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A Myung Films, Isu Venture Capital and CJ Entertainment presentation in association with Sun Capital

starring SONG Kangho, KIM Hyesu

produced by SHIM Jaemyung, LEE Woojeung

executive producers SHIM Jaemyung, LEE Kangbok, CHAE Yoon

co-executive producer SHIM Jangshik

director of photography PARK Hyunchul

lighting director LIM Jaeyoung

production design KANG Seungyong,OH Sangman

prop master LEE Taewoo

costume design JUNG Kyunghee

make-up artist SONG Jonghee

special visual effects JANG Sungho

edited by KIM Sangbum, KIM Jaebum

music by BANG Joonseok

sound design KIM Sukwon, HANChulhee

written and directed by KIM Hyunseok

YMCA BASEBALL TEAM

Seoul 1905

Do you even know what you're reading?

I must be gifted in languages

So Korean isn't a language?

I found them all

Just in this one page, there are 682 'A's

Little bastards

Now for the 'B's

Push harder

Higher

A little more...

Hochang...

Hochang, are you okay?

Haven't found it yet?

What is that?

The ball shrank

Oh my goodness

Don't get me wrong

No, I am just here to get my ball

To find my ball

No, you must have misunderstood me

Now that I've found it, I better go

I am sorry for interfering with your ironing

This is not an ironing paddle

It sure did look a bit long...

Then is it a washing paddle?

Or maybe not

By any chance, do you like sports?

I am a scholar

Don't just watch the ball

Hit it!

Don't just swing it

Aim for the ball

The farther you hit it the better

You sure talk a lot!

This is what we call baseball

Base... what?

Baseball

What do you think?

Would you like to seriously learn how to play?

I told you I am a scholar

If you learn how to play it, you'll be the first in Korea

Players Wanted For Seoul YMCA Baseball Team

Chunghak Private School

I must be getting tired of Seoul after 20 years

Considering my age,

I'd like to spend the rest of it in my hometown

However, I'm concerned about this school

It would be irresponsible for a scholar to abandon it

So I was thinking

what if you were to take it over?

Father, I'm deeply honored

that you acknowledge my intelligence

It's not that I think you're smart enough

Your brother is probably more suitable

Father, this is a bit sudden

so I cannot make up my mind right now

Please give me some time to think about it

Very well, do as you like

Yes, father

Good night

Hochang

I expected a lot from your brother

I'm not implying that he's wasting his time now

but parents always expect more

I hope you don't disappoint me

Master

What are you doing here?

I heard they were teaching sports, so I came

Who was that?

Just a servant who worked at our house

Hey!

Where's that scholar friend if yours?

Welcome to Seoul's YMCA baseball team

I'm in charge of this baseball team

My name is Min Jungrim

Nonsense!

Hey, lady

Stop fooling around

And call the real coaches

Of course the technical aspects will be

assigned to the American missionaries

But without my presence

how would you communicate with these gentlemen?

But that doesn't mean I'm clueless about baseball

I learned it while studying in America

Unlike here, women also...

All baseball players must use the front gate

Well, there's this thing called a strike

Let's call it 'su-tu-rak' in Korean

'Su' for water

No, 'su' for 'great' would be better

'Tu' for throw

And 'rak' for happy

So throw great and be happy

Su-tu-rak!

No, that's third base!

First base is to your right!

That's right!

If you touch the runner with the ball, he's out

Seoul YMCA Baseball Team

How do you feel?

Still dizzy?

When did I ever say that I was dizzy?

What are they doing over there?

Starting from Chongryang Street

I've seen it several times already

Oh, that

Many kids have been playing it lately

It's baseball or something

Most modern schools nowadays are teaching it

How foolish

Bow

Seoul YMCA vs. Deok-eo School Korea's first baseball game

We're not only Korea's first but its best baseball team

The first and the best! Go YMCA!

Kid, aren't you too young for this?

Didn't you just bat?

I don't want to be fourth

[The Chinese character] 'Four' means 'death'

The best hitter is supposed to be fourth

Then 'four' for 'scholar'

Master, please catch!

A nobleman can't catch a ball from a peasant

Here!

Seoul YMCA 5:0 Deok-eo School

Wonderful!

Over there!

Run idiot or else you'll be out!

Seoul YMCA 12:3 Baejae School

Seoul YMCA 8:4 English School

Seoul YMCA Baseball Team on Winning Streak

Louder!

Good, and one last time!

November 17, 1905 Korea gives away its diplomatic powers by signing the 'Eulsa Treaty' with Japan

Sir, the rickshaw is ready

Okay

Please use this umbrella or you'll get wet

I don't need it

Even with my eyes open I think of you

Even with my eyes closed I think of you

You're a thief who stole my heart

Yes, you are

Jeong-rim's father, diplomat Min, kills himself in protest of the 'Eulsa Treaty'

Stop!

How dare you come here!

I won't accept your condolences

On behalf of the Japanese Empire

he came here to offer his condolences

Who wants to mourn for whom?

Do you know where you are?

Mother

You dirty traitor

Rotten bastards

Father

Attention everyone!

Before the honorable Min Younghwan left us

he left this will for his comrades to read

Please listen carefully

While listening to the wind in the bamboo forest

a thief came without being noticed

A thief who stole my heart A thief who stole my sleep

Instead, steal away the longing left in me

I'm a normal person who you keep awake

A thief who stole my heart

You thieves!

Even with my eyes open I think of you

Even with my eyes closed I think of you

You've made a fool of an honorable son

A thief who stole my heart

We did not get to see even one crane this winter

Winter at Myungryun District

was once famous for being a resting place for cranes

But they disappeared several years ago

Maybe because too many scholars have changed sides

I wonder if your brother is keeping

himself warm in this cold weather

Father

There's a crane

That's a duck, boy

The legs are too long to be a duck

Then what about its bill?

Now that I think about it I see it's not a crane

I'd like to introduce our new member

This is Oh Daehyun

I've heard that this team has never lost a game

I'll do my best not to ruin that reputation

Nice to meet you all.

Hello, I'm Ryu Kwangtae

Everyone, gather around.

Shorter people in the front taller in the back

Two steps to the left

Okay, good

Now move your head a bit this way

Good

Here we go

Look this way open your eyes wide, and freeze!

1906 YMCA Baseball Team

My father tells me to be an admiral when I grow up

But my father doesn't understand me

I wanna be something else

My mother tells me to become a powerful man's wife

Mom, what's so great about that?

I wanna marry someone else

I wanna become

I wanna marry

the YMCA baseball team

Ladies and gentlemen!

Please give a very warm welcome

to Korea's best baseball team!

Go YMCA!

You're the best!

On behalf of Seoul's citizens

we'd like to present a very special gift

Seoul's best leather tailors had worked very long

and hard to make this special gift

Thank you!

Thank you!

Don't just thank us with words!

Sing us a song!

Yeah!

Let's hear the YMCA players sing!

Yeah!

One boy

Two boys

Three boys are here

Four boys

Five boys

Six boys are here

Seven boys

Nine boys are here

So let's play baseball

One more time

So let's

play

base

ball

Hurray!

Eiffel what?

The Eiffel Tower

Well, it's a type of pagoda.

A pagoda...

Then is it bigger than Dabo Pagoda?

Compared to Dabo or Sukga Pagoda

probably thirty times taller

Thirty times taller...

Don't lie to me

Think I'm stupid because I lived here all my life?

Know what my childhood dream was?

What was it?

It doesn't exist anymore

Something that doesn't exist?

The king's secret emissary

The king's secret emissary?

My uncle was a royal emissary

Don't lie to me

It's the truth

He was the last royal emissary of Korea

His name is Lee Myungsang

I can't believe this

Your uncle is the honorable Lee Myungsang?

Why are you so doubtful?

It's the truth

I never really liked to study

but when they abolished the emissary test

I was very upset

I lived each day without a goal

But then I ran into baseball

You see

You gave me a new goal in my life

So I'm grateful

Stop right there!

Father, I'm home

I'm not one of the "Eulsa Five" traitors

So what do you want?

How can only the five be blamed for everything?

The traitors that the Anti-Eulsa Five can't punish

we take care of

So are you the Anti-Eulsa Fifty or something?

We were looking for a name anyway

Thanks for giving us one

The Anti-Eulsa Fifty...

You think what your group is doing is right?

You may think you're saving the country

I don't think this is right

or if it's the right way for our country

I just think you don't deserve to live

Father!

Who are you?

Father!

Is your father all right?

Yeah.

He's lucky not to have been badly hurt

Thank goodness

Ouch, it hurts

What?

What the hell is this?

What are they doing in our territory?

What are you doing here?

This is a restricted area

What is he saying?

Don't know

We are baseball players from the YMCA

This is where we practice

So what are you doing here?

This place will be a training camp for our soldiers

Have you gotten permission from the government office?

We've been using this place with approval

Government office?

I don't know which office you're talking about

but we received permission from the National Security Agency

Is there any authority higher than that in this country?

What the hell is he saying?

Let's go!

- Yeah, let's go - Come on!

What's going on here?

They said the YMCA baseball team practices here, sir!

Dismiss them!

Dismissed!

This place will be a training camp for our soldiers

Find another place to play baseball

Let's get out of here

Daehyun, is that you?

Hideo!

I heard that you went back to Korea

but I didn't expect to meet you here

I didn't expect to, either

A military outfit suits you better than a baseball uniform

I heard that YMCA is the best baseball team in Korea

I guess they owe that to you.

So is your fastball still working?

We should have a game sometime

I'd like to pay you back for losing in Tokyo

Japan's Sungnam Club vs. Seoul YMCA

Show me what Korea's best can do

Don't know what you're saying

but we never lost a game

There's nothing to it!

Very nice!

Go get them, Hochang!

Beat them!

Catch it!

Hochang!

Give them hell, Hochang!

You guys are finished!

- What was that? - The ball curved

Go captain!

Victory!

What happened?

You don't seem like yourself today

What's the use in being like this?

Let's get up

I never went to school but this I know

"A stumble may prevent a fall"

Master, please get up

Don't touch me

Those filthy hands.

Let me say something Master...

No, Jung Byunghwan

Class discrimination disappeared long ago

So how can you still treat me like a servant?

What?

Wait!

Let's not do this

We could lose again if you all keep this up

Japanese started baseball thirty years before us

Maybe it was inevitable for them to win

It was my fault

I was in bad shape today

No

It was all my fault

My father showed up suddenly

so I couldn't concentrate

No, it's because I was pitching bad

No, it's because I was hitting bad

It was both of your faults

Are you happy now?

Know what's wrong with your batting?

What I think is that you're too impatient

You swing your bat too early

So you're good at hitting fastballs

but you're weak at curve balls

Don't flatter yourself

I don't hit curve balls

I only play straight and fair

A curve ball is a fair technique

Please listen to me

When you're at the plate

wait a breath and then swing

Did you know that there's a pagoda in France

30 times taller than Dabo?

Do you mean the Eiffel Tower?

What is this?

See what's inside of it

Wait, is this?

Now do you believe me?

It's not that I didn't believe you

but you've really put me on the spot

Please

Hochang, please take it

What did you say?

I begged and begged my uncle to let me have it

Did you really?

You're not believing me again

But still, it must be so precious to him

Actually, he did have two medallions

but yes it is a precious item

But how could I accept this?

By any chance

is it because you have feelings for me...?

I just hoped that you help win a rematch against Japan

If that's your wish I promise you on this medallion

I have two sons

One is in the underground somewhere

And the other is playing some peasants' game

Forgive me for being forward

but I know I'm nothing in the world of scholars

But as a baseball player I'm one of the best

Compared to scholars

that means I'm as famous as Yi Hwang and Ryu Songryong

You always told me

that a scholar must live gracefully like a crane

But nowadays a train can take you to Incheon in an hour

Maybe the reason why cranes don't come to Seoul lately

is to tell us that to live like them now is something hard to do

No more need for discussion

I've made up my mind

I will close the school and go to the countryside

To ever think of handing the school to you was foolish of me

Father...

Don't even call me father

Straight!

I know already

Now once more!

Good!

Good!

Kwangtae!

Is something wrong?

No

Just that I'd like to hear that pipe again

Could you play for me?

The harmonica?

Right, the harmonica

But too bad...

I lost it

Really?

Come back if you can't find it

There's another ball here

Find him!

Yes, sir!

Where's Oh Daehyun?

Try some beans

Boy do they look tasty

So what are we going to do now?

If you don't know neither do I

I guess our team has broken up

I never did like those two from the beginning

We should've stuck to playing this from the start

My hands still hurt...

Did you know that?

That Jungrim and Daehyun used to be lovers?

Father

Father

Anybody home?

May I help you?

Isn't this Lee Daechang's home?

Lee Daechang?

Yes, it is

He is my older brother

I realized that I was foolish

I want to live here with you, father

Forget it

I don't need a worthless boy like you here

I want to fulfill my duty and live as a crane now

But your brother will return home in Seoul...

What will he do if you're down here?

I've already talked to the neighbors

There's no need to worry

My father gave me my body

My mother raised my body

Inside of her, my mother embraced me and breastfed me

I've thought about this before

The Eulsa Five, Eulsa Fifty

or even if 500 traitors disappeared

how would it make a difference?

But every time our baseball team won

the people became one and felt very proud

Japanese tea tastes better than ours

Doesn't it taste good?

It just arrived from Sijuoka

You must be proud to have a dependable son

I am now but he used to cause trouble once

I felt relieved to send him to military school

but then he got caught up in baseball

Still regret you quit baseball and became a soldier?

No, I am glad I did, sir

Good, you can always play baseball as a hobby

Anyway, since that Anti-Eulsa Fifty group

is trying to kill both Korean and Japanese officials,

they've become a real pain for us

How's the search going?

We're trying our best to track them down

but it's not that easy, sir

If you chase after a mouse you'll never catch it

You have to make it come to you

Come and pick one out

For laundry, cleaning we have all kinds of paddles

Don't you have a longer paddle?

Good to see you Myungwol!

Let's see how big your breasts are

I've been waiting

Hurry and grab it

Try and hit it

Can't even hit that?

Dummy

Catch

Give it here

Catch it

There's a newspaper from Seoul

Take a look at it

I'm not interested in Seoul anymore

But still you should read it

Lots of interesting articles

Thought you'd get away with homework

while Master's away?

What are you whispering about?

Forgive us, teacher

Think I'll let it pass that easily?

Tell me what you were whispering about

Well...

Now!

That you were good at whipping

like you were good at baseball

Baseball?

Where did you hear that I played baseball?

The Master always bragged about it

That his son was Korea's best baseball player

And as famous as Scholar Yi Hwang.

Teacher, please tell us about baseball in Seoul

Please, teacher!

- YMCA Baseball Team reunites for rematch against Japan -

A gentleman's actions are greater than his words

A man with faith must act out his words

A man with faith must act out his words

Must act out his words

Wait a minute, sir!

Look here

I'd like a ticket to Seoul

No more trains to Seoul today

There;s one tomorrow afternoon

Oh no...

I can't believe this

I have to get there by noon tomorrow...

Very nice

Daehyun isn't the only pitcher out there, you know

You're a little slow, though

That's what's so special about my ball

As if it climbs slowly over Arirang Hill

I'm sorry

From the beginning

there wasn't going to be a game today

Hideo!

Let us play the rematch

What is it?

Let us play, father

We can still arrest them after the game

Don't underestimate them

They might have a plan

They showed up knowing they'd be caught

Although you may never understand

this is real sports, father!

You were never cut out to be a soldier

Fine

Arrest them after the game

But you have to win

Look at those Koreans

They're expecting the YMCA players

to give them what their government failed to do

Don't give them any more hope

Win no matter what!

In honor of the great Japanese Empire!

I already know that you all feel betrayed by us

I won't give any excuses

If you all wish we'll stay out of it

Then stay out of it

Let's go!

I won't!

- No, let's go! - I won't!

No! My Arirang ball!

About your father

I'm sorry for what happened.

A nine-inning game and no more!

Victory!

Victory!

Excuse me

I'm in a hurry to get somewhere...

Please let me use this horse

We have none available at the moment

Wait

So you're telling me that's a cow?

If you can't ride this horse

then it might as well be a cow

This one's used for emergencies

Emergencies?

What kind of emergencies?

It's for government officials on urgent business

This is the most serious game out of all the ones I've seen

If one side is ahead the other catches up

Both sides are fighting mercilessly for their pride

With every lightening throw there's a thundering hit

A burst of flame shoots out from the bat

and limbs tear as they run

I hear bells ringing

While carrying Korea's hope

and prayers our YMCA players are fighting to the death

Japan's last attack at the top of the ninth

Players to score are on first and second base

Our YMCA players are facing a crucial point

Pitcher Oh Daehyun seems a bit worn out

Give it to them!

Japan's fourth batter to come up to bat is Nomura Hideo!

In the last game he hit the ball into the sky

and our poor YMCA team lost eight to zero

I knew I didn't feel good about this

No!

That's my son

Come on the game's not over yet

Korea's best! Go YMCA!

What an unlucky day for our YMCA team

Two hits were caught like nothing

With one more out the game is over

Everyone can go back to your home

Fantastic!

We've come back to life!

We should keep this chance alive

And the next batter is an unknown...

I don't know his name

He batted three times and struck out three times

Who cares who he is

Is there any hope left for us?

Stop the game!

Hochang

I can't believe it.

The man who just appeared on a horse

is the man we've all been waiting for!

New batter, Lee Hochang!

Hit a home run!

Give it all you have, Hochang!

He's a beast when it comes to fast balls

Give him curve balls

Take a breath and then swing

Don't lecture me

Strike!

Throw a straight ball!

He won't throw it straight...

He hit it!

It's flying away!

It'll fly forever!

It went pass the flagpole!

The sky is the limit!

It's finally a tie!

A tie!

Hit it hard!

Score one more!

Hit a big one!

One more out and it's over

I'd like a time out

Time out!

What are you doing?

To work out a strategy

There's no need for a plan with two outs

Listen to me very carefully

Whether I make a hit or not the game ends here

Then you and Jungrim will be taken away

So what I'm trying to say

Go back

It's my decision

I told you to listen to me

I'm going to bunt this time

People won't expect it

so all eyes will be on me

See that horse over there?

The one Hochang rode on

When you reach third base

get on that horse

Go as fast as you can and don't look back

No, but what about the game?

Don't blow this chance!

Kwangtae!

Thank you for saving my father

Good-bye, Jungrim

Bunt!

Arrest them!

Damn it.

I can't wait any more, sir

The royal

emissary

is here!

Chulwoo, hit a big one!

Don't be nervous

go Tae-hun Lee!

Hit a home run, my son!

- Let's go! - Let's go!

The Seoul YMCA Baseball Team didn't make news by winning.

Since winning was inevitable, they only made

news when they lost. "Korean Baseball History"