- Let go! Let go of me! / - No!
Yeong-ae, dying's the easy way out!
You have to survive and go home!
- Let go! / - No!
Let go of me!
Come out! Come out from there!
Did you bring them?
No! No! We're coming!
No! No!
Don't!
No!
Don't...
(Part 2)
Coming!
This is bad... What a loss!
Yeong-ae.
Yeong-ae.
Yeong-ae.
Are you all right?
Are you alive?
Be quiet!
Here, their mail. The name and address are right here.
This isn't a place where we find people for you.
Just tell her to go home.
Are you sure her grandmother is gone?
I'm sure.
I heard she passed away.
That's odd.
The one in charge of that department will look into it,
so you should go home for now.
Did you apply for that?
What's the use, after all these years?
I've lost contact with all my family.
(In Search of the Descendants)
(Of the Korean Independence Patriots)
The sunlight feels so nice.
What is it?
You come only when you feel like it.
Were you afraid I might not come?
You're too much.
You're still butting into other people's business, huh?
That's what I love about you.
Most people are too busy wallowing
in their own sorrows to tend to the wounds of others.
I'm so clumsy that I was always covered in bruises,
and my mom used to massage me like this,
so the bruises would go away.
Ground gardenia seed paste
would make them disappear quickly.
Oh, it's freezing.
I wish the floor was warm,
but they don't have the floor heating system here,
so my room feels ice cold.
Here.
Her mouth became covered in sores
after the hysterectomy that she even
has to soak rice for a long time to get it down.
Sweet, right?
Don't cry, okay?
Crying won't do us any good here.
Assemble! Everyone, get inside the comfort station!
Go!
Yeong-ae.
I can't do this.
I can't do this anymore.
Yeong-ae.
Teach me how to read.
Your brother gave me this.
I always had this on me.
They never found it, so I still have it.
Aren't you proud of me?
I can barely read a few letters.
What does it say?
Yeong-ae, you studied a lot
so you could become a teacher.
Why don't you practice on me?
Seira stood on the table and looked outside.
The beautiful sunset was covering the sky.
Golden clouds had covered the western sky,
and birds were flying over the roofs.
Yeong-ae, you and your brother look so much alike.
You two have the same noses,
and your eyes are a bit far apart,
giving you that look of kindness. I love it.
No.
What?
You can't have my brother.
I was just saying you two look alike.
Look.
Seira stood on the table and looked outside.
Beautiful sunset was covering the sky.
What's that?
Which part are you reading?
I'm reading right now.
I'm asking which part you're reading.
I'm saying just listen to me for now.
"It's so beautiful."
"I feel as if something strange will happen."
Just then, she heard a squeaking noise
coming from somewhere.
Seira looked around.
The window of the next attic opened...
Don't do anything stupid!
Yes, sir!
Why do you always wash all of them?
The Japanese girls' stuff.
They only deal with officers.
So instead of military payment slips,
they get Chinese money and passes to go out.
they get Chinese money and passes to go out.
When I do their laundry, they pay me two yuans.
And they said they'll take me with them
when they go out next time.
The Chinese man who brings us food
said it takes about a month on foot to reach Joseon.
But what if we get caught...
But then again, it doesn't matter how you die
because it would be better than living here like this.
Of course.
So let's go together, okay?
We'll go together.
Don't talk in your language!
Please forgive us! We won't!
We're sorry.
Get lost!
Let's go.
What was that for?
There's no reason. They just hit us like that.
There's no reason. They just hit us like that.
I'm used to it, so it's okay.
Look at her!
She said she was over twenty, so I believed her.
What else could I do?
Right. Had I known she was a minor,
I wouldn't have taken her. Sir.
I called you because she said you're her guardian.
Are you? You're not?
Well...
Yes, I am.
I am.
What are you doing here?
You...
It's always kids who don't have
parents to raise them right
who come out into the world and make trouble.
It's very obvious.
What about your kids?
I'm sure they'll grow up to be model citizens
after watching you go out drinking with girls like me.
Man! Did you hear what she said?
Hey! You should get down on your knees and apologize!
Why would I apologize?
You're the one who slapped me! So why would I?
Why would you slap her? Why in the world would you?
She thinks she's all grown up, but she's still a child!
She look like a grown-up, but she's a 17-year-old kid!
You can reason with her!
Why in the world would you slap her!
That's enough!
She wasn't exactly an angel, either.
She and her friends go around, stirring up trouble.
And why do you think she does that?
What could she possibly do all by herself?
She's acting out because she's scared and lonely,
but instead of leading her down the right path,
you drink with her and molest her!
She became what she is today
because you keep sticking up for her!
You know what? When she leaves here,
she'll become a prostitute and swindle people!
How dare you put your hand on her! How dare you!
How dare you put your hand on her! How dare you!
Bastards like you who toy with kids
should all be put to death!
You bastard! And you call yourself an adult!
- You! You call yourself a dad? / - Stop her!
You're not going to stop her?
You're not going to stop her?
Ma'am, please stop.
Why are you trying to stop me?
You should be stopping him!
Why are you trying to stop me?
Look what happened.
I called you to come and get me out...
How annoying.
I'm sorry.
The bastard who should be apologizing
isn't apologizing.
You have nothing to apologize to me for.
Thank you.
I had no one else to call.
I'm sorry I called you so late.
I'm glad you found her.
- You should go home and get some rest. / - I will.
- You should go home and get some rest. / - I will.
Oh, I'm exhausted.
Oh, I'm exhausted.
Can we sit down for a second?
You're not cold, dressed like that?
I'm freezing.
I'm... I'm not a prostitute, like that man said.
Okay.
Honest!
Okay.
It's been a long night for you.
I'm sure it's been tough all by yourself.
How annoying.
Can I have one?
Excuse me?
Give me a cigarette.
Stop pretending.
We've been locked up together,
so there's no need to hide anything.
I smoke one of these every now and then,
when I'm frustrated.
I can't scream.
And I have no one to turn to.
In my time, everyone suppressed
their frustrations this way.
But you shouldn't.
This is the worst kind to your body.
How annoying.
Cry.
If you feel like crying, cry your heart out.
Fighting tears back will make you sick.
Granny...
When you get old, does life get easier?
Nothing in this world is easy.
But you'll be able to go on.
Don't worry about it now.
"Seira, I will miss you deeply.
Your serious expression,
and your funny manner of speaking.
And you are my best friend."
Captain Crewe held Seira and kissed her.
Who's there!
What if she got caught?
What do we do...
Did you see? Did you?
Did you see me running?
Back in my hometown, I was the best runner.
Here. Eat.
What is this?
Oh? These are jujubes.
♪ Flowers bloom in the heart of the Lady of the Spring ♪
♪ The moon goes down as the Lady of the Spring sighs ♪
♪ Only the willow pipe is singing ♪
♪ Beep-beep, beep, beep... ♪
♪ The Lady of the Spring's heart is pounding ♪
♪ Filled with joy ♪
Instead of jujubes, I want my mom's home-cooked meal.
Soak the salted radish in water,
add chopped spicy peppers and spring onions,
sprinkle some ground red pepper...
If I had some now, I'd ask for nothing more.
Me, instead of the watery miso soup...
The fresh soybean paste my mom made herself.
Even if radish was all she added,
it was the best soup ever.
Right.
Japanese soybean paste doesn't taste good at all.
I want the refreshing water kimchi.
With a bit of ground red pepper,
and pungent smell of water parsley...
I almost forgot.
I have to go.
Mama-san is going to come to give me medicine.
Oh, I hate it.
When I take it, I get a stomach ache.
Ayako. Is the medicine working?
I'm not sure.
I must be still useful
if they're making me take that strong medicine.
They get freaked out about the smell from the puss.
But they're the ones who gave this to me.
They're upset about how I can't sleep with
soldiers anymore,
but I think it's better to be sick.
At least I'm on vacation.
Oh
I shouldn't chat like this.
I should go.
I'm dying for some water kimchi and rice.
We won't ever eat that again before we die.
Why can't we?
We can ask our moms to make it for us when we go home.
Oh, this is so itchy.
I want to sleep under the blanket my mom made.
It's so soft, full of cotton.
When you put it on the warmest part
of the floor and crawl underneath, it's so warm.
of the floor and crawl underneath, it's so warm.
Jongbun.
They say my dad passed away.
The civilian employee who brought me here,
he saw my dad being taken away and executed.
He said there's nothing for me to go back to.
And told me to do what I'm told.
Hurry up and get changed! Hurry up!
Hurry up!
Hurry up and get changed!
Hurry up and get changed! Hurry up!
Hurry up!
Right there!
Get changed!
Hurry up and get changed!
Here!
Smile! I said smile!
Smile! Everyone, smile!
Nursing aids?
Troops in Dalian and Manchuria move to Shanghai.
Destination is Iwo Jima.
Supplies on site...
Should all be discarded.
Iwo Jima... They want me to get killed?
My father worked at a tailor's.
He stole some fabric and sold it
because I kept telling him I was hungry.
He hid the fabric like this.
But he got caught the following day.
My father and mother got down on their knees in front of
everyone in the neighborhood and begged for forgiveness.
I felt embarrassed and ran.
When I got drafted,
I was so happy about leaving home,
that I didn't even say goodbye to my parents,
even though they came to see me at the train station.
I was going to tell them
how sorry I was when I went back...
You idiot!
I never got to thank them...
Shut up!
Stop being weak!
Did Japan win?
Why are those crazy bastards acting this way?
Yeong-ae, you take some, too.
Ayako used to love these moon cakes.
Yeong-ae, why did they...
There's no reason for what they do.
Bring me more drinks!
Go!
Keep walking!
Walk!
Keep walking!
Keep walking!
Something is wrong.
What do you mean?
Mama-san isn't coming with us.
They say they're moving tomorrow,
so why haven't they told us anything?
Tomorrow?
When have they ever told us anything?
They just drag us around.
Jongboon...
Let's escape.
Everyone's drunk,
so they won't notice us gone until tomorrow morning.
Let's go now.
Now?
What's going on?
I can't go any further.
Let's sit down for a minute.
If we stay here, we'll freeze to death.
We have to go on.
What do you think happened to the other girls?
Huh?
Why did they do that?
They didn't need them anymore...
So they were tossed out.
All of them?
All of them.
Let's go.
Jongboon.
Yeah?
When we get home...
You can marry my brother.
What?
I'm giving you permission.
I won't stop you.
You mean it?
When we return home...
I'll give you my wool coat.
You've always wanted it.
You mean it?
Of course I mean it.
No...
It's okay.
Why not?
I'm ruined...
So how could I?
Being greedy isn't good.
You can lie.
You can say you worked at a munitions factory.
Or worked as a nurse.
That's what I'm going to do.
I'm not going to tell anyone.
Not even my mom.
I'm going to tell her I worked at a textile factory.
I'll tell her I worked with cotton all day.
I heard the sound of cotton gin,
making thread and fabric...
I'll tell her my face turned white just like cotton
because I never got to go outside.
I'll tell her I slept like a baby
under the cotton quilted blanket every night.
I'll tell her I counted down the days
until I could see her again.
When I get home...
I'm going to get pregnant and have a beautiful baby.
Jongboon.
Jongboon, wake up.
We have to go. Wake-up.
Yeong-ae.
Jongboon.
It's so blue, isn't it?
It's so blue, isn't it?
That day when I tried to kill myself,
when we got beaten up and passed out...
The sky was as beautiful as today.
Jongboon.
You keep this.
You must remember...
The girls from this picture.
You must, okay?
You must, okay?
Let me rest a bit, and I'll catch up with you.
So you go ahead.
Yeong-ae...
I'm scared to go alone.
You're not alone.
All the girls are with you.
So go.
You must.
Don't get sad because I'm sending you ahead.
Look at the snow, Jongboon.
I remember my mom hanging cotton back home.
Remember?
I do.
It was so warm.
It was as soft as this.
Remember?
Yeah.
Hurry up and go.
I'll be right behind you.
Go.
Yeong-ae, no.
Come with me, okay?
Let's go together.
Let's go together.
You must be cold.
Yeong-ae, you must be cold.
Yeong-ae, you must be cold.
I can't go any further...
I'm sorry, Yeong-ae.
I can't go any further.
When I saw it,
I thought, "Oh, I did it."
"Now, at least I can die at home."
"That's enough."
That was what I thought.
And then?
What do you mean?
That's all.
I wouldn't let them get away with it.
I'd be too angry to do that.
If it were me, I would raise hell.
What else could I do?
I couldn't go on living had I dwelled on
what the Japanese did to me.
I had no choice but to pretend it never happened or
it happened to someone else. I had to deceive myself.
Wasn't it hard for you?
Why won't you say it was hard?
If things are too hard, you can't say it.
Did you meet your mom?
These days, you could go there and come back
in just one day, but back then, I had to walk
and beg for food the whole day,
so it took me a whole year.
But there was no one there.
I went home, but it was empty.
The house was falling apart,
and I was all alone in the world.
Mom!
Mom!
Jong-gil!
Jong-gil!
Mom!
Jong-gil!
Mom!
When I was taken,
my little brother came looking for me
and was never heard from again.
My mom...
When she got home and found out her kids were gone,
she died of a broken heart.
And my father, he probably passed away
after being taken to Japan.
I had been to hell and back, but it was hell there, too.
They gave everyone who went away and came home money.
Next.
I was kidnapped.
What record would I have possibly had?
But Yeong-ae, there was record for her.
Name?
Kang Yeong-ae.
So I stole my friend's name.
That's how I survived.
Back then, you could do that.
It's not like anything made sense back then.
Next.
And people talked.
There were rumors about how women were taken
to a very bad place.
I was embarrassed,
so I left my hometown
and never went back.
What are you waiting for? Come.
What are you waiting for? Come.
You shouldn't be embarrassed about that.
It's nothing for you to be embarrassed about.
Those bastards were the bad ones.
Here you go.
I'm glad about your decision.
You should thank her.
I don't owe her anything.
Who said you owe me?
Even if you don't want to,
you have to live with me for at least a year.
I'm not trying to replace your granny.
I'm going to get a part-time job and pay you.
Oh, you should finish high school first.
The district office is going to give us a bit of money.
We're done?
Yes, you're done.
- Have a nice day. Thank you. / - Goodbye.
- Have a nice day. Thank you. / - Goodbye.
The snow is so beautiful.
When it snows, it brings back memories.
In the old days, we used to pick cotton and spread them
on the floor to dry in the room.
Just looking at them used to make me feel so warm.
Like snow on the ground, it was so soft.
I'm sorry to have to bother you again.
Don't say that.
You can get your cancelled resident
registration renewed.
But...
You have to file for
Ms. Kang Yeong-ae's death certificate first.
You had unavoidable circumstances,
so I'm sure you could file for it with a document
saying you can verify her death.
Yes, I should let her rest in peace now.
Yes, I should let her rest in peace now.
(Death Certificate of Kang Yeong-ae)
You lived a very earnest life, right?
You lived a very earnest life, right?
Yes.
You had it tough, all alone.
I've never been alone, not even for a moment.
I was able to live this long because I had you.
I really should go now.
I'll join you soon, so wait for me.
I'll join you soon, so wait for me.
Okay.
By any chance, if you see my little brother, Jong-gil,
tell him not to go anywhere and wait for me.
Okay, I will tell him.
Okay, I will tell him.
(Resolve the issue of "Comfort Women")
Did you eat?
I did.
Why aren't you wearing your scarf?
Oh, boy.
If you get sick, no medicine will work on you!
Hello.
She's still the same.
People don't change that easily.
What brought you here today?
Why don't you come in and have a meal?
Ms. Choi,
we found Mr. Kang Yeongju.
After the liberation, he couldn't reach his family,
so he couldn't come back.
He had a very hard life, and got married pretty late.
He's living in Hokkaido now.
I see.
I'm glad he's alive.
He's older, so it's hard for him to travel by plane.
So instead...
He sent a letter.
(To Choi Jongboon, from Kang Yeongju)
Thank you for your letter.
Thank you so much for not forgetting me
and asking how I am doing.
I don't have anything but this to give you.
I wasn't sure about your size,
so I made it pretty roomy.
I am doing well.
I hope you're doing well, too.
Jongboon!
Jongboon!
I called out your name several times.
You didn't hear me?
These are for you.
I hope you like them.
Jongboon, hurry up and come here!
Jongboon, hurry up and come here!
Jongboon!
Okay, mom!
Stop screaming my name!
Hurry up and come!
I'm not going anywhere.
(As of March 1, 2015)
(238 women were registered as "Comfort Women" victims)
(185 have passed away)
(And only 53 are still living)
(We will not forget the countless victims who have)
(Passed away without receiving proper apologies)
(We will remember everyone)
(Who is still suffering from war and violence)
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