Long time no see.
- Namkwa Development. - Yes!
- Hangil lndustries. - Yes!
Now.
Project number 0036,
a painting job on a dormitory, will now commence.
The budget stands at 300,000 dollars.
Since it has been agreed to support Sungji Construction,
we will now decide on the fake applicants.
I see that this side is uncooperative.
How about we draw for the winner? No objections, right?
- No. - No.
- Shit... - It's me!
You're so damn lucky.
I had a lucky dream last night.
Congratulations. Have a drink from me.
Going somewhere special tonight?
- Of course. - Bring some more beer.
Attention everyone.
I think someone ratted to the American ClD.
Please entrust the fake applicants to us,
and disperse quickly for now.
Mister Chun, please do as you were instructed.
Okay, already!
Sir, the bid for the 300,000 dollar paint job went bust.
What? How?
Half was called out.
Who did it?
Sukwang Construction.
What?
You idiot! You play pool at a time like this?
How are you handling your job?
What?
Sukwang called in half for the paint job!
Go fix it up, you idiot!
Fuck!
It's a waiver.
Sign it.
Why'd you screw us over
after we all agreed, you asshole?
You've got some balls, you little shit.
My president is overseas,
and as the director,
I wanted to turn the company around.
While getting by I have to do my share, you know.
Miss Kim, bring me some water.
No, this is a crematorium.
Son of a bitch.
I got the waiver signed, but there's a slight problem.
Why?
That bastard got hurt pretty bad.
Where is he now?
I put him in the office for now.
Luckily, the other businessmen
came in and saw him.
They got scared stiff, thinking that could happen to them.
One of your back teeth went out.
Let's go get some X-rays taken tomorrow.
I really wanna let you go,
but I know you'll go report on us.
So stay here with us until those scars heal up, okay?
Have a drink.
I better wash up.
Cheer up and have a drink.
Drink up.
Mister Chun, I know you like to have fun.
Drink up.
You son of a bitch!
Fuck!
Yes?
Hi, I'm Choi Tae-woong.
Choi Tae-woong is here.
That son of a bitch
dumped a 300,000 dollar job for 150,000 dollars.
Then where'd the rest of the 150,000 dollars go?
It went back into the Yankees' pockets.
Then isn't Korea suffering a big loss?
So it's okay to use violence then?
As manager of the Fraternity Club, I couldn't let that slide.
What is this Fraternity Club all about?
You see, there are over 200 military goods suppliers.
Since they all dump their prices, this club was made to prevent this.
You see, we're entrusted by the Military Goods Suppliers Association.
Well, legally speaking, we're just a phantom group.
How much money has this Fraternity Club made?
Well, I don't know the entire amount.
You see, we take 20 percent from the lowest bidding price.
10 percent goes to the businessmen who participate in the meetings.
The remaining 10 percent goes to us.
- Mr. Kim. - Yes, Prosecutor.
Let this guy go,
and tell that Chun Mahn-kwan guy to come here.
Yes, sir.
He needs to learn another lesson or two from me.
Hello?
Yes, sir.
He's not in right now.
Yes, I understand.
Where's Mr. Oh?
He went to the sauna at Lions Hotel.
Sir, I think something bad is up.
The Constructors' Association's Chairman wants you to call.
Is that so?
Tae-woong, say hello.
This gentleman helps us a great deal.
Hello, I'm Choi Tae-woong.
So you're Choi Tae-woong.
The industry compliments you often on your outstanding work.
Thank you.
Seems as if that friend is going abroad.
Go to the dollars market, and change some dollars for me.
How much?
The number is 2-1325.
50,000 dollars.
Yes, it's Oh Sang-pil.
Mister Oh, hurry over here.
Is it urgent?
You'll have to quit the Fraternity Club.
These people want you to hand over the Fraternity Club.
Hand over to whom?
There used to be about 800 revolutionary leaders.
During the Korean War, half of them managed to stay alive.
But the government can't support them all, you know.
They know that the Fraternity Club is making a lot of money.
Screw all those old soldiers.
I can't give it up. I won't!
Aren't we approved by the association?
Let's talk to them about it!
Hello.
Chairman Yoo Jae-hwan is here, sir.
This is Commander Park Chang-hak.
He used to work for the ClA.
Chairman Oh Sang-pil
Who's Choi Tae-woong?
Yes, that's me.
The Fraternity Club's leader has been changed,
but nothing's different from before.
Keep doing your best since it's all for our country.
Please help the needy!
Welcome.
Hello.
Long time no see.
Sorry to keep you waiting.
Let's go on up.
So you're going to a nightclub?
We're seeing a James Bond movie. They say it's really fun.
Sang-pil, those Fraternity chumps screwed up somehow,
and American agents busted them.
When?
Their photos were taken at the scene yesterday.
They suspect you to be the informant.
Crazy bastards!
Who do they think Oh Sang-pil is?
Anyway, I'm glad. Those sons of bitches.
Hey, Oh Sang-pil!
Honey! Honey!
Honey...
Chairman Oh Sang-pil got shot.
What? Where?
At Mido Theater.
Honey, go home.
Who did this?
What bastard did this?
I'm scared.
They might come for me again if they learn that I'm still alive.
No one can come inside.
- Please let me in. - I'm sorry.
- Please let me in. - No.
Why can't l?
Who are you?
Hangsung Daily reporter.
How can I trust you?
Move, you bastard!
Where do you think you're going?
Who the hell are you?
You bastard!
You son of a bitch!
As you can see, the bullet is stuck in the ninth vertebrae.
The bullet penetrated the left rib,
and stuck into the spine.
The surgery went well, but his lower limbs went paralyzed.
Presently, it looks impossible
for him to recover.
Choi Tae-woong, let's talk outside.
Why'd you go and hit a reporter?
You shook a beehive.
Let's go.
February, 1965 The opposition insisted that ex-ClA Director Kim Jong-pil
February, 1965 accepted illegal funds from Japan's Foreign Minister Ohira
- Welcome back. - in their secret pact,
I'm sorry.
and will protest it tomorrow.
While students protested the Kim-Ohira Agreement
and demanded that the talks stop,
the police finally took them away later on.
The main culprit, Park Chang-hak, came away scotfree.
They just put the two gunmen in jail instead.
They'll also be released soon.
I found out
that Choi Tae-woong is a gangster with honor,
so he won't let things slide once he's free.
Plan to kill Park Chang-hak?
I'm just worried about your future, Hae-oak.
Something like that will never happen.
The father of a child would never do such a rash act.
Scumbags living in that filth always talk about that honor crap.
Are you drunk?
Watch what you say to your brother-in-law.
How'd they know I was here?
Tae-woong, stay out of that filth.
Use your anger to fight military dictatorship.
Seung-moon.
Thank you for coming.
Is it true that Sang-pil's wife left him?
She sold the house, and he needs to evacuate this month.
Tae-woong.
You had it hard, huh?
It wasn't hard.
Thanks to you,
I always slept in new sheets in a sunny room.
It was comfortable.
This is Doctor Cho. He's a physician.
Hello. Please sit down.
You have to turn over his body within every three hours.
His skin rotted so much on his back that even his bone rotted.
I'll have to carve out the rotted bone.
Is there a relative who can nurse him well?
He's the only son for 3 generations, so he doesn't have any relatives.
Plus, it's been ages since his wife divorced him.
Idiot gets sucked into a girl whom he barely knew.
Now look at him!
He bit his tongue!
Sang-pil!
- Mister Oh, open your mouth! - Sang-pil, open it!
Sang-pil, open your mouth.
Open it!
- Sweety! - Sweety!
Hey.
Sweety, you have visited Dong-Du-Chon last time
How do you know?
I saw you pass by zippe
I call you so loudly
Sweety, you don't look at me
Really? Um... so have a eat
See you later
Who are they to call you Sweety?
Set up a separate home? You haven't been in ours in a month.
You know I'm running Sang-pil's company for him now.
So what's with you?
Plus, if no one's next to him, Sang-pil can't do anything.
If I don't turn his body over often, his flesh will rot.
So how can I leave him?
You want me to change here?
You know you change anywhere even if it's not at home.
I'm going to find a nurse soon, so I'll be going home.
Don't get so agitated, okay?
This is laundry.
What's wrong with you?
Eat first and go.
Damn it, eat first and go.
Have you heard any news from Seung-moon?
Don't ask.
The police station often calls, asking me if he's home.
That darn fool.
Damn it...
That's okay, I'll push it.
I thought the world had completely changed,
but it's only me who's changed.
- Tae-woong. - Yes?
When you first came to Myundong,
Song Du-soo, Jin Byung-sam,
they were all dying to bring you under them.
But why'd you come under me to suffer like this?
Sang-pil.
You know you're a brain.
You're educated, that's why.
I'm just a high school grad,
so how could I work for those idiots?
Also, do you remember this?
While thinking I was big shit, being in the Myundong family,
I was getting my butt kicked by the Dong-kwan Gang,
then you came and saved me.
Yeah.
We sure were invincible then.
We sure were.
You flattened five guys in a flash, and ran off with me on your back.
I bought a lot of suits from this place.
How about we get fitted for a suit?
Sounds great!
Look here, Mister Kim.
Someone called and said the heating is leaking over there.
Why do accidents keep happening over there?
Okay, fix it fast.
The president is asking for you.
Yes?
I got a drinking appointment today, so reserve a room at Jewel Saloon.
Yes, I understand.
Hey, you come, too.
I have to go to the Goonsan city site.
Postpone it.
There are some people you need to meet.
She was the first sex maniac I've ever met.
How about we go for another round?
Is it time to get up already?
Where we're going, no curfew exists.
If there's such a good place, then let's hurry.
Wonderful!
You all are coming with us.
Tae-woong.
How many of you are there?
Bingo!
If this keeps up, the company will go under.
The money that Sang-pil spends
is over a year's worth of expenses.
With that screwed-up body of his, he always goes abroad,
buys a truckload of luxurious gifts,
and showers bar girls with them!
Hey, you know how Sang-pil can't use his thing.
He's trying his heart out to make it work.
Be understanding.
Fuck understanding!
The bear does his act, and the master takes the money.
He became famous because he got shot.
Then throws his weight around like some big shot.
I can't stand it anymore!
Tae-woong, can't you set up a separate company?
There's a call for you.
Welcome.
Hello?
Father went unconscious at Bokwang Temple in Kangwon Province.
What? Why'd he go there?
It happened while he went down to look for Seung-moon.
Damn.
If he keeps yapping about democracy and human rights,
does he think the world will change?
That kid cracks me up.
Cracks you up?
Want to hear what Seung-moon is lamenting about?
"Our society has always been dominated by oppressive authorities.
By nature, their characters aren't any different from gangsters.
If there was any difference,
gangsters outer and inner appearance correspond,
whereas the authorities wear a mask of justice on the outside.
The darker their inner violence and corruption are,
the more attractive, the viler,
and the crueler they get.
So instead, gangsters are better."
He's dead.
It's all my fault.
This is Park Seung-moon. He'll be working with us now.
Pleased to meet you.
Hello.
- Nice to meet you. - Same here.
- Hello. - Nice to meet you.
- Hello.
I'm Park Seung-moon. Pleased to meet you.
Listening to that prick speak English
every day drives me up the wall.
Hey, I heard you speak some English.
Yeah, pretty good.
Then you speak it. I'm gonna fire that asshole.
Is Seung-moon doing a good job?
I brought him in to make into a decent person.
He's doing great.
They said he speaks good English.
Hello, sir.
I'm Racoon's younger brother.
Right, hi.
So how's your brother doing?
He's been rotting in the can for three years now.
He still has two to three years left.
It's been hard for me to take care of the family.
I heard that you're doing the best among the Myundong family.
And that you'd always help anyone from the Myundong family.
Come here.
Dad's in the Myundong family?
Don't speak nonsense.
That doesn't concern you, so just eat.
Here.
Go, you prick.
Get out of here, now.
Sweety, who's that guy?
He's a Congressman. Take good care of him.
Goof up, then it's big trouble.
Mister Kim!
Yes, sir.
The ClA Director is actually the wife.
She's in control of things.
Remember this.
Let's go.
Sweety, you're leaving already?
Yeah, I have to go to work.
Sweety, you were really drunk yesterday.
Know how hard it was for me to get that thing up?
But we finally did it after I worked hard at it.
Is that so?
Hey, I'm sorry.
Here's some spending money.
Sweety, you see me as that kind of girl?
Think I came here for money?
I'm sorry. I didn't know.
Long time no see, Congressman Kim.
Let me introduce you.
This is Choi Tae-woong, head of Taejin lndustries.
Congressman Kim, it's been a long time.
Yes, it has.
This is my wife.
Hello, I'm Choi Tae-woong.
He's a promising young entrepreneur.
Please have a seat.
Loyalty!
Hello, I'm the manager.
The president should be here.
How could they send a manager?
I'm the president.
How old are you?
Thirty, sir.
Take good care of him.
Yes, sir.
Hello, sir.
This way.
- Mister Woo. - Yes, sir.
Even if it takes late nights, we have to cut down the schedule.
The next job at Goonsan City is urgent.
I want you all to go down there quickly.
We'll try our best.
Daddy!
I got an award at school today.
Wow, is that so?
Daddy! Daddy!
You didn't buy Pinocchio again?
Right, Pinocchio.
Here's some money, so...
Don't give him any money.
Be a good father and buy it yourself.
Then I'll buy it tomorrow for sure.
You have to, daddy.
Okay.
You got off work just now?
I had to meet this bad student's parents.
Quit that school.
It's not like we're pressed for money.
Think I'm doing it for money?
I heard that
you bought Sang-pil a bigger and better house than ours.
Is this true?
I'm living in a house this big, so Sang-pil's should be bigger.
You think he'll be grateful?
He's going around telling people
that you got this big because of his help.
I don't care what he thinks.
I'm doing this because I want to.
Because you want to?
Did you really want to buy it for him?
Or are you just indulging over the fact
that retired gangsters are praising Choi Tae-woong
for being so loyal?
Isn't it important how people perceive you?
You're so naive, ignorant, and aggressive.
You're unstoppable.
Hello?
It's me, Mi-hwa.
I called your office several times,
but they won't connect me.
Oh, what a surprise.
I'm too lonely to go to sleep.
I want you so bad.
Is that so? Let's talk tomorrow.
Choi Tae-woong, what's with you?
- Are we strangers? - Call my office tomorrow.
Hey asshole, now you're bailing out
after you had your fun?
Tell him we're going!
Tell that asshole
we're gonna go kill him!
You fucking asshole!
I'm only ten minutes away!
Let's go!
Then come, you bitch!
All of you bitches come!
Honey, go to court and stamp the divorce seal tomorrow.
Those bitches will charge in, so you'll need to help me.
She's trying to suck me dry after a few casual times together.
Honey, help me, okay?
Why should I help?
Those bitches!
Dar-sung, turn on the front lights!
Open the gate wide, damn it!
Maid!
Where's my wife?
She went out the back door.
But it's past the curfew...
This is the police station, right?
Is there a woman named Park Hae-oak who got caught during the curfew?
No?
It's me.
Is your sister there?
No, but did something bad happen?
Well, something came up,
and she ran away.
She probably went to a friend's house.
Anyway, turn on the radio.
Armed men from the North attacked the Blue House.
It's crazy out there.
January 22, 1968 After 31 North Korean armed guerillas infiltrated the South,
January 22, 1968 a spy search is being executed.
When the police first confronted the armed spies,
Jongo police superintendent, Choi Gyu-shik, was killed.
"Armed spies in Seoul."
"Last night, 31 men infiltrates the North Gate."
"While fighting the spies, Police Chief Choi Gyu-shik dies."
They're trying to arouse more anti-communism in the people.
The DMZ is 40 kilometers from the Blue House.
Since they charged into the heart of South Korea,
the government will build up the defenses in that area.
And the Americans will get rowdy.
Hey, we might make tons of money.
She came at dawn, and took a short nap.
I asked her where she was going, and she didn't say and just left.
She deserts her kids and runs away. Wait till I catch her.
I'm gonna rip that bitch apart.
Crazy bastard...
You don't need to bring this every time.
Thanks to you I'm making plenty.
This is the construction order.
Get me the manager.
Yes, it's me.
It's Taejin lndustries.
Project number 103.
Take your interests to them.
I heard that your wife ran away because of an affair.
She hasn't returned yet?
How did you know all that?
You know I take a lot of interest in you, Mr. Choi.
The woman is solved by money
My wife may come back home soon.
I'm sorry about your worry
There isn't a woman likes a affair of her husband
That's keep till the grave
- Mr. Choi, I wanna make friend with you - Pardon?
That's a my pleasure
So, I attend on you from today.
My friend.
Yes?
Actually, I'm worried about something.
I believe my husband is seeing some bar girl.
So-yeon at Scent Garden Saloon.
There's a rumor that she's pregnant.
Since you frequent those places, please look into it.
Shit.
The money's good, the work's good,
but straightening up someone else's philandering
isn't a man's job.
This is an opportunity.
Who cares if it's unmanly.
Isn't our business about the survival of the fittest?
Let's push it through.
This thing scares me.
It's the ClA.
If they find out, the shit will hit the fan!
Fuck this!
Fold the company and let's do something else.
Fold after making what money?
All you did is hire more workers and expanded the company.
Think you're in it alone?
You're pushier than the ClA Director's wife, damn it!
Welcome.
How are you?
It was my friend's clinic, so I asked him.
So-yeon is the name she uses at the bar.
Her real name is Kim Oak-soon, and she's nineteen.
She's five-months pregnant.
Can you get her to have an abortion?
As much as it takes, I'll cover all the expenses.
How can I make her get an abortion?
You've lost your mind.
Don't ever ask me these favors again.
I'm So-yeon's brother.
Why do you keep poking into my sister's life?
Have some of this with your drink.
Hello?
This is Han at the Education Ministry.
Mr. Han, why are you up this late?
It's my turn to guard the office.
Well, you're wife's name is on the teachers' list in Kangwon Province.
She is?
I'll come by your office first thing in the morning.
Do you know the new ClA Director well?
No.
He worked as a presidential secretary, so how would l?
Shit, they change guys right after I win them over.
I have to grab some new balls again, damn it.
Things are easy after I grab them, you know.
- Have a nice day! - You, too.
Bye!
Go ahead first.
October 17, 1972 President Park's three new clauses are as follows.
First, starting at 19:00 on October, 17, 1972,
the parliament and political parties will be disbanded,
and some Constitutional clauses will become invalid.
Second, the emergency cabinet will take over the functions
of these invalid clauses.
You pricks think you're hippies?
Study instead of growing your hair.
You degenerates!
I'm confiscating this guitar.
Go sit over there!
It's over 20 centimeters. You broke the law.
Measure it again.
Captain Kim!
What brings you here, Mister Choi?
Why is one of my girls here?
Aren't you being too much?
She works for you?
- Let's go. - Let her loose.
- It's like I don't bribe them enough. - I'm sorry, sir.
Get in!
Why the hell are you going around showing off your fucking legs?
Get out!
Get out, you commie!
Why am I a commie, you asshole?
Why am I a commie?
You said so in the car!
- What's going on? - He's a commie!
Why am I commie? You bastard.
These people were insulting the president.
They said he turned all the lawmakers into his robots.
And called them rotten power-hungry bastards.
I'm a professor at East University, and he's a famous writer.
You're both drunk. Go stand over there.
I'm Song Ji-han.
Go stand over there!
I'm no commie, you assholes.
Excuse me, I'll use the phone.
Put it on the desk and talk.
Think you can use the law
as you like, you bastards?
Shut up! Stop acting up.
Hello? Mr. Jung?
Hi, it's Kim Hong-il.
I'm at the police station in Ulchiro 2ga.
Yes, I'm in a bit of a problem.
Assholes use taxi drivers as their informants now.
Am I wrong?
This isn't a damn reform.
Yes, I'll hand over the phone.
Please answer it.
Hello?
I'm Prosecutor Jung Pil with the Seoul division.
They're okay, so let them free.
I understand.
You can go.
Yes, I understand.
Where do you think you're going?
Captain, answer the phone.
Hello?
This is the ClA.
Yes, sir!
This is Chief Jang. Send us those commies this instant!
Right away, sir!
We are really married couple?
There's no heart
It's a cool Drink.
You are became corrup
I was married
because you were honest and pure
Your job isn't an aid
and help for the people
Long time you are parasitic on the power for money
cause your own soul is corrupt
What? Spolling?
I have lived so rough way.
That's all for our family
He's just been appointed as the new ClA Director.
You know you're the first citizen he's met, right?
You also know that the construction went to your company, right?
I know very well.
It's a 1.2 million dollar construction,
so please do a good job without any problems.
You may know already, but 10 percent goes to us,
and the same to our middleman, Congressman Jung Pil-ku.
Hello, Mrs. Choi.
Hello.
- Hello, everyone. - Do you feel okay?
Please don't worry about me.
Hi, honey.
Came from the hospital?
Yes, it's growing nice and healthy.
There's 145 days left now.
I hope it's a girl.
No way.
I want three boys in a row.
The ClA wants to talk to you.
Yes?
At two? I understand.
We have to switch the construction in Goonsan City to another company.
What?
There are many good projects in the second half.
I'll back you up then.
The biggest one that I know is a mere 300,000 dollar job.
Then I'll back you up on three or four of those.
Look here, Mister Min.
If we do three constructions,
then that's three times the equipment.
How do you expect us to survive by covering all those wages and fees?
Fuck, I can't.
I won't!
No means no.
The ClA is double-crossing me!
Give me my money, you fucking assholes!
Mister Choi.
If I had the money, I'd give it to you.
We have to send 35 politicians to Parliament this time.
Know what state we're in?
How cares about that, asshole!
I went to Vietnam to fight commies. I've never paid the opposition.
And I've never committed a serious crime!
All that you could get me for is disturbing a government official.
This is the last draw.
I'm going to expose everything
to the opposition's press, assholes!
Overthrow tyranny!
Change back the constitution!
Overthrow tyranny!
Change back the constitution!
Get into formation!
Shit, why don't they go study instead of causing a ruckus?
Move the car.
Disband the ClA!
Disband! Disband!
The Fascist government must be stopped!
Must be stopped! Must be stopped!
Staying up through long nights
On every leaf, there's morning dew
- Hi. - Hello.
- You're all early. - We just came.
Goodness, look at all the goldfish.
I heard the owner here is very ambitious.
She wished for many grandchildren so she bought them.
A goldfish lays up to 3000 eggs at once.
Out of them, they say only 1500 of them hatch.
Let's toast.
Taejin lndustries won this year's top exporter award of military goods.
And even without the ClA,
we can maintain the company for now through private contracts.
Shit, the ClA Director will get replaced again anyway.
Cheers!
Hey, Choi Tae-woong.
Come here.
What's going on?
What is this?
Damn you!
- Seung-moon. - Yeah.
Look in that shack over there.
Tae-woong.
Tae-woong!
Hey!
Are you okay?
I'm okay.
What time is it?
It's six.
It's six already?
Shit.
If they knew I was still conscious,
I thought they would kill me,
so I acted like I fainted.
But I fell asleep.
They were from the ClA, right?
I thought everything was settled, but I don't get why this happened.
I was so pissed off over drinks,
I told the reporters about the ClA's illegal business.
They probably found out.
Shit, they usually drag people away and make them half-paralyzed.
I've gotten this much at least.
So I'm lucky.
Let's go eat some beef stew.
You son of a bitch, watch how you drive!
Tae-woong carried on with his
business for a more few years,
and then changed fields in 1975.
This was a sign of his life brightening.