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My surprise arrived at the perfect time.

86 DAYS 22:28:1 7

I'm Beth.

Thank you for bringing me here.

I'm Kim Jun-a.

No, thank you

for turning down aII the other good offers to accept mine.

President Lee must have an urgent matter.

Say hi. This is Actress Kim Jun-a.

Actress Kim Jun-a?

That's right.

The Korean actress who is a rising star on Broadway.

I'm proud to say she is our Yeon-hui.

This is Choi Mika, your understudy.

I don't need an understudy.

I'II perform in every show.

We don't need an understudy.

That's arrogant.

The director decides whether or not we need an understudy, not the actor.

If you say we need one, we'Il do as you say.

Let's start the reading.

Jun-a, I saw you on Broadway.

l was so moved.

It's such an honor. l'm excited to work with you.

So am I.

Here, I brought you coffee.

Thank you so much.

She's super pretty and she's nice.

The sound of the car.

The sound of peopIe taIking.

The music.

Wait. That says "'PsychoIogy Department,'" right?

Yes. Our office is next door--

I must be abIe to see those Ietters.

My body feeIs so Iight.

86 DAYS 21 HOURS

I see. In Iight of that...

86 DAYS 22 HOURS

86 DAYS 22 HOURS

Isn't the first reading today? Are you done already--

Jun-a.

What's wrong? Did something happen?

I was cut.

Cut?

But why?

They don't like me.

They don't Iike you?

Can they cut someone they hired through an audition

during a reading because they don't like you?

Isn't that ridicuIous?

I went through six caII-backs.

I danced untiI my feet bIed

and sang untiI my throat was raw to win this part,

but they kicked me out.

I'm so Iivid right now.

Where can I take out my anger?

Why did you do that?

Why?

How does it feeI to be reunited with your first Iove?

What are you up to?

I'm not up to anything, it's a gift.

l gave her an excIusive contract with MJBC Management

to scout her.

She's in high demand on Broadway too.

She"s also the actress Jo Jae-you wanted the most.

There couIdn"t be a more perfect cast.

Perfect cast?

Does this show not have a producer?

Does the director dictate everything?

What right do you have to cast taIent for my show?

I have the right.

Qiang won't give you money without MJBC.

AII that remains is for us to sign the contract.

I'm a co-producer.

So?

You reIied on an unexecuted contract

to cast an actress as you wish?

We need her for our show.

Of course,

it wasn't strictIy for a professionaI decision.

She's the only person who can wake alI of us up.

That's why.

-Wake us up? -Yes, wake us up.

Think Iong and hard about what I wanted you to wake up from

when I brought Kim Jun-a here.

How far wiII you go?

You go see my brother and make troubIe, you caII out Mika...

I'm not staying quiet because I don't know.

Of course, you know.

I"m doing those things so you know.

I'm being patient

out of consideration for aII that I owe you.

Don't make me Iose that too.

We'II know with time what you Iose

and what you keep.

Enjoy yourseIf

be it with your first Iove or Mika.

Great work everyone.

-Great work. -Great work.

How was the reading?

Everyone was so good.

Did you forget what I said earlier?

Pardon?

The director decides whether or not an understudy is necessary.

You're Yeon-hui too, but you say,

''Everyone was so good,'' as if you watched a show.

That's a probIem.

You shouId think about

who your Yeon-hui shouId be

to repIace Kim Jun-a.

You are way too reIaxed.

I'm sorry.

Don't be sorry, do better.

''The director insisted on an understudy that others said was unnecessary.''

lf you pIan to humiIiate me,

just quit now.

I'II do better.

I'm Ieaving.

Good work.

Let's have some tea soon.

I'II caII you.

-Good work today. -Good work.

-Good work. -Good work.

-Good work. -Good work.

-Good work. -Goodbye.

Bye.

It's been a Iong time.

How--

88 DAYS 18:27:12

She's reaIIy pretty.

Kim Jun-a.

I saw a picture of her in the papers once.

But I got to see someone that famous in person.

She totaIIy carried herseIf Iike a celebrity. She was a totaI goddess.

Right.

I said another woman was a goddess,

and he goes, ''Right''?

SeriousIy.

How dare you show up out of nowhere and try to cut in?

You're dead.

Do-ha's running Iate.

l know. I wanted to see him before I Ieft,

but he's Iate today.

You've Iost way too much weight recentIy.

ReaIIy?

Maybe I've been wandering around too much.

Why don't you get a checkup whiIe you're here?

You haven't gotten one in a whiIe.

I pIan to actuaIIy. I already scheduIed it.

-Where's Mika? -She went home to get her cIothes.

I have a headache. Do you have any meds on you?

A headache?

I have something. Be right back.

You never take medicine for headaches.

Is something wrong?

I saw Jun-a today.

You saw Jun-a?

Su-bong brought her to be the Iead in our musicaI.

She did?

She knows about you and Jun-a, doesn't she?

She does.

She says she did it on purpose.

She knew. So what was she thinking?

Are you okay?

I have a headache,

but I"m fine otherwise.

Not physicalIy, emotionaIIy.

Are you okay?

I don't need an understudy.

I'II perform in every show.

Sweetie, you're sIeeping over, right?

No, I have to go.

You haven't been home in a whiIe.

Sorry. I'Il sIeep over next time when I can.

Is it okay staying with Seong-hui?

It isn't uncomfortabIe?

It's okay.

-Sweetie. -Yes?

Whatever happens,

if there's anything bothering you or troubIing you, talk to me.

Don't keep it in and suffer aIone

just because you don't want to upset me.

Okay?

I need to get going.

Don't you think you're being rude,

constantIy caIIing me out Iike this?

I put in a Iot of effort on the gift.

l wanted to know what you thought,

so I didn't think about how rude I was being.

How was my gift?

l don't understand the question.

I guess my gift was worth its price.

You're a lot more sensitive than usual.

If you're going to go in circIes and repeat yourseIf again,

no thank you.

Come to think of it,

I have no reason to Iisten to this again and again.

She's Do-ha's first Iove.

Wasn't he acting strange today?

He grew aII paIe Iike he saw a ghost.

She broke Do-ha's heart. He couIdn't get over her for the Iongest time.

Kim Jun-a was Do-ha"s first Iove.

Kim Jun-a, the actress you scouted...

That's right.

I cast her personaIly and brought her.

She was so broke, it broke your heart.

She sings weII now, but I hear she sang weII then too.

Seeing her running around to become a musicaI actress

must've touched Do-ha.

What do you think?

Who do you think I'm taIking about?

Kim Jun-a?

Or Choi Mika?

Most guys can't forget their first Iove untiI the day they die.

But Do-ha and Jun-a's Iove story was extremeIy intense.

The thought suddenly came to me.

Maybe that incompIete first Iove stiII remained,

which is why Do-ha found himseIf a repIacement.

If that"s the case, it's best for aII of us

if he reaIizes it soon and goes back to normaI.

I brought her here to wake him up.

Are you done?

I'II go then.

Your immaturity is boundIess.

I feeI Iike I'm becoming dumber just Iistening to you.

l can't do it anymore.

There's one more thing.

That first Iove that he couIdn't Iive without

ended up failing.

Do you think you can avoid that unhappy ending?

Remember what I said?

Do-ha can't protect you.

86 DAYS 16 HOURS

Is your clock that has 80-something days left fine

if I'm with you?

I hope I have about 100 years Ieft on my cIock

so Mika can be happy for a very Iong time.

You're back Iate.

Mika.

The sound of people talking.

The music.

I'm becoming very sensitive as I get oIder.

She sings weII now, but I hear she sang weII then too.

Seeing her running around to become a musical actress

must've touohed Do-ha.

Is your only reason for being with me

your cIook that stops because of me?

Why are you so pathetic, Mika?

86 DAYS 15:1 7:30

Are you okay?

l'm not sad that I'm alone

My late mother told me

Just keep on living

And it makes you carry on

l don't know what it means

But it sounds like a spell That makes me feel good

Try it CIose your eyes

And just scream

Just keep on living

And it makes you carry on

CIose your eyes

And feel the breeze

lt's my mom's touch

Stroking me

Is something wrong?

What's wrong?

Are you mad at me?

l am not.

You are too.

-What is it? -Let go.

Mika.

I'm just irritabIe. Don't mind me.

I just detest myseIf and feel pathetic especialIy more today

for having to come here and stick by you

whether I'm in a good mood or bad, or even if I hate you

because of that stupid cIock, that's why.

86 DAYS 1 4 HOURS

86 DAYS 1 4 HOURS

Sweetheart.

I've been cIeaning, Iearning how to cook,

and l can even do the Iaundry by myseIf.

You're doing aII of that on your own?

You poor thing.

Dad. I'm the one you shouId feel sorry for.

She can't cIean or do Iaundry.

And l have to eat her cooking.

Baby.

I mean, it's the effort that counts.

Right, Dad?

What about Mika? She didn't want to come again?

No. You know our sweetie is tenderhearted.

She must stiII be worried that she'II cry if she sees you.

You can see her when you have your virtuaI visits.

My Ra-hui.

You were an LA princess

who never knew suffering before we got married.

You're going through so much

because you met me.

Don't say that.

lt's not Iike you wanted to be here.

You made a mistake while trying to grow the company.

l can endure much worse.

Jin Ra-hui is no Ionger an LA princess.

l'm your wife and the kids' mom.

Is everything okay at home?

Of course.

even if not, I can handIe it.

You worry about yourseIf.

You need to come back heaIthy

so that our famiIy can go back to our oId Iives.

I'II visit often, sweetheart.

If you miss me,

think about me lots and Iots before you go to sIeep.

Let"s meet at Ieast in our dreams.

Our famiIy is so very Ioving.

With this much poverty and hardship, it's onIy naturaI for Iove to fade.

Even the buiIding is so coId.

It must be so hard for my sweetheart.

Stop crying.

You acted alI tough in front of Dad. You always do this on our way home.

SEONG-HUI

Baby, I held it in weII in front of Dad earIier,

right?

YOU DON'T STILL THlNK...

I didn't Iook ugIy, did I?

No. You Iooked beautifuI.

You don't still think l did something, right?

Did my mascara run?

Can you check?

It is waterproof, but...

SEONG-HUI

Oh no.

Did it get sent?

SeriousIy!

What? What got sent?

Dang it. You ruined everything.

You don't still think l did something, right?

Why does he keep messaging me?

BABY CHOI WI-JIN

BLOCK? CONFIRM

Get out.

I'II park and go up.

You shouId go first.

Okay. I'II get out.

I wiII.

Look here, Do-ha.

Yes?

What? Do you want to say something?

Never mind. Get out.

What is it? TelI me.

l'm Iate for practice.

Okay. See you Iater.

l don't know

Why my time runs differently

Even when the sun rises And the moon drifts

lt's always different from others

It won't change

My incomprehensibIe fate

She reaIIy is good.

Of course, she is.

She performed six times on Broadway.

Of course, she's good.

But you looked at me

And reached out to me for the first time

lt's you

My one and only person

ln my world of darkness

-You came to me -Stop.

This song is when Yeon-hui meets Jae-hyeok

and feeIs Iove for the first time ever.

I'd Iike you to express that emotion more.

ln my world of darkness

You came to me like candlelight

lt's you

My one and only person

I'd like emotions Iike that.

What do you think the probIem is?

I haven't fuIIy recovered yet.

That's your personaI probIem.

The audience isn't thoughtfuI of the actor's condition.

Choi Mika.

Yes?

Me?

We"II go without music.

ln my world of darkness

You came to me like candlelight

lt's you, my one and only person

Stop.

-Let's take a break. -Okay.

The director is annoyed at me.

But you shouId"ve

Iistened to his comments to me and appIied them accordingIy.

You're not a vending machine.

You can't sing as he wants just because he teIIs you to.

He shouId at Ieast give you a ''ready, set, go.''

You must've been fIustered.

Sorry for making you irritable.

Did you get your throat checked out after you came to Korea?

My throat?

Your voice is shaking sIightIy.

You're pitchy too.

lt's impossibIe to fooI a director.

I must be tired. My throat's not the best IateIy.

How? In what way? How bad is it?

Not enough to worry.

I'II be fine if I revise my practices a little.

It may become a big probIem.

If your throat isn't welI, you shouId rest.

I can't do that though.

I guess I'm too ambitious. The thought of taking time off

scares me.

If you onIy care about ambition, why are you doing this musicaI?

You shouId stay on Broadway.

I shouId get estabIished here too.

PIus, if this enters the Chinese market,

another stage wiII open up for me.

That's why I accepted Bae Su-bong's offer.

I feeI Iike there's another reason.

Am I imagining it?

You're a mind-reader.

It's Do-ha.

The man I ran away from.

So l want to do realIy weII.

But my throat isn"t cooperating.

PIease be understanding during practice for the time being.

l hope your personaI reason for wanting to do very weIl

goes weII.

That's me wishing you Iuck as your friend.

And bring me a doctor's diagnosis.

I need to know how my actor's throat is, so that I can controI how things go.

That's me giving you an order as your director.

Why is she so angry?

Zhang Qiang checked the revised contract.

They need to have an internaI meeting and asked for some time.

TeII them we can't wait that Iong.

If we take too long, Su-bong wiII catch on.

She'II do whatever it takes to get in our way.

Make sure to monitor what he and his peopIe do.

Do-ha.

Hey. Park U-jin?

What are you doing here? Do you work with Do-ha?

Yes. How have you been?

I'II go up first and get to work.

U-jin hasn't changed at aII.

If you have time, Iet's grab Iunch.

Maybe I missed it for too long.

lt does taste good,

but it isn't what I imagined.

TeII me why.

I came to Korea because I wanted to see you.

Jo Jae-you was directing,

and l had been thinking about performing in Korea,

but once I heard that Lee Do-ha was the producer,

aII my doubts vanished and I knew I had to come to Korea.

No.

I'm not asking why you're here.

You shouId teII me why you just disappeared Iike that first.

ShalI we take a waIk outside?

excuse me.

Did President Lee go somewhere?

He went out to take care of some business.

He said to go home first if practice ends earIy.

I see. Okay.

Did you wait Iong?

Practices keep getting Ionger,

and the director's nagging never ends.

I missed you to death.

A gift for waiting.

Do you stiIl like mint tea?

This pIace changed a Iot too.

Back then,

I didn"t think I couId stand it anymore.

l was too poor and had nothing.

My ambition for success

gave me the strength to hoId on,

but your father threatened to ruin even that

with incredibIe power that I couIdn't even imagine.

I was afraid.

We were too young,

both you and I.

I gave my answer,

so now for my question.

Didn't you miss me?

Where did

the two go?

Do you know?

What? Why are your Iips seaIed?

It's a secret, is that it?

Mika, are you sIeeping?

YEON-HUI'S TlME FLOWS BACKWARDS

Tell me why.

I was toId if I don't cut you right now,

they'd puII out the entire investment and venue fee.

I have no choice.

Who said that?

I won my roIe

on my merit through auditions.

You have to teII me who, by what authority,

kicks out the Iead actress on the day of the reading.

You"re seeing someone, right?

It's someone high up that the theater owner

and the theater company fear.

I say this because I care about you.

Date someone similar to you.

In my opinion,

you can never work here Iike this.

CHUNHYANG

It took five years to come back.

l didn't know

it wouId take this long back then.

There were no new symptoms,

and you seemed to be handIing calmIy and weII.

But I guess not.

You wanted to drink at this hour,

and you look very troubIed.

It's because of Jun-a, isn't it?

I had a meaI with her today.

With Jun-a?

So, did your feeIings change?

That's not it,

but I'm not sure.

You're not sure.

It was brief,

but when l first saw her, l felt my heart just stop.

l imagined that moment

countIess times during the past five years.

You know that.

I do.

But

I was Iooking at Jun-a,

eating and taIking with her,

and I was fine.

I feIt strangely at peace.

It was too stiII, Iike the quiet before the storm.

I wonder if I reaIIy am okay.

I'm not sure.

Let's wait and see.

It's been five years.

If it couId've been resoIved overnight, Lee Do-ha wouIdn't have

struggIed for aII those years

with an anxiety disorder.

Did you teII Mika?

Not yet.

I'Il teII her Iater on after I settIe everything.

I think

it"s a good thing for you

to see Jun-a again at this stage.

You shouId each Iet out the emotions you kept bottIed up

and say the things you couIdn't say.

AII of it.

Sorry. I thought you Ieft aIready.

29 DAYS 5 HOURS

He has 29 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes.

Sorry.

Did l startIe you?

Are you sick?

Sorry?

I mean, you Iook paIe

and a bit sick.

Does something suddenIy hurt?

Do I Iook sick to you too?

No.

Yes. A doctor.

You should see a doctor right away.

You must be psychic.

I'm going to the hospitaI today.

I keep Iosing weight,

and I haven't had a check-up in a whiIe.

Let's go to work.

Why?

There's no way to know why the iIIness progressed

so quickIy.

That's the nature of idiopathic puImonary fibrosis.

SCARRING OF LUNG TISSUeS

It"s difficult to predict the cause

or the rate of progression.

Doctor, you said

Iet's have hope and treat it.

It hasn't been

a year since you said that.

At the current rate,

you may have less than six months.

Let's get you admitted and do what we can.

Hey, what's up?

Let's have Iunch, Do-ha.

Now? I'm having Iunch with our attorney Mr. Park.

Where are you?

I'm out. I came out for a bit

and suddenIy wanted to eat with you.

We'II be discussing work, so you'II be bored even if you join us.

Let's do lunch tomorrow. My treat.

Sure.

We'II see. I'II Iet you work.

What? One month? He has Iess than one month?

I think I shouId go to Do-ha.

I thought about it on our way to work,

but I couldn't telI him.

Did you see it correctIy?

Are you positive?

l saw it. CIearIy.

I got it, so stop.

What wiIl you do if you go to Do-ha?

I shouId telI him.

What wiII you teII him?

"'Your brother"s dying, just so you know''?

Can you reaIIy say that to him?

HeIIo?

Yes, I'm Choi Mika.

Hi, Do-san.

How did you know?

Sorry?

You toId me to go see a doctor

Iike you knew something.

Maybe you can see things Iike that because you're an angeI.

l"m sick.

But I thought I'd Iast four or five years,

but the doctor said

things are getting worse

very quickIy.

I don't know how you knew,

but pIease don't teII Do-ha for the time being.

I'II teII him when the time is right.

PIease.

You must be super happy.

Of everyone who made it to round three,

I'm the onIy one with only ensemble experience.

It's pretty much a miracIe.

Let's keep the momentum going with the miracIe

and pass round three and get a roIe.

Are you okay? That jerk.

1 YEAR 22 DAYS

l can see

my cIook.

One year,

22 days, 21 hours,

9 minutes, and 3 seoonds.

1 YEAR 22 DAYS

I know

how hard it must be.

Please

hang on.

Are you going somewhere?

You're up earIy.

My brother wants to go to our father's house.

ShouId l drive you?

It's okay. lt's your day off.

I'lI drive.

How Iong do I have to be punished?

What do you mean?

You won't make eye contact,

and you disappear into your room if you see me.

You've been running away from me.

I wish you'd teII me why.

What about you?

Don't you have something to teII me?

I do.

l do, but...

l won"t do anything that wiII make me

feeI ashamed or sorry

toward you, so don't worry.

I'lI teIl you when things are settIed.

Drive safeIy.

Take good care of your brother.

Okay. I'II see you tonight.

We came to have Iunch.

Do-san.

HeIIo. Long time no see.

How have you been, Father?

You should sit now and join us.

I'lI get more japchae.

The housekeeper can get it.

It's nice eating home cooking again.

You're stiII an exceIIent cook.

How Iong wiII you roam aimIessIy?

You've bummed around enough.

Come back and earn your keep.

I'Il think about it.

But give me some money, Father.

If I want to earn my keep,

I need a foundation to start from.

Be generous whiIe you're at it.

I'm your son too.

You shouId give me as much as Do-bin and Do-ha.

If you're going to taIk nonsense,

don't waste my precious food, and get out.

That hurts.

Why is it so hard?

OId age is kicking my butt.

That hurts.

One, two,

three.

Oh?

You came in earIy today.

Gosh.

Here. Drink up.

It's the best when you have a Iot on your mind.

Later.

Nothing ever gets by you.

How did you know I had a Iot on my mind?

Hey. It's totaIIy obvious.

Your face wouIdn't Iook Iike that if your head was cIear.

You aIways show up with a big smiIe on your face,

but you Iook aII gIoomy today.

What? Is it your reIationship? Work? Money?

What's troubIing you?

My friend

is very sick.

He must be scared and feeI hopeless.

It must be so hard.

l think he pIans to handIe it aIone.

He doesn't have much time.

l feeI Iike I shouId teIl his famiIy,

but he asked me not to.

TeII them.

The family needs to know, so they can prepare themseIves.

It'lI be hard to handIe.

I don't know what I shouId do.

Don't do anything. Just stay by his side.

Seasons pass

and Ieaves change color.

We're mere humans who can't even controI a singIe Ieaf.

What couId we do about peopIe Iiving and dying?

AII of them are within God's controI.

Accepting iIIness and hardships,

and living on

are within human beings' controI.

Let it be.

Just stay by his side

so he can get through it.

That's aII.

OnIy do what you can.

You're right.

There's nothing I can do.

Everything you say is right.

I must not be enough of an adult Iike you.

It's not that easy.

That's not why.

It"s because you're kind.

Because my Mika

is endIessIy kind.

What's up?

Why did you suddenIy do that?

You knew Father wouId never. So why did you say that to him?

Do-ha.

Do you remember when we first met?

Yoon Do-san, Lee Do-ha.

I onIy reaIized when I started schooI that it was strange

that we had different Iast names.

TeII me. What"s going on?

Something is clearIy wrong.

Nothing's wrong.

Just because... Seeing Father again after so long,

I remembered aIl the past hurt.

That's why I was being a brat.

-Drop me off up there. -Are you going somewhere?

lk-hyeon's whining that he misses me.

l"m going to grab a drink with him and sIeep over at his pIace.

See you tomorrow.

Why are you out here?

Let"s taIk.

What is it?

Your brother...

is sick.

My brother?

Who? Do-san?

Do-san is sick?

Where?

AlI l know is that he's very sick.

I don't know the details.

l thought

you shouId know.

He doesn't...

have much time left.

He doesn't have much time Ieft?

What nonsense is that?

Who says my brother is sick?

I saw.

You saw?

Do you mean

the cIock

that you see?

You saw that on Do-san?

Mika.

He has

Iess than a month.

I won't Iisten anymore.

Do-ha.

You don't know what"s wrong with him,

but my brother wiIl die within a month?

Do you reaIize what you're saying to me?

Don't Iie to me.

I said l believe you regarding that ridicuIous cIock,

so you must think I'm an idiot.

Who are you to give me that crap?

One month? My brother? Why?

What proof do you have to say such nonsense?

I wish you were right.

I wish

it was nonsense and a lie too.

-You have a pretty smile, Mika. -What?

Smile when you sing.

So you'lI Iook prettier on stage.

So how are you doing? I'd be excited if I were you.

Is that a yes or no?

Your singing today isn't as good as it was before.

I said to check on how Do-san's doing.

I toId you to keep a close eye on him!

I'm sorry.

I'm scared, Mom.

I'm so scared.

PIease...

PIease save my brother, Mika.

SubtitIe translation by Jeong Lee