[unsettling music playing]
FIVE YEARS LATER, 1920
JAPANESE ARMY 19TH DIVISION HOERYŎNG GARRISON CAMP
[urinating]
[leaves rustling]
[leaves rustle]
-[footsteps] -[man breathing heavily]
What's that?
[soldier] Who… who is it?
[heavy breathing intensifies]
State your name and rank.
Name and rank right now!
[tense music playing]
-[tense music subsides] -[man mumbling]
[soldier] Sugiyama?
[gasps, muffled] I need to talk to Major Minami.
[panting]
[footsteps slowly approaching]
[Minami] Well, then, tell me.
What was it that happened to the rest of your squad?
And how come you returned alive?
[Sugiyama] Yes, yesterday, we all went
on a scouting mission to Orangkae Pass, and…
and then,
that was when they found us.
And just who are "they," huh?
Beasts and monsters.
-[dramatic music playing] -[footsteps]
-[horse whinnies] -Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
You, there! Who are you?
[laughing]
Stop blocking the path
of the Imperial Scouting Force
of the great nation of Japan, you fool.
If you don't clear the way now, you'll die!
This is the Orangkae Trail.
Hoeryŏng and on to Myeongjeong, this all belongs to us,
so heed my warning!
If you try to take so much as a single step forward,
you will be invading our land.
Do you understand?
If you dare to make one more move,
I'll crush all of your men into dust!
-[laughs] -[soldier 1] What did he say?
[soldier 2] He lost his country and his mind, I guess.
-[soldier 3] Is he insane? -Should we kill him, sir?
[all laughing]
-Let's go on. -[soldier 1] March!
-Sir, no! -[grunts]
[screaming]
Now you better listen!
-Load your guns, men! -[Choong-soo] If you take one more step,
even a single step forward from there,
then you will all be utterly destroyed!
Don't take a step forward from--
[sighs] Damn it. It doesn't matter.
Kill them all!
-[gunshots] -[soldiers grunting]
[whimpering]
[screaming, grunting]
[Choong-soo] Kill them all!
-Kill them all! -[soldier 1] Charge, men!
[grunting]
-[dramatic music ends] -[cigarette burns]
[exhales]
So, then, you're saying that your entire squad
was crushed without any resistance?
[nervously] No, Major. That's not what happened.
We all fought them back as soldiers of our great army, sir.
-Fire! Return fire! -[gunshots]
-Return fire! -[grunts]
[screams, pants]
However, much as I told you earlier,
they were all pure monsters, sir.
[prodding horse]
-[arrow whistling] -[grunts]
[tense music playing]
[grunting]
[prodding horse]
[Sugiyama] The man called Choi Choong-soo…
[horse whinnies]
…used to be a leader in Joseon's Righteous Army.
And despite his old age,
he still boasts of inhumanly perfect aim with his bow.
[arrow whistling]
And then the blade that he fought with…
[blade rasps]
[dramatic music playing]
[grunting]
[soldier screams]
…was strong enough to cut through mountains
and stop rivers from flowing.
-[screams] -[gasps]
[whimpers]
Help me! Anyone, help me!
-[dramatic music fades] -[resonating sound plays]
-[dramatic music resumes] -[screams]
[screams]
-[groaning] -[blood squelching]
[bullet whizzing]
[grunts]
[soldiers grunting]
[unsettling music playing]
[breathing heavily]
Ah, this is how the old man shows me thanks, huh?
[tense music playing]
[Sugiyama] Kang San-gun is
a great hunter from Mount Seorak, they say.
The last of the Joseon Tiger Hunting Force,
renowned for their skill.
[tense music ends]
[grunts]
[dramatic music playing]
-[bullet whizzing] -[grunts]
[Sugiyama] Even amongst them, his tiger-hunting skills were so great,
he was dubbed the "King of the Mountains."
-[music swells to crescendo] -[scoffs]
So this Joseon commander, fighting with just a sword and bow,
and his tiger-hunting friend defeated your entire squad?
You've got to be kidding me, right?
I wish I'd imagined all of this, sir. I really do.
Everyone from my squad would be alive and sitting here with us today.
[gunshot]
-Ah, today I just keep on saving-- -[gun cocks]
[footsteps approaching]
[soldier] Hands in the air!
[unsettling music playing]
Hey. Come on. Just hear me out, okay?
Wait! Seeing violence always roils my stomach, okay?
Wait while I close my eyes a bit, yeah?
I closed my eyes, Choraeng-yi!
-[whooshing] -[grunts]
[soldier 2] Where is he?
-[funky music playing] -[bushes rustling]
[soldier 3] Who is it?
[Sugiyama] Every single member of my squad,
they were all killed by Choraeng-yi.
Choraeng-yi, as his name implies, used to be a clown in a Namsadangpae.
He moved so nimbly,
it was almost impossible to hit him with a bullet.
He's a flying tiger. That's what he is!
[grunts, screams]
[gunshot]
-[Choraeng-yi screaming] -[exhales]
-[rifle rattling] -[soldier] No, uh, hurry, just load!
[whimpering]
[exhales]
[grunts]
[panting]
[whimpering]
Whoa!
[whooshing]
[grunts]
[exhales]
[Choraeng-yi laughs]
[distant screaming]
All done.
So then what's all that screaming I can still hear over there, you liar?
[unsettling music playing]
[man screams]
[Choraeng-yi] That isn't me, man.
Okay, I swear to you.
Geumsu. It's Geumsu.
[soldier 1 screams]
[soldier 2 grunts]
[soldier 3 grunts]
[Sugiyama] Then there's the Geumsu. He was truly worse than a beast itself.
[soldier 4 moaning]
[soldier 5 whimpering]
[Geumsu grunting]
[soldier 6 screams, grunts]
[soldier 6 gasping]
[Sugiyama] I don't know anything at all about the man or his history…
[straining]
…other than
he is a devil that no ordinary soldier could ever kill.
And you cowered and cringed so they'd let you live.
That's how you managed to survive the fight, isn't it?
Because you begged? [shouts] Is that what you did?
[grunts, whimpers]
[blade rasps]
[Minami] I don't need a soldier who begs the enemy for his life.
[Sugiyama whimpers]
So take your own life.
[whimpers] Sir, I… I'm sorry! Truly, I'm sorry!
Your words are meaningless now!
Do what you must and be brave.
Wait, I… I… I know who's been leading them, sir.
The face of their captain!
Sir, I saw their captain's face.
[unsettling music playing]
[shuddered breathing]
[Minami] Then what did he look like?
Just what does their captain's face look like, then, huh?
He… he… he is a…
[shuddered breathing]
…he is a…
[Yoon] You're the only one left.
Do you wanna join them too?
[Choraeng-yi] You're the only one of your squad left.
Do you want to join them in the grave?
No. No!
[Yoon] Then forsake everything you own, and I'll let you live.
Give up everything you own, and he just might let you leave alive.
[Yoon] Your conscience, your beliefs,
your country forsaken, then you can live.
You're better off than us, at least,
by having things to abandon, you see?
[Sugiyama] Their captain's
face is…
Soon you can observe it for yourself, sir.
-[angry sigh] -[gunshots]
[soldier 1] The enemy! The enemy is here!
-[tense music playing] -[soldier 2] Someone bring me a gun!
-[screams] -[Sugiyama whimpers]
[Minami] You pathetic, cowardly bastard!
I wanted to keep on living, even as a coward. I'm sorry, sir--
-[blood squelches] -[soldier 1] Don't shoot! Don't shoot!
-[gunshot] -[soldier 2] We can't hold them!
-[gunshots continue] -[soldier 3 screams]
-[soldier 4 grunts] -[blade rasps]
[San-gun] Good evening. It's so nice to meet you.
Look, this jackass doesn't even say hello!
[dramatic music playing]
Are you with the insurgents?
[Yoon chuckles]
Are you with the insurgents?
[music fades]
No, no.
[gun cocks]
Just bandits.
[upbeat pop music playing]
♪ Where do I go? ♪
♪ Got lost, alone ♪
♪ Keep it sharp till the end of time ♪
♪ Burn it down ♪
♪ We gotta make them pay their price ♪
♪ Rages inside ♪
♪ I know, oh, I know ♪
♪ I'll hunt you down tonight ♪
♪ Yeah, I'll hunt you down tonight ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, tonight ♪
SONG OF THE BANDITS
[birds chirping]
[water splashes]
GYEONGSEONG, AUGUST 1920
I asked you to see me here like this, even though I'm being improper.
I'm sorry for that.
It's just that
there's a question I must ask if that's all right with you?
[woman] Of course. What's your question?
Would you…
consider marriage to me, or…
Why did you wait so long to ask though?
You left me waiting for ages.
What?
I will marry you. Gwang-il, I would like to.
Wait. You mean that?
You're saying you wanna get married?
[pants]
My whole life…
my whole life, I will always love you.
[gentle music playing]
Hee-shin.
I will too.
You are the only one I love, Gwang-il.
[indistinct chattering]
-[San-gun] Come on. -[man grunts]
[San-gun] Put your back into it!
[man grunts]
Damn! Now these are some great guns, huh?
Yeah. By the way, did you hear?
What is it?
The independence soldiers won again, you know?
And it seems like
they beat the Japanese Army real good this time, you know?
Really?
Then that's great.
Yeah, it seems the insurgent army is winning.
They could actually bring back a little freedom, huh?
I'd never have guessed. It's crazy.
It may not be freedom quite yet,
but in Gando, I guess, they're all breathing easier.
Oh, you're right, yeah.
I turned all patriotic without even realizing it. Wow.
[soldier 1] Hey. Hey, you.
[San-gun] Look. That asshole's at it again.
Hmm?
It's becoming a full-blown addiction now. Look at that damn thief. Just look.
-[scoffs] -How long's he been stealing?
He's been stealing from us since he came here, so it's been a while.
He steals those and sells 'em behind our backs.
Really?
Just how much do you need to love money to steal from your-- It's just-- Ah, fuck.
Assholes like him would sell, like, their own mothers, you know?
Goddamn traitor, that asshole. He's just-- Ugh!
[both chuckle]
Laughing?
Hyung, come on, don't. Go and talk to him, at least. Seriously!
If you don't knock it off, I'll break both--
Aw, fuck. [grunts]
You all right?
Yeah.
I guess I, uh, went too hard with my gun earlier,
but it's fine, it's fine.
[San-gun coughs]
[coughs, clears throat]
[Yoon] You sure you're fine?
Yeah, don't worry. Anyway, Hyung.
If we're really gonna be free men, I'm really hoping it happens soon.
I can tolerate a lot of this outlaw lifestyle…
[groans]
…but the food is complete shit.
It doesn't sit right. It makes me homesick.
[sighs]
[clears throat]
[Yoon] What's the worst part, then?
Hey, I'm just saying. Freedom seems kinda nice, don't you think?
But I'm not picky. [laughs]
[Choraeng-yi] What's this freedom nonsense?
What, do you think it's easy to break free?
Ten years at least before we're free. You can count on it.
See, the shaman just came by two days ago, and that's what she says.
Yeah, right. She's useless, your shaman.
And she looks way more like a general than a mystic, and she makes up stuff.
She said that I was going to get married, you jackass.
It's 'cause you refused to do her ritual, that's why.
Got you a discount and everything, cheap-ass.
-Come on, you little… -Ah!
Choraeng-yi arranged it?
[chuckles] Busy guy, huh?
Oh, yeah, Hyung. Busy, crazy guy, all right.
He'll just grab a guy at random from the village and say,
"A spirit's on your back! You need a ritual, quick!"
And for how much? Ten won, right? Huh?
[chuckles]
It was 20 won to start, but I cut it down 50%.
I worked really hard to persuade the shaman.
It took three days!
-[Geumsu] Twenty won? -Whoa!
-[Geumsu grunts] -[man 1] Whoa, guys!
-[man 2] Hey, stop it! -Oh no, what's gotten into them now?
[Geumsu] You said 30 won for my father's sending ritual!
And my mother's ritual was the same price!
[grunts] Thirty won!
You just took me for 60 won, you son of a bitch!
-Hang on. -Get over here!
I'll pull out that lying tongue!
Watching our men just beating up each other…
[Geumsu] Come here!
…scares me way more than the Japanese.
Wow, the moment they lock eyes, you can bet a battle's about to start.
Huh? They wouldn't come here if their brains worked right, huh?
They'd join the insurgents.
Leave 'em alone. They'll stop before long.
That's the dilemma, Hyung,
because when they need, they waste money on some medical care, right?
[Yoon chuckles]
Can you stop giggling and make those guys--
Ah, forget it, forget it. Choong-soo, hey!
Choong-soo, they're fighting again!
Hey, where is the old man? Probably napping somewhere, huh?
[San-gun] Ah shit. He must be hiding somewhere again.
Hey, stop fighting, you assholes!
[indistinct chattering]
[Yoon] You're here again, huh?
You didn't have to come all the way here. It's a rough climb.
Yeah, the climb is rough, so I was worried you'd get hurt.
You can see Joseon so well from here.
[Choong-soo] That's why they call it the Orangkae Pass.
You know, back in the day,
this is exactly where the savages gathered and stood
and looked down at the Joseon lands.
And the sight ignited their ambition to invade.
But now, the situation's reversed.
Now, it's such a doleful place for those forced to leave their lands.
[Yoon] You miss it dearly?
Very much so.
When I think of my home, there's nothing I don't miss.
Everything that was truly important that mattered before all this,
I would have appreciated more if I'd known I'd be away for so long.
[Yoon sighs]
Are you thinking of that lady again?
Strangely, I always seem to think of her here…
[sentimental music playing]
…because she was my first in a few respects.
Is that right?
What were those respects, exactly?
Mm, the first noble to ask my name, not who I served.
The first noble to smile and hold my hand in hers.
And the first person who…
brought me sincere joy just by looking me in the eyes.
The first time I felt like that, yeah.
Though she must've forgotten me now.
[Choong-soo] So,
you miss her a lot, don't you, Yoon?
[Yoon] I do regret it a bit
with how much Ionging I've ended up with.
I should've gone to see her more.
[sentimental music continues]
Yes, I regret it. Just like you.
[music fades]
[vehicle approaching]
-This is it? -Yes.
Then let's go.
-[door closes] -[jazz music playing]
[Gwang-il] Hee-shin.
[breathes nervously]
What are you doing way out here? I didn't know you had a meeting today.
Yes, I'm here on business, just for an interview.
-It's related to my work. -Oh, of course. I see, yes.
Right. This here is First Lieutenant Han Tae-ju.
He's a subordinate of…
Uh, he's a friend of mine, yes.
We've been partnered together too.
[Hee-shin] Hello, Lieutenant.
My pleasure entirely, miss.
And my congrats. You'll make a stunning bride.
I'm flattered. Thanks.
Oh, do you think you'd mind if I sat with you for just a minute?
Oh, no. Not at all. Have a seat.
Uh, would you, uh, go and save us a seat over there?
Oh, yes.
Well, miss, thanks for the pleasure of meeting.
Have a seat.
So you're here for work, you said?
That's strange. Why didn't you say anything?
Uh, the meeting was a bit sudden, that's all.
My apologies. There wasn't time to tell you.
See, a ceremony's being held in Myeongjeong
for the Cheondo Light Railway on the 30th this month.
The Japanese government decided
I'll attend the groundbreaking as their ambassador.
Oh.
Myeongjeong.
Well, Myeongjeong is dangerous
because a lot of the insurgents live there, you see.
Try to be cautious.
And submit a request to the State Office to get some guards to escort you.
Yes, of course. I'm happy to do as you say.
Your concern is appreciated.
No, it's my duty, you know?
It's natural to look after your future wife. Don't mention it.
Uh, Hee-shin.
I'm sorry, but it's…
Well, it's your appointment, uh,
can you try to have it somewhere else?
In some other place, why?
An insurgent is going to come here.
What?
[unsettling music playing]
My sources have discovered a tailor, a man named Jang Seok,
in the Main District.
And we received intel that he's meeting
a member of the Independence Army here today.
So you understand why I'm here with "friends" too.
Uh… [breathes nervously] Is… is that right?
Yes. So, then, Hee-shin, move your appointment, all right?
You and I are working for the country as patriots.
It's just the job that I'm doing is a little bit rough,
and I feel like my fiancée can't be exposed to it.
Right. Perhaps I'd better take that advice.
Then I should leave without delay but make doubly sure you're safe.
I love you, Gwang-il.
-[gasps] -[unsettling music playing]
[Gwang-il] Hee-shin.
I love you too, my dear.
-[door closes] -[shuddered breathing]
[tense music playing]
[breathing echoing]
Stop, hey!
-[men shouting] -[Hee-shin breathing heavily]
[man 1] What's going on?
-[tires squeal] -[people gasp]
[people murmuring]
-[grunting] -[soldier 1] You asshole!
[soldier 2] I'll crush you, you bastard!
[soldier 3] Get up!
[soldier 4] You Josenjing!
[Gwang-il sighs]
[Hee-shin breathes heavily]
Look away.
Maybe you should just go.
I'll talk to you soon.
[Hee-shin] I think there was a leak.
They knew everything.
Time, place, even Jang's identity.
It was a nearly seamless ambush.
It's likely the leak originated with our side.
Sir, you must take precautions.
And especially, keep an eye on your crew.
[man] The war funds we were sending to the North Route Army.
Comrade Jang Seok had it, didn't he?
And the plan was for you to receive it today
and deliver it to the North Route Army.
Yes.
[sighs]
Unfortunate.
My men can't hope to get 100,000 won so soon.
But maybe
we try other options.
[man] What other option?
Hoeryŏng's Bank branch
is sending twice that to Gando's Myeongjeong office
as a railroad construction fund on August 30th.
We'll loot the entire sum and give it to the North Route Army.
You mean, you seriously intend to raid an armored truck?
It's much too perilous.
If the worst-case scenario should happen, and our people get caught,
our whole organization will--
[Hee-shin] Don't you worry about that.
I could do it myself, sir,
without support from here.
[man] How could you possibly do that?
No.
Let's find another way.
I can't approve of an operation that puts anyone's life at this much risk.
-No, sir, I'm-- -[man] Comrade Nam.
Just when, exactly, will you stop shaming yourself this way?
I'm mortified that I had to match you with that bastard Gwang-il.
I'm so ashamed that I can't
even bear the thought of making myself face you.
-I've decided the operation won't happen. -[Hee-shin] They get one rifle.
200 bullets.
One hand grenade.
-[melancholy music playing] -[gentle sob]
Five potatoes.
A portion of grain.
A pair of straw shoes.
Those are…
what the soldiers in Gando receive on their enlistment as supply kits.
Six days is how long those supplies must last.
You claim you'll stop something
that risks the life of someone with us?
We can't sit back and wait.
We can't stop. We have to put some lives at risk
so that our comrades who are fighting in Gando
will have another meal to eat…
and one more chance to fight on.
And they'll live…
for just one day more.
[melancholy music continues]
[sighs]
[man sighs] All right, then, let's do it.
I'll agree to have you rendezvous directly with the North Route Army,
but let someone else rob the armored truck.
[Hee-shin] Sir, no.
We don't know if the spy who betrayed Jang Seok will move again.
-There's too much risk that-- -I'm talking about an outsider.
The plan won't be leaked that way.
It'll be very dangerous though.
So, then, someone more dangerous should take it on.
Who might accomplish the task?
[man] I know who.
Someone capable of anything,
who'd maim or murder anyone all for money.
[intriguing music playing]
[woman] Please enjoy your meal.
[men groaning]
[Eon-nyeoni] The reason why I asked to see you gentlemen like this
is that I simply have to admit that I cannot fulfill both of your requests.
So I asked you both to have some dinner tonight
in order to extend you this offer.
Park Chun-ho, sir,
you had wanted Kawaguchi here to be killed, isn't that correct?
Ah, you already know my answer, Eon-nyeoni. [clears throat]
And Kawaguchi wanted Mr. Park Chun-ho dead as well, unless that was a mistake, sir?
No, that's right.
They say that life and death are in Providence's hands.
So then, people's mortality is already destined,
and the length of a life is determined by the heavens,
not by a man's will.
[laughs]
So it's up to the heavens.
I can't be held responsible for it.
Well, then, we'll start at 100 won. The bid is set.
You're saying that whoever wins this wager is the one whose request you'll grant?
Yes.
Your offer, then, sir.
Whoever bids the highest wins.
[scoffs]
I sure get surprised more by folks I know.
Ah, come on.
You'll pretend it's the "heavens"?
It is the heavens' decision.
See, cash is what I view as the will of the heavens.
Ah shit.
Oh, forget it.
I quit.
[grunts]
[Kawaguchi] 110 won.
[intriguing music playing]
[chuckles]
Kawaguchi here takes aim with a 110-won bet, I believe.
Your offer, sir?
-[laughs] -[Chun-ho] You know what? Fine.
Then I'll bet as well.
120.
120 won is the bid now!
Another offer, sir?
130 won.
Bet's raised by ten won.
-Ten won more! -[Eon-nyeoni] 140 won!
150 won!
Bet's now ten more!
Make it…
155.
155!
160 won!
Kawaguchi offers up an additional bet of five more won.
-What do you say, sir? -Make it ten more.
That's it. I can't do more.
Mr. Park Chun-ho counters with 170, sir.
What say you?
-[music swells, fades] -[exhales]
One hundred…
And?
[Kawaguchi grunts]
-No! -[hits table]
200!
You're a dead man now, bastard! [laughing]
Hey, you motherfucker! That's how far you'll go to kill me, eh?
Jackass! You asshole!
[laughing]
[Chun-ho] Goddamn it.
Ah!
Park Chun-ho, sir, come.
Now don't make a scene. Just sit down.
Nothing is settled quite yet.
Park Chun-ho has just bid 170,
and Kawaguchi has made a bid of 200 won, right?
[Kawaguchi laughing]
In that case,
Kawaguchi's request is the one I should rightly grant.
Isn't that correct, sir?
However…
Park Chun-ho is a friend who I've counted on for years now.
And he's a friend who I won't betray for just a measly 30 won.
[intriguing music playing]
Sir, I'm very sorry.
[Chun-ho] Wait, what did you just say?
By his reaction,
I guess that you're saying I won, huh?
Well, then?
You did.
You, friend, have indeed won. That's what the heavens planned.
Really?
[laughs]
[laughing]
[Chun-ho] You're a dead man now, you asshole.
You thought you'd come and do business across the Cheonggye,
you Japanese bastard?
[grunts]
[Kawaguchi panting]
How dare you, you Josenjing peasant harlot!
You think you can wrong me and live? [grunts]
Yes, a Joseon girl is doing this, that's right.
But that's why I wouldn't try it
unless I'm sure.
So, then, Mr. Kawaguchi,
go home to your hole…
and screw yourself, man.
[laughing]
[Kawaguchi] Damn it!
-[unsettling music playing] -[Chun-ho laughing]
[screaming]
All of you, take out your guns! That peasant!
[Eon-nyeoni grunts]
Kawaguchi's men will be barging in any second now.
Use the back door right there. You can escape through that.
And you should call me next time you need a killer.
And your service fee?
Set it down there, okay? It'll be there when it's done.
Oh, sure.
-[music swells] -[gun cocks]
Fire!
[woman screams]
[gunshots stop]
[tense music playing]
[breathing heavily]
[tense music swells, stops]
[tense music resumes]
[grunts]
[man 1] It's her! Get her, quickly!
[grunts, groans]
-[gun clicking] -[man 2] Don't lose her!
[gunshots]
[tense music playing]
[footsteps approaching]
[gunshots]
[screams]
[men grunting]
[gun clicks]
Die!
[both grunting]
[gasping]
Die! [grunts]
[both straining]
[man] The girl's alone! Hurry!
[tense music playing]
-[blade rasps] -[Eon-nyeoni grunts]
[gasps, grunts]
-[grunting] -[flesh tearing]
[gunshot]
[grunts]
[grunting, choking]
[Eon-nyeoni grunts]
-[high-pitched squeal] -[breathing heavily]
[breathing echoing]
[pop music playing]
-Kill her! -[man] Kill her!
[man 2] Stop right there!
♪ Show me what you're looking for ♪
♪ Nothing can dare stop me now ♪
[man screaming]
♪ I don't care about whatever you say ♪
♪ You won't make it out alive in my hand ♪
♪ Come closer, babe ♪
♪ Are you afraid ♪
♪ Won't take long while ♪
♪ Kick 'em out ♪
[man grunts]
[blood squelches]
♪ Kick 'em out ♪
♪ Let me go my way ♪
♪ I'll get what I've waited for ♪
♪ Kick 'em out ♪
♪ Everything you ever longed to be ♪
♪ Kick 'em out ♪
♪ Those who are chasing Their own fantasy ♪
♪ Things will go my way ♪
♪ You'll get what you've paid for… ♪
[screaming]
[screaming continues]
[distant screaming]
[gunshot]
[music fades]
[sighs]
-[Eon-nyeoni exhales] -[distant clatter]
[distant clatter]
[clatter]
[footsteps approaching]
[money rustling]
You may take seventeen won…
[bag rustles]
…and tomorrow's schedule.
[bag, money rustle]
Your parents' killer is near.
Gando, that's what I heard.
Gando is still quite vague.
Should I find out exactly?
[sighs] That's all right. I don't really care.
[chuckles] What kind of response is that?
You became this type of a woman so you could
kill your parents' killer, didn't you?
It seems like all the bloody battles I fought
changed things.
[somber music playing]
My big plans for revenge seem so
utterly useless to me now, you know?
Now it's important to live and eat right.
[sighs] It doesn't matter anymore, you know?
So don't look for him, all right?
And if I see him at some other time, I'll…
be sure to kill him then.
[somber music playing]
See ya.
♪ Show me what you're looking for ♪
[trolley bell rings]
♪ Nothing in there stop me now… ♪
DANSEONGSA MOVIE THEATER, 11:30 A.M.
[music fades]
[soldiers straining, grunting]
[children screaming]
[door rattles]
You can't even open a door, you moronic ass!
Noble birth, sure. I can't believe I hired a moron like you!
-Sorry, miss. Ah! -Get out of the way.
[pensive music playing]
[chicken clucking]
[indistinct chattering]
Ah.
Hello.
Where's Yoon at now? Yoon, huh?
Uh, he's up to something over there.
[gunshots]
[funky music playing]
[men laughing]
[San-gun] Don't laugh! Stand straight.
Legs out wider.
-Look up, now. -[man 1] Yes, sir.
[San-gun] Oh, great. What the hell?
Load it.
I did that.
Then, pull.
Hey, now, quit fucking around, asshole.
It won't work right.
Hey. Stop that! Hey, hey, hey!
[man exclaims]
How dare you? The shooting range is holy, jackass!
[Choraeng-yi laughs]
[San-gun] And stop that smiling!
[Choraeng-yi] Oh! Hey!
Miss, hi! There's something cool I found. It's amazing. Come on!
Quit your blabbering. Is Yoon here? Get him for me now.
Hey, don't be such a meanie.
You could make me cry if you keep doing that.
Ah, like I'm someone who cares at all about hurting you. Bring him here!
You're really in the shit, okay? You're about to starve to death, you shit.
-Uh-- -[Yoon] So now what's going on?
How will we end up dead?
You said the Japanese blocked all our arms trade here,
so it's pointless to get you guns because you can't sell any?
Do you know Bongo-dong, that whole thing?
The army has totally smashed the Japanese recently.
That's a big part of it.
And they can't dispatch their main forces
since that would likely mean a brush with Chinese forces.
Since they can't find everybody they'd need to kill,
the plan now is just to--
Bleed us dry of guns and artillery.
What does the army say? They have any ideas?
They tried in Yeonhaeju, it seems.
Did our ties there help at all?
The Czechs make things a bit tricky there, you know.
They sell weapons dirt cheap to earn enough to sail home again.
Buy a gun over there,
somehow a cannon just appears gift-wrapped alongside.
Bastards are crazy.
And the Chinese Bonggye warlords?
You should be able to sell to them. They're not part of all this.
Bonggye won't buy anything.
Not from us. We're a threat now.
Since our forces are getting stronger,
anyone from Joseon is getting treated warily now.
Let's be real. Our strong forces give us hope, all right?
We're a risk to those other guys.
We just cause friction between them and the Japanese.
Oh shit.
Damn, Gando's a tough place to do any business, huh?
Well, we still need some other possible routes.
With a lot of mouths to feed, we should do something, or they'll starve.
I have an idea.
What if we try, um, shifting our plan just a bit?
I heard a little something I bet you'll like.
[pensive music playing]
What's this little something?
Recently, the government released plans for a railroad to Manchuria, right?
It's a ten-year plan to connect
the Gilhoe, Gyeongwon, and Hamgyeong lines all in one stretch.
All built within the next ten years.
Gyeongwon Line runs from Gyeongseong to Wonsan.
Hamgyeong runs from Wonsan to Hoeryŏng.
The Gilhoe Railroad runs from Hoeryŏng to Jilin.
So once it's completed,
Gyeongseong to Myeongjeong to Jilin, all in one shot.
Japanese soldiers and weaponry all right smack in the middle of our land.
Then it's no longer just a matter of us blocking off the Orangkae Pass.
Think about it.
If they haul it all through on these rail lines,
the Japanese will break us down.
Even if the Chinese joined up, they'd have us beat.
So if the Gando Line gets built,
a huge Japanese force will come here, and we're incapable of stopping it, right?
[music stops]
So that's bad. Could you explain how any of that's good information?
Hey, why are you saying it's bad?
Do you think railroads don't cost anything?
They sure do.
-[pensive music playing] -They cost a lot of money.
-[Yoon chuckles] -[laughs]
I said it when you first came here, didn't I, huh?
Japanese cash, Chinese land, and Joseon folks,
but who's gonna win the place in the end?
Go on.
Does that mean something?
Japanese wealth here
stretching its mouth wide to eat up Chinese land.
What about us Joseon people? Don't we get a share?
We should.
Yoon!
Get that money.
[tense music playing]
[door opens]
[Seon-bok] The Joseon Government Railway has arranged for a manager
to travel to Myeongjeong.
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Cheondo Light Railway
is on the 30th.
You're my client, I'm guessing?
[music intensifies]
[Seon-bok] However, the groundbreaking is just a ruse.
Their real purpose is to inspect--
The Gando Line site.
Exactly.
The critical thing, however,
is that the Bank of Joseon will send the funds by rail transport.
I bet you can guess where it lands.
Gando's Myeongjeong office.
They'll be moving assets. A construction fund for the Gando Line.
-I would like you… -[music swells, stops]
…to acquire it all…
[tense music resumes]
…and see it here to me.
So I'll be stealing money? Railroad construction money?
[chuckles]
[music fades]
[exhales] Well, how much is it?
200,000.
-[tense music resumes] -200,000?
Hold it. How much?
That's right. 200,000.
What? I bet your heart is pump-pumping now.
Oh God!
[chuckles]
Well, then, um, go right ahead.
I paid a friend at the office a ton to really investigate the entire plan,
so the intel's all been checked.
It's bona fide, Yoon. And you know I gotta mention this.
It would be best that you not think of going solo.
The Government-General's money stolen
by a woman from Namsan and by the name of Eon-nyeoni.
Lee Yoon of Taepyeong-dong is going to rob the government
and plans to pocket the cash.
Get your boys' mouths shut tight, and don't let rumors spread, yeah?
[sighs] Don't be concerned.
I certainly work on the dangerous side,
but I always live my life on the smart side.
Am I worth the risk?
Ah, come on. You trust the boys around here.
They keep our secrets.
Uh…
All right, all right. You promise me.
I will trust you.
Ah, I'm really special, huh?
To be blessed by your trust.
[both laughing]
I'm wondering though.
Can I ask?
Sure, I'm listening.
This railway manager, they'll run the project here?
Uh-huh, that's correct.
And they're coming to the groundbreaking, you said?
[Seon-bok] Why?
So is this person a target?
[Hee-shin] If, by chance, someone gets in our way,
and things do not go as planned,
then what are you willing to do?
You know what I'll do.
They need to die. They're attempting to grab our land.
They'll need to die, of course. They're attempting to take our money.
I mean, that's what I do, you know? I'm paid to carry out murders like that.
It's the calling I chose, you know.
Killing people like them and to protect this town here.
I simply wish that you keep your word.
I'm going to kill them with an audience.
And as cruelly as I can.
That way, I will teach them all that Gando comes at a high cost.
Do you think that's necessary?
[indistinct chattering]
Yes, I think that it is.
We can't keep running away to survive.
-For the first time… -[crowd exclaims]
…let us be seen as humans.
♪ Where do I go? ♪
♪ Got lost, alone ♪
♪ With the ashes drying me out ♪
♪ Don't look behind ♪
♪ Keep it sharp till the end of time ♪
♪ Burn it down ♪
♪ To the ground ♪
♪ Let the flame fill up the sky ♪
♪ Aim and shot ♪
♪ We gotta make them pay their price ♪
♪ Rages inside ♪
♪ I know, oh, I know ♪
♪ It's born of the age of dark ♪
♪ I won't deny ♪
♪ To the hell I'll hunt you down ♪
♪ With the rattle of gunfire ♪
♪ Here we are at this madness ♪
♪ Oh, I don't give a damn ♪
♪ I'll hunt you down tonight ♪
♪ Yeah, I'll hunt you down tonight ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, tonight ♪
[singer vocalizing]
♪ How do I know where you are ♪
♪ Nowhere you could hide ♪
♪ All your desire ♪
♪ Will devour yourself the end ♪
♪ Burn it down to the ground ♪
♪ Let the flame fill up the sky ♪
♪ Aim and shot ♪
♪ Yeah, you gotta hit them back ♪
♪ Rages inside ♪
♪ I know, oh, I know ♪
♪ It's born of the age of dark ♪
♪ I won't deny ♪
♪ To the hell I'll hunt you down ♪
♪ With the rattle of gunfire ♪
♪ Here we are at this madness ♪
♪ Oh, I don't give a damn ♪
♪ I'll hunt you down tonight ♪
♪ Yeah, I'll hunt you down tonight ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Riding down the road, wild ♪
♪ I pave my own way to journey's end ♪
♪ No one left for you there ♪
♪ Tell me what you have to fear ♪
♪ Burn it up to ashes ♪
♪ Oh, I won't let you go ♪
♪ Yeah, burning like the ashes ♪
♪ Won't let you go ♪
♪ Rages inside ♪
♪ I know, oh, I know ♪
♪ It's born of the age of dark ♪
♪ I won't deny ♪
♪ To the hell I'll hunt you down ♪
♪ With the rattle of gunfire ♪
♪ Here we are at this madness ♪
♪ Oh, I don't give a damn ♪
♪ I'll hunt you down tonight ♪
♪ Yeah, I'll hunt you down tonight ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, tonight ♪
[melancholy music playing]
[music ends]