Original subtitles

Hello?

Yes, Chief.

I'm in Jeju to handle a personal matter.

About that...

What?

I'm... I'm fired?

Jeong-ju.

I was going to just leave, but I received a birthday coupon from my salon.

It's my birthday today.

But since we were almost twins, it must be your birthday, too.

Let's go. I'll treat you to something nice at my pretty restaurant.

Stop trying to be nice.

I'm so angry right now, that I might end up taking it out on you.

All right, I'll give you a huge gift.

If you need to let off steam, I'll be your punching bag.

Okay. Hit away.

If you need comforting, I'll be your teddy bear.

Here, you may hug me.

You must not remember since you haven't seen me in ten years,

but I don't refuse something useful even if you don't mean it.

I don't say things I don't mean. I mean everything I say.

It's just that it expires quickly, that's all.

So let's go before I change my mind.

I'll make you something tasty.

Jeong-ju.

The stuff you left in my car are over there.

These are yours, right?

Yes.

We have a customer. Hello.

She's not a customer, she's my friend.

Then are you Ji-won?

No, I'm Jeong-ju.

I'm Jeong Pung-san.

I'll put this down and bring you some tea.

Please let me help.

Please sit down.

No, I'd feel uncomfortable.

I don't like eating for free.

I'll at least wipe the counter.

I've worked at restaurants before, so I'm good.

It's here. Come inside.

It's really good here.

Welcome.

Oh, my gosh! Sister.

Jeong... Jeong-ju.

So I found your little paradise.

Why, you!

Run!

Why is she here?

Shoot.

Hey, stop right there!

Sister!

Hey, stop right there!

Hey!

Stop following us!

Wait!

You didn't sign the contract yet, did you?

I already did!

We don't need any loans, and we have money left over.

Where's the place?

The place needs a little work--

Whatever! Where is it?

Tell me this instant.

It's here!

Where?

It's right here. This house.

This? This is a house?

Hey. This... This is only a wall.

Don't... Don't get angry!

I told you that it needed some work.

Use your imagination and picture the place all fixed up.

It looks much better from the inside!

Take a look inside.

Oh, my gosh!

This is ridiculous.

How is this a house?

Out of our way!

This is the house.

This was a house?

Of course.

I never knew he was pulling a fast one when he bought this.

It took 15 years to sell that place. Who knows when it'll sell again?

I heard that the brother is headed to Brazil.

Brazil?

Something about bringing coffee beans directly from Sao Paulo.

Those rotten little bastards.

Damn it.

Anyway, is she your girlfriend?

No, it's nothing like that.

I'm just worried about her, that's all.

"Oxycodone"...

Is she sick or something?

Do you know what this is for?

You finished three years of pharmacy school.

It's a pain reliever. Whose is it?

Is someone seriously ill?

Is this for people who are seriously ill?

Stage-four cancer? People like that often take it.

Stage-four cancer?

These are yours, right?

Yes.

Poor thing.

Thanks for everything, Geon-u.

Here, eat this when you get home.

Don't skip meals on your birthday.

Once you eat it, you'll never forget me again.

The flavor will stun you.

I bet you'll want to return to Jeju.

I doubt I'll ever come to Jeju on my birthday again.

Bye.

No, you will. Come back for my cooking.

You can come next year, or the year after. Come whenever you want.

I'll be right here.

Jeong-ju, you have to come, okay?

Okay.

I know you don't mean it, but thanks anyway.

I'll go now.

Okay, bye.

And don't forget to eat well!

Okay.

Thanks for this.

Eat this when you get home.

Don't skip meals on your birthday.

If you need to let off steam, I'll be your punching bag.

Okay. Hit away.

The house in Jeju will sell soon.

I'll just buy an apartment then.

I'll appeal my termination.

If I start a one-person protest, they'll give me my job back.

No, no

You can't do that, no, no

I have exams the day after tomorrow

No, you can't

No, no

I have exams the day after tomorrow

Excuse me.

Can you stop that, please?

It doesn't even sound like music.

Also, if you want to smoke, go put on some pants.

I can't open my windows or my curtains because of you.

Yes, that.

No, no

You can't do that, no, no

Hey!

Didn't you hear a word I said?

All right, let's end this tonight.

Hey! Why don't you take off those boxers? I'll take a good look at it for you.

-What? -Why?

You're always naked anyway, because you want to show it.

Are you embarrassed?

Are you ashamed because it's tiny?

It's probably pea-sized.

You're out of line.

You should be ashamed of your body from head to toe.

You should be buried naked.

-You look like a slithering snake... -That's enough.

You bastard!

Everyone, look here!

-This pervert likes to walk around naked! -Shut up and let us sleep!

-Be quiet. -Let me sleep!

-Oh, my. I've got to get this on camera. -Who is that?

What are you doing? Put that down right now.

-What if that gets around? Put that away. -No, no

- You can't do that, no, no -Someone's going to see you.

-Everyone, together now! -Stop it.

Why aren't you singing?

-Do it act like you normally do. -Keep it down!

-Hey! Are you leaving? -Go to sleep!

Where are you going?

I won!

Yes, Jeong-ju!

I'm not a loser!

I'm not a...

JEJU TRANSPORTATION

This is nice.

Hello, how are you?

Hello.

Hello.

Nice to meet you.

You must be headed out to sea.

Hello.

Another person from the mainland is here?

It's a girl this time.

Why would you leave a comfortable life on the mainland?

Jeong-ju?

Hey, Jeong-ju.

Hi. I'm here.

Are you here on vacation?

No, I'm here for good.

I'm going to live here until I die.

Until you die?

Yes.

I guess we're neighbors from now on. Hello, neighbor.

Okay.

Well, now that I get a better look,

it... has a ceiling

and a wall.

It looks like a house.

Hello, house.

How have you been?

It's made of concrete, at least.

There's a room here?

A light switch.

I guess the power's off.

At least I won't have to pay for electricity.

She really came. She's serious.

It's a pain reliever.

People with stage-four cancer take that.

PAIN KILLER?

STAGE-FOUR CANCER?

What is she thinking?

Whatever.

Where does this lead?

Jeong-ju!

Why, are you hurt?

Jeong-ju, what's wrong? What is it?

Snake... I think there's a snake in there!

Hey.

Hey, Jeong-ju! What are you doing? Come out!

I have to catch the snake.

I have to live here now.

What if you get bitten? Get out here!

We can call the police!

I'm leaving then! I'm really going!

Shoot.

Jeong-ju, there are some snakes that can kill humans with their toxic venom.

Let's leave this to the professionals and get out.

No, I'll kill it.

I'm going to do it.

Take that!

Die!

Jeong-ju!

Geon-u!

I would thank you for saving me if this was a real snake.

But you got confused and got hurt all on your own, so it's your fault.

Have you no fear?

What if this was a real snake?

If I get bit, worst-case scenario, I die.

What?

I won't run away, even if something worse than snakes come after me.

This house is the end of the road for me. There's no avoiding it.

Why is everything so extreme with you?

You can't succeed otherwise.

I'm going all-in on this house.

"All-in"?

My severance and savings.

I'm going to use my life savings to fix up this place.

Isn't that a dangerous gamble?

It's a challenge with a big payout.

Because I believe you.

Me? Why would you believe me?

Don't you remember what you said?

You said that this was going to become a tourist hotspot.

The cafe business in Jeju has a bright future ahead.

Sorang Village will grow to be a tourist hotspot!

You should invest in areas that have not already gone up, but will go up!

Jeong-ju. You're right.

That was my prediction, but I'm not a fortune teller. I'm not always right.

I looked. Many people made their fortunes by starting up a small cafe in Jeju.

It doesn't even take much investment. This one cafe--

Many fail as well. It just that the papers don't cover them.

You gave me information that's not in papers.

Your brother runs a resort here, right? The family owns a conglomerate, right?

Conglomerates always have a good eye.

Come closer.

I won't tell anyone else.

Are they going to build an amusement park here?

Or maybe a shopping center?

A shopping center? I don't know--

You opened a restaurant here because you knew, didn't you?

Well...

There's only one reason why Geon-u opened a restaurant here.

He was trying to impress the girl he liked.

She said this village was the prettiest.

I always wondered why he chose here, which is far from the Olle Trail

and not a tourist destination, to open a restaurant.

He wasn't thinking, was he?

Geon-u seems to be in a bind. Will this place sell?

Who would buy a place that has no business?

If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have had the courage to leave everything and come.

I'll be coming to you for more advice.

You must be busy. I'll go now.

Yeah, okay. Go on.

Thanks.

Sure. Bye.

-Let's do this! -Let's do this!

Let's do this.

Oh, shoot.

How have you been?

Hey, Ji-won.

-You're back from New York? -Yes.

Then let's have dinner with Geon-u sometime.

Ms. Kim, take good care of Ji-won, okay?

Yes, of course.

I'm in a rush, so...

I guess he has to rush somewhere.

He's probably heading to Jeju.

Jeju?

We remodeled the resort there and are reopening it.

Why don't you try working there?

The PR team is hiring, I think.

What should I do?

Hey. The real estate broker came by. He says there are no buyers.

Whatever.

Even if it doesn't sell, I'm heading back to Seoul.

But Pung-san,

seeing how we don't have any business at all,

a cafe at that old house my friend bought won't do well, will it?

Obviously not.

No one passes by there other than the haenyeos.

Right?

I doubt they'd drink Americanos.

I should probably have a patio here

since the view is the selling point.

It'll be expensive.

Exit the bus and gather here.

Please gather here.

They're Chinese tourists.

Looks like 30, 40 of them.

There's absolutely nothing to see here.

We'll allow 10 minutes for those who need to use the restrooms.

There's a restroom in the village center behind me.

-Okay. -All right.

I heard tourists pour in from China.

Hold up.

Let's say at 3,000 won per cup, if I get 30 people a day, that's 90,000 won.

If we get five buses like that a day, it would be totally...

There's a parking lot right in front, too.

This is the perfect location.

This is not a tourist location, so there's nothing to see here.

Hurry on back so we can head to the next location.

Even if it's expensive, I'll have to build a patio.

I'll spend the money I got for my deposit on the patio.

Even at the track, you don't go all-in on one horse.

Jeong-ju's so reckless.

Shouldn't you stop her?

You can't let her blow her entire savings on an abandoned house.

People like you can afford to lose a restaurant or two,

but you've seen people blow their life savings and go home destitute.

You can't let that happen to your friend.

Whatever!

She said she did her market research.

She's an adult. She can take care of herself.

It's because of you.

I used the money for my treatment, which was my last hope.

I'll resent you even after death.

Geon-u, I will...

It's so filthy.

Why are you back?

You're cleaning already?

I'll have to clean out the cobwebs if I'm to sleep here.

What? You're going to sleep here?

The renovation is going to be expensive.

It's a waste to rent a place to stay.

Hey, it's dirty and dusty here. It's not good for you.

Geon-u, can you watch my things for a minute?

I need to use the restroom.

The restroom? Where?

There's one in the village center.

I'll be right back.

Wait, there's one closer.

Follow me.

Wait, what about my things?

Hey, no one will take that. There are no thieves here.

Follow me.

Hurry up.

Hey. Where is this place?

My house. I live next to you. Surprised, right?

Your house? You own this, too?

I rent it. Come in.

Come in.

-Come in. -Okay.

Your place doesn't have electricity or plumbing yet.

Feel free to use my place.

Here's a spare key.

That would be great for me, but wouldn't you be uncomfortable?

Why would you make me uncomfortable?

Picturing you sleeping in that death trap makes me more uncomfortable.

So don't feel uncomfortable about it.

Since you insist, I won't refuse your help.

And don't renovate the place by yourself, make sure to run everything by me.

Don't rush and go all-in, got it?

You're the only one I know in Jeju, so I could use the advice.

That's right. There's no need to rush anything.

You must need to use the restroom, so go.

Are you going to stand there?

No, I'm going to the restaurant.

Go take a dump.

-Later. -Go on.

Do your thing.

Who cares?

I'm not trying to impress him,

so who cares if he knows that I'm taking a dump?

I feel better now that she has access to my bathroom.

Hello!

Hello.

I see that you're leaving late again. It's past lunch time.

I was there, but stopped by at home to take care of something, Mr. Mayor.

I see.

Did you pay the fine for not properly sorting your trash?

Thanks to you diligently reporting me, I paid my 300,000-won fine.

My gosh. Thank you very much.

From now on, see that over there?

Please make sure to sort your garbage properly, Geon-u.

I'm moving back to Seoul soon.

I'm sure that my fines have added up to quite a bit over time.

Now that you mention it, it probably did add up to quite a bit.

I've got to say, it's so sad to see you go.

Don't worry, I'm not sad at all.

Why did you fail to get the Olle Trail extended here?

Your incompetence has ruined this man's dream!

That worthless chump.

That useless Mayor who can't even get the Olle Trail here.

All he does is go through my trash and report me!

Did you get another ticket?

You got a bunch of text messages.

I did?

JEONG-GEUN

I'm going to report this woman for marriage fraud.

Why is that man taking my picture?

Shoot.

Hi, Jeong-geun.

Did you see Mr. Gong?

Yes. I heard everything.

You should've told me.

How could you let some girl scam you?

That's not it--

She said she wanted to marry you and took off with the wedding fund.

That's fraud.

I don't want to talk about this at the restaurant, so come home.

I'm at your house.

What? You're at the house?

Shoot.

I'm losing my mind!

Yes, it is her.

What is she doing?

Found it.

What's your deal? Are you back?

Yes. Today...

Does Geon-u know?

He told me to stay here.

How could you stay here just because he said to?

Isn't that a bit shameless?

All I did was use his restroom.

I saw you digging around for something. What were you looking for?

I wasn't digging around. I was looking for something I dropped.

What of yours is in Geon-u's house?

What's that in your hand?

A coin rolled under there, so I was getting it out.

What?

You crawled under there for a coin?

Yes.

Because that coin was mine.

Don't most people give up on coins that roll under things?

I don't give up.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

I don't know what misunderstanding there may be,

but I'm not a con artist that takes other people's money.

If I were, I wouldn't look for my coin. I would've sold that bed.

It's probably worth more than a million won.

Jeong-geun.

Okay, I get the picture.

Let me explain.

I wish you were the coin.

I would throw you in front of that girl for her to pick up.

You like Jeong-ju, don't you? She's cool, right?

I'm not really marrying her, so do you want to date her?

You punk!

You were joking, so I was joking, too!

Geon-u, you can't leave Jeju until you pay back Mr. Gong.

I froze your accounts, too. I'm not kidding.

Hey.

-How could you say I was a con artist? -Sorry.

It all happened so fast. I had to think quickly.

I never expected you to suddenly show up and meet my brother.

Are you blaming me?

Why are you blaming me?

That's not it.

I was going to wrap up here and go to Seoul this week,

but things got complicated now, that's all.

Then let me return this before it gets more complicated.

Why?

You're going back to Seoul soon.

You only meant it for a few days. What if I overstay my welcome?

Why do you always twist my words when I'm being nice?

Then how else should I take it?

And why did you give this to me? Are you up to something else?

Up to... Hey, what do you take me for?

I gave you that key in case something happens to you when you're alone.

I was worried about you.

There's no need to worry.

And I can take a dump elsewhere.

And since you used me for your con, I paid for using the bathroom.

Fine! You paid big, just like the dump you took!

I would've owed you change if you took a small one.

Why that...

Me and my good memory.

It's my fault for recognizing her.

Where are they?

-Oh, no. -What's wrong?

Hey.

Where did my stuff go?

-Your stuff? -You told me that I could leave them here.

Why are you blaming me?

Oh, no.

What do I do?

Hey, Jeong-ju. Don't worry.

There are no thieves in Jeju.

I'll check with the police.

My bags...

They're not here either.

Excuse me, ma'am.

Have you seen a purple luggage bag and a black travel bag around here?

I don't know.

Thank you.

Yes, this is Lee Jeong-ju.

What?

There they are.

Ms. Lee Jeong-ju?

Yes.

I thought someone dumped them illegally in front of that empty house so I took them.

I had to go through them to look for your number. Here.

Look, are you blind?

Why would anyone throw this away?

What a weirdo.

Are you in the garment business?

I moved here.

What are you looking at? You may go now.

This is my place of work.

Your work?

-Mr. Mayor, the town meeting is ready. -Okay.

-It is? Is everyone here? -Yes.

-Yes. -Everyone...

Mayor?

The president is the highest at a company.

-Of course. -And a tent...

-The mayor is the highest in a village. -Hold on.

He's a powerful man.

Nothing's missing, right?

No.

Thanks to you, I got my things back safe and sound, Mr. Mayor.

You said you moved here, right?

If you have any questions, come here to the town hall.

We have many programs for newcomers to our village.

You do?

You really work hard for the residents, don't you Mr. Mayor?

-Mr. Mayor. -Okay.

-The elders are waiting. -Okay.

Excuse me.

The village elders are here for a town meeting.

Would you like to introduce yourself?

CITIZENS' SELF-GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE

Hello, everyone.

Welcome.

Come in.

She's a new resident here at Sorang.

She'd like to introduce herself.

She's the one who bought Granny Yong-deok's place.

Remember I told you about her?

First impressions are important.

Give them a big smile.

How do you do?

Oh, I think I met you this morning.

Right, a smile won't do very much.

Let's use something stronger.

I should be giving out rice cakes, but I can't afford it right now.

May I give out something else instead?

-What is this? -What is all this?

I used to work for an underwear company in Seoul.

These are high-quality garments that get exported to Russia.

There are many sizes and colors, so feel free to take some.

This is pretty.

-What is this? -Yeah, this is nice!

Good thing I took a whole bunch of samples before I left.

-Which one is good? -It's nice.

-This is for men. -Here.

Like that.

Excuse me.

Did you use to work for Sunghan Apparel? The one in Yeoksam?

Do you know it?

Well, sort of. I've heard of it...

I see.

But, sir,

did you ever work there?

You seem really familiar to me.

No, I've never worked outside of Jeju.

But I feel like I've seen you somewhere before.

What's this for?

That? You wear this like this...

You might end up with another baby.

We at Sunghan Apparel have consistently been

rolling out successful products for the last ten years.

Focusing on fashionable design and function, we've been growing steadily.

And among them all, the greatest best-seller

has been these Red Clay briefs, which was my project.

Red Clay briefs.

You must have come here alone.

How old are you?

Yes. I'm 29 years old.

You look like a youngin, but you've got some years under your belt.

Exactly.

Pardon?

She says you look young.

I see. Thank you.

If you're 29, why did you come here instead of getting married?

She can marry a Jeju man.

Right! Our mayor is a bachelor, too!

No. I think she's the girlfriend of the owner of Warm and Cozy.

You're Cozy's girl?

Then I bet you loaf around all day like him!

They were driving all around the village in that bright red car.

They almost ran over Hae-sil.

-Really? -How despicable!

What are they saying?

I heard something about "cozy."

Are you Warm and Cozy's owner's girlfriend?

No, I'm not.

We're not even close.

She's not.

I thought she was his girlfriend, but I was wrong.

Then why did you move here?

I'm going to open a cafe.

The view is beautiful here.

And I see a lot of Chinese tourists.

I think this village is going to be big soon.

You can choose what you like. They're on me.

-The one you chose earlier-- -Jeong-ju!

You found them!

Thank goodness. Is everything there?

How is everyone?

This is my friend.

Birds of a feather...

See? I told you there are no thieves in Jeju.

Did I do something wrong?

The people here are like that.

But you were here for almost a year. Aren't you close to them?

They're very exclusive. Maybe it's an island thing.

I don't think that's it. Everyone seems to hate you.

Right? Isn't that odd?

I'm not the type people hate.

I'll carry that. Let's go to my house.

Why would I go to your house?

I'll hold your luggage for you. You don't even have a lock on your door.

And you said you have a lot of important things.

You'd be too worried to leave your house.

Let's go.

Okay.

Then let me keep this...

and this...

at your place.

Hey, what's this?

It's gold.

The company gave it to me when I left.

Something about being there for seven years.

Like a perfect attendance award.

An award? Companies give out awards?

It's to award you for working like a dog.

I don't want to look at it, so I'm going to sell it off.

I would be mad, too.

If you were there for seven years, they should've stuck a diamond in it.

Here.

Keep these here for me.

The rest aren't even worth stealing.

These are all of your valuables?

Yes.

The most valuable things I own are a tacky 14k accessory and a common bag.

I thought they were valuable, but I could've managed without both.

Your father's company is merging with another production company?

That's right.

I'm going to get busy.

Then will you be managing it?

I guess so.

It's not only the companies. Our families are merging, too.

I'm getting married to a girl from their family.

That's how marriage is for people like us.

Love and relationships won't help you succeed.

You know from experience.

I never thought of you in that way. You're getting way ahead of yourself.

You're not good enough for me to go after, you know.

Anyway, congratulations.

JI-WON

Hey. Give that to me.

I really don't mind if you stay at my place.

You're leaving soon, so you don't care,

but I don't want the villagers getting the wrong idea.

It'll be better to associate yourself with me.

If the villagers find out a pretty, young girl is living alone,

the ladies will bug you like crazy to hook you up with the old single guys here.

Like that mayor guy!

Hey, what's wrong with the Mayor?

He's nice, hard-working, and a civil servant. He's perfect husband material.

I would be lucky to marry a guy like him before I die.

Jeong-ju.

Give yourself more credit.

You're a great catch!

Did you put on fake lashes?

No.

You have long and pretty lashes.

They say you if you have long lashes, you'll live long and marry a great guy.

That's what the face readers say.

You should leave now.

Are you okay?

Are you really going to sleep here?

No. I'm not sleeping here tonight.

I wanted to sleep at Seongsan Ilchulbong.

Seongsan Ilchulbong? Why?

I'm going to watch the first sunrise on my first day here in Jeju.

I'll wrap things up here. You can go.

Okay.

Jeong-ju!

Get in, I'll take you there.

Hey...

Thanks.

I'll take a picture of the sunrise and send it to you.

Okay.

I want to see it for myself, too.

Let's stay here and go up together.

Really?

You really don't need to.

I'm not letting you go alone in this cold weather.

I looked it up, and the sun's going to rise at about 6:00 a.m.

We can wake up at 5:00 a.m. and head up.

Get some sleep. I'll wake you up.

Why didn't my alarm go off?

My battery's dead!

My battery...

It's bright already.

It's past 5:00 a.m. already. I guess we can't go today.

I have to see the sunrise.

Hey. It'll take more than 30 minutes to get to the peak.

The sun will rise before that.

I knew this would happen.

I made a prediction about my future.

Watching the first sunrise will ensure success, and failure otherwise.

The weather was going to be nice today, too.

Why do I fail in everything I do?

Jeong-ju.

Do you really want to see the sunrise?

Let's go then.

We have five minutes. We can run up in five minutes and see it.

Okay.

I think it's about to rise.

-Let's go. -Okay!

We're almost there.

Jeong-ju, hurry up.

A little more. Let's go.

Wow, that's awesome.

That's awesome.

Hey, Jeong-ju.

I hope you succeed.

It really is amazing.

I'm so glad.

Geon-u.

Thank you.

I've been feeling like I was in the dark.

But...

it's getting brighter now.

I need to make a wish.

He's cooking up something special tonight.

Something special?

It's Geon-u's heart.

It's his first love after all.

So she's finally coming to Warm and Cozy?

It's so sweet!

Why did you eat that?

You need to live, no matter what!

Life is too precious to throw away!

I think there's been a misunderstanding.

The roof was blown off.

I think I'm going to die.

Don't die, Jeong-ju.

Should I give you Warm and Cozy?

Subtitle translation by Jeong Lee