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As the number of defectors rise each year,

the total number has reached 20,000.

It was a living hell...

Showbox/Mediaplex Presents

A Greenfish and Showbox/Mediaplex Production

Directed by WON Shin-yun

Please don't kill me...

Please don't kill me!

The dryer is all wet.

It won't last very long.

I never got a chance to tell you last time,

when the doc airs, people'll donate,

even supplies...

All the bullshit will catch up to you.

Come on, out of the rain!

One should be honest, you hear me?

Shut your hole,

and go shoot some nice rain inserts.

I'm a reporter.

Why am I doing this for?

I even smuggled out equipment.

And where's my exclusive?

"Do this, do that..."

It's been 3 months!

Lee Gwang-jo, Seoul Lee Gwang-jo, Gyunggi

Yo, this is all I got.

Take it or leave it!

Yes.

You're here?

Hyejoo Group's Chairman Park, Visiting Pyongyang Tomorrow

Your resignation is not finalized.

Won't you come back to work?

Thank you for looking after me.

But I really must decline.

Still not a real Southerner yet.

Ain't easy to stand on your own in this country.

I got plenty of work, and it's quite fun.

Fun?

As a hired driver?

Mr. Chairman, he might choke.

How about letting him finish his meal first?

I know exactly what you're doing on your free time.

Drop this nonsense and come back!

Southerners think buckwheats grow well here.

They're all wrong.

It's much better in the North.

Did you eat a lot of buckwheat rice?

Oh well... You fled the damn place, no point of reminiscing.

Forgive me.

I ate enough to last a lifetime.

Made noodles,

and side dishes.

That's right.

It's an amazing thing, it grows so well.

Even without much sun and proper soil too.

During the march, we didn't even have that...

Yeah, it'll be okay now.

Everything will be fine.

The reason why the chairman looked after you...

isn't only because you're from his hometown.

You remind him of a son he left behind.

It's his parting gift.

Central district, Samik Mansion #308, Lee Gwang-jo

He knew you were looking for this person.

He hesitated for a while...

If you find him, he hopes that you'll forgive him.

And...

your severance.

Over the Wall, Towards Unification

Who the fuck is that?

Please...

bury... this...

Please...

An outgoing call to the police.

Should I intercept?

Are you two the only ones here?

Yes, at night we're the only ones.

Who's that?

That's Ji Dong-chul, he's a defector.

The chairman was very fond of him.

Sir, could I take a look at that?

Let me see that.

Why do you want this?

Personal items of the victim...

What happened?!

He fled, we're searching.

He's hiding here somewhere. Give us some time.

Call it off, you idiot.

Wanna wake the entire town?

He won't be easily captured.

Agent Kim, NSIA, get me Defense Security Command.

Do you have someone you love?

Yes, sir!

I can't hear you! Do you miss them?!

Yes, sir!

This is it.

Call out her name and let's go to hell.

Execute.

- Mother! - Ji-eun!

Let's

Pyongyang is out there! Go!

No drop! No drop!

You can't!

Sergeant will fall to his death!

Then will you die for him?

Colonel!

Colonel!

Go rescue your lover!

Wake up!

We're on the ground, asshole.

Salute!

Colonel Min! You have an emergency call!

From whom?!

No one dares to disrupt the last week of boot camp.

I was instructed to bring you in, there's a target for you.

Dammit...

Who's the lucky SOB?

His name is Ji Dong-chul.

What did you say?

That's nonsense!

We helped them so much...

Why would...

the North do this?

Don't expect a thank you card. It's a complicated relations.

I'll go and ask myself!

You're free to do so, but on your return...

you'll be arrested under National Security Law.

Is that a threat?

Yes.

Dong-chul!

The chairman was assassinated.

Yes, I know.

Where are you now?

Please just listen.

He left me something.

He asked me to bury it, but I have to do something first.

Okay, where are you?

Sir, where does the defector live?

He's not answering again. You try it.

If boss finds out what I'm doing here, he'll pat me in the back.

I friggin' dare you to ignore me...

Drive.

Unofficially,

at 9 a.m., in order to apprehend the suspect,

National Intelligence Service and DSC began coordinating a joint op.

The central command of this op is NSIA HQ situation room 2,

and NSIA is heading up the task force.

As you know, Park was deeply involved in the North-South relations,

and he was scheduled to visit Pyongyang today.

The suspect is an ex-ops defector, who was under special care.

You may have already realized the gravity of this situation.

We hear you loud and clear.

So, who'll lead the search?

Let me introduce you,

the best counter-espionage officer, Colonel Min Se-hun.

The series is called 'Give Hope to the Defectors'.

It's got a good audience base for a cable show.

The donation is considerable.

- Especially if your story is... - What the heck?

Holy shit! Park Gun-ho is dead!

Hyejoo Group's chairman Park?

You interviewed him recently!

BREAKING NEWS: Homicide Ruled Out

Despite ruling out possibility of homicide,

the police refuse to comment about the deaths of his housekeepers.

Pyongyang Visit Cancelled

- Oh yeah. - What?

Didn't you visit the chairman...

Why didn't you tell me about Ji's defection?

You two aren't best buds, didn't think it was necessary.

Drop the sentimentality. Who's the head on this?

The President.

He killed the housekeepers too?

Two shots to the temple each.

If it was him,

it'd have been easy to fake it as a natural cause.

Leave that to the investigators.

Your job is to find Ji Dong-chul, that's it.

In need of a hunting dog?

No need for dramatics.

It's not?

A dog that won't bark but still gets the job done.

This is for our nation.

You're the best spy sniffer around.

Salute!

Conniving SOB...

What the hell is that?

Coming out of the closet?

Well, it's, um...The chute wire scar...

ls that gum or your lunch?

I got him as your deputy.

He did well in the counter-espionage TF.

He's got plenty of data on Ji Dong-chul as well.

Fucking SPY-

Plenty of data?

Come on, colonel...

You know I was assigned to that detail.

Full attention!

Let me introduce you to...

Who has heard of Ryonggang Base?

Ryonggang is...

a small village to the west of Pyongyang.

A military training facility is located there.

About 10 officers are on deck to train just 1 soldier.

Only the best soldiers from various special forces are accepted,

most trainees get injured or die. It's affectionately called 'Hell'.

Less than 3% of the trainees complete the program.

Once they complete it, they're dispersed all over the world.

Interpol claimed that since mid-2000s,

arms dealers from China, Kosovo, Montenegro, among others,

were kidnapped and killed by these spies,

but didn't have any evidences to back up their claims.

$30 million in $100 bills.

They're clean.

Let's see those hands, motherfucker!

You heard him asshole, get those hands up!

I've spent last 2 Christmases away from my family chasing you, motherfucker!

Then in 2009, there was an incident in Hong Kong.

Our agents were dispatched to intercept a deal by the North...

But the intel was a decoy tactic,

and weapons were sold to the Philippines on another ship.

On that mission,

one of our agents was killed, and 5 were critically injured.

Not long after that,

the same NK operator defected.

And he verified everything that I just told you.

Yup, that's our target,

Ji Dong-chul.

Park was to visit North Korea today, is this related?

Why is National Security Intelligence Agency involved?

We start by creating a dragnet around him.

Prioritize his recent calls and contact them,

report anything we can use.

He was a hired driver, so focus on any repeated numbers.

Contact his banks and flag his known accounts.

Colleagues, creditors, fellow defectors, call everyone.

A gun was recovered at his home.

It's likely the murder weapon.

POV cam online.

Patching the feed to the HQ.

German-made Walther P99.

- We got him now. - Lift fingerprints.

Analyze the bullet with the one recovered from Park's body.

One bullet in the mag.

What the heck?

Lee Gwang-jo

There is a list behind the map.

Lee Gwang-Jo?

Another target maybe?

Look into it.

Find out who and where he is.

He made contact with someone an hour ago.

Who?

A documentary producer, and a cameraman.

Bring them in!

Dig their connections to Ji and their recent location!

Yes, sir.

- Choi Kyung-hee? - Yes, sir.

Fired as a reporter a year ago, she produces documentaries now.

- And the connection to Ji? - She's working on a doc...

about lives of defectors.

But she has not produced anything, so I dug further,

and her studio doesn't exist, it's just a front.

No Hope for the Future Defector Suicide Rate 6.3%

She looks prettier in person.

Knock it off.

Digging into defectors' lives after getting fired...

From fake proposal,

to ghost company, what's the point?

We know all about it, so fess up.

Why are you after Ji?

Wait...

you searched the office?

- You sons of bitches! - Stop it!

What's your name? Where do you belong to?

Come on, will you stop that?

Is harassing civilians part of your job?

Don't you see what's going on?

This is a murder case! Ji killed a man!

Then... he found him?

Found who?

What?

A man who claims to be Ji just called the police dispatch.

Isn't that...colonel Min?

He was in your research file.

He was pushed out by agent Kim after the Hong Kong mission...

The spy hunter!

Shut up and play dumb. Don't dust up a storm.

I'm scared shitless.

I knew this was a mistake!

Executive Breakdown Chart

Chairman Park Gun-ho

COO Song Sang-geun

He popped UP-

In eastern Seoul.

Who's nearby?

An operator and a handler.

Secure the glasses and kill him.

Do it clean.

The thing is, the handler's name popped up in Ji's room.

Looks like Ji was looking for him for some time now.

Who's the handler?

Lee Gwang-jo, also from Ryonggang,

he's with the Order now.

Lee Gwang-jo...

Oh, him!

This is good. We got a proper bait now.

Are you in charge of the chairman Park case?

Been a while, Ji Dong-chul.

Who is this?

Already forgot about me?

Hands up and turn around.

Since it's quiet, you must be alone.

Colonel! Please help!

Walk to the edge.

Defense Security Command Colonel S. H. Min

Shoot me.

Or I will kill you.

Buddy“.

They abandoned you.

Don't you see? They gave you up.

Thanks to you, my life took a bad turn.

Now I'm reduced to...

a glorified drill sergeant.

It's none of my business.

Sure, we can settle this in person later.

Central district.

- Why did you kill him? - I'm innocent.

I did not kill the chairman.

So don't come after me.

Sorry, my bad then.

Someone else was there.

- Holding a syringe. - Expect me to believe that?

They killed the chairman and tried to take his glasses.

Glasses?

If you give me some time, I'll die quietly.

No, I'll find you, and I will kill you.

Samik Mansion in central district.

You'll find my body there.

Tact teams are 5 minutes out.

Who else was there? What's this about glasses?

Well...I'm not sure...

You have to stop him!

Why are they still here?!

He's on a suicide mission!

You can't be any more wrong! He's after someone else!

The one who killed his wife and daughter!

He'll kill him and kill himself!

- Out! Now! - Let me go!

Lee Gwang-jo, your gun is right here.

A hired gun for an agency?

I gotta make a living, whatever it takes.

You changed your name.

National ID: Lee Young-jo

Goes with switching sides.

Fucker...Took me a long time...

How did you find me?

A little bird told me...as a gift.

Speak.

Tell me her last words, her dying words.

Your wife?

She begged for her life.

And?

That you'll find me...

and kill me.

Any last words?

It's Park's real gift to you.

Come and see.

Should I come to you?

Cover the exits and up the stairs!

- Report! - There was a shootout.

He fled the scene.

Support team is approaching.

Support is on-site.

Where did he go?

Check over there!

Patch me to exit 4 cam.

Exit 4 cam coming online.

The fuck's right there.

Pull up the 1st floor mall feed.

Zoom in on the escalators.

- Connecting to interior cams. - Region 1 online.

Region 2 online.

Regions 3, 4, 5 online.

Target spotted at D Mall!

Moving to west end on the 1st floor!

Mark him and sync with other CCTV feeds.

- Marking. - Syncing in progress.

Ready.

If we lose him, it's all over.

On the escalator to the 2nd floor.

Unit B to the east stairs and unit A to the escalator.

A and B maintain position, unit C cover the exits.

He's moving to the 3rd floor! Move your ass!

On the move.

3rd floor! Go!

The hell's he doing?

He's not trying to lose us.

It's like he's chasing someone.

I got visual, umbrella shop!

Where did he go?

Zooming in on the umbrella shop.

Lost visual, we lost him.

- No visual at regions 2 and 3. - Check CCTV feeds!

- Scanning nearby feeds. - System okay.

Elevator, the central elevator!

He may've switched jackets.

Exits covered?

C maintain position, A and B get to the basement!

Move!

Lee Gwang-jo.

Lee Gwangi-jo, where are you?

Who the hell is that?

- He looks like one of ours. - What?

He has the same tech.

I'm innocent.

I did not kill the chairman.

So don't come after me.

- Sorry, my bad then. - Someone else was there.

- Holding a syringe. - Expect me to believe that?

They killed the chairman and tried to take his glasses.

What am I missing?

I don't have the clearance to tell you that.

And the glasses?

Like you, I'm following my orders, I'm sorry.

There's no doubt Ji is the killer.

He has intel vital to national security.

You grew some balls over the years.

I'm not the same guy who waxed your boots.

I see that.

We left the academy together, but only you moved up.

You brought me in for that? To grease your ego?

I know you're puppeteering skilled defectors.

The Order, I mean.

I don't care what you do,

just don't get caught.

Have a nice meal.

Don't you want your old seat? How long will you drill newbies?

If you lose a battle, you gotta win one.

Grow some balls.

Whose side are you on?

If you're not on his, then follow me.

I'm still a soldier. I know where I stand.

That bastard's playing both sides.

We gotta do the same.

The police officially declared the death of chairman Park as homicide,

and are in pursuit of the killer and the motive.

In addition to chairman Park,

two elderly housekeepers were found dead at the scene.

According to a source, Park was accompanied by a hired driver,

who has become the primary suspect...

Aside from two open wounds from gunshots, it's clean.

Can't you read my report?

Have you compared the slugs?

The one found in the gun and the one recovered are the same!

And fingerprints on the gun?

Isn't it obvious? Ji's prints are all over it.

My job's done once my report is out.

You should learn to trust us.

Now, listen carefully.

Due to continuing suspicion, the case reopens.

There is a trail of an outside party on the pathologist's call log.

But another autopsy is impossible, since the cortege is underway.

And...

what'd the brass think of this?

If there was a backdoor deal, those who made the deal...

would get nervous.

- They'd need a scapegoat. - What are you insinuating?

Once you compromise, it's over.

Sir, check this out.

This is from Ms. Choi's office. She took efforts to hide Ji's files.

Defection Route Report?

Yes, it's very thorough, and quite a read.

And this.

It's Lee Gwang-jo's top secret dossier.

Look carefully.

After the HK mission, Ji went back home on his own.

Like Choi said, he had a wife and a kid.

Before Kim Jong-il's death, he appointed Kim Jong-un as his successor.

Any potential threats were eliminated.

Ji gave his life to his country but realized this all too late.

Fucking traitor, who is this?

Defector Met in China

As soon as he found his family's whereabouts,

he escaped the military prison camp.

Remember the murder case of pastor Kim Johan and his wife?

He worked as a broker for defectors.

Pastor Kim Johan Murdered in China

- Ji was there? - Yes.

But a step too late.

- Lee Gwang-jo? - Right.

Also trained at Ryonggang, Lee carried out the hit.

And Ji's wife and child were there.

What the fuck are you waiting for?!

Please don't kill me...

Soon afterwards, Lee defects to the South.

Psychological trauma...

The guilt was probably too much.

Ji was a close comrade and she recognized him.

- Then Ji was after... - Choi was right.

To kill Lee.

So he was chasing...Lee at the mall.

Daughter

is alive

Ji was with chairman Park prior to his death,

and his whereabouts were unknown until yesterday...

What do you think of him as the case's primary suspect?

It's utter nonsense.

Any reason for your statement?

He'd never do this.

It's Ji Dong-chul!

Aren't you supposed to be dead?

I'll give you the glasses in exchange for Lee.

Asshole, I don't negotiate!

- I give a fuck about the glasses. - Your boss too?

Are you fucking with me?

I will go to the media with this secret soon.

Find Lee before then.

No, no, no. High quality.

It's confirmed.

The resident of Samik is Lee.

He changed his name to Lee Young-jo.

He's also affiliated with the dead agent.

- The Order? - Yes, that one.

It's a private corporation headed by agent Kim, it looks shady.

Sniff around some more, and find Lee!

Yes, sir.

And this.

Dongsung Production

- Choi's file again? - Take a closer look.

She was dismissed due to external pressure.

She wrote an exposé about corruption within NSIA.

This is pastor Kim?

Found it while digging into top secret NSIA files.

Rather curious.

So the source who leaked info on Kim was the pastor?

Right.

So Kim released the location of the pastor to the North.

And Choi was digging into Kim, not Ji...

Why did she go after Ji?

Probably needed more evidence for her article.

He's also a victim, and the Order probably tried to recruit him.

So Ji is both witness and evidence!

Dongsung Production

Mr. Vengeance

Took forever to gather the data...

Hello?

It's Ji Dong-chul.

I know you were a reporter.

I got something to give you, can you help?

Something for me?

Have you found Lee yet?

Dammit, it's not easy locating a former spy!

Motherfucker!

Hanging up on me?!

Choi Kyung-hee is on the move.

Where is she heading?

West-bound, from sector C.

Where are we on tracking Ji's phone?

He's on Rivershore Express heading east.

It's the opposite way.

Did you put a tail on Choi?

Of course.

Send another team to where Ji is heading.

Where are you going, sir?

For a walk!

Stay close to the mark.

Ji is crossing the Hannam Bridge. He's still on the phone.

Clone Choi's cell phone and monitor it

Sir...

will you come across Ji while on your walk?

Just find that rat, idiot!

And the next stop is to the plastic surgeon.

What His Highness Kim Jong-il has not provided,

plastic surgeon in Gangnam certainly will.

The Order Agent SA2

- Go buy me a pack of gum. - What?

Bubble gum.

Don't forget the receipt.

We got juniors...for that...

Just go.

Take your time.

Where are you?

I'm almost there.

Orange cab, heading towards Gangnam station.

Maintain distance.

Is the source verified?

Still on his cell phone, probably a pre-paid phone.

We're moving in.

What's going on?

I only ran one light.

Where are you?

On your 3, there is a staircase.

Find Joy Mart, and don't hang up.

Locate Joy Mart.

2nd floor, #153.

I'm here.

On the next shop wall, there is a note.

Follow the direction.

DVD Heaven has moved to #101

DVD Heaven

I'm here.

You'll see a staircase beside it.

Ji Dong-chul is in Choi's van!

We lost them.

We're clear.

Are you okay sir?

- Where is the backup? - They're approaching.

Block the district bottleneck.

Move in, move in!

Have them ready!

He's going into the parking structure.

Where does this road lead?

Wonhyo mall alley.

Unit 3, left turn in 50m, head to the back alley.

Unit 3, hit him!

Move the damn car!

It leads to a residential area.

Flank his right.

Where's the backup?

We're approaching sector 8.

I'll cover the front, stay on his tail!

Stay on him!

There's a dead-end!

Stairs, stairs!

No, it's too steep!

Unit 1 has rolled over!

Son of a bitch!

Get me backup!

It'll take time, sir.

What the hell?! He'll shoot!

Colonel, civilians!

I'm shooting the tires!

What's up ahead?

A small intersection and a main road in 100m.

Colonel, you're coming up on a main road!

I'm sorry, I got you involved.

Don't worry.

But the thing you mentioned...

Huh?

You kept it there?

Nice to meet you, I'm head of NK division, agent Shin.

You tried to capture him yourself.

It's all our fault.

Someone tried to kill him before.

'Tried to kill'? Watch your tone!

Shouldn't I at least hear why the mission is canned?

Come on...

You really are difficult to talk to in a civil manner.

Care to explain then? Why are you doing this?

Explain?

This pair of glasses was passed along by chairman Park before his death.

It looks transparent,

but a microfiche is presumed to be embedded.

Chemical weapon formula?

It's a research lab,

privately funded and built by Park in Uzbekistan a year ago.

This next-gen weapon has the explosive yield of 4 kiloton,

which is designed to withstand neutralization.

It's the best gift North can ask for.

So the glasses contain this formula?

Looks like a chemical formula...

Please...

bury this...

Please...

A microfiche was recovered from the chairman's glasses.

We do not know the nature of its content at this time.

Park was closing his businesses recently.

Naturally,

he was planning to move back to the North.

- So you eliminated... - Don't presume anything.

Your turn, colonel.

Why are you so fixated on Ji Dong-chul?

Perhaps he was liaison to the North.

What are you doing?

Watch it!

Don't you get it already?! Are you really that dense?

Under the pretense of defection, they committed acts of espionage,

why are you defending him?

I've had it with you!

Remember the Hong Kong debacle?

People are talking.

Ji Dong-chul came back alive and so did you, without your team.

I was debriefed and cleared...

In any case,

you're in the same situation.

Am I right?

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