Dongju Page #4

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What happened to your face?

The provisional government is in trouble.

Funds have been cut off.

So I did something...

a bit dangerous. But, it's fine.

Is Yeo Jin doing alright?

Sure.

She's a nice girl. Take good care of her.

Get out quick and take

care of her yourself.

We need her family's help.

Some families in Okcheon could

provide us with military funds.

She could be a big help on that.

So be nice to her.

Is that...

the only way you think of her?

Don't be so nave.

Do you think she's just an

innocent, ignorant child?

I don't know.

I can't use a person's feelings...

Got it, got it.

I won't talk about her.

How's school?

We have a new dean.

Teaching in Korean is forbidden.

My goodness.

Good times are over now.

Dong Ju.

From now on...

go with me wherever I go, won't you?

Mong Gyu, let me pour you a drink.

A man has to go through

a lot to do big things.

You're right, sir.

What?

Mong Gyu, come here.

Help yourself.

- Don't worry about it.

- Take heart, Mong Gyu!

What is this?

Don't drink too much. Have some tofu.

No use giving him that, the little bastard.

You bastard, that's not enough.

- Eat it all up.

- Yes, sir.

You little...

I sent you off to study.

And what did you do?

That's enough.

He's back. That's what matters.

Dong Ju.

Let's go to Japan.

Where in Japan?

I'm under surveillance now anyway.

So there's nothing I can do.

I might as well study hard.

And if we're going to have

to take Japanese names

and study in Japanese in Korea...

Wouldn't it be better to go study in Japan?

Let's go to Kyoto Imperial University.

You've always wanted to go to Kyoto, too.

What about the exam?

We just need to prepare for a few months.

We can prepare at Yonhi until graduation.

The parents will like it, too.

We want to succeed through studies.

They'll like it.

Mong Gyu.

You aren't planning

something else, are you?

No more dangerous plans, please.

I studied literature when I was young.

There's no use in studying it.

No, sir.

Even the Japanese can't look down

on a Kyoto Imperial Univ. Graduate.

And I will be treated

well no matter what I do.

I'll work hard.

Are college studies so hard?

No reason studying should be hard.

It's hard for me.

What will you be when you grow up then?

I'll be a person.

You have to study to be a person.

That's right. You have to learn.

Soon, you won't be able to sing or write

in Korean any more.

Keep these books in Korean safe.

"Portrait of Little Brother"

The face of my little brother

makes a sad painting,

as he has the cold moon

reflected on his red forehead.

I stop walking,

hold his little hands and ask him.

What will you be when you grow up?

I will be a person.

His answer is

a truly green answer.

"The Wind Blows"

From where does the wind start

and to where is it blown?

As the wind blows,

there is no reason for my suffering.

For Asia to survive among

the Western powers...

All of Asia must become one.

I'm proud to see you have grown

into workers who will stand

on the front lines of the empire.

I especially praise the

students with excellent grades

for their hard work during their days here.

Diploma of honors for Song Mong Gyu.

Awarded by Yun Chi Ho,

dean of Yonhi College.

GREATER EAST ASIA

CO-PROSPERITY SPHERE

You call this an award?

Who needs this?

I decided myself to study abroad.

When did you decide to go to Kyoto?

After Mr. Jeong recommended it to me.

Then when did you meet him?

In October 1939.

Why didn't you change your

name to Japanese then?

You changed it the same day as

Song Mong Gyu after he returned.

Hiranuma Doju

Even if we remain here...

we have to live with Japanese names.

Look on the bright side.

"Confessions"

My face remaining

in a rust-blue copper mirror.

Why does it look so disgraced,

which dynasty does this relic belong to?

Let me reduce my confession into one line.

For twenty four years and one month

what induced me to live?

Tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow

or some joyful day,

I am again to

write another line of my confession.

Somura Mugei.

Here.

Hiranuma Doju.

Here.

Discuss the influence the

Renaissance and the Reformation

had on modern Western culture.

Describe the progress of the

French Revolution year by year.

Describe Max Weber's notion

of 'The Ideal Type.'

Somura Mugei

Congratulations!

You're so great.

You should try another school.

I've never thought of trying other ones.

Try Rikkyo University.

I was thinking of going there

if I didn't get in here.

It's a Christian school so...

it'd be much easier to study there

than at the imperial schools.

Dong Ju.

Trust me.

It's a letter!

A letter!

It says Mong Gyu got in

the Western history dept.

At Kyoto Imperial University.

And Dong Ju...

also got in.

Wait.

But not Kyoto Imperial...

He got in the English literature dept.

At Rikkyo University in Tokyo.

What? Then he failed to get

into Kyoto University?

Guess so.

That school is very hard to get into.

It says it's a mission school

and a good one.

Well, wherever he goes...

as long as he can study as he wants.

While I was in Kyoto,

I went to the Kamokawa

River almost every day.

It didn't move me

as much as it did in Master

Jeong Ji Yong's works.

But whenever I had an idea for my poetry

I would find myself walking

along the Kamokawa River.

Oh, here comes our poet Yun.

Come in.

- Did you get your ticket?

- Yes.

Let me introduce...

Yun Jeong Il and Jung Joon Won.

I'll take a cigarette.

They go to Doshisha University.

We're in a Korean students' club.

This is Yun Dong Ju. Poet Yun.

My oldest friend and cousin

on my mother's side.

Just got into Rikkyo University.

Seems like it's tougher to stay in Tokyo.

Why?

The military harasses students

at private colleges in Tokyo.

Seems many transferred out.

Only a matter of time before

Korean students get drafted.

Students at imperial

universities will be alright.

Maybe I should transfer to

one before I get drafted.

You stupid son of a gun.

Watch what you say.

And why should we avoid the draft?

You're saying we should get dragged in?

How else can we find out what

makes the Japanese army strong?

What time is your train?

8 a.m.

Go get some rest.

I have to talk with these guys.

Go on ahead.

Okay. I'll see you later.

You listen to me.

I have a reason and a purpose

for coming to Japan.

If Korean youths could

have and handle arms...

don't you see how much

power that would give us?

Even if you see someone

you know, don't let on.

Don't even turn around!

I heard they're injecting us with seawater.

They're injecting us, trying to

create a substitute for blood.

The war will be over soon

so just hang on quietly.

No!

Stay still, you stupid Korean.

Or I'll kill you!

Why didn't you tell me?

Tell you what?

That Mong Gyu...

is here.

You said you spent your

whole lives together

but you never actually knew where he was.

Systematically use...

the mobilization order for

Koreans in the Japanese empire.

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