[tense music playing]
I don't like that you're fine.
I want your life to be ruined.
Like mine.
You'll be compensated for your work. And you will appear in the credits too.
It's not for sale.
-It's my project. -It's mine. I already told you.
[outgoing call tone]
[Sang-yeon] Do you know one thing I've learned from life?
[outgoing call ringing]
[Sang-yeon] Everyone tends to lose their dignity over money.
I've yet to see someone who has proven otherwise.
Who do you think was the easiest for me to convince?
Joo Dong-hyang was.
[knocking on door]
Director Joo, let me in.
I know that you're in there.
Hello?
[Sang-yeon] But I will admit, I'm curious to see
if he'll change his mind on this.
Considering how Romance of Youth
nearly made you quit just so he could have that one.
[music intensifies]
YOU AND EVERYTHING ELSE
Sang-hak.
[Sang-hak] Go ahead and eat. I know you haven't been eating.
[cutlery clatters]
Why are you here?
You don't wanna be late for tomorrow's shoot.
Producer Oh explained everything. All of it.
[cutlery clinking]
We'll grab a bite, then I'll drop you off. Don't hate me for showing up.
We owe each other that.
Come on, eat.
[tender music playing]
[Eun-jung sighs]
Why would I hate you?
If something like this happened to you, I would do the same thing.
What'd Director Joo say?
I'll know when I talk to him.
You haven't talked to him yet?
When he's clearly home?
[scoffs softly] I'll see him soon.
-[Sang-hak sighs] -Don't get angry.
That's exactly what Sang-yeon wants.
I've worked with him for four years,
so I need to just wait for him to tell me his side.
[music fades]
-[Eun-jung] Director Joo. -Oh…
Hey, Producer Ryu.
[pensive music playing]
[sighs]
It's just that
I heard that Producer Cheon… settled everything,
so I assumed you had endorsed it as well.
[clears throat]
You did?
You really believed I'd relinquish my project…
without coming to talk to you about it first?
[sighs] Well, I mean, I just took their word for it.
Director Joo, please. Would you please look at me for a second?
It's not too late for you to do something about it.
I know this can't be easy for you either.
If I upset you in any way, can we please address it now--
No, did you… hear about your credit and fee?
Well, that's…
Do you honestly believe…
that's all it will take to make everything okay?
If everyone agrees, there shouldn't be legal complications.
-"Legal complications"? -[sighs]
Director Joo, you, of all people?
You really don't have the right to speak to me in that way.
Why?
Why not? [chuckles]
I got switched out due to that shitty contract.
You can't speak to me like that either. You know how I was treated by JD.
And if we're talking about being upset, I should be the one who's upset here.
I heard they made the decision to go with Director Gyeong before you told me.
You knew everything,
and yet whenever I asked you about it, you told me that nothing was finalized.
Do you have any idea how betrayed I felt when I learned about it later?
Why do you think I lied to you?
Now you're just making excuses.
You're talking about these things knowing that none of it--
Okay, hey! Fine, I'm the bastard here.
I had no choice once they made their decision.
Why do you believe that you have no power in this?
Tell them you don't want to work with them and--
Honestly, I want to work with them.
JD only offers 30 million won and 10% shareholding.
Producer Cheon, though…
Producer Cheon, what?
I'm the one who told her that she should pay you for your part,
so you should know that I owe you nothing.
We're done here.
What do you mean, we're done?
Director Joo, come back.
Director Joo, please come back!
[music fades]
[Sang-yeon] It's 60 million won for developing the story,
which you and I will split.
FILM DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT TERMINATION AGREEMENT
Do you like the title?
Echoes of Summer.
Let me know if you'd like to adjust anything.
As long as you don't ask for full credit, I'm--
[paper tearing]
[tense music playing]
[chuckles]
You're rejecting the offer?
Well, that's better for me.
If you sacrifice everything for your pride,
then that's all you'll have left, so take the offer, okay?
You can keep being a thieving bitch.
[laughs cruelly]
So this is what it takes to change you, isn't it?
Damn. You're really pathetic.
You're always this way.
You act like the greater good has always been on your side.
Don't you realize?
You're currently being backstabbed right now.
Eun-jung.
Call me a bitch, would you?
Didn't you hear what I said?
I just called you a thieving bitch.
-[chuckles softly] -Maybe from now on, I'll be one too.
I will never forgive you for this.
[Sang-yeon] You only lost one petty film to me.
That doesn't mean you should forget everything you took.
Sang-yeon…
I hate you.
You can achieve all the success in the world.
But you'll always just be a pathetic thieving bitch.
You would never be able to sabotage yourself like this
if you only understood…
how radiant you used to be.
Who will be at your side when you die?
[music fades]
-[Seung-ju] CEO Cheon. -[Sang-yeon chuckles]
You're here. Oh!
It suits you.
"Swallow."
-'Cause I'm a bum? -[chuckles]
-[giggling] -You're glowing a little bit.
How'd the Gangneung shoot go? Did you finish all right?
Just barely.
So you took Director Joo's material too.
Yes. The first draft will be ready next month.
Was that really necessary? Director Han should've been enough.
I mean, the more talented directors, the merrier. Isn't that right?
That's all there is?
[snickers softly] Of course not, no.
[sighs smugly]
She called me a thieving bitch.
[Eun-jung] You can achieve all the success in the world.
-But you'll always… -"…just be a pathetic thieving bitch."
Do you feel wronged?
Not at all.
Now that I've become a thieving bitch, I'll taste real success,
and buy buildings in Gangnam and all.
Why do you feel the need to do all of this to her?
[Sang-yeon sighs] Hmm…
'Cause I hate her guts.
[Seung-ju] I really don't think you can fail here.
You're clever and talented.
You can succeed without resorting to these tactics.
You can't imagine… how excited I feel right now about this.
Everything that you've done
will find its way back to you again.
So be it, then.
Have you experienced this feeling?
It's like I have a sword.
I have nothing to fear now.
Just don't hurt yourself swinging that sword of yours, all right?
I don't care if I do.
'Cause my welfare,
it doesn't really mean anything to me.
SONG YU-CHAN
[pensive music playing]
[cell phone buzzing]
-[sighs] -[Hee-jin] She must be asleep.
That would be a relief, but I don't think she is.
[sighs] She keeps taking everything on, but… she needs a day or two's rest.
Yeah, she does. It makes me anxious.
These assholes. I'm not surprised about Sang-yeon, but what's up with Joo?
It's such a tough blow for her. Try and keep an eye on Eun-jung, will you?
What can I do though? I can't do anything.
-[Seung-ju] Okay. -[radio beeps]
Cut. We have our shot. And that's meal break, everyone.
[Yu-chan] Meals are in the cafeteria. Enjoy your food. We'll come back by two.
-Enjoy your meal, sir. -You too.
-What do you think? -I think it's great.
I spoke with Manager Lim,
and she said that Su-a is feeling a lot better,
so we can stick to the original filming schedule in Chuncheon.
That's great.
-Enjoy your meal. -Enjoy yours as well.
It's the first floor.
Eun-jung.
-We're eating on the first floor. -I heard ya.
[pensive music playing]
[chair gently slides]
[Sang-hak] Do you know what Hayao Miyazaki's motto is?
"No matter how tough things get, it will eventually always end."
That's nice.
It does sound like something he'd say.
[Sang-hak] And that's why
you should at least eat something.
I will.
Give me ten minutes.
I'll be there in a little while.
[Sang-hak sighs]
[Eun-jung] Everything…
seemed so distant.
This was the beginning of a dark tunnel ahead.
[sighs]
Ah, you startled me.
[sighs] Well, I just saw my name, so…
Why would you read someone else's stuff?
[Sang-yeon chuckles] You're one to talk.
Remember you read my diary too.
Well, I think I'm almost at the end, so I might as well--
Move.
[Sang-yeon sighs]
I saw it while trying to check my email because my phone ran out of battery.
I was feeling wronged for a while there.
Can't you let me finish this?
This is just what you think about me, isn't it?
I'm not going to do anything with it. Are we good?
Actually I wrote something about you too. Would you like to have a look at it?
Oh, come on, you're a writer.
I mean, shouldn't you be interested
in seeing the perspective from the other side?
-[sighs] Move. -[screams]
[gasps]
[chuckling]
Gosh.
You see?
I already knew you'd be this surprised by it. [chuckles]
Stop trying so hard to be coldhearted. [chuckles]
You're unbelievable!
Leave.
[Sang-yeon] Please wait for me downstairs.
-[door opens] -[door lock chimes]
[Sang-yeon] It's on the 28th.
-[door closes] -[door lock chimes]
[sighs] Sometime before then,
could you please hear me out just for once.
[typing on laptop]
What about Gangneung, then?
[continues typing]
I'm gonna go see my mom.
[sighs]
[cell phone buzzing]
Ah, yes, Producer.
[sighs] Sorry, I meant to reach out to you.
The material's complicated and heavy.
Although, it's rare to find original source material
that's even remotely intriguing.
[producer] I was thinking the same.
-Please make your decision this week. -I'll do it.
Wait, you will?
What? Isn't it better if I decide quickly?
Of course, but, um,
I just thought you were still contemplating doing the story
about you and CEO Cheon.
[sighs] Oh, um,
I thought that I had already told you.
I'm going to leave that one alone.
What have you been doing this whole time?
You haven't responded to my emails or messages for the past five days.
I was dillydallying.
-[producer] "Dillydallying"? -Yeah. [chuckles]
So why did CEO Cheon want to meet with you, then?
[cell phone buzzing]
One moment, please.
Hello?
Sorry, who's this?
SWALLOW PICTURES JIN YU-MI
[Yu-mi] We only met in passing yesterday, so I apologize for calling without notice.
What's this about?
Do you mind… me asking how you know CEO Cheon?
There's not much to say.
We were friends… when we were kids.
I've been feeling really lost recently, so I thought you might have the answers.
About what?
About a month ago,
CEO Cheon told me to take over the company.
She said she was going to the countryside,
but she won't share any further details on where or
what any of her plans are.
I'll be honest with you.
I'm worried she might be considering something… irreversible.
"Something irreversible"?
Suicide.
[uneasy music playing]
What's happening on the 28th?
I didn't mean to eavesdrop, but
I thought that you might know.
I'm curious.
Just how serious… is her condition?
It's extremely serious.
What exactly do you mean by--
They're saying she has three months to live.
She said she wanted to stay with you for three days,
so I dropped her off here, but I never
anticipated anything happening to her arm.
Her arm?
Due to significant bone metastasis, the slightest pressure leaves marks.
But… I'm sure it happened without her even realizing.
-[sighs] Move! -[screams]
[gasps]
[Yu-mi] Could you please meet with… CEO Cheon?
[Sang-yeon] Can we
travel there together?
Take a seat.
Ah… It's nothing, really.
Even picking up a pen can injure me.
[Eun-jung] Ms. Jin Yu-mi
came to see me.
Were you able to read it?
I suppose you haven't.
-It's okay. You don't have to read-- -Then why did you leave it there?
Does Director Han
know about this?
I'm guessing he doesn't.
What are you expecting from me
if you can't even tell your husband?
[Sang-yeon] I want us…
to try and be friends once more.
-What? -Eun-jung.
Mm… I'm sick.
I don't have much time left.
That means nothing to me.
Do you expect me to cry? Am I supposed to feel bad or something?
-I'm sorry for everything-- -Just stop.
I'm not here for an apology.
It's because of Ms. Jin.
She's afraid you'll take matters into your own hands.
She asked me about it.
You need to tell them the truth.
Both Ms. Jin Yu-mi and your husband.
That's all I came here to say.
Eun-jung.
Eun-jung, please hear me out.
Eun-jung…
[engine starts]
[sighs]
-[girls giggling] -Ugh, for real! Oh!
-Oh, I'm so sorry. -I'm sorry, ma'am.
-It's fine. -Seriously, why are you like this?
[girl giggles]
[Eun-jung] Mom, I'm home.
-Hmm? -[door closes]
Oh. You didn't tell me you were coming.
It's Parent's Day today, so I'm here.
[Ms. Jang chuckles]
Here.
Oh. You're generous today.
[both chuckle]
Oh-ho-ho!
How come you're eating sujebi instead of rice?
Oh… the side shop auntie
dropped off some kimchi and was craving my sujebi,
so I made her a batch.
This is what's leftover. Want some? There's more.
-[Eun-jung] I already had lunch. -Mm.
Did Sang-yeon reach out to you yet?
Why would she do that?
Well, the side dish auntie
showed me a clip of someone talking about you on TV.
It was Sang-yeon.
I can't with her. That was so unnecessary.
-[Ms. Jang] Where are you going? -To wash my hands.
[Ms. Jang] Hmm.
Can you please send a thank you to auntie?
[Eun-jung] Mm.
And if Sang-yeon reaches out, go see her.
What's going on with you?
Why are you suddenly asking me to meet her?
You're being weird, and you don't even know the whole story between us.
I know.
I'm aware she did you wrong.
Wait a second. How would you know that?
[sighs] When she came by, she said,
"I'm a bitch, I know that, but can I please have a hug?"
When was that?
[sighs] It was about six months before you resigned.
You were shooting that film in Gangneung.
What'd you do? Tell me what you said to her.
What do you mean? She just wanted a hug.
Did you give her a hug?
Of course I hugged her.
Mom, why would you do that? She even called herself a bitch.
She couldn't even look me in the eyes when she asked for a hug.
So yeah, I couldn't help but feel bad.
I told her she could come back, but I knew she wouldn't.
[groans] You being like this is why I--
What about you?
[sighs] Whatever.
Remember what you always said?
"Mistakes can be forgiven if unintentional,
but intentionally hurting others is wrong."
Well, what she did to me was intentional!
You should hate her, then. You would be justified in that.
-I don't hate her. I just dislike her. -Same thing.
It's different.
[keypad beeping]
What are you doing?
I'm sorry for everything.
What did I say?
I don't want your apology.
[pensive music playing softly]
Why are you being so stubborn?
-I want to apologize. -Apologizing to me won't change anything.
Are you here because
you genuinely think you'll convince me to take you to Frieden?
You have a husband.
You should be asking him to take you there instead.
[sighs] No, it's not like that.
Then why put me through all this?
Because you're still alive.
With my mom or my brother,
I never got the chance…
to say I'm sorry.
But I still
have the chance to tell you.
[Eun-jung] Tell me something.
When you were thriving and healthy,
was I ever in your thoughts?
When your films were box office hits and huge successes,
when you hosted parties and bought buildings…
were you thinking about how sorry you were?
Don't you think it's a little late now?
If you wanted to apologize,
you should've done it then.
Back when I could actually still blame you.
[Sang-yeon exhales slowly]
Before you were sick.
[sniffles]
[Eun-jung] You…
You're a real bitch, you know that?
[music fades]
If it hadn't come to this, I'd never have the courage.
Because apologizing is not nearly enough for what I did to you.
I wish I could say that I simply liked you.
But I didn't.
I hated you too.
I'm sorry.
[wistful music playing]
[music fades]
[music resumes]
[cell phone buzzing]
[Eun-jung] Hey, Hee-jin.
[Hee-jin] Insane! You saw it, right?
What's with Cheon Sang-yeon? Has she actually lost her mind?
That was ages ago.
You're the tenth person to tell me that.
Really? But this article just came out.
What are you talking about?
MY START WAS A LIE
[pensive music playing]
CEO CHEON OF SWALLOW PICTURES REACHED OUT FOR AN INTERVIEW
THERE IS SOMETHING I MUST SAY…
SOMEONE ELSE DEVELOPED THE SCREENPLAY OF ECHOES OF SUMMER…
IT HAS WEIGHED ON MY HEART FOR A VERY LONG TIME
ALTHOUGH IT IS LATE, I WISH TO RIGHT MY WRONGS
[Hee-jin] "Right my wrongs." [scoffs]
-Why is she seeking penance now? -[chuckles softly]
Maybe she's nearing the end. No one in their right mind would do that.
[sighs] Did you run on the dirt road?
Mm! Running on dirt roads is the best ever!
-I really should've moved sooner. -[both chuckle]
[Hee-jin] How do you feel?
With Cheon Sang-yeon
saying what she did at the Baeksang Awards.
She apologized.
Oh, she did? You met up with her?
[Eun-jung] Mm.
You're crazy. Why would you speak to her? Ugh!
I can't believe her audacity.
I doubt she'd ever have the courage to apologize
if she saw how you were affected.
She's the reason you stepped away from the film industry.
[sighs] That's a bit of a stretch, isn't it?
I'm glad I quit that industry. I prefer TV over films now.
Well… I hope her company fails.
I wonder how long it'll take.
[Eun-jung groans] You don't have to hate her, too, for my sake.
I can if I want.
Thinking about those times…
[sighs]
The problem is, she's sick.
What's wrong with her?
What? Is it serious?
[Eun-jung] Mm.
But I won't dwell on it.
[Hee-jin] That's good.
Don't get involved with her anymore.
She'll manage fine on her own.
She's still happily married to Director Han Jae-jun, right?
Oh…
You really have been living under a rock when it comes to the industry.
-[door closes] -[door lock chimes]
They got divorced?
Um… I think they've been divorced for three years.
Oh…
I see.
[Hee-jin] Divorce isn't a big deal.
[music fades]
You said she had a brother?
Right. She was an only child.
Yeah… She's all alone.
[sentimental music playing]
[Sang-yeon] To me, life is like…
a box that I cannot bear to open.
Looking back on it…
I'm left with just a few names in the end.
Yoon Hyun-sook…
Cheon Sang-hak…
and…
Ryu Eun-jung.
I remember the one time
my mother hit me.
I just did what I was told to.
[Ms. Yoon] Give me your hands.
[Sang-yeon sighs]
[pained gasp]
[adult Sang-yeon] I thought it was unfair.
[Ms. Yoon] It hurts, doesn't it? Being hit hurts like that.
You should've considered the pain of your friend.
I did it 'cause my teacher said so!
[sighs]
[adult Sang-yeon] But then, this is what Ryu Eun-jung told me.
[Eun-jung] Did you even think about how bad this thing would hurt?
It's a lot harder than wood.
[breathes shakily]
[adult Sang-yeon] That's when
I had a feeling
that I could never beat this kid.
[girl] One, two, three.
[adult Sang-yeon] Everyone liked Eun-jung.
What else should we do? Peace sign? Oh, let's do this!
-[adult Sang-yeon] To be honest… -One, two, three.
…so did I.
-[young Eun-jung] Let's take one. -Huh?
-Over here. Come here. -[girl] Ready? On three.
[adult Sang-yeon] I wish I could say… that I simply liked her.
[young Eun-jung] Ms. Yoon, how are you?
Oh, Eun-jung!
I'm giving you a hug since it's been too long!
Oh my goodness. [chuckles]
[adult Sang-yeon] But I hated her.
[Ms. Yoon] Well done.
You two excel in your studies because you were both born clever.
So, you shouldn't think you're special for achieving good grades.
[adult Sang-yeon] Because I realized that
I couldn't make my mom happy…
nor could I make my brother laugh.
But despite all that…
Eun-jung.
…I knew she was the only one I had.
-Sang-yeon. -[sobbing]
[adult Sang-yeon] But you didn't know…
what that meant to me.
When did he give you this?
The day I slept over at your house.
[sighs]
[adult Sang-yeon] I thought it was because of me.
I believed his death was my fault,
which is why he left without saying a word of goodbye to me.
[sobbing]
[Eun-jung] Sang-yeon!
I, uh…
How come you just left without saying… goodbye
before your family moved?
Were you upset with me or something?
[adult Sang-yeon] That's what it was.
Because I had never been loved by someone like you were.
♪ Who's gonna save me… ♪
[Eun-jung] I really believe…
that these really are some of the toughest years of your life.
I'm actually glad I could reconnect with you
during your toughest years and that I can help you in these ways.
[adult Sang-yeon] Because I could never be like you.
Because I knew neither how to give
nor receive unconditionally.
That's why my feelings of affection
and hatred toward you…
had been… hard for me to bear.
So I destroyed instead.
Because I wanted to ruin you.
I don't like that you're fine.
[adult Sang-yeon] Because… I wanted to ruin myself.
I want your life to be ruined like mine.
♪ Hoping I could be ♪
♪ The sun that's in your eyes ♪
♪ Like the way you light me ♪
♪ Every time ♪
[sobs, sighs emotionally]
[sniffles]
[adult Eun-jung] All of this has been hard for me too.
-I don't hate her. I just dislike her. -[Ms. Jang] Same thing.
It's different.
Disliking someone is better.
When you dislike them, you hardly think about them,
but when you hate them, they're always on your mind.
[Eun-jung] Let's go pay Ms. Yoon a visit.
I'm not doing this for your sake.
I'm doing this for my peace of mind.
[packet opening]
-[woman] What is it? -Hmm?
Mm. I'm just glad is all.
[sighs happily]
I hope it doesn't rain any longer.
[heavy rain pattering]
CANCER PATIENT TRAVEL PRECAUTIONS
WHAT SHOULD CANCER PATIENTS WATCH OUT FOR WHEN TRAVELING?
FOODS GOOD FOR CANCER PATIENTS
[heartwarming music playing]
[Eun-jung] I'm on my way.
I'll call you when I arrive.
CHEON SANG-YEON: OKAY!
CHEON SANG-YEON
[outgoing call ringing]
-[sirens approaching] -[music fades]
[outgoing call ringing]
[outgoing call ringing stops]
Excuse me! What's going on?
She stopped breathing and collapsed. I'll go with her.
No, I'll go with her. My phone number is on my car.
[woman] Oh!
Sang-yeon!
[paramedic] 42-year-old female patient, currently unconscious, being transferred.
She's only responding to pain stimulus. Also, she has stage four cancer…
[solemn Korean ballad playing]
[siren blaring]
[paramedic] Her blood pressure is currently at 150.
We are trying to keep her comfortable…
[Eun-jung] I'm begging you, please don't die.
Cheon Sang-yeon.
[solemn Korean ballad continues]
[music fades]
["Blue Temperature" playing]
♪ Who's gonna save me ♪
♪ From living in blue? ♪
♪ Someone please help me ♪
♪ It doesn't feel true ♪
♪ I feel far from you ♪
♪ Love is the only way I know ♪
♪ That makes me feel ♪
♪ Just like before ♪
♪ Oh, now ♪
♪ It's time for me to change ♪
♪ 'Cause I can't stop thinking about ♪
♪ You saying goodbye ♪
♪ It's hard to see all the bright skies ♪
♪ Up in my life ♪
♪ I want to step outside ♪
♪ But I'll just wait by ♪
♪ Looking back at the moonlight ♪
♪ 'Til the sunrise ♪
♪ Hoping I could be ♪
♪ The sun that's in your eyes ♪
[music fades] at's in your eyes ♪