When Life Gives You Tangerines (2025) s01e02 Episode Script

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[opening theme music playing]
WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU TANGERINES
[woman 7] Oh, that Ae-sun!
-Whoa. Hey! Come on! Stop!
-That damn Ae-sun! Ae-sun, damn you!
-[Gye-ok] Goodness, Mother.
-What did I do?
-[Gye-ok] Please, Mother!
-I told your grandson no!
-[woman 7] That child!
-I said, "No, thank you." All right?
-That damn girl! Ae-sun!
-Oh my God!
Nana, why are you doing this? Why, why?
What?
Tell me why you'd ruin
someone else's cabbages like that.
Why, you little [grunts]
She said, "No, thanks. No, thank you."
[ship horn blares in distance]
[Ae-sun] Barnacles and conches.
A haenyeo's daughter
and a fish seller's son.
Same difference.
It's not like you are nobility.
[feel-good music playing]
[sighs] Nothing will happen
just 'cause we hang out.
[scoffs]
Yeah, I mean, I simply wanna sit
next to somebody's store
so I can run my family business.
It's not like I'm obsessed
with finding a husband.
I wouldn't get hitched to you anyway,
even if they made me.
I'm not crazy.
Why would I marry an island guy?
All my roots are in Seoul.
A store in Gyeonggi.
Your uncle operates one.
In Gyeonggi.
Yeah, and Gyeonggi is nearly Seoul.
[sighs]
Damn sea swallowed up
my mother and my father.
Makes me sick seeing those waves
come from every direction.
You think I'd settle here?
I'm going to marry a man from Seoul,
no matter what.
I won't marry an islander.
Especially anyone that can't comprehend
what "nostalgia" is.
Never!
Cat got your tongue or what?
Why aren't you saying anything?
God, I'd rather hang with
a dolhareubang statue.
So take your hand out of my pocket
since I'm not a guy from Seoul.
[feel-good music continues]
[sighs]
Give away your son if you like.
It sure looks like you're totally fine
giving him away to that girl.
I'd never go against your word, would I?
You would.
[laughs]
You arrived knocked up.
Don't be too harsh on them.
It could make them go too far.
You know what I mean, right?
[woman 7] I know.
That's why I was so darn mad.
If we leave them alone,
they'll run away
in the middle of the night
right under your nose, just like you did.
[laughs] So you're saying that
I robbed you of your son, is that right?
Rumors spread like wildfire
on a small island like ours.
Everyone knows what you did back then.
Why are you pretending to be
such a saint, huh?
Well, he's just a teen.
They'll be together a bit and move on.
Leave them alone.
Once they've had enough, they'll stop.
Why is it so concerning to you?
Not much we can do, you know.
Yes, the sons in our two families
really have been idiots.
They have been confused for generations,
and I'm the mean wench who's crazy.
Leave them alone.
He wouldn't bring a beggar in
just because he feels guilty, right?
Hmm?
-[gentle music playing]
-[bee buzzing]
[Ae-sun] Giving us seer fish today?
Well, aren't we the lucky ones?
Can't believe we get so many freebies.
[Gwan-sik] If I fed people I felt bad for,
I'd give that to a beggar.
At school,
you always used to give me
your leftover milk,
and I'm so damn grateful.
You think I gave you fish
for ten years out of pity?
[Ae-sun] So why do you do it?
You think I'd be a moron for ten years?
So why are you giving them to us?
It's about damn time you told me.
What are you looking at?
Look me in the eye for once
and say something.
[sighs]
You give me food
and never do anything else.
What, your grandma say to give us fish
but to keep your mouth shut?
Did she tell you not to waste your breath?
[grunts]
Damn little runt of a man.
You're such a brat. [grunts]
[groans]
Do you kiss little runt men?
That was my philtrum.
I wouldn't kiss beggars either.
Uh Hold on, um,
so you like me, is that it, huh?
I want to be living with you.
Not not with my grandma.
[splutters]
Oh, um,
but why would you kiss my philtrum,
and after I, well
Oh my God, just shut up already!
What's with you? Your mouth is going,
and you keep saying things,
and I have no idea
what you're talking about.
You're the brat who puts her hand
in my pocket. What am I supposed to say?
-What's with your glossy lips every day?
-I wear lipstick!
-Why?
-So I'm ready.
Uh, what?
Oh shit.
I've been ready since I was 14, and, uh
[Gwan-sik gulps]
[tender pop music playing]
[reporter] The Jeju Canola Flower Festival
has begun once again.
Jeju Island is bustling with tourists
who've gathered to see the scenery
embellished with canola flowers.
Today, there are a great variety
of interesting events
planned for couples as well.
So let's interview some of the visitors.
Hello, would you mind
if I asked a few questions?
-[man 1] No problem.
-So you're here to see the flowers today.
How do you feel about it?
[man] Well
-[pager beeping]
-The flowers remind me of my first love.
[reporter] Oh, your first love.
Of course, yes, yes.
[woman] Go live with her, then.
[reporter] Oh
[man] Oh, Hye-ran. No, no.
[Ae-sun's daughter]
Mom, is Dad your first love?
Was he your first love?
I don't know.
Yeah, I've forgotten.
[Ae-sun's daughter]
Was he your first kiss?
Idiot! Hey, Mom doesn't need that.
You gotta be crazy
to ask a question like that.
-[Ae-sun's daughter] Shut up.
-[son] You little
-[woman 2] So beautiful.
-[reporter] Yes.
[man] More beautiful than
the ones in our city.
Did you know canola flowers
smell really intense?
The smell's sweet and really intense.
And the headache you get,
you you feel like fainting.
[sentimental music playing]
[door closes]
I'm hungry.
Why haven't you eaten anything yet?
God, can't you just
get rid of this thing here?
Oh, dinner will be done in a jiffy.
[pager beeping]
[girl] Why would you watch that?
That's so boring.
The expo
[music playing on TV]
[Ae-sun's son] Oh.
MARINATED CHICKEN
[clattering]
[door closes]
[middle-aged Ae-sun] Had I known that
spring was truly the spring of my life,
I would've dared
to give myself to love even more.
I still won't marry you.
[pop music playing]
Oh, today, uh
Today, the, uh, practice was really tough.
Shut up and walk.
[music continues on radio]
That boy, Sun-bong
Who walks home at eight o'clock ♪
Will I get to see him tomorrow?
I look forward to it ♪
Sun-nam was eating ♪
And now she's gone ♪
Sun-nam was eating ♪
And now she's hiding ♪
I found you!
[middle-aged Ae-sun]
But spring was ever so fickle.
[jaunty music playing]
Just when it felt warm, it would get cold.
Just when it felt cold, it would get hot.
[sighs]
[middle-aged Ae-sun]
It never ceases to keep you guessing.
[clears throat]
We did nothing wrong.
[Ae-sun's stepdad] Min-ok.
-[sighs]
-[Ae-sun's stepdad sighs]
[Min-ok] Morally, I'm a virgin. A virgin.
Legally speaking, I'm single,
so no problem there.
[Ae-sun's stepdad] Min-ok.
Why should I need to play caretaker
to your dead wife's kids?
Why do you act like
someone's lording over you?
Why are you saving face constantly?
Next year, you'll be You will Huh?
-Whoa! Whoa!
-[muffled screaming]
-[Ae-sun's stepdad groaning]
-[muffled screaming]
[sighs]
[clatter]
-[Min-ok] Are you someone's puppet?
-[Ae-sun's stepdad screams]
Mom, Jong-gu is your eldest grandson.
No matter where you look
in our family tree,
he'll lead ancestral rites
when you're gone.
What?
Something troubling you?
[man] So what if it is?
You've been taking care of that family.
Now you want something from us?
Grandma, don't you have your own room?
You all eat and sleep in that one room?
Well, if your family's in this state,
the least you can do is
work at a factory or something
and provide for this family.
Why are you helping them?
Do they pay you enough for this work?
I'm not making a living.
This is just so I can buy sweets.
[man] And and what was that?
Are you a literary girl
yearning for college?
Jong-gu never even went to college.
What?
Do you wanna go to college?
[scoffs]
Mom, do you have savings
to give her when we're in this state?
Get paid by your other family.
They should pay you
so you can pay for college.
You're their housekeeper.
If we had spoiled rice,
we wouldn't give it to a dog.
Ow!
[Ae-sun] Why would you take this down?
It's not yours to take down.
Why did you touch this picture?
-It's not yours!
-What did you expect?
You thought I'd have a picture
of his ex-wife over my head?
Sun-nam, Sun-bong, where were you
when she took down Mom's picture?
How can you eat those right now?
[Min-ok] You see this girl
dividing the family?
She's already working them
to be on her side.
You shouldn't have
only bought four ice pops.
-Okay?
-And why would I get five?
-Why suck up to your ex-wife's daughter?
-Min-ok.
Just forget it.
Please tell me you have some sense left.
Min-ok.
That's okay. Just let it go.
Give me my money.
If you do,
I'll leave even if you tell me to stay.
[Min-ok] Wait.
No. You borrowed money from a child?
Min-ok.
For what purpose?
-I would never
-I want the tuition money right now.
You said if I raised your kids,
you'd send me to college.
[Min-ok] Oh.
He gave you a home
when you had nowhere to go.
Now you want a sack of cash too?
[Ae-sun] Give me my money. You promised.
And I even sold your cabbages too.
Why won't you pay me?
You said you'd be too scared of Mom
and that you'd never con me.
[Min-ok] Why would he be
afraid of a dead wife?
He should be more scared
of his kids growing fast.
Min-ok.
Next year, by this time,
he'll have three to take care of.
Why would he pay for your tuition?
More importantly, Byeong-cheol
barely has enough cash to provide for us.
Rumor has it he lives with me
because he can't pay me what he owes.
-Na Min-ok.
-What? Damn you, Byeong-cheol!
Sh! Sh.
[Byeong-cheol grunts]
Get it, my dear? He had you fooled.
See, you're on your own, Ae-sun.
[man] Of course you're on your own now.
What'd you expect?
In life,
you learn it's every man for himself.
Right now,
best thing is learning to solder.
They teach you the skill, they feed you,
they pay you, and you're a patriot.
There's no better opportunity
for you than this.
And see, it's on the mainland,
just like you always wanted.
If you work like a dog for a few years,
they'll pay you 15,000 won a month.
And if you live at the factory,
you won't have to spend any money.
So you
send us back half the money
each month, all right?
Every single month. Hmm?
[wistful music playing]
The eldest grandson
in the family's debt is yours.
Jong-gu has to do well
for you to find a husband.
[scoffs]
You know, Mom said it's easier
to to just be a cow
than to be a girl in Jeju.
Jong-gu's been holding
ancestral rites for your father.
Don't talk of things you don't understand.
Oh, Jong-gu's rice is getting cold.
I won't work there.
I won't do it.
I won't take care of
your family or my siblings.
No one.
If you won't work,
where will you go, then?
You wanna live in this tiny house
and add to our worries?
I won't do that. Any of it.
If I keep living like an idiot,
it'll make
it'll make Mom cry.
[man sighs]
Ae-sun,
think it through.
Your mom is gone for good.
Huh?
You won't be
welcome anywhere in the world.
[man sighs]
[music fades]
How many rooms are in your house?
Your grandmother's word is law, right?
It is, yeah? It is, right?
[sobs]
What what happened to you?
Who who upset you?
"Go to Busan," he said!
He told me to go work at a factory.
I don't have a home anymore.
Sun-nam and Sun-bong took popsicles
from that woman,
and my grandma's family is broke.
And I'm not wanted
anywhere anymore.
The only one who even cares about me,
the only one has to be you, Yang Gwan-sik.
So [sobs]
Why me?
Why is it a boy from this island?
[Ae-sun crying]
There's an outcry with no sound
An eternal handkerchief of nostalgia
That waves
That waves towards the blue sea
[Ae-sun] I'm going to marry a man
from Seoul, no matter what.
A true heart like a wave, flaps
A true heart flaps like a wave
Just like the wind
I'd never marry a man who doesn't know
what "nostalgia" is. Never!
[Gwan-sik] The first man hanging
In the air
Ah, who is he?
Suspended in the air, the first man
With a blue
And bitter, bitter heart inside
Who cares if you know
what "nostalgia" means?
What about college?
What about being a poet?
And the mainland?
[Ae-sun crying]
I can't give you everything.
But I'll do one thing,
even if my life depends on it.
Hey, can you at least just say that you'll
give me everything?
Tell me that you'll give me
the stars and the moon.
How can I live with a boy like you?
I don't know. I can't be a liar.
You're actually scared
of your grandmother, too, aren't you?
[both crying]
This is an outcry with no sound
Oh, shut up.
[upbeat pop music playing]
There's an outcry with no sound
[Ae-sun] Stop it!
An eternal handkerchief of nostalgia
That waves toward the blue sea
[upbeat pop music continues]
[whistling]
[whistling]
[Gwan-sik] You don't have to fight to win.
The way I see it,
even if you're a pro wrestler
like "Headbutting" Kim Il,
it's better to avoid a punch
than to fight back.
[upbeat pop music continues]
[Ae-sun] Even when we run away,
we have to take what we're owed, don't we?
Sh.
[upbeat pop music continues]
[music fades]
Your grandmother is going
to have me imprisoned for life.
[groans]
You sure you won't regret this?
Because once we leave Jeju,
there won't be any turning back anymore.
Uh, damn it. [grunts]
You don't get
a second opportunity in life.
If your life and my life
join together as one,
we tough it out together,
whether we live or die.
So if you're afraid, then go now.
Just run home, okay?
In the19 years I've lived, I, uh
I've never felt this excited.
[distant siren wailing]
[upbeat pop music resumes]
-How fast is your 100 meters?
-Twenty-four seconds.
All right. Let's go.
[Ae-sun's daughter] Who can stop spring
when it arrives inevitably?
FEMALE RUNAWAY PREVENTION PERIOD
Springtime in Jeju
arrived particularly early
that year.
[distant siren wailing]
[tender music playing]
[man on radio] To celebrate
a springtime revolution,
the May 16 military coup,
all provinces of the nation
are preparing for festivals.
For this
[Ae-sun's daughter] That spring,
their coup, as ambitious
as their first voyage
[man on radio] The president
started a revolution
when the nation needed protection from
Kim Shin-jo's team of North Korea.
wasn't as revolutionary as they'd hoped.
Provincial ID, please.
Provincial ID.
Without ID,
we'll consider you DPRK agents.
You said you're both adults.
Let's see your IDs.
Why do you look scared,
sitting in a corner like this?
What are you saying? I don't understand.
-Uh, sir.
-I think you're minors.
[splutters] Sir? We're not, um
You're both runaways, huh?
How'd you end up together? Wow.
Oh, what are you trying to say, sir?
I don't understand at all.
Kids are so ballsy these days. Shit.
How dare you
get on this ship by yourselves?
So throw us over.
What?
Throw us overboard here.
[scoffs] What makes you so brash?
Is your family rich?
Is your father a politician or what?
Throw us over.
What's that?
Come on, girl. What?
What are you?
Married.
What?
Husband and wife.
We're married because we're adults.
How can kids get married?
Let's go, babe.
[big-band music playing]
[ship horn blares]
So what are you two?
Husband and wife.
What do I do with those?
Why are you being so rude to us, ma'am?
Are these really yours?
Are people in Busan
typically this rude to customers?
We're all adults here.
-Did you steal these?
-They're his grandmother's rings.
I need to see your IDs.
We forgot them.
[scoffs] Oh, yes, I'm sure.
You just forgot, yeah.
-I was born in, uh, '49.
-That was the Year of the Tiger.
-'49, Year of the Tiger.
-Year of the Ox, dear.
What are these? You stole 'em or what?
-Are you a thief, kid?
-We're runaways.
[music fades]
[distant siren wailing]
NAMPOJANG INN
[Ae-sun] We don't have a provincial ID
or a national ID.
We were robbed,
so we don't have anything with us, unless
Take it out.
Can you let us have a room for this?
Guess not.
Uh, you could see if a pawn shop wants it.
[woman] Newlyweds?
You look like newlyweds.
Are you kids on your honeymoon?
Huh. Hmm.
No problem.
You pay us tomorrow, okay?
Wow, how kind of you.
Are we running a charity, dear?
[woman] Their wallets were stolen
on their honeymoon.
They must be so upset.
[sighs]
-Wait, are you giving us a room?
-[chuckles]
Don't feel bad about being robbed here.
Busan's hospitality is top-notch.
[knife cutting]
You could voice your opinion, you know.
You that scared of your grandma?
I'm not afraid of her.
Did she say you're naughty if you speak up
and then virtuous if you run away?
[fan rattles]
I'm not afraid of my grandmother.
Fine, you're not.
I was afraid of her
giving you a hard time.
Are you okay with giving up on athletics?
I'm not even that good.
I only went 'cause you get milk and bread.
What are you, a hog?
You should take the GED.
I'll work at the factory.
Do you know the reason
I'm going to marry Yang Gwan-sik,
the least cool boy in all of Jeju?
You are
like steel.
We may get hungry,
but you'll never break my heart.
Even if I was given
a gold or a silver axe,
I would choose the steel axe.
The steel one's useful.
Nobody would give you
a gold or silver axe anyway.
Yeah, the least cool boy I know. [tuts]
You said we're married.
Seems like we're not.
Uh, It doesn't seem like it at all now.
Yang Gwan-sik.
[stomach growling]
-[knock at door]
-[woman] Excuse me.
Jeez.
Why are you giddy
when she ripped off your rings?
She, uh, did swipe
your yellow dress, right?
You know, the boy's family,
Gwan-sik, right?
At his house, their gold frog is gone.
She poached their gold frog
and their son too.
You're so giddy. Is this fun for you?
The kid's grandma,
see, she almost fainted. [laughs]
Man, oh man, they're rash.
How'd they imagine
running off to Busan like that?
But rumor has it, they may have
caused a riot on that boat.
[Byeong-cheol sighs]
They've been saying
that Ae-sun was behind the whole thing.
-Jeez.
-[chuckles]
Ae-sun is a romantic, huh?
-Well, come on, they're lovers on the run.
-What's the point of it all?
Who cares about romance?
Once food becomes a problem,
then they'll start to hate each other.
What's being hungry at that age, huh?
Right now, even if all day,
they just eat tangerines together
on a cold marble floor,
they'd still be happy.
Min-ok.
Were you happy?
I've never eaten tangerines with you,
my dear.
[sighs]
Now we could.
[Gye-ok] Anyone home?
Write down the outfit
you think she wore, okay?
-Evidently, she stole your clothes.
-Are you going after them?
You're like a bounty hunter.
That's so cool.
How will you find them?
You never will. You never will.
[Gye-ok sighs]
Stop talking and write it down now.
-I don't know what she wore.
-What?
I sell fashion door-to-door.
I have so many clothes.
[Gye-ok sighs] Damn it.
[Byeong-cheol] Oh man.
It's their first night, probably.
-[Min-ok] Ah.
-Shut up.
Busan's hospitality is top-notch.
This is Busan's crown jewel.
It'd be a shame
for you to miss tasting a bit.
Is this all free of charge?
Busan is a huge city.
[woman] The floor's all warm now.
So just finish drinking the soju
and get some sleep, all right?
If both of you lie down
on this nice warm floor,
then you will melt like
a little butter in a frying pan.
But before you melt on the floor
[grunts]
take your time
and enjoy
your night.
[melodic acoustic guitar music playing]
Oh, well, it is your honeymoon, after all.
[woman laughs]
Oh dear, you're both flushed.
Please just get right to it.
You're in the best place
for a night like this.
Here, even the most unschooled men
learn everything there is to know.
Stop it, miss.
[music stops]
Oh dear.
Please just stop.
[laughing]
Give it everything.
[upbeat pop music playing]
[woman] Give it everything.
Give it everything.
[music fades]
[merchant in distance]
Jaecheop-guk for sale. Jaecheop-guk.
Jaecheop-guk for sale. Jaecheop-guk.
[Ae-sun moans]
Is the toilet clean?
[Gwan-sik] Huh?
Yeah.
It's completely fine.
[sighs]
Huh?
Did you break the fan?
[Gwan-sik] Huh?
Um, maybe a screw fell out.
[sighs] Well, just leave it, then.
-Okay?
-Okay. But what if they charge us for it?
But see, Busan's hospitality is top-notch.
[twinkling]
BILL
TOTAL: 640 WON
[uneasy music playing]
Didn't she say all that stuff
she gave us was on the house?
Hmm. [grunts]
Ow. What's this?
What's this?
Ow, that hurt.
[Ae-sun moans]
What's going on?
What? What is it?
What? What's going on, hmm?
-Our suitcase.
-Hmm?
-Where's our suitcase?
-Suitcase?
[Gwan-sik] Were any other rooms robbed?
[Ae-sun] Were there guests
who seemed strange?
-What are you suggesting, miss?
-What?
Stop playing around and pay up.
The charges are for room service
and for breaking the fan mount.
The broken mount is the evidence.
Why would it be broken though?
-The thief was tip-toeing in the dark.
-Stop!
You guys broke the fan.
I know it was you two.
-Why would we do it?
-Well, hold on.
Look, it's possible
your guests saw something.
-Maybe we could ask.
-Mm-hmm.
Let's call ourselves
the hotel where they rob guests.
Ah, maybe your wife saw something.
-[Ae-sun] Yeah.
-[woman] Sorry?
I never saw you with any bag at all.
-I remember you came here empty-handed.
-[child] And you will sit right here.
-[woman] Hey.
-Yeah?
Did you see these people
bring a suitcase with them?
Mm-mm.
-[Ae-sun groans]
-Ah, what?
Oh, this came from the suitcase we had.
-But it was left on the floor.
-[man] Wow!
You didn't even have a suitcase,
so we took pity on you kids.
Now you want us to give you one?
No. No, we set our suitcase
by this window.
-You gave me the key.
-[woman] You must be so upset.
Right, well,
why don't we call the police?
Should we call them
and tell them
that these kids here are runaways?
[child] Busan's hospitality
is top-notch, huh?
-This is Busan's crown jewel.
-[sighs]
It'd be such a shame
if you didn't get to taste this.
[siren wailing]
MISSING PERSONS
YANG GWAN-SIK, MALE, AGE 19
HANDSOME
OH AE-SUN, FEMALE, AGE 18
VIXEN-LIKE
[Gye-ok] Yes.
[officer] Look, ma'am,
you may as well search
for them at Jagalchi Market.
How in the world will you find kids
who were so determined to run away?
[moans] I'm running out of time, Mother.
Enough about your dreams already.
I've gotta go, okay?
Dream reading?
And why'd the rooster snatch the kids?
[moans] Are you telling me
you'd like some chicken for supper?
[child] Cock-a-doodle-doo.
[woman] Newlyweds, huh?
[child] Here's the fried chicken
you ordered.
Enjoy your meal!
Do you take me for a moron? Huh?
You really thought you had me fooled?
Why did you give us a room and alcohol?
-Without bags or any money at all?
-Stop yapping.
Let's call the police now.
Let's call the cops and have your mother
come by boat from Jeju.
I should break this girl's legs, damn it.
[Gwan-sik] How did you know
we're from Jeju?
[gasps]
[grunts]
Get out. Yeah, go.
-I'll just pretend it's bad luck. Go!
-[Ae-sun] Wait a minute.
How did you know we're from Jeju? How?
Shall I call the police?
How about we argue over every detail?
Boarding passes.
I know you robbed us.
They were in our bag.
[gasps]
You idiot.
[child] You idiot.
[whimpers] Oh, my bag.
Oh.
Our suitcase, wow.
Give it back.
Oh, that suitcase is all we have left.
[whimpers]
Oh, my mom's picture is in that suitcase.
[sobs] Oh, my suitcase.
You kept making the room hotter.
Then you kept giving us drinks.
You made sure we were fast asleep
to be able to steal our suitcase.
Wait, all the towels
they have were stolen too.
SUBONGYONG SAUNA
NAMPO BARBERSHOP - JUNGANG SAUNA
You thieves.
You you thieves.
You have evidence?
-The boarding passes! You saw them.
-[woman] So what if we did?
-Where's the evidence?
-Where's the evidence?
[breathes shakily]
[woman] Leave while
we're still being nice.
You know, before we sell the both of you.
[child] Leave while
we're still being nice.
[bicycle bell rings]
The suitcase was all we had.
[sighs]
That was the only picture of Mom I had.
The gold frog was in there too.
[sighs] That's what we get for begging.
The same as
those little storybook children
who were beguiled by breadcrumbs
and captured by a witch.
I don't know them.
Hansel and Gretel.
Never heard of it.
[Ae-sun sighs]
Oh, well, I always thought those kids
were the biggest morons.
They shoved candy in their mouths
with no clue about
how close they were to being eaten.
[whimpers]
What happened to those kids?
Did they live?
They killed her.
-She killed the kids?
-No.
They killed her.
The children pushed the witch
[intriguing music playing]
into an oven, and
and they burned her alive.
Ae-sun.
They killed her,
took all her silver,
gold, and all her treasures,
and they lived happily ever after.
[chuckles]
Uh, Ae-sun
They really were something.
[grunts, sighs]
[music fades]
[intriguing music resumes]
[woman] It's all on the house. All free.
Busan's hospitality is top-notch.
Drink all of that in this warm room,
and you'll melt on the floor
like butter in a frying pan.
[chuckles]
-This and this and this right here.
-Oh, what happened to your fan?
Damn it! It happened yesterday.
Lunatics got in,
making a total mess of the place.
[Ae-sun] Hurry. Let me climb on your back.
-[Gwan-sik] Oh, okay.
-[Ae-sun] Hurry.
[woman] Ah, these kids came in here
and made us so mad.
I wanted to strangle them,
but I let them go.
We're all polite here, you know?
[knocking at door]
[music fades]
What is it?
[both] Excuse us.
I think I've had enough freebies.
-Those "free things"?
-If you get drunk, they'll rob you.
She said to drink it all
and melt like butter, right?
Who are you guys?
Listen. Just don't
turn off the lights, okay?
[suspenseful music playing]
Why isn't she sleeping?
[sighs]
Hey, bug.
[man groans]
Well, we're not making money tonight.
Charge her double for soju tomorrow.
Oh man.
Oh man.
The gold frog
and Mom's picture is priority. Got it?
[music fades]
[Ae-sun] We look for our stuff first,
and if we can't find it,
we take their cash box, okay?
We'd be at a loss still.
Frog's worth more than their box.
You see, we're not stealing.
[Ae-sun sighs]
We need our things
to live together, right?
Gwan-sik.
You must be the head of the house, 'kay?
-[Gwan-sik gulps]
-Baby.
Baby.
[gulps]
Let's go.
[suspenseful music playing]
-[snoring]
-[Ae-sun gasps]
[whispers] It's not there.
Not there.
[hinges creak]
[whispers] Hey. Hey.
Don't open it.
Don't open it.
Cash. Cash. Cash.
Cashbox.
[Gwan-sik gasps]
[whispers] Got it.
[music fades]
[whispers] Let's just go.
Go. I'll get you a new one.
[gasps]
-[child crying]
-[screaming]
-[Gwan-sik screams]
-[Ae-sun whimpers]
[Gwan-sik] Run! Come on!
-[quirky music playing]
-[Ae-sun grunting]
[man] Hey! Stop!
-Stop!
-[panting] Hey!
The cashbox.
-[Ae-sun] Lady! [grunts]
-[woman] Put it down.
-Right. 24 seconds. 24 seconds.
-[man] Put down the cashbox.
-Damn it, you asshole.
-Put down the cashbox.
I swear I'll beat this girl to a pulp.
[whimpers]
I'm done for.
Oh, just go.
Go! Just go!
You want us to sell this girl? Huh?
Somewhere she won't be found?
[grunts]
That's the pit of my stomach.
[gasping]
My stomach, my stomach.
[woman] Put it down before I lose it.
-[man] Come at me. Let's do it.
-[woman] Put it down, damn it!
[Ae-sun moans]
-[Ae-sun] Okay, let up a bit. I'm dying.
-[woman] Quiet, you.
Damn it. Put it down. Now!
-[Ae-sun] Lady, lady.
-[man] Look at that punk.
Yeah. Just go.
-[woman] Put it down.
-Yeah, run along, asshole.
Go, go, asshole. Go.
[growls]
[man] That damn punk.
[pop disco music playing]
[woman] I said, put it down, you scum!
That's right. There you go.
[man] What the
what the hell is he doing? What?
[Ae-sun's daughter] Mom's first love
was the karate master Choi Bae-dal.
And Mom
was "Headbutting" Kim Il.
[screaming]
[pop disco music continues]
"THE SAME SKY, THE SAME STARS,
ETCHED IN THE SAME HEARTS"
[music ends]