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The Red Scarf
Starring
Choi Eun-hee
Shin Young-kyun Choi Moo-ryong
Han Eun-jin Yoon In-Ja
Nam Koong Won, Kim Hee-kap Lee Dae-yub, Park Am
Choe Geol, Im Dong-hun Lee Gi-hong, Song Il-keun
Lee Seong-seop, Jeong Un-gan Park Sang-jun, Shin Chan-ik
Oh Gyeong-ju, Ryu Jin-sook Bang Go-bong, Choi Myong-ju
Ban Man-hui, Kim Hae-ryong Kim Hee-jun, Kim Maeng-hwan
Production Crew
Original script Han Un-sa Adaptation Kim Gang-yun
Cinematography Kim Jong-rae Aerial cinematography Jeong Hae-jun
Music Hwang Mun-pyeong Recording Sohn In-ho
Effects Lee Sang-man Management An Gyeong-ho
Assistant director Lim Won-sick Choe Mun-il
Producer Sin Tae-seon
Director Shin Sang-ok
One day in 1952, at the final stage of the Korean War,
nine young Hawks including lieutenant Bae Dae-bong
flew from Sacheon to Gangneung Air Base.
Men who love the sky, tend their dreams in the sky
devote their youth to the sky and accomplish their mission to protect their homeland.
Korean Air Force 10th Fighter Wing Gangneung Advanced Base
There is no today or tomorrow for these men.
Welcome, guys.
I'm the Wing Commander of the Gangneung Base.
- Anyone has any problem? - No, sir!
Good.
I won't be long.
From this moment, I take charge of your lives.
This is the right place where true men can exhibit
your glowing patriotism and boiling blood as much as you like.
Unlike Sacheon Base,
this is a bloody battle field.
If you're afraid, I will send you back right away.
- Understood? - Hooah!
What you just received is the pride of us pilots,
the symbol of fiery patriotism and blood-red conscience.
When you wear this scarf, you should keep in mind a few things.
Never become a coward!
In the battle or in love alike.
- Understood? - Hooah!
Be enraged at something unrighteous.
Be benevolent toward pitiful and sorrowful things.
We live in the sky,
but we eat on the ground.
Only those who can stand firmly on the ground
can fight bravely in the sky.
Remember to keep your personal affairs clean,
in order to sacrifice your life anytime,
and write a will to renew your determination and submit it.
- Hooah! - Dismissed.
Attention! Salute!
You are truly welcomed.
Hey, rookies!
This is Major Na Gwan-jung.
- I report! This is... - No need to report!
Who told you to wear the red scarf?
You saucy things!
Before you've been on a sortie, you don't deserve to wear it!
Untie it! Now!
Well, some faces!
You, what is your nickname?
Huh?
Sissy, sir.
- How about you? - Pebble, sir.
Pebble?
Yeah, you look solid. And you?
- Nerd, sir. - What?
- Nerd, sir! - Alright.
And you?
- Laborer. - Laborer?
Why's that?
Because I'm not tactful sometimes.
You are like me!
From tomorrow, you will get re-trained for three days
to get familiar with Gangneung's topography, the runaway and the climate.
I will be your instructor. Call me 'Boar,' understood?
Hooah!
- Everyone landed? - Hooah!
The training is over now.
Several days were wasted because of you,
but I'm checking myself not to beat you.
Tonight, I will buy a drink to soothe my temper.
That will be the last course of the training that I'm in charge.
- Understood? - Hooah!
And from this moment you may wear the red scarf.
- Understand? - Hooah!
Attention! Salute!
He is truly a Boar, right?
Yes, I see.
Wing Commander, sir! I have something to ask.
What is it?
Dispatch me on sorties from tomorrow.
- What about the training? - It's finished.
With whose permission?
After I teach them how to drink tonight, I'm done.
Who told you to teach them how to drink?
Don't go out tonight.
Yes, sir.
Major Na.
Sir?
Don't get angry.
Soon you will make sorties. Complete the training well.
- Understand? - Yes, sir!
Hey!
Oh! Mr. Boar! Long time no see.
- It's been a long time. - Welcome you all.
Take good care of these rookies.
Attention!
Action!
Madam.
You have a good business!
The poor thing has been crying every day, mourning,
so I brought her out for the first time today.
She will forget about it while she works
and earn some money, too.
Excuse me for a moment.
I'm sorry, Major Na.
What are you doing here?
It's a job, right?
- There's no low job. - Shut up!
My goodness!
No matter what, as long as I live,
I can't let you work in a place like this.
Go back inside and change your clothes, right now!
- Major Na... - I said now!
What's wrong with you? You don't understand her.
She came here because she is sorry and uneasy
to depend on your favor.
Uneasy?
Ji-seon knows well that you care,
and feels thankful.
But you are not a relative or anything.
Don't you think Ji-seon needs to get ahead with her life from now on?
- Did you get some sleep? - Not at all. Hey, tie this.
Dunno why but my family members come to my mind.
Right, I feel strange too.
Laborer is not much different.
- Everything ready? - Hooah!
Let me see.
Now you guys look like men. Everyone OK?
- All right. - A little bit nervous.
Everyone feels so at first. Once done, it will become normal.
- Gather at the briefing room! - Yes, sir!
Weather condition around the target is generally clear.
At present, weather is clear in Gangneung area.
Range of sight, 7 miles. Direction of wind, south-wester 15 knots.
Temperature at the altitude of 25 thousand feet, -32℃.
Let me start information briefing.
The operations status of the ground force is ferocious as yesterday,
keeping the current battle lines.
Our target location is
20 miles north from Mt. Singo,
from Carlie Sugar 268 306, there are the enemy bunkers
at the forward defense position.
We have information that it's about 30 feet thick.
Now the force tailoring.
Flight formation commander is the Wing Commander,
2nd flight leader is Lt. Hwang Ik-jo,
3rd flight leader is Maj. Na Gwan-jung,
4th flight leader is Lt. Kim Gi-beom!
Each flight formation is fixed. That's all!
You heard the briefing.
It is the first sortie for the rookies including Lt. Bae Dae-bong.
So, for you, it is more important
to follow the leader's aircraft than to drop bombs.
Be calm as in the usual training sessions.
Pay special attention to the gun switch
in order not to kill your buddy by accidental discharge.
Lastly, I hope everyone return safe and sound.
That's all!
Attention!
Salute!
Come on, busters. Are you guys afraid?
No, sir!
Then sing a song.
- Come on, sing! - Yes, sir.
Let's sing 'The Red Scarf,' OK?
The red scarf is the man of the sky
The man of the sky is the red scarf
Wearing the red scarf around the neck
I fly with the clouds I fly too
Lady, do not trust my heart
This youth will pass away like a thunder
The red scarf is the man of the sky
The man of the sky is the red scarf
Against the twilight, the roar echoes
To the end of the sky I fly too
What is wealth or honor for? My life is staked in the sky
We will have lunch together after we return!
Eagle Flight. Eagle Flight.
Target is near.
Each flight, get ready to attack.
Roger that. Gun swich on.
This is the flight commander. Every squadron is OK?
- Roger. - Roger.
Attack finished! Gather at the take-off run.
Altitude 8000, Vector 150 degree.
119! 119!
Bravo 2, Bravo 2!
Come quick!
Attention! Salute!
- Ready, front! - Lt. Bae Dae-bong, come forward!
Yes, sir!
- How many lives do you have? - Just one.
Didn't I tell you to follow the flight leader's aircraft?
I thought it's better to destroy one more truck.
You bastard!
Is your life that cheap or worthless?
How many fighters are in Korean Air Force?
Dozens of thousands? No, we are fighting with a few dozen!
That's not all. How many pilots are there?
To train you,
how much time, money and efforts did it take?
Don't you know anything?
I'm sorry, Wing Commander, sir.
You achieved a brilliant result in today's battle,
but your attitude as a pilot was terrible!
Never forget that only the rules and regulations
and right procedure can guarantee your life.
Strictly observe military disciplines
and thoroughly be aware of your position as combat pilots!
I ask you as a Wing Cdr. Understood?
Hooah!
As a rule, Lt. Bae Dae-bong should be
confined at the guardhouse,
but as it was your first sortie, he is exceptionally forgiven.
That's all!
Attention!
Salute!
Ready, front!
Look, Boar is staring at you.
You'd better go to him before he comes to get you.
Go.
I beg your pardon, sir.
Didn't you feel a twinge in the belly when you were beaten?
I did.
OK, then. It's a place like that.
I am sorry.
That's it. You guys grow up by being beaten.
Let's go.
Welcome, guys!
- Madam, give me a whisky. - Sure.
Is Ji-seon in?
You are always worried about her.
Where are you going?
- Just a minute, please! - Sit down.
I'm going to the toilet, to pee.
Hey!
Take that hand off! Now!
Why are you doing this again?
- Why is he so loud? - Just sit down, man.
Major Na, you are here!
I am drunk.
Why are you looking at me like that?
I told you not to come here.
What else can an ill-fated woman like me do?
Too ill-fated to do something else.
I'm going to ruin myself.
Why are you behaving like this?
Tell me what you need. If you need money...
Stop it!
What's the use of such sympathy?
- You help me to save your face. - Ji-seon!
Hands off me!
Are you crazy? What have you done, Maj. Na?
Ji-seon!
I'm sorry.
No.
Leave me alone to live and die as I like.
Ji-seon! Ji-seon!
Major Na.
What Ji-seon needs is not sympathy but love.
A fiery love to erase her sorrow,
and to give her a new life filled with happiness.
I'm sorry to show you uncivilized behavior every time.
It's all right.
You guys don't take after me.
Major Na.
Sir.
Can you tell me about her?
You will get to know later.
Later...
- Where are you going? - To Gangneung.
- Alone? - Yes.
How far is it to Gangneung from here?
Well, about 20km left.
- Where are you from? - From Chuncheon.
- Chuncheon? - From Chuncheon?
You mean, you passed this Daegwanryeong Ridge on foot all alone?
Yes.
Somebody gave me a ride to the other side of the ridge.
You're pretty brave.
Please get in. We will give you a ride.
- Get in. - Oh.
But weren't you driving the other direction?
We don't have any particular business.
We came out to greet this first snow.
- To feel romantic feelings. - Oh.
- Please get in. - Thank you so much.
Sorry for the inconvenience...
No, it's all right. Get on this side.
- Here, put this on. - No thanks. I'm OK.
You will have a hard time if you catch a cold.
Thank you.
Do you have a relative in Gangneung?
- There's no one I know. - Then, how...
I'm just coming. To see if there's any way to make a living.
Both of you live in Gangneung?
Yes, we serve at the Fighter Wing.
Then you repair the airplanes?
We fly. See this red scarf.
Where's your hometown?
- Sariwon, in the North. - Ah, Sariwon.
Many people died there, right?
My father, my mother, and everyone died.
Ah...
Madam!
Hey, guys!
What's up with all this snow?
Madam.
Please take care of her.
Who is she?
I will explain later, so please take care of her first.
We will take all the responsibilities.
Please do us a favor.
Madam, thanks.
Have you known them well from old times?
No.
Hey, Boar.
Why aren't you sleeping?
What about you?
I can't sleep because of her.
Shall I marry her?
- Marry her? - Yeah.
You don't know anything about her.
In the old days people got married before seeing each other.
We talked and had a drive together, so we have a history enough!
- You like her that much? - Yeah, I was attracted at first sight.
She is a special angel that God sent to me.
What do you think?
Actually, I was thinking about her too.
- About how I can look after her. - Oh, yeah?
That's all, man.
If you like, love her with your heart.
She will like you too.
You have a nice-looking face, bastard!
Huh, bastard!
Hey, Boar! What are you waiting for?
You think I'm your servant or something?
You're quick like a flash, damn dude.
Hey, it's a time of Saber jets and MIGs!
Oh, boy.
You bought all this?
Nothing unnecessary is here.
Oh...
- Oh, it's heavy! Please take it. - I'm sorry!
You know what? That bastard calls me his servant.
Hey, come inside. Let's have dinner together.
I will be off, buster.
Why?
Though I'm a Boar, I have sense.
Quit it and fly away then.
Yeah, I'm leaving.
You too, bye.
Wow, that was a feast!
I'm not that good at cooking.
No, it was very delicious.
I ate quite a lot too.
- Well, Ji-seon. - Yes?
I'll ask a straightforward question
so answer me clearly.
What is it?
In fact, I'm still a bachelor.
- So what if we marry each other? - What?
I didn't look after you with that intention.
But after having dinner you made,
I truly wish so.
What do you think?
If it's too much, then I will forget.
But if you don't object,
we could live through this hard time together.
I know nothing about you.
Well, I know nothing about you either.
Strangers can marry,
omitting all the complex procedures.
What does the past matter?
Don't you think so, huh?
I'm not sure if I deserve you.
That means OK!
Wow, I'm so glad!
So happy!
Ji-seon, why are you weeping?
Nothing...
We would have met more elegantly, more beautifully at a normal time.
Sorry, Ji-seon.
But what can we do?
Let's live like this, huh?
Yes.
Come in.
- You called me, sir? - Right.
I heard you sleep out quite often these days, huh?
Is there something?
Yes, sir. In fact, I'm married.
What? Married?
Why didn't you tell me?
I was thinking to invite you over sometimes.
Sometime? What time?
Sorry, sir.
Marriage is the only time that people bloom once in a life.
Aren't you sorry for the bride to get her so humbly and so lonely?
I guess Noh Do-sun is not such a dull bum.
I won't ask you scoop up the spilt water.
Make an occasion to introduce her officially to your seniors and colleagues some time.
- Understand? - Yes, sir.
It is a small gift of celebration.
Give this to your wife.
Come on.
Take it.
Thank you, sir.
You can go now.
You know,
even during wartime, you should not mistreat someone's daughter.
Yes, sir.
Don't dishonor your red scarf!
Yes, sir.
Our Wing Commander is such a man.
He is called Hong Gil-dong,
but he is also Mrs. Hong Gil-dong for us.
I can die anytime for him.
Don't say that. Why talk about death?
Don't worry.
Do you think Noh Do-sun will die leaving you alone?
That's never, ever going to happen.
Hey, let's return to the base. Huh?
It's too simple for a 100th sortie.
By the way, Boar!
Today Ji-seon will present me a red scarf.
Good for you.
Noh, look at 2 o'clock!
Oh, there are tanks! Good!
Hey, let's call it a day now. Everyone is waiting for us.
What are you talking about? It's like a gift to us!
I will go first.
Hey, Boar. It's too many.
Let's smash them with napalm.
Hey, Do-sun! What's up, huh?
It seems my engine got hit.
It will catch fire!
Dangerous!
Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!
Lt. Noh Do-sun's fighter got shot
so he ejected from it, over!
Ladies and gentlemen!
Today Lt. Noh Do-sun completed 100th sortie
and became a man of no return.
But, ladies and gentlemen,
Please offer your bouquets
to the deceased spirit.
We, the Air Force,
the pilots here,
will be with Lt. Noh Do-sun today, tomorrow and forever.
Nothing to grieve.
Please fly the balloons you have
into the sky.
Girl students, please sing a song...
song of welcoming!
After I left my sweet hometown,
days and months flew,
and the yearning gets to my heart
Day and night,
I can't forget you,
my beloved home!
When can I return to you?
Welcome Do-sun, from the 100th Sortie!
Welcome Flight Lieutenant Do-sun!
From your Ji-seon
Major Na! He hasn't died, right?
He cannot die, right? That's a lie!
It is OK if he isn't dead. That is...
Then we will be able to meet again someday.
He will walk in saying,
"Ji-seon, is dinner ready?"
As he always did in the evening back home.
You are right.
Noh Do-sun will live forever in our hearts,
returning ever more.
No! Don't tell me that. Give him back to me! Give him back...
Today's target is Anbyeon.
All the ground frontline seem to be in a lull state on both sides,
but the enemy is busy strengthening the front line,
and their Quartermaster Corps has arrived at Anbyeon.
Judging by the reconnaissance photos,
ammunition and war supplies are concealed, covered by straws
at civilian houses in the villages in the area marked on the map.
Especially this time, the targets are mostly country villages,
so take a special attention not to shoot civilians. That's all.
Attention!
Salute!
Ready, front!
Lt. Bae, Anbyeon is your hometown, right?
Yes.
How did you know?
Well, I will help you.
Listen, Eagle. Target is near.
Get ready to fire!
Now it's show time!
Charlie One, Charlie One. This is No. 2.
Hydraulic system is abnormal, over.
How much is the hydraulic pressure?
It's dropping from 3000 to 1500.
How is the control stick movement?
Stiff.
Then change to alternate system.
Alternate system is OK.
But the utility system is zero, over.
No. 3, cover up the No. 2.
Roger.
No. 2, No. 2! How is the condition now?
- Same. - Then dismount the wheels.
Out of order.
OK, let's go back.
Gangneung Tower, this is Charlie One.
No. 2 got shot. Utility system is out.
It will make an emergency landing, over.
Roger. All prepared. No wind.
You can land in any direction, over.
Thank you and out.
No. 2, No. 2! This is Wing Commander.
Repeat the emergency procedure.
Roger.
I will make a landing.
No! Jump out with a parachute.
- I will land. - No!
I will try to save the aircraft body.
OK, then make a belly landing.
- Is he all right? - Don't come.
Stop making a fuss. Go to your barracks.
Wing Commander!
I'm the chief mechanic of the flight 656. Let me see him.
Go check the aircraft first!
Hey, Lt. Bae! Are you okay?
He is not hurt. He will soon come to himself from the shock.
Hey!
- He is coming. - Hold yourself together! Wake up!
Are you OK?
How is he?
Remain lying down.
Sir, sorry for damaging the aircraft...
It's OK that you survived. It was a miracle to make the belly landing.
Get up soon, for everyone is worrying about you.
Yes.
No, not now.
- After you get some rest. - I am all right, sir!
Do you feel as if you are still flying?
I feel very much standing on the ground.
He is OK, sir.
- Good! You, buster! - Sir!
Oh, Maj. Na. Welcome!
- Maj. Na is here. - This early?
How come you visit here at this early hour?
- You girls get prepared. - All right.
She isn't here today?
- She went out to get a room. - To get a room?
You won, Maj. Na.
She is pretty so I thought I could earn some money, but it's all over.
Give me a drink.
Well, speak of the devil. Here she comes.
Hi, Ji-seon!
- You are here. - Yes. You are moving?
Yes.
Did you get one?
- Yeah, a small one. - Is it?
Let me introduce him. Here is...
I'm Bae Dae Bong.
Ji-seon, here.
Excuse me, for I have to move my things now.
Why, it's night!
I'd better do it right away.
Yeah, that's a good idea.
- Lt. Bae! Go help her. - Yes.
This is the first time we've met. How can I...
This is not the first time.
What?
The other night, he was here with Maj. Na.
Oh, were you?
Lt. Bae knows about your circumstances,
so feel free to use him.
I would like to help you.
Shall we go?
Thank you, then.
- Hey, Lt. Bae! - Sir.
- I will give you a briefing. - Yes.
Love also needs determination.
When you think it's the right time, you must embrace tight,
just like when you launch rocket bombs. Understand?
Yes, sir! I understand.
Let's drink.
Aren't you tired?
Let's take a rest.
Okay.
- They are heavy, right? - It's OK.
I have developed this habit of sighing unknowingly.
You've got to forget... the past.
We pilots think of only today.
We don't know about tomorrow,
and to live today to the full,
we don't have time to look back on yesterday.
I used to think so.
but now I lost confidence.
In that case, one should die.
- What? - But please don't die.
Everyone has sorrow.
Don't regard yourself the only one.
Today, I had to bomb the very house I grew up.
Oh my...
The back hill that I used to run,
the old tree that I was scolded by my mother for climbing up.
The enemies were there, where my childhood remains.
But I struck.
You must felt very sad.
The worse thing was that
little kids and women were mixed where the enemy was hiding.
Such a tragedy.
Perhaps some of your relatives were among them.
Could be.
But I'm determined not to be sad.
I think we have to win this battle first
to overcome this tragedy.
You too, Ji-seon. Please overcome all your sorrow.
He's the guy I've been waiting for.
A good fellow.
Oh, Maj. Na, that's a non-sense!
Why not?
No way!
Ji-seon shouldn't be made to cry again.
She needs someone with a safer occupation.
Look, people die more on the ground.
By disease, or by car accident.
Anyway, a woman who falls in love with a pilot must be crazy.
Crazy?
Maybe so, but she must be a cool lady.
Cool lady?
Thank you so much.
There, there, be careful!
Why did you choose such a humble place?
To live on my own.
Oh, please leave it.
Well, then, I'm leaving now.
Thank you.
Hey, just a moment.
I have nothing to give you in return.
Except this...
I had prepared this to give him.
If you don't feel bad, please accept this.
- Do you feel bad? - May I wear this?
Take it as a gratitude for what you told me.
Thank you.
When you wear this scarf, you should keep in mind a few things.
Never become a coward! In the battle or in love alike.
Love also needs determination.
When you think it's the right time, you must embrace tight,
just like when you launch rocket bombs. Understand?
Oh, you forgot something?
I want to be honest with you.
I respect the late Lt. Noh Do-sun.
But please forget him.
I want to be a helpful being in your life.
Are you angry?
No.
Thank you!
Take care when you go on a sortie.
I will pray for your safety.
Thanks. Whenever I go on sortie,
I will perhaps remember you as well as my parents who are in the North.
Well, then. Good night.
Bae Dae-bong!
- Come here. - Sir!
What's going on? Between you and Ji-seon?
Well...
This is the result.
That's good.
But there's someone standing in your way.
The Wing Commander?
Of course he is concerned.
He thinks you cannot love the widow of your senior.
But Ji-seon was a wife of a pilot.
How can we give her to someone else?
Maybe I'm ignorant, but I think it is comradeship.
What do you think?
- I agree, sir. - OK, then.
If you want to, don't hesitate and give her your everything!
Don't allow her any room to look back.
Yes, I understand.
If you understood, go and throw a 750-pound bomb at her this time.
Yes, sir!
Who's there?
It's me.
- Who is it? - It's Lt. Bae.
Oh, what's wrong?
Water... Please give me some water.
You are boiling. Drink water.
Why did you do nothing until fever gets so high?
It must be a cold. I will get well soon.
- Still you need to see a doctor. - No, I don't need a doctor.
- I will be back soon. - Oh, please stop it!
No, no!
Carry on, guys.
- Lt. Doh. - Sir!
Bae Dae-bong called to say Ji-seon is very sick.
What?
I told the medic, so bring him there quick.
Yes, sir!
39.5 degrees Celsius. Quite a fever!
Lie on your left side.
Good.
You hold up, Lt. Bae.
- Sorry? - Hold it up.
All right.
Thank you. You can go now.
Well, then. Take care, I'm going.
Will you look after her tonight, Lt. Bae?
Well, I don't know what to do.
She shouldn't be left alone. Take a good care of her.
Thank you, sir!
Good-bye.
I thought I was going to die tonight unknown to anyone.
Don't talk and get some sleep.
Is it OK that you stay out tonight?
I told Maj. Na on the phone.
What did he say?
He told me to take a good care of you.
He looks wild
but his heart is soft like velvet.
He is a cool guy I think.
- Where are you going? - I will have a cigarette outside.
- Smoke here. - The air will be spoilt.
It's OK. It can be changed later.
I don't want you to go out.
Then I won't smoke.
- Have a cigarette. - It's all right.
I insist.
Well, then.
- I'm obstinate, am I not? - Are you?
Sometimes, yes. Quite complicated.
Sometimes very cheerful, sometimes gloomy.
sometimes I chirp like a bird.
sometimes I don't want to say one single word the whole day.
The fever seems gone away while I talk.
Feel my forehead.
- Come on. - Really?
Yes, right?
I pray unto You, believing You are omnipotent.
Please disperse the clouds that are covering the sky,
and illuminate the path we are going.
Save my most precious one from all the dangers.
Please don't make this weak girl to wail miserably again.
Bar Lutetia
Look here, Maj. Na.
I came here to earn money.
So what?
I'm growing older,
and it looks impossible for me to earn money
if I welcome guests like you.
Why?
Because I would rather give money to you
instead of earning some.
How come?
I have no idea.
I don't know how I'm attracted to someone so stubborn and dark faced
and who does nothing but drinks and laughs!
That's good. Shall we go to dance?
- Can you dance? - Sure!
- OK! - Let's go!
Hey, listen, everyone.
On this Christmas Eve,
I will show you a life-time romance of this Boar!
Bring the ladies beside you at this moment.
From this moment Lutetia is closed!
Here comes Maj. Na.
Oh, you two look like doves.
How come you're here? What about the bar?
Look with whom I am. I don't care the bar.
Hey! Let's turn around!
The red scarf is the man of the sky,
The man of the sky is the red scarf
Wearing the red scarf around the neck
I fly with the clouds I fly too
Lady, do not trust my heart
This youth will pass away like a thunder
The red scarf is the man of the sky,
The man of the sky is the red scarf
Against the twilight...
- Come out, quick! - Come quickly!
Hey, busters! Come quickly.
If the Wing Commander comes, I will be flattened.
You are afraid of him a lot.
No, I'm not. I just respect him.
Hey, Bae Dae-bong and Do-chan, come out quickly!
- I'm here. - I'm here also.
I'm here too.
It's midnight. Church bells are ringing.
Hey, let's say 'Good-night, darling', listening to the bells.
Embrace each other and kiss!
One, two, three!
Who is it?
Turn that light off!
Damn bastard! Turn that light off!
What the heck!
I said turn it off!
It's me.
Who is me, you bastard!
Hong Gil-dong.
Wing Commander, sir!
- Get in the car! - Yes, sir!
You too, Bae Dae-bong!
- Right now! - Yes, sir!
Major Na, how many times did I tell you? What did I say?
Sir, this has nothing to do with Major Na.
I definitely have something to do with it.
- Sir... - What are you going to do with Ji-seon?
We married today...
What?
Then it's finished. You guys may go now.
- Sir. - Dismissed!
Forgive us, sir.
Are you my subordinates? Do you even think I'm your superior?
You may blame me.
But please celebrate Lt. Bae's marriage.
Actually I have a responsibility in their marriage.
A very strange responsibility.
After Noh Do-sun was killed in action,
and Ji-seon came to work at Bar Lutetia in desperation...
Sir, I thought I have to live with her.
Not that I was amorous.
Nor because I wanted to embrace Ji-seon and make love!
Noh Do-sun used to encourage me
whenever we went on sortie and he ordered me for the last time
to take a good care of her.
He even threatened me, saying I am a coward if I don't look after her.
But I couldn't.
I couldn't.
Then at that time, Lt. Bae appeared.
He may look coy, but he is generous-hearted.
It seemed Noh Do-sun would say he is OK.
So I could tell him my responsibility toward Noh Do-sun.
And Lt. Bae understood it.
That's all, sir.
That was all.
Please don't blame me, this ignorant Na Gwan-jung.
Even if I die tomorrow,
this is my one and only wish.
Please forgive Lt. Bae.
OK.
It happened so I surrender completely.
- Bae Dae-bong! - Sir.
Here, your life is in my charge. Don't treat it lightly.
Yes, sir!
- Go and sleep. - Yes, sir!
- Maj. Na, you stay. - I will be off, sir.
- Maj. Na! - Sir!
There's something interesting.
Come and sit.
This is Anju, and if you follow the railroad
it ends in Maengjung-ri.
The bridge here doesn't yield causing a big problem.
Is this the place that US Air Force failed after all those sorties?
Right. It's here.
US Army and Air Force made 36 sorties in total
but they couldn't break the bridge.
Idiots! Shall I go and finish it?
That's why I summoned you.
I will go out and break it tomorrow.
Don't haste.
Let's think first.
Operation order is not issued yet officially.
Why do you keep me if I can't break such a thing?
- No need to get angry. - Dispatch me, sir.
Don't you trust me?
I will surely break that thing.
Maj. Na! I trust you.
- Thank you, sir - Be careful.
Yes, sir!
Look! That's the bridge.
We're going down! Follow me!
No.3! No.3! What's the matter?
I got shot.
How much damaged?
Aircraft body is hit, and I'm wounded in the leg.
What? You got wounded?
Yes.
Wrap the wound with your scarf.
No.2! No.4! This is flight leader.
Get ready for attack and follow me.
No.3! No.3! How is the condition now?
Same.
Altitude is lowering.
Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!
Gangneung Tower! This is Eagle Charlie-one.
No.3 is wounded and... Leo. Leo.
Roger. Go ahead.
An emergency rescue is required.
Location is Charlie-Tango 4-5-1-2-6-8. Over!
Charlie-Tango...
- Where? - 6-8
6-8...
Oh, here!
Choppers cannot make endure filght.
- Let's mobilize C46. - OK, sir.
Gangneung Tower! This is C46.
What's the mission? Over.
Roger! This is Wing Commander!
Mission is an emergency rescue.
Location is Charlie-Tango 4-5-1-2-6-8.
Contact Charlie flight leader, over!
Bae Dae-bong! Bae Dae-bong! Where are you?
Bae Dae-bong! Bae Dae-bong!
Roger.
Yes, Bae Dae-bong.
Bae Dae-bong. Tell me your location!
Roger.
We will venture a rescue with C46.
Climb to the hill top and get ready. Understand?
Roger.
Location is identified, over.
Roger. Rescue is successful.
We are pulling him up, over.
This is Charlie-one. Is he alive?
Roger.
That's good.
Do-chan! It's OK if I die,
but you guys, you must not die.
I'm only needed in this dirty battle fields,
but you are different.
You must never die.
Why are you so serious?
Yu Hui-yeon!
I came close not to be able to have a romance with you.
What do you mean?
What would have happened if Bae Dae-bong died?
If Bae Dae-bong died
who will take care of Ji-seon's tragedy again?
Maj. Na, don't worry.
He won't die.
Ah, here comes Ji-seon.
Maj. Na, I...
Ji-seon, calm down and sit here.
Yes.
I saw the airplanes keep flying off all day.
Because I felt uneasy.
Something happened, right?
Do-chan, you tell her.
I will tell you straight.
He was hit in the leg and bled,
and landed in the enemy territory, but was rescued. So don't worry.
He will return very fresh in a few days.
That's right. Don't worry too much.
Give me a drink.
- OK. -Here.
Have a drink and pull yourself up.
Don't worry, a car will bring you to Seoul tomorrow morning.
Oh, that's good!
Then I will go home now.
- Ji-seon. - Yes?
If you go like that, I'm rather anxious about you.
My wish is
to see you carefree in this world.
Please pull yourself up.
Please!
- Do-chan! - Sir!
- You escort her to her place. - Got it.
Oh, I am all right.
No, he will escort you well.
Go now.
Now it's done.
- Don't drink any more. - Shall I stop?
OK, if you want that, Yu Hui-yeon.
Sometimes I think
how difficult it would be to serve someone like you all my life.
Don't you think so?
Yu Hui-yeon.
You are the only one who expects me to live in the future and worry.
Do you mean you will die tomorrow?
Who knows?
How can you talk like that?
What do you live for, Maj. Na?
For what?
For what? I don't know that.
Now cheer up.
Na Gwan-jung came to this world to fight.
You need a perfect protector.
Now let's drink. I made up my mind.
Are you going to be my protector?
Yes! Let's drink to that.
OK!
Once you said a woman who falls in love with a pilot is crazy, right?
Yu Hui-yeon, you are a cool lady.
But I will go tomorrow.
I will definitely break that bridge tomorrow. That damn bridge!
Don't think of anything else now.
Let us be just like this. That's all we need.
I love you.
I love you with all my heart.
Do-chan, how many times have you made?
- This will be the 36th. - 36th? That many already?
You made 180 times, Maj. Na.
20 more times left to make 200.
Major Na!
There's a letter for you.
From my mother.
- I will see it after I return. You keep it. - Yes, sir!
- Let's go. - OK.
The target is near. Gun switch on.
Roger.
Do-chan, please take care...
Roger.
Fly low toward, got it?
Roger. No.2, No.3!
We hit it, right?
Not fully demolished.
Let's try again.
Enemy flight at 6 o'clock!
Right away!
Do-chan, beat him, quick!
Flight leader, sir.
Do-chan, you are the flight leader, now. Go back.
It's dangerous, Maj. Na!
Maj. Na!
Wake up! Maj. Na!
No!
Today...
we lost an excellent colleague.
But we, Air Force, will grow up when we stand on
the fore-gone colleagues' sacrifices.
This is the will Maj. Na left.
Do-chan, you read it.
'Mother!'
'Do not be sorry for this undutiful son,'
'and please live a long life.'
'When you think of me, look up at the sky.'
'I will always on the white cloud that flows in the sky,'
'because the cloud will be my tomb.'
'And you, my juniors, listen carefully.'
'Someone like me is needed only in this dirty war.'
'Na Gwan-jung will be the manure in the ash-heap'
'that the sweeping war left.'
'You are clever and educated, so you guys stretch out.'
'Have roots, bear seeds, and grow!'
'I will be the ash and manure for you to grow on.'
Let us pray together for the repose of Maj. Na's spirit.
And let's resolve for tomorrow's fight.
Attention! Silent tribute!
I'm so full.
- Maj. Na's mother is here! - Gwan-jung!
Gwan-jung! Mother has come!
Where's my Gwan-jung?
Haven't he received my letter?
You must make a long journey to here, Mother.
He is the Wing Commander.
Oh, are you? This is Gwan-jung's mother.
How much trouble did you have with that bear-like boy?
No, Mother. Maj. Na is...
Yes?
Why are you dropping your heads?
Something happened to my son Gwan-jung?
Mother!
What's the matter with you all? Is he dead?
Tell me!
Major Na died in battle today.
Died...?
Mother! Mother!
Such a foolish boy!
If he lived one more day, he could have seen me.
He hadn't seen my letter?
No, it's here.
It doesn't matter now that he died.
There's no law that my son should live while other people's sons die.
Isn't it?
Here are some rice cakes.
I brought it for Gwan-jung to share with you all.
- Eat it later. - Mother.
What are you doing?
Come on, boys!
I will buy a drink.
How can I return without doing that much?
Come on, let's go.
What kind of boys are you?
Let's hurry! Let's go.
Come on.
I'm glad that you all come here.
It's almost like I met Gwan-jung.
Take care of yourselves.
Only a foolish boy will die young
before having done all that he has to do as a man.
Isn't that so?
Mother, Maj. Na didn't die.
He lives in these boys' hearts.
Major Na's death will
carry the future of the Air Force on his shoulders
by becoming manure for these seeds of Gangneung Fighter Wing.
Wing Commander is right.
So do not grieve too much, OK?
Oh, yes, I see.
By the way, Gwan-jung liked you, right?
Yes.
Thank you.
Such a stupid boy.
I have nothing to give you.
Well...
Let me give you this,
This is what he left.
You keep this.
Forget such a boy soon,
and live a happy life!
Fire!
The red scarf is the man of the sky,
The man of the sky is the red scarf
Wearing the red scarf around the neck,
I fly with the clouds I fly too
Lady, do not trust my heart
This youth will pass away like a thunder
The End
Produced by the Shin Films in 1964