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Hey, the second round is on the groom.

They've lost their freedom.

Let's have a toast.

For the newlyweds!

For the newlyweds!

Today, at this table,

a couple will announce that they are getting married.

Are you getting married in Pusan or Seoul?

Can you do it in Pusan so I can also visit home? It's been so long.

Have you bought a house yet?

Don't be stupid, who buys houses these days?

It seems like the economy is worse than

how it was during the Korean financial crisis.

Still, it's better to have my own house than to rent.

Look at you, you're all grown up now. you are concerned about housing issues.

What do you mean? We were already mature enough back in high school, Mr. Yoon.

We're not kids anymore...

So are you getting married in Pusan or in Seoul?

-Pusan! -Pusan!

EPISODE 6

Open up.

Have some castella , it's quite soft.

DECEMBER 1997, CANCER WARD 404, PUSAN

You're too sweet.

Are you married?

No, I'm not.

Why not? You're so handsome and nice.

Are you missing half of something down under?

Don't say such lewd things to him!

Seriously, they're just vulgar.

How could you say stuff like that out loud?

Do they still have no available beds in the men's ward?

Don't complain. We're lucky to have this bed, all right?

Tae-woong pulled a lot of strings for you to be placed here.

But I want to be in a two-person room, at the very least.

That's 300,000 won per day!

Because of the financial crisis, they docked your pay in half this month.

So forget it.

This is better than a two-person room. You can have some camaraderie in here.

It's better than being depressed all by yourself.

Hey, excuse me.

Have you ever heard of Tae-woong Yoon?

He scored first in the country on the college entrance exam in 1991.

-Oh my god, is that true? -Yes.

Now that I think about it, I think I did hear the name somewhere.

Is he the one who went to the Pusan University of Education

even though he scored first in the country?

Yes, that's exactly right!

He wanted to support his brother

so he declined full-rides from Seoul University, KAIST and POSTECH

and went to Pusan University of Education.

How did I not recognize this amazing VIP?

You couldn't go to a better college because of your little brother.

What a kind-hearted young man!

You're so handsome too!

You're so kind, sweet and handsome!

You're so tall and handsome!

BUS STOP

Let's go exercise.

Just two laps in the corridor.

You're going to drive me crazy.

It's a terminal illness. What's the point of exercising?

What are you talking about? The results aren't even out yet.

Just two laps, please?

It will help you heal faster.

So can you go

and ask the nurse again if the results are out?

She'll surely get mad if I ask her again.

If they tell us to do chemo, we'll do chemo.

If they say it has spread somewhere else, we can get surgery.

It will be okay.

He...

The doctor, he has already told you, hasn't he?

Did he say it's serious?

If he has, I would have told you immediately.

You need to be completely honest with me.

If you know that I'm about to die,

you have to let me know immediately, okay?

Don't make me look like a fool.

Mr. Sung? Let me measure your blood pressure.

See? She came to measure my blood pressure again.

I don't feel good about this.

Just go and ask.

Mrs. Sung, come here.

Do you watch The Man Next Door ?

Of course I do.

But I missed last night's episode, my husband was getting some tests.

The couple left their annoying kids and settled as farmers.

Really?

Let's forget about the children.

Let's live our lives now, dear.

That's right, kids are of no use.

When you're old, your husband is the only one you've got.

If I had known that when I was younger

I could have put some money into plastic surgery or something.

Oh my goodness, you're making me laugh so much.

Pull yourself together.

There's no point in just being pretty by yourself,

what about your husband?

Try it, if you really want to.

Don't get too rowdy and have a good lunch.

That's all.

Attention! Bow.

Thank you for your hard work!

Thank you for your hard work!

Not on my watch.

You want to have a go?

Excuse me, I put my videotape in first.

-Listen, Eun Fanatic. -What?

EUN FANATIC: A HARDCORE FAN WHO THINKS JI-WON EUN HAS CHOSEN HER

You want me to sit here and listen to a fake group with less than 1,000 fans?

-Hey, An-seung Wife. -What?

AN-SEUNG WIFE: SEUNG-HO AHN'S WIFE

Don't you know Sechs Kies got first place in Top 10 Songs this week?

Talk to me after you get the Golden Cup.

Anyway, aren't you embarrassed?

At the last Speed 012 Concert,

There were 12,000 of our fans and less than a thousand of yours.

Seeing the tacky thousand yellow balloons

stuck within the 12,000 white balloons,

it totally looked like a fried egg.

Don't even make me laugh.

H.O.T. look so tacky and unsophisticated.

Our Sechs Kies

are way above them in looks, okay? You can't even handle it.

"Tacky"?

Tell Jae-deok and Jae-jin to stop speaking in a tacky dialect.

Tell Woo-hyuk that too.

He said "really" so much on the radio yesterday, people said he was annoying.

Tell Seong-hoon

to stop slathering on oil on his lips.

Tell Hee-jun to stop taping on his hair on his cheeks with double-sided tape.

He didn't do that, okay?

Don't get worked up, it's not worth it.

Whatever you're saying,

you're nothing but H.O.T. copycats.

"Copycats"? I'll rip your mouth apart!

-Come here! -Let go!

She barely has any hair, let go!

Stop it!

Stop it!

Yes! Nice!

From now on,

-practice three-pointers only, got it? -Got it.

I got it.

Is your arm okay, though?

No, that's why we gave them 10 points.

We can get a tie even if only Hak-chan plays.

Hey.

Stop staring at the ball and pay attention to the people.

Man, I'm better at soccer.

Hey!

Hey! Come and stop them from fighting!

Si-won and the Eun Fanatic are having a fight!

-"Eun Fanatic"? -Ji-won Eun's hardcore fan.

What are you standing around here for? Si-won is going to kill her!

Shit.

What are you doing? Let go, seriously!

-What? -Si-won, stop it!

I never said such a thing.

You think you can get away with that?

You! I'm not done with you!

Stop it already!

She attacked me first, okay?

What?

Blood.

-You're going to die today! -Take her out! Take her!

I'm going to kill you!

Hey, stop!

I'm going to kill you, I swear!

Run away, Yoon-jae. Run away!

You'll die in my hands!

My leg.

Mommy...

Go to her.

Ji-won...

She's finally lost her mind.

Will you be all right?

Don't worry about it. Honey.

If you take the lettuce like this

and flip it and eat it, you won't get indigestion.

It will be good for you, since you get indigestion a lot.

A man from Seoul is definitely different.

I would love it if my husband was like that to me.

Seriously, right? I would love it too.

He's a player.

He's trying to get her to fall asleep by feeding her lettuce.

What's the harm in that? They're not too old to have a baby.

-Goodness. -Like he has the strength

-to have a baby? -Doctor.

Are the results out?

You're clean. It didn't spread to your lymph nodes either.

At this state, you probably don't even have to go through chemotherapy.

Is that so?

That's great news, honey!

You're lying.

Pardon?

I know you're lying to me.

Why would he lie to you?

Look at you, being all cute.

Mr. Sung, it is not a lie.

Please believe me and try to exercise more from now on.

Thank you so much.

Someone will come by and explain to you in detail later on.

-I'll be going now. -Yes, thank you.

Whatever.

Let's go exercise.

You're so...

Congratulations, you two.

It's so nice to know that you don't need chemotherapy.

You just have to be careful of a relapse

so be sure to exercise a lot!

Yes, we will. Thank you.

Open wide.

You're making me embarrassed.

Don't be, it's all good for you.

Love makes even your farts smell like perfume, isn't that right?

Perfume my ass.

If it was my husband, he would beat me up for farting.

You'd let him do that to you? You should punch him back!

You're totally right!

Goodness.

You've been burping more than usual lately.

I feel quite bloated.

-Goodness! -Oh my goodness!

Honey! Oh my!

Honey!

It's cancer.

You have three months left.

Cancer? That can't be true. There's no way.

He was so healthy.

We'll have to wait for the results to be sure,

but at the moment, he's in stage three.

We're going to be late.

There's going to be a lot of traffic on the way to the Sajik Arena, hurry.

I don't think I can go today.

Why?

I promised Si-won I'd go line up with her at Jaeil Bank.

It's Kia Enterprise versus Narae Bluebirds today.

The three-pointer of love, In-gyo Jung! You're missing out, man!

Go by yourselves.

Just let me borrow him for one day. It's scary going just with girls!

Then what do we do with the leftover ticket?

I want to go see a farmer.

It's basketball, not a farmer all right? It's not about farming equipment,

but basketball! Do you know anything about basketball?

I do! I love basketball, but I just don't show it.

Si-won, go with Jun-hee. I'll go to the basketball game.

Okay. Let's go.

Shit.

Are you seriously coming?

Don't even think about falling asleep!

I just said, I like basketball.

Hey, what's wrong now?

It's just a drama. It's fiction.

Don't let it get to you.

Don't you know that dramas reflect reality?

The writers don't just write nonsense, you know.

In the end, cancer kills everyone.

I might as well shave my head and live in the mountains.

Pass it to Jae Heo, pass it to Jae! Pass!

Yes, shoot! Goal!

A big nose isn't all that Jae Heo's known for!

Jae Heo is flying across the court today.

He's not even using 60% of his full potential right now.

If he does, there will be a massacre.

When will he ever?

When he's angry.

During the '96 Asia preliminaries, we were against China in the semi-finals.

He broke his left hand then.

Despite that injury, Jae Heo scored 35 points by himself.

He wasn't even on the court the whole game.

Yeah, but that's because it was his left hand.

Jae Heo is left-handed.

They've scored six points already.

Wait! Why is that traveling? Referee!

Do your job correctly, do you hear me?

It did look like traveling.

He walked more than three steps while holding the ball, it is traveling.

I guess you do know something about basketball.

Heo, Kang and Kim are doing well, but so what?

Justin Phoenix is failing on the court today.

Cliff Reed can't do it all by himself.

Why didn't Kia just draft McDowell?

Chances of winning the championship looks bleak.

"A foul...

YOUNG HEROES ON THE BASKETBALL COURT

...can be divided into personal and technical fouls."

YOUNG BASKETBALL HEROES

"A personal foul...

ABOUT BASKETBALL

...includes walking, also known as traveling."

ABOUT BASKETBALL

"Vibration..."

"In case of a violation,

a player throws in the ball from the sidelines."

What am I doing with my life right now?

Who do you like the most?

Which Jaeil Bank branch is it?

Do they have a basketball team too?

No, for the concert tickets.

Which branch is it? Nampo-dong or Seomyeon?

Seomyeon.

I have to go.

I forgot Si-won's mom told me to bring Si-won to the hospital today.

Bye.

What is that?

Block In-gyo Jung, block him!

You scared me.

How many seconds left, Yu-jung?

I don't know!

Jun-hee! Si-won hasn't eaten you up yet.

-Didn't you go to the game? -Yeah, what are you doing here?

What do you mean? I came here to see you, of course.

I noticed that she's been flirting with you a lot recently.

Be careful, if she gets you, you won't get back out alive.

Why would Si-won flirt with me?

Hand over the bungeoppang.

You have the nose of a dog, I swear.

I don't know if it will be as good as Gu-gyeong's.

They're all the same.

Anyway,

isn't it boring to just sit around like this?

Not at all.

I loved you because I loved being together with you

The way you look at me makes me feel so warm inside

- The way you smile at me -Here, hold this or you'll get kicked out.

It gives me

- So much courage -You've got to be kidding me.

Thank you so much.

MILKY WHITE H.O.T.

Shake it properly.

MILKY WHITE H.O.T.

Like this.

Honey, can you give me

a cup of water?

Did you hear me?

Get me a cup of...

What's this?

Where did she go?

Are you really going to write the drama like that?

Make the character have cancer, is that it?

Are you really that dry on ideas? Do you want me to give you one?

You dare hang up on me?

What, are you scared of me because I saw right through you?

If he dies like that, how are his wife and kids supposed to live on?

Think before you write, all right? Think before...

This woman!

The song we sing together

The time we spend together

It's so important to us

You and I

TEMPTATION, H.O.T.

ONLY SEUNG-HO

Attention!

I have an announcement to make.

-Who's that? -The President of the Pusan fan club.

Amazing.

One of our team managers

got her hair torn out by her dad and was sent away to the States.

I'm sure you've heard.

On the 8th of last May, on Parents' Day

the girl who bought her parents a fake flower worth 500 won

and prepared food for Kangta worth three million won,

Chil-hyun Wife from Daeyeon-dong.

Her dad ended up finding out about it.

Her hair got torn out, her nose bled really badly.

She lost three of her teeth and was banished to the States.

So!

We have a vacancy.

Since we have all the members of Club H.O.T.

gathered here today,

we will choose one of you now.

Originally, we choose by voting.

But this time,

by the power vested in me, as the president,

I will choose the one

who can love H.O.T passionately with all their hearts.

That is the qualification.

Please show me how much you love them

and how much you will continue to love them.

I'll take volunteers.

Me!

I lived in a tent in front of Kangta's house for a month.

One of the things you should never, ever do as a fan

is those kinds of stalker-like actions.

-Next. -Me!

Me, pick me!

I had my college entrance interview and a H.O.T. concert

on the very same day.

So I gave up college and went to the concert instead.

You should've gone to college

and told more people about them.

Next.

Me!

Me!

Me!

The Nicoboco shirt.

Nicoboco

After they appeared on Request of Love,

I started to do community service.

I went to the park, the senior community center,

and donated 10,000 won per month to UNICEF.

Everyone, a round of applause!

Amazing! I mean, really,

that kind of a good image as a fan

is so great.

Please, continue to focus on your community service.

Next.

-Me! -Me!

-Me! -Choose me!

You, in the jacket.

My sister's boyfriend's sister

is H.O.T.'s stylist.

-Really? -Yes, really!

Me!

I can write a letter in my blood!

Tony, I love you

She really wrote it.

Oh, my leg.

Honey, is the lever for the bed near you?

Can you lift my bed? My back is killing me.

Why are you ignoring me today? If I say something, you...

If the husband dies like that, you're dying in my hands, got it?

MANAGER I.D.

Are you happy?

Stay here, I'll go buy some hot coffee.

Okay. Ask about what happened with the basketball game.

Let me ask you something.

If Tony and I fall into the ocean, who will you save first?

Are you deliberating right now?

You.

-Really? -Tony knows how to swim.

What the heck!

You're the one speaking nonsense. Tony is just in a different league.

Why did I even bother asking?

Don't take this scarf off, okay?

I wore this all day today.

It probably smells like me now.

I hope Kia won today's game.

He's fine, right?

My husband will be okay, right?

We did everything we can.

I'm sorry.

He doesn't have much time left.

Maybe it's best to spend it with family...

Preposterous. It's not even worthy of being called a drama.

What are you doing? What if someone was watching?

Who's watching?

What do...

Where are you going?

-Just for a minute. -I need to go pee.

Just give me a minute.

Hey!

How old are you? Do you even know life?

How can you write stuff like that?

You think you can get away writing it however you want?

Why are you killing off a perfectly normal person?

Hak-chan! Come here, sit here!

That idiot.

Let's go together, please? I have a favor to ask too.

Okay, what is it?

Kia and Hyundai have a game tomorrow.

Get them hyped up for it.

How so?

Listen carefully. This might be a little hard for you to understand.

First of all, I went through a lot to get four tickets for the game.

Si-won will be hanging out with Jun-hee anyway,

so the four of us will go watch basketball tomorrow.

Why is that hard to understand?

But tomorrow,

you and Seong-jae can't come to watch the game.

Because Yoon-jae and I are going to go. Just the two of us.

So what will you be watching?

Every favor needs something in return, I am well aware of that fact.

Here!

N.EX.T will be performing tomorrow at the Cultural Center at 3 p.m.

So go watch this with Seong-jae tomorrow.

But I want to watch basketball.

Do I have to kiss you

on the lips here now

-for you to understand what... -I'll go.

-N.EX.T. -What will I do without you?

Get them hyped up later, okay?

Why are you so cute?

That loser's been knocked out for the past four hours.

She spent the night in line to buy tickets.

You and Si-won are on a completely different level now.

What do you mean?

She became a manager of the Pusan fan club, you know.

-Don't lie! -Right, we don't believe you.

Fine then. I'll show you her I.D. card later.

Si-won has the right to enter H.O.T.'s waiting room now.

She's way above you guys now.

What did she do to get to be a fan club manager?

I heard she wrote a letter with her blood.

The president was so moved, she personally delivered it to Tony.

-That's innovative. -That's gross.

You can spare a finger, right?

Are you done sleeping?

What's that for?

Tony's going to be on Date at 2PM today.

Tony, when do you feel your fans' love the most?

When I see them waiting outside my house on these cold days

I am amazed at how they can love me so unconditionally.

It really moves me and I'm so grateful for them.

Then how about this? When have you felt

that certain actions your fans would do

were too much and wished that they would refrain from doing them?

A few days ago,

I have actually received a rather disturbing gift.

I think she's from Pusan.

I don't know if I can say this, but she sent a letter written in blood.

In blood? No way!

No, seriously!

Wow, that person was so thoughtless!

I can only imagine your shock.

-Who's laughing? - It's beyond shock.

During my events as H.O.T.'s members,

that was the moment I really questioned my career as a singer.

Honestly, it was really offensive and unsettling.

Did you report it to the police?

Yu-jung told me what happened.

I'm sure Tony didn't mean it at all.

In his heart, I'm sure he was thinking, "Someone loves me this much,"

and kept it as a treasure.

Yes.

I'm just ashamed of myself.

This is so embarrassing.

It's fine, really. Don't cry.

It's nothing to cry about.

So, was she bawling her eyes out?

Hush. Pretend like you don't know.

She won't admit it but I'm sure she's really embarrassed.

I should've stopped her then.

I can't believe there are people who'd really write using their blood.

She bit her finger like this.

Yes, but still,

she'll get over it when I buy her some bungeoppang. Just watch.

Hey, Si-won...

Should we go watch basketball tomorrow?

I got tickets to the Kia and Hyundai game.

Hyundai Dainet? Then we get to see Sang-min Lee and Seong-won Cho?

Where did you get these?

I didn't buy them.

I won them as a prize.

Hak-chan, you're going, right?

Right, sure.

What about you, Yoon-jae? You'll go too, right?

Why aren't you saying anything? It's Kia and Hyundai!

Cliff Reed versus McDowell, Dong-hee Kang versus Sang-min Lee, and Heo versus Cho!

Even if it may not be as fun as the Basketball Festival,

we have to go! It's Hyundai versus Kia!

The four of us can go! Let's go!

You can buy the drinks!

Of course I will! I'll buy you a ton of drinks for that free ticket.

Yu-jung.

Can't you just give me all of them?

Si-won looked really sad.

So I wanted to take her to the game.

Then you, Si-won, me and Seong-jae can go.

I have four tickets.

I want to watch it with my family.

Could I?

Yes, sure.

I mean, I got them for free anyway.

Go and have fun tomorrow.

I wanted to see the game too!

You're no help at all! Goodness!

I'll be off too.

Sechs Kies is appearing on Recharge 100% Show .

I have to go and record it.

Thanks, Yu-jung! Bye!

Where has my wife run off to now?

She left with her wallet a while ago.

You have one message.

This is Il-hwa Lee from Pusan.

Madam.

My husband...

has stomach cancer.

At first,

I couldn't breathe. I felt like the world came crashing down around me.

I felt so bad for him,

I felt so bad for my husband,

that I wanted to die.

But madam.

Humans are such fickle creatures.

Even though I felt like I wanted to die,

I saw myself one day

watching the TV and laughing.

Aren't I so shameless?

Madam.

Do you know how much of an amazing person you are?

Those who receive five hours of chemotherapy every day,

those who get dextrose injections because nothing else can be done,

every one of those women

come alive watching your drama.

They love your drama so much.

They say they love the husband, that he's so sweet and kind,

that men from Seoul are the best.

But...

after he was diagnosed with cancer,

laughter disappeared from our ward.

Madam.

Please don't disregard this as crazy talk from some crazy lady.

Could you please

make the husband well again?

To show them that even with cancer, you can live.

Just once, so they can see that they can also live happily.

My husband

and the ladies in the ward...

After they heard their diagnosis,

they didn't have one single happy day.

Madam, just for one moment,

can you help me?

Can you make them laugh again?

Please, madam.

I can't do anything for him.

This is all I can do for my husband.

Can you please help me?

The easiest thing we can do

for those we love

is relinquish ourselves completely.

The strength that compels us to do the things that we would never do.

That is love.

Where have you been running off to?

I told you to stick by my side like glue.

Were you looking for me?

You know I can't sleep if you won't let me

use your arm as a pillow.

I was getting pissed off at a lot of things.

So I went to vent.

I see, but you should really wash your hair.

SEOUL PAGERS 015

Want to go see N.EX.T with me?

I don't like N.EX.T.

Then...

Meet me in front of Taehwa Department Store tomorrow at 2 p.m.

Tomorrow,

you can do whatever you want.

You don't have to see the game or go see N.EX.T.

Let's do what you like.

Groom, Hak-chan Do and bride, Yu-jung Mo.

SEOUL, 2012

Like the tree, Yeonligi , that grows from different roots

and comes together as one, we also have come together in true love...

What's yeonligi ? Did you get pregnant?

Are you crazy?

We didn't even kiss yet, okay?

-Just don't, please. -You're lying.

Wait, you two...

No!

No! We kissed on our first date.

Hey!

They all knew about it already.

Our Hak-chan's all grown up.

-You couldn't even look at her in the eye. -I remember that.

Anyway, how about a toast?

For the bride and groom-to-be.

Si-won.

What will you do? You're banned from drinking?

Stick with your juice, okay?

That alcoholic...

Being pregnant really is a big deal, right?

Seriously.

Yu-jung, can I have just one glass?

-Si-won! -No way.

Think of the baby.

-Let go. -Just drink the juice.

- Today, at this reunion... -While you're at it, just quit.

at this table,

Hak-chan and Yu-jung announced their marriage.

My husband

is also at this table with me.

DECEMBER 1997, CANCER WARD 404, PUSAN

Open wide.

Why aren't you watching The Man Next Door?

That's right, today's the last episode.

Wouldn't it be a sad ending anyway?

I'm emotionally prepared.

So you can be completely honest with me, sir.

I can't believe this!

An inexplicable thing happened!

This is a miracle!

Your cancerous cells have decreased significantly!

The chemotherapy session last time must have been effective.

If this continues, with a successful surgery,

you can be completely cured.

-Oh my goodness! -Oh my word!

This is great news!

-I'm so glad! -My appetite is back!

-Me too! -I'm going to get chemotherapy!

This is truly amazing.

- You have to continue to... -Let's eat.

What are you doing, let's go exercise!

What?

I cleared my bowl.

Okay, let's go.

Oh man.

Give me a hug.

I know that I might sound

really stupid, and believe me, I'm embarrassed too.

But...

stop being so close with Jun-hee.

It really bothers me.

Did you say something?

No.

Subtitle translation by Grace Kim