CENTRAL MILITARY COMMITTEE
You're back.
Son, I'm going somewhere.
I think I'll be staying the night and be back tomorrow.
You'll be fine on your own, right?
Again?
Where are you going?
Where do you think? I'm going to make money.
Why do you have to make more when you make money every day?
Don't you miss your brother?
We need money to bring Jungho home.
A lot of it.
All right.
See you tomorrow.
By the way, Dad,
where is money made?
There's a factory where the government prints money.
All the money we use is made there.
Then why can't they just print lots and lots of money there?
There would be no poor people,
and we'd be able to eat everything we want.
They're so stupid.
You're right.
I'll be back.
One of the men robbing a bank was shot dead by the police.
Song, a man in his forties who died at the scene,
used to be a high-ranking officer in North Korea.
It's presumed that he committed this crime because he was never able to adjust
to South Korean society after first coming here two years ago.
We're almost done…
Is something wrong?
No.
Let's hurry and dig.
Hey, I'll do it.
-You heard it, right? -Go look.
Are you there?
-Are you there? -Hey, Denver. Here!
-Yes, I can hear you! -Can you hear me?
-Fuck. We're here! -Denver!
-We're here. Fuck! -Denver! Yes, here now!
Yes, just a little more…
-Professor? -Hey, Denver!
-Professor!
-Professor! It's been so long. -Denver, you did a great job.
You did a good job!
This is…
I'm…
She…
I'm Stockholm.
You did a great job.
Your son is okay.
Thank you.
Our youngest.
How have you been?
Good, of course.
Professor, this way.
We were full of hope,
but outside the Mint,
Professor's worst fear was coming true at that very moment.
2026 KOREAN PENINSULA INTER-KOREAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION SUMMIT
The details of the agreement are the same as what you looked over before.
Now all that's left to do is to get rid of those robbers and get the money.
I have the Special Operations Unit on standby.
Speaking of which, now that the summit's gone well,
we should tie up loose ends.
Of course.
We'll kill them on the spot, every last one of them.
Yes, sir.
Understood.
Are you okay?
I'm fine.
When we get out of here, I won't be seeing you again, will I?
What are you saying?
Don't get involved in anything like this again,
and live peacefully with your family.
Make sure you go see him.
Your son.
When we get out,
let's forget about everything that happened here and start fresh.
No, I'm not leaving with you.
Misun, are you really going to go with him?
Three billion will make your life so much better. Why are you doing this?
You made your choice when you decided to stay here.
I made mine as well.
We will now break into the Mint and take out the robbers!
-Move! -Yes, sir!
Here…
The completion of the escape route meant another beginning, not the end.
It took longer than we'd expected to move such a huge amount of money
to the hideout using the underground waterway.
And after we moved all the money, we still had to seal off the escape route
to prevent pursuit by police.
We're ready to break in.
What are you gonna do when you get out of here?
Keep a low profile.
And then?
What? You're really going to become a revolutionary?
Not sure.
I'll think about it after I make it out of here alive.
My only wish right now is to survive this in one piece.
Then,
if that wish comes true, will you grant me my wish?
What is it?
Living on an island together?
Well…
As you know,
I joined this thing for childish reasons.
I wanted to ruin my life as some type of revenge on my parents.
But I think it's time for me to retire from that shit.
To be honest, I still don't understand what kind of world you dream of.
Even with my brilliant brain.
But I want to see it.
It doesn't have to be paradise on earth.
Whether it's a blazing pit
or hell,
I'll be with you.
What a line you came up with.
I thought it would work.
That was pretty good.
Tokyo!
Cover me!
We have to stall them here as much as we can!
Forward!
Bastards are already here…
Hurry, Tokyo and Rio are in danger!
Let's hold them off! Let's go!
Hey! Everyone, take cover! You know where to go, right?
-Yes! -Yes!
Then go already!
-Come on. Let's hurry. -Taeksu.
Go to the underground waterway now. I'll be right behind you.
Don't worry about me, okay?
Cover me!
Fuck.
Cover me!
It's too dangerous!
Damn it!
Tokyo!
Tokyo. Tokyo, wake up!
Tokyo!
Fuck!
Hey, Tokyo. Wake up!
You fucking bastards!
Charge!
You rat bastard.
Helsinki, we can't kill them.
Let go!
Helsinki, stop!
You son of a bitch! I'll blow your head off!
You fucking bastard!
-Fuck! -Helsinki!
I know how you feel. I really do.
Helsinki! Go over there and help them!
I'll take care of him!
Wake up.
Tokyo!
Let's hurry and get out of here.
Cut the romance and help! Quick!
The hole must be done by now. We'll be able to get out of here soon!
Let's get out!
Hey! You rat bastards.
What the hell…
Go back. Quickly!
They're here way earlier than expected.
Hurry, they won't be able to hold them off for long.
Don't move.
The next one's going to be fatal.
Hang on!
You sons of bitches!
Cover me!
Hang in there!
Kim Sangman!
-Look over here. -Could you please comment?
THE HOUSE OF PAPER IS OURS
WE'RE AGAINST FAKE ECONOMIC COOPERATION!
Kim Sangman!
-Kim Sangman! -Kim Sangman out!
Come out!
You son of a bitch!
I don't care if you kill them all. Just get those bastards.
Tear gas!
Hey, watch out!
Everyone, take cover!
We can't do this anymore. Let's head down.
We did all we could.
Hurry. Let's go!
Forward.
They must have gone underground.
Follow me!
There's an underground tunnel.
I'm going in.
Don't move!
I'll shoot if you move!
Don't shoot!
We're hostages!
Everyone, take your masks off!
This underground tunnel is blocked.
Hey, be careful.
Quickly, come on down!
Rio!
It's done!
Good.
Hey!
Hey, go down quickly so I can blow this thing up!
Here.
Open this quickly!
-Who's left? -Nairobi, Helsinki, Berlin.
They'll be here as soon as they activate the bomb.
Then get moving.
I'll go get the truck ready.
Let's go.
Are you out of your mind?
I'm on official police business. May I borrow your phone?
What the--
Hello?
What do you mean? What hideout?
-How did you find it? -That's not important.
They're planning to escape through there. Send the men over--
Where's the location?
-Not too far from Hotel Peace. -What?
It's near the summit?
I know they're bold, but that's just…
Exactly. They're planning on escaping amid the chaos.
This is urgent, so I'll report to you directly.
Inspector Seon is right.
Cha Moohyuk speaking.
You're okay, right?
I sent men over.
They'll be arriving shortly, so be on standby.
We don't have time to wait.
What the…
Why isn't this working all of a sudden?
Is something wrong? Give it to me.
Damn it. Something must have gone wrong while we were moving the money.
What are you doing? They'll barge in here any second now!
The bomb's not working!
This can be fixed, right?
Be quiet, damn it!
If not, we're all fucked!
They'll be on our tail!
We'll be caught at this rate.
I'll stop them somehow.
What are you doing?
Are you crazy?
I waited for my father.
Even at the concentration camp, I waited for him to come for me.
Your son must be waiting for you too. Survive and go meet him.
Don't be ridiculous. I'm not leaving on my own!
Everyone dies.
It's just a matter of how soon.
You fucking bastard. Just come with us, okay?
Hey, Helsinki! What are you doing? Helsinki!
Just come down!
We have to go now! Hurry, come down!
Let's just go. Hurry!
Let go!
Come down quickly!
-This way. -Check on the hostages.
-Contact the embassy. -Yes, sir.
-The hideout? -It's surrounded.
Go in.
There's no one here.
Found the underground tunnel. Going in.
Go in.
Hey, how far away are you?
We're almost there.
Hold on.
The hideout's surrounded by cops.
Are you sure?
We can't go in right now.
Okay, then.
I'll call you back.
It's me.
Berlin.
I'm sure the police can hear us.
But they're right here, so it doesn't matter.
I thought I should say my final goodbye.
What?
The detonator is broken. I have no choice but to stay and block them.
No, Berlin!
Don't.
Is he saying he's going to sacrifice himself?
It's all over.
"It's all over"?
They found the hideout.
The escape route is blocked.
There's no point
in carrying out…
our plan.
I'm sorry.
Now this is an interesting turn of events.
Berlin.
Where's Berlin?
The detonator was broken, so…
I'll be back.
Damn it!
Don't!
If you go now, Berlin will have died for nothing.
Don't fucking say that! I'll never let him die.
We're almost through to the vault.
It's almost done.
What are we waiting for?
Tell them to go in immediately.
Go in.
Take cover!
Stop! It's all over now!
We can't give up now. Don't you feel sorry for Oslo and Moscow who died for this?
Never forget those poor lives who trusted you to the end.
Jungho.
Even when I was left alone in the dark Amnok River waters,
even when I was beaten up in the concentration camp,
I wasn't scared of dying.
But now, I'm afraid.
Jungho!
Do you know how much I wanted to call you by your name and be next to you?
Don't do this.
It took a while, but you managed to find me.
So I'm sure you'll be able to find a way.
I'll go first
and wait for you with Dad.
You take your time.
Brother.
Jungho…
No!
Jungho!
Cover me!
Song Jungho!
Come on! Let's go!
You fool. What are you doing here?
What am I doing here?
Who saved you when you were near death at the concentration camp?
You're not allowed to die without my permission.
Look at me.
At this rate, all our comrades will die, not just us.
Leave me your gun and go!
Hurry, go.
If you insist on dying here, I won't stop you.
But I'm staying with you.
I dragged you into this.
I'm sorry.
I never once regretted it.
It's a bomb!
Yes, don't worry. Yes, we'll do that. All right.
How are things looking?
Then the exit must be right here.
Hello.
It's me, Song Sunho.
It's been a while.
I never imagined you'd be Professor.
Why did you do it? Did you want to repent?
To what do I owe this call?
What?
Do you want to turn yourself in?
Yes, that's right.
On one condition.
You can catch and kill me.
Or you can shut me up.
Do whatever you want.
Take all the money too.
But…
Let the other robbers live.
Hello?
Did you trace it?
No, but he must be close.
Don't let any of them escape.
Not a single one.
Yes, sir.
What are you doing?
Berlin…
is dead.
I know.
I can't lose you guys too.
I'm the one who came up with this plan,
so if it can end with just me--
Come on.
What are you doing?
-Pull yourself together! -Tokyo…
Didn't I tell you?
I never want to see anyone I care about…
die ever again.
Get up.
Let's go!
What's that?
Berlin blew himself up,
so the escape tunnel is blocked.
We have to chase them through a different route.
Professor.
They found the hideout.
They will be coming in soon.
What are we going to do now?
Professor found a way.
This is the only thing
we can try right now.
I'm Seon Woojin of the Gyeonggi Police Agency.
I heard an explosion over there,
so if you go that way, you'll catch up with them--
-What are you doing? -We've got her.
She's suspected of colluding with them.
Bring her here, and the rest of you go after the robbers.
This is like a spider's web.
It doesn't matter
because the city infrastructure is independent and not connected
to any neighboring area…
No matter how hard they try to escape,
if we block this point, they'll be like a rat in a trap.
Right now. Here and here.
We have men on their trail.
If we close in from here, we'll be able to catch them all.
Do that.
What is the meaning of this?
Weren't you suspended for suspicion of leaking information and collusion?
You should have been investigated.
But instead, you moved on your own without even reporting it?
Maybe you have an ulterior motive.
What "ulterior motive"?
Who knows?
Maybe you came to sympathize with the bastard while you were with him.
Only the two of you would know, right?
Shut up! I know the reason you carried out the plan to take them out.
You're trying to kill them all to shut them up.
Isn't that why you dragged me here too?
They are terrorists!
We have to keep the JEA, the symbol of peace, safe from them!
You're just afraid they might expose what you and Jeon Yongsu
are trying to do through this summit and who is behind all of it.
I thought he just screwed you,
but apparently, he put his delusional beliefs into your head too.
It's a bomb. We've found a bomb!
I think this is a bomb.
Search Team Two. We found explosives.
-Explosives were found! -We found a bomb!
Team Four, we found one too.
Explosives found! South of Peace Square.
We have one over here too.
There are lots of explosives underground near Peace Square.
What should we do?
All units stand by until further notice.
This is what they were after this whole time.
What?
What if bombs go off under the crowded square?
The area would be in total chaos, with people dying and being injured.
These bastards are trying to get away during all that!
Will they really…
No, there's no way.
They have stuck to their principle of not killing anyone this entire time.
Principle, my ass.
They just did that to buy themselves time to print the bills.
But…
If they really had just cause, why on earth would they set up the bombs?
And why did they let you live?
It's all a distraction tactic.
You were played until the end. Can't you see?
That can't be.
She's getting in the way.
Get her out of here.
-Take her to the station. -Chief…
No, Chief.
We should evacuate the civilians from Peace Square, right?
But what if those bastards blend in with the crowd and escape?
Huh?
-Kim Sangman! -Out!
-Cancel! -The hasty summit!
-Fake economic cooperation! -We're against it!
-Kim Sangman! -Out!
-Cancel! -The hasty summit!
UNIFICATION IS NOT A MEANS OF MAKING MONEY
Seal off the area surrounding Peace Square
so not a single rat can escape.
-Fake economic cooperation! -We're against it!
-Kim Sangman! -Out!
-Cancel! -The hasty summit!
If the bombs go off, there will be a lot of casualties.
The bombs can be disarmed.
But we must not give them any chance to escape the square.
If the bombs do go off,
it will be their graves.
Are you saying that the death of the robbers is more important
than the lives of civilians and cops?
I don't think your Ministry of State Security
would feel all that different.
-What do you think you're doing? -Just a minute.
You were right.
Assemblyman Kim wants nothing other than to kill the robbers
and cover up the incident.
Help me.
I think I know where they are headed.
Won't they use the bombs?
I really don't think they will.
On what grounds?
Is it personal emotion?
I'm not sure, but…
There's not enough time to disarm them!
The police have sealed off the square without any explanation.
They are holding not only the protestors but regular civilians.
As mentioned earlier, there is a large gathering
of protestors at Peace Square condemning the summit.
There are more people joining…
This is the chief.
Evacuate the civilians from the square immediately.
What? What do you think you're doing?
Do you want your badge taken away? Keep them sealed off!
I repeat! This is the chief!
I'll take full responsibility for everything that happens from now on.
Evacuate all the civilians from the square now!
Get moving!
Yes, sir.
Move out of the way!
-What the-- -What is that?
-What is it? -What's happening?
What is that?
-What is that? -Is that a pig?
-What's going on? -What is it?
Is that a balloon?
Unidentified bills are falling from the sky.
It's a money bomb.
The consecutive explosions that occurred around Peace Square
turn out to have been committed by the Mint robbers.
On the scene, a flurry of new bills has been scattered
from the giant balloons that have been spotted around the area.
The police seem to have given up control of the situation.
According to our investigation, the robbers have already escaped the Mint
and managed to get the police off their trail.
ROBBERS ESCAPE THE MINT BILLS SCATTERED AROUND PEACE SQUARE
Opportunists begone!
The house of paper is ours!
-An underground tunnel? -The Professor told me.
There's a place only his father knew about.
I looked into it when I was a spy,
but they were all closed off.
Officially, yes.
But he said there was one left.
Even if there is one, where will they go with all that money in the North?
The train.
Are any of the tunnels around JEA near a train station?
You should leave now.
Don't move!
I do remember one place.
KHABAROVSK KAESONG
-Let's go. -Let's go.
Captain!
Jungho? Is that you?
It's Berlin.
You got Seon Woojin on your mind?
You knew?
I learned it the hard way this time.
Whether it's robbery or revolution, ultimately, it's all done by humans.
But she may already be on her way here.
Maybe.
She's no ordinary woman.
Are you worried that she'll come?
Or
are you waiting for her?
I'm not sure.
We should go now.
Freeze!
Stop the train!
What I said earlier…
I meant it all.
Okay, so stop the train!
You can kill me, but you can't arrest me.
No.
I'm going to get you and your crew and take you to trial.
For what?
For informing the people that the owners of the money printed at the Mint are them
and not the rich and the politicians
who use unification to make money?
Or
for deceiving you?
If you want to punish me…
choose now.
The robbers, consisting of North and South Korean criminals,
have vanished into thin air with a large sum of money.
Their escape was like the finale of a grand magic act.
The thieves scattered cash worth a billion dollars around the square,
which was crowded because of the summit.
This caused a huge commotion,
but the robbers were able to avoid the police.
The house of paper is ours!
What we did both inside and outside the house of paper
broke out all over the world through YouTube, social media, and foreign press.
How were the Mint robbers able to print four trillion won?
There's a conspiracy theory that the third Inter-Korean Summit
was an attempt to print large-scale funding to rescue conglomerate companies
on the pretext of economic cooperation.
According to the serial numbers of the money scattered over Peace Square,
this was true.
I, Kim Sangman,
only did my part to bring success to the North Korean development project.
All the additional funding was determined
by the special committee of economic cooperation,
according to legal procedures.
At this historic time in the face of the presidential election that will be…
Those in power tried to hide in the dark using their power,
as they always have.
But the people came out to shine light in the darkness.
Everyone was wearing masks, North and South Koreans alike.
The house of paper is ours!
FORMER LEADER JEON YONGSU MISSING
WAS HE REALLY SENT TO THE CONCENTRATION CAMP?
SEOUL HIGH PROSECUTORS' OFFICE
Congressman, do you have time for an interview?
Sir, please give us a comment.
Here he comes!
Are the allegations about Kim Sangman true?
The quote, "The house of paper is ours,"
was gradually becoming reality.
Just be honest.
A person can be persuaded by money.
You checked all my bank records and froze my account.
-What money are you talking about? -Woojin.
It's been a year since we started this.
Aren't you tired of seeing me?
WANTED SUSPECT OF MINT ROBBERY SONG SUNHO
You're still here.
-Did you quit smoking? -Yes, she kept telling me to.
Are you seeing someone?
Yes.
So this is why you came running to me.
Yes, it is.
The bride is…
She's from North Korea.
I met her after the case when I was dispatched.
I see.
Good for you.
-Congratulations. -Thank you.
That's beautiful.
I'm sorry, but I thought I should still tell you.
What are you sorry for?
Well, your divorce suit has drawn to a close,
but you're going through the internal investigation and the state lawsuit.
Don't worry about it. It'll work itself out somehow.
Inspector Seon.
What does a foreign law firm want from me?
The Mint incident is famous worldwide.
We want to represent you.
I appreciate the thought,
but I don't have the money to hire someone as--
You have nothing to worry about. We were hired by someone else.
Who?
I can't disclose anything about the client.
What are you looking for?
It's an old postcard…
I found it crumpled up in your drawer.
But I didn't think it was trash, so…
I don't speak English.
Want to get coffee?
You do business in a weird way.
What do you have up your sleeve this time?
I'm not sure.
Actually, I have a wonderful plan.
Do you want to hear it?
In the history of crime,
it'll go down as a revolution.
I've worked so hard to provide for them, and they don't even see me off?
Hey, man, you can't move it like that.
-Be gentle with them. -Okay.
What's this? This isn't mine.
Hey, man!
What? I just brought it down from the living room.
I'm telling you, it's not mine.
Gosh. This is heavy.
Have a good life. Damn it!
RECIPIENT: CHO YOUNGMIN SENDER: PROFESSOR