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Criminal Won Kyun,
you are under arrest!

Criminal? On what grounds are
you calling me a criminal?

Do you deny offering a bribe
to the Minister of Military?

A bribe? Never!

Tell that to the Minister
of Military yourself.

Take him away!

Wait!

Look.

Where are we going?
The Ministry of Military?

You will be flogged for this!

Did you want a
promotion that badly?

Promotions are
earned by hard work.

You can't send your
subordinate to buy them!

Forgive me, sir.

My ambition got the best of me.
I will accept any punishment.

The twenty sacks of rice you sent
will be used as military provisions.

Of course, sir.

I said twenty sacks of rice.

I know, sir.

Just get out of here.

What I got from your subordinate
Woo Ji-chuk were thirty sacks of rice.

Sir...

Control your subordinate.

How could he take upon himself
to bribe a high minister?

Won Kyun...

Take my life, sir.

I deserve to die for what I've done.

Yes...

Warriors live to die.

But they mustn't die by
the hands of an ally.

If you wish to die, die
by the hands of the enemy.

A true warrior will die fighting
his enemy. Do you understand?

Sir...

Lt. Woo...

Yes, sir.

Don't ever do this again.

Is that what happened?

That's typical of Constable Won.

And that's why his men
are so loyal to him.

It's impossible to have such a long
run of victories without complete

trust of the troops.

But his marks are terrible.

Yes. I checked his evaluation
reports. His marks are pathetic.

That won't stand in his way
if he becomes one of us.

Won Kyun...

I'm beginning to like him.

Nominate Yi Soon-shin
as Commandant of Karipo?

Yes.

It's the region that was targeted by
the Japanese in 1555 and in 1587,

and the first place we must fortify.

And I feel there is no one who
can do a more thoroug job

than Yi Soon-shin.

It would not be wise.

Promote a staff officer straight to
a third rank executive position?

But he has served as
a garrison captain.

But he was stripped of his rank
and now he is starting over.

Yi Soon-shin was not to be blamed
for the defeat in Nok-dune.

I doubt that the
Westerners will agree.

Don't bring politics into this.

We have to act in the interest
of the people and the state.

And what Chosun needs right now is a
competent leader who can strengthen

our southern coast.

If we go trough with this. Yi Soon-shin
will become the Westerner's target.

But their a now will
not be aimed at him.

Deputy Yi...

Don't you see? Their arrows
will be aimed at the two of you.

They will use Yi Soon-shin as
sacrificial lamb to bring you down.

I urge you to look
for another warrior.

Forget about Yi Soon-shin.

You mustn't recommend him, or he
will surety become their target.

He is right.

Talk to Won Kyun instead.
Let us bring him forward.

Sung-ryong, what are
you doing down there?

Come on up!

The trials must have really been
hard on you. You look drained.

Or may be it's just old age.

You shouldn't talk.

Look at all those gray hair. And what
about those circles under your eyes?

Life is not easy for anyone.

I'm impressed. When did you
learn to drink like that?

Did you know about this?

The years must have tirelessly
beckoned him to wine.

Surely I am not the only
one that was beckoned.

Have we ever been here on a
winter day like this before?

I only remember this
place lush and green,

but not anymore.

This place
is changing just like us...

Back then just being with
you fellows made me content.

But I don't know what I am doing here
with the two of you in front of me.

Am I trying to weigh my two best
friends to see who is a better warrior?

To choose one over another
for the interest of the state?

And if that's what I'm doing, how
could I call my self your friend?

I thought courage was
everything to a warrior.

What more could a man need?

But the world is telling me
that I have been wrong...

I spent a long time feeling like I
was standing at the edge of a cliff.

There have been times when I was
bitter at the world for the hands

that life has dealt me.

But deep inside I
think I always knew...

that I must hit the bottom
to rise to new heights.

Yu Sung-Ryong had a meeting
with Won Kyun and Yi Soon-shin?

Good work. You may go.

Yes, my lord.

I guess that means Won Kyun and
Yi Soon-shin are the two warriors that

Yu Sung-ryong will bring forward.

Shin-Lip and Yi Il,
Yi Soon-shin and Won Kyun...

which pair do you think
are better warriors?

The later, of course.

Brother...!

Shin Lip and Yi Il have too much
worldly interests, especially Yi Il.

Then...?

We don't have to worry about Won Kyun.
I can keep him on a leash for awhile

since there's job to be done
in the Ministry of Military,

that will give us
time to break him in.

Yi Soon-shin is our problem...

Minister Yoon, what brings you?!

I hear that you have your
own views about baduk.

I know a little bit about baduk myself,
and I was hoping to play a round with you.

You win.

Your reputation is not unfounded.
You are indeed without equal in baduk.

You're an excellent player as well.

But Minister Yu, I hope you don't
regard politics as simply as this game.

What's wrong?

I like you. That's why I've come to
discuss some state affairs with you.

His Majesty is very confused right now
having removed the treacherous subjects

and filled the court
with Westerners.

I'm sure you know how much His Majesty
cares about you and the Left Minister.

The last thing he wants is to
lose his two cherished subjects.

What are you trying to tell me?

I don't want you to see
you get hurt either.

Don't upset His Majesty.

You mustn't upset him by bringing
forward a trusted subordinate of a

criminal of high treason.

It's late. I mustn't
overstay my welcome.

Return safely.

Yi Soon-shin, was it?

That warrior you
think so highly of.

Give him my regards.

Your Majesty, I recommend former
garrison captain of Chosan Yi Soon-shin

as the Commandant of Karipo.

Magistrate of Jung-eup?

Take it. It's a direct
order from His Majesty.

Officer Yi.

Yes?

You're going from a staff officer
to a district magistrate.

It's a huge leap.
What's wrong?

Oh, nothing, sir...

A promotion was
not what I wanted.

A comfortable life with my family
not what I wanted either.

I know.

I thought the front is where I belong.
If the Japanese is indeed growing in

strength, if everything that we fear is
true, I should be at the southern coast.

I wanted to stop the enemy.

This time I wanted to do everything
right without a losing a single man.

I know how you feel.
And eventually you will.

But I am powerless right now.

I wanted to protect you. I didn't
want you to become their target.

I'm sorry. This is
all I can do for now.

The enemy is before me...

but the world is telling me
to turn a blind eye to them.

All I can do now is to
pray that the enemy is weak...

Sahwadong...

Punish the traitor and
save the hostages?

The King of Chosun
is quite brave.

I ordered submission, and
he dare tries to make a deal?

Give us your command.

Your faithful warriors will
march to Chosun right now.

Generosity is only for
the faithful dogs.

It is wasted on mad dogs that will
turn around and bite their master.

Master Rikyu, this blood may stain
your floor. Would you forgive me?

Of course, Your Eminence.

Only, you may be killing a chicken with
the sword that is meant to kill a tiger.

If they are willing to submit to you in
exchange for the traitor and hostages,

suppressing them with violence could
bring injury to your exalted name.

My exalted name?

Virtue is a weapon more
powerful than the sword.

Your faithful daimyos did not
surrender only to your sword.

If they did, your power
would have been short-lived.

The servant will return his master's
virtue with virtue of his own.

Bestow virtue upon
the King of Chosun

with the same magnanimity you show when
you share your tea with your daimyos.

Drink, Konishi.

Your Eminence...

Let the King of Chosun know that
I eagerly wait for the day to

share my tea with him.

He will be spearheading my campaign
against Ming, I so should be generous

with him.

Right Konishi?

Off course, Your Eminence.

Year 159023rd year of Sonjo's reign,
as demanded by Chosun, Japan returned

traitor Sahwadong who acted as a guide
for the Japanese in the invasion of 1587,

and returned eighty soldiers that were
taken prisoner at the time including a

man named Kong Tae-won.

Execute traitor Sahwadong by
dismemberment and stop the

evil of treachery against
ones own brethren!

Dispatch envoys to Japan immediately
for detailed assessment of the enemy!

Your grace is immeasurable,
Your Majesty!

A correspondence mission to
Japan was organized at last.

The royal court selected Westerner
Hwang Yoon-gil to lead the mission

accompanied by two members of the
Eastern faction Kim Sung-il and Huh Sung.

Presumably this was done to
ensure attainment of objective views

of Japan at a time when
party enmity was at its peak.

But this may have been the first mistake
Chosun made, which prevented the state

from adequately preparing for the
war that would come two years later.

Why did they have to kill Sahwadong?

Those bureaucrats under the canopy are
the ones that ought to be lynched!

Did you see their fat, rosy cheeks?
They got rich off of us!

That's what I said! Here we are
breaking our backs to feed our

folks and young ones, and the
government squeeze us completely

dry with taxes and tributes!

Who wouldn't get sick of it?

I know. The truth is, I wanted
to stab one of them collectors

and get the heck
out of this country!

I'm more worried about the future.
I went back to my hometown and

everyone treated me
like I was Japanese!

Home sweet home!

We were captured and taken
hostage fighting for our country.

How could they treat us this way?

Sister Maria, may I come in?

Please come with me to Jung-eup.
That's where my home is.

I promised Father Cespedes
that l would look after you.

There is a place I can go to.

The Japanese attacks have become
more frequent in the recent months.

A man presumed to have been a Japanese
spy was captured and killed

in Choong-chung Province not long ago.

Cholla has always been a target
of attack for Japanese pirates.

I ask all of you take extra
measures to strengthen our defense.

Yes, sir.

Shouldn't we keep a close eye on those
who were taken in the invasion of 1587

and recently returned?

Who knows what the Japanese did to
them in the years they were there?

Captain Chung has a point.

But sir, they were fighting bravely
against the enemy and taken hostage.

They are our soldiers. Shouldn't we
embrace them with kindness and sympathy?

That's pen-pusher talk!

Constable Kwon, how
can you be so dense?

They were gone for three long years.

What do you think the Japanese did
with them in that time? Play house?

They turned them into Japanese.

Yes, there's no doubt about it.

Suk-bong!

Oh, you're here.

Didn't you get my message?

I did. I got your message just fine.

Then why didn't you come?
I said it was urgent.

Urgent? It's a state
affair again no doubt.

You weren't going to have me write the
sovereign's message to Japan, were you?

I suppose my talent could be of
service in painting horseshit gold.

But what can I do?

I don't want to go near the King
and his bootlicking high ministers.

They stink like crap.

How long has he been drinking?

He's been drinking every day since
Sahwadong was brought back and executed.

Why didn't you stop him?

I didn't... want to.

The traitor was torn
from limb to limb.

Then what do the idle
onlookers deserve?

How about those who turn their heads
and walk away because they are repulsed

by the stench of the court?

Is the King going to run after
them and behead them himself?

What about that foolish chum?

That silly friend of yours who
was busy running around trying

to protect whatever it is...

when the King and his ministers
could care less about the people...

I hope that fool has
come to his senses too.

Are you done with your work?

Yes, Mother.

You've become so frail, Mother.

Old age makes all things wither
and dry. That is the way of nature.

Mother...

You can stop now.

I feel bad keeping you here.

You are busy with government affairs.

Sir! Magistrate, sir!

Another memo from Cholla Naval Base?

Yes, sir.

It's a list of hostages that were
taken in the invasion of 1587.

We are not to slacken their
surveillance for am reason.

Kong Tae-won of Chestnut Valley?

Is anyone home?

Who is it?

Sir, what brings you?

Is this the residence
of Kong Tae-won?

What could my husband
possibly do for...

Do we have a visitor?

Tae-won...

You must be Kong Tae-won.

Look.

I have nothing to say.

There must be something you
can tell me about the Japanese.

I kept my eyes and ears closed at all
times. There's nothing I can tell you.

Please. Don't you see? Your testimony
could be Imperative in defending the

country against the Japanese.

Are you sure you're not looking
for a reason to have me killed?

I've already had many
other visitors like you.

And all of them asked
the same question.

What are they after?
Is there a price on my head?

Has the King offered a reward for
anyone wtio can incriminate me?

My man!

Can't you folks leave me alone?
What do I have to do? Hang myself?

Sahwadong isn't the one.

None of them deserve to live.

How can you say that, Kyun?

You don't know what a war is.

A hostage is an information
bank in the hands of the enemy.

They will resort to every method in the
book to get the information they need.

Those men are alive because
they traded information.

Faithful soldiers take their own lives
if they are captured by the enemy.

So if you ask me, those men are
no longer soldiers of Chosun.

By the way, why did you
want to see me about?

You said you had
something to show me.

Oh, where is my head?

What's this?

It's a world map.

A world map...

This is Chosun,
and this is Japan.

Is this accurate?
Could Japan be this large?

This map was drawn by a man who has
traveled to Japan dozens of times.

We have to wait until the envoys get
back, but you can imagine the size

of their military force.

What do we have to do?

What do we have to do to conquer
Japan and offer it to the King?

Kyun, I don't think it's
wise to underestimate them.

General Park Wui had once
captured Tsushima Island.

Perhaps he had the same ambition.

He probably conquered Tsushima
to establish a bridgehead.

This crusade will
require a huge army.

What do I do first?

I thought this was my chance
to learn about the enemy.

What is demanding
that man's silence?

Why are you calling me Mother, Madam?

Mother...!

Pleased don't!

I see that you are with a child.
Take it and take care of yourself.

Mother! Mother...!

It's me, Mother, Cho-hee...

I just wanted to see you.

Just to see you once more time...

You should have...
taken your own life.

How am I supposed to
take you back now?

Mother...

My dearest daughter Cho-hee died in
the hands of the Japanese in 1587.

Forgive me, my child...

But this clan will not be left
in one piece if I take you back.

My poor child Cho-hee...

Tae-won, come quick! Hurry!

I told you I am not here
if anyone comes for me!

My lady!

My lady, what's wrong?

I think I'm in labor.
Would you help me?

I see you are reading.

It's the Book of Small Learning. Myun
and Wan are full of questions about it.

Did you feed the homeless again?

You must be exhausted.

No, Mother.

I wish every day was like this.

Soon-shin is a compassionate leader
and you are such a supportive wife.

Servants tell me that the
people are full of praise.

I wish we could live like
this for a long, long time.

I don't want Soon-shin
at the front anymore.

Mother...

I'm the one who raised
him to be tough.

I always told him to be a
man of courage and will.

I raised him with a
whip and an iron hand.

But now I wish that he would live out
the rest of his life not as a warrior

but a civil servant.

Sending him off to the
front is too difficult.

I spent too many sleepless
nights just like you have.

I don't want to worry anymore.

Mother...

Oh, look at me.
I guess I'm getting old.

Is he still at the archery field?

Yes, Madam.

Did he send you to
fetch more arrows?

Is there something
upsetting him?

I'll take those.

Is twenty years not long enough?

Am I still not good enough
for you to share your pain?

Wife...

What is it? What is causing you
so much anguish and distress?

Couldn't you unburden
just a little?

Couldn't you share
your pain with me?

Husband...

There is a new enemy.

They may be bigger and fiercer
than the Jurchen nomads.

But the world has tied my arms and
legs down and rendered me powerless.

Don't do anything.
Don't even look toward the front.

Just be a good little
village magistrate.

Husband...

I hope to god that I am wrong and
that I am being overly concerned.

But if by chance I'm right and an
unimaginable tragedy should occur,

if I am helpless to protect the
country, I would never be able to

forgive myself.

They will see.

Someday the royal court and the
world will see your true loyalty.

I do know that it will be
a difficult wait for you,

but the gods will not look away.
Your time will come.

I believe it in my
heart of hearts.