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Japanese dialogue subtitled in blue. Korean dialogue subtitled in yellow.

(in Japanese) Ready?

Here we go.

I've got this, but stay close.

Hurry now! There'll be no room on the train.

Shh. They're coming.

Get them!

Don't let them escape!

Boom! Boom!

But I aimed for your heart, and I got you on the first shot!

- Yeah, I saw it! - The hell! We blew you to bits first!

And it's my turn to wear the gas mask.

Hand it over!

It's that man again.

That's my house.

Mother?

I'm going home.

You guys as well.

His father's body... Will they ever get it back?

I think it depends on how much of the body is left.

But, Mozasu, remember what Pastor Hu says.

God is watching over us.

You believe that, don't you?

Look who it is.

Bandooooo.

(in Korean) Mozasu.

Come quickly. Help me gather the laundry.

Auntie, why do you always only call on me?

Never Noa!

Because all you do is play around.

Now hurry!

"We must remember to purify our language

from the taint of American imperialism.

What we once called 'beruto' we now call 'waist rope.'

This is what our scholars should devote their studies to."

Auntie!

Are you okay?

Can you-- Can you understand me?

Is that you, Noa?

- Noa... - Did you call me?

Noa.

What is this? Who is he?

I think...

I think... it's him.

Isak?

I've come back, Kyunghee.

I...

I'm home.

I'm back.

Hennessy. Neat.

Splash of water.

What are you doing here?

I came to beg for mercy.

Tell me, what can I do?

Perhaps you and I are two of a kind.

Both your father and mine

achieved much financial success.

And like you, when anyone stood in my way,

I dug in and worked harder, dirtier.

I had to prove to the world

that I was not an inconsequential man.

And now?

Japan Businessman of the Year.

Awarded by the very people who once tried to destroy me.

From the moment I met you,

I knew you'd get in my way.

Your failure is now on me.

So there will be no mercy.

Because I'm using you to send a message to this town.

Mess with me and I will smite you down.

Where is he? Is he in there?

Sunja.

You must prepare yourself.

Who is that?

It's me.

It's me.

Sunja.

Yes, it's me.

Now what is this? Startling everyone like this.

I have prayed for you every day and every night.

It must've been so hard for you.

We were lucky compared to so many others.

I am very grateful to your brother and sister-in-law.

They have been good to us.

I hear my brother has gone far away.

I so very much want to see him.

I don't want you to see me like this.

Or the boys.

Why worry about such a thing?

You must get better first.

Yes.

It is so tiring.

Get some sleep.

Don't leave me.

Sunja.

I'm going to fetch the doctor.

You'll get better in no time.

He needs to see a doctor right away.

But where are we supposed to find one?

From what I understand, they've been sent to the front lines--

There must be a few still left at the hospitals.

We must find one.

Sunja!

What if...

What if it's too late?

Shouldn't you be at his side?

You don't know how much longer you have with him.

Kyunghee, have you forgotten?

He has beaten death before.

If he can get a doctor's care, he can beat it again.

I know it.

You again! Why are you here?

Do you know what time it is?

- Halmoni. - Piss off!

I have nowhere else to go.

No one else to turn to.

Halmoni.

GET OUT!!

I need to tell you something first.

Your house is like this

because of me.

You--

After I told you not to sign, Shiffley's fired me.

So my visa was revoked.

I'm stuck here now.

Not only that, Abe-san is making--

Enough. What about my house?

I made a deal with someone.

He used his connections to try to force you out.

We were going to buy this plot,

sell it back to Abe-san and Shiffley's.

I needed that money to get by.

- I was desperate-- - You call that an excuse?

But isn't that how it goes?

We all turn on each other for the sake of our own survival,

not realizing we're doing the work for them.

This is what they want.

Forcing us to beg for mercy.

Finally.

You figured it out.

It's me. Noa.

Noa, go and bring me Sexton Hu--

He's our pastor now.

Pastor?

Yes. Pastor Yoo passed away a few years ago.

I see.

Go.

Bring me Pastor Hu.

Quickly. Can you do that?

Yes.

Noa, run along to the telegram office.

We need to get a message to your uncle.

But, Auntie, Father asked me to bring Pastor Hu to him.

I see.

He must want to pray together.

- Go on then. - Yes.

What about me? I can go to the telegram office.

You understand how important this is?

I can do it.

I'll make sure Uncle receives the message.

Excuse me, I need to send a telegram to my uncle in Nagasaki.

It's very important.

Can you read it?

Twenty-one characters.

Eighty sen.

Check the text to make sure it is correct.

ISAK HAS COME HOME.

HE IS DYING.

Pastor! He's back!

Noa.

After all these years, my father is finally home.

But he's very sick.

Please help him. I know you can.

Could you excuse us for a moment?

My father's finally come back.

Please, come with me.

Pray for him.

Ask God to make him better.

I don't think my prayers are enough.

I know he'll listen to your prayers.

Noa, you know it's not that simple.

But it has to!

I've been good,

haven't I?

I've tried so hard to be good.

The Lord cannot look away this time.

Not again.

I'll grab my things.

He needs a doctor.

That's why I've come.

Your priority is to get you and the boys out of the city.

You didn't even have to ask who it was for.

You knew.

So tell me.

Could you have gotten him out earlier?

I managed to get him out now

because I promised a prison official

safe passage out of the city for him and his family.

Everyone's clawing to get out.

Everyone but you.

You must be desperate

to come to me.

I am.

Here's the deal.

I'll get you a doctor.

The best the city has left.

In exchange,

you and the boys must come with me.

With or without him.

Promise me.

How easy it is to forget how hard those years were.

But now look.

Back when I bought this plot after the war,

they were practically giving it away.

What?

I'm not kidding.

How else could I have afforded this?

I wonder why.

There were always some strange rumors about this land.

What kind of rumors?

Such is my fate to feed another mouth.

That stomach is an endless pit.

Halmoni, wait. What kind of rumors?

Who can remember all the details?

Something about the military school that used to be here.

The trucks started coming one day.

Loaded with corpses.

Why would they bring corpses to a military school?

Who knows?

It was during the war so no one questioned them.

Is that all? That was the extent of the rumors then?

Eat slowly or you'll get sick again.

- Halmoni. - What?

You still have more questions?

I already told you!

It was a long time ago.

Disturbing the dead... What's the point of that?

But could those bones still be here?

Halmoni.

I had to forget.

Understand?

I tried so hard to forget.

Or how could I possibly live here?

But these bones, perhaps they can give us something.

What are you talking about?

Don't you see?

This is how we fight back.

With this, we stop them from coming after us.

See! When he was small like me,

he broke a record doing push-ups in his own home.

I bet he's super rich now.

And is being rich that important to you?

Of course! If we were rich, I would get the best doctors for you

and buy us a bigger house.

And if we have any money left,

Auntie can buy sugar at the black market and make candies.

Are you okay?

I too once grew up in a big house

with many rooms.

Though we weren't allowed in most of them.

I surely would've snuck in.

I'm sure you would have.

But my point is, I do not miss that big house,

only the people who lived in it.

True wealth, Mozasu...

It is to be loved.

But, Father, why does it have to be one or the other?

I want to be both loved and rich.

What's happening?

Just another blackout.

We have them almost every night now.

I'll light a lantern.

Here.

So you aren't scared.

Thank you, my son.

They're here!

Father.

It brings me joy to see you again, my brother.

Pastor, you've come.

Of course I had to.

To see him home finally--

I must have a private word with the pastor.

Come now.

Noa can stay.

Father.

Mozasu, help me with the lanterns.

But, Halmoni, if what you say is true,

a company like Colton would never touch this land.

How can you think of that again?

I ask that you hear me out.

After we sell this plot to Abe-san,

we spread the rumor about those bones--

We don't even know if they're still here!

It doesn't matter. A rumor like this will send Colton packing.

I'm sure of it.

And without them, Abe-san would be left holding a substantial loan.

How could you think of exploiting the dead?

I'm not responsible for that past. I had nothing to do with it.

Enough!

So what was it all for then?

All that tireless work?

It was you, wasn't it?

You're the one who turned me in.

Pastor?

Yes. You're right.

It was me.

I had long suspected you disliked me.

Why?

I didn't dislike you.

I despised you.

For you, it was so easy to be loved.

But for me...

even my own parents abandoned me.

It was Pastor Yoo who took me in

when everyone else just wanted to toss me.

He raised me as his own, loved me

until you came along,

and then his love dampened.

So I reported you to them.

But the satisfaction I thought I would feel...

it did not come.

I prayed fervently for your release.

Do you think I am here because of you?

No doubt your family prayed as well,

but I promise you my voice was part of that chorus.

Just as I tried to make my amends

not only to God, but to your family and to Noa...

With all my heart, I tried.

I understand I have no excuse.

You'll never forgive me--

I forgive you.

I forgive you.

You can't.

You can't forgive him. Never!

All these years--

Because of him--

You must believe me, Noa.

I know what I have stolen from you.

Get out! Stay away from us!

- Noa! - I am sorry, Noa.

Truly, I am sorry!

Pastor, what is going on?

Noa.

Father.

Why?

I know. Who am I to talk?

What do I know about true suffering?

The thought of going to sleep on an empty stomach...

it's unimaginable to me.

I've lived a pathetically easy life.

It's understandable for you to loathe me.

When I see the way you look at me...

The way my grandmother looks at me...

How can you not ask yourself...

"Did I really live through all that for this?"

No?

Surely you would say it was all pointless.

I'm sorry to keep you up so late.

I won't come back. I promise.

I have no regrets about how I lived.

It was a life lived well.

My sons, a broken body with a broken bones...

This is all I have to give you.

But even so, remember this:

That pastor's fate and ours...

we are together in the same lot.

Noa,

mercy is neither a gift nor a power.

Mercy is an admission.

Survival comes at a cost.

There is so much I want to say to you both.

But know this one thing.

No matter what...

you are my sons...

and I am your father.

I've come!

I've brought the doctor. He's going to help us.

It will be okay now.

- Father! - This is not good. Clear the room.

The doctor will help him.

Mozasu, Noa, come.

Mother!

I will be frank.

Your husband's lungs, they're filled with mucus.

We could drain them in a hospital,

but more concerning,

he has sepsis.

I do not believe...

he has much time left.

But there must be something you can do.

Please.

If it's the money, do not worry.

Tell him.

I'll pay whatever it costs. He doesn't need to worry.

I'll-- I'll get the money.

Your husband, at most,

he has a few hours left.

What they did to him...

It is a terrible thing.

I am sorry for him.

Forgive me.

I didn't know

it would cost us this.

There's nothing to forgive.

In the years you have been gone,

so many have come to me to speak of your kindness.

You sacrificed for others.

That's the man I met 14 years ago,

and it's the man I see now.

The world may have changed...

but you have not.

I want to see the boys grow up.

Sunja...

My wife, I want to hold you.

I...

I want to live.

So much.

I am dying to live.

When I am gone...

you must find someone.

Do not say such things.

You have so much love to give.

I know that.

To be loved by my husband,

to be honored by you...

it has been everything.

But how will you go on?

Do not worry about us.

I promise you.

Our children...

will live good lives.

Noa and Mozasu...

they will thrive.

There will never be another man like your father.

You are not to forget that.

Never.

What are you doing here?

The deal's done.

She'll sell to Abe and Colton for 1.4 billion yen.

We'll get a 10% fee.

But know this. That hotel will never be built.

Because we're going to sink it.

And Abe-san will know

I'm the one who did this to him.

It's not a drill! It's a real air raid!

Hurry to the bomb shelter!

- Hurry, run! - Hurry!

What are you doing? We must go!

Run! Let's go!

- Wait, my mother-- - Mother!

Sunja!

- But my husband! - Run!

No, I can't leave my husband!