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I'll take this for you.
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Hee-ran.
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Hee-ran?
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Oh, I guess she's busy.
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Didn't I tell you not to do that?
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Call someone and then talk to yourself.
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Ta-da.
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You're on the front page of every daily.
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It's a great photo of you too.
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Yeong-bae.
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Yes?
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Just get to the point.
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I really think
you should read this right now.
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MADAME AEMA
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SILHOUETTE OF AEMA'S AMPLE BOSOM
JIGGLING BENEATH HER LINGERIE
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A BUTTERFLY LANDS ON AEMA'S BOSOM
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AEMA'S SOFT BOSOM
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AEMA'S LUSH BOSOM
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AEMA'S BOSOM
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-Some wine, please.
-Sure.
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Actually, make it whiskey. A bottle.
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Sure, I'll get you some whiskey
right away.
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MADAME AEMA
PRODUCED BY SHINSUNG PICTURES
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That son of a bitch.
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AEMA
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ASIA FILM FESTIVAL
BEST ACTRESS JEONG HEE-RAN
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However, times are changing.
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Especially so from the '70s,
now a thing of the past.
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The '80s are a whole different beast.
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Now, I'm sure you all know
the main themes of this new era.
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The so-called "3S."
Screen, sex, and sports.
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Then how should the film industry
adapt to these changing times?
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By giving the audience
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sex.
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That's right, sex.
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Sex will be the ace
up the Korean film industry's sleeve,
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and sex will revitalize Chungmuro.
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What about sports?
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Sex is basically a sport, isn't it?
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All right!
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I've just been told that our heroine,
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Jeong Hee-ran,
has landed at Kimpo Airport.
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She'll be joining us soon,
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and we'll cut the cake
as soon as our guest of honor arrives.
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But until then,
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why stand around?
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Let's get a little buzzed
before she gets here.
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Please raise your glasses high!
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To the dawning of a new era!
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Cheers!
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Yeong-bae.
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Right.
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Boy, who do we have here?
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Let's welcome our world star,
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Jeong Hee-ran--
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Jeong Hee-ran, you…
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I'm fine, really.
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That's just how
we show each other affection.
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I love you too, Jeong Hee-ran.
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MADAME AEMA
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You crazy bitch!
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You son of a bitch.
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Oh my. I didn't expect
to see you here, Mr. Paul.
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Congratulations.
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Thank you, sir.
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Here.
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It's a beautiful night.
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Thank you all for joining us.
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Please enjoy the food
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and have a lovely time.
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What are we waiting for?
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Nothing.
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Yeong-bae.
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Yes?
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At daybreak,
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call all the reporters.
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What should I tell them?
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Tell them lunch is on me.
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And reserve a room at Neulbom Garden.
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I've done some counting.
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Since my debut in 1972 with Desire,
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I've starred in over 30 films
as the lead actress.
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I've tried my hand at various roles,
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and, as I'm sure you've all seen,
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I've stripped naked countless times.
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That she has.
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Thanks to all that,
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I've received a lot of love
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and won many awards.
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But it's the '80s now.
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In keeping with the new era,
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I thought I should also
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change with the times.
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I'd also like to look toward the future,
toward the 1980s,
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and show our audiences a new…
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me.
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ACTRESS JEONG HEE-RAN'S
BOMBSHELL ANNOUNCEMENT
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NEW ERA, NEW ME
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PLANS TO TURN DOWN ROLES
WITH GRATUITOUS NUDITY
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JEONG HEE-RAN
TO EXPLORE NUDITY-FREE ROLES
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Damn it.
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-Where's Director Kwak?
-Sorry?
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Why did I even ask?
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Has she lost her damn mind?
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That crazy Jeong Hee-ran.
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SHINSUNG PICTURES
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…starring Jeong Hee-ran,
the heroine of Sleepless!
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Now playing in cinemas to rave reviews!
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ARTISTIC, MESMERIZING DESIRE
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You seen the papers?
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Sorry?
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You're a film director.
Read the papers, for Christ's sake.
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We're recasting Aema.
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Demote Jeong Hee-ran to a supporting role.
What was her name again?
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Eriko?
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-Erika?
-That's the one.
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Make Hee-ran play her,
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and audition rookies
for the lead role of Aema.
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So suddenly?
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What's wrong? Don't you like rookies?
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No, it's not like that.
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Emmanuelle drew attention
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partly because Sylvia Kristel
was such a fresh face.
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A fresh face can work well in this genre.
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But…
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will Hee-ran be okay with this?
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Erika is a supporting role,
plain and simple.
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What can she do?
She has a contract to fulfill.
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Start a huge ad push for the auditions.
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The biggest ad campaign ever, you hear?
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Now, how will our big campaign appear?
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Well, as a…
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Big, that's how.
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-Sir--
-President Ku.
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Mr. Gi.
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Thank you.
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Sir, since we're recasting the character,
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why don't we edit the screenplay
and take it in a new direction?
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Not the mindless,
in-your-face approach we have now,
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but something a bit more subtle.
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A bit more artistic, you know?
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Make it as subtly artistic as you'd like.
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Just make people horny.
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Right, it'll make you horny.
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Making people horny is a given,
but when I say subtle,
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I mean, it won't instantly make you horny.
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It will start off faint and distant,
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and gently seep into you.
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The kind of thing
that slowly, almost hazily,
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makes you totally
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and profoundly…
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horny.
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I'll edit the script.
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While you're editing it, make Eriko--
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You mean Erika.
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Model her after Hee-ran
and make her the ultimate bitch.
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She'll come crawling back to us
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once the public
and ad companies ditch her.
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She's been put on a pedestal for so long
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that she's lost her way.
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She's lost, all right.
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OPEN CASTING CALLS
FOR THE LEADING LADY OF MADAME AEMA
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Shall I go and apologize?
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I'll tell them you told me to.
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Have a tomato. They're sweet.
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Hee-ran.
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The president says
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he'll make you play Erika.
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We both know how wrong that is.
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Erika's a supporting role.
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How could he do this to you?
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About Director Kwon Do-il…
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Sorry?
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Back in spring, I heard
he was working on a new screenplay,
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but there's still no news
of its completion.
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INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED
KOREAN AUTEUR KWON DO-IL
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He just left the Dongsin Inn
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and entered Jingogae by himself.
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Welcome…
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Oh my!
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It's Jeong Hee-ran!
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Goodness gracious me.
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It's been so long since we met, Director.
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I loved Woman in the Dark, by the way.
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You have no idea how much I cried
after watching that film.
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That film wasn't meant to be a tearjerker.
What made you cry?
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I couldn't help but blame myself
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for turning down
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a role in that film.
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You had a wedding coming up.
It's completely reasonable.
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I totally understand.
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We called it off before saying "I do."
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We still get along fine, though,
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as business partners.
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Since we're on the topic of business,
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aren't you working on a new project?
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What would you say
to producing it with Shinsung Pictures?
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If you make it with Shinsung Pictures,
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you could cast me, you know.
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Shinsung Pictures?
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Sounds good to me.
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That lad Ku Jung-ho
is a high school alumnus of mine.
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Might there be a role for me
in that film of yours?
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I'm a half-decent actor now,
if I do say so myself.
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I'm a long way off though.
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The screenplay needs extensive revision.
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A bottle of soju, please.
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Actually, I think
I'm done drinking for the day.
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I need to write once I get back.
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I'll just have another glass myself.
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I'm just so delighted to see you.
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It brings back so many old memories.
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Yeong-bae.
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Yes.
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Didn't you say you know the head
of Director Kwon's production department?
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I actually don't know him that well.
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Then get to know him.
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Become friendly. Blood brothers, even.
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Do whatever it takes
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to get me the script
Director Kwon Do-il's working on.
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What are you planning?
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That bastard, Ku Jung-ho, knows I have
one film left on my exclusivity agreement,
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so he thinks he can mess with me.
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If I can just convince
Director Kwon Do-il,
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I could part with Shinsung Pictures
on good terms with a great film.
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We are faced with two tasks right now.
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The first
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is to snag Director Kwon Do-il,
no matter what.
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The other
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is to prevent the Madame Aema auditions
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at all costs.
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Remember the hostess films
that were all the rage in the '70s?
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Sure, they had the actresses strip
for a pretty penny,
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but they weren't true erotic films.
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All that eroticism was a front
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for the tear-jerking dramas
they actually were.
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Not that they could strip freely
back then.
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But things are going to be different
with Madame Aema.
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A new era has dawned upon us,
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and this will be an adult film,
through and through.
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-Please look here!
-Sure.
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Besides, sexual desire
is the subject of our film.
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-Female sexual desire, to be exact.
-Cut it out!
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That and horses.
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You get my drift?
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Horses!
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You follow me, right?
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Shall we do fist pumps?
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You got it.
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This will be a groundbreaking film
that pioneers an unexplored genre.
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Let's just say you won't be disappointed
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in your investments.
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Say cheese.
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-Cheese!
-Cheese!
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Come on. Female sexual desire
and horses aside,
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we need to think about
the scale of the film.
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How could you cast a totally new face
as the lead character?
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I'm sure people in Honam
will call that a sack of shit.
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President Wang.
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Who do you think I am?
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I'm the man who discovered Jeong Hee-ran.
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00:16:51,552 --> 00:16:55,389
The first film I did with her
sold over 50,000 tickets in Honam.
263
00:16:55,931 --> 00:16:57,850
And thanks to that, President Wang,
264
00:16:57,933 --> 00:17:00,477
you built five more theaters
in Mokpo alone, no?
265
00:17:00,978 --> 00:17:02,855
Trust my gut.
266
00:17:04,898 --> 00:17:06,233
Ku Jung-ho's
267
00:17:07,026 --> 00:17:09,194
still got it!
268
00:17:17,286 --> 00:17:20,789
CASTING CALL FOR MADAME AEMA
269
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JUDGES
270
00:17:29,006 --> 00:17:31,425
What? Am I meant to stay standing?
271
00:17:32,176 --> 00:17:35,012
-Don't just stand there. Get her a chair.
-Right. Sure.
272
00:17:42,770 --> 00:17:45,314
{\an8}DIRECTOR KWAK IN-U
273
00:17:49,818 --> 00:17:52,362
Director Kwak, when did we first meet?
274
00:17:52,946 --> 00:17:54,990
Was it during The Rose
or Yeong-ja's Heydays?
275
00:17:55,616 --> 00:17:57,409
It was during Seong Chun-hyang.
276
00:18:01,747 --> 00:18:04,917
You were such a naive
assistant director back in the day.
277
00:18:05,793 --> 00:18:08,462
You could barely look me in the eye.
278
00:18:08,545 --> 00:18:11,048
Messy hair and rosy cheeks.
279
00:18:11,548 --> 00:18:13,926
You were like a cute little potato.
280
00:18:14,009 --> 00:18:15,427
So,
281
00:18:16,970 --> 00:18:18,013
I'm to play Erika?
282
00:18:18,097 --> 00:18:19,264
Hee-ran--
283
00:18:21,225 --> 00:18:24,603
I'd been meaning to fill you in on that.
You see…
284
00:18:26,146 --> 00:18:26,980
Director.
285
00:18:29,566 --> 00:18:30,651
Have more sex.
286
00:18:30,734 --> 00:18:31,860
Yes.
287
00:18:38,033 --> 00:18:40,661
Not with your scripts,
but with a person for once.
288
00:18:44,331 --> 00:18:45,874
I'm talking about real sex.
289
00:18:46,542 --> 00:18:47,668
That'll make you happy.
290
00:18:48,418 --> 00:18:50,504
Aren't we all in this to be happy?
291
00:18:52,131 --> 00:18:53,674
JUDGE
ACTOR JEONG HEE-RAN
292
00:18:53,757 --> 00:18:55,425
At the end of the day,
293
00:18:55,509 --> 00:18:57,719
this film is still my baby.
294
00:18:58,303 --> 00:19:00,973
I'm here to pick someone
who fits the bill for me.
295
00:19:03,433 --> 00:19:04,518
Director.
296
00:19:06,395 --> 00:19:07,521
That's only fair, right?
297
00:19:08,522 --> 00:19:10,065
Right you are.
298
00:19:10,149 --> 00:19:11,441
Without a doubt. Yup.
299
00:19:13,443 --> 00:19:14,903
Shall we get started?
300
00:19:20,701 --> 00:19:22,035
I'm the kind of woman
301
00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:25,914
who wants to rot away and die
as soon as possible.
302
00:19:32,212 --> 00:19:35,215
I'm the kind of woman who wants to…
303
00:19:35,299 --> 00:19:38,135
Rot away and die as soon as possible.
304
00:19:39,970 --> 00:19:42,389
Come here to play
305
00:19:42,472 --> 00:19:44,183
I'll give you a piggyback ride
306
00:19:44,266 --> 00:19:47,561
I'm the kind of woman
who wants to rot away and die as soon…
307
00:19:47,644 --> 00:19:52,733
The mountain ranges of Gyeongsang-do
Are known for being grand…
308
00:20:12,836 --> 00:20:14,713
No, wait. Hold on…
309
00:20:22,179 --> 00:20:24,765
That's it for today.
310
00:20:28,602 --> 00:20:29,937
How entertaining.
311
00:20:40,948 --> 00:20:44,117
What were you thinking,
agreeing to cast a rookie actor?
312
00:20:44,201 --> 00:20:46,912
Just cut your tongue off.
Think you're some auteur? Huh?
313
00:21:12,229 --> 00:21:13,146
You there.
314
00:21:21,196 --> 00:21:23,115
Do you work for this film studio?
315
00:21:23,865 --> 00:21:24,700
I do.
316
00:21:26,868 --> 00:21:29,621
I'm here for the audition,
but I'm a bit late.
317
00:21:30,289 --> 00:21:32,958
Well, that won't do. You snooze, you lose.
318
00:21:33,458 --> 00:21:35,377
I just got here from the countryside.
319
00:21:35,877 --> 00:21:38,213
I live in Seoul,
but I was there for a show.
320
00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:40,465
Not that I'm a singer or anything.
321
00:21:45,721 --> 00:21:48,056
I don't work at this factory either.
322
00:21:50,350 --> 00:21:51,685
That makes me sound strange,
323
00:21:52,436 --> 00:21:53,395
doesn't it?
324
00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:58,358
That it does. Quite strange.
325
00:22:00,235 --> 00:22:02,404
I'm late, strange, and a total mess.
326
00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:09,244
What are you good at?
327
00:22:10,370 --> 00:22:11,913
There's the stuff I practiced,
328
00:22:12,706 --> 00:22:14,499
then there's the stuff I'm good at.
329
00:22:15,584 --> 00:22:17,836
Not what you practiced,
but what you're good at.
330
00:22:21,757 --> 00:22:24,301
Wait, I…
331
00:22:33,810 --> 00:22:34,811
Rad clothes, no?
332
00:22:36,313 --> 00:22:37,731
I came straight from work.
333
00:24:12,284 --> 00:24:13,827
All right. Eat up, everyone.
334
00:24:14,786 --> 00:24:16,663
Whoa, hey. Eat.
335
00:24:18,540 --> 00:24:20,125
Eat up, everyone.
336
00:24:23,670 --> 00:24:24,796
Here. Eat.
337
00:24:34,514 --> 00:24:37,100
How can you just take
someone else's jacket like that?
338
00:24:37,184 --> 00:24:39,895
People would think
you're one of us factory girls.
339
00:24:39,978 --> 00:24:41,021
Even I get confused
340
00:24:41,521 --> 00:24:43,815
and wonder why
you're not at work sometimes.
341
00:24:45,150 --> 00:24:46,443
You haven't eaten, have you?
342
00:24:48,111 --> 00:24:49,321
Sheesh, that's cold.
343
00:24:51,573 --> 00:24:53,325
Perfect for a snowball fight.
344
00:24:53,408 --> 00:24:56,203
How was the casting call?
Did you get to audition?
345
00:24:57,454 --> 00:25:00,207
No idea. I got there late.
346
00:25:00,707 --> 00:25:02,000
So you missed it?
347
00:25:03,001 --> 00:25:04,920
That's the part I don't get.
348
00:25:06,505 --> 00:25:08,507
I'm not sure if I auditioned or not.
349
00:25:12,886 --> 00:25:14,429
What are you talking about?
350
00:25:21,811 --> 00:25:22,646
Hold up.
351
00:25:23,271 --> 00:25:25,482
You slid in just before curfew again?
352
00:25:26,650 --> 00:25:28,735
We made it!
353
00:25:29,236 --> 00:25:30,403
Oh, I'm dying.
354
00:25:31,279 --> 00:25:33,823
I made it all the way back
only to die here.
355
00:25:33,907 --> 00:25:37,202
Seriously, our shifts end
way too close to the curfew.
356
00:25:37,285 --> 00:25:39,496
Someone make them work things out.
357
00:25:40,038 --> 00:25:41,540
You made it back alive,
358
00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:43,250
so have some dinner.
359
00:25:45,293 --> 00:25:46,836
-God, that's cold.
-So cold.
360
00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:48,380
Slow down.
361
00:25:49,005 --> 00:25:52,342
-Tell me if you need more.
-We're just living life one day at a time.
362
00:25:53,969 --> 00:25:56,763
I don't get why it has to be so tough.
363
00:26:26,418 --> 00:26:29,212
SECOND FLOOR, 61-2 CHO-DONG, JUNG-GU
SATURDAY AT 3:00 P.M.
364
00:26:41,182 --> 00:26:44,561
YEONG-JA'S HEYDAYS
365
00:26:51,943 --> 00:26:54,779
All right, face the camera.
I love it. One, two.
366
00:26:54,863 --> 00:26:56,364
Your side profile now.
367
00:26:56,448 --> 00:26:57,949
One, two.
368
00:26:58,033 --> 00:26:59,576
Now look at my hands.
369
00:26:59,659 --> 00:27:01,202
Imagine you're a flower
370
00:27:01,286 --> 00:27:03,663
and you're coming into bloom like this.
371
00:27:03,747 --> 00:27:06,374
You're blooming. Go on, try that.
372
00:27:06,458 --> 00:27:08,668
Wow, I love it. Let's go with that.
373
00:27:08,752 --> 00:27:10,503
Just like that. Eyes on the camera.
374
00:27:11,087 --> 00:27:13,006
One, two.
375
00:27:13,089 --> 00:27:15,675
Okay, perfect. Now stay still. Here we go.
376
00:27:15,759 --> 00:27:19,137
Hang in there. One, two, okay!
377
00:27:19,220 --> 00:27:21,556
You look great. Let's do this. One, two.
378
00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:22,724
That's it!
379
00:27:22,807 --> 00:27:24,893
All right, this is going great!
380
00:27:26,144 --> 00:27:27,729
Hey, wrap it up. We've got it.
381
00:27:28,229 --> 00:27:29,105
Director Kwak.
382
00:27:29,189 --> 00:27:32,233
You know what matters more to me
than anything else, right?
383
00:27:32,734 --> 00:27:34,778
The plausibility of the breasts.
384
00:27:34,861 --> 00:27:36,404
Wow. Just look at that.
385
00:27:37,364 --> 00:27:40,700
One look is enough
to know that they're just…
386
00:27:40,784 --> 00:27:41,951
You made the first cut.
387
00:27:42,535 --> 00:27:44,412
We just need to know if you can act,
388
00:27:44,496 --> 00:27:45,872
but this is a sex film.
389
00:27:49,042 --> 00:27:50,335
You done some fucking?
390
00:27:50,418 --> 00:27:54,506
Think you've got what it takes to strip
for the camera and perform a sex scene?
391
00:28:01,096 --> 00:28:04,766
Why does it sound like you're trying
to get me to strip and have sex on camera?
392
00:28:05,642 --> 00:28:06,685
What's this now?
393
00:28:07,268 --> 00:28:08,728
I like what you've got going on.
394
00:28:09,604 --> 00:28:11,147
I might start clapping again.
395
00:28:12,357 --> 00:28:14,109
All right, now.
396
00:28:14,192 --> 00:28:17,821
Let's get her in costume and makeup
to see how she looks.
397
00:28:17,904 --> 00:28:19,197
-Show her the way.
-Yes.
398
00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:21,408
-You can come with me.
-Go on now.
399
00:28:21,491 --> 00:28:22,409
Go with him.
400
00:28:22,492 --> 00:28:23,576
Okay.
401
00:28:25,328 --> 00:28:26,663
She's outstanding.
402
00:28:27,455 --> 00:28:30,625
The more I look at her face,
the more I see the stories it holds.
403
00:28:31,209 --> 00:28:33,128
She doesn't instantly strike me as pretty.
404
00:28:33,628 --> 00:28:37,090
And she has zero acting experience.
What if she's just a waste of film?
405
00:28:37,173 --> 00:28:39,008
You know how it is with acting.
406
00:28:39,092 --> 00:28:41,761
It's not something you can just learn.
407
00:28:41,845 --> 00:28:43,471
It's all to do with inherent moxie.
408
00:28:43,555 --> 00:28:46,433
Moxie's all an actor needs.
I know she's got it.
409
00:28:51,020 --> 00:28:52,188
Damn it.
410
00:28:55,859 --> 00:28:58,278
I think someone owes me
411
00:28:58,987 --> 00:29:03,241
an explanation as to what's going on here,
or at least some excuses.
412
00:29:03,825 --> 00:29:05,243
Director Kwak?
413
00:29:17,088 --> 00:29:18,256
Hello.
414
00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:30,143
Who did you sleep with?
415
00:29:32,437 --> 00:29:34,314
Whether it was the producer or director,
416
00:29:34,814 --> 00:29:38,109
I don't know who you had to sleep with
for this opportunity,
417
00:29:38,860 --> 00:29:40,862
but you'll have better luck
at other places
418
00:29:40,945 --> 00:29:42,739
more accepting of girls like you.
419
00:29:43,531 --> 00:29:44,991
Try Seoul Station
420
00:29:45,492 --> 00:29:47,076
or the bus terminal.
421
00:29:47,994 --> 00:29:49,204
Places like that.
422
00:29:53,583 --> 00:29:54,626
Go home, everyone.
423
00:30:00,089 --> 00:30:01,925
You're much prettier in person.
424
00:30:05,094 --> 00:30:07,138
I've been a fan ever since I was little.
425
00:30:08,306 --> 00:30:11,976
Watching you,
I always dreamed of becoming an actress.
426
00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:14,145
Well, thanks.
427
00:30:14,646 --> 00:30:16,147
Good luck out there.
428
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:30,537
But may I ask,
429
00:30:31,204 --> 00:30:33,248
between the producer and the director,
430
00:30:33,331 --> 00:30:34,666
who has the bigger cock?
431
00:30:38,169 --> 00:30:40,213
I haven't slept with either one yet,
you see.
432
00:30:42,841 --> 00:30:45,051
I just thought
433
00:30:45,677 --> 00:30:47,929
that you, of all people, might know.
434
00:30:48,513 --> 00:30:51,850
Now that you've brought it up,
I'll consider which one to sleep with.
435
00:30:52,559 --> 00:30:54,644
It was an honor to meet you.
436
00:31:22,630 --> 00:31:25,174
Have you gotten your hands
on Director Kwon's screenplay yet?
437
00:31:25,842 --> 00:31:27,176
We'll finally meet tomorrow.
438
00:31:28,970 --> 00:31:30,346
You set up a meeting?
439
00:31:31,389 --> 00:31:34,183
We don't have a meeting as such,
but I'll be meeting him.
440
00:31:35,685 --> 00:31:36,644
Tomorrow is
441
00:31:37,437 --> 00:31:38,271
Sunday, after all.
442
00:31:40,315 --> 00:31:41,566
And on Sundays…
443
00:31:41,649 --> 00:31:42,483
Korea?
444
00:31:42,567 --> 00:31:44,485
Sings!
445
00:31:51,701 --> 00:31:52,744
All right.
446
00:31:58,416 --> 00:31:59,876
Oh my, hello!
447
00:32:03,087 --> 00:32:05,340
Aren't you the one and only Ra Byeong-su,
448
00:32:05,423 --> 00:32:08,301
the head of Director Kwon's
production department?
449
00:32:09,260 --> 00:32:11,429
That's right. And who might you be?
450
00:32:12,555 --> 00:32:16,351
I'm Park Yeong-bae,
assistant to the actress Jeong Hee-ran.
451
00:32:19,270 --> 00:32:22,357
I've heard so much about you, you know.
452
00:32:22,857 --> 00:32:25,276
You're from Namsongri
in Pohang, aren't you?
453
00:32:25,985 --> 00:32:28,279
My mother is also from Pohang.
454
00:32:28,363 --> 00:32:30,949
So technically, I'm half-Pohangese.
455
00:32:31,032 --> 00:32:32,325
Go Gyeongsang-do!
456
00:32:33,993 --> 00:32:37,330
I moved to Seoul when I was eight,
so I'm actually a half-Seoulite.
457
00:32:39,499 --> 00:32:41,709
As am I. My other half, that is.
458
00:32:42,794 --> 00:32:46,214
What are the odds of meeting
a hometown friend so far from home?
459
00:32:46,297 --> 00:32:47,131
Isn't this great?
460
00:32:47,715 --> 00:32:49,008
Allow me to serve you
461
00:32:49,092 --> 00:32:51,094
to the best of my abilities from now on.
462
00:32:53,554 --> 00:32:55,765
Man, look at all that dead skin
peeling off.
463
00:32:59,143 --> 00:33:00,603
Her name is Shin Ju-ae.
464
00:33:01,270 --> 00:33:02,939
Don't know if that's her real name.
465
00:33:03,022 --> 00:33:06,985
She wears a Guro Industrial Complex jacket
but doesn't seem to be a factory worker.
466
00:33:07,527 --> 00:33:10,279
I think she might be a backup dancer,
467
00:33:10,780 --> 00:33:13,074
but I'm not sure who she dances for.
468
00:33:14,492 --> 00:33:15,660
Can you find her?
469
00:33:16,285 --> 00:33:17,120
Uh-huh.
470
00:33:18,496 --> 00:33:19,330
Huh?
471
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:24,877
Nope.
472
00:33:27,005 --> 00:33:28,172
Not you, either.
473
00:33:29,674 --> 00:33:30,842
Have you seen her before?
474
00:33:33,553 --> 00:33:34,387
No?
475
00:33:38,307 --> 00:33:41,227
You know the dance
where you do this with your feet?
476
00:33:41,728 --> 00:33:45,815
She's in her twenties,
with slightly tanned skin, and…
477
00:33:57,493 --> 00:33:58,828
NAMI'S SPECIAL SHOW
478
00:33:58,911 --> 00:34:04,500
STARRING THE POP SENSATION NAMI
AT CLUB MOONRISE
479
00:34:13,926 --> 00:34:15,762
CLUB MOONRISE
480
00:34:16,345 --> 00:34:19,265
Oh, here's to lasting friendships
481
00:34:20,224 --> 00:34:23,061
Oh, here's to happy hearts
482
00:34:24,062 --> 00:34:26,647
Oh, here's to a good life
483
00:34:27,565 --> 00:34:28,399
Yeah!
484
00:34:31,444 --> 00:34:34,447
Oh, here's to lasting friendships
485
00:34:35,323 --> 00:34:37,992
Oh, here's to happy hearts
486
00:34:39,243 --> 00:34:42,121
Oh, here's to a good life
487
00:34:42,622 --> 00:34:43,623
Yeah!
488
00:34:49,796 --> 00:34:51,339
Hey, aren't you coming?
489
00:34:59,597 --> 00:35:00,431
Hold up.
490
00:35:01,265 --> 00:35:02,809
It's Ms. Lasting Friendships.
491
00:35:06,646 --> 00:35:08,022
You put on a great show.
492
00:35:21,202 --> 00:35:22,745
Thank you, esteemed customer.
493
00:35:22,829 --> 00:35:24,330
Please come again.
494
00:35:26,874 --> 00:35:27,959
Come again?
495
00:35:28,626 --> 00:35:30,878
Come again?
496
00:35:36,384 --> 00:35:39,846
Oh, here's to lasting breasts!
497
00:35:41,013 --> 00:35:43,933
Oh, here's to happy breasts!
498
00:35:47,770 --> 00:35:50,064
I'll come again!
499
00:36:02,994 --> 00:36:03,828
Excuse me.
500
00:36:06,247 --> 00:36:07,456
Excuse me.
501
00:36:08,749 --> 00:36:09,584
Hey, let go.
502
00:36:10,084 --> 00:36:11,419
Wait, just let go. Hey!
503
00:36:12,003 --> 00:36:13,504
Let me go, damn it!
504
00:36:20,303 --> 00:36:22,680
Ms. Shin Ju-ae, wait.
Just hold on a minute!
505
00:36:24,891 --> 00:36:28,269
Fucking hell, that's an insane bite.
What are you, a dog?
506
00:36:29,729 --> 00:36:33,107
I am the head of Shinsung Pictures'
production department.
507
00:36:36,861 --> 00:36:37,737
Gi Seok.
508
00:36:38,321 --> 00:36:40,239
Family name Gi, given name Seok.
509
00:36:41,282 --> 00:36:42,325
Ms. Shin Ju-ae,
510
00:36:42,408 --> 00:36:44,785
you should audition for Madame Aema again.
511
00:36:46,621 --> 00:36:47,622
I think
512
00:36:48,831 --> 00:36:50,041
I'm done with all that.
513
00:36:53,628 --> 00:36:56,172
Whoa, hold it, you.
514
00:36:57,298 --> 00:37:01,886
The director and the president
both want you as the lead in Madame Aema.
515
00:37:02,553 --> 00:37:04,555
Do you have any idea what that means?
516
00:37:08,184 --> 00:37:10,102
So what?
517
00:37:10,978 --> 00:37:12,188
Should I sleep with them?
518
00:37:12,980 --> 00:37:13,856
What?
519
00:37:13,940 --> 00:37:16,484
Guess a struggling actress
seemed like easy pickings.
520
00:37:17,860 --> 00:37:19,946
Did you think I'd be at your beck and call
521
00:37:20,029 --> 00:37:22,865
as long as you keep dangling
a lead role in my face?
522
00:37:24,909 --> 00:37:27,536
I showed up as asked
and pissed off when told to.
523
00:37:28,913 --> 00:37:31,415
So now it's your turn to piss off.
524
00:37:34,126 --> 00:37:34,961
Hey.
525
00:37:35,461 --> 00:37:36,337
Hey!
526
00:37:37,171 --> 00:37:38,798
You crazy bitch!
527
00:38:03,781 --> 00:38:05,992
You almost broke curfew again.
528
00:38:06,575 --> 00:38:09,036
You've got guts,
coming back reeking of booze.
529
00:38:16,961 --> 00:38:19,297
I saw Jeong Hee-ran last weekend.
530
00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:23,259
Jeong Hee-ran?
531
00:38:24,593 --> 00:38:25,803
The Jeong Hee-ran?
532
00:38:27,847 --> 00:38:29,598
She was hella pretty.
533
00:38:32,310 --> 00:38:34,437
I guess it's meant for people like her.
534
00:38:36,939 --> 00:38:37,982
The actress life.
535
00:38:40,735 --> 00:38:42,653
Should I start learning factory work?
536
00:38:44,488 --> 00:38:46,032
You what?
537
00:38:46,699 --> 00:38:48,284
Is this drunk talk?
538
00:39:01,130 --> 00:39:02,131
Did you find her?
539
00:39:08,262 --> 00:39:09,096
I did.
540
00:39:11,932 --> 00:39:12,808
You found her?
541
00:39:15,686 --> 00:39:17,313
Then why the sour face?
542
00:39:17,813 --> 00:39:18,856
What is it?
543
00:39:18,939 --> 00:39:19,899
What went wrong?
544
00:39:20,524 --> 00:39:21,692
She told me to piss off.
545
00:39:23,110 --> 00:39:24,820
Turns out she's one crazy bitch.
546
00:39:27,823 --> 00:39:30,451
Wait. She told you to piss off,
so you did?
547
00:39:31,535 --> 00:39:32,536
Dang it.
548
00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:36,040
You crazy bastard.
Dealing with crazy bitches is your forte.
549
00:39:36,123 --> 00:39:39,502
Well, this crazy bitch
was completely rabid.
550
00:39:40,378 --> 00:39:43,172
Let's proceed with the second round
of auditions as planned,
551
00:39:43,756 --> 00:39:46,175
and as for this one,
I'll try to figure something out.
552
00:39:46,258 --> 00:39:48,302
Maybe I can duke it out with her.
553
00:39:48,386 --> 00:39:49,345
Or…
554
00:39:52,515 --> 00:39:54,100
I'll duke it out with her.
555
00:40:00,564 --> 00:40:01,440
Ghana.
556
00:40:02,274 --> 00:40:04,276
Ghana Chocolate.
557
00:40:05,361 --> 00:40:07,571
It was as soft as a dream
558
00:40:08,072 --> 00:40:10,908
and as sweet as love.
559
00:40:12,535 --> 00:40:14,620
The sliver of a dream,
560
00:40:15,121 --> 00:40:16,831
dipped in our memories.
561
00:40:22,753 --> 00:40:24,130
Fucking bitch.
562
00:40:30,219 --> 00:40:32,054
Ghana Chocolate.
563
00:40:53,826 --> 00:40:56,162
The sliver of a dream…
564
00:40:58,581 --> 00:40:59,999
dipped in my memories.
565
00:41:08,674 --> 00:41:10,134
CASTING CALL FOR MADAME AEMA
566
00:41:10,217 --> 00:41:11,844
-Good work, everyone.
-Good work.
567
00:41:34,658 --> 00:41:37,661
Hello. Allow me
to formally introduce myself.
568
00:41:40,164 --> 00:41:41,582
My name is Shin Ju-ae.
569
00:41:44,418 --> 00:41:48,172
Last time, I wasn't able to answer
the producer's question properly.
570
00:41:49,256 --> 00:41:50,508
Let me start off today
571
00:41:51,425 --> 00:41:53,636
by answering that question.
572
00:42:14,990 --> 00:42:17,326
I can strip in front of a camera.
573
00:42:18,327 --> 00:42:20,579
If it means I can act…
574
00:42:24,625 --> 00:42:26,001
I'll strip a hundred times.
575
00:42:35,135 --> 00:42:38,847
And I won't just strip if you cast me.
576
00:42:42,434 --> 00:42:44,186
I'll put everything on the line,
577
00:42:45,187 --> 00:42:47,189
as if my life depends on it.
578
00:42:51,819 --> 00:42:52,820
In return,
579
00:42:54,405 --> 00:42:57,992
for putting everything on the line,
I'd like you to promise me something.
580
00:43:00,953 --> 00:43:03,622
If you're really going to cast me,
581
00:43:13,132 --> 00:43:15,467
please make me the next Jeong Hee-ran.
582
00:46:11,477 --> 00:46:12,895
THIS SHOW IS A WORK OF FICTION
583
00:46:12,978 --> 00:46:16,273
INSPIRED BY THE PEOPLE INVOLVED
IN MAKING THE 1982 FILM MADAME AEMA
584
00:46:16,356 --> 00:46:18,734
ALL CHARACTERS AND STORYLINES
HAVE BEEN CREATED
585
00:46:18,817 --> 00:46:20,819
SOLELY FOR DRAMATIC STORYTELLING PURPOSES
586
00:46:20,903 --> 00:46:24,615
Subtitle translation by: Jimin Choi