01x06 - Chapter Six

[bunniefuu]

(in Japanese)
Solomon, show Tetsuya.

Yeah, I'm watching.

Solomon, who's that?

Hana.

You should've told
me you were coming.

I'm glad I came.

Now those b*tches over there
know who you belong to.

What's with her attitude?

Solomon, look.

I don't have any money today.

Look.

The rice is hard.

Don't touch if
you're not buying it.

It's wrapped. It's
meant to be touched.

Do you think this is
what America's like?

Like a convenience store?

All prepackaged, ready to buy.
With so many choices. I love it.

Hey.

We should run away
to America together.

What are you talking about? We
don't have that kind of money.

Money's easy, if you don't
care where it comes from.

Of course it matters
where it comes from.

Amen to Solomon.

Your family raised you too
well. A boring life awaits you.

That's not for me.

I want to see it all.

Hawaii. Paris. The penguins.

But most of all, Hawaii.

Nagano-san,

my mama's always praising
how smart you are.

But you're married, isn't that
so? She missed her chance.

I've tasted your mother's
fried chicken, Hana-chan.

Tell her I'm the one
who's missing out.

Let's not.

Prove that I mean more than
those b*tches from school.

You already know how I feel.

Do it.

Wait, what's in your pocket?

Run!

Hana!

Nagano-san, it was me!

This is what you've come to!

- Aren't you ashamed?
- I'm sorry. I'll pay for it.

Her life's hard enough
with a divorced mother.

I promise, we'll
never come back!

You're not getting
off that easy!

I know how to deal
with your kind.

You bastard!

Hello? I caught a shoplifter
in my store. Come arrest him.

Please, my dad will k*ll me!

Another Korean,
these troublemakers.

I want him taken in.

Right now.

But if I don't do something,
this kid will never learn.

Come immediately.

Solomon, stop!

Don't do it! Solomon!

Are you hurt?

No, I'm okay.

You're his father?

He's never done anything
like this before.

That's why we call
it a first offense.

This is how it starts.

No, he'll never do it again.

I swear it.

The store owner asked us
to inform his school...

But then he'd be suspended!

Even kicked out.

But he's committed a crime.

It was just some candy!

I know what he did was wrong,

and I will reprimand
him severely for this.

I ask you to let him go, please.

Hello?

Yes, I am dealing with
that situation right now.

Why is that?

But shoplifters should be...

I see.

Yes. I understand.

Look at me.

It looks like you have a
powerful friend in this world.

You can leave now.

- That's it?
- I've been ordered to release him.

Who made that call?

That doesn't matter now.

Explain yourself.

Why did you do
something like that?

It was her fault, wasn't it?

- No!
- Tell me the truth.

Hana had nothing to do with it.

Fine.

I believe you.

This can't happen ever again.

But you're not
getting off that easy.

I'm sending you away to America.

- I've finally made up my mind.
- I don't want to!

You know, your mother never
wanted you to grow up here.

But I wanted to keep you
with me. I was selfish.

I see now that I was wrong.

No, I can't leave Hana!

Do you know how much worse
tonight could've gone?

I don't want to go.
This is my home.

This is where you'll always
have that mark. You're going.

Your grandmother will be sad,

but I'll convince her
it's what's best for you.

Get in.

(in Korean) Have
you lost your mind?

Do you know what kind of
women go to those places?

Lower your voice.

The whole neighborhood
already knows!

How do you think I found out?

We were just trying to help.

Am I no longer the
head of this house?

Because that's what you
just announced to the world!

It's not like that.

Of course you are.

And you. Have you no shame?

It's bad enough things are
so hard for our people here…

Without the two of you
acting with no shame.

No wonder they think
the worst of us!

She had nothing to do with this.

The idea was mine alone.

We had none of these troubles
until you entered this home.

What am I to do now?

How can I show my face again,

knowing that some silly
women paid my debts?

My nuts, they're shriveling!

Why are you talking like this?

Where did you get the watch?

My mother gave it to me.

Your mother?

A widow who runs a boardinghouse
has a watch like that?

I can't breathe here.

We know we did wrong.
We're sorry for it.

Please, come back home.

- Sunja!
- This can't be.

It's not time for
the baby to come yet.

Unfortunately, there is
very little we can do.

Your daughter has been
ill for some time now.

At this moment,
this is beyond help.

And if rumors were to spread that
we have an AIDS patient here…

In other words, we aren't
prepared to care for her.

Please don't say that.

I advise you to
treat her at home.

A family doctor
to protect her...

No. She deserves your care.

I understand how you feel.

But I cannot possibly ask my
staff to care for your daughter...

I will do it.

Let's move the patient
to a separate wing.

I think we can care
for your daughter.

Thank you very much.

Very well.

Thank you for speaking up.

Speaking frankly,
there is no cure.

We don't know how long
she will hold out for.

It could be months.

It could be weeks or even days.

I'm sorry to come to you like
this, but I am desperate.

I thought at first he was with
those g*ng boys by the dock,

but I fear he's now involved
with something more dangerous.

I'm worried sick.
He's my eldest.

If anything were
to happen to him…

I was hoping you
could speak to him.

What makes you think
I'll have any success?

Pastor Yoo would be better.

But you're younger,
more vigorous.

You'll understand him better.

I'm just a novice. I can't...

He no longer answers
my questions.

Tells me the less I
know, the safer I am.

What could he mean
by such a thing?

I've already lost
my husband here.

If I lose my son as well…

Do not upset yourself.

I will go to him.

I know there are some who
think you are too young,

too ignorant because of
your privileged upbringing,

but I feel fortunate
to have you with us.

Thank you, but I still
need to prove myself.

I will do my best.

You will get through to
him. I know you will.

Thank you.

Let's go.

So my mother thought she'd
try with you as well.

A mother's love isn't
felled so easily.

Be grateful for it.

I have somewhere to be.

I'll walk you then.

Fine.

Every day, I walk these streets,

and I'm reminded how much I've
lived with my eyes closed.

I heard about your father.

How old were you when he d*ed?

Fourteen.

It must have been
a heavy burden,

to be so young and
to feed your family.

Who doesn't have a
story like that here?

Just ask anyone.

What would someone
like you know?

Hana, you should go to America.

They know more about
this over there.

I have a friend from college
whose father's a famous surgeon.

I'll reach out to him.

Are you listening?

Hana, listen to me.

It is what it is.

What?

You were the only 14-year-old boy
who talked like that, Solomon.

I'm not going to America.

Then what are you going to do?

Staying here won't
change anything.

I'll just die.

Solomon, you still
can't take a joke.

So adorable.

But you never could see
things as they are, could you?

Never could.

Time to open your eyes, Pastor.

Those men and I,

we go into the ground…

For what?

So some subway can carry more
workers further and faster away.

So they can break
their backs like us.

But do you hear us
asking for the spoils?

Just something, anything, to set us apart
from animals who sh*t on the streets.

I feel what you
are saying, truly.

But to speak so
openly like this…

It's not just you
and your family,

but we all will feel that
hammer of theirs strike us down.

All these people!

You think I don't know?

You don't think my mother's
face haunts my dreams,

shaking me awake with
tears in my eyes?

I think of all of them.
My brothers, my sisters,

even strangers I've yet to meet.

But if I allow my
fears to shape me…

I would no longer
recognize my own outlines.

Then how can I
call that my body?

And without a body, can
I call myself a man?

Solomon…

After you left for America…

I used to stare at all those
fancy homes and imagine…

How great it would be to grow
up in a family like that.

Surely, the children
of those families

never got the empty feeling that
nothing good would come of them.

I got this disease from a guy who
came from one of those families.

You know,

one of those who loves to brag about
their samurai ancestors and crap.

Why are you telling me this?

Because you need to know
how I've lived my life.

And you need to see
how I've ended up.

The Hana you knew is gone.

We are not men. Not to them.

And this humiliation,
it drives us to drink,

and to fight,

and to return home
to b*at our wives.

There, at least we know
we're not the lowest.

There's even someone lower.

We've been playing
by their rules,

but are we not still
cold, still hungry?

It's time we
shatter those rules.

Be careful with your words.

Men have been arrested
for saying far less.

You still don't see it, do you?

Maybe it's the suit.

Wait.

What do I tell your mother?

Tell her she has a son who is
grateful for his mother's love.

Solomon, look at me.

You will never be one of them,

even with your nice
clothes, your fancy degrees.

Sure, they'll leave the
door open just wide enough

to make you think
you have a chance,

but don't be fooled.

Looks like you're
having a rough one.

I know you. You're
Mamoru Yoshii.

I've heard of you too. The
boy who crashed the deal.

Is that what they're saying?

I'm not a man with a
good reputation either.

I think the two of us…

We have much in common.

Are you okay?

Don't worry about me.

Women have been giving birth
forever, haven't they? Go on.

Go and find Yoseb, quickly.

Kyunghee is worried sick.

Yes, find him quickly.

He can be reckless
when he gets like this.

Any idea where he would go?

He'll be at the bar
below the streetcar stop.

But please don't
judge him too harshly.

Don't worry. I'll make it right.

Do you know who I am?

I'm from the noble class!

My family is from one of the
oldest houses in Pyongyang!

Wow, you're a noble?
You don't say?

Me, I'm a noble too!

And so is this good
gentleman here.

Me as well! Noble class!

Who are you to mock me?

My boss relies on me.

Can you say the same
about your foul pigs?

More the other way
around, as I see it.

I always wondered
how you managed it,

how you kept your
job for so long.

What are you? A spy
for the Japanese?

Or a thief?

Yoseb!

What are you doing here?

Did she send you?

Sunja's in labor.

Go.

I want to finish my drink.

I'm of no use there.

You're feeling sorry
for yourself now.

Hey! An extra cup here!

Why are you here?
Go to your wife.

She's the one who
told me to find you.

And what about you? Are
you a noble as well?

Does that matter now?

Those things mean nothing here.

Bastard.

It's what they want,

for us to turn on one another.

Hey, do you really believe
we're all the same now?

You, who had a servant to
tend to all your needs?

And where is he now?

Our parents' hardships come no
easier dwelling on what's been lost.

That's a fool's game, brother.

What's the point fighting
amongst ourselves?

Your family certainly
made you the investment.

Choate, Yale. Expensive résumé.

Could say the same
thing about you.

UCLA, Stanford Law.

And now we're both back.

And I hear your father's
pachinko parlor is doing well.

Why bring up pachinko
all of a sudden?

Pachinko interests me.

Why? It's for people who
have no other options.

Perhaps a long time ago.

I'm not following.

You want us to
get into pachinko?

Not here.

The market's too crowded, thanks
to people like your father.

But in Korea, Thailand, Macau.

Who knows? Vegas even.

And this big idea of yours,

is it legitimate?

You mean is it legal?

Yes.

I…

I loved my
grandfather very much.

But it's not like I
didn't know who he was,

or what he was doing.

I don't deny it.

The world may have
seen him as a villain,

but to me,

he was the man who saved me

from my drug-addicted father,

his own son.

What I'm trying to say is…

I am not ashamed
of my grandfather.

However…

I'm not him.

And people like us,

we don't need to walk
in our family's shadows.

Not anymore.

Just think about it.

Where's your yakuza boyfriend?

Just because he owns a pachinko
parlor doesn't mean he's a yakuza.

We came here in a hurry,

so he went back to get
some things we'll need.

I always wondered.

I'm sure he had a lot
of women to choose from,

despite being Korean.

But why did he choose you?

And he didn't leave
you, even after he heard

how often you used to spread your
legs for all those other men.

Save your breath.

You can't make me fight.

So you'll just bore
me until I die?

In that case, bring me a Kn*fe
and I'll just die right now!

Grandmother,

you're here too.

It's a damn family reunion.

Go buy me some coffee.

Etsuko-san spent a great deal
of money looking for you.

You Koreans are so
obsessed with money.

Everyone told her
it was hopeless,

but she wouldn't give up.

No mother can ever
give up on her child.

Why are you here?

Tell me the truth. You
don't even like her.

Just like you hated me being
with your darling grandson.

I know you knew
about Solomon and me.

Grandmother,

everyone thinks
you're such a saint.

But if Solomon ever finds out

you were the one who
told me to run away,

what do you think he would say?

What the hell?

Don't you remember what you said
after Solomon went to America?

You said it was good that
he had gotten away from us.

Because if he stayed,
we would only ruin him.

You meant me. I would ruin him.

And I have despised you
ever since for saying that,

even if I knew you were right!

You thought I was
talking about you?

I said those words… about me.

You?

Once, I had another son.

And he was good as well.

But because I ruined his life…

He is gone now.

Why won't the baby come?

I don't know.

Enough!

How is anyone to rest
with all this noise?

You have no right to
just barge in here!

Look at those hips!

What are you doing?

I've delivered enough pigs
to know how this works.

Help me.

Come on now!

Listen! More clean
linens. And water. Now!

Bear down on your feet!

I have no more energy.

Push!

Together!

Mother!

More! More! More!

In this world of troubles.

What is your hope?

Isn't it enough
that you've enjoyed.

Wealth and prosperity?

Cheers!

Special Higher Police.
Routine inspection.

I need to check your bag.

- Get up.
- Is there a problem?

I've done nothing wrong.

Give me your bag. I
need to check inside.

Just my work clothes.

Hand it over now.

Hey, what's inside
your coat pockets?

Rise.

Hurry.

Please. They're for my pigs.

Stay still.

I need a bigger push!
You're doing well.

You're doing great.
Just a little more!

You need to push for
the baby to come out.

- I can't do any more.
- Come on, one more!

You can do this.

Sunja, you are strong.

Come on, one more!
A little more.

Then the baby will come out.

It'll come. Keep pushing!

You're doing well.

How could we have
just all sat there?

To think I did nothing...

Of course you did nothing!

That's called survival.

Why do you have to carry it all?

How much longer do you have to do
this? Haven't you suffered enough?

And to take pity on a girl like
her, to bring her into our home…

Just stop it!

You are not to talk
about Sunja like that.

I won't allow it.

I'm sorry. I spoke badly.

It's not just your words,

but your thoughts as well.

Brother…

I should have d*ed this year.

But instead, I stand before you.

And Sunja is to thank for that.

You don't know what she's
done, or what she's capable of.

But I do.

It's coming!

Keep pushing!

One more time, push!

I see the head.
The baby's coming!

With Sunja, I have this feeling…

That perhaps my life…

Can be significant somehow.

Not on a grand scale,

but I feel like I
can do something.

I don't want my child to
grow up in a world like this.

I want my child…

To recognize the outlines
of his or her body,

and I want this child to thrive.

Brother, don't our children
deserve at least that?

You do,

and I do as well.

Sunja, it's a boy.

I know this face.

My mother.

My father.

I know him.

Come, meet your son.

A son?

My son.

To think that they turn into us.

Brother-in-law…

Will you name the baby?

Me?

I don't deserve that honor.

You are the crown
of this family.

It is not an honor, but a duty.

He who opened a new world…

Who believed…

When no one else did.

Let's call him Noa.

Do I

look hideous to you?

I only worry that
you are in pain.

You are still my Hana.

Nothing will ever change that.

Is there more?

I didn't realize
how hungry I was.

There's always more. Eat up.

Grandmother, where
did you get all this?

The hotel had a
portable gas stove.

I brought the side
dishes from home.

You brought side
dishes from home?

I didn't know how
long we'd be here.

Look how much this
bento box holds.

- Come eat.
- I'm not hungry.

You need to keep
your strength up now.

- Eat.
- I told you I don't want to eat.

The bank fired me

because I told Mrs.
Han not to sign.

It's your fault.

You made me pity her,

and you made me weak.

That's not weakness.

Whatever it was,

it's ruined me.

Everything I've
worked so hard for.

Do you really think your
life has been a hard one?

So now you too.

Do you resent me

for having what you didn't,
or not suffering as you did?

Fine. You're right.

I'll never win that.

I had a choice too, you know.

A long time ago.

I could've had unspeakable
riches, but I turned it down.

This was before the w*r.

Before I married
your grandfather.

Why didn't you take it?

How could I live with
a life split in half?

One life I could talk about,
and the other half hidden away.

That means something.

More important than
being successful

is how you came by your success.

I know, Grandmother.

I'm trying.

You'll be late.

Why don't you wear
your suit anymore?

God doesn't need me in a suit.

This feels more comfortable.

What is it?

I have a son now.

Where you failed,

another woman has succeeded.

Are you listening?

Some women are more
accommodating, aren't they?

I don't need to
explain her to you.

But with this,

you are released from
your conjugal duties.

You must be pleased.

I know this marriage
has been a curse to you.

It's some solace, I suppose.

But it's too late.

My body,

you have sullied it.

But…

Your darling son,

I wonder what he
will think of you.