Original subtitles

Based on the novel "Chi to Hone" by YAN Sogiru (Gentosha)

A SAI Yoichi Film

BLOOD AND BONES

1923

There's my father...

He's off to Japan by himself, leaving Korea and Cheju Island behind

There's Osaka!

You can see Osaka!

What would my life have been like, without him...

All my life, my father blocked my path, like a solid wall...

Kimchee

Get out!

Bastard! Bastard!

"That hurts"

"Bastard! Bastard!"

"Stop! Stop!"

Mommy...

That's my Mom...

She was first married off when she was 16...

but to a 10 year-old kid

She couldn't take it, so she ran away to Japan,

and found work at a textile mill in Kishiwada...

You slut! Get out!

"Impudent!"

"Shameless!"

She got cozy with the manager, a family man, who knocked her up,

so she got thrown out

You're filth!

"Beggar trash!"

"Don't you dare come back!"

"I thought you liked me"

Mom spent the rest of her life struggling hopeless against

Dad's ceaseless...violence...

"My stupid husband never came back after wandering off"

"I wish my drunk husband would wander off, he's a drunk"

Hey, Masao! Give that back!

Give it back, Masao!

That's me...

Next to me is my sister, Hanako, who's 3 years older

Wherever the troops

of the righteous may go

None shall hinder their passage

Go forward then, warriors

sons of Japan

That's my Dad's little brother, Shingi

And Harumi, my half-sister, by Mom

They were rushing to get married,

because Shingi was being sent to war

Oh, fearless Japan,

who knows no foe

Now is the time for the whole world to know

Go forward then, warriors,

sons of Japan

Why, thank you

Takayama Shingi! Banzai!

Mansei!

You bastard, spitting on an Imperial soldier!

In this time of crisis, as sons of the Emperor,

Japanese and Koreans must fight as one!

Have you no shame! Shame!

Try that again, you moron!

Great Imperial Japan, Banzai!

Banzai! Banzai!

Air raid warning! Enemy aircraft!

Exterminate the Anglos! 1 ,2,3!

Exterminate the Anglos! 1 ,2,3!

And then, the war was over and the summer was gone,

and I was 9 years old...

The Koreans are at it again!

Ikuno Chapter Association of Koreans Residing in Japan

Osaka Korean Middle School

Return to your classrooms

Go back!

Go back

Crush the Imperial Collaborators!

Crush them!

Crush 'em!

From 10 Million Patriots to 10 Million Penitents!

Korean Independence, Mansei!

Mansei!

Shut up! We can't study!

Korean Independence!

Look at the shit you put us through!

Pushing us around with that Japanese-Korean Unity crap!

You piled up a real mountain of corpses. How many did you kill?

How many Koreans did you send to war?

How many? Tell me!

I nearly lost my life, thanks to your bullshit!

Blaming everything on me, now!

Don't you wave the Japanese flag, you moron!

"People's Traitor!"

You were an MP on Cheju Island, weren't you Shingi?

I could turn you in to Occupation GHQ as a war criminal!

"What choice did I have! I had no country!"

"What choice did I have!"

My Dad had up and disappeared one day before the war got bad,

and we hadn't heard from him since...

But,

the way we saw it, his absence was just a short,

blissful interlude

What's wrong?

He's back, he's back, he's back!

Welcome home...

You locked the door

You were gone... so long...

Shut up! I do what I like!

I'm sorry

"Say hello"

- Welcome home, father - Welcome home, father

I'll make your dinner right away

Get over here

Over here!

Stop!

Don't!

You can't!

Can't!

Don't!

"Brother!"

"Brother..."

"Father-in-law,"

welcome home

Let's have a toast at my place, sir

Violence isn't good. We're all for Democracy, now

Every last one of you fuckin' with me!

Who the fuck do you think I am!

He's out of his mind

Hey, keep it up, keep it up

Aren't you supposed...to get the landlord's

Permission...

Get me 40,000 Yen, cash

What for?

Starting a fishcake factory

That's impossible

It's not

Idiot! Watch it!

Sorry

It's my payday tomorrow, payday

I'll fuck my brains out in Tobita

4,400 Yen

Your seal

How many boxes?

500 times 22 Yen is, 1 1 ,000 Yen

Your seal

Hurry it up, moron!

It'll rot!

Time's money

Those are some tasty fishcakes Carry 'em good and and safe, now

They're your paycheck

More rice

It's been a while I'm starting work here tomorrow

Let me set you straight

This is Great Imperial Japan

Blood relations are meaningless You slack off, you're out of a job

What's got you so worked up, brother Shingi?

I'm no fishcake maker, I'm just a laborer

Like you know anything!

You hired him 'cause we're short-handed

Keep your fat trap shut!

You're grateful for the job

Get your ass over here

Are you... Kim Shunpei?

What the hell?

I'm your son, see

"I, Lee Yonghi, was born on a moonlit night"

"According to my mother, a light shown upon"

"my newborn back"

"It is now 18 years since my husband,"

"Kim Shunpei began treating me like a slave"

Thanks

Your tip, keep it

Thanks, brother

Wanna smoke, Masao?

I will, brother

... I've been working,

so hard everyday

All the other workers are good folks...

"Sir..."

...and everyday is fun

Thanks always

Charging them for slops...

Tesu and Yongsu are your nephews. That's too much

They make their money selling the pigs,

that eat these slops

What's wrong with that!

Sure is hot

Too hot

Sanae, up here!

Takeshi! I'm sorry it took me so long

Come, come, everybody! C'mon up!

Who's that! How dare you bring her into my house without permission!

She's my wife. She'll be living with us, starting now

Take some

We'll be leaving

Takeshi, good morning

Mom

Sorry. Can I get a glass of water?

Finish the fuck up there! That an old hag pee?

You're so mean to me

You're at it all day and all night?

If you don't like it, why don't you buy us a house...

Dad?

You idiot! Who's got that kind of dough!

I was born 'cause you raped my mom

Then her enraged husband beat her to death,

so I got passed around from the moment I was born

God's hardly going to punish you, for buying a house,

for this poor son of yours, is He now, Dad?

You don't like it here, get the fuck out!

He's here

Morning

It's not loaded

Can I touch it, brother?

Nope

What's the big deal? Let him

It's no kid's toy, you moron!

You can't tell a soul, got that?

Oh, sir

Long day, sir

Thank you for everything, Dad

Thank you very much

Get out

I'm leaving, but I need a favor

Can you lend me some...money?

You see any money! I haven't got any

What the fuck are you doing, moron!

Shut the fuck up, you miser!

Give him, brother!

Cut it out!

Get off!

Sir!

You moron! I'll bust your head in two!

Get over here!

Isn't that enough?

Let go, let go!

I said, let go!

Take this

Go wherever you want

Stick around, he'll kill you

Honey...

Masao

You study hard

Masao, Masao

My brother Takeshi...

showed up in the rain and left in the rain

Ten days later,

he up and got shot in the back in a cabaret in Hiroshima,

and he was dead...

Hey, Masao, I'll help you

Wow, amazing

Fellow Korean-Japanese Arise and Join the Japanese Revolution

We have to follow Mao Tsetung

It's not just about your stomach...

Here's some makkori

I'll have some later

It's home brew, I made it myself...

That fucking bitch spoiled him

The next son that's born, I'll raise

After Dad bought a new house right under our noses

and a war widow named Kiyoko, started coming by,

our crowded Korean-Japanese neighborhood fell into an uproar

"God's curse on her"

"Slut"

Let me...die

Let me die

What?

What are you smirking for?

You're good

If I keep this up every day, I will die

Kim san,

please look after me forever and ever

Strip

I really will die

Hurry, strip!

Hello, boss

Nice to see you, boss

Hey, liquor man

She looks just like a princess,

right, boss?

Shut up! Sake!

Special day, today?

He gets away with it, because you keep quiet

I really hate it. It's so disgusting

You just look after your own family, that's enough

"You lech!"

Tetsu

Tomorrow's payday

I'll get my ass to Tobita and fuck my brains out

Lucky you. Wish I could fuck, too

You assholes

Just because 3 guys quit, you cut down on production

Keep your quotas up

What the fuck do you expect us to do!

Who the fuck you talkin' to!

Don't, Yoshio

Fuckin' miser. Pay us overtime!

Please pay us overtime. We barely get any sleep, now

Overtime pay!

Fishcake makers get a day rate, based on skill!

Goddammit!

You work us to the bone, then threaten us like that!

Work! Get up!

Work!

What

Get to it

Work, goddammit!

Get to it!

Work!

Work

Principal of 400,000 Yen

Against such principal of 400,000

borrower shall pay monthly interest of 24,000 Yen

on the 25th of each month

April 3, 1950

Osaka City, Nishiyodogawa Ward, Himeshima 3-15-2

Borrower, Nanbara Eisei Lender, Kim Shunpei

When will you pay off he principal?

Can you wait... Another 6 months?

Cut the crap

You want a 6 month extension, you owe me 6 months' interest

That's impossible

Who's next?

Dad used his fishcake fortune, to become a loan shark...

As though competing with him,

Mom quit her peddling business and opened a diner

Even with everyone...

I remain...

their...

pioneer

Wherever...

there is pain

"Please save me..."

"from this suffering"

"Aunt"

"Salvation won't bring you happiness"

Shut up, Commie

Where are you going?

Somewhere to talk about death and life

I know, you're going somewhere nasty

You're crazy, we're Communists

Moron Masao! You lech!

Why can't you make a baby?

You've been here 2 years now. Why not?

Eat!

Eat it, regain your powers and have my baby!

Eat it!

Eat it!

Eat!

Eat!

"Brother Chynamyo!"

Masao! Hanako!

"Brother Chynamyo!"

I'm stuck in here for awhile! You take care!

Let's go home, Hanako

Let's go

Then, Kiyoko suddenly collapsed from a brain tumor...

We're going

Unable to contain his rage,

my Dad started taking it on his family again

Who the fuck do you think I am! I'll kill the lot of you!

Come sit here

You deaf?

Who the fuck do you think I am?

Tell me!

Who the fuck I am to you?

My father

You don't even believe that shit

You say I'm your father?

Who the fuck I am to you? Tell me

Tell me!

Who the fuck am I to you!

My father

I'm not your fucking father!

If you're not my father, who are you, then?

How dare you!

"Fucking lunatic!"

Rat Poisoning

Although she took 15 pellets of rat poisoning, Hanako survived...

You did this to Hanako

I swore revenge for Hanako

and went to the bath house to stab my father to death...

Stab me

Stab me!

You coward!

Brother, brother

Please stop. Masao will die

But I was no match for my father,

who broke my nose and two of my ribs

I was hospitalized the next day

Whether because of Kiyoko's collapse,

or a decline in his fishcake fortunes,

Dad shut his fishcake factory,

and dedicated himself to usury like a man possessed

Get out here, you!

Get out here!

Give me back my money!

Pay me back!

Get out here, you!

I'll open up, open up, stop!

You moron!

How long you gonna make me wait?

Here, drink this!

Anyone who eats my money is sucking my blood

Desperate to escape from Dad, my sister Hanako,

had accepted a proposal from a man she didn't love

Hey, Tokuyama!

"It's a trial, a trial!"

"I haven't done anything bad"

Stop, stop it

When did you kiss Hanako?

I haven't kissed her

Confess, dammit!

You've got the face of a liar

It's the truth, the truth

Spare me

That spring, Kiyoyo was released from the hospital

The casting metalworker died!

Killed himself!

You drove him to his death!

You hear me, moron!

Bastard ate my money!

I'll drag him from his grave to get hold of my money!

Let him die if he wants to!

Brother Chyanhyon was released after 4 years in prison

I feel like Rip van Winkle

Hanako got married,

the war to liberate Korea ended,

and the things I believed in so fervently have changed completely

Do you mean the Japanese Communist Party's revised position?

Hanako and Arai,

congratulations on your marriage, really

Thank you

Cheers

He's sure got plenty of attitude, for an ex-con

And that worthless brother of yours,

all tail-wagging smiles

Bet that ex-con wanted to fuck you

"Are you in, sir?"

When you hear the buzzer, come upstairs and check

She can't talk, but mostly she understands

I see

Let her pee and shit into this pan

She pees 2 or 3 times a day

She shits about once

I see

You gotta help her eat She can't feed herself

This lady's going to look after you, now

You do what she says, got that?

Maybe she doesn't like me

Who gives a shit

Worm,

snake,

little brother of a snake,

big snake

Stinky

Don't they have any gas here?

For tomorrow's groceries

40 Yen? For a day's groceries?

Got a problem?

Make her play outside

Yukiko

Maggots, Mom

Go buy some candy at that candy store

Maggots...

Go buy some

Strip

I said, strip!

I left you some money

Thank you

How about a "thank you"?

Thank you

I'm going

"Brother, I'm going"

My stomach's been bothering me lately

Go see a doctor

It's just my age

I tire so easily these days

You can leave him and come home

You've got Chyanmyan

Say goodbye

Listen, he tricked me into moving in

He said he'd marry me after you died...

He's got a wife, across the alley. She's nowhere near dead

What a joke

She won't eat, no matter what I try

Try to make her eat again

God, it's exhausting

You don't like it, get the hell out

As of today, I'm a Poet of the North

Masao

each of us is a single-line poem

This moment is a poem

Write poems, poems

I'll write you as soon as I get there

Chyanmyan

Brother, wait for me!

I'll see you soon,

"in the Republic of Korea"

I'll be waiting!

"Kim Il Sung, mansei"

"People's Republic of Korea, mansei!"

I didn't go home to the Republic

Perhaps, more accurately, I never went

He never sent me a single letter from that Earthly Paradise

and I eventually lost all contact,

with our Poet of the North

What the hell!

How did she crawl to the stairs?

Oh, I'm so scared

Bet she fell down the stairs on purpose

Bet she wants to die and get me blamed, I'm so scared

Shut the fuck up

Let me play

No, go away

You've go the apples and the bananas reversed

Red's in the east, white's in the west This is wrong, too

And that snapper's backwards, too

The head faces east, tail faces west

Get with it, you're the eldest son

Please, act the part

Take this, please

Masao, it's about time to go get your father

We're about ready to start

I gave her some peace

You can't tell anyone

You keep your mouth shut

He's a murderer

That man's a murderer

You can't...send your father to prison

Sooner or later, Kiyoko san was bound to die

That's no excuse for murder! I watched him murder her!

Just keep your mouth shut!

Masao,

you're the eldest son. You get the family inheritance

I don't want money!

That money belongs to us! We can't let some Japanese girl have it!

Masao!

You won't talk, will you? You keep your month shut, go that?

Masao!

What's this?

Wow, open this. Not that

Look at this, it's a skirt

It's so cute

Mommy I'll wear this

Yuki, try this one on It'll look good on you

Look, it's tight on me

Hey, don't touch it

Get off!

Keep your hands off

Hey, money-man, you home?

Against principal of 3,000,000, borrower shall pay 270,000 Yen,

on the 25th of each month, as interest

In the event of delayed or unpaid interest payments

borrower shall be subject to a 540,000 Yen penalty

"Welcome"

I explained it all on the phone Can't you come home?

I can't

Leave it be, brother Shingi

I'll take care of myself. Leave me be

You're Kim Shunpei's son You've got nowhere to run

What are you, my Dad's shadow?

Your Dad and I...

Run back to my mother you love so much

What are you saying? You've got it all wrong

Bet you want him dead, more than all of us

Some things, you just can't say, Masao

Oh, is that so?

Please...

Masao

"Oh, God"

The doctor says radiation would eliminate some of the cancer

But she won't recover, right?

She's gonna die anyway, why waste money?

Can't you even take care of her, at the end?

I don't give a fuck if she lives or dies

But she's your wife

Who the fuck you think you're talking to?

Please cover her treatment

I don't give a shit

If it's money you need, you can work like a dog, like I do

You made it by yourself?

After working us all to death, you keep everything for yourself!

You won't pay for her treatment!

Shut the fuck up, you moron!

Die! Bastard!

Outta the way!

Asshole! I'll kill you!

Get the fuck out here! I'll crush you!

I'll crush you to death!

That's the fighting spirit!

"You bastard!"

Get back here! Fight!

Try jumping! Break your leg! Moron! Trash!

Fucking idiot!

Be strong, be strong

You're almost there

Be strong, I can see its head

I can see the head

A boy! A girl!

Got quite a little weenie on him

That's all he's good for, that lunatic!

How many kids he gonna make at his age! Shameless!

There's a curse on your whole family

Cursed penises

You've got bad blood in you

Hey

When's that idiot Masao gonna pay back my money?

I don't know

Didn't you ask him, you moron!

I lent it to him 'cause he's your brother

Grovels when he needs money, but not a word since!

Just a dumb high school grad!

Please talk to Masao

Please talk to Masao?

Please talk to Masao?

You got that wrong

Isn't he your brother!

Get up, bitch

Get up, bitch. Get up

Would you lend me money to rent an apartment?

That's a bad idea

Even if I can't sew dresses, I can at least do piece work

Buy Maki some toys and get back home

You're starting to be just like Dad

Maybe our family blood is bad

Listen, sister. It's a tough world out there

You're best off going home

So he beat you up It's nothing compared to Dad

Ever since you were a kid, you were always threatening to die

God, you're annoying

Why don't you die already, if you can

Masao, the second floor!

Put a lid on it

I'm sending Hanako off in style Shut up

It's time you paid attention to your guests

Can't you show any sympathy?

With Hanako gone, I'll have to raise my kid alone

You're the one who drove her to this

Masao, your debts were a real burden to her

My sister was planning to divorce you!

That's enough!

"Father-in-law"

"It's been so long"

I would have come to meet you

Who the fuck are you?

"I'm Hyubon, Hanako's husband"

Hanako

Hanako, your father's here...Hanako

Say something, Hanako Say something, Hanako

Where's my daughter?

Father-in-law, get hold of your senses, she's right in front of you

Where?

Where is she?

Where?

Let me see my daughter

That's enough. If you wanna pick a stupid fight, you'll have to go

Where the hell is she!

You outta your mind! Your blood's spoiled

Please, stop!

Where's my daughter!

"Wife"

"Wife"

I can't get up

My leg's... numb...

I can't get up

Go up and die

Die

Where'd you put the money?

Who knows when you'll have another attack

I'm keeping the money for you Don't you worry

Making a fool outta me, thief!

Your money belongs to us

Peace!

Peace! Peace! He'll die

You, "almost-died" Don't you fuck with me

That felt good

Listen,

you pay me back before your factory goes under

Otherwise, I'll kill you

What are you, threatening me?

I've paid you back at high interest rates for years

Quit muttering or else

This note's worth 5 million

This one's worth 4.5 million

Add the 500,000 commission, for a total of 10 million Yen

Hand him over

I'll throw in the land at Tezukayama

That pussy-drunk Oyama's keeping a girl there

Yoshio,

I've still got a mountain of riches

You do a good job, you hear?

Boss, who is that guy?

A freak

It's me! Oyama!

Where the hell are you!

What the hell's going on, moneylender!

Yakuza burst into my place with the notes and deed I gave you

Give up

Once you get involved with the yakuza, you're screwed

You're the one that broke your promise, asshole!

You sold me out to the yakuza, you bastard!

Better get home and raise that money

You'll find a watery grave

Doesn't this room stink?

You don't have to come so often, Shingi

Nothing better to do

I'm embarrassed, too

All black, from the radiation...

Should I call him over?

Don't bother

I'm sorry for your loss

Deliver my soy sauce

I'd better go get him

"Brother,"

this is fun

Shut up and eat

Listen, I'm willing to assume those debts

you've left all over the place

Isn't that great, Masao? Your father's looking out for you

Brother Shingi, sorry, but he's bad for my business

He came all the way to visit you Can't you at least listen to him?

Feel free

You'll work as my collections man

Work like a dog and pay off your debts

Isn't it time you let Masao take over your business?

Leave things to him and take over your business?

Don't you agree that's for the best?

Hand my money over to him? No way

You don't even trust your own son?

No way, no way, you do exactly as I say,

while I'm still alive and kicking

My money belongs to me I won't let him touch it

This is just a bunch of crap It's time you got going

You're the only one, Masao

You've always done whatever the fuck you want,

just keep doing that 'til you die

Masao!

Enough

You're...

You're Kim Shunpei's son

That was the last I saw of my father

According to Brother Shingi, after that,

my father took Ryuichi,

the son he had with Sadako,

and moved to North Korea

Five German duo-tone automated plate-makers,

5 cars, 5 two-ton trucks

100 Seiko watches, clothes, shoes

70 million Japanese Yen

He donated the entire fortune he'd hoarded to North Korea,

and went across the sea

Mom! Dad's a kidnapper!

In any case, until the bitter end,

my father lived for no one's pleasure

but his own

"There's Osaka!"

"You can see Osaka!"