Original subtitles

In a secluded log house miraculously held up by the wind

lives a stubborn old man and his daughter.

On foggy days the old man sees images

of Mun-yeong and Su-ryeon as a married couple.

This is an image he conjures up to deal with the regret for

what he didn't give them while they were alive.

Parrot Cries with Its Body

Hwang Hae, Choi Yoon-seok

Jung Yoon-hee, Kim Hyung-ja

Screenplay: Kim Sung-hwa Kim Kang-yoon

Camera: Son Hyun-chae

Music: Han Sang-Ki Editing: Kim Chang-soon, Park Duk-yeol

Producer & Director: Jung Jin-woo

There goes the train. I wonder where it's going?

I wish I could go somewhere.

I want to go somewhere but I haven't been invited anywhere

and I have nowhere to go.

The train comes everyday but I have never been on one.

The train comes and goes everyday but all it does is put me in a nastier mood.

You jerk!

You wicked, depraved man!

After all that how can you call yourself human!

Don't you know who Su-ryeon is? Su-ryeon is family!

What makes you think this is ok!

Move!

Get out! Get out!

You are not allowed to leave!

You can't leave.

You can't leave. You can't!

Mun-yeong please leave. Please. Please!

What happened here stays among the three of us.

We forget about it here and now.

We need to forget about it.

We should be ashamed.

You won't leave? You don't want to?

My whole life...

my whole life was centered around one dream and you're trying to ruin it!

You're trying to ruin it! Trying to ruin it!

You... you idiot. Please grant me this last wish.

Please! Please grow up.

Please! Please grow up! Please!

Don't come back until you come to your senses.

Please promise me

'you won't come back until you've had a change of heart, ok?'

It's already the middle of the day.

That's good.

That's good.

Su-ryeon!

Su-ryeon! Su-ryeon!

That sound. The sound of the train! Just listening to it makes me gag!

This is no way to live! We work all day and all night

at the railroad for next to nothing.

There they go again.

At least you have your entire future to look forward to.

After Mun-yeong graduates university and makes something of himself

you won't have to do this thankless job anymore.

Mun-yeong will give you a daughter-in-law and grandchildren.

He's an extraordinary kid. Truly exceptional.

I would do anything for him including cutting off my head and selling it

to send him overseas to study.

We probably won't be able to see you then.

You'll be going with him won't you?

No. I'm not going. I'm going to stay here until I die.

I'm not sending him to study so I can reap the benefits.

Don't be ridiculous. When you get old you're supposed to reap the benefits.

I used to feel that way before when they were younger.

But the world has changed.

- Hey. Stop lounging around and get up! - Oh, ok.

Nobody else is going to do this job for us, so let's get to it.

Come on and get up.

Your mother went to a studio in town

and took this picture 100 days after you were born.

Don't fly away, swan.

Please give me another drink.

That's enough. I think it's time for everyone to go home.

It's not like today is the last day of our lives.

Get up.

It's only good for you if you drink in moderation. Let's go.

You think you know so much. Maybe you should be the head of this town!

He is the head. The head of the railroad!

- Listen Mr. Head of the railroad. - What.

If you want to go home you should go alone.

Are you trying to put me out of business with your foul temper?

If I can't work and end up sitting at home doing nothing

you're going to have to feed me.

Here we go again with your nitpicking!

- Don't you know alcohol is... - I'm sick of hearing it.

You're always saying the same thing.

I've heard it so many times it's stuck in my head.

A widower is supposed to know how a widow feels but

I don't know how his piece looks and he doesn't know how I feel.

Bottoms up. You should offer me a drink too.

If he gets mad are you going to take care of it?

Have you ever asked?

The table is set and I asked you to eat but you won't.

We know who's paying for these drinks tonight.

Yes yes.

I need to get going. You guys stay and have a good time.

- Look here. - Give me money for the bill.

- Sir! - Oh what, the hell. I'll pay tonight.

Sir!

Don't fly away, swan.

What is so important at home that when the sun sets

he can't get out of here fast enough.

I chased you here but I can't play with you.

Don't fly away, swan. I won't go after you.

The heavens threw you away and I chased you and brought you here.

No no, I can't play.

Su-ryeon, was everything quiet at home?

I bought you a bra and that right there.

A bra and the latest style of bloomers.

Do you like them that much?

Try them on! If they don't fit they said they'll exchange it.

Try them on.

Wow they're so light.

Ok that's enough.

You look good. Very pretty.

Go inside!

I said go inside!

So many people are dying for no reason.

They're dying in front of me, beside me, behind me.

Eventually both sides ran out of bullets

and had to resort to hand-to-hand combat.

They're punching and kicking,

stabbing with swords hitting each other over the head with rocks

poking eyes with fingers and biting each other.

It was only by the grace of God that I survived in that battlefield.

I don't know how I managed to fight back then.

I couldn't have been sane.

All I know is if I didn't kill. If I didn't kill the enemy

than I would die. That's what made me keep fighting.

That's enough. That feels good.

So refreshing.

It's not like they don't feel anything.

They're still young.

If I knew that was going to happen I would have married him off earlier.

It was my mistake. My mistake.

I should have done something about it earlier.

You idiot. You should have been patient.

In any case you are brother and sister.

- Bring the baby, Staff Sergeant Kim. - What?

Bring the baby here before change my mind.

Ok.

What do you think? She's pretty right?

In 20 years

she's going to be gorgeous.

She's going to make a lot of guys crazy.

Whatever. She's just over 100 days old.

How do you know what she's going to be in the future?

You don't have to throw a hissy fit. I have good instincts.

You can tell just by looking at her.

These eyes, this nose, these lips.

Here we go again.

- Did you see the army doctor? - Yes.

I'm sorry but my body is no longer of any use.

At one point I regretted not having died.

But I thought about it again and God didn't want me to die just yet,

he still had stuff he wanted me to do so he kept me alive.

So I'm trying to change my lifestyle and figure out what that is.

I've decided to raise Su-ryeon who was orphaned during the war.

Su-ryeon?

She's the daughter of a fallen soldier. He saved my life.

I looked into it

and her mother died of a disease so she was sent to an orphanage.

I'm going to raise her and Mun-yeong as siblings...

I won't do it!

Why am I stuck raising not one but two

orphans!

I said it's God's will.

To you it may seem like God's will but to me it's a lifetime of hardship.

It would make me happy to see you suffer but if that's not the case, forget it!

Damn you!

Everything ended that day.

We were no longer bound together legally.

We no longer had any desire for each other.

The house I built came crashing down like a sandcastle.

That's right. It was a sandcastle. A sandcastle.

Then...

It's illegal to cross the railroad but hey, nobody's around.

Come here. I'm so bored.

Come and talk to me.

Let's talk about the events of the past two, three years.

Ask me anything and I'll tell you.

Come sit here and talk to me.

Stop and come talk to me.

A girl looks lonely sitting here alone, doesn't she?

I've got some booze and some music. Hey you!

He's not biting.

I'm better off dying here.

There's no way I'm doing to die. Hey! Please carry my bag.

I'm asking because it's heavy. No?

It's like he's made of stone.

Don't come closer.

Don't come any closer!

You're going to get hurt because of me.

No! No!

I knew you would run back. That's what men do.

It would have been better if it was a bit more thrilling.

You relationship newbie, so naive.

You're as unfeeling as a stone but you've got charisma.

Hey. Hey! Lend me some matches.

Better yet, light it for me.

Thank you.

Hold my hand.

Don't try to seduce me.

I'm weak and am easily attracted to just about anyone.

Hey. Hey! Stop! Stop!

I know why you're staring at me.

If I were a guy I would punch you in the mouth.

I told you I know how you're feeling.

On that note here's my suitcase plus one more.

I feel so free, like I'm going to fly.

Sorry. Please carry it as far as you're going.

It's heavy right?

It's a mess in there but I need all of it.

I've got a bit of everything!

How far are you going?

Is your stomach twisted in a knot?

You want to give me a swift kick don't you? Don't you?

Restrain yourself, after all I am a woman.

Aren't you curious to know

what I do, how old I am, if I'm

married or single?

You probably think all I do is talk but I do have a dream.

If I can't live a fabulous life

then I want to die a fabulous death. What do you think?

Are you mute?

I guess not. Why? Do you want to live a long life?

What's the point in living a long life.

People live the way they want and when they die they're just a fistful of dirt.

There are many different ways of dying.

If you die from a disease you'll be a sick ghost, too.

If you eat poison you'll feel suffocated.

The best way to die is at the start of a relationship.

You can date as a ghost, you know.

Don't you want to be in a relationship?

There are many different ways of dating too.

For example you could slyly take my hand

or hook your arm in mine.

If that's moving too slow for you then you could

in the blink of an eye steal a kiss.

It's really quite simple. Don't think of it as difficult.

You must dislike me because of all the crazy stuff I'm saying right?

Then lets change the mood.

I'll tell you an entertaining story.

There was a young girl living on an island

but she didn't like living there.

So without thinking she packed her bags and went to the city.

Oh!

I'm sorry sir.

The girl winds up getting caught up with a gangster.

He dresses the girl up in pretty clothes and sends her out to make money.

As you can imagine her dreams are shattered.

She starts to hate the city

and decides to run for her life.

Bye bye.

But the girl misses the gangster and goes back.

The gangster is a bum who uses the money she makes

to gamble and do nothing.

Damn!

Hey! Hey!

When the girl returns after making money

he calls her a whore, a dog and yells and beats her.

Afterwards he holds her in his arms and sobs and sobs.

Seeing this, the girl starts to cry too.

Then they start to get turned on.

But after a few days she starts to hate the gangster again

and makes a run for it.

After she escapes, the gangster goes crazy looking for her.

He manages to find her and starts to beat her.

After he beats her he starts to bawl again.

But... but she is now sick of it

and so the gangster will no longer be able to hold onto her.

The gangster knows everything, but

how is he to know that I'm here?

That gangster is probably losing his mind

looking for the girl right?

Sook!

You idiot. You must be crazy!

I'm sorry.

He only sees what he wants to

so everyone looks like Sook.

The girl that ran away is Sook.

That's right. I'm Sook.

What should I call you? Dog dung! Cow dung!

Where are you coming from? Where are you going?

Are you going back to your hometown? Why won't you speak?

Have you decided to end ties with society?

How frustrating. How tiring! I'm so bored I could die!

I'll dance and you watch.

How boring!

The only person watching is you so I might as well stop.

Where do you think the train is going? Riding the train makes by butt sore.

That's why I ride then walk then ride again.

Pretty soon the sun is setting

and the next day I'll meet a silent man who will carry my suitcase.

That's what life is all about.

Wow. There's a log house on top of that hill! It's so picturesque!

I wonder who lives there? Even though they're poor, they're probably happy.

Oh no. I'm thirsty!

Since you're already going please fill a large bowl with water!

I'm going to drink to my heart's content!

I came because I wanted to tell you everything I was feeling.

It's ok. There's nothing to worry about.

We can't stay like this forever.

We have to live together no matter what.

It's ok. It's not like he'll beat me to death?

You're so pretty. I had no idea.

Excuse me.

Since I'm here I'd like some water before I go.

Can you get some for me?

You're not very generous, are you!

Is it so hard to give me a glass of water?

Who is she? What is their relationship?

It looks like someone else lives here.

Thank you.

This water tastes amazing. Thank you.

Let me pay you.

Take it. Here. Good luck!

I hope you two have a happy life. Bye bye.

There's nothing going on between me and your husband.

Let go of my hand!

No? What do you mean, no?

Ah! Why can't you speak?

I'm sorry but what do you mean, no?

He's not your husband?

Then what is he? Your brother?

Really? I didn't know.

We just happened to meet by chance and came here together.

Bye then.

I don't need it.

Bye bye!

I changed my mind so I came back.

As I was about to leave I realized I had nowhere to go.

But I'll go if you want me to.

Is it ok for me to spend the night here?

If you want I'll pay you for the room!

Look, we all need to take a break in life, you don't need to think too hard about it.

After we relax a bit, how about a drink?

This isn't alcohol, it's medicine.

If you've got a problem this is a sure-fire cure.

After we have a drink, how about we dance?

I've got a bit of everything!

Hey you're not supposed to look at alcohol. Drink it! You can't drink?

Then I'll drink it instead...

Nice! Isn't it exhilarating?

I may be improper but I'm a lot of fun when I'm drunk.

But I lived my life with integrity. I was a nice person.

Should I turn on a fun song?

This is my favorite song.

I'm so out of breath.

Don't you want another drink?

Alcohol is honest. You start telling the truth and have more courage.

After you drink, the world starts to look stained.

The world develops a bad taste.

Bird, bird, bird...

My heart is fluttering like a little bird.

I'm probably going to die early.

Hey. Say something.

It's much nicer outside.

I think I'm going crazy!

Hey!

I'll follow you to the ends of the earth. Hey!

Whenever I come to a place like this I get weak.

I feel amazing!

I want to look up to the sky and yell.

Do you think they can hear me all the way up in heaven?

But I don't even have a piece of land

the size of my fist to help me live a happy life.

Where is my happiness?

If heaven is the heart of a speechless man

then all I want to do is scream.

Right?

I'm like those clouds. There are so many of them.

Can't control them.

Way back when we used to play house

who would have thought I would turn out like this?

I was thrown away like the trash.

When I close my eyes all I see is darkness.

But there is something bright shining in front of my eyes right?

That's proof that we're alive and hope that we can go on.

Close your eyes again.

Let me talk until my mouth hurts.

If I don't, I feel like I'm going to burst.

My lips are dry. I want to be kissed.

Don't worry I'm just saying that.

You never know when you might be taken advantage of

or I might get taken advantage of first.

If I just walked by then that would be all.

But I stuck with you and now I'm like a thorn in your side right?

Roses are thorns.

This must be fate.

You like fate right? Why did I follow you?

I don't know either.

We're young so we can understand each other.

We could connect slowly or all of a sudden, nobody knows!

But why do you keep your mouth closed?

Have you decided to part ways with language?

What happened to you?

Since I'm the only one talking my mouth really hurts now.

I really should take a break.

Please understand.

Where did he go?

I like you.

Do you come here often?

In these places perfume smells stronger.

Take a whiff.

You're not interested.

Someday you might be attracted to this smell

but I just might say no.

This is your chance.

How can you be this heartless?

I think I drank too much.

I'm drunk so ignore what I said.

What is going to happen to my pathetic life?

Should I pray like a little girl would?

Fine I'll go.

You should kiss me goodbye.

My heart is beating so fast. Touch it.

You're so mean.

- Sook! Sook! - Oh, my!

There was a reason my heart was beating fast!

You jerk!

What are you doing. He has nothing to do with me!

- Oh you! - Whatever!

How long have you and Sook been together?

We just happened to cross paths. Why?

Keep your mouth shut if you don't want to die.

Whatever!

Why you!

Why did you have to come here and cause trouble!

Why you...

There will come a day when your fist rots and falls off.

Follow me!

Follow me!

Let go of my hand!

I'll go with you, let me get my suitcase!

Hurry up and get it!

You don't need to be in such a rush.

I'll kill you!

Try killing me!

If I die don't you know I'll come back as a ghost and

haunt you for the rest of your life!

Stop talking and get your suitcase!

Love is a beautiful thing.

Where are you going?

I should say good-bye. I can't just leave, can I?

Oh you!

He's tenacious when it comes to finding someone.

The last few hours were fun.

Get out here!

See how persistent he is?

Aren't you going to go?

I'm going. My life is too important to risk.

It's back to my pathetic life.

If I can, I'll come back. Bye bye.

Where did you sleep last night?

Why?

Who did you sleep with?

I slept by myself.

- What about the night before? - I slept with you.

What!

I thought of you while I was sleeping.

Where did you sleep the night before?

Why are you asking. Why? Why?

- You slept in a hotel, right? - You seem to know already.

- You slept with that jerk, right? - Why are you aking? You knew aleady.

You whore. You crazy girl!

Oh. Oh.

Did you eat?

There's a restaurant over there.

- Hey. - What?

- Let's go. - Where?

If we stay here, is someone going to feed and clothe us?

That's why I've got these bags in my hand.

Where on earth do you want to go?

Where should we go?

Let's go to Seoul.

I know you better than you know yourself.

There isn't a place that will satisfy you.

Why not?

Because it never existed.

No, it did. It did but we can't find it.

- Should we try to find it together? - No it doesn't exist.

Maybe humans are like a rubber ball.

Always wanting to bounce somewhere else.

I'm tired now!

- Should we die? - I don't want to die.

Then what should we do?

First, let's eat.

I can't help but think there's something we don't know.

What?

Why didn't a rich man like you remarry

and why do you still live in that log house alone?

Just because...

You get a pension and get a paycheck every month.

I'm happy the way things are now. I have peace of mind.

If I got remarried I would have to deal with a new source of stress.

Why would I make trouble for myself at this age.

I've got my son and my daughter.

But you need to have someone to depend on when you're old.

A bad wife is better than a good son.

And these days where can you find a good son?

As soon as they're adults they do as they please.

You don't raise your kids to benefit from them.

You raise them to have a good life.

You need to wake up and smell the coffee.

It doesn't matter how much you pamper them, its useless.

After they get married they'll be busy taking care of themselves you know?

I don't care what other people do!

They could do whatever they want!

Are you mad?

I'm leaving!

Sook. Let's get married.

I love you.

We can never be apart.

You jerk.

Trust me. This time I'm serious.

The same old tricks.

I won't spend money and I won't hit you.

Don't worry I'm used to it now.

Then what do you want? What?

I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

Don't fly away, swan. I won't go after you.

The heavens threw you away.

Su-ryeon!

Su-ryeon?

'Why did you come back? Why did you come back?'

You idiot!

You idiot! Why did you come back? Why? Why?

Say something. Answer me!

You're better off dead. Just die, die, die, die.

Die! Die!

You die too!

They can't keep away from each other.

Now what do I do? My life has been a waste.

I didn't deceive the world. The world deceived me.

You have no choice.

You need to send your daughter away.

What? Su-ryeon?

Just until your son comes to his senses.

There isn't a suitable place to send her.

- She can't speak. - Leave her with me.

I'll take her to a temple.

The Buddhist monk there is like an aunt to me.

We have to leave.

We can't stay here. We have to leave.

If we don't leave we can't be together.

Don't be foolish. Don't say no.

I can't believe this.

You're making me crazy. I would rather go crazy.

I know how you're feeling.

You think we're betraying the kindness he's shown us, right?

But we need to leave this house!

What he wants is to keep us

within the boundaries he's set.

Repaying our debt is important but

we can't live our life according to his rules and let our love die.

We have to go. We have to leave.

You idiot! You fool!

Hey! Worrywart.

We meet again.

I didn't want to go with him.

If I go with him I'm just going to run away again so why bother.

I'm going to go wherever I please.

Don't you want to go somewhere with me?

Where are you going?

So where should we go? Isn't there anywhere we can live naked?

Oh, you thought of a place!

Hey! Wait for me!

Hey! Where are we going right now?

To hell? To heaven?

You're walking blindly and I'm following without question.

Are you saying we should just go anywhere?

If you plan to walk to death then let's take a break.

If you're going to die soon you don't need to wash your face.

It's not like the papers are going to say you died a clean man.

A young man and woman died while walking along a wide road.

The woman died laughing and the man died with his mouth shut.

I crossed the Jordan river and

found them all dried out like a frog.

That's what the article will say.

Should we die?

If we die then we'll be like that too.

There's no one to bury it so I'll do it.

It was just hopping along looking at the mountains

when it fell into a puddle.

Bye bye.

Hey! Hey!

Hey!

Wait for me! Hey!

Su-ryeon!

Su-ryeon! Su-ryeon!

Su-ryeon!

It's quite the view. I don't feel that free being naked here.

I know.

Where were you?

You're in love with your sister. I can tell by the look in your eyes.

But that's bad. You'll never be forgiven.

Forget about her and come to me. It's not a sin to sleep with me.

You idiot. You rookie.

Have some courage. Go ahead.

You're heart is beating, you've still got potential.

You're still alive. You can go wherever you want.

Let's go. Let's go.

That's good. That's good. My heart is beating too.

Stop! That's enough!

This is the end of the line for us.

That's it. It's time to get off.

If we don't know where we're headed,

it's better to stop right here.

You're the same. It's time you opened your mouth.

Keeping it closed doesn't mean

you're going to be able to think of anything satisfying to say.

Well then. Bye bye.

You made me realize that my heart was beating and for that I'm grateful.

In a few years this will be a strange memory.

My dream has already been shattered.

That's because it was too big.

But if I didn't have a dream, what fun would there be.

Where would be the fun!

I don't live my life for fun. I live because I'm alive.

Is that you, Su-ryeon?

Su-ryeon is gone.

She has gone far, far away.

It's because of you.

It's because of you that the light has gone out in this house.

Leave! Everybody leave! Leave!

Mr. Choi! Sir!

Su-ryeon is dead.

Why did you die. Why did you die.

Don't touch her!

Don't touch her!

I told you not to touch her!

You're not connected to her in any way!

Su-ryeon is my daughter! My daughter!

Lies! Stop lying!

Are you still trying to

hide the truth about us?

This horrible reality lies before you

and you still won't admit the truth?

You killed Su-ryeon!

You! You must be crazy!

You don't know what you're talking about!

I did everything I could to raise her.

I did everything for you two.

She's not your daughter and I'm not your son.

We knew everything. We both knew.

During the war you were hit by shrapnel and that took away your manhood.

And because of that you adopted us and raised us.

Thank you.

But insisting we were your biological

children was wrong.

That was a futile dream, father.

You were a hypocrite that bragged about his daughter and his son.

Because you kept on saying we were biologically related.

Su-ryeon lived her life as a mute.

Our love was natural

and our love was innocent.

But you prevented it.

You said the light has gone out in the log house but

our story has also come to an end.

Did you have to be so stubborn?

in that empty log house?

Fine! Leave. Go away for good!

Can't you forgive your father just once.

Just once.

Just once.

I don't need to wait for spring anymore.

I won't ever have to wander between the railroad and log house anymore.

I loved Su-ryeon. Only I loved Su-ryeon.

and because of me she kept silent.

Father and I both killed you.

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