WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU TANGERINES
How could he think of running away after blaming his friend for everything?
He planned to take everything and run. That's why he opened the pawnshop.
You think I didn't like him 'cause he was bottom of the class?
When he was ten, he came to our house and stole your dad's washer fluid.
My washer fluid?
-Why would he? -God knows why.
He just stole whatever he could get his hands on.
He came with empty pockets,
but every time he said goodbye and left,
his pockets were always so stuffed!
What's the point of saying that? The issue now is the buncheong stoneware.
That woman is such a liar,
claiming it was appraised for 70 million on Authentic Masterpieces.
Seventy…
Seventy million won?
Why leave her buncheong stoneware at a tiny pawnshop?
Oh my goodness.
Why did you do it? Why?
Why did it have to be with Cheol-yong? And why a pawnshop?
Is it a pawnshop's fault? Blame the IMF crisis.
They're handing out credit cards and cash advances,
so who the hell would come to a pawnshop?
That's not all. Gold collection. That goddamn gold collection campaign!
With the country throwing a one-two punch at me, how can I--
Should they not even collect gold for your sake?
You wanted to strike gold and look cool. And now, none of this is your fault?
You should live within your means.
You took out a loan for the pawnshop. That damn lucky strike!
I did it so I wouldn't live like you.
I hate the idea of living within your means.
You always reeked of cooling patches, but what did you do for me?
Yang Eun-myeong!
What have you ever done for me? You've always had your favorite.
Be honest. Have you two ever told me that I'm the best?
To Geum-myeong, you always say, "You do everything well."
Did you ever say that to me? Why do I always go on about money?
What else can I beat Geum-myeong in?
I did it for you to notice.
Just so you'd look at me. Okay?
Why can't I have a birthday party?
You threw one for Geum-myeong. What about me?
Eun-myeong.
I'm sorry.
I just have such a bad headache right now.
Get up.
Make me rice cakes!
I want rice cakes too!
Come here, Eun-myeong!
Your brother passed away three days after your birthday.
Just accept living without a birthday.
You're the eldest son who should soothe your parents.
You have to live for you and your brother now.
Otherwise, your mother can't go on.
But that's not fair!
I don't want to!
Eun-myeong, come out here.
YANG GEUM-MYEONG DAILY SCHEDULE
What in the world are you drawing?
Just watch.
YANG EUN-MYEONG SPELLING TEST
Mom and Dad have a huge hole in their hearts because of Dong-myeong.
How can anyone live like that?
It needs to be filled for them to live. So what should we do?
Stop asking me and just say it.
You get a "Well done" stamp for doing your homework well, right?
Look at this.
We have to stamp it countless times with a tiny stamp.
We have to keep stamping every day to fill it up.
So they can go on.
You understand?
You're the know-it-all. What am I supposed to do?
"Know-it-all"?
YANG GWAN-SIK
Look at this. Look at what I got.
Wow. It went up by ten.
I got one wrong on home economics.
The teacher made the test question weird.
One? One question out of all subjects?
What am I, a dog?
I only get leftovers?
Dad and your sister have to take packed lunches.
I want more pork cutlets. Fry me a new one.
Your sister's picky about food and has exams.
And Dad's work is very tiring.
What's wrong with you?
Have you hit puberty already?
Goodness.
Kang Ho-dong's mom must have no regrets.
If a mother had a son who brought home a golden calf,
what's left to wish for?
A golden calf is all you need? You'd want nothing else if you had one?
Mom, just follow me.
If you stay by my side, the least you'll get is a golden calf.
I'm gonna buy you a Mercedes.
I'll stop Dad from sailing his boat and make you quit your street stall.
It will be me, not Geum-myeong!
When's that ever gonna happen?
If you won a golden calf for me,
I could just go all around Hallasan dancing and bragging.
Goodness. You're such a windbag!
Where did you get that from?
Your sister just got things done without saying a word.
Carelessly-spoken dry words made Eun-myeong grow up hungry.
Favoritism is really unfair.
It's better not to love at all.
Giving less love is so unfair.
It stops a child from growing.
Mom's long-standing fear had come true.
Aren't you scared?
Of course I am.
I still can't believe it.
How is this thing going to come out of me?
But
what's scarier than giving birth
is what happens afterward.
Why's that?
Well,
they say experience is the best teacher,
but I don't know much.
I haven't had much to learn from.
Worried you won't know how to be a mom?
What do I do for them when they hit puberty?
What if they're a bit of a punk?
Are you that worried about it?
To be honest, what I fear the most…
is that I might hurt them because I don't know how to be a mom.
That scares me the most.
This tiny thing is coming into the world, trusting only me.
I can't scar the baby's life.
You won't scar their life.
You couldn't even if you wanted to.
The truth is…
I want to be a really good mom.
A really good one!
Do you know why I named my son Che-il?
It means "number one," something I've never been.
Never.
That's how you two raised me.
What about your mom? You think she was ever number one?
That pork cutlet you were so hung up on. How many do you think your mom got to eat?
Go.
-You darned… -Step out for a bit.
You darned… foolish idiot.
Don't get me out of here.
Your darned, ungrateful son will pay his debt using his own back.
Have it your way! What an honorable son!
Father.
Dad!
Kick her out.
Kick her out!
Give me some money.
Please give me some money!
Do I owe you money or something?
I know there's my share.
Think of it as giving me my inheritance now!
Am I already dead to you?
What am I supposed to do?
You want me to be a prisoner's wife?
You want Che-il to be a criminal's son?
Tell them to catch the real criminal. If he's innocent, why pay for him?
Eun-myeong really didn't do anything wrong!
He did it so we could live a better life!
If he's innocent, he'll get out.
So money comes before me?
Of course it does. A hundred times over.
Have you ever done anything to be a good daughter?
Did you ever make me a boat captain or chief of the co-op?
Money does it all. It's the real filial duty!
You think being a child is some kind of privilege?
I don't need a child who never listens to me either!
Dad, do you know what I envy most about my sister-in-law?
Having a father like hers.
With my fate, even if I were reborn, I could never have a dad like hers.
She has a heart like a fancy car with a big engine.
But your daughter's not even worth a wagon.
Yeah, same here!
It's only 70 million. Is it such a big deal?
"Only 70 million"?
Hey, have you even earned 100 won?
Respect, gratitude,
and affection for one's parents.
Even ten billion wouldn't be enough to buy these things.
No money can pull out
the peg you drive into your child's heart.
You think you're the only one who thinks?
I think too. I think way ahead of you!
The ship you treasure more than your own child
got its price tag right after it was made, right?
But a person's worth is only determined after they die.
Starting tonight, you can spend sleepless nights
in fear of how much your life will truly be worth.
AUNTIES' SEAFOOD HOUSE
CHEOL-YONG SALON
Go ahead and take my life.
Even if you beat me to death, I don't know where Cheol-yong is.
You won't find a single cent even if you cut me open.
That buncheong was worth 70 million won!
Why should her son pay for what your son ran off with?
My son is also a victim in a way.
Look at her running her damn mouth!
My good kid trusted a snake and got bitten.
You can tell just by looking at Eun-myeong's nasty hairstyle.
Who's been messing with his hair all those years?
His bad influence rubbed off on my son.
He's gone and ruined my son's future too.
Ae-sun, aren't you going to say anything?
We can't fight for you forever!
You're colluding with him, aren't you?
If you find out where my son is, please let me know.
I have to change the name of the shop thanks to my wonderful son.
Did Cheol-yong sell the buncheong stoneware
to buy you this television and that gold ring?
Got any evidence?
Bring me the evidence.
Now that I see you like this,
I get why Cheol-yong turned out so horribly!
Did Eun-myeong end up in prison
because he takes after his high-school-dropout mom?
He just turned out as he was meant to.
What the hell?
You pea-brained bitch!
Let go now!
There are three of us! Damn you!
-Chip in! -Let go first!
You chip in too!
If you make someone cry blood, at least act like you'll pay it back!
Ae-sun, why don't you let her go first and…
When your son gets taken away, you go into a blind rage!
I don't care about anything right now!
Got it?
She's indeed Gwang-rye's daughter.
Mom grabbed someone by the hair for the first time in her life.
You'd lose to her now.
That was some technique, huh?
She grabbed her hair and twisted her body, like some ssireum technique.
They say moms grow stronger over time
while dads grow more fragile.
-That Steelheart? -Yeah.
Dad also went to do something for the first time in his life.
Didn't I tell you to invest in a place while they were building in Seogwipo?
Your son was always going on about lucky strikes.
Stay and hang out for a bit.
Goddamn IMF crisis. Seriously.
I have to do my own deliveries these days.
-Hey! -Sir.
Could you maybe
lend me…
You've known me for a long time.
I never take a day off.
I'll catch all the fish in the sea so that I can--
Captain Yang, you're not young anymore.
Your knees get so sore in bad weather, you can't even pull in your nets alone.
Sir.
Everyone knows me as a great fisherman, and--
The world has changed.
They're sweeping up fish with trawlers the size of a house.
But you're still old-fashioned, letting all the small, borderline fish go.
You're the best at following spawning and closed fishing seasons in Jeju.
Who on earth makes money like that? Have you made a lot, Captain Yang?
Sir.
I'll pay you back.
I'll pay you back, be it with fish or my body.
Good grief, just get the idea already!
You're really making me uncomfortable.
Just go! Leave.
The whole port is avoiding you, Captain Yang.
How did such an upstanding, reserved man end up like that?
Parents bear the burden of their kids.
My son just turned 26.
To me, he's like my crooked finger.
and I…
I…
can't just give up and leave.
CAR LIFE
FISHING LOG
AUGUST 15, EUN-MYEONG'S BIRTHDAY
AUGUST 18, TYPHOON CARMEN
Dad returned to sea after just three days, even after sending Dong-myeong off.
In the end, Dad sold 20 years of his life,
which carries the three of us and which he could never part with.
He sold Geumeundong, his boat.
M.F.L.
Erase the moth. Why did you draw it here?
It's a butterfly.
Write a poem for me too.
Titled "Yang Gwan-sik."
Why would I?
"M.F.L."
by Oh Ae-sun from class 1-5 of Dodong Girls' High.
When it's around, it's annoying When it's not, I'm curious
Why read it so many times?
When I tease it, it's fine When others do, I get mad
With eyes open, I pretend not to see With eyes closed, its image comes to me
Unnoticed, like the sea I see every day
Yet without it, I'm alone in the vast world
Like candy hidden in my mouth
Its sweetness overflows all around
Is this it
Is that why
My heart stays in spring every day
I told you to read it at home, didn't I?
My first love.
It means "My First Love," right?
I know it does.
Who said it was you? Who said so?
Hey!
You think just because we did it once, you can keep doing it?
-God. -I can't?
I can't do that?
No questions!
No more questions from you.
"Spring every day," my foot.
It's not spring at all.
The boy's hands now made the rustling sounds of winter branches.
-Yeah, this is our boat. -Our boat.
Daddy's boat.
-Hello. -Were you inside?
You'll wear out the boat by staring.
My wife kept saying she wanted to see our boat again.
You said you wanted to see it too.
No, I didn't.
Daddy!
-Daddy! -Daddy!
Hi.
-Daddy! -Daddy!
-Did you catch a lot? -Daddy!
-Daddy! Hurry! -Daddy!
Have you decided on the boat name?
You'll feel more fond of it after you've named it.
Well,
it's Eunyeong.
So you must be Eun-yeong.
That's great. That's so great.
Geum-myeong, Eun-myeong…
and Dong-myeong grew up thanks to this boat,
so it will do the same for her.
Thank you.
Oh my.
Wow, this is the boat's full history!
These are from the last three years, but if you need them…
They are all old-fashioned, so I don't know if they'll be helpful.
FISHING LOG
Is it really okay for me to have these?
I don't think I'll be a boat captain again.
Well, we'd be really grateful. Truly.
-Eun-yeong, say, "Thank you." -Thank you, sir.
Yes, thank you as well.
Thank you.
We were the only ones who didn't know.
We never knew that the time Dad spent at sea flew by in a heartbeat.
At least you're out. That's all that matters.
Wait, I'm asking how you came up with the money.
-You sold the apartment? -Let's go.
You sold the boat?
You did, right?
Damn it.
Don't cry.
If you cry, it will make your father cry too.
He will cry countless times in his heart.
Why would you sell the boat?
Why would you do that for me? Damn it!
We sold it because you're our number one! Why wouldn't you be?
A child may abandon sick parents, but not the other way around.
I hate this. Seriously.
I really hate this!
How could we not get you out?
How could we leave you in there?
A bucket that's always filled to the brim,
no matter how many leaking holes it has.
That's something Eun-myeong already had.
You can resent me, but don't do that to your father.
Do you know that your father eats five meals a day?
His work was so hard that he ate five meals a day all his life.
He wouldn't have to live like that if not for you guys.
You can resent me, but how can you resent him?
Don't.
If you do,
your father's efforts would've been in vain.
So what's he doing now?
If he doesn't catch fish, what are you going to sell?
You just worry about yourself, okay?
Whatever I do,
I do well now.
The Literary Girl has changed.
Not there, ma'am. Over here.
Let me fillet your squid.
See how fresh the squid is at this time.
I'll fillet it perfectly for you.
Only 2,000 won for 20 and 3,000 won for 40!
Just bring them over to me.
I'll fillet them for you!
The girl who said 50 won for one cabbage and 150 for three, no matter what,
has changed.
Hey! Are you the only one working here?
If you keep slashing prices, you will doom us all!
Ma'am, you bought some squid? Let me fillet them for you.
I'll fillet them perfectly.
Excuse me, ma'am. What are you doing over there?
I'm right here.
Now you're stealing other people's customers?
You stole them, not me!
Ma'am, who did you come here to see?
Well, my mother-in-law told me to go with the pretty lady.
Then who would it be?
Which one would it be?
Hey! It could be me!
The Literary Girl evolved like Squirtle evolved into Blastoise.
Come on.
Goodness!
All right. Let's fillet them.
Wow, you have fast hands.
When I was your age, I couldn't do anything like this at all.
You liar.
How can a fisherman's wife not fillet squid?
My husband used to do it all for me.
He didn't want me to get hurt or be scared.
Here's Oh Ae-sun's brag, verse one.
My husband keeps begging me not to do stuff like this.
I just do it for fun. Why waste time doing nothing?
My husband's a boat captain, you see.
Is he still a captain?
Tell her what he does now. Go on.
What does he do now?
Hang on.
It's my daughter. She went to Seoul National University.
She always calls me around mealtime.
Hi, sweetie!
You wanna make sure that I'm eating every day?
Here comes the second verse of Ae-sun's brag.
The children's phone calls at every meal time
were a source of power between them.
Goodness, I don't need a checkup!
No, don't bother.
I love you too. Take care.
Hey, I bet she didn't say she loves you. You're just saying that, aren't you?
The less she had, the more she bragged.
Hey, there goes your boat captain.
There he goes.
I think that's how Mom protected her own heart.
Whatever. None of them ever get calls.
It's only my kids who are always calling to ask if I ate or what I ate.
They're just jealous.
You should change the candle right away if the flame weakens.
It will be cold.
They don't even know the law and think a holding cell is a prison.
That damn Mi-suk clearly knows about it, but she keeps asking,
"Why aren't you talking about your son?"
"What is he up to?"
What nonsense. Damn bitch.
No matter how much my life has shrunk,
it's better than flirting with others' men.
Has your life shrunk?
Of course not.
I'm just saying.
That's not what I meant.
Everyone here is envious of me.
Should I buy you a good cream? An expensive one?
Why?
It looks like I put on blush. Cute, isn't it?
They call me the pretty one here.
Oh man.
Why is life like this…
Why is it like this?
What's wrong?
Are you getting old?
Why do you keep getting more tearful?
How could I make you sit here like this?
Oh man.
I couldn't even fulfill any of your three wishes.
I robbed you of your life.
So what if you know what "nostalgia" is?
What about college?
What about becoming a poet?
What about the mainland?
I can't give you everything.
But one thing I will do for you, no matter what.
Come on.
Can't you at least just say you'll give me everything?
Just tell me you will give me the moon and the stars!
You should've said no when I was chasing you.
You shouldn't have lived with me.
Without you, I'd truly be an orphan with no one in this world.
Without Yang Gwan-sik,
Oh Ae-sun couldn't have lived her life as a coy girl.
Should I teach that damn Mi-suk a lesson?
Why are you aging on the outside but not on the inside?
How come your heart never changes? It's so annoying.
CHARMZONE CONTROL CREAM
Lucky you, Hyeon-suk.
My father-in-law has never given me any cream.
I've noticed you haven't been dressing up much
or wearing your hair all curly lately.
Why don't you go get a perm?
Perms are expensive.
Read this for me.
-What? -This book.
Right. Okay.
Are you guys the only ones eating here?
Come on.
You know his father loves rolled omelets.
How can you hide two-thirds of it?
Goodness me.
Tell Eun-myeong to come home and join us when we eat
instead of making us set the table twice.
How much damn booze does he chug to be knocked out until late morning?
Mother, I'm hurt!
I'm not going to eat.
We have a daughter-in-law who's just like our daughter.
Why aren't you asleep? We can put Che-il to bed.
You guys should have it.
You're sitting down?
To drink too?
You already know I like to drink.
I was just looking for the hammer,
but I found the acorns my daughter-in-law squirreled away.
Who buys a box of beer for their daughter-in-law?
It's not easy to live with strangers
after eating your mom's cooking for 20 years, is it?
Honestly, I don't think living with the in-laws is that difficult.
Huh?
I see.
Actually…
I'm so stressed out because of Eun-myeong.
What about him? Is that punk causing trouble again?
Father, you don't know what your son's been up to, do you?
-Stop going to the ping-pong club. -Who are you to tell me to go or not?
People say Bu Sang-gil is the only one playing in a mixed doubles team.
Mixed doubles is a sport too. Hyun Jung-hwa, Yoo Nam-kyu!
Are you lonely or something?
Lonely, my ass. Damn it.
I'm the boss in my house!
Come on, you don't have to act like the boss all the time.
Everyone avoids me.
You can touch him, you know.
Is this how having a first grandchild feels?
He's a spitting image of his dad.
Of his mother.
Fine.
Let me know if you want to see your grandson.
I'll arrange it secretly for you.
You want something from me, mister?
"Mister"?
You don't call me "Hey, you" anymore.
What's the father of a daughter to do?
I know how you feel.
You think your son-in-law is a thief too?
Wearing a love charity badge makes you great?
Try to show some love at home too.
Then you won't go play ping-pong on New Year.
The tangerine field is yours.
Accept it as payment for cleaning up after me.
While your father-in-law was alive…
he never went to see the camellia flowers in winter.
When the canola flowers bloomed in the west of Jeju,
he'd go east to enjoy himself.
When the camellia flowers bloomed in the east,
he'd go west to enjoy himself.
That's what philandering is like.
He knew other people also saw his actions as shameful.
He kept up those antics until he kicked the bucket,
but I didn't know how else to survive,
so I just put up with it.
I bottled it up, and in the end, it took a toll on my health.
Mother.
Why are you doing this?
What am I supposed to do?
The tangerine field is yours.
Do what you want with it.
You're out looking for a lucky strike again, aren't you?
Seriously, that punk.
Dong-jin's brother got out of the army, so the boys are hanging out.
I'll be home early.
When do I ever drink milk? I'll have diarrhea.
We should stop him right away.
If he causes trouble again, there's nothing left for us to sell!
All kids act up sometimes.
But even a conch with spikes is valuable.
Let's see. There.
There you are. Good.
You know,
Hong-nam's big brother Hong-sik opened a shop.
Is this really the time to worry about Hong-sik, Hong-nam's older brother?
How late will you stay out?
I don't want it.
They're hot. These chestnuts are hot.
Hey, I don't even like chestnuts.
It's what you like.
It's below zero today. Don't stay out for too long.
The words he used to tune out every night…
Sticky rice cakes.
Buckwheat jelly.
…could not be shaken off now that they were said by his own child.
Sticky rice cakes!
Buckwheat jelly!
Sticky rice cakes!
Buckwheat jelly!
No one sells sticky rice cakes here now, right?
That's because Eun-myeong's doing it now.
Even if he tries to get a job, no one will hire him
because he's been to jail.
They all rejected him and called him a deadbeat who steals money.
He goes out in this cold weather and wanders around for six or seven hours.
I hate it.
I hate it so much.
Father, for the time being, could you feed three more people?
Our Che-il will eat almost less than a half portion anyway.
The other day, some drunkard kicked the rice cake box.
Someone called him up to the fifth floor,
bought one portion of buckwheat jelly, and asked him to take out their trash.
He has to. He has to do something.
He's the head of his household.
Although that's what he told her…
Just tell him he's doing well.
Let him know.
…a wall of Dad's heart silently crumbled to pieces.
How can I tell him he's doing well?
Eun-myeong can't stand that kind of work.
You know it too!
Seriously, damn it!
The number of suicides this past year has reached record numbers.
More heads of households are taking their own lives
due to job loss or financial struggles.
Dad.
Dad, please find Eun-myeong!
If you don't find him, I'll take my life!
I'll take my own life too!
Where are you off again?
He's on a boat.
He's on a boat! Mi-suk saw him!
The deep-sea fishing boat?
Not the sea!
Don't let him go out to sea!
You'll bring Eun-myeong back, won't you?
You'll bring him back, won't you?
You know how much it is to fuel this boat? Who are you to tell me to turn?
Please turn the boat just this once!
I'll pay for the gas as well!
Time is money, too, isn't it? Stop talking nonsense.
For fuck's sake. Hang up now!
This is Bu Sang-gil from Dodong-ri.
Bu Sang-gil, my ass!
Off to a shitty start.
Double.
I said double!
Goddamn it!
I said double, and you won't back down?
Did you raise your son in a bubble?
All he did was throw up.
-Thank you. -Were you on a passenger ferry or what?!
What, you turned it back for free?
Acting all goddamn generous.
Why cause all this fuss by letting a young boy get on the boat?
Lower the price!
Lower what price?
-It's a done deal. -Why, you…
You have any idea how hard it is? People die so easily.
People drown, get caught in net haulers, killed by ropes, lose hands.
Everyone runs away from it!
That's how hard it is!
Why would you do something so deadly?
If it's that hard,
how did you manage?
Let's go.
-Mom can't go on if you go to sea. -But you did it all!
No matter how hard it was, you did it!
Did someone say you make a fortune on that boat?
You after the lucky strike?
I wanted to get your boat back.
I don't need my boat back.
Just don't get on a boat. Do something else.
If I do something else, are you gonna buy everything again?
You know what people said to me when I was selling sticky rice cakes?
Here are two more.
I don't need change.
-Sorry? -Listen, kid.
Be good to your father.
Be good to him.
I'm really not hungry.
I don't really like these kinds of emergency crops.
You be good to your father. Be good.
Four packets at this hour?
I don't know. I was told to.
By your mom?
Oh, and I was told to tell you--
To be good to my father?
Are they paying for Christmas seals?
Are my sticky rice cakes like a charity badge?
Seriously, damn it.
How much is this? Damn it.
Everyone buying rice cakes from me tells me to be good to you!
You planned this with my father-in-law!
He gave everyone a 5,000-won bill.
You both gave money to the neighbors and the ping-pong club.
Everyone bought my rice cakes with my family's money.
This is embarrassing.
This is so embarrassing.
Seriously,
I was so embarrassed and sorry to you.
Be good to your father, or you'll deeply regret it.
Don't worry about it!
He needs to make money to stay motivated in the cold.
That way, he can shake off sleep and have a reason to get up.
-And-- -So?
I should give money to people in our building?
To buy your son's food?
You know all kinds of people around town.
Who would complain about getting free rice cakes?
And whether you like it or not, he's not just my son, is he?
I can't believe I'm stuck with a guy I can't stand. Damn it.
Do you know when I started to dislike you?
I don't want to know.
I haven't liked you
since the day you got on my boat with your little floral lunch box.
I didn't want to be on it either.
Life is just the luck of the draw.
I thought you were just living off luck and enjoying life.
Seeing you enjoy life because you happened to meet a smart, frugal wife
put me on the verge of getting angry.
And you know, I was set up on a date with her.
Come on, don't be on the verge of crossing the line.
But it wasn't thanks to your wife.
You're different.
Turns out you were different from me.
What's wrong with you?
-Get off now. -No, I won't.
Get off already.
No, I won't!
Seriously, you are driving me nuts.
Why do everything for me?
You always tell me to handle my own future.
Hurry up, won't you?
Your mom's crying.
What am I, a baby?
How long are you gonna clean up after a grown-up?
A grown-up?
I'm not done raising you yet.
Perhaps there are no grown-ups.
Crazy bastards, talking crap like "deadbeat" and "jail."
If they talk shit, I won't let them be.
I'll kill them. I will!
It seems like everyone is a kid.
Who told you to get on that boat? You want me to die? Is that it?
I heard you sold rice cakes too!
Hyeon-suk told you everything, didn't she?
Why didn't you tell me?
Aren't you talking to me anymore?
Are you still mad at me?
Tell her you're sorry!
Tell your mom you'll never do it again!
No!
It's all my fault!
I'm sorry. It's all my fault.
I'll make you pork cutlets every day.
Stop crying like that!
Every time you do that, the whole family becomes helpless.
A deadbeat.
A windbag.
A thief who blew someone else's money.
You know why I hired you even though no one else would?
I don't know if I should say this about a person.
I'm hiring you because you're the son of a premium horse.
At races, premium horses can cost millions.
But their offspring are even more expensive.
They're worth millions without racing.
Cows, horses, and people all have different tiers.
People look down on a diligent person for being old-fashioned these days.
But your father's level of diligence is something
that no one should dare to look down on.
Is everyone here itching to nag me whenever they see me?
I got stopped three times on my way here.
So why did you try to run a business?
You soured it, so now your parents in their fifties--
I soured it? No, the IMF crisis did.
The new millennium is almost upon us.
Let's all shout together!
Ten! Nine! Eight! Seven!
The coming age mercilessly drove us out the door without fail.
Four! Three!
Two! One!
At last, the new millennium has arrived!
It's the 2000s now.
Can you believe it?
We've been together since the 1950s, right?
I think something big will happen in our family in the new millennium.
Why is that?
Because we hit rock bottom.
It's not easy for all four family members to lose their jobs, is it?
Are you happy?
You laugh so easily at silly things.
Even a cat shrinks as small as it can before it springs up.
I think something is about to "Ready, go!"
It'll help you develop a lean physique and toned muscles.
While almost silent,
it also minimizes joint impact with its elliptical rotation,
making it a fun workout for people of all ages and genders.
Four exercise machines in one, Cyclone!
The secret to our stock?
In our family, not even our son, let alone his wife, knows.
Hey, it's Natasha!
Natasha! It's the Natasha noodles again!
I wonder if Song Bu-seon is handling the noodles well.
Why should my past become the subject of your jokes?
That's hot.
Bu-seon's noodles do look really good. I feel like I'm tasting them by looking.
Shall I cook some ramyeon?
One last time?
-Babe. -Yeah?
Don't you think a time will come when we can do everything with our eyes?
We could get to places, eat, learn, and exercise just with our eyes.
What is it?
Are you coming up with another business idea?
Right now, everyone is broke because of the IMF crisis.
When everyone's struggling together,
shouldn't there be a redistribution of wealth?
Shouldn't I also try to grab an ace at a time like this?
You're right.
Heroes rarely emerge in peaceful and prosperous times.
You got this!
I've gotta have some ramyeon.
Will you be swept by the waves? Or will you ride the waves?
…and straight to the catcher. He's out!
Game over!
That was up to the runner.
I passed, thanks to the IMF crisis!
The exam used to be held once every two years.
But now, it's held every year because of the IMF crisis!
Yes!
I checked the answers for myself!
I won!
I really won!
But, Mom,
why do you keep saying you won instead of saying you passed?
It makes me feel uneasy.
It felt amazing the moment I hit it.
I saw the ball get past
and ran to second base.
Words can't describe how exhilarating that was.
I saw liberation when I was 13,
and now I get to see "Long live Korea" once again.
I wonder if Lee Seung-yuop wanted to be a baseball player as a child.
You'd have no regrets if you could win a medal in the dream you pursued.
You have many regrets?
What regrets could you have?
Your life has been like a precious jewel all along.
Your husband still thinks you can't carry a bag of rice.
You're right.
If I lived your life, I would have written poems.
I'd have written something.
The entire island knew you wanted to be a poet.
So why don't you write?
Is there an age limit to writing poetry?
If all the literary girls became poets,
everyone would be one.
How can you get by without writing?
If I had lived Oh Ae-sun's life,
I would've written a thousand poems just to brag about my life.
2000 HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNT BOOK
When one door closes,
another is bound to creak open.
M.F.L.
A first page as white as freshly fallen snow unfolds.
Don't you know the American saying, "High risk, high return"?
Now that area in Jeju is going to boom.
The stationary ship's horn echoed like a pulsing heartbeat again.
Captain Yang, with this, your wife's struggles end,
and you fulfill a father's duties.
I heard your daughter started a business too.
She must have some backup, right?
It takes one lucky strike to be a good father.
In the first winter of the new millennium,
we were each getting ready
to make a big move.
It's a "Ready, go" moment for me too.
Ready, go.
SPREAD YOUR WINGS AND FLY
"IF YOU CAN'T, JUST BACK DOWN. WE'RE ALWAYS HERE FOR YOU."
Subtitle translation by: Sung In Jang