< 19th of March in 2002>
<5:12 P.M>
Hello, Mr. Suh.
Director Shin has been selling
our technology to a Chinese company
This is the fourth one I know of
What?
That's not all
He's been working with a stockbroker
to manipulate the price of our company stock.
Why didn't you tell me this sooner?
If it's true, why didn't you tell me knowing
I want Hyun-tae as my son, in-law?
Why didn't you tell me knowing
I wanted solid proof...
This is why I can't leave the company to you!
A leader should see at least a year into the future
How can you be responsible for the company
when all you can see is the present?
Sir...
Are you upset that I’ve appointed Hyun-tae
who's younger than you to be my successor?
Is that why you brought me these? Where did you get these?
I asked you a question!
Did you have someone check up on him? Why can't you answer me?
I debated whether to tell you this, sir
But I thought it'd be...
If he marries Soo-ah, S.R. will become his
So why would he do something so devious?
That's what I don't understand either...
Not anyone can become a leader
You can't work with someone you distrust
But once you work with someone, you do not distrust them
- I apologize, sir - You're excused
- Leaving, sir? - Yes, take care
Goodbye, sir
Chung! Chung!
Yes, sir!!
Find Director Shin and get him over here!
Now! Yes, sir
The chairman?
<5:44.PM.>
I see <5:44.PM.>
I’m leaving right now
Let's go!
- Goodbye, sir - Thank you
Yes, Soo-ah. I told you, I have to work late tonight
So Mr. Suh left?
Yes I called you right after I saw him leave
How's the chairman doing?
He's so angry
he won't even eat and he's been waiting for you
I may need your help tonight
You know that for you I am on standby 365 days a year, 24hour to help you
Thank you
- Stop the car - Yes, sir
< 7:10 P.M.>
Explain it!
Did Mr. Suh bring these?
What does it matter who brought these?
I’m having our R&D work on a new technology in top secret
I’ve sold obsolete technology that we weren't utilizing to...
You did it without my authorization!
I didn't want to report to you because
I wasn't sure of its possibility of success
A serious discrepancy has been found
in the accounting books of foreign operations divisions
What good is developing new technology with this problem on hand?
I was about to report that to you
Sir?
You have to terminate Executive Director Suh
He's embezzled company funds before
and he's continued to use them for personal uses
He's been trying to get me into trouble because
he was afraid that I'd discover his wrongdoings
That's why he gave you those pictures
Why are you telling me this only now when you've been in charge of
foreign operations division for a while now?
Why didn't you tell me of the discrepancies?
I didn't want to cause you needless concern.
You arrogant boy! The company's mine
How arrogant of you to make a decision about whether or not to report it to me!
How dare you develop technology without my authorization
and even sell our technology!
And you said nothing when you found discrepancies
that amount to millions of dollars?
Are you out to ruin the company?
Do you think you have the company just
because I want you to marry my daughter?
Even if you marry her, the company's mine
and I make the final decision!
Resign immediately!
- All right, why not? I’ll quit - What?
You arrogant boy!
Chung! Chung!!
Chung!
Yes, Soo-ah. I told you I have to work late tonight
The chairman wants to meet with
Lee Jung-hyun of the foreign operations division
Tell him to come to the vacation house now
I think you have to help me again today
It's different from the help you've given me until now
Can you bet on your fate?
What should I do first?
Go buy a can of paint thinner
Go as far as you can since you'll need an alibi
A paint thinner? You're going to burn the...
All you have to do is set the house on fire I’ll do the rest
You can take my car
What's this attitude of yours?
Do you remember the name Han Sung-soo?
- Han Sung-soo? - Yes, Han Sung-soo
The man you killed
I’m Han Sung-soo's son
My dad devoted his entire life to develop something new
and was content with new discoveries
But you took what he developed one by one and
pretended to have developed them yourself
And finally, you stole a technology he spent his whole life developing
and you even killed him
You built your company with my dad's technology
You never dreamed that I’d be his son, did you?
Sung-soo's your father?
Do you know how I’ve dreamed of revenge?
Do you know why I got into your company?
I thought you'd recognize me
I was afraid that
my plan for revenge would be in vain if you recognized me
But you never recognized me
My uncle adopted me and gave me a new name
Even your daughter didn't recognize me
I was just insignificant, someone you could easily forget
Look!
Murderer!
Sir!
- What are you doing? - Get out!
- You! Why, you punk! - Get out!
Look...
I didn't want to do this so soon
I wanted to ruin you and your company
I wanted to step on you and see you cry tears of blood
And then I wanted to kill you slowly, very slowly
But you asked for this! You must die!
Die! Die and beg!
Go down on your knees and beg my father for forgiveness!
Die!
Jae-woo...
It’s been a long time since you said my name
- Yes, I’m Jae-woo - Jae-woo, help me
This is too bad... Who did this to you?
Was it Hyun-tae, the one you've favored
and have been grooming to replace you?
You want that punk to be your son-in-law?
You want him to run your company?
You said not everyone can be a leader
You said a leader should be able to see the future at least a year ahead
You accused me of being shortsighted
I am sorry...
That's right You should be
But too bad It’s too late for regrets
- Help me - Help you? Why should l?
Do you know what it's like to live as second best?
I had to take your insults
and let you humiliate me
while I lived in your shadow
But what have you done for me? What has the company done for me?
You want the young punk to take over the company?
No, I can't let that happen!
This opportunity is too perfect for me to lose
S.R. Electronics is no longer yours
You have to die quietly
And the punk will go to prison Then the company will be mine
I’m the only witness
<9:47 P.M.>
Is anyone in?
Hey...
Sir...
- Help me... - Sir...
I thought you would be inside
Go ahead and set the house on fire.
Don't worry and leave
Give me the keys
Chairman!
- Chairman! - Help...
Chairman!
Chairman!!
Hey... Hey...
Help!
Hey... Hey...
You can't help the chairman
What's going to happen to me if he survives?
I’m sorry, but what else can I do?
You're the unfortunate fellow who stood in my way
Mr. Shin, you haven't left yet?
Don't you trust me?
You can count on me to do it right
What should I do?
The chairman wants me to forgive but I don't know if I can
Do you know what your mother did
after you were framed and sent to prison?
She couldn't eat and she couldn't even sleep.
Do you know what she did?
All she did was pray That's all she did
She prayed for
her son who was falsely accused, for my dad
who was comatose, and for me
Now I know that
her prayers saved your life.
I’m sure you know how sincere her prayers were.
I truly believed that her prayers were what saved you.
What are you up to?
You must have a hidden card
to petition for a retrial.
So you want me to tell you?
Our honor depends on this case
If he truly is innocent but was sent to prison,
not only my reputation will be ruined
but the entire prosecutor's office as well.
Can't you be considerate of that?
Honor? So...
what would that do to your reputation, if you find an innocent man guilty
again and send him to prison?
What I’m trying to say is...
As you probably know by now, Jang Joong-won is Lee Jung-hyun
Lee Jung-hyun is just a common name,
but to reclaim that name,
he lost his mother and risked his life.
He'll reclaim his name
not through revenge and punishment
but through forgiveness and understanding.
That's the most valuable honor there is.
I feel like I’m being lectured
I’m sorry I can't help you more I’m leaving
Then see you in court
- Here - What's this?
A revenge is up to an individual, but it's not right
That's why we have laws to punish the guilty.
It'll help you find the real killer
I’m leaving See you in court
Who's the culprit of murder and arson that took place on March 19, 2001?
Shin Hyun-tae killed the groundskeeper
- And Chairman Oh? - It was Shin, too
The court is now in session.
The original judgment was based on testimonies of
Chung Taek-soo, Cha Yoo-ran,
And the defendant's skin under
the dead groundskeeper's fingernail
as evidence of his guilt
But the evidence and testimonies were not
strong enough to convict him
beyond a reasonable doubt.
We now have a witness
who will prove to the court the defendant's innocence.
I call Chairman Oh Byung-moo to the stand.
You may examine the witness
Was Lee Jung-hyun the man who killed the groundskeeper?
No
Was Lee Jung-hyun the man who tried to kill you?
No Lee Jung-hyun actually saved my life.
He found me collapsed and saved my life.
Thank you!
No further questions!
Prosecution, you may cross-examine.
If Lee Jung-hyun isn't the killer, who killed the groundskeeper?
I don't know...
You don't know?
Then who tried to kill you?
I don't know...
Do you really not know or do you not remember?
You remember that it wasn't Lee Jung-hyun,
but you don't remember
who killed the groundskeeper and who tried to kill you?
I had never seen him before
You had never seen him before? Who was it?
Objection, your honor
We're here to retry Lee Jung-hyun on murder and arson charges.
We're not here to find the real killer of the case.
The prosecutor seems to have lost sight of that.
Sustained
Please ask your questions pertaining to the case.
No further questions
Make your closing argument
Chairman Oh's testimony isn't the only evidence of the defendant's innocence
There are many mistakes made in the investigation.
The prosecution never presented Lee Jung-hyun's injury certificate
from his doctor to the court
Lee Jung-hyun was unconscious
when he was found on the night of the murder.
He received 10 stitches on his head
when he was taken to a hospital.
But yet, prosecution never presented to the court
his injury certificate which would've helped prove his innocence
Prosecutor's office is a government agency which exists for the people
The prosecutor violated his duty to be objective
by being prejudiced toward the defendant
and never presenting the entire evidence.
What's more, it's hard to imagine the defendant starting the fire,
hitting himself on the head
and throwing the container of paint thinner
with his fingerprints on them.
No further questions.
Prosecution, make your counter argument.
Prosecution rests, your honor.
All rise!
You may be seated!
We have the verdict for murder case 7, people versus Lee Jung-hyun.
We find the defendant Lee Jung-hyun not guilty
We find him not guilty of the crime based on
the facts and testimony presented to the court.
- Congratulations, Jung-hyun! - Thank you
Thank you
No, we should be thanking you
We almost lost the 'truth'
but you found it for us
Congratulations.
Soo-ah!
Jung-hyun!
We have breaking news
Lee Jung-hyun, who was convicted of arson and murder
involving S.R. Electronics' Chairman Oh Byung-moo
was found not guilty through a retrial.
He had escaped after being sentenced,
led police through a chase, then jumped into a river
and was assumed dead.
But he resurfaced 4 years
after the trial and was proven not guilty of the crime
The matter that making the rounds of the world
was become the starting point.
Now the prosecution has to
reinvestigate the case and find the real killer.
Even the prosecution admitted that the defendant was innocent.
This case which unwrapped almost like a mystery novel,
makes us rethink about our legal system.
Our legal system should protect all of us in society
so we can live in freedom and equality.
The heart of law is justice and equality.
We have breaking news
Lee Jung-hyun, who was convicted of arson and murder
involving S.R. Electronics' Chairman Oh Byung-moo
was found not guilty through a retrial
- Sit down - Yes
I'm sorry I couldn't help you
No, you did a good job
- Here - What is this?
- It’s an arrest warrant - An arrest warrant? Who?
- Chung Taek-soo? - Yes!
Yes, arrest him first
and you'll solve the case
Sir!
Why are you looking at me like that?
But...
Go ahead and arrest Chung Taek-soo
Go and do your job.
That's the only way to solve the case since Chairman Oh won't talk.
That's true but...
A new investigation team will be created, but arrest Chung Taek-soo first.
I’ve made arrangements so that none of the suspects can leave the country
You should get on it right away
Yes, sir
Go and do your job
Yes!
Then...
I’ve finally found my name, sir!
It was possible because you let me be reborn as Jang Joong-won
I will never forget your kindness
Don't worry I'll do my duty as Jang Joong-won
Yes, I'll call you again
Mr. Suh's here to see you
I'll see him
Have a seat
Congratulations on being cleared of all charges
and reclaiming your name Lee Jung-hyun again.
And I’m truly sorry about everything
Please give this to the chairman I could never face him
I'll think about how I’m going to live from now on.
Again, I sincerely apologize.
Dad, your son Young-tae's here.
After you passed away, Mom put me up for adoption and disappeared.
This is your son Tea-Hyon Lee
Only my desire for revenge and hatred were
what kept me alive in this harsh world
But now...
I’m exhausted to live this pathetic life
What's the right thing for me to do?
What should I do with Oh Byung-moo
who killed you and ruined my life?
Hyun-tae's name was Han Young-tae,
and his father's name was Han Sung-soo
I wasn't the only one who needed the technology Han Sung-soo developed
Someone tried to get Sung-soo to sell it, but he wouldn't,
so he staged it as if it was a car accident and killed him.
Hyun-tae was a witness and asked me to help him
I didn't know what had happened, but he asked me
to help him. He said his father was dying.
My company was at the brink of bankruptcy
and his father wasn't helping me. So, I had ill feelings toward him.
I had just met and fought with him,
and without thinking what was going on, all I said was ‘close the door’.
Close the door now!
I regretted it very much when I later learned that Sung-soo had died
I shouldn't have ignored Hyun-tae no matter how much I disliked his father
But you didn't have him killed
What's the difference
between killing him myself and ignoring a dying man?
But Hyun-tae's lived his whole life thinking you killed his father.
The man who killed his father fell ill and died not too longer after.
I guess it was his punishment
I’ll meet with him
Look, forgive him
He's the most unfortunate victim
I know, I’m not meeting him because I can't forgive him
I want to meet him and explain the truth.
He should know the truth
He should realize the tragedy his misunderstanding brought
He won't believe anything you say
I’m going to let him continue to run my company
And I want to give him what his father rightfully deserved
- It’s chilly - Okay, dad
It’s a party to celebrate the joint venture,
so please make all necessary preparations.
Yes, sir
Mr. Kim, make sure everyone knows their responsibilities
and duties for the day.
Will do, sir
There's no end to this Did I leave anything out?
You're getting old
Hey, I’m still a bachelor in every sense of the word
Gee, how can you say that with a straight face?
Hello?
Jung-hyun! Everything's going smoothly Don't worry
The chairman might be at the party, so pay special attention to details.
How's Chung Taek-soo doing?
He's still in the warehouse
He's being fed just enough to stay alive. Don't worry
Let him go
What go you mean?
You should have him arrested or have him sent away to a temple to repent!
I wish you'd go along with what I say.
Only then I’d feel at peace
Yes...
I thought they'd kill me Why did they let me go?
How to explain this circumstance?
Those punks... They should've given me a pair of shoes
Where am I? I have no idea where I am...
Those punks!
You have to pay the fair
Take good care of it I really like this phone
What?
Mr. Chung Taek-soo
We'll now officially begin the celebration of joint venture
between China's Dairyook Corporation and Korea's S.R. Electronics
< OH Soo-ah SR electron representation>
<Jang Joong-won Continent electron representation>
Today, we've finally accomplished
the goal both companies
have been working toward to achieve
We'll have a celebratory toast
Please welcome Chairman Oh Byung-moo
Chairman
Thank you Thank you very much
I have never slept much,
so I think I’ve caught up on all the sleep
I’ve missed in the last 30 years running a company.
When I woke up from my long sleep, many things had happened
including some unfortunate and sad events.
What made S.R. what it is today is your hard work
and the consumers who have trusted our products
I’d like to take this opportunity to inform you that
I’m donating all of my shares of S.R. to our company's scholastic foundations
It will fund the education and nurture the future generation
and be the leader in developing the newest technology.
I do have one regret,
I should let my only child run the company.
I’m worried that she might starve if I give everything away.
Let's drink to the bright future of the company
and successful expansion into the global market.
Let's all raise our glasses
- Cheers! - Cheers!
Punk!...
Dong-ook
Congratulations, sir You've regained your memory?
You stole one man's technology he had devoted his whole life to develop and...
No, you killed him and stole it from him to
grow your company and live in luxury
And now you're expanding into the global market
You had more than enough
You weren't poor or ignorant
So why did you kill a man who was uneducated,
and only had his son to live for?
- I'm sorry - You're sorry?
Your father may not have been educated, but he was most skilled with his hands
He was better with machinery than even the college-educated.
Even men with PhDs couldn't create color TV screens, but…
your father who was a junior high school dropout was able to do it.
I pleaded with him to sell his technology to me.
With that technology, my company could move toward being one of the biggest.
Your father had skills but lacked business sense
I needed his skills
So you killed him because of your greed?
No I didn't kill your father
What?
It wasn't me Now I can tell you everything
You want to make excuses now?
But how to do it?
But I saw my dad bleeding and dying with my own two eyes.
I went to your house begging you to help me,
But you threw me out! I saw you!
How are you going to make excuses for that?
Hyun-tae!
Kill me instead
Don't kill my dad, kill me instead
You've misunderstood
What do you know? What do you know?
No matter what anyone says, I know
I know you're not a bad person You've been so good to me
You had enough time and opportunity, but you didn't kill my dad
It hurts me to know
how painful and nervous
I understand why you think my dad killed your dad.
But he didn't do it
You have to believe me
Soo-ah!
Dad, he should know the truth
What do you think you're doing?
You want me to believe you instead of what I witnessed?
Yes, my dad did ignore you and your dad when he was dying.
He's been remorseful ever since
He's lived with the guilt and pain since then…
I can't forgive him
With my dad buried, I can't forgive him!
Then what about what you did?
You ruined a man's life and drove his mother to death!
She's not the only one who's lost her life
The groundskeeper and Cha Yoo-ran too!
He came back alive, but
Jung-hyun too threw himself in the river because of you.
Let's forget about it
Too many people have been sacrificed.
It’s enough.
It’s enough to pay for your father's death.
So let's put it behind us now even though it's painful.
Punk!
I too lost my mother. My only mother.
But I... No, because I lost my mother I do understand you
better than anyone...
Hyun-tae!
Look, I’m sorry I sincerely want to apologize
Let's put the past behind us and talk about the future.
The future?
Half of the company will be yours and...
Is it really?
Do you think I came this far for that?
- No, it's not because of that... - What if that's not what I want?
Then tell me what you want What is it that you want?
What do I want?
Hey! Hey!! Hey!!!
What do I want?
What I want is what you value the most
That's what I want
Look...
Hey! What are you doing? Drop the knife
- Hyun-tae! - Quiet!
Out of my way! Do you want to see her die?
Soo-ah!
Do you want to see her die?
Shin Hyun-tae! We'll do as you say, so drop the knife!
Get out of my way! Get out of my way!!
- Hyun-tae! - Come here!
Out of my way!
Shin Hyun-tae!
Hyun-tae!
Shin Hyun-tae!
Hyun-tae!
Shin Hyun-tae! Stop!
Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer!!
Shin Hyun-tae, you're under arrest for murder and arson.
Chung Taek-soo confessed to everything!
Do you think I’ll let you take me with you?
Why don't you give in to my requests?
Look!
Don't come closer!
Shin Hyun-tae!
Don't come any closer
I have to talk to this woman
Don't come closer! Don't come closer!!
- Get the key! - Yes, sir!
Hyun-tae... Please... Please, it's not too late
Quiet!
What's going to change by your doing this?
The last 4 years was a nightmare for me.
I would've been set for life if your father had died.
I wanted to kill him hundreds of times a day
but I couldn't do it. Do you know why?
It was because I kept thinking of you
I don't care about running the company My life is ruined
But I do want to know something I want to know is just one thing
Did you love me?
Hyun-tae...
Tell me, did you love me?
Hyun-tae...
Please, please tell me
I couldn't love anyone and I never received love from anyone.
Yes, I’ve been living like that way!
But you, my enemy's daughter
came into my heart and took hold of it.
Hyun-tae...
So did you love me? Did you?
- Yes... Yes, I did love you - You did?
Don't come closer! All right
Don't come closer!!
Shin Hyun-tae!
Tell me you love me in front of him!
Tell me you love me!
Let her go!
If you really loved her, let her go.
Everything went wrong because of you!
If you want, I’ll help you leave
You can start over somewhere else
You can do it, Shin Hyun-tae!
Why should I start over? For what?
Just start your life over!
I started a new life under unthinkable adversities.
You had a reason to go on living
You had a reason
You have a reason too Everyone who's alive has a reason
Yes, only as long as I’m alive...
Hyun-tae...
Don't come closer!
Hyun-tae!
Shin Hyun-tae I know how you feel better than anyone!
I know how it feels to be standing at the edge of a cliff!
Come down I’ll help you
Shin Hyun-tae!
Come down! Come down!!
I’ve committed such horrendous sins
Sins could be forgiven by others, but...
they stay in one's heart and never go away.
I ignored a dying man because of my greed.
I’ve lived my life always striving for more
and to reach higher.
I never realized that it was the wrong kind of life.
Everything I possessed seemed of
lesser value than others...
Dad...
If I could live my life over again,
I wouldn't live a day living the way I have
- Soo-ah - Yes, Dad
Love doesn't mean possession, but giving in.
I realized too late that love only becomes greater
when you give everything of yourself to others.
- Jung-hyun - Yes, sir
The past should never be a prison for the present.
Forgiveness will give you the key to unlock the prison that confines your heart.
I’ll remember that, sir
I’m proud of you two
Sometimes love doesn't exist to make us happy
but to test our patience and to inflict anguish on us.
You've shown the world how strong you are.
Mom, can you see me?
I finally reclaimed the name you gave me, Lee Jung-hyun
I also got Soo-ah whom you adored, back.
Do you see me, Mom?
Please rest in peace
Your mother gave me these.
She told me we should each wear one when you got out.
We'll never be apart, will we?
Give this drama to all the fathers and who are loving people in the world.