Action Boys Page #9

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How did you know

Lee is staying here?

This is the best hotel in Dunhuang.

And you figured

he'd stay at the best.

Alright.

Byung-gil, what...

Give it to him later?

Yes, well...

We'll take whatever we can.

We might get

to meet Byung-hun Lee.

Yeah, you're right! Should we?

Sure!

The Korean wave

seems powerful indeed.

It can turn a middle-aged man

into a shy little boy.

To say thanks, he bought them lunch at

the best restaurant in the hotel.

The amazing food paralyzed even

their worries about their shoot.

As the taste fades,

they become desperate

with worry about their shoot.

In such a state, they wait.

Five hours later...

The stunt team must be back for

sitting out front is Joong-hyun Ji,

the stunt director of

"The Good, The Bad, And The Weird".

He also choreographed

the hammer scene in "Oldboy".

Stunt Director Joong-hyun JI

Producer Lee goes to ask him if

the production team is back.

He seems sure

of gaining permission

through the pretext

of the fan letter.

He says the production team

is probably back.

This is for Byung-hun Lee.

But the fan didn't know

his address.

I told him I'd give it to him.

So we just need to give this

to Byung-hun Lee, right?

Yes, so I'll just...

I'm sorry but

I have a meeting now so...

Okay.

Have a safe trip back to Korea.

He wasn't even able to

broach the subject. He looks sad.

If someone was

funding our film then

we would've come

comfortably by plane.

But since we have no money,

we had to fly 5 hours

and ride on a night train

for 14...

For 3 days here,

we couldn't shoot a thing.

All we did was

hand over a fan letter.

I don't know why we are here.

It seems like we went through

all this to hand over a letter.

Have a safe trip back...

I'm sorry

you weren't able to shoot...

It's okay!

The day they left China,

Jin-seock left Korea

for China to work on

"The Good, The Bad, And The Weird".

Even Gui-duck wasn't in Korea.

He was in Russia on a shoot.

Returning to Korea,

Byung-gil had no one to shoot.

He was suffering

through boredom when...

A phone call from Kyung-min.

He wants Byung-gil to come see him

in a musical that he is starring in.

He knew Kyung-min had been preparing

for the JUMP audition for months.

So he thought, "He finally did it!

Kyung-min wasn't nervous this time!"

At the theater, Byung-gil

could feel a mysterious force.

That force was pouring out

of the poster!

Why on earth did Kyung-min

become a power ranger?

You know the martial arts

performance JUMP, right?

I believed the saying,

"Sweat never lies."

And I kept trying...

But I kept failing.

So I thought, "Wow...

Sweat does lie sometimes."

I quit drinking.

I didn't meet girls.

I tried like crazy...

Then how did you meet

your present girlfriend?

Musical for Children Power Ranger

I went to an audition

for a musical called Power Ranger.

It was dubbed by radio actors.

We wear the masks

and do the action.

The radio actress

who dubs my part...

...became my girlfriend.

Good to see you all!

So as we worked together...

...we hit it off.

I gained a girlfriend

and the money's good too.

So I thought,

"Ah, sweat doesn't lie."

I was happy then.

Please say something to your

girlfriend on the camera.

- To my girlfriend?

- Yes. To her.

To camera.

Soo-yeon... I love you.

Kyung-min. I love you too.

In fact,

that radio actress... is me.

A few days later,

good news surprises us.

We got a package

from Sung-il in China.

Director Ji heard of our

miserable story in China.

Stunt Director Joong-hyun Ji

With his help, Sung-il shot some

practice footage of the stuntman.

You're about to fall from a horse.

How do you feel?

I'm sleepy. Real sleepy.

In my dream last night,

I'm the only who survives.

Which means the other

4 guys here are dead.

- And you alive alone?

- Yeah. The situation is similar.

Cheol-woo, be careful today.

Like Jin-seock said,

Cheol-woo looks

like he needs to be careful.

Cheol-woo's frightening

stunt practice brings to mind

legendary stuntman Yakima Kanutt Jr.

In the chariot scene of Ben Hur.

And the videotape also ends.

We went to visit Kyung-tae when

we heard his baby was coming.

Night Delivery

Relax! Relax your legs!

Please relax!

Kyung-tae was the first to get

married among the 8th year members

and this is the moment

he becomes the first father.

He didn't forget

to bring the camera

he bought months ago

for this moment.

As if in wonder, he is unable

to look away from his daughter.

As the head of a family, he renews

his resolution to provide for them.

In an unexpected turn, all the

stuntmen return home from China.

As sudden as their return,

some abrupt news...

It is the death of

stunt director Joong-hyun Ji.

They begin to move his casket

in absolute silence.

Gui-duck looks somber.

Sung-il was especially close

to director Ji.

He gets on the bus,

lips tightly shut.

Like the lives of stuntmen

outside the spotlight,

the funeral was a quiet affair

within the league of stuntmen.

The life of a stuntman

has no face.

Though director Ji had worked on

countless films for over 10 years,

it is hard to spot him

in his films.

Only a TV interview he did

before his death

captures his image fully.

Though they are in films,

they bear the fate

of being unrecognized.

Today, we will meet someone

who has such a job.

Usually it's only my back

or I double for actors

so you don't see my face.

Even if I can't act well

with my face,

I just need to express it well

through my body.

I strongly felt if I didn't do stunts

then, I'd greatly regret it later.

- Do you know "A Bittersweet Life"?

- Ah, yes!

"A Bittersweet Life"

The person hanging on top is me.

I hang a bit

and slam into that can.

I still have a bad back.

In the last part of "Public Enemy",

Public Enemy

I break a window

and go flying out.

I do a full turn,

then twist my body

before landing on top of the car.

I hurt my back doing that scene.

That was probably

my scariest moment.

Even though I knew

what I was doing.

Try and find him in the films

he's mentioned.

- They won't be able to.

- No?

In any case, don't get hurt...

Like he said,

We will no longer be able

to find him in movies.

Director Joong-hyun Ji started his

stunt career at the young age of 22.

At 26, he became

the youngest stunt director.

He said he started stunts because

he felt he'd regret it if he didn't.

His life came to an end

at the tender age of 33.

A few weeks after

the death of director Joong-hyun Ji

Sung-il and Jin-seock

quit stuntwork.

Byung-gil was also

no longer able to shoot.

Days later, late at night...

We got a call from Gui-duck

to go drinking.

When we arrived,

he was already very drunk.

Do you think stuntmen

don't feel pain?

That only actors hurt?

That's not true.

We hurt too when we get hit.

Slap us in the face...

Kick us in the shin...

And we hurt too.

We hurt.

We just don't express it.

But it still hurts.

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