[Call Me Mother]
[This program is suitable for viewers ages 15 and up.]
[Call Me Mother]
Call me "mother."
You're my mom now, Ms. Kang?
Even if I start calling you Yoon Bok from now on
you can't just completely transform into Yoon Bok this very second.
I'm sure you'll become Yoon Bok
little... by little.
I'm sure that I won't be able to become Yoon Bok's mom immediately either.
But, I think I will eventually...
little by little.
Then, one day, you'll truly become Yoon Bok...
and I'll become Yoon Bok's mom.
Don't you think so?
How sad...
would my mom be if I were to die?
That's all I wanted to know.
But my mom...
isn't sad at all.
She wishes that I were dead.
Will I be able to protect this child?
Will I be able to become a mom?
I don't have a mom...
so how could I become a mother?
Mom.
You were waiting for me, weren't you?
I'm not scared, Mom.
So I'm the only one who needs to become brave now, then.
Yoon Bok. Yoon Bok!
Even if I become Hye Na again...
I'd like it if Yoon Bok could still remain within me.
So that when you meet me again in the future
you can call out to me, saying, "Yoon Bok."
- Yoon Bok! - Mom!
Did you have a good time, Mom?
Did you have fun?
Every time Mom calls my name
I think to myself that I am Mom's child.
Get out of there!
I told you, Mommy is here!
Stop it!
Let's just have us adults talk.
Get out of my face!
Hye Na can't go home now.
My name is Yoon Bok.
What are you saying, Hye Na?
You're right here.
You're Hye Na.
What's your real name?
It's Hye Na.
It's Kim Hye Na, Grandma.
But I'm not your grandma, am I, Hye Na?
Please forgive my mom.
The reason that my mom did all this...
and lied to you all...
was all because of me.
It's all my fault.
Because of me, my mom...
wasn't even able to see her family.
And because of me...
she's having such a hard time.
But it was the same for you, too.
You abandoned everything you had for me...
and ran away with me.
It's for the same reason.
Mom.
Weren't you scared by yourself?
I was scared, yes.
But children need to protect their moms, too.
No, moms need to protect their kids.
Not the other way around.
Other kids have no need to
but I need to protect my mom.
I love you, Mom...
as much as the distance between heaven and earth.
[Episode 12]
We need to have a plan.
We can't just barge in there.
I'll go alone from this point onward.
No, you can't. We have to call the cops first.
That man wants me.
I'm sure that he already knows that I am coming.
If he sees that I came here with someone else...
Yoon Bok may be put in even greater danger.
There's a secret entrance.
Through the prayer room in the basement.
The entrance was hidden in the back so that Sister Clara could be alone
down in the prayer room without the kids around.
You can get in there from the door outside.
After I go in, use that entrance to get inside, Doctor.
And if the situation seems too dire to handle...
please call the cops then.
My mom was actually two different people.
I'm going to die.
Good Mom...
Can you survive alone, without your mom?
Can you? Huh?
and Bad Mom.
And that morning...
I definitely felt like Good Mom would be there.
Mom?
I've never cried once after that.
And when I see crying kids, I go crazy.
19.
20. 21.
22.
23.
Mom!
Uncle.
I know what you were thinking back then.
"It would've been better if I'd died."
Then...
my mom wouldn't have died.
I've thought the same things, too.
When my mom took a lot of pills and didn't get up...
I'd think...
that my mom wouldn't have died if I didn't exist.
And that it'd be better...
if I could just disappear.
I told you not to cry, didn't I?
I told you not to cry.
Uncle.
You're the one who's crying.
She's not dead.
You can see her breathing, right?
I'll give you money, so let Hye Na go.
Take a seat, will you?
Let's sit and talk comfortably, yeah?
This is so ridiculous.
Hye Na...
had a sparkly necklace around her neck...
and bragged to me
that she's become some kind of important kid.
Why do you think that kids get deluded into thinking that they're important?
So I wanted to make it clear to Hye Na
that she is completely insignificant in this world.
And nobody will care if you die.
I told her that...
but you actually came.
So, how are you going to give me that money?
When Hye Na gets into a car safely...
that money will be directly deposited into your bank account.
All 500 million won?
Oh, and here I thought...
that 500 million won was actually a lot of money.
I thought that your family would fight about
whether or not they should hand it over
and that you may say, "It's too much" or plead with me for more time.
But this was quite easy for you, wasn't it?
Who will be sending me the money if you make that phone call?
My mother.
I see.
Now you won't be able to make phone calls.
It's too bad.
Now you have no way of saving Hye Na.
No.
I'm sure that there's another way.
Think about it carefully.
Do you want more money?
Go abroad and start a brand new perfect life for yourselves.
I can help you do that, too. If not--
There is no way out.
I'm going to put an end to all of this here.
Nobody will leave this place alive today.
I...
have decided on a rule.
It's called, "You cry, you die."
And I'll definitely make you cry today.
The first time I killed a kid...
was a fluke.
It was because the kid was too noisy.
But...
the kid's mom...
left work, ran to the ER, and started crying.
You know how people start crying a lot when they're really relieved?
Because they feel like, "Oh, thank goodness I'm alive!"
That was when I knew.
And I thought to myself, "Ah, so I saved this mom."
"And if I had let this kid live, her mother would have died."
The kid was eating her mother alive...
from the inside out, like a parasite.
The second mom was the same.
She was crying while smiling, like some kind of demon.
Her mouth was crying...
but her eyes were smiling.
And I loved seeing that.
I did something really nice for those moms.
That's what they truly wanted, but couldn't bring themselves to say it.
And how do you think Hye Na's mom will react?
I'm sure she'll cry for a couple of days.
But she'll be able to become happy again.
Because she had such a rough time all these years because of Hye Na.
Isn't that why your biological mother abandoned you here, too?
Because you made her life so unbearable?
My mom did that in order to save me.
If I had to choose between sparing a mom or a kid
it'd be the mom every time.
Kids only care about themselves.
They cry because they're hungry...
and cry because they're tired or in pain.
I mean, they owe their lives to their moms.
But, you...
don't know any of the hardships that come with raising a kid.
And yet...
you're saying that you're her mom?
Make a left at the next intersection.
Samchung-dong 1742-46.
And what kind of place is that?
Is it a private residence?
Uh...
"House of Love."
It's been closed down now.
But I think it used to be an orphanage.
An orphanage?
Yoon Bok!
Mom.
"Mom"?
This woman is your mom?
[House of Love]
They're not here!
I'm really curious...
about the kind of expression that you'll have on your face
when you see Hye Na dying in front of you.
I wonder how much pain you'll be in.
I'll show you just how miserable it is...
to become a mother.
My mom...
killed a person for my sake and went to jail for it.
And my other mother was at my side, protecting me for 30 years.
That's why I came here.
Because I'm fully aware of what it means to become a child's mother.
They're all locked.
If you watch Hye Na dying, right up until the very end...
and overcome all of the misery that will come with it...
I'll acknowledge you...
as her real mother.
Hye Na.
Get up.
I can see your mom.
I can see how your mother treated you.
Did she say...
that she was having a hard time because of you?
Did she say that she wanted to die?
And did she try...
to strangle you one day?
One more word out of you...
and you'll die first.
The one...
that you're actually strangling...
is the younger version of you who made your mom's life difficult.
But there was nothing you could do.
If you do this
you'll end up hating yourself more.
You'll end up making things harder for yourself.
Mom.
My mom...
died because of me.
She wouldn't have lived like that if it hadn't been for me.
But she died...
so she wouldn't have to kill me.
Do you think that you could do that?
Do you think you could die in Hye Na's stead?
You heard something just now, right?
Yoon Bok!
Mom!
Is anyone in there?
This is the police! Come out!
You must come out!
You head in there.
Yes, Sir.
Drop your weapon.
Drop your weapon!
Stop right there!
Stop!
Lee Seol Ak! Lee Seol Ak!
You stay here for now.
Yes, Sir.
Don't go...
and leave me all by myself.
I told you not to leave me here all by myself!
Yoon Bok.
I came way too late, didn't I?
Mom...
I'm sorry.
Mommy is so sorry.
The emergency bag is in the back, right?
Make sure you have that.
In pursuit of a car.
It's a brown SUV.
The license plate number is 45-du-9328.
I believe they're heading toward Interstate 5
from the Cheonchu Intersection.
Requesting backup.
Seok Ak.
Shall the two of us...
die today?
No.
I told you that I'm having such a hard time that I could die
and yet, you want to live on by yourself?
Can you live alone, without your mom?
Huh? Can you?
Don't cry.
Why are you crying?
You don't deserve to be crying right now.
If...
my mom had lived...
If she were to come back to life...
I could be good at being clean...
and being quiet...
and...
never crying, no matter what.
I could do all of that so, so well.
I wanted to become a good child, too.
Move!
I'm sorry, Ja Young.
Honey?
What's going on, Honey?
This phone has been turned off. You will be taken to the voice mailbox.
Please leave a message after the beep.
Ms. Shin Ja Young!
You're there, aren't you?
Open the door!
You are under arrest for assisting in the kidnapping of a minor.
You have the right to remain silent.
And you can request an attorney.
Lee Seol Ak committed suicide at the scene.
What about Hye Na?
I think Kang Soo Jin took her and fled.
She's probably alive, then.
There is evidence of a struggle
but no other evidence to prove that she was killed.
All right.
Search every nook and cranny, and--
We've found a car matching the description.
They're moving toward Interstate 5 now. We're heading there now.
A fire, believed to have been started by an arsonist
burned down an abandoned facility in Samchung-dong in Chuncheon
within 30 minutes.
At the scene was an 18-liter gas bottle
which is believed to have been used to start the fire
as well as a lighter, among other objects.
And a Mr. Lee, who was in his thirties, was discovered already dead.
But it has been revealed that this Mr. Lee
was living with the mother of Kim Hye Na, the girl who went missing
so the police are investigating the circumstances behind his death.
Jae Beom!
What on earth happened?
What happened to my Soo Jin?
This incident may not be a missing child case, but a kidnapping?
Yes, that's right. According to the information from a reporter
the police in Mooryung who were investigating this missing child case
found out through the child's mother that this was a kidnapping
and they have a suspect whom they believe is likely the culprit.
Has the identity of the kidnapper been revealed?
It has been revealed that it was a woman in her thirties
who worked at the same school that the victim attended.
Hyun Jin.
What do we do?
Do you think Big Sis will be okay?
What is it? What's going on?
I... called the cops.
I told them that the kid's mom and the man she lived with
kidnapped Yoon Bok.
And that they demanded money from us.
Hye Na's mom kidnapped the kid
and demanded money for her?
The police are now utilizing the aid of the police in Chuncheon
to catch the culprit who kidnapped Kim Hye Na.
And it seems that the entire police force will be pursuing the culprit soon.
Furthermore, this will become a public investigation as of tomorrow
and the suspect's face will be made public for all to see.
Where did Kang Soo Jin go?
I don't know.
Where did you drop her off?
I don't know.
If you're saying this even if you know
you can face punishment for violating Criminal Law Article 150
and being an accessory of a crime
as well as Criminal Law Article 136, for causing an obstruction of justice.
These are very severe crimes.
When I went into the basement...
the man had made Yoon Bok stand on a chair and he put a noose around her neck.
Kang Soo Jin, who was in another chair, distracted the man.
Thanks to that, I...
was able to strike the man in the back of his head with an object
and get Kang Soo Jin and Yoon Bok out of there.
If Kang Soo Jin hadn't tracked the man down and followed him there...
and if she hadn't distracted him when Yoon Bok was being strangled...
you probably would have...
found Yoon Bok's dead body.
This is all that I know.
You're tired, aren't you, Yoon Bok?
Do you want to get on my back?
Here.
Assuming that Kang Soo Jin and Kim Hye Na were in this car
the culprit was dropped off between point A, where they eluded us for a bit
and point B, where the car was eventually discovered.
So our forces are currently doing a thorough sweep of this area.
We're collecting footage from CCTV cameras and dashcams to analyze it.
The area between points A and B
is in the opposite direction of where they were going.
This means that they know this area well.
It means they'd planned to get off at a certain spot beforehand.
That means they have a relative in this area
or know of a good route to take in order to escape.
Does this area have any characteristics that stand out?
Well, there's a group of apartment buildings
and there's a small street with a lot of restaurants.
It's kind of an average neighborhood.
There's a lot of greenery here.
Well, it's a pretty average hill without even a hiking path
so it'll be difficult for a woman and a young child to navigate at night.
There's nothing there but a Buddhist temple, you see.
A Buddhist temple?
I want to get down, Mom.
You're tired, right?
No, I can still keep going.
I'm okay.
It feels like we're still inside of that story, right?
You mean the story where that little boy and girl get lost?
I thought that the scariest part was over already.
But it doesn't seem to be ending.
Where are we going now, Mom?
Do you hear that sound?
The police believed that she fell into the ocean
and searched for the child there.
But it turned out that the child had been kidnapped by her homeroom teacher.
But the man living with the child's biological mother
was found after he had committed suicide.
And the kidnapper is still on the run, the child with her.
Wow.
How do we connect all of these pieces?
Jang Hoon went to the scene
but we haven't been able to figure out how all of this fits together yet.
But apparently there are cops all over Chuncheon looking for the kidnapper.
Who is it?
The child's biological mother and the man living with her
kidnapped the child from the kidnapper
and demanded money.
They said that they'd kill the child if they weren't sent money.
Wait, the biological mother demanded money from the kidnapper?
- Not the other way around? - How did you find this out?
I got this information from the kidnapper's family.
Can you write an article about it?
I already have.
[Mother and Boyfriend of Kidnapped Girl from Mooryung]
[Kidnap Child From Kidnapper and Demand Money]
[On January 17th, a child from Mooryung went missing.]
I can't believe this.
This information is definitely accurate, right?
Yes.
If this is true, we have to put this article on the front page.
So it must be completely accurate.
It is.
Tell me.
Tell me what happened to my Honey first!
Lady.
You sure are peculiar.
Aren't you even curious about what happened to your kid?
Why have you sought out our temple at this hour of night?
Please allow us to sleep here for just one night, Sir Monk.
I know not about the circumstance you find yourself in...
but our temple does not accept female bodhisattvas into our guest rooms.
Because, if I were to allow you to sleep here, Bodhisattva...
rumors of all sorts can start spreading.
I will offer you 108 bows!
You said that you'd let me sleep here
if I did that, right?
You told me the same thing 20 years ago.
Sir Monk.
Please allow me to sleep here for just one night.
I know not about the circumstance you find yourself in, Child.
but our temple does not accept female bodhisattvas into our guest rooms.
Because of the terrible rumors that could spread.
But I'm not a bodhisattva.
I'm just a high schooler.
And why did you come here at this hour, High Schooler?
I want to become a monk.
When I was young...
I grew up at an orphanage around here.
And I heard the sound of the bells every morning.
Why do you want to become a monk?
I want to sever my ties...
with the mother who raised me...
and the mother who gave birth to me.
I want to live on without any mother at all.
And why do you feel this way?
Offer up 108 bows and think about it carefully.
If you happen to fall asleep while doing that...
I suppose you may sleep here tonight.
My child has fallen asleep, but I have nowhere to go.
So you've become a mother.
Yes.
I've become a mom, Sir Monk.
At our temple, we have two traveling priests
and two high-level priests.
But they are all currently undergoing discipline training
so you must keep quiet.
Eat breakfast in the morning before you leave.
No.
I'm more than thankful enough that you're letting us sleep here.
But the child needs to eat breakfast, at least!
A lot of folks come from all over to eat our food since it's so good.
If you're truly thankful
we have a collection box at the sermon hall.
Thank you.
What's the matter, Yoon Bok?
Did you have a bad dream?
It's okay. It was only a dream.
Mommy is here.
You're with Mommy now.
Everything is okay now because you're with me.
Mom.
I had a dream where you died.
Uncle was choking you...
but nobody came.
So I was so sad.
I...
shouldn't have brought you to where Uncle was.
I shouldn't have wanted...
to go to Iceland with you.
I never should've thought that it would be nice if Ms. Kang were my mom.
I see, Yoon Bok.
You're really relieved, right?
That Mommy isn't dead?
And that you were able to tell me where you were.
You're so relieved that I became your mom, right?
Is it okay... if I cry?
Of course...
Yoon Bok.
I'll hold you.
Here we go.
I really thought that I was going to die back there.
I was trying to think of things that I liked...
but I couldn't think of anything at all.
All I could think of was your face, Mom.
And I thought to myself...
"What do I do if I die and Mom sees me dead?"
"What do I do if she sees me and cries?"
When I thought about that...
I was so sad and scared.
And that's why tears came to my eyes.
Even though Uncle said...
that he was going to kill me if I cried.
[Elementary schooler from Mooryung gone missing, whereabouts still unknown]
Do we really need to do this, Team Leader?
The culprit has no intention of killing the child.
To be honest, she won't get far with the kid. She'll be caught soon.
It's because I want to find them alive.
If the two of them...
are discovered dead in this cold weather...
Oh, excuse us, Sir Monk.
Was there a woman who came here last night with a child, by any chance?
A woman who came with a child?
Here.
Then...
did the woman come by herself and ask to spend the night here?
If I allowed female bodhisattvas into our guest rooms
we'd have unsavory rumors flying around.
So our temple only allows high-level priests to spend the night here.
Oh.
Um, may we ask you some questions?
- Sure. - By any chance...
did you see a woman with a child last night?
No, I didn't.
What's this all about?
Oh yeah.
Speaking of which, I was watching the news last night
and it turned out that incident happened in this neighborhood!
Wow.
So, they kidnapped the child from the kidnapper
but the kidnapper took the kid back and ran off, right?
Then, are you after the culprit right now, Detective?
Um, yes.
You're here, Sir?
How does it taste?
Many people come to visit us since our food is so good.
It's so delicious, Sir Monk. Thank you.
If it was delicious...
there is a collection box in the sermon hall.
All right, I'll be going, then.
So take your time eating.
Please finish your meals.
The head priest said that he doesn't let women stay here.
Yes, that's correct.
A female bodhisattva used to stay in the guest room
but I think word got out about it around town.
Well, he may say that.
But when women come, he always gives them the best room.
What are you saying? Just eat.
Um, may I see the room that the head priest usually gives to women?
Here it is.
As you can see, it's empty.
Do you turn the heat on in this room even when nobody is here?
No, we usually don't turn the heat on in this room.
Did you turn it on, Sir Monk?
No, I didn't even touch it.
Where did the head priest go?
76-uh-3475.
It's a white SUV.
It hasn't been long since it left.
Get some more sleep.
You need all the sleep you can get to keep on going.
Thank you, Sir Monk.
Why don't I see them when it hasn't even been that long since he left?
What the...
We found a matching vehicle at Gyungchun-ro heading toward Checkpoint 2.
What about the child?
Currently checking the occupants in the vehicle.
What seems to the trouble?
May I see your ID, please?
- Here she comes! - Here she comes!
Is it true that you kidnapped your own child and kept her hostage?
Why did you do it?
How are you feeling right now?
My Honey, Lee Seol Ak, didn't do anything wrong!
The kidnapper, Kang Soo Jin, killed him!
Kang Soo Jin is the daughter of Cha Young Shin, the actress!
Are you sure that she's Cha Young Shin's daughter?
How did you know that?
- Tell us! - Tell us!
- Take a photo! - Ma'am!
Are you sure that she's Cha Young Shin's daughter?
How did you know that?
Does Cha Young Shin know about this as well?
- Tell us! - Tell us!
The mother of Kim Hye Na from Mooryung, the girl who was kidnapped
has been found to have asked for ransom money for her own daughter.
Mom.
I'm sorry.
I wasn't in my right mind yesterday.
I was just so angry.
And that's why I called the police.
All right, Yi Jin. Be quiet now.
Jae Beom!
Did you watch the news?
I'm going to hold a press conference.
You can't, Madam.
We have to watch how the situation unfolds.
- Right now-- - I would if this was my problem.
But I can't stand to watch this.
People are talking about my Soo Jin as if she's a criminal!
How could I just do nothing and watch this happen?
I'm going to go out there and tell them everything.
- Mom! - Madam!
Mom!
Hello, Doctor Jung?
There was one woman with him in the car.
And there was no child.
Oh, hello.
This was the woman who was in the car with him.
She says that she's Monk Ja Ae.
Sir Monk.
Where did you go so early in the morning?
According to the other priests, you rarely go outside.
Well, you see...
I had to meet someone.
You mean Monk Ja Ae?
Yes.
Did she stay at the temple last night?
No.
Then...
besides the residential priests and the visiting scholars...
who else stayed at the temple last night?
You turned the heat on in that room last night.
The room that you usually give to women.
Sir Monk.
We can't look at the footage
of the one CCTV you have at the temple since it's broken.
So if someone came, only you would know.
Who came by last night?
Sir Monk.
Didn't these two come by yesterday?
If they did, please tell us!
Today is the anniversary of Monk Ja Ae's mother's death.
So I chanted sutras all night
and went to meet with her in the morning.
20 years ago...
she brought her daughter and lived in that room for a month.
Then, she left.
That's why I turn the heat on in that room on the day of her death anniversary.
Do you think I'm overdoing it, too?
It's because you want to catch them so badly, though.
The situation is really bad right now.
It's been a month since the kid disappeared
but for it to be revealed that this was not an accident, but a kidnapping
has all of the citizens in shock.
Everyone's saying that the initial investigation was done incorrectly.
I thought this was a missing child case from the start.
And I investigated this case while considering kidnapping a possibility.
- But you-- - I know.
I know that, but others don't because they don't see results.
Also, the police at Chuncheon have a lot of complaints, too.
I heard you were after the wrong person since early this morning.
I had definite reasons for my suspicions.
Stop going off suspicions, and get some concrete evidence!
If you keep acting this way
I'll have no choice but to take action.
What do you mean, exactly?
Someone has to take responsibility!
If I don't see results within a few days I'll reassign this case to another team.
Come on!
This is my case, all right?
I almost had them this time!
Get results. Results!
Um--
The culprit's name is Kang Soo Jin.
38 years old.
She is 168 centimeters tall and has a slim figure.
She has short hair.
Here is her photo now.
If anyone sees her, please call the police or our news station.
Mom.
If you stand there with that kind of expression
people will think that you're acting weird.
It feels like we're actually going overseas, right?
[Call Me Mother]
This is Soo Jin.
You want to take a boat?
There are probably tons of police at all the terminals and train stations!
How could a teacher kidnap her own student?
The kid's mom could have hit her kid.
Nam Hong Hee of Samhwa Barber Shop has priors.
So a murderer helped a kidnapper escape?
Track down Nam Hong Hee's location.
When do I need to get ready by?
Come to the parking lot at the harbor by 4:30 p.m.
If we capture Kang Soo Jin today
Hye Na could end up having to go back to living with that woman.
Can't we just let Kang Soo Jin go?