(in Japanese) Whatever I do, it's always the same.
They always gang up on me.
Hey, don't be a crybaby!
It's embarrassing.
But the tears just come out.
Next time, they'll be the ones crying.
You always say that, but we never win.
Because you always give up!
I told you, like this…
(in Korean) Noa!
See ya! I have the party today.
Don't forget to bring me some of your aunt's rice cakes!
Papa!
Move over! You reek of garlic.
Noa, don't be like this.
Today's celebration is not just about your little brother.
You must understand,
not too long ago, many of our babies died before their first birthdays.
This celebration, it's for all of us.
I don't know.
It feels like it's always about him.
Noa,
you're the older brother now.
Your brother will count on you for many things.
But you swear I had a first birthday party too?
How could I lie about such a thing?
Times were harder for us then,
but you never went without.
You should thank your mother for that.
And you're absolutely sure I picked the red yarn?
You don't know how happy it made us.
But it's not really an exciting future for me, is it?
Why couldn't I have picked the bow and arrow?
Noa,
trust me, a long life is nothing to scoff at.
Well, Mozasu better pick the coins.
He has a beggar in his belly, so he needs to be rich.
Papa, why do you keep laughing? I'm serious.
You really should pray for it.
Thank you all for coming to celebrate our son's first year.
As you can see, he is clearly flourishing.
The Lord has truly blessed us.
This tradition of the doljabi
binds us not only to you all but also to those who came before--
Enough words.
Save them for your sermons.
My brother is eager to meet my son's fortune.
How could I deny him that?
It's time for Mozasu to choose his fate.
Can't I just pick for him?
Mozasu, let's pick!
So,
it's coming.
The end.
I would prepare yourself.
Is she… in much pain?
She won't tell us.
Yes.
Tremendous pain.
We can give her morphine.
But I must inform you,
at the dosage required to stem her pain,
she will be with us in body,
but her spirit might as well be gone.
No. I don't want her like that.
But Etsuko, what's best for Hana--
Stay out of this!
Slow down now!
You'll trample over one another,
and we'll have a body to pick off the ground.
Too many people here now.
Mama!
What is it? Are you hurt?
I waited almost an hour.
Why didn't he come?
What do you mean?
Your father didn't pick you up from school?
Mama, look.
Something's happening.
Excuse me. Please excuse me.
Did you check in there?
They're saying he's a traitor.
Mrs. Baek!
Where's my husband?
He's been arrested.
Arrested?
Why?
They won't say.
Just that the crime is of the most serious nature.
Where is he now?
They're questioning him at the local station.
They must've mistaken him for someone else.
I must go to him right away.
Child, listen.
Those men came here specifically looking for Isak.
Do you know what that means?
It means someone named him.
You must be careful,
and you must pray.
Noa,
go find your uncle. Bring him to the station.
Can you do that?
Go now.
Noa, what are you doing here?
-You must come! Papa has been arrested. -Arrested?
-He was arrested? -They took him to the station.
Mama is there now.
I need to tell my boss.
Wait here.
We have an hour.
Let's get your father out.
This makes no sense to me.
How is this possible?
You closed the deal.
Why would they fire you?
She changed her mind at the last minute.
But why?
Because I told her to.
Why would you do that?
I wanted to.
I can't understand this, but enough.
Go back to America, understand?
I can't go back.
I lost my visa.
What do we do then?
America's not the answer. That's a fantasy.
What are you talking about?
Papa, no one's going to hire me now.
The only one who'll work with me
is Yoshii-san.
He came to see me the other day.
He heard what happened.
I don't care what he's offering.
You will have nothing to do with him!
He wants to open pachinko parlors--
Pachinko? You?
You and Grandmother always say there's no shame in it--
For me, yes, but for my son?
I know that bullshit Yoshii fed you.
He said it was all legitimate,
didn't he?
You know how I know?
Because his grandfather once said the same thing to me.
Like you, I wanted too much, too fast.
But thanks to your mother and grandmother, I was spared that fate.
If it weren't for them, who knows what would've happened.
That happened a long time ago.
Mamoru Yoshii had nothing to do--
It's the same blood!
The grandfather's blood runs through his grandson.
That's ridiculous.
I won't allow it!
Even for all the riches in the world--
You sound like it doesn't matter. The money, the success.
That's not what I'm saying.
I get it,
but your dreams,
they're just not enough for me.
Noa, what are they saying?
Papa is being questioned by the "higher police" or something.
He says Papa is weak, so he would die in prison.
What's happening?
Uncle got in trouble.
He's saying Papa can return home if he is innocent,
but if he is guilty…
Now he said that's enough.
Other people are waiting.
I will go to my boss and explain to him.
He'll be furious when he hears how I've been treated.
And he'll help us then?
Isak will be able to come home tonight?
My brother will not sleep a single night in a jail cell.
Not Isak.
Never.
What's this face now?
What did I just say?
You're going to bring Papa home.
Of course. I'll bring him back right away.
Excuse me, ma'am.
A moment.
What do you want?
Have they taken your husband as well?
My brother-in-law.
Three months ago.
Three months?
And you haven't seen him since?
No.
When was your husband arrested?
This morning.
But there's been a terrible mistake.
He's just a pastor. He's not involved in politics.
You are Pastor Baek's wife.
How…
how do you know my husband?
Not here.
Noa, let's go.
Are there really spies everywhere?
Especially now that they're gearing for more war.
But isn't there always some war somewhere?
What does it have to do with us here?
Aren't we the ones who always bear the brunt?
Your husband taught us that.
So, you knew my husband well?
My brother-in-law knew him well.
At first, he was suspicious of your husband,
as were the other men at the factories around here.
But the Pastor earned their trust, their love even.
He taught the men that there is power in numbers.
We weren't used to hearing such power in words.
He made us feel proud.
My husband did all that?
He did.
And even as our bellies cried in hunger,
we fed off his hope.
But now what will we do?
How old are you?
Seven.
A boy should have a father.
Now come.
We must tell Hasegawa-san what's happened.
-Who is that? -You don't even know Hasegawa?
Apparently, I know nothing.
Then it's time for you to meet.
Mama!
What did they arrest him for?
I wish I knew.
The police wouldn't say why.
Normally they tell someone why they're being arrested.
I knew you'd understand, Shimamura-san.
The whole thing is ridiculous.
To lump my brother in with those unpatriotic persons--
What is it that you say? Unpatriotic?
Yes, it makes no sense, right?
My brother would never get involved in anything like that.
You never mentioned it was a political crime.
But my brother's innocent--
-That's not what the police believe. -I swear to you--
You're his family. Of course that's what you say.
You're putting me in a difficult position.
The other workers respect you.
But they say you can't fight blood.
The blood that runs in your brother courses through you as well.
Please, I need this job. My family depends on me.
I'm sorry, but I have to let you go.
Say…
I need you to do something for me.
Anything.
After I'm gone,
take care of her for me. My mother.
Hana.
Are you scared?
I'm scared.
I never dreamed it would end like this.
Here,
in this shitty room.
But Hawaii.
That would've been a glorious death.
My feet sinking into the warm sand.
The sound of waves holding me close.
But I guess it's all the same in the end.
Death is death.
I ran away, Solomon. I squandered it all.
I don't want that for you.
I'm sorry.
Why are you apologizing?
I left you behind. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry I didn't look for you sooner.
I always played by their rules.
I did everything they asked of me.
And they made a fool out of you, didn't they?
Yes.
They made a fool out of me.
Solomon,
it's time to stop feeling sorry for yourself.
Enough.
Whatever it takes, grab it all.
Show them no mercy.
Because what mercy did they ever show us?
Fuck them.
Do it for me.
Our pastor has been taken.
Hasegawa and his daughter have been hiding since the arrests started.
Go, talk to him. He'll have your answers.
He says come in and sit.
He says I look like Papa.
Papa talked about you so much,
she says you feel like a sister.
I see.
But you are both strangers to me.
He never mentioned either of you.
Papa didn't want us to know about them.
To protect us,
he had to split up the two worlds.
Something like that.
But what is this place?
Who are you really?
He is a professor, and…
a… Communist-something?
He and Papa dreamed of bringing together workers from other countries.
To fight for peace and fair wages.
Then it's true.
You were both working against the emperor.
"It's the emperor who fights against them."
So,
what happens to us now?
While you men were growing heavy with these dreams,
who is to put food on our tables,
or clothes on my children's back?
Were we ever a thought to either of you?
She says Papa did it for you and me.
How dare you talk to me like that?
Look at your hands.
They've never seen a day's work.
Who are you
to tell me my fears are meaningless?
We don't have time for this.
We need to get your father home.
He says we won't find him.
He's lying!
He says Papa won't ever come home because he was betrayed!
Mama, it's the police!
I'm pleased.
We'll be good partners together.
I didn't come here to talk about pachinko.
Colton Hotels, they're still a player.
I'm guessing you have a plan? Let's hear it.
Between Colton and Abe-san,
nearly ten billion yen have already been sunk into the project.
But it won't be easy for them to liquidate the surrounding properties so quickly.
Not with that crucial piece of land missing.
There's an opportunity here, a lucrative one.
Because whoever gets that woman's land can ask for anything.
And what makes you think she'll sell to you this time?
She won't. I know that.
But you…
you have your ways, don't you?
You get her to sell.
I'll handle the sale to Colton and Abe-san.
And I'll make them bleed for it. That's the point.
You see all that?
What if I told you, in two years,
all that land will be worth a quarter of what it is now?
Not possible.
What do you think the collateral on all that is, out there?
Usually some other company assets.
And if I said the banks have been taking the land itself as collateral?
That's crazy.
And yet, it's true.
Everyone's lost their minds.
Too busy gorging themselves off the feast they think will never end.
But it will.
As soon as the first bank calls in a loan, it all comes crashing down.
So we better be quick about it.
There's one more thing.
But this one is personal.
I want to do something for a friend.
Don't you think you should
wait to see how you feel in a day or two?
That way--
Mama.
I'm not getting any better.
I'm just… so tired.
I'm ready for a long sleep.
I'll go tell the doctor.
Mama.
I know.
I just don't understand.
How did it all go so wrong?
Keep it together. Don't feel sorry for yourself.
It's not over yet.
But Mother--
A girl is dying.
Have some perspective.
I know,
but aren't you concerned at all?
After all these years,
why are those people barging back into our lives?
Solomon is a good boy.
We raised him right--
But wasn't Noa raised right?
Look what happened to him.
Just because we love them doesn't mean we know them.
Were you aware of your husband's involvement
with the General Council of Labor Unions of Japan?
What is that?
Have you read or written any anti-government literature?
I…
don't know how to read or write.
Have you been to any meetings with negative views against the emperor?
I've never been to a meeting.
Until today, I've never even heard these kinds of words before.
And yet you are married to an agitator.
The man I know…
is a husband,
a father,
a pastor…
a good man.
I'm sorry.
I don't know why I'm saying these things.
Mother?
You think I would let that happen to Solomon?
Are you crazy?
Solomon is not your brother.
And what happened then,
I won't let it happen again.
Let's go.
It will take effect soon.
In five to ten minutes.
If you need me, please call.
You can't catch it just by looking at me.
She meant no harm.
You will feel the effects in five or ten minutes.
I will check on you then,
but if you need anything, press this.
I'll come right away.
Is there anything else?
Thank you.
Solomon…
where is he?
When will he come?
Noa.
Papa!
-Noa! -Enough!
-Papa! -Shut up!
-Noa! -Papa!
Let go of my daddy!
Noa!
Papa! Papa!
Don't take my father away! He can't leave us!
Papa, don't go!
You can't leave us!
Papa!
…it's been nearly 50 years since the last asteroid came this close.
On its trajectory toward the sun,
this asteroid came within 500,000 miles to Earth.
Scientists estimate that the asteroid
is traveling at 46,000 miles per hour…
What are you doing?
You have the paperwork signed by the director of this hospital.
Yes, but how did you--
That doesn't matter.
You're going on a trip. Ready?
-I wanna go. -Where are you going?
What are you saying?
Be careful!
What's he doing? Slow down!
You're going too fast!
Hawaii.
Mama!
Mama,
I'm going to sleep now.
Sweet dreams.
My little Hana.
Sweet dreams.
I'm going to take care of everything now.
Don't worry.
I used to think this watch was a curse.
But I realize now,
this watch saved our family.
Perhaps it will do that for you as well.
That is my hope.
MATH THE 6TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES
What's with those dogs?
Take them away!
You're waking the street.
Sunja,
what is this?
You're making kimchi?
But why so much?
I'll ferment one half
and take the other half to market.
I'm hoping there will be those who like fresh kimchi.
He won't be happy.
What choice do we have?
Please understand.
You don't think I'll find another job?
That's what this is about, isn't it?
Just so you know, I got a lead over at the tire factory.
Of course, we know you'll get another job.
I'm sure Sunja means for this just to be temporary.
I mean no disrespect. You must know that.
But we have no money coming in,
and our savings will run out in a few days.
I must think of the boys now.
And you think I don't?
You don't think it kills me to know
my baby brother is in a prison somewhere?
He's in prison!
Whether I have to beg or borrow, those boys will never go hungry.
Not in my house.
Then let me help you.
Because if I don't do something…
This helplessness, I can't bear it.
What's with the face?
Aren't you going to school?
When I was your age,
we couldn't afford school.
This is a privilege. Don't take it for granted.
Who are you?
Why do you walk this path?
There's a shorter route.
How do you know where my school is?
I know many things.
It's what protects me.
Remember that.
My father preferred this way.
And why is that?
There's an old woman down the street who has a piano.
She plays every morning on our way to school.
My father liked to hear the music.
Have you heard of the Kanto earthquake?
You should answer when addressed by an adult.
No.
It was before you were born.
A terrible earthquake.
So bad it split our world into a before and after.
I lost my father then as well.
How did you know my father is gone?
Right, protection.
That's right.
You learn quickly.
And so, learn this.
Noa,
it's not good enough to just survive.
People will tell you otherwise, but ignore them.
Think about it.
Cockroaches can just survive.
Should that be good enough for us?
Be better than everyone around you.
Not just the Koreans, but the Japanese as well.
Be so good that they can't deny you what you're owed.
Make no mistake.
They'll hate to see you rise.
But even with their hate, they'll have no choice but to respect you.
Do you understand what I am saying?
Yes.
One more thing.
Never look back.
Forward.
Always forward.
Now go to school and wipe that glum look off your face.
Tomorrow, take the short way.
Only fools would choose otherwise.
Noa,
don't live like a fool.
I hate that you're going alone.
Who's going to watch Mozasu or have dinner ready?
Don't worry.
I'll be fine.
And you,
no troublemaking today, understand?
Looking at his face, I think this is the hardest part of all.
But he'll grow up knowing you do this for him.
That his mother worked so hard to raise him.
Excuse me.
Sorry.
Excuse me.
What do you think you're doing?
Move it!
Go on. Get outta here! You'll chase away the customers with that stink.
Hurry and get outta here!
I'm sorry. It's my first day.
Don't even try!
Get your stinky cart out of here!
Want my son to piss on it?
Excuse me.
Young lady, over here!
Over here.
You can sell here.
Thank you! Please come again.
Come, look!
Two for the price of one!
Please come again.
Come and stop by! We got dried meats here!
Welcome!
Please, come try.
Kimchi. Fresh kimchi!
Come and taste.
Best price in town!
Kimchi! Fresh kimchi for sale!
Please try!
How about some kimchi?
Just made! Taste a sample!
Have you ever had kimchi?
Just made! Please try!
How about some kimchi? Cheap, really!
Just try once. Have a sample!
How about some kimchi?
Best kimchi in the city!
Have you tried kimchi?
It's a special price just for today!
Kimchi! Fresh kimchi!
Please, try!
Best kimchi in Osaka!
Thank you, thank you!
Have you ever had kimchi?
Just made! Please try!
Come and stop by!
Best kimchi in the city! You won't be disappointed!
Come try a sample.
Best kimchi in the city!
Best kimchi in the world! Come! Stop by!
Best kimchi in the world!
My mother's special recipe!
This is my country's food!
I think I came here when I was about 18.
I was 13 years old.
We came by boat.
It wasn't a plane.
I'm 22 years old here, so I'm young.
I came to Japan at 20 years old, after I got married.
I came here alone from Korea.
I was all alone.
I cried and cried. I cried a lot.
I came here at 11 and started working at 13.
I grew up in sadness.
So it's hard for me to be kind to other people.
I do wonder
if that's because of how I grew up.
I suffered so much after I got here.
I don't like thinking about those things now, but you know…
I do think about so many things.
I saw people who had died.
I was still a little girl.
It was during the war.
The military police came and grabbed the ponytails of those who had long hair,
and dragged them off by their hair.
I saw them do that.
We were lucky if we had some cabbage to eat.
But they ordered us to give it to them because it all belonged to the emperor.
Nothing you owned actually belonged to you.
So we all ate kimchi.
We didn't have anything to eat,
so we ate a lot of kimchi.
There was very little food in our rice bowls,
so we never felt full after we ate.
We'd turn our rice bowls upside-down to check if there was anything left.
That's how we lived.
Now life is too luxurious.
I couldn't speak any Japanese.
So I really struggled.
I don't like saying this,
but my children couldn't live in Korea.
So I made sure they assimilated into Japanese society.
Have you gotten used to life in Japan?
I'm used to it now.
It was hard.
This is my hometown now.
I can't go to Korea. I can't go to my country.
So this is my hometown now.
It's all a dream.
This one's a dream. That one's a dream.
They're all dreams now.
I was so young then.
Well…
this was the best time of my life.
What makes you think that?
Because everyone was close by.
How old are you?
I'm 98 years old.
I'm 85 years old.
I'm 80--
No, 90.
Am I 98?
Maybe 99?
I'm 93 years old.
When were you born?
In 1917.
I'm 92.
I turned 100 years old the other day, so they had a celebration for me.
That's why I'm like this.
I think I'm 95 years old.
Born in the year of the cow.
There were no hardships for me in the life I chose for myself.
I made my own way, my own path, so I have no regrets whatsoever
about the path I chose and walked down.
My son works very hard.
I have a good daughter-in-law and good grandchildren.
Everyone calls me grandma, so I'm thankful.
Your smile is very bright.
Do you think someone will take me as his bride?
My smile, you say. My smile…
I'm sure it must have been boring, but thank you for listening.
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