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'Pacino Espresso'

Even a taxi driver who regularly picks up the same passengers

has a regular place.

This place sells nothing but espresso.

I can never drink

espresso straight.

It's much too bitter.

When I add the ice water I bring from home,

I get it at the low price of an espresso

but can enjoy a delicious iced Americano.

Since my job requires me to sit all day long,

a café like this, where you stand,

helps me maintain my leg strength.

The barista here, Mr. Ma Dae-il,

is also one of my regular passengers.

What brings you to Pohang?

I'm going to get my hair done.

Mr. Ma Dae-il travels all the way to Pohang to get his hair done.

It's just as hard to understand

as drinking espresso.

If you're going all the way to Pohang for a haircut,

it must be a very famous salon.

There's a personal reason.

I have four hair whorls,

and my head is shaped unusually.

At beauty school,

they never taught them how to handle hair like this.

I'm so sorry.

Oh, no. It's all right.

Our salon manager

said not to charge you for the service.

Yes.

All my life,

no one has ever done my hair properly.

I've gone from salon to salon,

never settling anywhere.

I think you're the first person I've heard of with four hair whorls.

But then I met her.

Typhoons rising from the equator

and typhoons approaching from the North Pacific—

with storms like these,

you must have suffered quite a bit of damage over the years.

There's hardly any flat ground, and the terrain is very uneven,

so even using clippers to cut it short looks a little dangerous.

Still, judging by how lush the forest is,

you don't have to worry about hair loss.

You must be sleepy.

Yes.

When someone touches my hair, I get so sleepy.

Sleep comfortably.

Your hair is pretty challenging, so this may take a while.

Sir?

Sir?

It felt like I'd found a companion for life.

What?

When did the music stop?

Excuse me, Sir.

Yes?

♪ When I take a quiet walk at night ♪

♪ There's a face I always think of ♪

Ms. Yoo-jin, this song again?

What's wrong with this song?

It's so sad.

That's because Ms. Clara had a painful love.

Hey.

I'm all healed now, you know?

You must listen to this song a lot.

The lyrics are sad,

but listening to it always cheers me up.

Is that weird?

No. When I hear upbeat songs, my stomach starts hurting for no reason.

I think you and I are on the same wavelength.

Yes, I think so too.

♪ You fade away like a picture ♪

♪ I miss you so ♪

♪ Thinking of that person again today ♪

♪ I take a walk ♪

This song is really good.

It's called 'A Walk.'

This song reminds me of a friend, too.

His name was Doo-shik.

He always waited for me to finish work,

and we'd take a walk near home every day.

Your boyfriend must have been a freelancer.

Well, you could call him male,

but we usually say 'a male.'

He was my dog.

Our Doo-shik is on the other side of the Rainbow Bridge now.

He must be taking walks every day there, too.

So Doo-shik was your dog's name.

I called him Doo-shik because he had a big head and ate a lot.

He'd jump right up and smile just at the word 'walk.'

I miss seeing our Doo-shik's face.

♪ Your eyes ♪

♪ Your heart ♪

♪ Giving love without asking for anything ♪

♪ I find myself missing her ♪

♪ That face I long for ♪

♪ It fades like a picture painted on water ♪

Every three weeks, without fail,

I had my hair cut by Yujin.

How many people do we regularly meet

every three weeks?

I think Yujin was the only one for me.

So you had really settled in at Milano Hair?

Well, I...

I had, until I ruined everything.

Please lower your head a little.

A little more, please.

Please don't move your head.

I'm sorry.

I said, please don't move your head.

Yes.

How is it?

I like it. Yujin, I really like you.

What?

I really like you, Yujin.

Sir.

Sir.

It was a confession in my dream,

but I ended up saying it out loud in my sleep.

I'll shampoo your hair. This way.

Could I shampoo it at home?

What?

Goodbye...

Sir, you need to take your card.

I'm sorry, but...

Could you tell me the whole story without stopping?

I'm so curious, I feel like I'm going to get motion sickness.

Yes.

Three weeks later, I went back to Milano Hair.

It was my routine.

- What? - Yujin left for personal reasons.

She quit last month.

Then could you at least give me Yujin's contact information?

Due to our company policy,

we can't give out her personal contact information...

Because of me,

I think Yujin left the salon.

At her workplace, in front of everyone,

it was essentially a public confession.

I had lost the one stylist

who could truly manage my hair.

I was devastated.

I tried a few hair salons,

but my hair started sticking out all over the place again.

I had no choice but to wear a hat.

After that,

I haven't had my hair cut once since then.

But

How did you find out that Ms. Yujin was in Pohang?

I was watching 'My Hometown at 6:30,'

and Ms. Yujin appeared on the Pohang episode.

The caption said,

'Pohang's Steelworks Scissorhands, ' or something?

That name alone makes me trust you.

We've arrived.

Yes.

Welcome.

Mr. Ma Dae-il?

Yes, it's been a while.

Thank you.

What did you say?

Hey, open that lid for me.

My hands are busy.

I can't open the lid.

Yes, yes.

Yeah.

Here.

I didn't think you'd recognize me right away.

How could I forget someone with four cowlicks?

That's right.

Do you have a style in mind?

I'd like to leave it to Ms. Yujin.

Yujin was

an alias I used at my old salon.

My name is Heon-ju. Lee Heon-ju.

Heon-ju, then.

Look over here. Take a look at this.

Ma'am, why are you taking that off? You need to leave it on a little longer.

If you roll it this loosely,

what if the perm comes out too quickly?

Don't you trust my skills?

Someone came all the way here

from Seoul to get their hair cut by me.

If it comes out right away,

I'll do it again for free.

Put that back on.

Yes, go ahead and use it. I...

What is it?

I'm a taxi driver.

Here, here.

- -

The atmosphere is very different from the old salon, isn't it?

Ms. Heon-ju.

Yes.

I'm sorry about that day.

The last day I saw you,

because of what I said in my sleep,

I thought you'd left the salon because of it.

I've always felt sorry.

Mr. Ma Dae-il,

are you referring to the day you snored so loudly in your sleep?

Aren't you going to damage your nose if you keep that up?

Everyone, stop staring over here

and don't make it too obvious to the customer.

Ms. Clara,

could you turn up the music in the salon?

Was music playing?

♪ I wanted us to be the happiest couple in the world ♪

♪ The happiest in the world... ♪

I told everyone not to make it obvious,

but you left right away without even getting a shampoo,

so I thought you'd been hurt.

Then why did you quit the hair salon?

My mother's eyesight became very poor.

So poor that she could no longer hold scissors.

This was my mother's salon.

It was a salon she ran under my name,

so I decided to carry it on.

I missed you.

That guy

kept saying he wanted to see the ocean on the way here.

All done.

Mr. Dae-il, this hairstyle really suits you.

It looks like you've made it your own style.

I only trimmed the ends and adjusted the volume.

Making your hair heavy

keeps your cowlick from doing its job.

I think, Mr. Dae-il,

you seemed to like this style.

You still know without me having to say anything.

But, seriously.

You fall asleep as soon as she touched your hair.

Well, tonight, I didn't fall asleep for even a second.

Oh, then...

So when you said you missed her, you weren't talking in your sleep?

No.

Like Ms. Heon-ju said,

I actually like my hair just the way it is now.

I just wanted to see her.

Oh, well, then... Should I turn the car around?

No, no.

Funny enough, I like bitter things.

Sweet things just aren't my style, I guess.

Shall we listen to a song?

♪ On a quiet nighttime stroll ♪

♪ A face comes to mind, without fail ♪

♪ Shimmering ♪

♪ I gather stars to sketch ♪

♪ Someone like that ♪

♪ Filling the narrow lane with fragrance ♪

♪ Azaleas tinted by the streetlamps ♪

♪ This fragrance ♪

♪ If only I could smell it with her ♪

♪ How lovely that would be ♪

♪ I miss that beloved face ♪

♪ Like a picture painted in water ♪

♪ It fades away ♪

♪ Oh, how I miss her ♪

♪ To remember her again today ♪

♪ I take a walk ♪

♪ The cold air wraps around me ♪

♪ Those days come vividly to mind ♪

♪ Those precious ♪

♪ Shining days now behind me ♪

♪ As I walk on ♪

♪ I miss that beloved face ♪

♪ It fades away like a picture painted in water ♪

♪ Oh, how I miss her ♪

♪ To remember her again today ♪

♪ I take a walk ♪

♪ His warm hands and their touch ♪

♪ Those eyes where I once found my place ♪

♪ His heart asked for nothing ♪

♪ Yet gave me love ♪

♪ I find myself missing her ♪

♪ That beloved face ♪

♪ Fades away like a picture painted in water ♪

♪ Oh, how I miss her ♪

♪ To remember her again today ♪

♪ Taking a walk ♪

♪ Taking a walk today ♪

♪ Taking a walk today ♪