...
endless birch tree forests.
Sakhalin is a winter land, where the sky, the land,
and the horizon are all white.
- Goodness. - Goodness.
- Look at those trees, Gyeong Gyu. - Yes.
Look at those white trees.
- These are all birch trees. - Yes, they are.
These are amazingly huge.
Yes. Look at those trees over there. They're all huge.
On our way here,
I saw that all of the forests are filled with birch trees.
This is...
Look at this pile of snow.
(Icy snow is piled up even in April.)
It's not every day that you will see...
something like this in Korea.
Snow melts very easily in Korea, but it's continuously cold here.
It's a mountain of snow.
- Right? - Since it's cold, it keeps snowing.
- Yes. - They just clean up roads.
- Isn't this pretty? - Yes.
Look at that.
It goes in this much.
- Goodness. - Gosh, Gyeong Gyu.
Hold me.
This is bad. I can't get out.
- Goodness. - What am I going to do?
Gosh, you're giving everything you have today.
It's not that.
I had no idea it was so deep.
Exactly.
It's spring now, so that means it's melted a little.
- In the middle of winter, - It'll be amazing.
the snow piles up higher than people's heights.
In Sakhalin, it's winter for six months in a year.
It's literally a real-life edition of "Frozen".
Look at the snow. Isn't that a ski slope?
- Right? - It's like a ski slope in Korea.
It is a ski slope, right? This surely is Sakhalin.
(You can see ski slopes in downtown Sakhalin.)
You can enjoy skiing on top of natural snow...
in the middle of the birch tree forest in Sakhalin.
Because of the amount and quality of the snow,
it's beloved by many ski lovers around the world.
As I got out of the airport,
I saw that...
the 2019 Far East Cup will be held here.
In this city?
Something's written over there.
Hey, I can see Korean.
(You can see Korean from very far.)
We're here. The Korean Association.
It says Korean Cultural something.
- Korean Cultural... - Korean Cultural Center.
Yes, there's a center here.
(They carefully walk inside.)
I hear music.
(What?)
Hey, wait.
(What's that?)
(You don't know that, you don't know her)
I think they're our guests.
(Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry)
"Sorry, sorry"?
"Sorry, sorry".
(Is the culture center having a class on K-pop?)
(Peeking)
(Go!)
(Dancing)
- Eun Hyuk. - One more time.
Dong Hae.
(They can't hear him.)
(They're busy performing on a karaoke machine.)
Eun Hyuk, take the stage.
(Dancing machine)
Russia!
Sakhalin!
Let's go!
(A passionate performance for Gyeong Gyu and Ho Dong)
- Let's go! - Everyone, make some noise!
- Hey, before... - Hey!
- Eun Hyuk. - Yes, Ho Dong.
Wait, I heard...
- you said there's a concert here. - Yes.
Today's guests are currently on a tour in Sakhalin.
(Kings of K-pop, leaders of the Korean Wave)
They took over the world once again...
with Super Junior's unit, D and E...
and showed their influence over the globe.
It's Dong Hae and Eun Hyuk of Super Junior.
(Dong Hae and Eun Hyuk of Super Junior)
Eun Hyuk and Dong Hae of Super Junior...
joined us on the episode of our Russia special.
Is there a connection between Super Junior and Russia?
I'm not joking when I tell you this.
There's a huge demand for K-pop in Russia right now.
From what I know, Russia just began to join...
- the K-pop craze. - You're right.
- I heard it just began. - Yes.
And it's a bit embarrassing to say this ourselves,
but we're very popular here.
- Really? That's why. - In Russia.
There's a huge K-pop cover dance festival...
that's held every single year in Russia.
K-pop is so popular that it took over the social media.
Last year in Moscow, the first K-pop festival...
of Russia called Idol Con 2017 was held as well.
They are definitely worthy to be today's guests.
In my opinion, the only member...
of Super Junior that can come to Sakhalin is...
- just Dong Hae. - Dong Hae?
- Of course. - Why?
- It's the East Sea, "Dong Hae". - My gosh.
Sakhalin is right there.
And it's around Vladivostok too, right?
(High-five)
(Come on, do it.)
Just do it. Come on, Dong Hae.
I'm glad his name is Dong Hae.
- If his name meant southern sea... - He couldn't have come if so.
- Anyway, welcome. - Welcome.
- I was... Yes. - I was wondering...
- why someone was singing K-pop. - I was surprised.
I figured that since this is a cultural center,
people came by for classes.
I thought Korean Russians were here...
learning to sing K-pop songs.
We're now here at the cultural center, right?
We have to go see someone...
and find out a little about Koreans who live in Sakhalin.
Let's find out how they live here, and where we can go to succeed.
We need to find out where the Koreans are,
and if there are businessmen and overseas students here.
- Let's go. - Okay.
This isn't it.
- Is it over there? - Yes.
- Is this the office? - Yes.
Right.
This is the Korean Association.
Pardon?
- She isn't Korean. - She told us to come in.
- Hello. - Hello.
- Nice to meet you. - Hello.
- We're from Korea. - I see.
Hello. Nice to meet you.
- Hello. - Nice to meet you.
- Goodness. - Hello.
I've seen you on TV.
Have you seen me?
- Yes. - Yes, nice to meet you.
- This is Lee Gyeong Gyu. - Hello.
- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you too.
- Hello. - And...
these are members of Super Junior, the center of K-pop.
I'm a bit old, so I don't know anything about K-pop.
(I'm sorry.)
I'm almost 50 now.
- I see. Shake their hands, though. - Okay.
- Hello. - Super Junior.
- They are Super Junior. - I'm Dong Hae.
Can you introduce yourself?
I'm Park Sun Ok, the president of Korean Association of Sakhalin.
- Nice to meet you. - I see. Then...
- were you born here? - I'm a second generation.
- The second generation. - Yes, the second generation.
My dad was forcefully drafted here,
and got married to my mom at a very late age.
I was born when he was 52.
So I am still a second generation.
- I see. - People around my age are...
usually 3 to 4 generations from the 1st immigrants.
- Let's sit around and talk. - Sure.
Okay. Please excuse us.
Where's your dad's hometown?
Euiseong, North Gyeongsang Province.
- North Gyeongsang Province. - Euiseong.
How did he end up here?
Back in the year 1939,
- he was drafted. - Forcefully drafted.
- In the year 1939. - Yes.
Where did you used to live? Was it near the mines?
I was born in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
Oh, you were born here.
Then where did he work at?
He worked near the city of Korsakov for a very long time.
My mom used to live in Sinegorsk﻿. It's was called Kawakami...
back during the Japanese colonial era.
There was a mine there too.
I heard most of the draftees are...
from Jeolla Province and South Gyeongsang Province.
North and South Gyeongsang Province.
- Right? It's mostly them. - About 80 percent.
Why do you think many people from Gyeongsang Province got drafted?
I heard that...
Gyeongsang Province used to be very poor back in the days.
They had no farmland.
After Japan took over the southern part of Sakhalin...
after their victory in Russo-Japanese War,
the Japanese needed more supply and people in the front,
the ordered a draft among Koreans, who were under their influence.
In 1939,
over 60,000 people...
of the Joseon Dynasty got forcefully drafted to Sakhalin.
These are the first generation of Koreans in Sakhalin.
(These are the first generation of Koreans in Sakhalin.)
Also, toward the end of the war,
some Koreans who were drafted to Sakhalin...
got drafted once again to the mainland Japan.
(Some Korean draftees got drafted again to Japan.)
Many Koreans in Sakhalin became separated because of this draft.
After these Koreans...
got drafted in 1944, no one knows if the 3,200 draftees...
are alive or dead.
(The 3,200 draftees' whereabouts are unknown after 1944.)
(The year 1945,)
(Japan lost the war...)
(and Korea was liberated.)
When they heard that the war is over,
Koreans were looking forward to returning to their homeland.
However,
Korea got divided in half after their independence,
and did not have...
enough power or people to bring them back.
That's how tens of thousands of people of Joseon...
became isolated on this island of homesickness.
(After Japan lost the war and evacuated from the land,)
(they promised Koreans to send boats for them to return to Korea,)
(and told them to gather around and wait at Korsakov Port.)
(But the boats never came.)
(Koreans that dreamed of returning to Korea...)
(lost their hearts and cried here until they died because of the lie.)
(In the severe cold after a short summer,)
(they waited in hunger for the boat to take them home.)
(The hill was filled with the dead from hunger, cold, and insanity.)
(But the boat didn't come, and they stood here empty-handed.)
(Their descendants are still here cultivating life to this day.)
(Written on the Korsakov Memorial, by Kim Mun Hwan)
From what I've heard,
families got separated...
because when the permanent return to Korea was allowed,
only the first-generation Koreans were allowed to return,
but not their families. I heard that's why...
- they got separated. - The families got separated again.
Permanent return to Korea...
started from 1990.
First-generation Koreans in Sakhalin...
desperately hoped to go back to their homeland...
and had a hard time living without the citizenship of Soviet Union.
It was a bit late, but in 1990,
they were given a chance to go back to Korea for good.
The government of Korea only allowed...
Koreans who had been born before the liberation...
to return to their homeland.
Their children who had been born in Sakhalin...
were not allowed to come back to Korea,
so the children couldn't accompany their parents.
(They couldn't come back to Korea together.)
Over 4,500 Koreans went back to Korea then,
but their children stayed here.
- They couldn't take their children? - They couldn't.
They couldn't go there with their children.
("Homecoming" by Lee Ye Sik, 2nd-generation Korean in Sakhalin)
(The pictures of Koreans in Sakhalin going back to Korea in 1991)
They had to say goodbye to their beloved children...
and didn't know when they would be able to see each other.
They had to head for their motherland they had been missing...
for their whole lives, with great sadness.
They had to part from their beloved ones...
with their broken hearts once again like that.
Did your parents tell you...
a lot about what happened in the past?
Yes, my father told me such stories often.
My father passed away in 1976.
He received a letter from Korea for the first time in 1975.
He kept reading that letter and crying over it.
(Her father felt sad to read the letter from Korea.)
What was written in that letter?
It was from his first wife who was...
- in Korea. - I see.
It said that my grandfather and grandmother waited for his letter...
but passed away two years before that.
(They waited for their son's letter but already passed away.)
Because of the Cold War, it was not even easy...
to exchange letters.
Her father received a letter from his wife...
who was left in Korea, only after decades.
While he was reading the news about his family in the letter,
he couldn't help but shed tears.
My father...
was a very healthy man.
After he received that letter,
he got sick for the first time.
He got cancer and he passed away...
after 6 months, when I was 10 years old.
When he was discharged from a hospital,
he asked me the last question.
He asked me, "Will you go back to Korea with me?"
I told him that I would go with him.
Only a few days after he heard that, he passed away.
- So... - That was what he said last.
(That was the last words he said before he passed away.)
I still feel so sad...
because my father couldn't go back in the end.
I can also feel the heartache of my parents.
(Park Sun Ok who is still working for Koreans in Sakhalin)
(Today, they are supposed to meet...)
(the Koreans who had gone through a lot like this to settle here.)
There is something we're worried about.
You speak Korean very well,
but are 3rd and 4th-generation Koreans...
- good at speaking Korean? - I'm curious too.
Neither 2nd nor 3rd generations are...
- good at speaking Korean. - I see.
Because we couldn't communicate well in the Soviet Union.
we tried hard to learn Russian.
I see.
- All Korean schools shut down... - They shut down.
in 1963.
So we couldn't learn Korean.
You didn't have a chance to learn Korean anywhere,
- right? - That's right.
I stopped using Korean...
when I was 13 years old,
and I started to learn Korean little by little six year ago.
- Did you start to learn again? - Yes,
- I did. - You're so good at it then.
- Can she speak Korean too? - Yes, she can.
Are you good at Korean?
No, I'm not that good.
- Where did you learn Korean? - Pardon?
- Where did you learn? - I went to school.
- Did you go to school? - Yes.
- You mean Korean school? - Yes, I learned at Korean school.
I went there for eight years.
- You did? - Yes.
What about you? How did you learn Korean?
When I was 34 years old,
I started to learn Korean from an elder in my neighborhood.
As Korea and Russia started relations,
my grandfather came to visit us from Korea,
but I was so embarrassed because I couldn't speak Korean very well.
I wanted to communicate with him,
so I started to learn Korean.
You know we just came from Vladivostok.
There were some places where many Koreans lived.
What about Sakhalin? Is there any town...
where many Koreans live?
There used to be five towns...
where many Koreans live...
- in the past. - Did they live in those towns?
But there are no towns like them anymore.
When we went to those towns back then, there were so many Koreans.
But they live everywhere now.
So they mingled with Russians now?
Yes.
Since Sakhalin is big, I think there can be Koreatown.
- There isn't. - There isn't.
I'm so flustered. Where should we go then?
- You can go to City Mall... - Really?
and the traditional market.
Isn't that a Korean market?
- There is no Korean market. - There isn't.
- There are Korean food there. - In the traditional market?
- Right. - I see.
- Are there Koreans there? - Yes, there are.
- Do they sell products there? - Yes, they do.
There is a traditional market near Sakhalin Station.
- Today... - Later...
we have to find families to have dinner with us.
- We should find 2 families. - 2 families?
Do you think we can succeed?
He's asking if they can make it.
Yes, you can go there.
- Can we succeed? - I think...
finding Koreans is what matters.
You can just go there and find them.
- We should just go and ask them? - There?
- There... - Do you think we should...
try apartments or single family houses?
Single family houses. If you go to apartments,
Russians might come out when you ring the bells.
If Russians come out, will they be angry at us?
- No. They won't be angry, - No, they won't.
but they may be astonished to see so many Koreans.
We don't have time. We should get going.
- We should go. - Okay.
- Thank you so much. - Thank you.
- Thank you for your information. - Sure.
- Bye. - Bye.
We'll be off.
We got a lot of good information from Korean Cultural Center.
- Right. - We heard a lot of stories too.
We did.
Let's go to the market as she told us.
- To the traditional market. - Yes.
We should go there and find Koreans,
but it's too vast.
The situation is so different from Vladivostok.
You two guys try to work it out on your own.
- Us? - Yes.
Try to do it. That's why you're here.
This is harder than watching it on TV.
- What? - We thought...
maybe you would prearrange some families...
- because we're shooting abroad. - Right.
But we were totally wrong.
Just try to do something.
- What can we do? - Do some tricks.
How could we prearrange families abroad when we can't in Korea?
Let's practice Russian.
- "We're from Korea." - "We're from Korea."
Shouting, "We're from Korea.",
they head for the traditional market to find Koreans.
(They head for the traditional market.)
(Who will they meet there?)
(They finally arrive at the traditional market.)
- Gyeong Gyu. - Wait.
Will they meet Koreans in this market...
where Russian is written all over?
This traditional market is neat.
- Look at that. - This is a nice market.
This is an indoor market where there are many food ingredients...
and household items, which is always crowded with Russians.
No Koreans are seen yet.
What was this?
- What? - I wrote this on the note,
- but I forgot what it means. - You mean this sentence?
- This one? - Yes. What does it mean?
- "Is that sold a lot?" - "Is that sold a lot?"
(Studying hard)
- Hello. - Hello.
- We're from Korea. - Are you from Korea?
- No. - I see.
We're from Korea.
Korea. I see.
Is it delicious?
- It's pork. - Pork.
Come on in and take a look.
What did you say in Russian?
"Is it delicious?"
He tells us to come in and take a look.
(Dong Hae is unpredictable.)
You just wanted to speak some Russian, right?
Yes. I just wanted to practice what I learned.
- Look at the Korean ssamjang. - There is Korean ssamjang.
- Gosh. - There is bean paste.
- There is ssamjang here. - There is bean paste too.
- Ho Dong. - Yes?
Here is Dosirac.
(He found the popular Korean instant noodles in Russia.)
Korean is written here.
It really is.
There are a lot of noodles here too.
There are so many Korean food products here.
- There are. - Right.
There are many Korean cup noodles too.
(Many Korean food products Russians like)
- There is everything. - Almost everything.
I guess many Koreans visit here.
Look at the pigs' feet.
It would be good if you boil it.
(There is a lot of fresh meat too.)
And there is beef bone too.
(Amazed to see a king crab)
Look at the king crab.
(Huge)
Gosh.
It's so big.
It's the only one that lives in the tank.
(They look at the king crab, the specialty of Russia.)
- My goodness. - We should take a picture of it.
Look over here.
(Dong Hae saves the moment with his camera.)
This traditional market is neat.
- Look at that. - This is a nice market.
(They can feel the cheerful energy in the traditional Russian market.)
- There are so many Korean products. - There's a lot.
There is pickled radish...
and kimchi too.
(They even have pickled radish and kimchi.)
- Can you see them? - Yes.
- Look at the pickled radish. - And kimchi.
(Korean style side dishes are loved by locals too.)
I'm quite proud of it.
(They can see Korean products, but where are Koreans?)
- Go. - By the way,
- we should find Koreans. - Right.
Well, the thing is...
(Gyeong Gyu suddenly acts strangely.)
Look. There is Kokomen here.
(Look. There is Kokomen here.)
- Where? - It's over there.
It has entered Russian market.
There really is.
There is Dosirac too.
(He can't hide his smile.)
- You must be so proud. - What?
You developed...
- the instant noodles. - It's sold in Russia too.
You created the instant noodles.
Please ask her if Kokomen and Dosirac are sold well...
and how they taste.
(An interpreter who accompanied them especially in Sakhalin)
Please say that these noodles are developed by this man.
- Isn't there his picture somewhere? - There is a picture here.
Here is his picture.
(He is the one who created Kokomen.)
(Laughing)
- It is true. - It is.
(It's me who made it.)
- She says it is really you. - You must be happy.
There are pictures of Gyeong Gyu in Russia.
- Right. - I didn't imagine this.
(He makes us proud.)
I'm suddenly proud of you.
It's not as popular as before in Korea now...
Hey.
- That is not true. - but I can see it...
- here. - Is it starting to get popular now?
He is such a man who we can be proud of,
so even his pictures are on the products.
It's even popular.
Even?
(Chastened)
Isn't it amazing?
It is. I ate it a lot in the army.
They seem to be Koreans.
- They're Koreans. - Maybe.
- Koreans. - Where?
- They are Koreans. - I don't think so.
Are you Korean?
- She says yes. - Right.
But I can't speak Korean.
Could you ask what generation she is?
- 3rd generation. - 3rd generation.
Where did your grandfather come from?
I don't remember.
Have you been selling products here for a long time?
(She has run a business here for a long time.)
- For a long time. - I see.
Where do you live?
(She lives near a factory in Sakhalin.)
A factory?
Do many Koreans live there?
(She says half of the population here is Korean.)
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- Thanks. - I appreciate it.
She said there are many Koreans who live here.
She said there are many.
(But it is frustrating that they don't know exactly where.)
Are you Korean?
No, I'm not.
I can hear "no" in Russian now.
- She said no. - She did.
(They can hear "no" very well now.)
Are you Korean?
(They keep looking for Koreans.)
It's such a spacious area, so...
She must be Korean. I'm sure.
- Are you Korean? - Are you Korean?
(Yes, I am.)
There are quite many of them.
Hello. Do you know who we are?
- I've seen you a lot. - Have you?
- You can speak Korean. - I watched you on TV.
You did? Hello.
I've watched you a lot on TV,
but I don't know your name.
- I'm... - Are you Lee...
- I'm Lee Gyeong Gyu. - Right.
I've seen you a lot.
You don't know about us, do you?
- I don't. - We are...
- Korean singers. - Singers.
- Super Junior... - There are too many singers,
so I can't remember them.
(I understand. There are so many singers.)
- She can speak Korean very well. - She can.
All of these are Korean products.
- Korean and Chinese products. - All...
- Oh, Chinese products too. - Chinese.
(Korean and Chinese products are sold in the Russian market.)
Are you a second-generation Korean in Sakhalin?
- Yes. - Second generation.
Where did your father come from then?
He came from North Korea.
- He's from North Korea. - I see.
He's from Bukcheong-gun, South Hamgyeong Province.
- From Bukcheong-gun. - I see.
He came from South Hamgyeong Province.
Is there any place near here...
where many Koreans live?
There is no such place near here.
- Not near here? - No.
She says there is not.
They used to live in the same area,
- but they're scattered now, right? - Right.
So will it be not easy for us...
- to go find them? - You want to find them?
I think it will be difficult to go find them.
- You... - There used to be many in the past.
- Do you live in an apartment? - Yes.
You live in an apartment.
In that apartment complex, do other Koreans live?
- No. There is none. - We're doomed.
They live in different places.
- Thank you, ma'am. - Thank you.
- Thank you. - Good luck.
- Bye. - Thank you.
In conclusion, there is no place...
where many Koreans live, right?
- Right. - But there are still...
- many Koreans out there. - Right.
But it won't be easy.
It won't be easy at all.
It'll be difficult today.
Are you Korean?
(Shaking their heads)
(The two were watching them from afar.)
- They are Super Junior. - Do you...
know Super Junior?
(Super Junior)
- Super Junior? - Super Junior.
(Oh, my goodness.)
- We want a selfie with you. - A selfie.
(The Russian fans want to take a picture with them.)
They want to take a picture with you.
(Amazed)
(The K-pop stars are popular in Russia as well.)
(She takes a picture with Super Junior.)
Please ask which song of Super Junior she knows.
Do you know any songs of Super Junior?
(She sings "Sorry, Sorry" right away.)
She knows "Sorry, Sorry".
Why don't you sing that song for her too?
(Dong Hae and Eun Hyuk sings for their Russian fan.)
(She is amazed.)
(Do you like it that much?)
My hands are shaking.
- Her hands are shaking. - Right.
Her hands are trembling.
My mom is Korean.
Really?
My grandmother too.
- Thank you so much. - Thank you. Have a good day.
(After talking with Russian fans)
Let's go to City Mall now.
- Okay, let's go. - Okay.
(Dong Hae holds on to the note to the last minute.)
Leaving the traditional market with the clue about City Mall,
they decide to go there and find some hope.
The atmosphere is strange.
(Naberezhnaya near City Mall at 4:43pm)
It feels quite exotic.
- City Mall is over there. - Yes.
Ms. Park from Korean Cultural Center...
- was talking about this area... - Ms. Park.
near City Mall.
Look. Is that a house?
That's really pretty.
The houses look...
very new...
- and spacious. - Tell me about it.
Somewhere here,
there will be Koreans.
Wait.
Does a house take up all the space?
I think it does.
- From here to there. - I think so.
(It's a huge house.)
It's because they have a vast land.
- But the building itself is small. - They have a vast land.
The mansions take up a lot of space.
I guess there are a lot of family members in those houses.
A large family.
The woman earlier also said a large family lives in a house.
- It's a wall of snow. - What?
- It's a wall of snow. - A wall of snow.
I think they can't come out...
because the gate is blocked with the snow.
(It looks like they can't get out because of the piled-up snow.)
I think that is a back door.
Is it a back door?
This is a wall made with snow.
I guess the wall would be as high as the wall in the winter.
- We could go into the house. - Stepping on the piled-up snow.
So that snow can't be piled up,
the roofs are pointed.
If too much snow is piled up on roofs, the houses will collapse.
He is right. As Gyeong Gyu said,
it snows a lot in Russia, the winter land...
(A Man Died Due to an Icicle in Russia.)
which sometimes turns into a disaster.
We have no idea who lives in there.
(Clueless)
We don't have a clue.
How about looking for any traces that show...
that Koreans live there?
- That's a good idea. - Isn't it?
- That's a good point. - What a great idea.
- It's a Korean car brand. - Look at the car.
- Look at the car. - Where is it?
- Over there. - It is...
- a Kia. - Look, Gyeong Gyu.
- The car. - It's a Korean car brand.
If there is something like that,
- it is highly likely that... - Exactly.
- Koreans live here. - It is highly likely.
- It's a Korean brand. - It is.
- We should try this house. - We should.
So probably there live Koreans in this house,
- I think so too. - right?
(There is a possibility.)
I don't know where to start.
- There are no doorplates. - There aren't any.
And there is no one on the street at all.
(There is not a single person on the street.)
Look at the bicycle, Gyeong Gyu.
- Is it from Korea? - It looks like it's from Korea.
It's a bike a Korean child would ride.
- It's obvious. - Look at that.
I think it is certain.
- It is certain. - Right.
It's a Samchully.
(He says its brand after just glancing at it.)
- Samchully? - Samchully.
Can you see that too?
(I can't believe he can even see the brand.)
You are amazing.
How can you even see that?
(Dong Hae has as good eyesight as the Mongols.)
This must be a house where Koreans live. I can see that.
- A house where Koreans live. - Look at that.
- That is... - It's set up...
- for watching TV. - something they set up...
to watch Korean TV shows...
- in real time. - It's a satellite dish.
It's a TV satellite dish.
I'm sure of it.
I've never seen such a big satellite dish.
They set it up to watch Korean shows...
- in real time. - I think you're right.
(Gyeong Gyu thinks it's ridiculous.)
We stand a chance here.
I'm sure there live Koreans here.
It's a Korean brand.
- And the bike... - Well...
according to what you guys say, there live Koreans everywhere.
Maybe it's true.
Isn't this Koreatown?
But there is nobody on the street.
(They miss people in the residential area of Sakhalin.)
(All they see is piles of snow.)
I think this house is where Koreans live.
- This house? - I think so because...
I've never seen a mailbox like this in Russia before.
- This is Korean style. - You're right.
That is right.
Don't Koreans like number five?
(Gyeong Gyu is dumbfounded.)
Because we sang "Oh! Victory to Korea".
(What an absurd theory it is.)
I'm 100 percent sure you're right.
(100 percent sure)
Five reminds of that song.
- I'm sorry. - I wonder...
how you guys are going to manage later.
I'm sure there live Koreans here...
because of "Oh! Victory to Korea".
There are no doorplates or anything,
but you guys say there live Koreans just to see the roofs.
They're extremely clueless,
so the guests finally show strange symptoms.
Gyeong Gyu gets more worried.
Hello.
- Hi. - How do you speak Korean?
(The Russian says hello in Korean first.)
Please ask her...
where she learned to speak Korean.
- It is delicious. - She can say, "It is delicious."
- Is kimchi delicious? - Kimchi is delicious.
(Her Korean pronunciation is very good.)
- Do you visit Korea occasionally? - Yes.
I love Korea very much. Kimchi.
- Kimchi. - It's delicious.
We came here looking for Korean Russians' homes,
and there's something Korean about this house,
so we thought that Koreans probably live in this house.
No, there are no Koreans living here, and I'm just visiting.
(She doesn't live here.)
Anyway, there are no Koreans here.
- No. There are no Koreans here. - What?
Right.
- Okay, thank you! - Thank you.
- Bye. - Thank you.
- Bye. - It's incredible we met her here.
(They've become pessimistic after hearing what she said.)
How are we going to find Koreans here?
Why don't we go to a different area?
The area that was recommended to us was...
(He takes out the precious note.)
- It's called Kotikovaya. - I see.
Why don't we try that area?
Kotikovaya? Let's go, then.
Let's go.
(Trudging)
Thanks to the master notetaker Dong Hae's decisiveness,
they're on the move to find their last hope.
Dong Hae heard about this area...
from the president of the Korean Association.
- That's right. - That's why he recommended it.
Let's go check it out. Let's see what it's like.
It all depends on our luck anyway.
It looks pretty similar to the neighborhood we were just in,
but the houses are closer to each other here.
- Yes, they are. - Doesn't it look cozier here?
Houses look like this in small towns in Korea.
- That's it. - This town has the same vibe.
(Surprised)
- What is that? - What kind of dog is that?
- I've never seen it before. - What breed is it?
It must be a Russian breed.
- A Russian dog? - It's a Russian dog.
- A Russian dog. - A Russian dog.
- Oh, my. - It's a Russian dog.
- It looks huge. - It looks like a wild animal.
I thought it was a Russian bear.
- My gosh. - It was really big.
- The dogs here are so big. - That one is huge.
- The Russian dog. - It showed us its face and left.
It must be because it's cold here.
- The dogs are... - They're huge.
- My gosh. - That must be the same breed.
Oh, my. How is it poking its head out through there?
Why is it doing that?
Its head seems to be stuck.
(Do only dogs live in this neighborhood?)
- First, we should... - "Hello."
Koreans or not, we need to meet someone that lives here.
Only then, we'll get the momentum going.
We need to meet even just one person.
Not a single person is walking by.
It sort of looks like a barren field in Siberia, don't you think?
I don't even know what to do.
- Is this a desert or what? - My gosh.
It does look like a FIS.
- Sorry? - A field in Siberia.
(FIS stands for "field in Siberia".)
- This town really looks like that. - I know. I'm so cold now.
Gosh, we really need to meet someone.
Oh, hey! My friend!
Hey, come on!
Friend, come here. Please?
Hey, hey. Let's ask him if Koreans live here.
(Dong Hae is taking photos.)
Let's have our tour guide ask him.
Do you speak English?
Okay. Well...
(He tries to use the translation app.)
Do you know if there are any Koreans that live around here?
(He presses the "translate" button.)
(Are there Koreans that live around here?)
(Thinking)
- Yes. - Yes?
- Yes? - Yes, yes.
(Ho Dong continues to converse with him using the app.)
- There's a car behind you. - Oh, hang on a second.
Oh, don't you think that man looks Korean?
Excuse me, sir.
Are you Korean?
- Are you Korean? - My gosh, he's Korean.
Could we have a quick chat, sir?
We're from a Korean broadcasting station.
It doesn't look like he understands Korean.
Can you speak Korean?
- No, I can't. - I see.
- Well... - Kang Ho Dong...
- It looks like we need help. - Pardon?
No, I can't really speak Korean.
Your Korean is good enough.
(The interpreter steps in to explain the situation to him in Russian.)
Yes, it'll be quick and simple. Are there many Koreans in this area?
(Interpreting)
- There are some Koreans here. - I see.
Where should we go to meet them?
Where should they go if they want to meet the Koreans in this area?
Go to Kotikovaya Street over there.
(He tells them that most Koreans in the area live on the other side.)
Most Korean people are over there.
(His Korean isn't perfect, but he still tries to answer in Korean.)
- He says that many live over there. - There are a few Koreans.
Sir, your Korean is good.
(No, no.)
Thank you.
I visit Seoul pretty often.
That's why I can speak a little bit of Korean.
Thank you, sir.
(They thank the Korean Russian man they met by chance.)
The Korean gentleman we just met said that some Koreans...
- live over here. - It seems so.
Well, we have that information now,
- so let's get started. - Okay, Gyeong Gyu.
- How are we going to team up? - Do we have to split up?
- Yes, we do. - We can't all eat at one house.
I'll go with Dong Hae.
(He picks Dong Hae.)
Okay, then I'll go with Ho Dong.
My, you've been taking such good care of Dong Hae today.
With Dong Hae...
Guys, do you think we can do it?
I'll do my very best.
- I believe in us. - Okay, good.
Here is a drama without scripts in Sakhalin.
- Dining Together! - Dining Together!
In the middle of Sakhalin, where they're feeling completely lost,
the time arrives again without fail.
- Gosh, this is... - I feel lost.
- I don't know what to do. - Same here.
- Having to press the doorbells... - The thing is...
Whose doorbell are we going to press?
And I wouldn't even know what to say if someone answers.
It won't be easy, but I think we'll be able to succeed...
if we meet Koreans.
- Yes. - You're right.
I'm definitely going to succeed.
- Hello. - Excuse me.
- Excuse me. - I'm from Korea.
(They study Russian at the last minute.)
(Mumbling)
Look at this house.
There's something Korean about the color and shape of the roof.
I think Koreans might live here. Shall we press the bell?
- Dong Hae. - I'll press the doorbell.
- Dong Hae. - Oh, it's here.
- This house is really... - Dong Hae.
It might be owned by Koreans.
Press the doorbell first.
(Nervous)
(Pressing)
- Did it work? - I think I pressed the wrong one.
- My gosh. - That startled me.
(Startled)
That's the loudest doorbell.
My gosh, this is...
Oh, my goodness.
This is the first doorbell we pressed in Sakhalin.
(Guarded)
It looks like a German Shepherd.
(Dong Hae is focused on the doorbell.)
(Someone answered.)
Do it.
Hello.
Ask him if he's Korean.
Korean? Are you Korean?
(He hangs up.)
He's not Korean?
(Flustered)
He didn't answer.
Is that it?
I think we failed this time.
- He won't come out, right? - I don't think so.
Judging from his pronunciation, he was definitely Russian.
Yes, he was totally Russian.
Hello.
(They keep practicing Russian whenever they have time.)
It's your turn, Eun Hyuk.
Be calm, okay?
Eun Hyuk, be calm.
Press the bell.
(Is the doorbell broken? They can't hear anything.)
Hello!
I'm from Korea.
- Ho Dong. - Yes?
Even this utility pole is birch.
I don't think anyone is home.
- Ho Dong. - Yes?
- Even this utility pole is birch. - I don't think anyone is inside.
- It's a birch tree. - It looks like no one is home.
- No one's home? Let's go. - Okay.
(Someone came out right at that moment.)
- Hello. - Excuse me.
Hello, we're from Korea.
- So what? - Are you Korean?
(No, I'm not.)
- Thank you. - Thank you.
Bye.
(The Russian lady smiled at them.)
It's getting better little by little, Gyeong Gyu.
I know. People are coming out.
- Let's do this, Dong Hae. - Okay.
Don't worry.
Good.
- They might get invited in. - Hello.
If we meet Koreans like this,
we'll probably get so emotional.
Don't worry about anything.
- Yes. - Hello.
Are you Korean?
- Pardon me? - Are you Korean?
What are you talking about?
(Flustered)
Just a moment, please.
What did he say?
(It sounds like he's discussing with someone at home.)
Can you come here?
(He talks in English out of frustration.)
Please?
(He hangs up.)
- Is he coming out? - No, I think he's Russian.
- From what I understood... - Oh, someone's coming out.
(Someone is coming out.)
Someone is coming out.
- You should ask him. - Talk to him.
She doesn't look Korean at all.
- But still... - Really? We should still say hello.
You should ask her if she knows of any Koreans in this area.
- My gosh. - Hi.
- Hello. - Hello.
- I'm from Korea. - Okay.
Well...
Excuse me. Okay?
Do Koreans live here?
- You mean at our house? - Yes.
- Any Koreans? - No.
- No? - Oh, I see.
(Where do Koreans live?)
That house over there.
- Where? - That one over there?
(That's such valuable information.)
It's that house on the other side of the street.
- Koreans live there? - Koreans live in that house too.
- That house? Koreans live there? - Yes, that's right.
Koreans? There are so many Koreans in this neighborhood.
- I know. - Shall we go?
Koreans here and there?
(They're everywhere.)
Thank you very much.
(She's so happy.)
- Bye. - High five!
- Bye! - She ignored you, Ho Dong.
It's our turn, so let's go there.
According to the Russian lady they just met,
Koreans are everywhere in this neighborhood.
- Isn't this the one? The red roof. - Yes, this is the house.
- Press the doorbell. - I don't see it anywhere.
- Look for the doorbell. - The gate is...
There's no gate.
- Say it loudly. - Hello!
Great, that's it.
Hello!
- Are you Korean? - Let's go. Let's go party.
I told you to go home, kiddo!
- Why does he keep following us? - When did he show up?
Anyone home?
- Hey! - Nice, that's great.
(The kid is helping them.)
- When did he come? - Is anyone home?
- No one's home. - No?
- No. - Gosh.
- Let's go. - Okay, no one is home.
Bye.
Gosh, this is... Goodness.
(They didn't expect this in Sakhalin.)
This is...
- Look at this. - Watch your feet.
(There are puddles everywhere.)
- Dong Hae, let's go. - Okay.
- I'll try. - These are birch trees too.
I have a feeling that they'll succeed.
The sun rising in the East Sea
(Peeking in)
- What do you see? - Help him.
He's definitely not Korean.
- Does he look Russian? - Yes, I'm sure of it.
- Oh, he's here. - He's here.
Hello.
- Please excuse us. - Please excuse us.
- We're from Korea. - We're from Korea.
Why are you walking around here?
Are you Korean?
Korean what?
(Right, you're obviously not Korean.)
He said he's not Korean.
Many Koreans live here.
- Where? - On this street.
- Koreans... - Where are all the Koreans?
Where do Koreans live?
(He somehow understood their question.)
That blue house over there.
Another family lives in the house across the street from that one.
- My neighbors are also Korean. - Okay, okay.
- Koreans live over there too. - I see.
- You can ask anyone on this street. - Okay, I see.
There are only few Russians here.
- So there are Koreans here. - Okay, got it.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- Let's go. - Thank you.
(According to him, this area is like Koreatown.)
- That blue house over there. - I must say, it looks like...
people in Sakhalin are happy to see us.
- I know. - All of them smiled at us.
Let's be confident, guys.
That house with the blue roof, right?
- Yes, that house right there. - That one, right?
Excuse me.
(Two boys are standing in front of the house.)
- Hi. - We're from Korea.
Hi, we're from Korea.
- Are you Korean? - No.
- No? - Oh, they're not Korean.
- Let's go. - We're from Moscow.
(They don't look Korean at all.)
Okay, bye. Thank you.
Thank you.
(Ho Dong is being a crybaby.)
They keep trying excitedly after hearing...
that many Koreans live in the neighborhood.
Okay.
- Where should we go? - No one is home.
Are you Korean?
(Shaking his head)
Thank you.
- There's no doorbell. - There's no doorbell?
(There's no doorbell.)
It doesn't look like anyone is home.
- Hello. - Are you Korean?
- No. - No? I see.
No one is home, and they only see Russians on the streets.
They haven't come across a single Korean yet.
From what the residents told us,
it sounded like so many Koreans live here.
I thought all of these houses were occupied by Koreans.
Do we just keep missing them somehow?
This isn't easy.
(Finding dinner mates in Sakhalin isn't easy.)
- This is not easy at all. - If they live here...
It's so hard. Is this project...
too ambitious?
- Over there... - This is...
such a journey.
(What?)
Are you Korean?
- Korean? - We're Korean.
Are you Korean?
Sir.
- Are you Korean? - Yes, I am.
We're from Korea, Korea.
- We're from Korea. - Yes.
Can you speak Korean?
- Yes, a little. - "A little"!
Sir, where do you live?
I live far from here.
- Pardon me? - It means "far".
- He lives far from here. - I see.
Do you know where Koreans live around here?
There are many Koreans in this area.
(He also says that many Koreans live here.)
- Did he say many Koreans live here? - Yes.
- There are many Koreans here. - Many Koreans live here?
- Thank you. - I'm...
My father's hometown is...
Chungcheong Province.
- Chungcheong Province? - Chungcheong Province.
- This is my grandson. - I see.
- He's your grandson? - Yes.
He's my daughter's son.
Are you a 2nd or 3rd-generation immigrant?
(He's a 2nd-generation immigrant in Sakhalin.)
He's second generation.
(That means his grandson is 4th generation.)
- It's very nice to meet you, sir. - Likewise.
(It's so nice to meet a Korean here.)
- Okay. - Okay!
Korea and Russia are friends!
Wasn't it so nice to hear him speak Korean?
Most of the ones who say that they're Korean...
can speak a little bit of Korean even if it's just a word or two.
Let's not rush. We can take our time.
Look at the mountains over there.
Thanks to the Korean gentleman they ran into,
the four guys are feeling positive again.
I think we'll find our dinner mates somewhere on this street.
It's quiet. I don't even hear any dogs.
- This house... - We'll try this one, Gyeong Gyu.
- I see a kid. - Try knocking.
(Peeking out)
- There's a kid up there. - Excuse me.
How adorable. My gosh.
Gosh, he's so cute.
- I think he's Korean. - Hey!
- Are you Korean? - Are you Korean?
- Korean? - Korean?
Are you Korean?
(Ho Dong asks even louder.)
He can't hear you guys.
I think he's Korean.
- I think so too. - I totally got that feeling too.
- I know. - But we don't know for certain.
(They spot a car behind them.)
- Hold on. - My gosh!
Hang on.
(Dong Hae walks up to the car.)
- Ma'am. - I think she's...
- She's definitely Korean. - Dong Hae.
- Dong Hae, Dong Hae. - Try talking to her.
Hello.
Are you Korean?
(Nodding)
Can you speak a little bit of Korean?
- I think she's Korean. - You can't?
- She's Korean. - Hello!
Hello.
- Do you know who I am? - I've seen you on TV.
(She knows Gyeong Gyu?)
Do you live in this area?
No, I don't.
- You don't live here? - Where do you live?
- Is it far or pretty close? - It's a little...
- Is it far? Then it won't work. - It's a little far from here?
- What brings you here? - We're shooting a show.
We want to have dinner with Koreans in Sakhalin.
We came here to find Koreans.
- I see. Many Koreans live here. - Yes, we heard.
Thank you. Thank you.
- It was nice meeting you. - Same here. Goodbye.
(Another car comes in.)
Are you Korean?
My gosh.
Sir.
Guys, let's ask this gentleman. He just parked.
- Does he live in this house? - Sir.
Hello.
Yes, are you Korean by any chance?
Are you Korean?
Yes, I am.
- Are you Korean? - We're from Korea.
What brings you guys here?
We're...
We're from a Korean broadcasting station.
Can you speak Korean?
- A little. - A little?
He's a Korean singer.
- Oh, he's a singer. - Yes, I'm a singer.
And I'm a show host in Korea.
He's a famous show host in Korea.
- Really? - Yes.
- Tell him we met his son earlier. - We met your son earlier.
It looked like he just got out of the shower.
- Does he live in this house? - Yes.
This episode of our show...
is about finding Koreans in Sakhalin...
and having dinner with them.
Would we be able to have dinner with you today?
- At my place? - Yes.
Please grab this spoon if you're okay with it.
(That will be hard.)
- At my place? - That's right.
There's no one in the house now.
He said there's no one in the house now.
- Gosh. - I see.
That's okay. We can eat whatever he has at home.
There's nothing to eat at my place.
(The reaction is the same in any countries.)
We don't want to pressure him.
Please ask him which generation he is.
I was born in 1972.
- We have our interpreter, so... - He was born in 1972.
- 1972? Then we're friends! - Oh, my!
- We're friends. - You two are friends.
(The interpreter's mistake made them friends.)
(Ho Dong's new friend who's 2 years his junior)
My friend!
How do you say it in Russian?
- "Friend". - "Friend".
- Come on. - We're Koreans!
(We're friends.)
Hey!
My friend, will you invite us in and become our family today?
- But my place is messy now. - There's nothing to eat.
- Sorry? - My gosh, I don't know what to do.
This is...
- How many people will eat with us? - Not all of us.
We're friends. You won't be eating with everyone here.
Just the two of us, this guy here and me.
(But Ho Dong's new friend still seems hesitant.)
Will you grab this spoon?
(Friend, will you grab this spoon?)
The Korean man they ran into at the perfect timing.
Will they be able to have dinner...
with this Korean man in Sakhalin?
Will you grab this spoon?
(He grabbed it!)
(Eun Hyuk and Ho Dong succeeded!)
I told you that we'd succeed.
(They found a dinner mate in Sakhalin!)
(Ho Dong's new friend is looking at the spoon.)
Friend! Hey, my friend.
(He's still kind of puzzled.)
(Their new friend accepted them as his family members.)
- Okay, okay. - My gosh.
- Congratulations. - He must be that kid's dad.
- That little boy's dad. - Exactly.
- I told you that he looked Korean. - I said that too.
- Okay, congratulations. - My friend.
Tell him that Gyeong Gyu is like our big brother.
- Mr. Lee is the oldest. - My friend.
Thank you.
- He's Mr. Lee. - Nice to meet you.
- Bye, guys. - Bye.
- Bye. - Bye.
- Bye, guys. - You guys...
- Good luck, Gyeong Gyu. - Thanks.
- Thank you, Gyeong Gyu. - I'll see you in Korea.
I'll see you at the airport.
Dong Hae, see you at the airport.
- I'll see you tomorrow. - Oh, this is it?
- Let's go. - Bye!
- Good luck. - You can do it!
- We can do this! - Let's go!
- Dong Hae. - Yes.
Now we know...
that there are many Koreans in this area.
- We can slow down. - We still have time.
There's no need to rush.
It feels great.
(Ho Dong and Eun Hyuk finally enter the house.)
Thank you.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
Hey, Eun Hyuk. Come on.
(Fuss for joy)
Finally.
We're finally entering home in Sakhalin.
- It feels great. - It feels great.
Check out the yard.
Ho Dong and Eun Hyuk become the first ones...
to enter a Korean's house in Sakhalin.
It's my first time. What is this?
What's that?
Can you tell us what this is?
(Dried fish by the door catch their eyes.)
- Smelt. - Smelt?
Dried fish?
(They're dried smelts.)
They look similar to dried mackerel pike.
Mackerel pike?
(Try it.)
- Is it edible? - Yes.
Eat?
- I made it myself. - Yourself?
- From the sea? - Yes.
(He tries it.)
(Eating)
It doesn't smell fishy at all.
It's good.
It doesn't smell at all.
(It's fresh.)
I'm serious.
(He loves it.)
Okay.
(They finally enter the house after trying a smelt.)
Thank you, friend.
It's my first time to come in a house here.
Where is he?
- The kid. - Son!
Son!
My friend.
(Come here, friend.)
(My goodness.)
He got caught drinking.
I think that was from last night.
Hey, my friend.
It's a pleasure to meet you.
What's your date of birth?
I was born in 1972.
He was born in '72.
(I see.)
I'm older.
I was born in 1970.
(Oh, really?)
We're not friends.
(We're not friends.)
(Come on.)
I'm older.
- Older. - Older.
- Younger. - Yes.
My name is Kang Ho Dong.
- Kang Ho Dong. - Yes.
Park Il Nam.
- Park Il Nam. - Park Il Nam?
- Il Nam? - Yes.
- Park Il Nam? - Yes.
My name is Eun Hyuk.
Okay.
Il Nam.
What do you do in Sakhalin?
I'm a furnace pipeline engineer.
- Engineer? - What's his field?
(He's an energy pipeline engineer.)
Where's your son?
(Where's his son that they met?)
- Upstairs. - Oh, I see.
Who lives in this house?
My family.
Two children and my wife.
- Daughter. - Daughter?
- Yes. - Oh, you have a daughter.
- Family of four? - Yes.
(A family of four lives in this house.)
Is your wife at work?
The rest of your family.
My wife works.
She's not off yet.
She's out for work.
She's out.
Il Nam.
Can we eat first...
with dried fish...
and a bit of rice?
Sure.
Let's prepare it together.
(They go prepare food together.)
Hey, Il Nam.
Thank you.
His name sounds very familiar.
(The more you hear, the familiar his name sounds.)
Il Nam rushes to prepare dinner...
for the guests from Korea.
They're glad to meet white rice in Russia.
He scoops a lot of rice.
Rice is ready. That's a relief.
(It's a Korean rice cooker.)
Rice is cooked perfect.
(Rice made by Korean rice cooker)
Did your son draw this?
- Daughter. - Daughter.
His daughter drew this.
That's adorable.
(He can't stop smiling at the thought of his daughter.)
Il Nam. Thank you.
(Ho Dong scoops rice for Il Nam.)
Look. It's same as Korea.
It's a Korean rice cooker.
You're right.
It's from Korea.
Hi.
(Nice to meet you, Son.)
Hello.
What's your name, Son?
- Denis. - Denis.
Denis? I see.
What's his Korean name?
He doesn't have one.
- He doesn't have one. - I see.
Sit, Denis.
Did you have dinner?
Yes.
He did.
Why was he naked upstairs?
- Was it because it was hot? - Yes.
- It was hot? - It's cold outside.
You were naked because it was hot?
Let's have dinner first, Il Nam.
Let's eat this with rice, Il Nam.
Do you have gochujang or bean paste?
- I have gochujang. - We can eat with them.
- He has gochujang. - Chojang.
It's chojang.
(Korean chojang in Russia)
Amazing.
- He sure is Korean. - Do you have Kimchi?
I don't have kimchi.
We did find a Korean family.
It's weird to find chojang here.
Chojang in Sakhalin.
- It looks like meat. - Yes.
(Meat on the table)
(Warm)
(Il Nam serves them dried smelts he caught.)
Thank you.
This is...
what Il Nam usually have...
for a meal.
The language may be different,
but they speak through their favorite Korean dishes.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
Thank you, Il Nam.
Thank you.
Let's try it.
Thank you.
Try it with chojang.
(Ho Dong tries dried smelt first.)
(He places it on rice.)
Who made this?
- My wife. - His wife.
It's pork.
Pork? Beef?
- Beef. - Beef.
It's good.
How many times...
do you eat Korean food in a week?
Almost every day.
You eat Korean food every day.
Because...
now that I've tried it,
it's sticky rice.
It's totally Korean style.
I know. It's so good.
He eats Korean food.
(Korean food in Sakhalin)
Meat lover Eun Hyuk...
loves the taste of...
beef with Korean chojang.
(Meat lover Eun Hyuk loves the taste of beef with Korean chojang.)
(Awestruck)
Ho Dong falls in love with with smelts,
so he makes Il Nam's smelts...
the best side dish in Sakhalin.
(He loves the smelt.)
Even though there's nothing unusual on his meal table,
his dinner becomes special...
with guests from Korea.
Il Nam.
What generation are you?
2nd or 3rd?
My grandfather's from Korea.
That makes him the third.
Third?
Grandfather, father and you.
How did your grandfather come to Sakhalin?
I think he was dragged by Japanese,
but I'm not sure.
That's how he arrived here.
Did your grandfather and father...
tell you about Korea?
My grandfather passed away before I was born.
He passed away.
My grandmother was alive,
but she couldn't speak Russian.
He couldn't communicate with his grandmother...
because she couldn't speak Russian.
(He wasn't able to hear about Korea from his grandparents.)
Did your parents...
tell you about your grandfather?
They did.
But I don't remember it.
But he doesn't remember it.
I'm sure they went through a lot.
Grandfather passed away early because he went through a lot.
Because he went through a lot.
Probably, but I'm not sure.
What's your nationality?
I'm Russian.
How about your grandfather?
(His grandfather was Korean.)
He was Korean.
I see.
He was Korean.
Do you go to Korea often?
I've been there twice.
My mom moved to Korea.
His mother moved to Korea.
To Seoul?
No.
Gunsan.
- Gunsan? - Yes.
Oh, Gunsan.
(His mother lives near Gunsan.)
Oh, near Gunsan.
How about your father?
He passed away.
I see.
Do you go to Korea...
when you miss your mother?
(She comes here.)
She visits him.
Because you're busy.
His mother visits him.
She comes to Sakhalin.
Yes.
Tell us about Sakhalin.
Sakhalin...
has great nature.
And there are nice people including many Koreans.
- Is it a good place to live in? - Yes.
(It's a good place to live in.)
Meanwhile, two people are experiencing...
nice Sakhalin to the fullest.
- Relax. - Is there a bell?
Just try it.
I noticed...
there are many houses without a bell.
We should knock on the door.
(They can't find a doorbell.)
This house looks unique.
Hello?
Hello.
- Hello? - Dong Hae.
- Yes? - You look like...
an actor in Russian movie.
What?
I mean it.
Call them again.
Excuse me.
Hello.
(He looks for dinner with a melancholy look.)
(Awestruck)
(He openly cheats.)
- Wait. Never mind. - It's like a movie.
Dong Hae.
Should we shoot a movie here before we go?
I don't know if it's going to be a sad movie...
or a happy movie.
But it's going to turn out well, right?
Will their movie be able to end with a happy ending?
(Waddling)
(Because of the puddles, the journey is twice as tough.)
(They give it a try.)
Who is it?
Hello.
- What? - Hello. We are from Korea.
Which Korea?
(She didn't understand him well.)
- No? - No?
(It seems like she's not of a Korean descent.)
Thank you.
I am sorry.
- It's fine. - I am sorry.
I am sorry.
(They rapidly get worn out while avoiding the puddles.)
Great. Let's go this way.
Excuse me.
The TV is on.
(There's no doorbell, so there's no way to communicate.)
- Dong Hae. - Yes?
(Ringing doorbells in Sakhalin, Russia at 7pm.)
It's going to work, right?
I think we are going to succeed dramatically.
After about four houses.
Excuse me.
Hello. Hello.
(Only the dog barks.)
Hello.
(Gyeong Gyu is running out of strength.)
Excuse me.
Unlike the actor's expectation, the story turns sad.
(Dog barking)
My goodness.
(He's very surprised.)
(Running away)
(He's got superhuman reflexes.)
(Shivering with fear)
(His legs are in pain.)
Gyeong Gyu.
(The Sakhalin dog turns Gyeong Gyu into a coward.)
Hello?
(Smelling)
The town smells good now.
Hello.
- I think nobody is in. - This is a sad movie.
I think we are going to have a dramatic success.
- What? - A dramatic success.
Look at my shoes.
My goodness.
My stomach hurts.
The director is stricken by hunger,
and the actor is worn off while playing a man in real struggle.
It becomes more and more likely for them to fail.
(At that moment,)
(they find someone.)
Are you Korean?
- Are you Korean? - Korean!
Where is your mom?
Call your mama.
- Mama. - Mama.
Mama.
- Who is it? - "Who is it?"
Mama.
- Who is it? - "Who is it?"
- "Who is it?" - Mama.
- Korea. - We are from Korea.
- Mom. - That's it.
They are shooting me with cameras.
Korea. Korea.
- Hello. - Hello.
- We are from Korea. - Okay.
- Excuse us. - Can we talk with you for a while?
This is a Korean TV show.
Seoul.
(He holds his little brothers' hands tightly.)
We were going to press this doorbell.
(How adorable.)
- Hi. - Hello.
Hello.
She's coming out.
Shall we go?
- Bye. - Bye.
(He's a warm-hearted man.)
(They are interesting people.)
- Where are you from? - We are from Korea.
Can we eat dinner together...
and talk about your life?
You can't eat in my house now. Our house is getting renovated.
- Pardon me? - Our house is...
(They can't eat at the house.)
- We can't eat with you? - You can't.
Okay.
What generation of Korean are you?
- 3rd generation. - 3rd generation.
Is the lady who just left your daughter-in-law?
She's my daughter-in-law.
(They were her daughter-in-law and her grandchildren.)
I guess she was visiting you.
She wasn't visiting me.
She works, so she leaves...
- her children here. - You were taking care of them.
She was just taking them home.
Where are your parents from?
My father is from...
Suncheon of North Gyeongsang Province.
- Isn't it Jeolla Province? - Suncheon.
My mother is from Yeongdong-gun of North Chungcheong Province.
Yeongdong-gun.
(I see.)
- They're from the countryside. - I am from Busan.
My eldest sister...
and my uncle's son live in Busan.
- Do they? - Yes.
It would be nice for us to dine with you and talk more about this.
(She's sorry, and Gyeong Gyu is embarrassed.)
All right. We are leaving. Bye.
- Bye. Bye. - Bye.
Go to this house.
- Where? - That house.
This house.
- This house right here? - The one across the street?
Okay. Thank you.
Thank you.
Please be healthy.
(They head to the house she recommended.)
Hello.
(Nobody replies.)
- There's an old lady. - What?
- There is an old lady. - Where?
Hello.
- Are you Korean? - Yes.
(He goes around the big puddle in the middle of the street.)
(I'm coming to meet you.)
What is it? What is it?
Pardon me?
- Is this your town? - Yes.
I'm from Korea.
From Seoul.
I am an MC and a comedian...
- Hello. - who presents...
a TV show.
- I am a presenter. - Right.
So?
- So we... - Yes.
- You live in Sakhalin. - Yes.
We want to show to Korea how overseas Koreans live.
It's a show about eating dinner together.
What generation are you?
I'm third generation.
- Third generation. - Where is your father from?
- From Daegu. - Daegu.
- Daegu. - Yes.
My mother's hometown is Daegu.
I see.
Do you sometimes go to Korea?
- Yes. - Do you?
When was the last time you went to Korea?
It's been a few years.
I see.
I am sorry, but have you eaten dinner?
I have to go somewhere right now.
(That's too bad.)
Are you on the way to prepare dinner?
I have to go somewhere now.
- It's too bad. - We have to starve.
- We are very hungry. - Go ask at that house.
There is nobody there.
- That house? - Yes.
- Nobody came out. - Koreans live there.
There was nobody there.
- There is someone. - Is there?
- You have to knock on the door. - We have to knock on the door?
Yes. All right.
- Thank you. - Be healthy.
Okay.
She speaks Korean well, so she's perfect.
I think she's shy.
- Right. - Right?
I think she's shy.
- There are too many people. - There are too many people.
- And she's not familiar with us. - I think that's it.
For the overseas Koreans,
it must be not easy to have a meal with strangers.
I am getting a little nervous.
(Laughing)
The sun is setting.
And time passes fast.
(Jumping)
(He can't run because of the puddles.)
Excuse me.
(Impatient, he speaks in Korean.)
Excuse me.
Ma'am.
Keep trying.
Hello.
No matter how hard they try, nobody answers.
(They have 6 minutes.)
(They are very desperate.)
They've come all the way to Russia, and they're about to fail.
The lights are on.
- Where? - The lights are on.
Okay.
(He is determined.)
Excuse me.
Please.
Excuse me.
Korea.
- We are from Korea. - Korea.
(They pull down the blinds.)
(It looks like the person is Korean.)
The person is Korean.
He saw us.
Hello.
- Are you Korean? - Yes.
Korean.
- Do you speak Korean? - Yes.
We are from Korea.
I am a comedian named Lee Gyeong Gyu.
He is a singer. He's a member of Super Junior.
We went to Vladivostok first,
and we flew into Sakhalin.
For six hours,
we went around looking for a Korean.
It's because our show is...
about introducing overseas Koreans...
to Korea.
We are from a TV channel.
We are supposed to go inside your house...
and talk with you over some food.
Even just for a while.
Can we go in even just for a while?
Sure.
- Okay? - Okay?
(They can't believe what they heard.)
- Okay. - Okay. Thank you!
Oh, my gosh.
Oh, my gosh!
(He can't control the excitement.)
- Finally. - Yes!
Finally.
We found a Korean.
- Finally. - Finally.
Thank you so much.
Thank you so much, sir.
- Finally. - My goodness.
(He thanks the barking dogs too.)
(He can't express how excited he is in words.)
My goodness.
Thank you.
On the verge of failure,
they casually got invited into the house of a Korean man.
We get to experience another dinner in Sakhalin.
Hello.
- Please have a seat. - Okay.
(Gyeong Gyu and Dong Hae enter the house.)
It's warm.
- Thank you so much. - I really appreciate it.
We flew in from Vladivostok...
this morning.
(Welcome)
(Like the casual yet laidback gentleman,)
(the house is simple and modern.)
May I ask you r name?
Kim Young Kwon.
"Kim Young Kwon".
What generation are you?
- I am 3rd generation. - He's 3rd generation.
- 3rd generation. - 3rd generation.
- But you speak Korean well. - You speak Korean well.
Do you speak Korean at home?
No.
Do you...
- I used to speak it with my father. - With your father.
Please have a seat.
How long have you lived here?
A long time.
Nearly 20 years.
20 years. And he's a 3rd-generation Korean.
Who lives here?
Me, my wife, and our two children.
Where is your wife?
- She's studying. - Pardon?
- In the room. - She's in the room.
She's teaching the children.
- She's teaching the children. - Yes.
She's teaching the children.
How old are your children? Are they in high school?
How old are they?
They are 13 and 10.
They're young enough...
to be taught by their mother.
My wife is a teacher.
- Is she a teacher? - Yes.
(His wife is actually a school teacher.)
- Your wife is. - Yes.
- What subject does she teach? - Which subject?
Math.
- Math. - Math?
The mother of the family we visited yesterday in Vladivostok...
was also a math teacher.
- Really? - They are all math teachers.
I don't know why I meet so many math teachers.
Is your wife...
Russian?
Yes.
She's Russian.
When do they finish studying?
I don't know. I need to ask.
Can you ask them? If we can eat together?
(He goes and asks if they can eat together.)
I'm coming in.
- What was that? - He's got a big build.
I know.
They are still studying.
I see.
- They are studying. - They must have a lot to study.
Wait.
Excuse me, but what do you do?
I am a welder.
I fix apartment buildings.
- Welder. - Welder.
You are an engineer.
(He's a professional welder.)
Please tell him that he's got a big build.
(He says your face is...)
(He quietly nods.)
Where are his parents from?
Ulsan.
- Ulsan. - Yes.
Ulsan.
I am from Busan.
- Yes. Busan. - Busan.
I am from Mokpo of South Jeolla Province.
Do you know Mokpo?
I do.
When did your father come to Russia?
It was somewhere around 1940 or 1941.
Was he drafted here by force?
(Nodding)
What did your father do...
in Sakhalin?
He was a miner.
- He was a miner. - I see.
He worked at a coal mine.
That's what he did.
His father must be quite old now.
Is he still alive?
- Yes. - He's still alive.
(Gyeong Gyu is surprised.)
- Is he in Korean? - He is in Korean.
He lives in Korea now.
Where is he now?
- He is in Busan. - Busan.
(I am from Busan too.)
When did he go to Korea?
It must've been about 10 years.
- About 10 years ago. - About 10 years ago.
- He permanently returned to Korea? - Yes.
(10 years ago, his parents permanently returned to Korea.)
Did your parents used to live in Sakhalin?
Gornozavodsk.
(It's a city in Southern Sakhalin, famous for fishery,)
(manufacturing industry, and mining industry.)
He speaks Korean very well.
Did you learn it from your father?
I learned it from my grandmother.
- Your grandmother. - When she used to be alive.
You learned it from your grandmother.
When did your grandmother come to Russia?
She came here in 1930.
No. In 1940.
In 1940.
In 1940?
So his grandmother came here with his father.
Yes.
(The whole family was drafted to Sakhalin by force.)
Your children don't speak Korean, do they?
They can't.
You are more comfortable speaking in Russian...
- Yes. - than speaking in Korean, right?
(He's clumsy Korean is cute.)
What did your parents usually cook for you?
Everything.
- Stew. - Stew.
Do you usually eat...
- Korean food at home? - Yes.
- We eat Korean food. - You eat Korean food.
Korean food?
Does your wife cook?
Or do you cook yourself?
I cook.
(They are excited for the meal.)
Thank you.
(He goes to the kitchen.)
He is usually in charge of cooking.
He prepares something hard for the two hungry men.
Are you cooking, Mr. Kim?
Yes.
Is this chicken?
It's chicken.
It looks amazing.
- Isn't this braised chicken? - It is braised chicken.
(They are very excited.)
- Is that kimchi? - Yes.
Kimchi.
You must cook often.
- Yes. - I see.
- He cooked rice too. - He cooked rice
We see another Korean rice cooker in Russia.
He serves them heaping bowls of rice.
He gave us a lot of rice.
To eat with his wife and children after the study,
he makes coffee for himself.
We have to take a photo.
We will take a photo to remember this moment.
I will take a photo.
We are going to eat in Sakhalin.
This meal was prepared by...
an overseas Korean Young Kwon who enjoys cooking.
He prepared this special dinner,
which is more than enough to share with guests.
His heart is as generous as the portion.
It's a perfect collaboration of braised chicken and kimchi.
Thank you for the food.
Yes.
Thank you.
- Thank you. - I've been starving.
We went around the town for hours.
We were so hungry.
I never expected to see Koreans here.
I know.
We didn't expect it either.
I want to take a photo.
I wanted to take a photo with the family I meet.
To make it more memorable, I brought a film camera.
(He brought a film camera.)
If it's okay with you, can we take a photo together?
- It'll be a good memory. - Sure.
(They take a photo with the special host,)
(who they met in Sakhalin.)
- Thank you. - Did you bring that?
Yes.
Thank you.
I'm starving.
(He tries the braised chicken.)
(Gyeong Gyu tries it too.)
(It's amazing.)
- Is it good? - It's delicious.
It's delicious.
(Young Kwon's Korean is very interesting.)
Who cooked this?
I did.
You cooked the chicken.
(Dong Hae is already in love with the chicken.)
Why did you choose to cook this?
Kids love it.
- Kids. - Yes.
They love it so much.
How many chickens did you cook?
- It's quite a lot. - Yes.
Did you cook three chickens?
No.
- 4 chickens. - 4 chickens?
(He cooked 4 chickens.)
(Gyeong Gyu eats rice with kimchi.)
Who cooked kimchi?
- This kimchi is good too. - I cooked it too.
- What? - I cooked it.
- You cooked this? - I made it.
Why is kimchi so good?
Who taught you how to make it?
- Who did you learn it from? - My mother.
Your mother taught you.
Did you learn all of these recipes from your mother?
(He takes a big mouthful.)
You are really enjoying it.
(That's means the braised chicken is so good.)
What is "delicious" in Russian?
- Delicious. - Delicious.
(I am glad.)
The godfather of chicken, Gyeong Gyu is...
excited to see both braised chicken and Kokomen in Sakhalin.
He accepts his fate as the master of chicken and enjoys it.
Dong Hae's movie which nearly ended with a sad ending...
changed to a movie about a man who loves...
braised chicken.
With Young Kwon, who's got the heart as rich as the coffee...
and let them eat the dinner first,
Gyeong Gyu and Dong Hae enjoy the dinner as a family.
(The word "Korea" bonded them together as a family.)
How many siblings do you have?
One sister.
Where does she live?
Busan? Or Ulsan? I think it's Ulsan.
- Ulsan. - Ulsan? I see.
She lives in Ulsan,
and she runs a cafe in Busan.
She does?
Why did you not go to Korea with her?
I didn't live with my sister back then. I was in Moscow.
You were in Moscow?
(Yes. Alone.)
Did you go to college in Moscow?
(He was in collage in Moscow back then.)
- Your parents went to Busan. - Right.
Why did you not go to Korea with them?
I didn't want to go.
- You liked it here? - Yes.
Because you were born and raised here?
There's no place I can go hunting in Korea.
And I can't go fishing in Korea.
He says he can't go fishing in Korea.
- Fishing? - Yes.
He loves fishing.
What did he just say?
(Did you just say fishing?)
I do fishing.
I bet the fish are different from what I catch in Russia.
You should tell him about good places to fish.
I host a TV show which is about fishing.
(Gyeong Gyu shows him some photos.)
This is Korea. I caught a halibut in Korea.
This is a flounder.
(Ta-da)
- It's a halibut. - Right.
This is a carp.
(He shows a photo of him with a big carp.)
- It's a carp. - Right. A carp.
This is an eel.
Eel?
I caught it in New Zealand.
- Big size. - Nice.
- Do you like it? - Yes.
- It's delicious. - I know.
Is it a tuna?
How big is that?
It's 1m long. It's a kingfish.
It's a kingfish.
(Interested)
Which one do you prefer? Sea fishing or freshwater fishing?
I like them both.
Me too.
High five. I like them both.
(They become one mind talking about fishing.)
How do you fish in Russia?
I do spinning or trolling. I also enjoy ice fishing.
- Ice fishing? - Ice fishing.
I did it too.
I drilled a hole in the ice.
It is fun.
(We are the fishermen.)
Ice fishing is so fun.
This is me doing ice fishing.
(He shares a photo immediately.)
Does it look the same?
(Yes, it looks the same.)
I did ice fishing.
(He stands up suddenly.)
How many times does he go fishing a week?
(Young Kwon brings his phone from the living room.)
(Laughing)
- He brought some photos. - His photos.
I have some photos in my phone.
(Let me see.)
What is this?
(It doesn't look like a fish.)
I know what it is.
(That's a lot of them.)
In Russia...
I used a gun.
You used a gun? They're birds.
- Birds? - They're birds.
He hunted them.
I thought they were fish.
They're not fish.
He went hunting.
- Is this your son? - Yes.
Look. He caught them all.
Do you have photos of fish?
- No. - You don't have any?
This is a new phone.
He had some photos in the old one.
How many times do you go fishing a week?
About 10 to 15 times.
(Unbelievable)
Every day?
Winter is long in Russia, so I can enjoy it longer.
Winter is long here. I understand.
Good for you.
How do I say I'm jealous?
I'm jealous.
He enjoys his hobby.
He likes fishing.
While the Korean fishing master and Russian fishing master...
continue their fateful encounter...
How do you talk to your mother?
Your mother speaks Russian.
Do you talk to her in Russian?
Of course. We speak in Russian.
Does your mother speak Korean?
Yes. She lives in Korea.
Il Nam, let's do this then.
Please speak all the Korean words you know.
(Laughing)
- Rice. - Rice.
- It's meat. - Meat.
- Beef. - It's beef.
I'm pork.
(He understands the joke.)
Anchovy.
That's his nickname.
His nickname is Anchovy.
(Thanks to Eun Hyuk, he learned the word anchovy.)
Now he should say 10 Korean words.
He'll say 10 Korean words.
Let's start.
- Rice. - Rice.
Spoon.
Spoon!
- He said spoon. - That's a tough one.
- Meat. - Meat.
- Kimchi. - Okay.
- Spring onion. - Spring onion.
- Water. - Water.
- Rice cooker. - Rice cooker.
- Three more. - Rice cooker.
- Electricity. - Electricity.
Two more. Electricity.
(Slurping)
- Noodles. - Noodles.
- Hand. - Hand!
(He succeeded in saying 10 Korean words.)
That's so nice.
Il Nam, do you watch...
Korean dramas and listen to Korean songs...
on TV?
Yes, I often watch them.
He often watches them.
Is there any song or drama that you remember?
Psy?
Psy!
- "Gangnam Style"? - Yes. "Gangnam Style."
People say I look like Psy.
(He agrees.)
He agrees.
He understood it.
Please tell him Eun Hyuk is a famous singer in Korea.
I'm a famous singer.
I see.
I'll go to your concert when I go to Korea.
Is your wife Korean...
or Russian?
She's Russian.
How did you meet your wife?
Well...
I met her at my friend's birthday party.
So? Did you ask her out first?
(Shy)
I don't remember.
He doesn't remember.
How long did you two date...
before you married her?
About two years.
They dated for about two years.
They dated for two years.
Do people pop the question...
in Russia?
To ask someone to marry?
Sure.
How did you propose?
I don't remember.
He says he doesn't remember.
(You're lying.)
Come on, Il Nam.
Il Nam raised a family...
with his girlfriend whom he met at a birthday party...
and is now leading a happy life...
with their two beautiful children.
I have a question for you.
Il Nam.
Your mother went back to Korea.
As her son,
did you ever not want...
to go to Korea and live with her?
I thought about it, but I didn't have a chance.
I have to acquire Korean citizenship and learn Korean language.
And I should get a job there.
He should find a job there.
It's not easy.
He says it's not easy.
- He wants it though. - He wanted to go.
I need to prepare a lot of things to live in Korea.
He was born in Russia,
and he has Russian citizenship.
But do you ever feel...
that your root is Korean?
Of course.
It's like... I feel like home...
when I go to Korea.
He feels as if he's home when he goes to Korea.
Il Nam, this is a difficult question.
What does Korea mean to you?
(What does Korea mean to Il Nam?)
It's like my second home.
- His 2nd home. - His 2nd home.
If I have a chance, I want to go to Korea next year.
I see.
You treated us to a decent meal today.
So when you come to Korea, I want to take you to dinner.
It wouldn't be an elaborate meal like this,
but we'd like to treat him to dinner...
to return his favor.
(They want to return his heart-warming favor.)
If I have a chance.
If he has a chance.
Please give me a hug.
(Patting)
I'm just curious.
We must've looked strange to him.
But he gladly let us in his place.
I wonder why he did that.
I did it because you were here with good intentions.
Because you were here with good reason.
(Thank you, Il Nam.)
- Korea! - Thank you.
Did your parents want to go back to Korea?
Yes. I go back and forth.
I go back and forth.
I go to Korea once in two years.
He goes to Korea quite often.
Did you ever hear...
from your parents...
what they went through?
My father was very young back then. He wasn't even...
one year old.
(His father was so young that he didn't even know what it was like.)
Even his father doesn't remember.
He didn't say much about it.
Did you hear anything from your grandparents...
about the hard time they went through?
Yes.
I was young back then. I couldn't communicate with them.
I can't speak Korean.
Because I live here,
I don't understand...
Korean.
(He wasn't able to understand what his grandparents said.)
Oh, so...
you couldn't understand your grandparents.
You weren't able to understand what they had gone through.
Did your grandmother have a chance to visit Korea...
before she passed away?
Grandmother had a chance to visit Korea,
but not Grandfather.
She did. I see.
It's sad,
but it's all due to...
political issues.
That separated the family.
It makes me angry.
Some people from older generation returned to Korea,
- and the rest settled here. - It's a problem.
It's not a problem,
but families should stay together.
Young Koreans here just work.
Many Koreans aren't aware of the forceful draft.
They don't know.
They think the upper generation...
was here for work.
Elders know what happened in the past,
but young people aren't aware of this history.
It was pretty harsh in Sakhalin at the time.
I was young, but I still have some memories left.
(He still remembers the pain of the older generation.)
Due to the political situation and negligence of Korea,
Koreans in Sakhalin were forced to separate against their will.
Parents toiled and moiled to raise their children...
in order to avoid inheriting that pain to their children.
3rd and 4th generations of Koreans in Sakhalin...
were able to take roots in this foreign land...
where their parents cultivated.
And...
another hope that made them face those times is the homeland.
Even though the country abandoned them, forgot about them,
and was ignorant of them,
longing for Korea was still evident in their poor Korean,
rice and spoons.
(It was still evident in their poor Korean, rice, and spoons.)
It seems 3rd and 4th generations...
are able to live without a difficulty here.
What do you think the reason is?
I think it comes from their diligence...
where they like to work on their own.
They're sincere,
and...
- They have a pride. - They're passionate.
There are many Koreans among Russian politicians.
Is that right?
It's amazing. You opened...
the door for us and gave delicious chicken.
He's a third generation.
It makes me feel happy...
to see you settled here with a great life.
Thank you very much.
Let's give him a big hand.
(Meanwhile, at Il Nam's house)
Your mother will watch the show.
Oh, right.
Say something to your mother in Korea.
Dear Mother in Korea. How are you?
And...
(Il Nam is overwhelmed by the word, Mother.)
I hope to see you more often.
I love you so much.
I hope you well.
Say, "I love you, Mom." in Korean.
I love you, Mom.
Go like this.
(Ta-da.)
(Every word shows that he misses his mother.)
Denis. Come here.
- Denis. Come here. - Denis.
He's the third generation...
which makes Denis the fourth.
Do you know Korea?
- Do you know Korea? - He's been there once.
You've been there once?
Say something to your grandmother in Korea.
(To Grandma in Korea from Grandson)
(Shy)
Hello, Grandma. I miss you.
- And? - He's cute.
Say, "I love you, Grandma."
(Glancing)
(I love you, Grandma.)
- He's cute. - Thank you, Denis.
(It's time to end grateful dinner.)
Eun Hyuk. Good job today.
Good job. We were lucky.
(Il Nam has something to say to them.)
- Pongpong. - "Pongpong."
He knows the brand of dishwashing liquid?
Pongpong. Okay.
If he knows Pongpong, he knows everything.
Awesome, Il Nam.
(Thumbs up.)
We have a gift for you.
It's our album.
Thank you.
Open it, Denis.
It's from Korea.
You can use it for the meal.
Thank you.
(Dining Together spoon and chopsticks)
It's the spoon you said a moment ago.
Yes. The spoon.
(Clap)
Thank you, Il Nam.
Thank you.
I'll use it with my son.
Did you know you're handsome?
(Shy)
I'm sure he'll grow up to be a handsome man.
He looks like a model.
(He looks like a model.)
Thank you.
- Il Nam. - Ho Dong.
- What about him? - Eun Hyuk.
- Eun Hyuk. - Yes. Eun Hyuk.
Hold on.
1, 2, 3.
1, 2.
My face looks big all alone.
(He's zoomed in alone.)
I'm sure we were on the same line.
Doesn't Il Nam remind you of Yoo Ah In?
He also has such a small face. Is it because he was next to you?
He looks like a famous Korean actor, Yoo Ah In.
- Right? - Yes.
See? Yoo Ah In's right here.
He's handsome.
(They look alike.)
- Thank you. - Thank you.
(Hugging)
Thank you so much.
- Thank you. - Yes.
(Gyeong Gyu and Dong Hae are cleaning up.)
(Cleaning)
It's Super Junior album.
It's our CD.
- Yes. - Okay.
You can give it to his son.
Son. A gift for you.
- High five. - High five.
Super Junior.
- Super Junior. - A singer.
Korean singer.
Album.
- It's me. - He's a singer.
Does he have a Korean name?
Artem Kim.
- Artem Kim? - Artem Kim.
- Artem Kim. - Artem Kim?
(They open Dining Together gift.)
- Chopsticks and spoons. - Yes. Chopsticks and spoons.
It's written on here.
- JTBC Dining Together. - Dining Together.
Thank you.
(Patting)
Hey, Il Nam. 1, 2, 3.
Okay. 1, 2, 3.
(Clicking)
(Handsome angle)
Kimchi.
- 1, 2, 3, 4. - 1, 2, 3.
Kimchi.
They met the 134th and 135th families for Dining Together...
in Sakhalin, the island of homesickness.
Then a few weeks later,
the picture was delivered to someone special.
That's a good picture.
(The picture is delivered to Il Nam's mother.)
You can hang it on the wall.
(Park Soon Yeon)
Son.
I hope you're well.
Work hard. I hope you're happy.
Hi, Denis.
(Overwhelmed)
Study hard.
I miss you. I love you.
I love you.
(I love you.)
(Gwanggyo new town lake park in spring, 2018)
(Wait)
(A mysterious bag in front of Gyeong Gyu and Ho Dong)
(Is he inside?)
(Our guest?)
(They use their brain to solve the mystery.)
(A suitcase)
(Is it Drunken Tiger?)
(The godfather of hip hop)
(Thinking)
- Detective Kang. - Yes, sir.
(Dive into the water.)
(They have a hard time to solve the mystery.)
(They find a decisive evidence.)
(What will happen to them?)
(Return)
(Return?)
(Darn it.)
(He's annoyed for real.)
(Today's guests are the leading actors of "Return".)
(Park Ki Woong and Han Eun Jung)
(Ho Dong's heart flutters as spring comes.)
(He makes nasal sounds.)
(Isn't this lilac?)
(He's about to open a flower shop.)
(Now that it's spring and flowers bloom, it drives me crazy.)
(He never stops talking.)
(He keeps returning.)
(Gyeong Gyu)
(They return again.)
(Rosin)
(Ho Dong tries to share his excitement.)
(Does he feel the same?)
(It's really hard to wash off.)
(Gyeong Gyu's flustered.)
(Magnolia is beautiful, but when it falls,)
(it looks like a banana peel.)
(You click together.)
(Ho Dong approaches Eun Jung.)
(It's beautiful.)
(We used to eat honey in rhododendron.)
(That's azalea.)
(She lets Ho Dong down.)
(They are united to go against Ho Dong.)
(Will they able to dine in Gwanggyo new town?)
(That house is beautiful.)
(Have you watched "Return"?)
(No)
(Then what about the cellphone commercial like this?)
(I know.)
(That's me.)
(But we almost finished eating.)
(Chuckling)
(Hello?)
(Can I see you for a second?)
(I finished eating just now.)
(Frustrated)
(I'm Actor Park Ki Woong.)
(Barking)
(Does he calm down when I tell him?)
(I have to spray water.)
(Bring a spray.)
(Flustered)
(Not home?)
(No)
(Gwanggyo new town is very quiet.)
(I don't think they're home yet.)
(They already had dinner in early evening.)
(Will he be okay?)
(What do we do now?)
(What will happen to Dining Together in Gwanggyo new town?)
(Dining Together)
Everything we talked about today...
was said in Il Nam's house.
I'm touched to meet...
eyewitnesses to history.
I also wanted to say thank you to them.
(They wanted to say thank you to our compatriots.)
I really enjoyed the food.
I didn't expect to have braised chicken here.
I feel great to see the descendants...
settled here and live for the best.
I feel proud.
From Sakhalin to the east sea.
Go.
- From Sakhalin to the east sea. - To the east sea.
(Jump on Dining Together)
(Permanent return is restricted to the first generation by law...)
(which results in another separation.)
(Any related special act foundered due to lack of interest.)
(Japan still denies apologies and compensation...)
(on forced labor and genocide in Sakhalin.)
Will you join us for...
dinner at your homeland?
("Sweetune" by Leciel)