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Japanese dialogue subtitled in blue. Korean dialogue subtitled in yellow.

(in Korean) Noa!

Sunja, we're here.

There he is!

I see him!

Where have you been?

We need to leave at once.

My husband is dead.

Sunja, who are these men?

This is Koh Hansu, a family friend.

He's found us a place in the countryside.

Our instructions are to go to the shelter.

Those shelters will not protect you.

But my husband is not here.

We can't just leave without his permission.

By the time you get it, you will all be dead.

Once the bombing starts, the Americans will be relentless.

You must go.

I know this is all very sudden, but we can trust them.

Mr. Koh will keep us safe.

Go inside. Pack only what you need.

- Hurry. - Let's go.

Noa, pack another blanket!

What are you doing? There's no time.

I can't just throw these away.

These are our family heirlooms. My husband and I--

Do you not understand what is happening?

I am not that stupid!

But these have been with us for generations.

I will not lose them.

Move aside.

Go finish packing. I'll do this.

Hurry now.

Mozasu, where's your hat?

I already packed it!

Hurry and get in.

Quickly.

Jiyun...

She has no one.

That's not possible. We can't stop the car now.

Otherwise, we'd never get out.

I'm sure she and the children are already safe in the shelters.

We'll meet her again.

(in Japanese) Fill the buckets!

Get in! Get in! Quickly! Cover the top!

Let us in!

Take mercy on us!

My daughter! She's sick!

Let us in!

You're up.

We're finally here.

Mozasu, be careful.

Sunja, are we really meant to stay here?

Is that what is happening?

I've called some men to get this place in order.

They'll bring the necessary supplies.

Blankets and such things.

But it's a dirt floor.

And there's no kitchen.

When will we be able to go back home?

The war must end first.

I doubt your home is even standing now.

I've asked Kim Changho to stay with you as well.

That's impossible.

That man is a stranger to us.

Sunja, you know Yoseb would never allow this. Never.

She's right.

How could we live with a man we barely know?

Don't say such ridiculous things.

Do you think this is the city?

You must think of the children.

You are forgetting that I grew up in the country.

- As did I. - With all due respect,

you had servants to see to all of your needs.

And you...

You haven't been in the country in nearly 14 years.

In times like these, people change.

You don't know what desperate people can do.

Listen to me.

He stays. I trust him.

There's much to be done.

Noa, help me unload the car.

Kyunghee, I know this is not what we expected--

Hear me on this.

It's not the squalor I fear. I'm fine with that.

Nor am I scared of the hard work.

I promise you that.

But seeing all this--

Knowing that I am no better than an animal...

And with Yoseb so far away...

Is there really nowhere else to go?

There isn't.

Not for the likes of us.

I'll do my best to make this more comfortable for you.

I do not want that.

Nor do I want you to misunderstand me.

Though I am grateful for all that you've done,

I want nothing more from you.

To accept my help, is that so unbearable to you?

- To help both of you-- - It frightens me.

You don't need to worry. He'll never know.

He's a clever boy.

- He'll sense something-- - He will never suspect.

It's something he can't even imagine.

It's dangerous.

Do you think I would do anything to jeopardize my son?

How am I to know?

You speak as if we know one another.

We do not.

That's not true.

Fourteen years.

I am no longer that girl at the cove.

I am now...

I'm a widow now.

Like my mother.

Sunja.

I have a mind to ask the foreman if it's true.

Don't bother.

Just look at them! Look how fat they got.

It's obvious they're getting more than us.

Ignore them.

How can I? They never stop talking.

I wish you would tell me what they were really saying.

What good does it do you?

They said I was fat, didn't they?

At least I understood that word.

We do the same work,

but they make it seem like we're lazing around.

It's not the first time you've heard this talk before.

Why are you so bothered?

It's the pretty one who pisses me off.

Look at her!

Thinking she's better than us.

Really, who is she to put on airs?

Move your hands like your mouths,

and you might actually be done already.

Look! Everyone else picks up the slack.

Who are you to tell us what to do?

We don't work for your kind!

You sure about that?

What's all that chatter?

Get back to work.

Got a problem?

Go! Get outta here!

She's getting away!

Help me!

She wants to be free!

Keep going! Don't let him catch you!

Hurry, run away!

- Mozasu, she's getting away! - Keep going! Go!

Help!

- Help us. - Go!

Mr. Kim, here, here!

Got her.

Not fair. It was two against one.

No thanks to you.

Okay to bring her back?

This is so much more fun than school.

Don't you agree?

I hope we never go back.

The war's not going to last forever.

Besides, is this really what you want to do with your life?

Chase after chickens and clean their shit?

Sounds okay to me.

What if Koh Hansu hadn't brought us here?

We're so lucky, aren't we?

But it wasn't fair of Mother.

What took her so long to introduce Koh-san to us?

Think of all the candy we could've eaten.

What a waste.

Excuse me.

You probably don't remember me.

I was here the other night.

I remember.

I was worried.

Your grandson,

how is he?

He should not have said what he did that night.

It was not like him.

No, I disagree.

The man behind the counter, he was out of line.

It took courage for your grandson to speak up.

I see that I am making you uncomfortable.

That is not my intention.

I apologize.

What do you want, Solomon?

The landowner, she wants to sell.

And it's for real this time.

Man, you must be really desperate.

Of course you are.

Heard about that fund you tried to put together.

Sorry it didn't work out for you.

Abe. He's the target.

Get out of here. You haven't changed.

But I have.

And with only three months left in my bank account,

you could say you're looking at someone with nothing to lose.

No? But you need my help, right?

- I do. - Okay.

Why would I do that?

Because this thing you've got here,

sweating it out behind that desk,

playing the good rank-and-file soldier,

that's not the Tom Andrews who once reigned on the leaderboard

for eight years running.

Then again, you didn't have their crosshairs on your back, did you?

What are you talking about, Solomon?

I'm talking about the real reason why you're here, Tom.

Why New York sent you away.

You heard about my gross negligence of clients' assets, huh?

Not that I need to explain myself to you,

but it was one guy-- one fucking guy who was out to get me.

'Cause I had the nerve to tell him he didn't have the Midas fucking touch.

And then he just went on a rampage against me,

and he dug through every single fucking one of my trades.

Guess what did it?

Baldwin United.

Who the fuck is that? Doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter, Solomon.

There were irregularities on the forms.

Not that I filled them out.

Of course not. That was some dipshit analyst, like you.

But the firm cleared you.

Eventually, yeah.

Still banished me.

Hello, Tokyo, my prison sentence.

So what do you want, Tom?

I want to see my kids more than once a year.

I would settle for them just not hating my guts.

No, what I really want

is for my ex-wife just to nail a rich, new husband

so she'd leave me the fuck alone.

That would be so nice.

No, that's not what you really want, Tom.

You want to go home.

Isn't that really it?

What if I told you that this time next year you could be home?

Out of this firm,

set up with your own comfortable fund to start your next gig,

to show the world that Tom Andrews hasn't lost it.

I'm serious. It can happen.

Of course, there are strings attached.

Mama! I knew he would come!

Mozasu!

Hey, wait!

Mr. Koh!

Mama, look!

I didn't realize how much I missed the music.

Sunja, listen to that.

It's nothing, but I am glad you are pleased.

What else have you brought us?

- Mozasu! - There.

Wow!

Look, Noa! I told you he'd bring some.

My favorite.

Noa, those are for you.

I want you to read them. Carefully.

You want me to translate them for you?

I know how to read them. What I want to know is if you can.

I'm not talking about the language,

but what is said and what isn't.

In other words, you must learn to read what is not there.

Wow, there's so much here.

What is this?

Go easy with that.

Have you flown a kite before?

No, never.

Then shall we see how you both do?

Yes!

- Let's go. - Let's go down to the river.

It'll be perfect!

Come!

What are you doing?

Sunja, every boy should know how to fly a kite.

Boys.

You know, you should be careful.

I heard the guy who used to have this office didn't do so well.

Do you think he failed because of the office?

I don't know about that.

But I heard he was...

a bit too much.

Rather full of himself.

I heard he thought he was American.

That might explain it.

Why are you here?

I came to tell Tom the good news.

The landowner has decided to sell.

And you had a part in this, I assume.

I did.

- What's your share? - Five percent.

I see.

Congratulations.

Thanks.

Is there anything else?

I want you to know...

you should be the one running this place.

You work harder than anyone here.

You're smarter too.

Knowing this must drive one crazy.

Because that day will never come,

and we both know it.

No matter how much you deserve it.

I'm sorry for that.

I'm rooting for you.

I mean it.

One moment.

Would you like to have dinner?

You mean like a date?

Is that how Americans do things?

Define everything?

No. I just want to know whether to shower first.

Please shower.

One condition.

What's that?

I choose the spot.

Here you go.

They're gobbling all the food today.

You would think they haven't eaten in days.

Hardly true. Since I fed them their fill yesterday.

So you come every day?

Except the weekends.

Too many kids on the weekends.

You don't like kids?

No, I love kids.

Well, not all of them.

But they're scared of the kids.

Take some.

Oh, I don't like that one.

He's stealing all the food.

Why do you assume it's a he?

That's a she.

Really?

But watch out for that one.

Once he starts, he doesn't know when to stop.

They're worse than the pigs in the Ikaino Ward.

Is that where you grew up?

No.

I was born in Yeongdo.

Yeongdo? Where is that?

It's not here.

I have much to do.

I should be off.

My grandson.

He's a good boy.

But he's struggling at the moment.

It must be a hard time.

Not easy.

For him, I had hoped things would be different.

When I was his age,

I stood in ration lines, and trained in air raid drills.

We thought the Americans would come slaughter us.

You can't blame him

for not living in a world gone mad, can you?

But doesn't that mean things should be easier for him?

No.

No matter the times, life is never easy.

Unless we're gods.

Time for you all to fly away!

Go higher!

There you go!

Faster, faster!

Make it go higher.

Keep going!

- Don't let it drop! - Faster!

More! There we go!

Mozasu, be careful not to trip!

This is fun! Wait for me!

Noa! Mozasu!

Noa!

Mama!

- Mozasu, come to me. - Mama.

They're heading north.

If they were aiming for Nagasaki, they would've gone the other way.

Those planes are not for your husband.

- Kyunghee! - I would leave her be.

There. All done.

My brother-in-law is lucky to get such a blessed package.

They must all envy him.

I hope so.

I hope it fits.

I'll go drop them off.

It's late. Go in the morning.

The foreman told me he's going to the post tomorrow.

I want to send these off as soon as possible.

Besides, I don't know if I'll get much sleep tonight.

Kyunghee,

I'm sure he's fine.

I know.

But what about tomorrow?

Or the day after?

You can't promise me he'll always be safe.

It's not possible.

We're all together...

And to think of him all alone...

It doesn't seem fair.

Noa.

Enough of that.

Go to bed.

You...

Your father,

you mustn't forget him.

You know that?

How could I?

I knew it. We have a thief!

Someone's stealing the eggs!

What is it?

For the past few days,

I've been finding fewer and fewer eggs.

When I told the foreman,

he said I was right.

He was so mad.

But I promised him we would catch the thief.

Why would you promise him such a thing?

How will you catch him?

I was thinking we could lay a trap.

- A trap? - What is that?

That's not going to work.

If you really want to get this thief, you need to do a stakeout.

Catch him in the act.

That's right!

Mama, can I do it? Please.

Is it safe? What if it's someone dangerous?

I think between the two boys and me, we have enough muscle.

Whoever it is.

Better to nab the fella right away nip this in the bud.

Mama, he knows these things.

You can tell just by looking at him.

- You're sure it's okay-- - Then it's a plan.

Go tell your brother.

After dinner, we'll go find the perfect spot to stake out.

- How's that sound? - I love this plan.

I'll let my brother know.

This place gets better and better.

Are you sure?

Do not worry.

Probably just some hungry villagers snooping around.

Would it be okay if I came along?

You want to come with us?

This is the first time I've heard about a stakeout.

It sounds exciting.

But if I'm going to be in the way--

I'm sure the boys will be happy to have you.

You've had yakitori before, haven't you?

Of course.

Welcome!

Two beers, please.

The food's good here.

And it's cheap.

Perfect for my situation.

Thank you.

You know...

I get that things haven't been easy between us.

That's mostly my fault.

But this is where I am now.

I'm done pretending.

If this doesn't work for you...

you're free to walk away.

No hard feelings.

But I want you to know this.

I'm not always going to be this low.

I'm smart.

Hungry.

I know the rules of the game now.

And I won't make it at the expense of those who don't deserve it.

But those who do...

they're fair game.

As I said, if this doesn't work for you,

I'll understand.

Cheers.

Cheers.

It's been hours.

How much longer do we have to wait?

It's only been two hours.

And be quiet.

You're going to scare away any thief.

Mozasu.

We might not catch anyone tonight.

If he's clever, he'll stay away for a few nights.

You mean tonight could be a bust?

Who's to say?

Mr. Kim, where did you meet Mr. Koh?

Noa.

That's disrespectful.

It's fine.

I can tell you've been wanting to ask for some time now.

I met him down at the docks 15 years ago.

I was working there then.

Taking whatever jobs I could find

and getting into a lot of trouble.

What kind of trouble?

Getting into fistfights.

I was stupid.

Ignorant.

Angry as well.

A dangerous combination.

Why were you angry?

Back in Korea, my father had a small farm.

It wasn't much, but he kept us fed.

But when the Japanese came in,

the farmers were ordered to register the size of their land.

A clerk made a mistake, reported my father's land too large.

When the tax bill came, my father couldn't afford to pay it.

The land was taken from him.

Eventually,

my younger siblings were sent away to various family members.

My mother cried many bitter tears over that.

And the love she had for my father,

it soured.

One morning, my father went out into the fields.

The fields that were once his.

He did not come back.

I buried him there...

where his potatoes once grew.

And I left home shortly after that.

Look there!

Just how many of them are there?

Man the gates.

Busted! Run!

- Go, go! - Brother, are you okay?

They're getting away!

Don't worry about them.

I got one.

It's him!

You know this boy?

He's the one who tormented Noa in school.

Please. If the teachers at the temple find out, they'll beat me.

You're one of the evacuees?

Why are you stealing our eggs?

There's not enough food for the 20 of us.

We're always starving.

So what do you want to do with him?

Me?

You decide. I can let him go with a warning.

Or I take him back to the temple, leave it to whatever happens.

Let him go.

But he did so many mean things to you!

Go. Before Noa changes his mind.

Hey!

Make sure to share with the others. You got that?

How could you just let him go?

You could've gotten back at him.

Your brother did the right thing.

Better to have an enemy owe you than the other way around.

I bet Noa already knew that.

Really?

I need to remember that.

Let's go. It's late.

Wasn't that exciting, Auntie?

Too much so.

It's a wonder if we'll be able to sleep tonight.

Hello?

It's done.

The property now belongs to Abe- san.

We're all in now. This better work.

It'll work. I know it.