Original subtitles

TEMPEST

[helicopter whirring]

[Okseon] You're entering my world right now.

Forget everything that's been protecting you.

Your natural rights, the Constitution and laws of this country,

your diplomatic immunity…

And your tremendous inheritance.

[♪ Dramatic music playing]

From this point on, I control everything.

[elevator clatters]

Are you scared?

- Yes. - [Okseon scoffs]

She's not very afraid, is she?

[groans, pants]

Show her what real fear is.

Show her what true hopelessness and despair feel like.

Make her so miserable she wishes she had never been born.

[Munju groaning]

[♪ Dramatic music continues]

[Junsang] Mom, where are we going?

What's your plan?

[Okseon] Junsang, what do you know about women?

Women want to have the biggest, the most powerful thing in the world.

And I am about to get my hands on it.

Anyone who gets in my way tonight won't make it out alive.

That's how your brother died.

Munju will meet the same fate soon.

You'll inherit everything I have, which means I'm doing all of this for you.

You killed Junik for me?

Now, what do you think you should do?

- [door opens] - [door closes]

[♪ Mysterious music playing]

CERTIFICATE OF THE ORDER OF MERIT YU UNHAK

CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION YU UNHAK

BE FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH,

AND I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE

YU JONGGIL

[gasping]

She wants to see you, Munju.

[breathing heavily]

Junsang.

I remember the day you became a prosecutor

and the day you won Prosecutor of the Year.

Junik was so proud

to have such a tough and talented prosecutor as his brother.

Junsang,

Junik was killed by your mother.

And tonight, countless lives will be in danger because of her.

[Junsang sighs]

[Munju] The only person who can stop her right now…

[elevator creaks]

…is you.

[pants]

Shut up.

You don't know what you're talking about.

[ship creaking]

[♪ Ominous music playing]

I have a question, Mother.

How long have you been Stella Young?

[chuckles]

Since 1983, I think.

My whole family was exiled to the US because of my husband's bribery scandal.

[person, in English] A few days ago, I was at some charity art auction,

sticking my hand in the air to win this beautiful piece,

but lost out. So I turned around to see who'd won

and was blinded by a knockout.

Then three days later…

Would you believe it? That painting showed up at our front door.

And to think we'd meet again this way, and me without my sunglasses…

[Okseon, in Korean] That's when I discovered my hidden talents,

talents for socializing, secrecy, and conspiracy.

As the wife of a corrupt politician,

I was exactly the kind of contractor the CIA needed.

Someone to report on Korean politicians and collect dirt on them.

We need to drive him out slowly without him even realizing it.

While supporting pro-American politicians,

our company thrived with US backing.

Then we started helping American defense contractors

sell weapons to the South Korean government,

and that's when I finally found my true path.

- Minister… - A typical arms dealer measures profits

by how many machine guns, mortars,

and surface-to-air missiles they can sell.

But I thought about how many hearts the bullets I sold would pierce,

how many tanks the rocket launchers would destroy,

and how many fighter jets the missiles would take down.

That's when I started dreaming about submarines.

Strategic nuclear submarines that could launch ballistic missiles

without anyone ever knowing.

[♪ Dramatic music playing]

[engine revving]

[car alarm blaring]

- [gunshots] - [bodyguard groans]

[panting]

[♪ Tense music playing]

[agent] The suspect appears to be the North Korean agent, Paik Sanho.

Is this North Korea's doing?

We've shut down all major access roads.

All standby units in the area are moving to the scene.

[officer] All roads around the Blue House have been shut down.

- [breathing heavily] - [phone buzzing]

[agency director] Paik Sanho. What do you want?

[Sanho] The NIS director is stepping out now.

[groans]

He's strapped with one kilogram of C-4.

It will go off if either of us dies.

We need to secure a minimum safe distance of 20 meters.

Security Unit One, move back beyond a 20-meter radius.

[officers chatter on radio]

First, let me show you what one kilogram of C-4…

[Unhak breathing heavily]

…can do.

"Be faithful unto death,"

"and I will give thee a crown of life."

[♪ Dramatic music playing]

[officer gasps]

[agent 2] Are you injured anywhere?

[agent] Director Yu's house just exploded!

What?

You blew up my house?

Was that a verse from the Bible?

Your father, the calligrapher,

was the head of the Defense Counterintelligence Command

and became a legend by purging 3,000 leftists.

"If you can't find communists, make them."

Was that one of his lines as well?

You bastard!

[pants]

[agency director] What do you want?

I want to see the president.

THE BLUE HOUSE

Just one minute.

If I can have just one minute to speak face-to-face with the president,

you can arrest me afterward.

And I'll release the NIS director unharmed.

Shoot him! I don't care what happens to me!

Don't let another word come out of his mouth!

Don't let the president hear another word from this North Korean spy!

You must not give in to the terrorist's demands.

Time is on our side, Madam President.

Even in the worst-case scenario, we're only looking at Director Yu's sacrifice.

Hold your fire until I give the order.

Madam President.

I'm staking both the director's life and my own on that one minute.

And countless lives depend on it as well.

There's no time.

If any of you have any courage, shoot him!

I'll thank you for it!

What are you waiting for?

Shoot him, you worthless fools!

- [panting] - [car engine revs]

[officers chattering on radio]

No, Madam President!

You can't speak to him!

Let him go.

[♪ Tense music playing]

[breathes shakily]

You can't speak to him for my sake!

You'll be colluding with a spy!

Now talk.

You have exactly one minute.

August 13th, 2007.

I'm sure it's a day you'll never forget.

Do you like Proust, Madam President?

The French novelist?

No.

I can't stand long-winded talk.

We could spend our precious one minute debating my taste in literature,

but I'm impatient,

like a true Korean.

Is there anything else you want to say?

If not, we're done here.

His minute's up. Arrest him.

You bastard!

You're plotting something, aren't you?

But you won't live to meet the president again.

I will make sure of it.

[whispers] And your grandmother?

She died two days ago,

waiting for you.

See?

I told you to ditch that woman and leave with your grandmother.

You brought this on yourself, you bastard!

[gasping]

I built my reputation by quietly handling problems for troubled countries.

Becoming the world's top arms dealer wasn't easy,

but I could always keep my ships moving,

and I had good relationships with dictators.

Then one day, it hit me.

[journalist speaking Korean on television]

I had the power given by the United States

and the privilege of accessing North Korea.

Aseom Shipping stated…

[Okseon] The most secretive land on earth

where high-quality weapons could be produced at any time.

[♪ Ominous music playing]

I built factories there, developed technology,

and sold weapons to sanctioned countries,

all under complete secrecy.

Because my power came from the fact that no one knew who I really was.

But I know this business won't last forever.

That's why I had to create the weapon of my dreams while I still could.

[Okseon, in English] Nuclear weapons are actually

a blessing for small countries.

Mutually assured destruction.

If I have a weapon that can annihilate my opponent even if I die,

in the final judgment,

that puts me on equal footing as our biggest and strongest enemy.

The great powers always think they are the only ones

with money and technology for nuclear weapons.

But…

What if you had a nuclear submarine, Your Majesty?

Idisha would be unbeatable in any war.

Before the submarine is yours,

let the world know that you fear no one,

that you can press the nuclear button at any time.

[door closes]

[in Korean] On August 13th, 2007, in Basel,

we were desperate.

The four-party peace talks for the Korean Peninsula

were on the verge of breaking down the next day without any concrete results.

[♪ Calm orchestral music plays]

[in English] Oh, sorry I'm late.

Oh, not at all. We've only just started.

It's great to see you, Munju.

We were discussing my meeting with Kim Jongkwan,

the North Korean representative, last night.

Oh, I'm all ears.

Well, we met in the hotel lobby at 10 o'clock.

[speaking French] N'allez pas trop vite.

[in English] Slow down.

I beg your pardon?

It's what Proust would've said, Mr. Hughes.

Please slow down a bit. Otherwise, we'll miss the most important things.

How he came to be there, whether it was by chance or arrangement,

whether he came alone or with someone.

[in French] Hmm. Ah, yes. Proust, the Madeleine.

[in English] But I'm pretty sure he said, uh…

[speaking French] Mais précise mon Cher monsieur n'allez pas trop vite. [chuckles]

[in English] Wow, that really, really takes me back

to my French lit graduate thesis.

[chuckles] Wow.

But, Munju,

Patrick is the representative of the United States.

They are Hemingway fanatics.

They believe that the most important thing is the one true sentence.

Didn't you know?

That is quite true. However, today, in honor of Munju,

I shall attempt a Proustian explanation.

If you'll excuse me, I need to go to the restroom.

As a Korean, I'm not so patient. [Chuckles]

- [Munju chuckles] - Of course.

[Munju, in Korean] China has just persuaded North Korea.

They're asking us to get the US to shift its position.

The US won't want to be pressured three-against-one.

So tell him that if they ease up,

we can turn it around and pressure North Korea three-against-one.

[Kyungsin] The plan succeeded.

And the next day, the four countries agreed to issue a joint statement.

It was incredible…

like watching four rivers, each flowing in different directions,

finally come together as one.

So, did you bring me a message that might change the course of the rivers?

But it didn't change our lives.

While politicians and diplomats negotiated, issued statements,

held summits, and repeated cycles of success and failure,

we starved.

We worked like dogs.

And we died like it all meant nothing.

Nuclear missiles were built after all.

I'm not South Korean, or North Korean, or American.

I came here to deliver a message to the US president

to make sure no nuclear bombs fall on any land.

You, Madam President,

have to make that happen.

[♪ Tense music playing]

[phone ringing]

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE

Please hand over Paik Sanho now.

You're crossing the line, Madam President.

[Kyungsin] You're the one who's crossing the line.

[knocks on door]

What is this?

I'm Prosecutor Kang Gyeongtae from the CIO.

Director Yu Unhak, you're under arrest for fabricating six espionage cases.

Hold it, you bastard.

[♪ Dramatic music playing]

[sighs]

When did you decide to come after me?

When you told me about your plan to frame Seo Munju as a spy.

I couldn't let such manipulation happen under my administration.

What do you think a spy is, Madam President?

A spy is someone that I…

That we have determined does not belong to this country.

And now, the daughter of a spy returns and tries to become president?

If the NIS can't even stop someone like her from becoming president,

then what reason is there for us to exist?

[Kyungsin] Thank you for your statement, Director.

You can explain the rest in court.

You're under arrest.

You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you…

Once the submarine is delivered tonight…

[ship creaking]

…the King of Idisha will threaten the US.

He'll claim that Idisha's newest submarine is sitting in the Pacific,

with sixteen nuclear missiles aimed at the US mainland.

[♪ Mysterious music playing]

I've been waiting for this day for a long time.

- What's that? - I have always

believed the King of Idisha was a coward, too scared to actually fire the missiles.

Well, it's been 80 years since nuclear bombs were invented,

but they've only ever been used once after all, so…

You're not actually planning to launch it yourself, are you?

If I put the launch code in here and fire the missiles right now…

How do you think today will go down in history?

"The King of Idisha went mad and launched nuclear missiles at the United States"?

[laughing]

Do you get it now?

I can commit the most destructive act in human history

without ever leaving my name behind.

I told you.

Even when I sell a single bullet, I think about the heart it will pierce.

[Kyungsin, in English] We have received intelligence

that a submarine is currently headed

to the middle of the Pacific.

By tomorrow, the King of Idisha could announce

that he'll point a nuclear missile at the United States.

With all due respect, Madam President,

if you don't mind my asking,

what are you basing this on exactly?

[♪ Dramatic music playing]

Do you believe the King of Idisha's statement to be true?

You're looking at the transaction records for 38 accounts across 5 banks.

Camila, I can prove to you that the one billion dollars transferred

over the last 72 hours is being used to purchase weapons of mass destruction.

You need to freeze that money before it reaches the North Koreans.

[Camila] Anderson, you need to calm down.

If this is true, of course, we're going to freeze the accounts and impose sanctions.

But this is a tremendous amount of data,

and it's going to take time to check everything.

[car engines revving in distance]

Understood.

The money is coming from Idisha and going to Aseom Shipping.

[Camila] Wait. Are you trying to tell me this has to do with that submarine?

Okay. I'm sorry, Camila. I know I'm putting you on the spot,

but you have to trust me and freeze those accounts right now.

Anderson, you know I'm taking a big risk just by talking to you on the phone.

All I can promise you is that I'm going to do my best.

- Don't move! - Freeze! On your knees!

Keep your hands up in the air!

[handcuffs click]

[President] Anderson Miller.

Mr. President?

First, you claim that this submarine doesn't exist,

and now, you're insisting that it's heading out to the Pacific Ocean.

And tomorrow, it's going to have these fair United States in its crosshairs.

Do I have that right?

Yes, sir.

Initially, I didn't believe there was a submarine.

There just wasn't enough evidence.

But something didn't add up.

This capability. They didn't have the money or the materials.

So to make up for that, their strategy was to show off the weapons

that they did have in order to make us think

that they could use them at any time.

I mean, you expect me to believe that North Korea built a nuclear submarine

but wanted to keep it a secret?

No. That doesn't track, sir.

But what if they got the money and the materials

from somewhere else?

Mr. President, I can show you five years of financial transactions

showing that Idisha is purchasing

the submarine from North Korea.

[♪ Tense music playing]

[President] Well then.

What exactly is it you expect us to do?

Freeze the funds from Idisha to North Korea.

Stop the transfer from happening.

Sir.

You have the power

to take us back to a world before this thing existed.

[Sanho, in Korean] Madam President.

[phones ringing]

- [in English] Aseom Shipping. - Hello? Who's calling?

- What do you mean? - Which bank did you say?

[pants]

[in Korean] It looks like all our payment accounts have been frozen.

To send the payment up north by midnight, we need to report to the chairwoman.

- Sir. You must take a look at this. - Okay.

[dings]

[ship creaking]

[♪ Tense music continues]

Junik was miserable his whole life because of you.

What?

You were so strongly opposed to our marriage

that he thought about cutting ties and started looking into you.

He wanted to understand why you were acting that way, at least.

And that's how he found out he wasn't your biological son.

Junik knew that?

And about your unfortunate childhood too.

[Hwarim] She was a poor kid.

She grew up all alone near a US military base, like a stray dog.

When she was nine, her mother ran off with an American soldier.

So she fed herself by babysitting for busy mothers and doing their chores.

[Hwarim] When I married into the salt merchant's family

as his second wife,

I decided to marry her off to the eldest son,

lying about her English skills

and claiming she graduated from Ewha Womans University.

I wanted to have my own person in the house.

God, I had no idea back then just how crazy she really was. [Scoffs]

[baby crying]

[Munju] When you were nine years old, no one knew.

Ever since then, you've been throwing stones at them.

The stones became bigger and bigger,

and now, they've become missiles.

[chuckles]

I was born to the weakest woman among powerless women,

in a small country that couldn't even decide

its own liberation, division, or wars.

And even that woman abandoned me.

Isn't it incredible?

That someone like me can now pay them back for everything?

All those letters you sent to America looking for your mother…

[young Okseon] Mom, please write back to me.

If you'd let me know where you are,

I'll send you a big Christmas present one day.

I'm sending you a photo I took recently.

It was a beautiful day, and I spent the whole day thinking about you.

Come on, hurry.

"MAIL"

"RETURNED"

[Munju] They were returned as "addressee unknown."

But missiles, they don't need to find a recipient, do they?

[♪ Dramatic music playing]

You seem to think

I'm some kid trying to fire a nuclear missile at my own mother.

You're wrong.

I wanted to become the most powerful person in the world.

And how would I do that?

By quietly pressing a button.

Some people brag about having the world's strongest military,

about their territories, their resources, and their weapons.

But I'm going to press the button without anyone knowing,

and be even greater than the President of the United States.

Why not?

America has no problem starting wars

that could kill millions of lives in other nations

just to protect itself from a potential threat.

You wasted your time running around trying to stop this war.

But in the end, it'll be me who truly brings peace.

When I press the button,

everyone in the world will forget about some war on the Korean Peninsula.

They'll be thinking about only one thing.

Peace. Nothing but peace.

For the next thousand years,

humanity will remember tonight.

You think you're a god or something, don't you?

Yeah, I can feel the thrill from here.

What could be more thrilling than this?

But, Mother,

has it ever occurred to you that someone might come to stop you?

[door opens]

They're freezing your shell company accounts.

Doesn't matter.

And, Mom,

I just received an arrest warrant from the court.

[♪ Ominous music playing]

"ARREST WARRANT LIM OKSEON"

You're under arrest on suspicion of Jang Junik's murder.

- [groans] - Shut up.

You don't know what you're talking about.

Just hold on until midnight.

You have the right to an attorney, and you have the right to remain silent.

Have you lost your mind?

The true source of the money you sent to Kim Yongjun under Yeo Miji's name.

The smuggled firearms list

with the serial number of Kim Yongjun's gun.

I listened to every recording from your room and Junik's

before and after the incident, while I was in Germany.

[Okseon] Set up an account

under Munju's aide's name and send the money through it,

so we can use it as evidence later.

[printer whirs]

"YEO MIJI"

[Junsang] You couldn't even imagine how I felt

when I found the serial number of the gun Kim Yongjun used

to shoot my brother on your smuggled firearms list.

You think that's enough to put me in prison?

[ship creaking]

You were crying…

When it happened that day.

[Okseon crying]

[Junsang] In Junik's room.

[Yongjun] Mr. Jang Junik!

[gunshot]

[Junsang] Right up until the phone rang.

[phone ringing]

[sighs]

You didn't kill him because of me.

Did you really think I was that much of a scumbag?

Just once…

Just once, I wanted to have a real conversation with you, Mom.

I guess we can talk at the Prosecutors' Office now.

There's a prosecutor here who's dying to arrest me.

He must think he's on dry land. Come handle this.

[console beeps]

- [alarm blaring] - [handcuffs click]

The Coast Guard is on our tail. You should escape.

[hammer cocks]

[♪ Tense music playing]

[guards speaking Korean]

We're not running.

We fight.

[♪ Dramatic music playing]

[sirens wailing in distance]

[officer] You are surrounded by the Coast Guard.

Stop your vessel immediately and stand by.

I repeat, stop your vessel immediately and stand by.

[announcer, in English] Attention, all hands.

Come on, it's time to get up.

[announcer] All hands, man your battle stations.

- We are being pursued. - [mercenaries clamoring]

All hands, man your battle…

[pants, in Korean] This ship has two hotlines connected to North Korea.

One's in the control room we were just in,

and the other's up top, in my mother's bedroom.

Let's call Kim Hansang from there, tell him the accounts are frozen,

and try to convince him to turn the submarine around.

RESTRICTED AREA

[in Korean] Requesting backup!

Crew members are resisting with heavy weapons!

Requesting backup!

[machine guns blasting]

[♪ Dramatic music continues]

Get them.

Kill them if you have to.

Yes, ma'am.

- [groans] - [Munju whimpers]

[groans]

[Munju] Junsang.

I think I'll be okay.

[Munju] Of course. You'll be fine.

[Junsang] Munju.

[breathing heavily]

Press one on the phone. It'll connect you to him.

Go.

Turn the submarine around.

When I was a kid…

Junik was all I had.

I always wanted to be at least half as good as he was.

When he died, that's the first thing I thought.

"Just…"

"Be half as good as he is."

Junsang, you're going to be okay.

Just hang in there.

I'll be right back.

Go.

[sirens wailing]

[♪ Tense music playing]

[gunshots]

[Kyungsin] We've found the ship Seo Munju is on.

Find her and bring her back, no matter what.

But you'll still be held accountable for the kidnapping of the NIS director,

the bombing of his residence, and the shootings.

Make sure you come back.

[machine gun blasts]

Get her!

- She went this way. Check everywhere. - [guard] Yes, sir.

[guard 2] Open it.

[locker doors open]

- Hey, behind you! - [gunshots]

[♪ ominous music playing]

- [locker door opens] - [footsteps approaching]

[gasps]

- [guard 3] Quick! Where is she? - [footsteps approaching]

[♪ Dramatic music playing]

[breathing shakily]

I thought I'd die before seeing you again.

I told you I'd be here.

[♪ Tense music playing]

Closing in at over 700 knots.

- A fighter jet. - Here's the update.

- Sound the alarm? - Connect me to Control.

[navigator] Something's approaching from the northeast. Likely a fighter jet.

[radar beeping]

How shall we proceed?

[Munju gasps]

- [gunshots in distance] - Air Force fighter jets are in the air.

You really need to get out now.

[intercom buzzing]

[helicopter whirring]

[ringing]

Is the payment ready?

The payment won't be made.

The US has frozen all Aseom Shipping accounts connected to Idisha.

Wait, who's this?

This is Seo Munju.

I'm a former UN ambassador.

[♪ Tense music continues]

Oh, Chairwoman Lim's troublesome daughter-in-law.

You have to turn the submarine around.

Chairwoman Lim Okseon is planning

to launch a nuclear missile at the US on her own.

If she succeeds, Idisha and North Korea

will face massive, indiscriminate retaliation.

The damage would be unimaginable.

The nuclear briefcase is in Idisha.

It'll only be activated once the payment is made.

Lim has a briefcase too.

This was her plan from the start.

Once the submarine is delivered to Idisha,

she was going to push the nuclear button herself.

- [helicopter whirring] - [gunshots in distance]

[♪ Dramatic music playing]

We communicate with the submarine every two hours.

There's no contact window for another hour.

Is Lim already at sea, heading into the Pacific?

That's right.

We've deployed a surface ship near the submarine.

Once the submarine comes within range,

the command will be transmitted in real-time.

Are commands transmitted through the briefcase?

- That's correct. - So then, if I destroy the briefcase,

the launch command won't go through?

Yes, but you must be careful.

If Lim has the briefcase,

she may have set it up with a dead man's switch…

[static crackles on phone]

Wait, what does that mean?

[line clicks]

[officer] Closing on the target's stern, maintaining speed,

radar is clear, preparing to engage.

[airplane approaching]

[Munju] Drop your gun.

Step back.

[alarm blaring]

[groaning]

- [Munju grunting] - [straining]

[♪ Ominous music playing]

[gunshot]

- [breathing heavily] - Are you okay?

She's up there.

[nuclear device beeping]

It's over, Mother.

[Okseon grunts]

If I die,

the automatic launch system in the control room will activate,

and the nuclear missile will be fired at the United States.

"A dead man's switch."

Once the command is given, the missile will launch in 10 minutes.

To cancel it, you'd need to enter this launch code in the control room.

- [gasps] - [splash]

But it's gone now.

[♪ Tense music playing]

[helicopter whirring]

It'll all be over soon.

I think I spent my whole life…

Dreaming of this moment.

Ten minutes, Munju.

Once I'm dead.

[♪ Melancholy music playing]

[exhales sharply]

There must be a device where we can enter the launch code.

It's here.

I'll do it.

[intercom buzzes]

Lim Okseon is dead. Give me the launch code.

[Hansang] It's in the nuclear briefcase.

The King of Idisha.

He has a briefcase too, right?

Is the code the same? This matters to him too.

Yes, it's the same code.

It has to match the one for the submarine.

Hello?

- [static crackles] - [line clicks]

[♪ Dramatic music playing]

[sighs]

[intercom ringing]

[Nabu, in English] I received a call from Kim Hansang.

Are you prepared?

Your Majesty.

Eight, seven…

Three, four, nine,

three, zero, two,

six, one, five, four.

That's everything.

[beeping]

It's done.

Thank you.

Hope we talk again soon.

- [computer whirring] - Likewise.

[♪ Tense music playing]

[sighs]

[alarm blaring]

[in Korean] What's going on?

It's a pressure-release bomb.

There's also a timer set, just like last time.

If I leave this booth, it'll explode.

- We can stop it with the right code. - There are

over 20 kilos of C-4.

The whole cargo ship is at risk.

We have to evacuate those people.

[pants] It's not working!

Go. Tell them to evacuate immediately.

What about you?

I'll try to defuse the bomb.

I'm not leaving.

If I have eight minutes left,

I want to spend all of them with you.

[exhaling sharply]

[Sanho sighs]

The more urgent the mission, the slower I move.

Like I'm doing something ordinary in an ordinary moment.

[♪ Melancholy music playing]

Just do it like you did before.

Slowly,

like it's nothing special.

I can't. I want to stay here.

There are a lot of people down there.

Peace. Everyone's safety.

Think about the things you want to protect, Munju.

I don't need peace anymore.

If I walk out that door,

I'll live in hell forever.

Munju, give me a chance.

A chance to defuse the bomb.

Last time, the bomb went off anyway.

But you weren't hurt. And I made it back to you.

Go to him. The head of the special forces.

Come back with a bomb technician.

Three minutes down, three minutes back.

Even if I only get one minute with you, I'll come back.

- [panting] - [alarm blaring]

Is there a bomb technician here?

There's a huge amount of explosives set up near the engine room.

- It's going to go off in four minutes! - All units, evacuate.

Evacuate immediately.

Is there a bomb technician here? There's someone still inside!

Let me go! Now!

No, I have to go back! Let me go!

We'll get you to a lifeboat.

No, I have to go!

Let me go right now! I have to go!

Let me go right now!

Let go!

[Sanho] Munju…

Don't come back.

[♪ Sad music playing]

I want you to keep going. Don't stop.

Just keep going.

Keep moving forward.

I can see you from here.

Let me keep watching over you.

The path you'll be walking,

the people you'll meet.

[no audible dialogue]

[no audible dialogue]

[no audible dialogue]

[♪ Sad music continues]

[Sanho] Grandma.

I think I had a dream.

A dream where I met a woman I could die for.

I wished I'd never wake up.

Forever.

[sighs]

[journalist, in English] Peace talks between the US

and Idisha have begun.

Anshar Nabu, the King of Idisha, and UN ambassador Adele Zimmerman

met at Kirus Alaila Palace today to sign a cease-fire agreement

as well as to discuss the withdrawal of US troops…

[committee member, in Korean] Is it true that your father was a spy?

My father, Seo Hyeongsik, was falsely accused by the KCIA at the time…

No. Just answer the question. Is it true or not?

It's true.

Weren't you just accused of espionage?

I was cleared of all charges

after NIS Director Yu Unhak was arrested for fabricating espionage cases.

A scandalous affair with Paik Sanho, a North Korean defector.

An unspeakably disgraceful audio recording

was played for the entire nation. Was that fabricated, too?

Our party's name was dragged through the mud over that.

Everyone in the country saw it and heard it.

How can you even show your face here?

Explain yourself and apologize right now!

We have unanimously voted to expel candidate Seo Munju

for disgracing the party's honor

and violating the duty to uphold dignity.

Candidate Seo Munju! Wait!

Is it true you had a relationship with Paik Sanho?

Should we take this acceptance as an admission of all the scandals?

[journalists clamoring]

Do you still trust Mr. Paik Sanho?

My relationship with Paik Sanho, the North Korean defector, is true.

I don't believe that loving another person

is something that diminishes anyone's dignity.

However, if the party has judged

that my relationship with him has tarnished its reputation,

I will respect that decision.

That said, I firmly believe that Paik Sanho

was more dignified than anyone who sat on the ethics committee today.

Is there anything else?

- Please elaborate! - The Aseom Shipping cargo ship fire…

[Kyungsin] You've been through so much. And… I'm sorry.

We searched every inch of the wreckage and the surrounding area,

but we still haven't found Paik Sanho's remains.

But we'll find him, no matter what.

I promise.

[♪ Melancholy music playing]

I want to apologize too.

It must've been so painful

having to choose between handing over North Korean territory to China,

or risking a war to achieve reunification.

I prayed for days, wishing I wouldn't have to make that choice.

But it's the president's job to make those kinds of decisions.

I'm sorry.

Thank you.

Because of you, I made it back from hell,

but you lost too much.

I made my own choices. They were my decisions.

The US has requested you be sent as a special envoy.

They need your help mediating negotiations between Idisha and North Korea

on the submarine's dismantlement.

And they also have some questions about the Eagleton-Coldrain scandal.

If I speak out, won't it stir up public opinion against you?

I'll take care of that. There's a lot I want you to do.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

[Anderson, in English] We're almost there. Um…

Remember, keep it simple for the president.

North Korea built it,

Idisha bought it, Aseom Shipping connected the two. Um…

Whenever you mention Eagleton, mention Coldrain and Stella Young.

Um…

Be ready to discuss dismantling the submarine,

but let him ask you.

Make him feel good, you know.

- [sighs] Hey. - Hmm?

You got this.

You're not nervous, are you?

About this?

No.

Hey, I, um…

I never visited Korea because I didn't feel like I had anybody,

but I guess I have you now.

Yeah.

You do have me.

[♪ Dramatic music playing]

Um…

I wanted to be the first to tell you

that the president is considering giving the medal of honor to Paik Sanho.

That's right.

He was an American.

You know,

part of me believes

he's still alive somewhere.

I wish I could've met him.

The president will see you now.

Hey.

You're our only hope now.

I guess

we're in trouble then.

[journalist, in Korean] "One of the greatest talks I've had in years."

"A strong woman who brought peace to the world."

Did you see the poll results this morning?

Candidate… I mean, Ambassador,

even though you were disqualified,

you're still polling first for the New Republican Party

at all eight polling agencies. First place! [Laughs]

Calm down, Miji.

And remember. I'm no longer a candidate.

It's not just within the New Republican Party.

Your approval rating among all presidential contenders

has gone up significantly.

Presidential candidate registration is open until next week.

Next week.

You can still run as an independent.

Miji, Changhee, I'm not qualified.

When I decided to run before,

it was only to find out why my husband died,

not because I thought I deserved to be president.

Still, ma'am.

[sighs] If you ask me,

I don't think there's anyone more qualified than you.

So just say the word, all right?

And I'll cancel my flight to the US right away.

I've kept my schedule clear from the start.

Hey, pal. Know when to stay in your lane.

She's my ambassador.

She's my ambassador.

[all chuckle]

[phone buzzing]

Hello?

[Kyungsin] I'm leaving for Beijing.

Madam President.

I did a lot of thinking last night.

[♪ Hopeful music playing]

About how crucial the next few days,

the next few months,

and the next few years will be for the future of the Korean Peninsula.

And about how important the next leader's role will be

once my term ends.

I believe it should be you.

Someone who understands the challenges of our time,

and has the strength to face them.

I'm thinking of leaving the party and finding a way to support you

when I get back from Beijing.

I don't think I can do that.

Why not?

I'm still…

Too heartbroken.

That's the kind of president I want.

Someone who's suffered deeply,

but has the strength to push through it, and becomes stronger for it.

Even though you were a candidate from the opposing party,

if I support you, it could send a message of unity.

A leader who takes on the mission of reunifying the Korean Peninsula

should be capable of at least that much.

Think about it carefully.

- Not from your personal perspective… - [sighs]

…but from a historical perspective.

[♪ Melancholy music playing]

[Munju] I had a dream. I was this woman.

I didn't believe in God,

but there was a church in my heart.

A place built with pillars made from my father's bones,

walls plastered with my mother's flesh,

floors washed clean with my husband's blood,

and where I sent the soul of my precious little child up to heaven.

Before I came here,

I buried my love in the black hills and prayed.

Take my peace, and bestow it upon this land.

And when there is enough peace for everyone,

enough that no one needs it anymore,

then please, return to me my poor, lost love.

Even though I don't believe in God, the forgiveness of sins,

the resurrection of the body, or life everlasting,

I know he will live on inside me forever.

[♪ Melancholy music continues]

At my Polaris.

[crowd cheering]

[crowd chanting] Seo Munju!

"YOUR BATTLE IS OUR BATTLE, SEO MUNJU"

"YOU GIVE GREAT STRENGTH TO US"

[crowd chanting] Seo Munju!

[crowd cheering]

[♪ Dramatic music playing]

Hello.

My name is Seo Munju.

I stand here today to announce my candidacy

for the 22nd presidential election of the Republic of Korea.

[crowd cheering]

[crowd chanting] Seo Munju!

TEMPEST

Translated by Yoonjung Song