Ode to My Father Page #2

Hey!

Come up here, you!

Why is there a commie

in math class?

Get up here.

Hello!

Chocolate give me!

Hey!

Give me chocolate!

Today's newspaper!

So embarrassing.

Do they have to act like beggars?

That's why our country

stays poor.

Missing:
Yoon Jin-gyu (father),

Yoon Maksoon (sister)

Missing:
Yoon Jin-gyu (father), Yoon

Maksoon (sister) You're from the North'?

Me, too.

Tongcheon, Gangwon Province.

What do you want to be?

- A naval captain.

- Captain?

I want to build ships.

Really big ones.

How can you make

big ships in Korea?

First you raise a lot of money,

and buy land.

A lot of countries need big ships.

So you show them

a photo of the land,

and say, we'll build the ship

you need on this land.

So buy a ship from us.

Will that really work?

Mr. Chung!

There are trials,

but there is no failure.

Hyundai

Crazy fool.

You said it.

He might as well start

a Korean car company.

With the world so messed up,

you see some strange people.

Chocolate give me.

Chocolate give me.

Chocolate give me.

Chocolate give me.

What the hell?

Okay, here.

Have the chocolate but go, okay?

Get him!

Go, run!

Quick!

Hey!

- Duk-soo!

- Run, Dal-go!

Stop, you!

Hey, you!

Stop!

This is President Syngman Rhee.

For me, armistice does not mean

that we fight any less,

but ultimately means

more hardship and destruction.

Come out,

you little punks!

I have been against the armistice...

What does "armistice" mean?

Sounds like it means

not waging war.

So we can go back

to our hometown?

I don't think so.

Why not?

If the armistice ends the war,

why can't we go back?

It's true we're not waging war,

but that doesn't mean

the war's over.

It needs to end first.

- The war is too...

- You don't know, do you?

- I mean...

- What's an armistice?

What's an armistice?

Can I go back to my hometown?

Where's your hometown?

Hamgyeong Province...

Hungnam, Cheongi-dong.

You can't go back.

Why not?

The war's over.

It's not over,

it's a cease fire.

Our country's weak,

so other countries came in,

and now they fight and

divide us up as they please.

Those damn bastards!

Come here, you!

Hey! Spit it out!

Kick them!

July 27, 1953

Armistice Agreement signed

What happened to you?

In the middle of this chaos

I send you to school,

and you go around

getting into fights?

I wasn't fighting.

I just tripped while running.

Now you lie to your mother?

Mom.

What?

You hate me, don't you?

Why?

Then why didn't you mention

Maksoon even once?

Duk-soo, let's imagine.

Suppose our house is on fire.

You're in the house,

and we're all outside.

Then what should I do?

Of course,

you'd come in to save me.

No.

If I die trying to save you,

who will feed your siblings?

It tears my heart

to think of Maksoon,

but now I have to look after

you and your siblings.

Because...

I'm a mother.

That's what mothers have to do.

But because of me, Dad...

No, it's not your fault.

Don't you worry over such things,

just study hard.

Because you're the head of

the family until Dad comes back.

You understand?

Those damned thugs.

Look at your face!

You saw me restraining

myself yesterday?

If I catch those punks again,

I'll beat them...

Shut your trap.

Okay.

So, since the war's over,

you'll go back to your hometown?

I guess so.

Too bad.

We just became friends.

What do you mean, friends?

I'll probably never see you again.

That's what you think.

I don't think that.

What's this? Look at her wrist!

Go easy on her.

And you just need to let go.

You don't have many years left,

stop being so stubborn.

Sell the store and

enjoy your earnings.

Stop talking nonsense.

Look at me.

I sold my store and

put up this big building.

It's called a multiplex.

What would a beggar

like you know?

I'm gonna rip

your mouth... damn you!

Cursing in front of the kid.

Old geezer.

All done...

Those migrants

are drinking coffee!

Can you believe it?

That's why their country

stays so poor.

Hey, you!

Don't insult us!

Insult you?

We didn't insult you.

You did!

Nobody gave me this coffee!

I bought it myself!

What's the problem?

Hey, he talks with an accent!

Of course!

I'm a Busan person,

so I speak Busan dialect.

You're no Busan person,

you black bastard!

If you live in Busan,

you're a Busan person!

If you live in Korea,

you're a Korean!

Now you're jabbering nonsense,

you bastard!

Talk trash in your own country!

Let go of him, you punks!

What's it to you if he drinks

coffee or barley water?

Hey, gramps!

What's a low-grade migrant

like him doing in a cafe?

A dirt poor beggar

working in another country!

What?

If you work in another country,

you can't drink coffee?

Don't worry, Seo-yeon.

Your grandfather's

just gone a bit senile.

Soon he'll be painting on the wall.

With his poop.

You bastards!

Penniless bastard!

Trying to sneak into class again!

I'm warning you!

If I catch you here once more,

you're in for it!

You shouldn't throw books.

- You bastard!

- Come on.

It's because of beggars like him

that our country's poor!

Autumn 1963

- Oh, that's heavy.

- Hey, Beggar Boy!

You slacking off again?

How' re your studies?

Studies my ass...

out of the way.

Beggar Boy.

Damn.

What?

Something wrong?

You need cash

if you want to study.

You're earning cash now.

Can't even feed myself.

What do you mean?

My aging mother's out there

selling things on the street,

and Seung-gyu has to be

so damned good at his studies,

the jerk.

If you study well,

you're a jerk?

Crazy bastard just got into

Seoul National University.

Seoul National?

Wow! Wow...

What a jerk.

ls he even human?

Now we have to pay the tuition.

I wish some money

would fall from the sky.

Maybe not the sky...

but I know just the place.

What?

Work in Germany.

Miners needed.Miners?

Squid and peanuts!

Mister, one squid please.

Are you crazy?

Do you even

know where West Germany is?

A miner? Gimme a break.

You can't even shovel.

Duk-soo,

life is all about timing.

There's a time for everything.

You know what I mean?

Let's go for just 3 years.

I'm not going, dammit!

The exam's

right around the corner.

You can take it

when you get back.

Seriously, who in your family

earns money besides you?

How'll you pay

your brother's tuition?

Making fish boxes?

A million of those

won't pay his tuition.

What's there to think about?

The answer's obvious.

No way.

After getting into that school?

Not anyone can

work abroad as a miner.

- Mom...

- She's right.

Don't be ridiculous!

You've never once even

gotten your hands dirty.

A bookworm like you,

mining coal?

- Even the dogs will be laughing.

- You be quiet!

Can't I have my say?

Anyway, don't you worry

about any of that.

- Your brother's working hard.

- Mom.

You know what people

are saying about him?

He can't get educated

because of his needy family.

Working himself to the bone

365 days a year.

How can I accept that money?

Shut your mouth, you!

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