Save My Seoul (2017) Movie Script
1
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
AH. OH.
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
WE'LL HAVE THIS, AGAIN,
IN YOUR RIGHT HAND FOR NOW.
SHE'S GOING TO SWITCH HANDS
AS SHE GETS OUT.
RIGHT, AND THE FEELING IS
DESPERATION, WHATEVER IT TAKES.
ROLLING.
AND ACTION.
[LINE RINGING]
-[EDDIE] HEY, JASON.
-HI, PASTOR EDDIE,
HOW ARE YOU?
-GOOD. HOW ARE YOU DOING?
-DOING GOOD, THANKS.
-CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?
-YEAH.
YEAH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S
SOMETHING THAT KIND OF
CAME ON TO MY RADAR
JUST A FEW YEARS AGO.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT FORMS
OF PROSTITUTION IN KOREA,
AND THE MORE I RESEARCH,
THE MORE HORRIFIC
AND THE MORE WIDESPREAD
I REALIZED THAT IT WAS.
MM.
SO THE OPPORTUNITY CAME UP
TO CONTACT YOU GUYS
AND SEE IF YOU WOULD
ACTUALLY BE OPEN TO WORKING
AND HELPING US 'CAUSE I
REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS PROJEC CAN POTENTIALLY
BE NATION-CHANGING.
[WOMAN ON P.A.]
...FLIGHT 6977.
UNITED AIRLINES
FLIGHT 7321 TO SEOUL INCHEON
IS NOW READY
FOR BOARDING.
FOR YOUR SAFETY
AND CONVENIENCE,
PASSENGERS WILL BE BOARDING
IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER.
GOOD MORNING. SOUTH KOREA
IS A TREND-SETTER,
SETTING THE TONE FOR EVERYTHING
FROM K-POP TO SOAP OPERAS.
-SOUTH KOREA...
-SOUTH KOREA...
-SOUTH KOREA...
-SOUTH KOREA...
SOUTH KOREA'S ECONOMY
WAS THE SAME AS KENYA'S
WHEN I WAS BORN.
AND THEN WAS 40 TIMES
LARGER THAN KENYA'S.
THINK ABOUT THAT.
IT HAS BEEN INSPIRING
TO WATCH KOREA'S RISE
WITHIN MY OWN LIFETIME.
[CONAN] WHAT'S THE THING
YOU'RE OBSESSED WITH THESE DAYS?
-K-POP.
-K-POP?
OPPA GANGNUM STYLE...
[ANNOUNCER]
REPRESENTING THE REPUBLIC
OF KOREA, YUNA KIM.
[EDDIE]
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE
A LOT OF THINGS THAT I THINK
KOREANS ARE VERY PROUD OF
CONCERNING THIS COUNTRY.
AND THIS IS COMING FROM A
COUNTRY THAT WAS IN DIRE POVERTY
LESS THAN A CENTURY AGO.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
WOULD ATTRIBUTE THE SUCCESS
OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMEN TO THE HARD WORK ETHIC,
BUT ALSO THE SACRIFICIAL NATURE
OF THE OLDER GENERATION.
THAT THEY WERE WILLING
TO SACRIFICE
LITERALLY ALMOST ANYTHING FOR
THE SAKE OF THE GREATER GOOD.
BUT AS A RESULT,
THE MORAL FIBER OF THIS COUNTRY
HAS NOW BECOME AN EMPTY SHELL
OF WHAT WE USED TO BE.
10 MILLION CUSTOMERS
PER YEAR.
ESTIMATES HAVE ANYWHERE
FROM HALF A MILLION
TO 1.3 MILLION
WOMEN AND GIRLS
WHO ARE INVOLVED
IN THE SEX INDUSTRY
IN THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
AND THE REASON WHY
OF THE WORLD WILL NO BE AWARE OF I IS BECAUSE WE ARE VERY GOOD
AS A KOREAN PEOPLE
OF SAVING FACE AND PUTTING
ON THE PROPER IMAGE
OF WHAT LOOKS GOOD
ON THE OUTSIDE.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT IS IMPACTING
EVERY WALK OF SOCIETY
IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND IT'S ONLY GONNA GET BIGGER
UNLESS WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
[DOG BARKING]
[ALL SPEAKING KOREAN]
[WOMAN]
[DR. LEE]
[WOMAN]
[POTS AND PANS CLATTERING]
[ESTHER]
TEN, NINE, EIGHT,
SEVEN, SIX, FIVE,
FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE,
ZERO.
-BLAST OFF.
-WHAT?
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
[WOMAN]
[DONG-YEOB LEE]
[WOMAN]
[WOMAN #2]
[JASON]
YOU RECORDING?
-THIS IS BETTER.
-YEAH, IT'S LINED UP.
-OKAY.
-READY?
-YEAH.
-LET'S DO IT.
I THINK HE'S ABOU TO GO IN THERE.
[ERIC]
[JASON]
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
WE SHOULD GO.
LET'S GO.
[PANTING]
-HUH?
-THAT'S THEM UP THERE.
-WAIT, LET'S WAIT HERE.
-OH, MY GOD.
-THAT'S THEM FOR SURE.
-REALLY.
-[BOTH PANTING]
-OH, MY GOD.
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
[WOMAN]
[CRYSTAL]
[ESTHER]
[MAN]
[YUNA KIM]
[DR. LEE]
[D. LEE]
[CHO]
[KIM]
[EDDIE]
HEY GUYS, CAN YOU, UH,
CAN YOU GUYS GATHER
AROUND HERE, PLEASE?
THIS IS A REALLY
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY
OF THE PAST FEW YEARS.
WE'RE JUST HERE TO LOVE.
AND JUST TO ENCOURAGE YOU
THAT LIGH IS ALWAYS
GREATER THAN DARKNESS.
OKAY.
[EDDIE]
SO EVERYONE CAN HANG OU OVER HERE.
I WANT TO GO INSIDE
AND TALK TO THEM.
GO AHEAD AND WAI OVER HERE.
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
[JASON]
OKAY, YEAH.
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
[GIRL]
[DR. LEE]
[JASON]
MIC CHECK, ONE, TWO.
[ERIC]
A POLICE STATION.
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
ALL RIGHT,
THIS IS POLICE NUMBER TWO.
WE'RE HEADED TO
THE CAPITAL OFFICE.
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
THIS IS AUDIO FOUR,
POLICE STATION NUMBER THREE.
EDDIE AND I BOTH HAVE
A WIRELESS MIC ON.
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
[JASON]
MIC CHECK, ONE, TWO,
MIC CHECK, ONE, TWO.
OKAY, GOOD.
-YOU ALL RIGHT?
-YEAH, ARE YOU?
IS SOMEONE IN THERE?
-HELLO.
-HELLO.
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
[ERIC]
WHAT'D HE SAY?
[JASON]
I THINK HE JUST SAID
IT WAS OKAY.
THE POLICE ARE VERY WELL AWARE
OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
IN FACT, THEY VISI A LOT OF THESE SEXUAL SERVICES.
AND THEY EXPECT FREE SERVICES
AS A RESULT.
SO UNFORTUNATELY,
CORRUPTION IT A BIG REASON
WHY IT'S STILL RAMPANT.
[DR. LEE]
[GIRL]
[JASON]
TEST ONE, TWO.
ED, GIVE ME A TEST.
[EDDIE]
TESTING ONE, TWO.
ONE, TWO.
[JASON]
ALL RIGHT.
SEEMS DANGEROUS.
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
YOU WANT TO GO IN?
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
[GIRL]
[ALARM BEEPING]
[CRYSTAL]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[EDDIE]
THERE IS A COMMON CORE DIGNITY
AND A SACREDNESS
THAT EVERY PERSON HAS.
AND WHAT THE SEX INDUSTRY DOES
IS IT DESTROYS THAT DIGNITY.
IT DESTROYS THAT HONOR.
IT DESTROYS THE FREEDOM
THAT EACH PERSON HAS
A RIGHT TO HAVE
FROM THE MOMEN THEY ARE BORN.
MY NAME IS ESTHER.
[SPEAKS KOREAN]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
YOU COME AROUND
AND MAKE THE SEASONS CHANGE
YOU COME AROUND
AND LEAVE THE WAY YOU CAME
YOU COME AROUND
AND WIPE MY TEARS AWAY
YOU MAKE ME
WANT TO GIVE MY HEART AWAY
THE WAY YOU SPEAK,
IT LEAVES ME WITHOUT WORDS
AND WHEN YOU'RE GONE
IT MAKES ME TOSS AND TURN
YOU COME AROUND
AND MAKE SURE THAT IT HURTS
YOU MAKE SURE THAT IT HURTS
WHEN YOU'RE AWAY
HERE AMONG THE CLOUDS
WE ARE SAFE AND SOUND
YOU LIFT ME UP
YOU LIFT ME UP
YOU COME AROUND
AND LIGHT UP EVERYTHING
YOU STUN ME
WITH YOUR SMILE
AND ALL YOU BRING
YOU COME AROUND
AND MAKE ME WANT TO SING
YOU MAKE ME WANT TO SING
MY FEARS AWAY
HERE AMONG THE CLOUDS
WE ARE SAFE AND SOUND
YOU LIFT ME UP
YOU LIFT ME UP
[VOCALIZING]
YOU LIFT ME UP
YOU LIFT ME UP
YOU LIFT ME UP.
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
AH. OH.
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
WE'LL HAVE THIS, AGAIN,
IN YOUR RIGHT HAND FOR NOW.
SHE'S GOING TO SWITCH HANDS
AS SHE GETS OUT.
RIGHT, AND THE FEELING IS
DESPERATION, WHATEVER IT TAKES.
ROLLING.
AND ACTION.
[LINE RINGING]
-[EDDIE] HEY, JASON.
-HI, PASTOR EDDIE,
HOW ARE YOU?
-GOOD. HOW ARE YOU DOING?
-DOING GOOD, THANKS.
-CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?
-YEAH.
YEAH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S
SOMETHING THAT KIND OF
CAME ON TO MY RADAR
JUST A FEW YEARS AGO.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT FORMS
OF PROSTITUTION IN KOREA,
AND THE MORE I RESEARCH,
THE MORE HORRIFIC
AND THE MORE WIDESPREAD
I REALIZED THAT IT WAS.
MM.
SO THE OPPORTUNITY CAME UP
TO CONTACT YOU GUYS
AND SEE IF YOU WOULD
ACTUALLY BE OPEN TO WORKING
AND HELPING US 'CAUSE I
REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS PROJEC CAN POTENTIALLY
BE NATION-CHANGING.
[WOMAN ON P.A.]
...FLIGHT 6977.
UNITED AIRLINES
FLIGHT 7321 TO SEOUL INCHEON
IS NOW READY
FOR BOARDING.
FOR YOUR SAFETY
AND CONVENIENCE,
PASSENGERS WILL BE BOARDING
IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER.
GOOD MORNING. SOUTH KOREA
IS A TREND-SETTER,
SETTING THE TONE FOR EVERYTHING
FROM K-POP TO SOAP OPERAS.
-SOUTH KOREA...
-SOUTH KOREA...
-SOUTH KOREA...
-SOUTH KOREA...
SOUTH KOREA'S ECONOMY
WAS THE SAME AS KENYA'S
WHEN I WAS BORN.
AND THEN WAS 40 TIMES
LARGER THAN KENYA'S.
THINK ABOUT THAT.
IT HAS BEEN INSPIRING
TO WATCH KOREA'S RISE
WITHIN MY OWN LIFETIME.
[CONAN] WHAT'S THE THING
YOU'RE OBSESSED WITH THESE DAYS?
-K-POP.
-K-POP?
OPPA GANGNUM STYLE...
[ANNOUNCER]
REPRESENTING THE REPUBLIC
OF KOREA, YUNA KIM.
[EDDIE]
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE
A LOT OF THINGS THAT I THINK
KOREANS ARE VERY PROUD OF
CONCERNING THIS COUNTRY.
AND THIS IS COMING FROM A
COUNTRY THAT WAS IN DIRE POVERTY
LESS THAN A CENTURY AGO.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
WOULD ATTRIBUTE THE SUCCESS
OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMEN TO THE HARD WORK ETHIC,
BUT ALSO THE SACRIFICIAL NATURE
OF THE OLDER GENERATION.
THAT THEY WERE WILLING
TO SACRIFICE
LITERALLY ALMOST ANYTHING FOR
THE SAKE OF THE GREATER GOOD.
BUT AS A RESULT,
THE MORAL FIBER OF THIS COUNTRY
HAS NOW BECOME AN EMPTY SHELL
OF WHAT WE USED TO BE.
10 MILLION CUSTOMERS
PER YEAR.
ESTIMATES HAVE ANYWHERE
FROM HALF A MILLION
TO 1.3 MILLION
WOMEN AND GIRLS
WHO ARE INVOLVED
IN THE SEX INDUSTRY
IN THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
AND THE REASON WHY
OF THE WORLD WILL NO BE AWARE OF I IS BECAUSE WE ARE VERY GOOD
AS A KOREAN PEOPLE
OF SAVING FACE AND PUTTING
ON THE PROPER IMAGE
OF WHAT LOOKS GOOD
ON THE OUTSIDE.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT IS IMPACTING
EVERY WALK OF SOCIETY
IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND IT'S ONLY GONNA GET BIGGER
UNLESS WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
[DOG BARKING]
[ALL SPEAKING KOREAN]
[WOMAN]
[DR. LEE]
[WOMAN]
[POTS AND PANS CLATTERING]
[ESTHER]
TEN, NINE, EIGHT,
SEVEN, SIX, FIVE,
FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE,
ZERO.
-BLAST OFF.
-WHAT?
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
[WOMAN]
[DONG-YEOB LEE]
[WOMAN]
[WOMAN #2]
[JASON]
YOU RECORDING?
-THIS IS BETTER.
-YEAH, IT'S LINED UP.
-OKAY.
-READY?
-YEAH.
-LET'S DO IT.
I THINK HE'S ABOU TO GO IN THERE.
[ERIC]
[JASON]
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
WE SHOULD GO.
LET'S GO.
[PANTING]
-HUH?
-THAT'S THEM UP THERE.
-WAIT, LET'S WAIT HERE.
-OH, MY GOD.
-THAT'S THEM FOR SURE.
-REALLY.
-[BOTH PANTING]
-OH, MY GOD.
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
[WOMAN]
[CRYSTAL]
[ESTHER]
[MAN]
[YUNA KIM]
[DR. LEE]
[D. LEE]
[CHO]
[KIM]
[EDDIE]
HEY GUYS, CAN YOU, UH,
CAN YOU GUYS GATHER
AROUND HERE, PLEASE?
THIS IS A REALLY
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY
OF THE PAST FEW YEARS.
WE'RE JUST HERE TO LOVE.
AND JUST TO ENCOURAGE YOU
THAT LIGH IS ALWAYS
GREATER THAN DARKNESS.
OKAY.
[EDDIE]
SO EVERYONE CAN HANG OU OVER HERE.
I WANT TO GO INSIDE
AND TALK TO THEM.
GO AHEAD AND WAI OVER HERE.
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
[JASON]
OKAY, YEAH.
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
[GIRL]
[DR. LEE]
[JASON]
MIC CHECK, ONE, TWO.
[ERIC]
A POLICE STATION.
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
ALL RIGHT,
THIS IS POLICE NUMBER TWO.
WE'RE HEADED TO
THE CAPITAL OFFICE.
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
THIS IS AUDIO FOUR,
POLICE STATION NUMBER THREE.
EDDIE AND I BOTH HAVE
A WIRELESS MIC ON.
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
[JASON]
MIC CHECK, ONE, TWO,
MIC CHECK, ONE, TWO.
OKAY, GOOD.
-YOU ALL RIGHT?
-YEAH, ARE YOU?
IS SOMEONE IN THERE?
-HELLO.
-HELLO.
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
[ERIC]
WHAT'D HE SAY?
[JASON]
I THINK HE JUST SAID
IT WAS OKAY.
THE POLICE ARE VERY WELL AWARE
OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
IN FACT, THEY VISI A LOT OF THESE SEXUAL SERVICES.
AND THEY EXPECT FREE SERVICES
AS A RESULT.
SO UNFORTUNATELY,
CORRUPTION IT A BIG REASON
WHY IT'S STILL RAMPANT.
[DR. LEE]
[GIRL]
[JASON]
TEST ONE, TWO.
ED, GIVE ME A TEST.
[EDDIE]
TESTING ONE, TWO.
ONE, TWO.
[JASON]
ALL RIGHT.
SEEMS DANGEROUS.
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
YOU WANT TO GO IN?
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
[GIRL]
[ALARM BEEPING]
[CRYSTAL]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[EDDIE]
THERE IS A COMMON CORE DIGNITY
AND A SACREDNESS
THAT EVERY PERSON HAS.
AND WHAT THE SEX INDUSTRY DOES
IS IT DESTROYS THAT DIGNITY.
IT DESTROYS THAT HONOR.
IT DESTROYS THE FREEDOM
THAT EACH PERSON HAS
A RIGHT TO HAVE
FROM THE MOMEN THEY ARE BORN.
MY NAME IS ESTHER.
[SPEAKS KOREAN]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
YOU COME AROUND
AND MAKE THE SEASONS CHANGE
YOU COME AROUND
AND LEAVE THE WAY YOU CAME
YOU COME AROUND
AND WIPE MY TEARS AWAY
YOU MAKE ME
WANT TO GIVE MY HEART AWAY
THE WAY YOU SPEAK,
IT LEAVES ME WITHOUT WORDS
AND WHEN YOU'RE GONE
IT MAKES ME TOSS AND TURN
YOU COME AROUND
AND MAKE SURE THAT IT HURTS
YOU MAKE SURE THAT IT HURTS
WHEN YOU'RE AWAY
HERE AMONG THE CLOUDS
WE ARE SAFE AND SOUND
YOU LIFT ME UP
YOU LIFT ME UP
YOU COME AROUND
AND LIGHT UP EVERYTHING
YOU STUN ME
WITH YOUR SMILE
AND ALL YOU BRING
YOU COME AROUND
AND MAKE ME WANT TO SING
YOU MAKE ME WANT TO SING
MY FEARS AWAY
HERE AMONG THE CLOUDS
WE ARE SAFE AND SOUND
YOU LIFT ME UP
YOU LIFT ME UP
[VOCALIZING]
YOU LIFT ME UP
YOU LIFT ME UP
YOU LIFT ME UP.