(2006)
Who is it?
Noh Eul from the hotteok stall.
- Thank you. - Grandma.
- Don't freeze to death to look good. - I'm fine.
What will you be left with if you give me all this?
I'm boiling hot.
I feel terrible now.
I'll get the rest of the boxes.
Go and enjoy your date with the dry cleaners.
You look way too good to just go straight home.
3 dollars 10 cents in total.
Mr Handsome, you have a runny nose.
Blow your nose.
There you go.
You shouldn't pay.
I told you that anything you want is yours.
Go on home. Don't make your dad wait.
- Thank you. - Wait.
You're too generous.
Are you a saint?
Are we rich? Does money grow on trees?
Do you know how much debt we're in?
His dad got hurt at a construction site and can't work.
Do you need his money?
I do. I desperately do.
Your own dad can't afford to buy new clothes.
I lost so much weight because I barely eat...
If we could get the money you practically gave away,
I wouldn't have to sell food in the freezing cold.
I'd be in a building with central heating...
- sitting in a chair... - Eul. Noh Eul!
What happened now?
The bullies called Moon Hee to the gym to beat her up.
How dare they want to beat her up?
- I should just... - Stop.
You can't go.
Didn't I tell you not to get involved...
in a stranger's business?
She isn't a stranger.
Moon Hee's my friend.
- Let's go. - Okay.
Eul. Eul.
Do you think you're a cop? Or Wonder Woman?
Try to care for me as much as you care for others!
What a brat.
I hope she slips on a sheet of ice.
(Shin Joon Young: 10-day suspension)
What's going on?
What happened?
A suspension? Why should he be suspended?
Ms Shin!
Sir. Why...
She's the mother of the student we just suspended.
What did Joon Young do wrong?
A group of boys tried to bully this girl,
so he stepped in and hit them to teach them a lesson.
He got hit as well.
You should reward him instead.
Why did you suspend him?
Ms Shin.
You're a witness, so tell them what you saw.
Tell them Joon Young took the fall for helping you.
Tell them everything.
Why won't you speak?
Ms Shin, according to her statement,
the boys did not bother her at all.
They were just standing around talking...
when your son barged in and picked a fight.
How...
That's impossible.
Is that...
Is that really what you said?
Why did you lie?
Did your parents tell you to?
Instead of standing up...
for a poor widow's son who saved your life,
did you decide to defend the rich kids?
And hope you'd get something in return?
- Is that what you were told? - Ms Shin.
You witch.
You ungrateful brat! How dare you!
- Mummy... - You can't do that to her!
Please...
cancel the punishment.
My son will become a prosecutor.
This punishment will remain on his records...
and that will ruin his chances and future.
I promise I will set him straight.
I will make sure he never throws a punch again.
Please...
Please take it back, Sir.
Please, Sir.
Hey.
Did you hear Joon Young got suspended?
It was his fault for getting involved.
- Can I ask you something? - Did he just speak?
Don't you get it?
We are powerful people.
We are nobles that commoners like you must never touch.
So...
a nobody like me...
interrupted something...
you young masters of noble birth were planning.
Don't you think...
it shouldn't have ended with a suspension?
I thought...
I should...
utterly crush just one of you...
so I can get expelled instead.
Any volunteers?
Sit up straight.
You still haven't got your head on straight.
- What would it change if I did? - What?
Would the others...
get punished equally regardless of who their dads are?
What? How dare you.
Because you were raised by a single mother,
I was trying to show you some pity...
Why show me pity?
- What right do you have? - Let go.
What's wrong with you?
- I should just... - Stop right there.
Stop that if you value your job and your life.
You're beating him like he's a drum.
If you keep beating one that hard, it'll break.
If you keep belittling and mocking him,
I will call his father over.
You wouldn't dare stay sitting if his dad showed up.
You'd be down on the floor...
begging him for your life and his forgiveness.
- Jeong Sik. - Is that true?
Call the man so I can finally see him.
I wonder what he's doing...
when his son is such a mess.
- I'm quite curious. - Very well, then.
He's incredibly busy working for the government.
But if he were to hear his son was getting hit,
he'd leave everything to come over.
- Stop it, Jeong Sik. - Keep quiet.
Joon Young's father...
will crush the other kids' dads.
A member of the city council? A chief of police?
They're all dead!
I said stop it!
A dead man can't come here.
That's just nonsense.
DNA was found on a steel pipe at the suspect's factory.
Other than that of the seven victims we knew about,
we found the DNA of two more female victims.
We handed the samples over to...
Eat up.
So you can stay out of prison.
Don't lie about my dad again.
Well...
It might not be a lie.
This was not just a fire.
It was arson, a fire set to destroy evidence.
Do you have evidence to support that claim?
What if...
he were your father?
What if that famous prosecutor were your father?
I'll kill him.
He abandoned my mum and me.
And he's doing just fine.
- He's even on TV. - It wasn't deliberate.
Your dad won't even know you exist.
Your mum hid the fact she was pregnant and ran away.
What do you mean?
I mean...
I just meant...
that could be a possibility, that's all.
You know...
I got a bit emotional and carried away.
I just blurted that out without thinking.
Where are you going? You need to eat.
I'll ask my mum.
- About what you said. - Don't.
You know what she's like. If she heard what I said,
she'd go crazy and kill my whole family.
She'll kill both my kids, I know it.
Sit down.
(Senior Prosecutor Choi Hyun Joon is investigating...)
Your father...
hid that he was studying law.
He worked as a waiter in a bar.
Your mum...
peeled fruit in the kitchen.
The two of them fell in love.
Your mother...
had barely graduated from middle school,
but she was incredibly pretty.
Joon Young.
If your mum...
finds out I told you this,
she will kill me, so don't tell her.
Okay?
Then, one day,
Choi Hyun Joon's older brother came by.
He said to your mum,
"Hyun Joon goes to the best university in Korea,"
"and he will become a prosecutor or a judge."
"He's not the kind of man a fruit-peeler"...
"with a middle-school degree should dream of dating."
Mum.
Your mum...
acts like she's all strong and fierce,
but do you know how soft she is inside?
She's also great at knowing where she stands.
If she had to die for your father, she would have.
What are you doing out here?
Were you waiting for me?
Why did they release a bully who beats up other people?
They should have locked you up and thrown away the key.
There were so many criminals, there was no room for me.
I can come back later.
What?
Did you skip dinner?
I'm hungry, too.
I don't have food to give you.
If you're hungry, ask a prison guard to feed you.
Prison guards work in prisons, not police stations.
What should I do with you?
Won't you offer your own son some?
You get the worst grades in your class,
but your mum insists on making you a prosecutor.
It's all...
because of your father.
She wants to make you...
a prosecutor and then introduce you to your dad.
She wants to show him that without his help,
she raised you well, to be just like him.
She wants to show off.
I don't want tutoring.
Fire the tutor tomorrow.
We pay 300 dollars a month in rent.
Why should we pay a tutor 1,500 a month?
Why did you help the girl?
Since when did you care so much about justice?
You wouldn't have cared even if someone died here.
Exactly.
I had lost my mind for a while.
I'd found out you worked at a bar to afford a tutor.
Gosh.
Forget about it. I'm just as dumb as you are.
No amount of tutoring can make me a prosecutor.
Fine. I won't care what you do with your life.
You can fight for a living,
or fight and end up in prison for years.
Do whatever you want. Jerk.
"Hello, I'm so glad that"...
"Thank you."
It's Shin Joon Young. I adore him.
Get out of my way.
Did you see that?
Who is that guy?
Do you get a lot of offers?
You'll find out if you sign with us...
that we're not like any other entertainment agencies.
If you'll spare me some time...
Hey.
Why did you ignore me?
I passed you seven letters asking you to see me.
You...
aren't my type.
You aren't mine, either.
Ever since you rejected her,
Na Ri stopped eating and drinking.
What will you do?
Must I do something?
Because of you, my friend won't eat or sleep...
What does that have to do with me?
She said she wants to die.
Let her die, then.
If she dies, I will kill you.
I'm telling you, it's serious.
She won't eat, sleep or go to school. She just cries.
Can't you help out?
Bring her back to health and then dump her.
- Just until she's ready to... - Is this your job?
How much do you get for this?
Hey.
What are you doing?
I think you're sick.
Get some help.
Shall I call your parents?
Stop crying.
You need to eat.
I brought some of my dad's hotteok and tteokbokki.
I won't eat any.
Just let me...
waste away like this and then die.
Why do you want to die over a jerk like him?
Is he the only guy alive?
You're our famous neighbourhood beauty.
Shall I line up all the boys who like you?
I don't care unless it's Joon Young.
Eul, I envy you.
He isn't your type.
I envy you because can choose not to like him.
What are you doing here, getting your hair done?
I'm going to confess.
To whom? The boy you have a crush on?
- Make me look so pretty he'll fall for me. - Got it.
Hello, pretty Na Ri.
Remember the pink dress you wore last time?
Can I borrow it for just three hours?
It's for an important occasion.
I might just end up getting married soon.
I'll tell you if you lend me the dress.
Okay, I'll come over for it in a bit.
Joon Young.
My name is Noh Eul.
I liked you for a long time.
I know you're really popular with the other girls,
but I am your destiny.
You can't get away from...
I'm not actually going to say that.
Jang Soo.
Did you sell a lot of hotteok today?
You little brat.
Are you drunk?
Why would a high school kid get drunk?
Can't a girl try to be cute for her dad?
What now?
Do you need money?
Do you have a friend who can't pay her tuition?
Are we rich? Does money grow on trees?
Do you know how much debt we're in?
Dad.
Buy me a drink.
You've lost your mind. Go home and sleep.
I guess we're family after all.
He knows I lost my mind right away.
Did I wake you, Jik?
I'm waiting for Dad. It's a surprise.
I'll spend some time with Dad, so go back to...
Dad!
Hey!
You!
Come back!
Hey!
Come back!
Choi Hyun Joon speaking.
It's me, Yoon Seong Ho.
Hello, Congressman Yoon.
Just a moment.
Is something wrong?
My daughter is in trouble.
I need your help.
- We have to close now. - Okay.
(The News Channel: Executing Law and Justice)
The person who hit your father turned himself in.
Are you saying he hit my father?
I'm sorry. I'm really sorry.
No. It wasn't him.
My father was hit by a female driver.
In a red sports car with plate number Seoul-3G-3126.
I'm sorry. I deserve to die.
What did you do to deserve to die?
It wasn't you.
You didn't hit my father! Why are you lying?
I'm just leaving the subway station.
I thought the roads would be too busy.
I left my car in the office parking lot.
I'll be there in 10 minutes.
Tell the chief prosecutor that for me.
Oh no.
It's raining.
Oh dear.
Are you going to Public Prosecutors' Office?
Yes. How do you know that?
You're a famous prosecutor.
I saw you on TV.
I want to...
become a prosecutor.
I plan...
to go to the university you went to.
You must do very well in school.
So-so.
Your parents must be proud.
You have a goal,
and you have enough determination to reach it.
I have children, too,
and kids these days are useless.
They have no goal or persistence...
and even less motivation.
I envy your parents.
The rain stopped.
It was just a passing shower.
Have a nice day, Sir.
Thank you.
I'd love to see you as a prosecutor one day.
Sure.
Hey.
I hate being in someone's debt.
Can you spare me 10 minutes?
Yes, I think I can.
She vandalised your car, Sir.
Did my car wrong you in any way?
I came here over 20 times,
but you avoided me with excuses that...
you were busy or not in.
I thought this would be the only way to get to see you.
- Send everyone out. - Yes, Sir.
So,
why did you have to take such measures to see me?
My father's hit-and-run.
The case isn't closed.
You don't have the criminal.
The man who confessed didn't do it.
A rant like that won't really help.
Let's see.
In an organisation,
there are duties, responsibilities and hierarchies.
I don't know why you want to see me,
but I can't interfere with every detail.
The detective said so.
That everything changed after you interfered.
The suspect changed, the car changed,
the statements and the prosecutor in charge changed.
Will you give the detective a message for me?
If he has time to pen a novel,
he should focus on his job.
He thinks someone powerful is behind this.
That we can do nothing.
He said I can't win this fight,
so I should keep quiet and settle.
I don't have enough time to go on...
listening to a third-rate novel.
I'm sorry to send you away when you travelled so far.
I never told you...
where I live or where I'm from.
You knew who I was.
That's why you avoided me.
You hid the real criminal and covered up...
You're wearing a uniform I've never seen before.
I assumed you go to a school far from here.
Go home now.
You're my daughter's age, so I was being nice,
but this is where my patience ends.
I envy your parents.
Are you that happy?
Someone has been starving for days because of you,
- but you seem happy. - Haven't you seen a doctor?
Someone as dangerous as you shouldn't be unsupervised.
Why on earth does she like you?
I'd have snapped both her legs if she were my daughter.
Our country is a mess...
because jerks like you want to be prosecutors.
You dumped Na Ri because you couldn't concentrate?
Why do you even study when you're 200th in your year?
Don't meet women and don't date women.
Don't even get married. Waste your whole life studying.
If you were to study until you were 80,
then maybe you would pass the bar.
I'm sorry you had to wait.
A gift for keeping me dry.
Oh right.
What's your name? We're bound to meet again.
I should sign it for you.
Some other time.
I'll study hard...
and come back with the pass slip.
I'll give you my name then.
Okay, then.
I'll keep this for you until then.
Okay. Thank you.
Sorry, but could you sit somewhere else? We're friends.
We aren't.
You tempt me, then.
No boy who's madly in love...
would put studying over her.
He'd only do that if he didn't like her that much.
See if you can tempt me.
Make me too crazy to study.
So I'd give up trying to be a prosecutor.
If you won't tempt me, I will tempt you.
Please read this. Thank you.
(Appeal for witnesses to a hit-and-run)
(Hit-and-run by licence plate Seoul-3G-3126)
Eul, are you asleep?
No, I'm not.
I'm so sleepy.
Did your parents find a part-timer?
- Why? - If not, can I take the job?
Are you out of money?
Your dad's hospital bills must be huge.
I just have to work.
Why don't you settle?
- He didn't do it. - Isn't that Shin Joon Young?
Yes, that's him.
- Does he have a girlfriend? - Is that for her?
It's really him.
Is he here to see Na Ri?
To apologise for dumping her?
Does he...
want her back?
It's none of your business.
You mind your own business.
I skipped school because it's our 100th day.
You can't just walk past me.
What? 100th day?
Of what?
Congratulations.
I love you, Eul.
You're so cute.
I keep thinking of you and I just can't concentrate.
- Na Ri. - Na Ri.
Na Ri.
We might as well go public.
You did nothing wrong. I'm the jerk.
You moron, what are you on about?
Be quiet. I'll deal with it.
Sorry about it, Na Ri.
Things just happened.
Find a guy way better than me.
What got into you?
You never laughed in your life.
Did you see a turd roll by?
Not a turd.
I gave someone a warning.
"You little brat, you picked on the wrong guy."
What are you saying?
- Jeong Sik. - What?
Why am I such an evil jerk?
Who do I take after?
Did you overuse your brain? What's wrong with you?
Something really is wrong with you.
I think you should quit studying for your own sake.
Studying isn't for anyone.
What should we do with you?
Stop laughing.
What a jerk.
Who do you mean?
Shin Joon Young.
What should I do about him?
Joon Young?
He's not even human.
He's anything but a human being. He's a scumbag.
Dad, Eul's saying bad words.
I wasn't cursing. I was merely stating a fact.
It looks like...
I stole a friend's boyfriend and now everyone hates me.
Dad.
Wake up and get revenge for me.
Do you want him to wake up to get revenge for you?
How old are you?
I'm older than you.
Dad, wake up and buy me pizza.
Sweet potato and bacon with cheese crust.
Do you want him to wake up to buy you pizza?
That's why you're a kid.
Go and watch Pororo.
Dad, I need you to wake up.
Use your hotteok flipper to slap Joon Young...
- Dad. - You shouldn't say things like that.
Dad, wake up and tell her off.
Dad!
Nurse!
Time of death is 11:40pm.
No.
Dad, don't die.
Doctor, please help my dad.
- Eul, tell him to save Dad. - Dad...
Get them to do something.
I'm sorry.
(Appeal for witnesses)
The hotteok guy's dead.
What? Wasn't he in a hit-and-run recently?
He didn't wake up, then.
I feel bad for Eul.
My mum said that...
she disappeared with her brother before the funeral.
Why? Where did she go?
I don't know.
They found out after he died that he had a huge loan.
Her mum was sick for a long time before she died.
Why did they disappear?
To get away from the loan sharks.
They interrupted the wake and threatened her.
- It wasn't a pretty sight. - Aren't you dating her?
Didn't she tell you anything?
(Funeral Parlour)
(Room 1, Noh Jang Soo)
How dare you come back here?
We all chipped in to pay for this ceremony.
We paid because you wouldn't let the kids pay.
You're worse than rotten pickles.
Isn't it enough that you chased Eul and Jik away?
Are you back for our money now?
No one chased them away.
They took our money and disappeared.
They didn't take it.
Where would they even get money to pay you back?
Don't you have a family? Or children?
This blows. Why did they borrow from us, then?
They should sell their bodies to pay us back.
- How dare you. - Don't say that.
The victim of the hit-and-run...
died last night.
The man who turned himself in...
was let off with a two-year probation.
The case is closed.
Thank you for your work.
I will never forget what you did for me.
How is your daughter doing?
I sent her abroad that same night.
She was a total wreck.
She needs some time off to travel and recuperate.
I see.
It's just...
one small mistake.
We will still become in-laws, won't we?
Of course.
(Appeal for witnesses)
The number you have dialled is not available.
Jung Tae Ho.
Yes?
Well done. Try harder and beat Ho Cheol next time.
Yes, Ma'am.
Shin Joon Young. Joon Young.
Joon Young.
He improved incredibly in this exam.
His ranking climbed over 100 places.
- Gosh. - Not again.
It's such a pity no one else is here to see that.
He sleeps whenever he can.
Give him a few minutes and he dozes off.
You're strong and young but you act like an invalid.
Will you ever be able to...
support a wife and kids?
Me, support a wife and kids? No way.
- They can support me. - What?
- You idiot. - You really are useless.
Give me that.
Hurry, will you? Let's not keep the teachers waiting.
Yes, Ma'am. Get to work.
That hurt, Dad!
It was meant to hurt, you moron.
I wasn't trying to tickle you.
Will you stop cursing?
You can't keep calling your own son names.
- I'll tell on Mum if you don't stop. - Go on.
Get lost. I can't stand the sight of you.
How sick must your mum be of you...
if she sent you to me and cut contact with you...
after raising you herself for over 20 years?
She sent me to you because she was upset that...
her new guy favoured his son over me.
Jeong Sik!
Can we please hurry?
Take some rice cake.
Enjoy the food.
I hope it's to your liking.
Enjoy.
Don't just stand there. Come and eat.
Come in.
Do you like the food?
Dig in.
Oh hello, Headmaster.
I'm so glad you came.
- What's all this? - Thanks to the teachers,
Joon Young's grades shot up.
He improved more than any student in his year.
I had to show my appreciation as his mother.
Thank you, Sir. I am in...
- I am in... - "Your debt".
- Thank you so much. - Don't elaborate, I said.
Thanks so much.
Have a seat.
(Appeal for witnesses)
(Noh Eul)
Hello?
Noh Eul?
Not that name again.
I'm not Noh Eul.
How many times must I say this? I'm sick of it now.
(Shin Joon Young)
Why? Why should I care about her?
Whatever.
Hello?
- What? - Is this...
Shin Joon Young's number?
It's me.
It's Eul. Noh Eul.
The old lady told me that...
you...
carried my dad's portrait...
at the funeral.
Thank you, Joon Young.
Did you change your mind?
Is that why you're back?
You know...
I'm not doing this...
just so I can work or something.
This documentary will work wonders...
to change your image of an arrogant jerk.
To be honest, the more you earn...
Don't you recognise me?
I do.
You're a star.
Even my landlord's young kids know you.
Noh Eul.
Do you not recognise me?
I do.
You scumbag.
But so what?
Will you do the documentary if I say so?
You won't.
You'll just be the same jerk you always were.
Thanks for this.
It'll come in handy.
There's no way she is Eul.
She must not be Eul.
That girl...
cannot be...
my Eul.