(Hunted)
(A Good Friend to Meet)
(MBC Drama Writing Contest Winner)
(All settings in this drama are entirely fictitious,)
(and please be noted that all firearms are strictly prohibited to individuals.)
Dad.
In Sung.
In Sung. Wake up.
(Episode 3)
(Emergency Room)
Are you looking for someone?
- The boy who just came in... - He's over there.
He has many wounds and bruises,
but it's not life-threatening.
It seems...
he didn't eat anything for a week.
He's exhausted.
What are you doing?
Young Soo. What are you doing?
It wasn't you.
I...
I didn't shoot my son.
In Sung. You're alive.
Gosh.
Hey.
Search more thoroughly over on that side.
- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.
Tell me right away if you see anything unusual.
- Yes, sir. - Okay!
Hey, come on. Check more thoroughly. I should just...
What is this?
Hello? What is it?
What?
The kid came back?
- Room 313. - Over there.
Okay.
- Hey, Young Soo. - Gosh, sir.
- Young Soo. - Sir.
- All right. - You're here.
I'm so glad. This is such good news.
How did you find out?
I heard that an ambulance came to your house.
Chae Jung, you've been through so much.
- Thank you. - Gosh.
By the way, is In Sung all right?
Well, the doctor said he was fatigued or something like that.
Luckily, it's not life-threatening or anything.
Goodness.
What on earth happened to the kid?
He looks so haggard.
Gosh. We're lucky that he came back to us alive.
Right.
You're lucky he came back alive.
It's been raining, hot, and cold at the same time.
- The weather has been pretty bad. - Right.
(Moon Hyun Min)
You see, you're lucky...
- that he came back only after a week. - Right.
Had he come a bit later, he would have been in worse shape.
Exactly.
It was raining,
so he wouldn't have died from thirst or dehydration.
But his uniform got wet from the rain.
Then his body temperature would drop.
- When the body temperature drops... - Sir.
Did you tell Joo Hyub about In Sung?
- Joo Hyub? - Yes.
You didn't?
I was busy rushing over to the hospital.
Why don't you call him now?
- He's not answering? - No.
Is he sleeping?
Gosh.
- Hello, sir. - Detective.
Goodness. This is great. Hello, ma'am.
- Hello. - Hi.
- You're the detective. - Yes.
Gosh.
How did you find us here? That was pretty quick.
Gosh. I'm a police officer, after all.
By the way, how is In Sung? Is he all right?
Luckily, he wasn't hurt badly.
My goodness. That's great news.
He came back after a week.
Right.
So you're the first person to find In Sung, right?
Yes.
Could we talk in the hallway?
(Moon Hyun Min, wallet, student ID card)
Sir, at what time did you find In Sung?
Earlier today, you came to our house around lunchtime.
I did.
After you left, I turned around.
In Sung was standing like this.
He said, "Dad." And then he collapsed.
And then you called 911 right away?
Yes.
And your son has been sleeping ever since?
Yes.
Did In Sung say anything else?
Well, he didn't say much.
I see.
Sir. Can I ask you something?
- Okay. - Your son...
disappeared when he was with a student named Hyun Min.
Yes.
But only your son came back after a week.
That means...
the boy lying in that room must know the truth.
Young Soo.
The chief and your friends are leaving.
You should go with them.
- And bring back some clothes. - Okay. I should.
Well, I'll get going too.
Okay.
When In Sung wakes up,
- please call me first. - I will.
Hyun Min hasn't come back yet.
Okay.
Bye.
Hey.
What are you thinking about so deeply?
Is it because of Hyun Min?
Young Soo.
You can't feel guilty about that. Okay?
I'm sure the cops will find him.
Right.
You don't have to worry about that at all.
Young Soo.
Your son came back safe and sound. That's all you need.
In Sung is back.
That's all you need.
Right. That's all you need.
Cheer up.
Did you go to the mountain again today?
Right. Yes. I was there briefly this evening.
Well,
did you hear the news?
Did you find my grandson?
Well,
we found In Sung.
You remember him, right?
The kid who disappeared with Hyun Min.
What about Hyun Min?
Yes? What about my grandson?
Ma'am.
We found In Sung now.
I'm sure we'll find him too.
I see.
Seriously. It's him.
It's him. Young Soo.
I'm sure he harmed my boy.
Are you talking about Mr. Kim Young Soo?
That guy was talking to his wife.
What was that?
He told her he had become a murderer.
I clearly heard him throw a fit.
(Murderer?)
(Kim Young Soo)
(Kim In Sung returned on June 28.)
(Kim Young Soo, father, 47 years old, farmer)
(The first person to find In Sung)
(Lee Chae Jung, mother, 47 years old, housewife)
(Murderer?)
Thanks for the ride, Jin Guk.
- Sure. - Drive safely.
- Sure. Call me. - Okay.
- Young Soo. - Yes?
It's all over.
You should try to put this behind you.
Okay.
Let's go back to the days when we were happy.
I miss those days, Jin Guk.
Okay. Go inside.
I'll see you go first.
- Thanks. - Sure.
Honey.
Who did you kill that day?
In Sung is back.
So that person wasn't the culprit, right?
Tell me. Who did you kill?
Joo Hyub.
You killed Joo Hyub?
How?
I stabbed him with a knife...
What did you do with the body?
I buried it.
Where?
At his house.
I think I've passed...
the point of no return.
Young Soo, look at me.
It's going to rain at dawn.
What?
Go to Joo Hyub's house...
and check again.
The soil might get washed away,
so make sure his arm or anything doesn't stick out.
Okay...
The detective will start suspecting In Sung.
He will try to look into me and you too.
Our family has always been in the shadows,
and we're finally about to walk into the light.
This would be too unfair, don't you think?
Only if I hadn't...
You're back.
Right.
We should have breakfast.
Why don't we go outside and eat?
No, I'll just go buy something light to eat.
No, stay here. I'll go.
Okay.
(Kim In Sung)
Hi, Jin Guk.
No, he hasn't woken up yet.
His mom already went outside to buy something to eat just now.
Yes.
Okay, I'll give you a call as soon as he wakes up.
Okay, thanks.
In Sung.
Are you awake?
I'll go ask some things to the doctor.
Stay with the kid.
(Withheld Number)
Who are you?
Who are you, scum?
Is the money ready?
Answer me. Is the money ready?
I said you'd lose everything.
Your money and your family.
Get it ready in cash.
At 11 p.m. tomorrow...
Put it at the entrance of the Jinjam Reservoir Bridge...
If you aren't going to do it, tell me now.
That way, we won't have to waste time.
I'll have it ready.
It's tomorrow.
At 11 p.m.
Goodbye.
In Sung. Son.
Look at me.
Look here.
In Sung.
The day you went missing,
Have you seen anyone that day?
Have you?
In the mountains or anywhere else...
have you seen anyone?
This is important, kid.
In Sung.
Hey, In Sung!
Gosh, what's going on?
What's going on?
- What is it? - Goodness.
I'm sorry.
- Gosh. - Sorry.
- Oh gosh. - My heart's pounding.
Gosh. He must've lost it.
Gosh, this piece of junk. It's so troublesome.
What's wrong with it now?
It's always breaking down like this.
I should throw it away or something. How upsetting.
I guess that's it for today.
Why isn't this guy answering the phone now?
Jin Guk!
Where did he go?
Jin Guk!
Jin Guk.
Where did he go, when I'm so busy?
Junk cultivator. I got to throw it away or something.
Gosh.
Hey, what are you doing here?
You guys...
(Moon Hyun Min)
- Chief. - Chief!
- Wait!
- Let me go! - Relax!
- Let me go! - Calm down!
- Wait! - Stay still.
- Listen to us for a bit. - Relax!
- How could you kill a kid? - No!
- No, don't do this. - Chief, it's not that!
Sir, listen.
Is he dead?
No, he's alive.
Hold on to his arms.
- One, two. - Gosh.
Hi.
Well, In Sung...
Can I sit down for a moment?
Let me ask you this straight up.
Where is Hyun Min?
In Sung.
Where is your friend? Where is he?
In Sung.
Where is Hyun Min?
Where is your friend?
What are you doing here?
Hello, Ms. Lee.
What are you doing...
with a kid who's not even well?
Well, Ms. Lee. I was just asking him a few questions, that's all.
Do detectives investigate in such an unruly way,
by sneaking in...
while an unwell child is all alone? Do you?
Are you trying to accuse him as the criminal?
Ms. Lee.
I did not have such intentions at all.
Hyun Min is still missing...
- and your son is the only witness, so... - Witness or not...
do you think it's right...
to treat a sick child like this?
I apologize for coming out of the blue.
But Ms. Lee.
Why didn't you call us when In Sung woke up?
Gosh.
Even though he is awake,
he's not well.
What kind of parents would be in the right mind to call?
Would they?
When your child...
comes back a week after he went missing...
in that state... Gosh.
You could have come a bit later.
Why are you here so quickly...
and bully the mother and the child?
Would the parents be in the right state...
when their child is like that?
- Would they? - Exactly.
- Goodness sake. - I'm sorry.
That was insensitive of me.
I'll come back later at a better time.
What's with his attitude?
Hello, Mr. Kim.
Mr. Kim?
- Hello. - Hello, detective.
Wait.
Are you okay, Mr. Kim?
Yes, I'm fine.
Goodbye.
Hold onto that.
If I count one, two, you throw. All right?
One, two.
What? He won't fit.
Let's take him out first.
- Gosh. - Dig this hole a bit more.
How could you kill a child, you jerks?
Are you up?
Don't even call me, you jerks.
Don't consider yourselves humans.
Hey. Go explain it to him.
I'll dig some more.
- Chief. - You darn jerks.
We didn't do that.
What?
I'll explain it to you.
Don't take it wrong.
What are you talking about?
About Hyun Min.
We didn't kill him.
What?
Do you remember...
the day we went hunting the boar?
I'll get going first.
We all had dinner together at your house afterward.
Young Soo said he had a stomachache and went home first.
That day...
Gosh.
Young Soo was acting weird.
I know.
What's up with him?
He suddenly got upset out of nowhere.
- My goodness. - Don't mind him.
Gosh.
I guess he changed after hitting the jackpot.
His look has changed.
He thinks he won the lottery because he deserved it.
Stop it.
My goodness.
His wife is the same.
When we went to his house,
she didn't even come out to say hi.
Because a beggar suddenly became rich.
He had nothing.
I was going to skip it today, but whatever. I'm drinking.
- Don't drink too much. - It's fine.
What's wrong with him today?
Joo Hyub.
- Hey. Joo Hyub. - Yes?
What are you thinking?
Is everything all right?
No. Actually...
- Never mind. - What?
What's the matter?
Is it about Kim?
I said I'll take care of it.
No, that's not it.
- Gosh. - What?
Then what's the problem?
Well...
My goodness.
In the mountain today...
Yes.
We all scattered and cornered the boar.
Then I heard a gunshot...
and a person scream nearby.
A person?
Yes. I thought I was mistaken.
I still went there,
and I saw...
Young Soo.
Young Soo?
But he looked strange.
His gun was on the ground.
He was approaching something.
When I approached him, he dragged me to the other direction.
So?
He said the boar went that way,
so I followed him.
I think that was weird.
When I looked back at where he was going,
I think I saw a person in the bushes.
Are you saying Young Soo shot a man?
No, that's not what I meant.
It was blue.
It wasn't animal fur.
It was blue like clothes.
It wasn't an animal?
No, it wasn't.
Did Young Soo say anything about that?
No.
Then you should let it go.
You must've been mistaken.
- Right? - Of course.
It was hot and sunny in the day.
I felt dizzy...
and saw things.
Right? I must've been mistaken.
Of course.
Why would...
a man pop out of there all of a sudden?
Yes. Exactly. You're right.
Why would there be anyone?
I couldn't get it off of my mind all day long.
Stop thinking about it.
Right.
Come on. I thought it was something serious.
My goodness.
Jin Guk.
(Moon Hyun Min)
Man Seok.
Can you tell it's me?
No. Not at all.
- Man Seok. - Yes?
Is this going to work?
Probably.
Right.
Keep breathing in.
Here we go.
Hello?
Who's this? In Sung?
Is that you, In Sung?
I know why you're wandering in the mountains...
every day.
I know...
that you killed a person.
Prepare 500,000 dollars in 3 days.
Why are you doing this?
What are you thinking?
Because he's annoying.
Ever since his house collapsed when he was young,
his father passed away and he lived alone.
When he got married in his 20s with nothing,
we helped him so much until now.
But what did that jerk do for us?
The only thing he did after winning the lottery...
was to install an air conditioner at our houses. That's it.
Think about everything we did to help him all these years!
Are you telling me you're doing this because of money?
He knows better than anyone how sick my wife is!
He knows it better than anyone in the village.
For everything I did for him over the years,
he would have at least offered...
to pay for the hospital bills as a decent friend.
But still.
Look what you're doing.
You too. You took care of him like your son.
When his father passed away, you held the funeral for his father.
But what has he done for you...
after hitting the jackpot?
He only thanked you without giving you anything. Right?
Go to his house.
He's busy buying new furniture and home appliances.
He's already forgotten everything we did for him.
Chief, what goes around comes around.
The bottom line is that he killed Hyun Min.
We just need you to keep quiet...
and turn a blind eye, then we'll give you 100,000 dollars.
A hundred thousand dollars.
Even I think...
Young Soo...
has been too selfish.
Exactly.
(Personal Information Record)
(Criminal Record)
- Did you see the boy? - Sir.
What did he say?
He didn't say anything because his mother caused a scene.
- His mother? - Yes.
- Sir. - Yes.
You know Mr. Kim Young Soo? What does he do?
Do you have to ask? He's just a farmer.
You know Moon Hyun Min's grandmother?
She kept saying...
that Mr. Kim...
She said that he burned down her house, right?
What?
She didn't say people in the village burned down her house?
Well, she did talk about that too.
What's behind the fire incident?
A long time ago, a gas tank exploded when everyone was sleeping.
She lost her son and her daughter-in-law to the fire.
Only she and her grandson survived.
Are you sure it was the gas tank?
I feel awful for the old lady.
But what about her innocent neighbors? She always accuses them.
Right. What did she say to you this time?
Oh, well...
It's nothing.
Don't listen to her sob story.
If you have time for that, find the boy.
Okay.
- Five hundred thousand dollars. - Five hundred thousand dollars.
Young Soo, what are you going to do?
What are you going to do?
If he's asking for that much money, he must be a total jerk.
He must be a total jerk.
Are you just going to hand over the money?
Do you understand what I'm talking about?
Remember what you told me before?
We have already passed the point of no return.
I'll be back.
When will you be back?
Tomorrow morning.
Be safe.
Okay.
Don't get hurt. Okay?
We can't live without you.
I got it.
(Rural Development Administration, Wunmak-gun)
("Encyclopedia of New Songs")
(Timeless renovation)
(The entrance is connected to the living room.)
(Going down the mezzanine to check out the next room)
(Past the hallway on the right of the main entrance...)
(Jinjam Reservoir)
Darn.
Hey, are you okay? Get up.
Get up. Let's go.
Darn those...
Darn it.
He's a total lunatic.
How could he shoot a person?
- That punk! - Man Seok.
I got shot.
Oh, no.
Be careful with the speed bumps.
Okay.
Hang in there, my friend.
Man Seok, let's hurry to the ER.
Are you kidding me?
We can't go to the hospital in this situation!
But I got shot!
- Come on, the speed bumps! - Okay.
Do something about the bleeding.
Seriously.
It's so darn hard to make money.
Is that you, Chief?
Chief, hurry here. Hurry.
What happened?
Oh, my.
My goodness. Did Young Soo do this?
That lunatic shot him!
- Gosh. - I got shot.
But I've never operated on people before.
Think of him as a boar and do something.
This is driving me crazy.
- What do you need? - Goodness.
Hey.
Hey, stay still.
Stop shouting.
My goodness.
- Hey, hold the flashlight properly. - What?
Hold on a second.
- This side? - Yes, right.
Jin Guk, hang in there.
Jin Guk.
Hey.
So,
should we split the money?
Yes.
Your share is 100,000 dollars.
This bundle is worth 5,000 dollars,
and this is 10,000 dollars.
That's 20,000 dollars.
Now it's over.
I'll take this bag and burn it.
Okay.
Take care of yourself.
It's already morning.
Even the most bizarre incident...
can't stop another morning from coming.
Don't cry. You're a man.
Right, you punk. Does it hurt that much?
So,
they ran?
So what will happen to us now?
I don't know.
- In Sung will be discharged later today? - Yes.
- Does he speak? - No.
Still,
the doctor says he doesn't show any other problems.
That's good enough.
Gosh.
I'm not dead yet.
Why are you looking at me like that?
Honey, let's get you operated.
What are you talking about all of a sudden?
Don't worry about the money.
Just survive this.
That's all you have to care about.
I'll die soon, honey.
So don't...
think about how to save me.
Think about how to live without me.
That's my wish.
Even if you say that, I won't change my mind.
Just get surgery.
And you'll take out a loan to pay for it?
That's not it.
Then how will you pay for it?
Well,
I went downtown...
and bought a lottery ticket every day.
A lottery?
But I won the second prize this time.
- Seriously? - You can do the surgery with it.
So, stop worrying about money.
Please.
We're back.
We're home.
Weren't you asleep?
I have something to tell you.
Dad.
Yes?
About Hyun Min...
I killed him.
(Boar Hunt)
Can we stop doing this?
Stop it?
I really hate you.
Let's go to the mountain after school together.
You killed Joo Hyub, didn't you?
Where is he?
Where is Hyun Min?
Why are you doing this to me?
That's all you have to say.
Do you understand what I'm trying to tell you?
What did you do that day?
Honey...
Your wife will look over you from up there...