Original subtitles

[SPEAKING KOREAN]

AH. OH.

[SPEAKING KOREAN]

[SPEAKING ENGLISH]

WE'LL HAVE THIS, AGAIN, IN YOUR RIGHT HAND FOR NOW.

SHE'S GOING TO SWITCH HANDS AS SHE GETS OUT.

RIGHT, AND THE FEELING IS DESPERATION, WHATEVER IT TAKES.

ROLLING.

AND ACTION.

[LINE RINGING]

-[EDDIE] HEY, JASON. -HI, PASTOR EDDIE, HOW ARE YOU?

-GOOD. HOW ARE YOU DOING? -DOING GOOD, THANKS.

-CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? -YEAH.

YEAH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT KIND OF

CAME ON TO MY RADAR JUST A FEW YEARS AGO.

THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT FORMS OF PROSTITUTION IN KOREA,

AND THE MORE I RESEARCH, THE MORE HORRIFIC

AND THE MORE WIDESPREAD I REALIZED THAT IT WAS.

MM.

SO THE OPPORTUNITY CAME UP

TO CONTACT YOU GUYS

AND SEE IF YOU WOULD ACTUALLY BE OPEN TO WORKING

AND HELPING US 'CAUSE I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS PROJECT

CAN POTENTIALLY BE NATION-CHANGING.

[WOMAN ON P.A.] ...FLIGHT 6977.

UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 7321 TO SEOUL INCHEON

IS NOW READY FOR BOARDING.

FOR YOUR SAFETY AND CONVENIENCE,

PASSENGERS WILL BE BOARDING IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER.

GOOD MORNING. SOUTH KOREA IS A TREND-SETTER,

SETTING THE TONE FOR EVERYTHING FROM K-POP TO SOAP OPERAS.

-SOUTH KOREA... -SOUTH KOREA...

-SOUTH KOREA... -SOUTH KOREA...

SOUTH KOREA'S ECONOMY WAS THE SAME AS KENYA'S WHEN I WAS BORN.

AND THEN WAS 40 TIMES LARGER THAN KENYA'S. THINK ABOUT THAT.

IT HAS BEEN INSPIRING TO WATCH KOREA'S RISE WITHIN MY OWN LIFETIME.

[CONAN] WHAT'S THE THING YOU'RE OBSESSED WITH THESE DAYS?

-K-POP. -K-POP?

* OPPA GANGNUM STYLE...

[ANNOUNCER] REPRESENTING THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, YUNA KIM.

[EDDIE] YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT I THINK

KOREANS ARE VERY PROUD OF CONCERNING THIS COUNTRY.

AND THIS IS COMING FROM A COUNTRY THAT WAS IN DIRE POVERTY

LESS THAN A CENTURY AGO.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD ATTRIBUTE THE SUCCESS

OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO THE HARD WORK ETHIC,

BUT ALSO THE SACRIFICIAL NATURE OF THE OLDER GENERATION.

THAT THEY WERE WILLING TO SACRIFICE

LITERALLY ALMOST ANYTHING FOR THE SAKE OF THE GREATER GOOD.

BUT AS A RESULT, THE MORAL FIBER OF THIS COUNTRY

HAS NOW BECOME AN EMPTY SHELL OF WHAT WE USED TO BE.

10 MILLION CUSTOMERS PER YEAR.

ESTIMATES HAVE ANYWHERE FROM HALF A MILLION

TO 1.3 MILLION WOMEN AND GIRLS

WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE SEX INDUSTRY

IN THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.

AND THE REASON WHY OF THE WORLD WILL NOT BE AWARE OF IT

IS BECAUSE WE ARE VERY GOOD AS A KOREAN PEOPLE

OF SAVING FACE AND PUTTING ON THE PROPER IMAGE

OF WHAT LOOKS GOOD ON THE OUTSIDE.

BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS IMPACTING

EVERY WALK OF SOCIETY IN THIS COUNTRY.

AND IT'S ONLY GONNA GET BIGGER UNLESS WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

[DOG BARKING]

[ALL SPEAKING KOREAN]

[WOMAN]

[DR. LEE]

[WOMAN]

[POTS AND PANS CLATTERING]

[ESTHER]

[IN ENGLISH]

TEN, NINE, EIGHT,

SEVEN, SIX, FIVE,

FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE, ZERO.

-BLAST OFF. -WHAT?

[SPEAKING KOREAN]

[WOMAN]

[DONG-YEOB LEE]

[WOMAN]

[WOMAN #2]

[JASON] YOU RECORDING?

-THIS IS BETTER. -YEAH, IT'S LINED UP.

-OKAY. -READY?

-YEAH. -LET'S DO IT.

I THINK HE'S ABOUT TO GO IN THERE.

[JASON SPEAKING ENGLISH]

[ERIC]

[JASON]

[SPEAKING KOREAN]

WE SHOULD GO.

LET'S GO.

[PANTING]

-HUH? -THAT'S THEM UP THERE.

-WAIT, LET'S WAIT HERE. -OH, MY GOD.

-THAT'S THEM FOR SURE. -REALLY.

-[BOTH PANTING] -OH, MY GOD.

[SPEAKING KOREAN]

[WOMAN]

[CRYSTAL]

[ESTHER]

[MAN]

[YUNA KIM]

[DR. LEE]

[D. LEE]

[CHO]

[KIM]

[EDDIE] HEY GUYS, CAN YOU, UH,

CAN YOU GUYS GATHER AROUND HERE, PLEASE?

THIS IS A REALLY SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY OF THE PAST FEW YEARS.

WE'RE JUST HERE TO LOVE.

AND JUST TO ENCOURAGE YOU THAT LIGHT

IS ALWAYS GREATER THAN DARKNESS.

OKAY.

[EDDIE] SO EVERYONE CAN HANG OUT OVER HERE.

I WANT TO GO INSIDE AND TALK TO THEM.

GO AHEAD AND WAIT OVER HERE.

[SPEAKING KOREAN]

[JASON] OKAY, YEAH.

[SPEAKING KOREAN]

[GIRL]

[DR. LEE]

[JASON] MIC CHECK, ONE, TWO.

[ERIC] A POLICE STATION.

[SPEAKING KOREAN]

ALL RIGHT, THIS IS POLICE NUMBER TWO.

WE'RE HEADED TO THE CAPITAL OFFICE.

[SPEAKING KOREAN]

THIS IS AUDIO FOUR, POLICE STATION NUMBER THREE.

EDDIE AND I BOTH HAVE A WIRELESS MIC ON.

[SPEAKING KOREAN]

[JASON] MIC CHECK, ONE, TWO, MIC CHECK, ONE, TWO.

OKAY, GOOD.

-YOU ALL RIGHT? -YEAH, ARE YOU?

[SPEAKING ENGLISH]

IS SOMEONE IN THERE?

-HELLO. -HELLO.

[SPEAKING KOREAN]

[ERIC] WHAT'D HE SAY?

[JASON] I THINK HE JUST SAID IT WAS OKAY.

THE POLICE ARE VERY WELL AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

IN FACT, THEY VISIT A LOT OF THESE SEXUAL SERVICES.

AND THEY EXPECT FREE SERVICES AS A RESULT.

SO UNFORTUNATELY, CORRUPTION IT A BIG REASON WHY IT'S STILL RAMPANT.

[DR. LEE]

[GIRL]

[JASON] TEST ONE, TWO. ED, GIVE ME A TEST.

[EDDIE] TESTING ONE, TWO. ONE, TWO.

[JASON] ALL RIGHT.

SEEMS DANGEROUS.

[SPEAKING KOREAN]

YOU WANT TO GO IN?

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

[SPEAKING KOREAN]

[EDDIE SPEAKING ENGLISH]

[SPEAKING KOREAN]

[JASON SPEAKING ENGLISH]

[SPEAKING KOREAN]

[EDDIE SPEAKS ENGLISH]

[SPEAKING KOREAN]

[SPEAKS ENGLISH]

[SPEAKING KOREAN]

[JASON SPEAKS ENGLISH]

[SPEAKING KOREAN]

[GIRL]

[ALARM BEEPING]

[CRYSTAL]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[EDDIE] THERE IS A COMMON CORE DIGNITY AND A SACREDNESS

THAT EVERY PERSON HAS.

AND WHAT THE SEX INDUSTRY DOES IS IT DESTROYS THAT DIGNITY.

IT DESTROYS THAT HONOR. IT DESTROYS THE FREEDOM

THAT EACH PERSON HAS A RIGHT TO HAVE

FROM THE MOMENT THEY ARE BORN.

MY NAME IS ESTHER.

[SPEAKS KOREAN]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

* YOU COME AROUND AND MAKE THE SEASONS CHANGE *

* YOU COME AROUND AND LEAVE THE WAY YOU CAME *

* YOU COME AROUND AND WIPE MY TEARS AWAY *

* YOU MAKE ME WANT TO GIVE MY HEART AWAY *

* THE WAY YOU SPEAK, IT LEAVES ME WITHOUT WORDS *

* AND WHEN YOU'RE GONE IT MAKES ME TOSS AND TURN *

* YOU COME AROUND AND MAKE SURE THAT IT HURTS *

* YOU MAKE SURE THAT IT HURTS WHEN YOU'RE AWAY *

* HERE AMONG THE CLOUDS

* WE ARE SAFE AND SOUND

* YOU LIFT ME UP

* YOU LIFT ME UP

* YOU COME AROUND

* AND LIGHT UP EVERYTHING

* YOU STUN ME WITH YOUR SMILE *

* AND ALL YOU BRING

* YOU COME AROUND

* AND MAKE ME WANT TO SING

* YOU MAKE ME WANT TO SING

* MY FEARS AWAY

* HERE AMONG THE CLOUDS

* WE ARE SAFE AND SOUND

* YOU LIFT ME UP

* YOU LIFT ME UP

[VOCALIZING]

* YOU LIFT ME UP

* YOU LIFT ME UP

* YOU LIFT ME UP.