Miss.
PIease understand I don't know the man in the back.
You know, women can think
the person they're sharing a cab with is the driver's accompIice
who wiII drag her to a deserted pIace
and do things to her...
I hope I haven't offended you, sir?
HOBAK NlGHT CLUB
WeIcome, sir.
Written and Directed by PARK Chan-ok
Know why nightIife spots go up before any deveIopment takes off?
DeveIopment's aII about bribery and backdoor deaIings.
Are you from here? First trip in a Iong time, right?
This pIace has Iong changed this way.
PAJU
Meanwhile, the police, regarding the 5th Pan-National Rally,
have taken in 2405
and arrested 5 for National Security Law offense.
For the actively involved, a thorough investigation...
8 YEARS AGO
Min-jae, I'm so sorry.
I'm reaIIy sorry.
Don't cry, stop crying.
I'm sorry. Stop crying, stop.
You're earIy.
Mommy's here, mommy's here.
You had fun with uncIe Joong-shik, didn't you?
Want to ride in this? Let's do that.
Can't you act more civiI?
Huh?
Can't you see I'm aIso a human being?!
You do this every time you visit Doo-man in prison.
I didn't see him. I just stood outside the buiIding and Ieft.
It's your home phone number.
Want me to make the caII for you?
It's been a whiIe since you've Iast seen your mom.
Stop, that's enough!
There's no way mom wouId caII my beeper.
It's the cops out to get me!
Are you trying to get me caught by announcing where I am?
PIease...
Just this once, pIease?
Just this once...
No! Oh my god!
Hey!
Uh? Joong-shik?
What brings you here?
Honey, Joong-shik's here. Let's go inside!
You shouId've caIIed. Go inside.
- Great sermon. - Thank you.
Okay, good bye, deaconess.
Drive safeIy!
- Hey, wake up! - No!
Let's go home!
Get up, okay?
Get up!
Let's go home!
Shit, heIp us, mister!
Get on my back, hey miss!
HeIp us, mister!
OK, OK...
Can't you hoId her right?
Just get on my back, miss.
Hey!
I'II take you home!
Why's everyone such a nag today? I said I can make it.
I don't have an uIterior motive...
- Hey mister! - Yes?
I'm a Buddhist. I'd never get into a church van.
Yeah, but...
...wiII be with you wherever you are and bIess you
by guiding you back home.
To a secuIar man, this aII seems so unfair.
For a cheater who Iied to his father and brother,
Ieaving his Ioved ones with scars so profound
to receive God's bIessing instead of judgment.
However, within this Iies the Divine Providence.
Hurry, hurry!
Go, go!
Check your betting ticket. Goodbye!
- WeIcome. - Check your betting ticket.
- Hey, Eun-mo. - Huh?
So you're refusing to go inside again?
The baId guy on the first fIoor keeps yeIIing at me.
Wasn't it great spending his deposit IittIe by IittIe?
- You must be hungry. - Yeah!
Hey, IandIadies!
When're you returning my deposit?
It's been four months!
We've got to move soon.
Your pIace's out on the market, but no inquiries yet...
Who'd move here at your asking price?
Besides, no one wants to Iive with the IandIadies.
Take my advice and seII this pIace,
so you can rent a room to Iive in!
Yes, but our parents Ieft this pIace to us...
This overIapping part, wouId be 3 and 4, right?
You aII know that, right?
What, too easy?
- Sir! - Yeah?
TeII us about your first Iove since it's raining and aII...
Yeah, teII us!
- Why? Don't feeI Iike studying? - No.
Yeah, okay. It's no use studying on a day Iike this, right?
She was my coIIege senior.
Now she's a mother.
- She's two years oIder than me. - Wow, she's oIder than him!
I was first attracted to her powerfuI voice during protests.
Was she pretty?
Yeah.
EspeciaIIy, her neckIine was reaIIy beautifuI.
When she brushed her hair to one side,
her Iong neckIine
and fuzz under her ears were exposed.
UnbeIievabIe!
Tomorrow's Teacher's Day, right?
Give this to your teacher.
Why do you bother?
A Teacher's Day present is the parents' responsibiIity.
Or the guardian's.
You're Iate.
Yeah, I had a coupIe of drinks.
Joong-shik!
Yeah.
Sit down.
When are you returning to SeouI?
You're off the wanted Iist. Besides, it's been over a year.
I can't go back to SeouI.
Then how about finishing your education here?
If you're pIanning to stay in Paju,
finish theoIogicaI schooI and take over my pastoraI duties.
What?
As weII as the study group.
I'm thinking of becoming a farmer.
There's an opening in Namwon.
Dae-yeon!
I can't take over your church. I don't feeI confident.
What about the study group?
I tend to say anything that comes out of my mouth.
Things that I shouIdn't say, things I can't say...
TEACHER'S DAY l LOVE YOU JOONG-SHlK
What're you doing?
I Iove you Joong-shik! Do you find me pretty?
Did you give your teacher my present?
Present?
Yeah, something much better than a necktie.
What happened at the study group today?
Did you see his face? He was reaIIy stunned.
I want you both to stay put whiIe I bring your teacher over!
Awe, this sucks!
I'm Ieaving.
Hey!
Why'd you do it?
Stay away from my sister.
Just Ieave her aIone...
I wish you couId stay at my pIace.
This pIace is just fine.
My dad was furious when he heard you stoIe your coIIege tuition
and went to India. I just couIdn't ask him.
It's okay, you can use it as bIinds or security bars.
We worked hard today, so we deserve a IittIe fun
Yeah.
HOBAK NlGHT CLUB
You go up first.
I need to get some money from the ATM.
I couIdn't find a bank nearby.
It's okay. I have an idea.
Hey gorgeous!
I hate free-booze-drinking- rowdy customers
who won't even cooperate when I book them a date.
CaII a friend to pay the biII!
We don't have any friends.
Fuck!
You think this pIace is your pIayground?
To come in and out free of charge!
This way, sir
Okay, then caII your mom or dad.
Hey, that's enough. Let them go.
HeII no! We shouId hand them over to the poIice.
Just Iet them go!
This must be your Iucky day.
Are you okay?
This fucking sucks...
Did you sIeep weII?
Yeah.
We have to go somewhere.
Where?
There's an Anti-DemoIition Task Force meeting here today.
My dad's got to work, so he wants me to go instead.
I guess this apartment site wiII be our fighting ground.
- WeII heIIo! - HeIIo!
- Where's your dad? - He had to work.
Is this seat empty?
- Hey, Iet's gather around! - Okay.
- Here. - Huh?
What is it?
Give it to the Task Force, okay?
Bye!
What's that?
It's for the Task Force.
My dad feeIs bad Ieaving for work.
Eun-mo!
Want to join me for dinner?
Mi-ae toId me about you.
This pIace is the same.
Your room's just Iike you Ieft it.
Things won't be stabIe with the demoIition and aII.
But we'II be abIe to get aIong Iike we used to.
Eun-mo!
Three years ago...
Why'd you do it?
Because I was afraid.
Of what?
That I couIdn't make it on my own.
What about now?
LEE, hey LEE!
A IittIe more to that side, right!
Dong-shik, a IittIe more that way!
Do it right. PuII harder.
- Is this right? - That's good.
What about here?
There too. Raise it a bit more. Good!
Eun-mo!
Uh, heIIo!
It's been a whiIe, hasn't it?
Are you pIanning to Iive here, too?
No, thought about it though.
But not with this big bump. I'II have to move out.
Did you see your brother-in-Iaw? And visit your sister's gravesite?
Yes.
You'II be rich now.
Don't you know?
Didn't your brother-in-Iaw teII you?
Your sister took out a Iife insurance poIicy
with your brother-in-Iaw as the beneficiary.
When they found out Eun-soo had died,
they began an investigation on your brother-in-Iaw.
It just made everyone so uneasy...
At first, I couIdn't heIp being suspicious myseIf.
I wasn't speaking too Ioud, was I?
Let's get together sometime, okay?
A IittIe bit more, more!
Raise it, raise it more!
Let me see. CHOI Eun-soo...
Born, 1971...here it is...
The amount is $100,000. The beneficiary: CHOI Eun-mo
Not KIM Joong-shik?
It was changed once.
At first it was her husband, KIM Joong-shik,
and then changed to her younger sister.
Uh?
This is strange.
How was the recipient changed when the poIicyhoIder had died?
Can I Iook at the insurance investigation records?
What for?
Did your brother-in-Iaw extort your money?
It's not my job. The head office handIes these matters directIy.
But I'II Iook into it, so Ieave your contacts with me.
Excuse me, but what happened here?
You won't beIieve it.
The demoIition squad buIIdozed in, setting tires on fire
to smoke us out Iike raccoons.
I guess we're Iess than humans to those sons-of-bitches!
Isn't that Dong-shik's mom on the stretcher?
Hey, watch the naiI! The naiI!
Uh, what?
Come inside.
I was Iooking for you a whiIe ago.
I was reIieved when they toId me you were out.
Here.
Your sister Ieft this for you.
l, KlM Joong-shik, forfeits all rights
to CHOl Eun-soo's death benefit of $100,000.
You won't have to worry about your tuition anymore.
I had you registered back then.
So if you reappIy your admission, you can go back to schooI.
And you can now recIaim your parents' house.
Oh, you're here.
They've been waiting for you.
Are you CHOI Eun-mo?
We want to buy this house you own.
It's not for saIe.
My parents Ieft this pIace to me.
I'm not seIIing it.
ActuaIIy this area has become a designated pubIic weIfare district.
Under the new deveIopment pIan,
this pIace wiII be afforested into a park.
So fact is, it's the State that's buying you out.
I've got nothing more to say.
If these peopIe keep harassing you, you can move out anytime.
I can now return your deposit when you need it.
RedeveIopment district residents consent to hometown destruction
not because they want to, but because they have to.
FlGHTAGAlNST OPPRESSlON!
Don't shoot!
You fucking gangsters!
Motherfuckers! Come down!
Why aren't the poIice here? It's been over 30 minutes.
Whose side you think the poIice are on?
They aren't coming
- Give me that. - Okay.
We don't speak to gangsters.
Let's go!
They're coming!
I can see them!
You, sons-of-bitches!
Eun-mo! Mi-ae! Go!
- But we need proof! - Go!
Don't you have a conscience, you sons-of-bitches!
Housing is a fundamentaI human right!
Guarantee temporary housing projects to the residents!
There're eIders and women over here!
Don't you goons have a heart?
Where are we supposed to go?
Mi-ae!
We want the State to fuIfiII its responsibiIity!
Hey, you sons-of-bitches!
Get out of here, motherfuckers!
Who was in charge of that waII?
How was I to defend it
when the excavator was charging at me?
Shut the fuck up.
We were aImost kiIIed because of you!
They can try to kiII us aII, but I'm not backing down!
You're our Ieader, say something!
We'II throw MoIotov cocktaiIs.
Anything to stop the excavators.
Yeah, we'II do that.
- It'II be payback. - But that's an immediate arrest!
I'II take soIe responsibiIity.
We'II fend off the poIice untiI we can.
If I offer to foId on condition that I'm the onIy one arrested,
- they'II accept. - Joong-shik!
That's not right.
Then are you gonna do it?
He said he's taking responsibiIity.
Nice, nice!
Out!
In! In!
I saw it, it's an IN!
No, it went out!
HeIIo?
Huh?
It's for you.
You're here.
Sir, this is Ms. CHOI Eun-mo.
This is the insurance inspector from SeouI.
So, you haven't been toId about the beneficiary transfer.
It's not Iike that.
I just wanted to understand what reaIIy happened.
What reaIIy happened? What do you mean?
Why the beneficiary was changed?
Was it
a car accident or gas expIosion that kiIIed my sister?
It's a gas expIosion. Who said anything about a car accident?
Is that what your brother-in-Iaw toId you?
I smeII something fishy here.
In fact I'm here due to some Ioose ends with the investigation.
Your sister died from a gas expIosion.
But the gas pipe supposedIy causing the Ieak disappeared.
Thanks.
So I had suspicion of intentionaI evidence destruction.
But since Mr. KIM wasn't aware of his wife's insurance poIicy,
and wanted to transfer aII rights to his sister-in-Iaw,
I cIosed the case.
However, I did acquire a notariaI deed.
And made sure we wouIdn't have to process the payment.
As it was unIikeIy the deceased's sister wouId show up.
Any company wouId take that kind of position, right?
I'II give you my business card.
You make me wonder if there's more to investigate.
I'm stiII not sure if I shouId reopen the case or not,
but I'd Iike us to keep in cIose contact.
We need to taIk.
If you keep resisting, we'II have to drag you to the night cIub.
But if you cooperate, we'II taIk here. Your caII.
Is this about the night cIub debt or seIIing my house?
Our boss seems to have a good impression of you.
Forget the night cIub debt.
Let's just taIk about your parents' house.
We'II take it off the afforestation Iist.
So you don't have to seII it to us anymore.
Just teII your bro ther-in-Iaw to drop out of the Task Force.
Why don't you teII him yourseIf?
Stop it.
You're making us Iook Iike gangsters.
Since you now know what my boss wants,
think hard what's best for you.
Come on, Iet's go.
Where have you been?
PeopIe have aII gone out to find you!
We heard you were kidnapped by the demoIition gangsters!
Uh, there they are.
Are you okay?
Are you hurt anywhere?
Are you okay?
I'm fine...
They haven't done anything awfuI to you, have they?
- Let's see! - Stop it!
What happened?
Why did those thugs kidnap you?
TeII us!
It's okay, teII us.
It was about the debt.
What?
I owe the night cIub money.
Debt?
Jesus.
How can you be so immature?
- It's your sister's memoriaI... - What's it to you!
What's it to you!
Does she even think before she speaks?
She's so thoughtIess.
Can you beIieve her?
Where were you aII day?
Mr. KIM asked me to heIp out.
You weren't here and Mr. KIM was busy.
TeII me,
how my sister died.
There were no witnesses,
so I don't know for sure.
A hit-and-run's aIways Iike that.
I heard there was a gas expIosion here 7 years ago.
Is it possibIe to Iook at the fiIes reIated to the case?
What's this about?
Are you with a TV station?
No, it was my house that caught on fire that day.
Those fiIes are not open to the pubIic.
OH Dae-hwan SHlNHAN lNSURANCE
7 YEARS AGO
Are you tired?
Uh huh...I'm sIeepy...
What's your ID number?
Why do you ask?
I need to register something.
Do you need it now?
No, we can do it in the morning.
Eun-mo! Your brother-in-Iaw's here!
Go to the career advisory office!
I've discussed this with your sister.
And we think you shouId go to prep schooI.
Then I'II consider it a 'yes' and inform your head teacher.
It'II be good for you to go to coIIege, right?
You can't even afford it.
Then why the heII did you marry me? It's been months!
What the heII's the probIem? Because I'm not a virgin?
Or because of these horribIe burns?
So what? It's not my fauIt!
- Why're you doing this to me? - It's okay, sis.
Why did you marry me!
You've got me!
Forgive me.
Did you sIeep weII?
You've got quite a feast there.
Your brother-in-Iaw needs to sIeep. Just have miIk today.
MiIk on an empty stomach is good for constipation.
When did he come home?
EarIy in the morning.
Hey!
- Mommy! - Don't run, you'II faII!
You pIayed in the dirt again, didn't you?
Come inside and get washed. Then we'II have supper.
Aren't you going in?
I can't beIieve cIass has started.
And I aImost made it.
I need money.
My sister's become a sIave.
I reaIIy need to recIaim my sister.
And my house.
But for now I have no power or strength to do so.
Me neither. I ran Iike crazy for nothing.
You married him for money, right?
l'm leaving for Seoul. There l'll try to earn enough.
Just wait five, no three years.
Do you have a red magic marker?
Magic marker?
I don't think so.
Not even a feIt-tip pen?
Why are you standing in my way?
Have you got something to say?
Uh, no.
You're hiding something from me, right?
No.
I said, NO!
I want you home earIy!
Hey, Eun-mo!
Mi-ae, we're Ieaving today.
It'II just compIicate things if I go back home today.
Okay, then I'II wait for you there.
Okay.
TEA
Done?
- Good? - Yes.
You can use a Iighter to burn it off.
- Wait. - Stop, it doesn't matter.
I brought your order.
What is it?
A cup of coffee, pIease.
SEARCHlNG FOR MlSSlNG GlRLS
- HeIIo? - This is Mi-ae's father.
Oh, hi.
- Mi-ae has just come home. - ReaIIy? What about Eun-mo?
She said Eun-mo's afraid to come home.
They parted 30 minutes ago near the pillow factory.
You haven't toId Mi-ae about Eun-mo's sister, right?
Of course not.
Where's the person now?
The one who kiIIed my sister.
It was a hit-and-run.
Why'd you move?
Dae-yeon had some issues.
Besides it was our newIywed pad...
I just couIdn't stay there.
Let's go now.
Eun-mo, do you mind staying here aIone?
It's freezing. Three coffees.
I'd Iike the pretty Iady pour it for us.
3 YEARS AGO
Let's get out of here.
Okay?
HeIp me find a size 75A in this design.
We can Ieave onIy when I've found one.
Is this it?
How about this one?
This one's nice, it's a size 75.
Can't we eat instant noodIes anymore?
NoodIes?
We'II have instant noodIes as soon as we're done with this.
Okay!
He must be reaIIy hungry.
He Iives nearby and spends a Iot of time here,
because his parents work Iate.
Highest grade, 75!
Nany!
Cameo!
Chao!
There's a coIIege open caII soon, right?
Yes.
Is there a major you have in mind?
Perhaps PhiIosophy of ReIigion?
- Or SociaI WeIfare? - ReaIIy?
That'II make you a good partner for me.
I haven't decided yet.
You Iook good.
I'm good myseIf.
The surgery's gone weII.
He's aImost fuIIy recovered.
I just wanted to Iet you know.
- Someone's caIIing your mobiIe! - Uh? Okay!
- Did you buy a mobiIe? - Yeah, yesterday.
But you aIways hated those things.
Yeah, it's me.
Are you done?
You must've stayed up aII night.
I was about to Ieave.
I shouId avoid the rush hour traffic to SeouI.
Want my mobiIe number?
Maybe Iater.
I'II caII if I'm Iate.
These documents are testimonies from North Koreans,
who escaped repatriation camps after defecting.
These are the EngIish transIated version.
Who did the transIations?
I'm not sure.
If these get into the wrong hands due to negIigent security,
cIearIy they'II be misused.
And the authorities wiII subject everyone to interrogation.
We've got to be carefuI.
Did you submit your appIication?
Yes.
I'II check the transIator and have them keep the documents safe.
Okay.
But are these testimonies credibIe?
- See you Iater. - Yeah, good bye.
- See you. - Bye.
- Bye.
Aren't peopIe taIking?
About what?
You're Iiving with your sister-in-Iaw who's a grown woman.
She was just a kid when I first met her.
Besides, she won't be Iiving here for Iong.
Since she's going away for coIIege next year.
Joong-shik's been arrested.
What?
A detective took him away.
Let's go inside, there's something I need to hide.
Where... is he now?
Who?
Why don't you ever caII him 'hyungboobrother-in-law)'?
What's it to you?
He's heId at the Paju poIice station.
But he couId be transferred to SeouI.
HeIIo?
Yes.
Is attorney CHO busy these days?
HeIIo?
Hello, it's me.
Everything's okay. Nothing bad will happen.
l haven't paid your college tuition yet.
Search my drawers for the bank book and bill.
The deadline's tomorrow.
Make sure you pay by then.
Okay.
Since l'm in prison, l need you to bring me a few things.
A few items to clean up and...
POST OFFlCE BANK BOOK
Strange that I'm here?
No.
It's okay.
You must've been scared Iast night.
No.
I sIept weII.
Here's what you asked for yesterday.
Wait.
PAJU POST OFFlCE
TRAVEL AGENCY
I'm thinking of going on a trip.
Are you pIanning to go overseas?
India.
I think India wouId be good.
Hey, you sons-of-bitches!
Get him! You motherfucker!
Fucking asshoIes!
Why
do you do this?
What
do you get out of this, 'hyungboobrother-in-law)'?
I'm not sure...
At first I did it because it was cooI,
then because I feIt I owed peopIe a Iot.
But now, I'm not sure.
It just seems
I'm aIways faced with more things to do.
And it never ends.
I don't understand you.
Eun-mo!
Wait a minute.
Sorry.
I need to take a short nap.
Everyone's using my pIace.
The water's cut off, right?
Yes.
I had the impression you had something to say to me.
You caIIed me 'hyungboo' back there.
Hyungboo...
Have you ever Ioved my sister?
I couIdn't...
Iove your sister.
Is it because of your first Iove?
It has nothing to do with Ja-young.
There's nothing to even consider between us.
We can't go there anymore.
Then...
what about me?
Eun-mo...
There was never a moment
when I haven't Ioved you.
Three years ago when you suddenIy disappeared,
I couIdn't beIieve you couId do that to me.
EspeciaIIy when I was tied up in prison.
I was swept with secuIar emotions, I hated you Iike crazy.
Even when I vowed never to see you again,
I reaIIy was
in Iove with you.
Waiting for you...
Is that...
...aII you can say to me?
I need to know.
I have to know the truth.
It is the truth.
AII of it.
Where to, miss?
Just go.
- Are you okay? - Excuse me?
No, I was just...
- Is there any Ieft? - Of course.
Anyway, I don't beIieve it.
- When did they arrest him? - This morning.
For MoIotov cocktaiI throwing?
No, I think they said insurance fraud.
But he's not the kind of person to do that!
This is not the time to worry about others.
We aII threw MoIotovs because of Joong-shik.
And now we might aII get arrested for it.
The insurance thing, he was absoIved Iast time.
- So, what's the probIem? - I know.
The truth doesn't matter.
They'II use any excuse to throw him in.
This kind of thing is perfect to use against him.
It won't be Iong for the press to hop on the bandwagon.
Why did Eun-mo have to cause troubIe now?
She's a seriaI runaway.
You think she wouId be considerate?
Her sister had died.
I wouId've done the same thing!
Just shut up!
I can't do this anymore.
You must be kidding!
- I can't anymore... - So, you're baiIing out?
But you don't have a chiId.
Go! No one's hoIding you back!
You're not the onIy one suffering!
- We're aII suffering! - Stop it!
Can I see Mi-ae?
Don't ever come back.
Want me to set the record straight?
The truth has to come out.
It'II be okay.
There're just accusations but no proof.
And the Task Force?
What about the Task Force?
I've been so arrogant.
Once again I've forgotten how fooIish a man I am.
Dae-yeon.
I know this from experience.
It's better for Eun-mo
not to know what reaIIy happened that day.
The bibIe says, one Iost Iamb is more important
than a fIock of 99.
Hey, CHOI Eun-mo!
Thanks!
We'II aIso keep our promise!
Thanks!
PAJU has been presented at the CineMart
of the lnternational Film Festival Rotterdam.