Moon River
Episode 18
Kim Ja Jeom
Who were they?
Why couldn't I sense they were near?
There must be more of them.
I've to get away.
Gak Su, over there...
- Noona. - Shhhh.
We've got to stop the bleeding.
Gak Su, get some cotton out of the bag.
Noona, won't he die if we leave him like this?
I'd like to take him somewhere and ask for help, but we're on the run ourselves.
He's opening his eyes.
Gak Su, let's go.
How did I end up like this?
I need to think this through.
How am I going to make a living now?
If we go to the river and fish, we can eat the fish.
I'm really great at catching fish.
I'll throw the rod and tug the line in...
Stop with your fishy stories! This is all because I'm trapped in Joseon.
Hen Hao! I just had a great idea.
What?
Let's sell medicine.
Sell medicine?
Alright, do you all know what this is? It cures anything!
Try it and say goodbye to headaches, toothaches, and menstrual pains.
Try it again, and say goodbye to rheumatism, arthritis, and neuralgia.
Try it again, and a 70 year old man's problem peeing just flies away.
- Try it again, and... - But...
We don't have any medicine.
What are you saying? We'll make it.
We'll make it with dirt!
'I am in love with...'
Dirt with saliva makes medicine.
Ear wax also makes medicine.
Eye booger also makes medicine.
And then you have to season it just right.
That's sick.
Now we just need to dry this.
When people seem hesitant about buying, you come, jump in and buy some.
So you're saying you want me to be your bait?
That's right.
Look here, how did you get hurt like this?
Master...
Take me to a room.
Get up.
Ahjussi is still not back so he must have gotten arrested.
What are you doing here?
Hey little girl, did you get lost?
No, I'm waiting for someone.
You must've missed each other on the road.
Yes.
The first curfew bell will ring soon so you can't stand here all night.
Do you have a place to stay the night?
My house is small, but I've a blanket my wife and daughter uses.
If you'd like, I can let you stay the night.
Do you live nearby?
Yes.
This is the house. Come in.
Come on in. Come.
Have you eaten?
It doesn't look like your wife and daughter are home.
Oh, they'll be home soon.
On our way back from the in-laws, they wanted to make a stop somewhere so I came on ahead.
It's cold out here so go on inside.
Why is the man of the house in the kitchen?
What does it matter who cooks? The first person home can make dinner.
I'll do it.
No, that's okay.
Let me do it.
Your wife and daughter still aren't home?
The dinner's almost ready.
Little girl, how old are you?
You look to be about 22 or 23.
Weren't you lonely out there by yourself?
What are you doing?
I'm lonely.
It's been three months since my wife and daughter went to my in-law's house.
- Hey. - Stay still. Stay still.
Just stay still.
Just stay still. Stay still.
This feels nice.
What are you doing? What are you doing?
I can hear you from a mile away.
I can hear!
What is the master doing here?
It was so late, I came to see if I can stay here for the night and saw an awful sight.
Saw and awful sight! You only have one room so you can sleep inside.
But if you move even your finger, I'll tell your wife all that happened tonight.
No, not that. The day she finds out is the day I die.
Stay away from her.
Damn it.
I should've become a monk too.
Which temple do you stay in?
You'll see when you get there. You'll see.
When I get there?
Are you asking me to go to the temple?
Don't you have to find the person you're looking for?
Master.
The person I'm looking for?
Do you know where Geol Chi ahjussi is?
You're Master Yeol Gong, aren't you?
Aigoo, you just now got that. Just got it.
So Geol Chi ahjussi didn't get arrested?
Geol Chi? He got arrested?
I guess that beggar doesn't have to beg for food anymore.
If it's not Geol Chi ahjussi, then...
Yes, Iljimae is there. Iljimae is.
Why aren't you coming?
You don't want to see him? You don't want?
I'm not going.
If you don't want to, then forget it. Forget it.
I had better go.
Now that I got the medicine to save him, the medicine.
Iljimae is not well?
After he got shot in the shoulder, he came there. He came.
What? He was shot?
How badly was he hurt?
I took the bullet out, but he's still unconscious.
I left him in a warm room, but I'm not sure if he's still alive or not.
Then why are we still standing here? We must go!
Just a minute ago she said she wasn't coming.
Walk slowly. I can't keep up with you. I can't.
Master!
Where's it? Where's the room Iljimae is in? Where is it?
Iljimae.
Iljimae...
Iljimae.
The toxin in the lead bullet was strong enough to kill any man other than Iljimae.
And Wol Hee's love was a little stronger than that toxin.
Looking at
the brilliant clouds
always reminds me of the place
you held.
I strain my ears
to the quiet song of the wind
Wol Hee...
that melody that lives on in my heart.
Wol Hee...
Iljimae.
Yes, it's me. It's me, Wol Hee.
Are you okay?
Wol Hee...
The memories are all gone
Wol Hee...
No, please don't go. Don't go. Please don't...
even of your most common expressions
I cry once again at the memory of you.
Wol Hee...
No...
Iljimae...
Mother...
Where are you?
Mother...
Dal...
Mom...
Mother...
Dal.
Dal...
The memories are gone
Dal...
of your smiling face, of your sad face
Wol Hee.
I cry once again at the memory of you.
Mother...
I will wait for you, however long
Dal.
even if I awake from this fleeting dream
Wol Hee.
No... you'll fall.
I will sing it as I embrace my pain
Be careful.
that song full of your smile.
No...
Wol Hee.
I think I'll get up to thirty.
Dal...
~ Dal vs. Wol Hee ~
Can I help you?
When are you taking the ginseng to Hanyang?
The merchant's coming in three days.
Do you have anything to send to Hanyang?
May I join the group?
Do you have a new husband in Hanyang?
You just got back from there.
I won't be there too long.
I need to find out something.
He drove in the stake.
He lowered the anchor.
The horse sprained its front leg.
The tiny boat broke its mast.
He tied the rein to the red pillar and drew the sword across the house of stones.
What are you saying? You're frustrating me.
Explain it to me. Don't speak in riddles and just tell me what it means.
The red pillar is either a palace or a temple.
Would a thief be in a palace?
What's a house of stones? It's either a grave or a pagoda.
Iljimae is hiding in a temple.
Where's that? Tell me the name of the temple.
He was bleeding from the wound.
Now he's resting in a temple in a mountain.
Someone's helping him.
Tell me the name of the temple!
I can't see. Something is blocking and keeping me from seeing it.
While Master Yeol Gong was fighting off the evil force...
one monk appeared at the Doseon temple.
I smell blood.
Look at them...
How is that?
Are his lips sweet or bitter?
Wait a minute. Is that a boy or girl?
I can't tell from just looking.
What are you doing?
Why was he peeping like that?
So what? He's mine.
You're very diligent, Master Yeol Gong.
What are you doing here, Master Dok Bo?
I stopped by on my way to Hanyang.
I smelled blood in the annex.
Two secular people were there.
You've come a long way. Have some gruel before you go, some gruel.
An evil monk is worse than the devil.
Worse than the devil.
Iljimae.
It's me, Wol Hee.
Wol Hee.
But Wol Hee...
But Wol Hee is dead.
I didn't die.
I'm alive.
You're alive?
Yes, I'm alive.
Wol Hee...
Iljimae...
I...
I was wrong.
I'll never...
I'll never let you go.
Iljimae...
You! You! You!
In training a foolish horse, a good whipping is the best way.
And when teaching a dog, use a stick.
Master...
You stay out of this.
You fool! I told you not to kill. Why did you do that? Why did you kill?
Master, we can talk about that later.
Iljimae is still not well.
Wol Hee, I told you to stay out of it!
He tried to conspire with Qing to sell the country.
So I handed down his judgment.
You judged him?
What made you the judge?
You!
How many times do I have to tell you?
You must never kill a person.
Only Buddha can judge.
I went out of my mind... because I thought Wol Hee was dead.
So...
So, you bared your teeth like a crazy wild dog? Bared your teeth?
But I'll never kill another person again.
I'll follow the teachings of Buddha who sent Wol Hee back to life.
Are you speaking the truth?
Can you swear to Buddha, that you'll never commit murder again, commit murder?
Yes.
Still... your evil doing can't be forgiven.
I'll teach you a lesson.
Take the whip and be cleansed of your sin.
Please whip me. I will do that.
Stop it. What are you doing?
Do you want to get a whipping too? A whipping?
Yes, I want a whipping.
Whip me instead. Doing that will be more fun for you than beating on an unwell man.
I didn't see this dark horse coming.
Let me tell you something...
Forget this loser and find yourself a decent husband.
That'll be better for your future.
No!
I won't do that.
Who are you to tell me that?
You know nothing about love between a man and a woman.
The heart shared between a man and a woman, can you possibly know that?
This world is worth existing only if the people who live in it care for one another.
It's not the job of humans to punish those who did wrong.
The laws came down from the heavens and it's our responsibility to abide by them.
No one ordered you to punish the evildoers by your own hands.
Do you understand what I'm saying to you?
Yes I understand.
Wol Hee, take good care of Iljimae.
His wound might open up again.
You're the one who whipped him.
I did it to save him.
Iljimae, are you okay?
Poor Iljimae, how much you must be hurting.
All those that are sick physically, all those that are sick emotionally, come to me.
Come to me if you have any ailment.
What the...
Let me borrow this for a minute.
I took one of these pills three months ago, and I'm still going strong.
I have too much energy.
Out of the way! Move!
I may look weak, but my bones and muscles are made of steel.
I never catch a cold.
I would like to experience the body aching just once.
I don't know what a headache is! And what's diarrhea?
How did I get this way? From this wonder pill.
It's made of a buck's horn, snake's semen,
wild ginseng, bear's rear, and seal's dick.
It's made in China. Made in Qing!
There was an old man who was sick for 62 years!
After he took three pills, he turned into a 26 year old man.
He's had nine children since then, including a set of twins!
If your parents pass away, give them this medicine before you place them in a coffin.
You give them this and what will happen? They'll come back to life. Come back to life!
- Guess what? I'm 99 years old! - Huh?
But after I took this pill, this is what happened to me.
It can bring a person back to life?
I doubt that but it does look like good medicine.
I'm leaving tonight, and you'll never see this medicine again.
I'll take thirty.
That's too many. I have limited supply.
You can have ten.
I'll take some too.
That is a scam.
Why are you ruining my business?
If that pill works, take some yourself.
What?
What are you saying to me?
I said take it yourself.
Right, take it.
Come on, eat it.
I've taken too much of this medicine.
You should never overdose with medicine.
But if you all insist on it, I'll take it.
It's good for you.
Look! I'm taking this great medicine!
- Swallow it. - What?
I'm going to swallow it.
It really is a scam!
- He's a quack. I'm not buying! - Let's go.
Don't go. This works. It's for real.
Stop it.
You're embarrassing yourself.
Why did you ruin my business?
I'm embarrassed to see you sell that bogus medicine.
What do you care if I sell bogus medicine or not?
You imbecile!
Is this why you came all the way to Joseon?
Do you want me to kill him?
Who is he that he would come and wake my sleeping soul?
What did you say?
I'm becoming depressed all of a sudden.
While Wang Hweng Bo goes through a patriotic re-awakening,
Geol Chi, who got arrested while saving Wol Hee from sexual harassment by the officers was...
That stinks.
Still, smelling dung is better than staying in prison.
How is this better?
I can't stand this much longer! What am I going to do?
I've got to go. Move!
Where are you going?
What the... Hey!
Why are you stopping me?
No matter how foolish you are, I can't believe you tried to escape right in front of our eyes.
Who do you think we are?
- What seems to be the matter? - Deputy Chief.
What's going on here?
We brought him out to do hard labor but he tried to escape.
Aren't you...?
Aigoo, you're the Deputy Chief!
He tried to get away while we were watching.
He must be a runaway expert.
Why would an expert get caught?
Look, I can't stay here.
You haven't seen Iljimae after that?
Right. I haven't heard from him since he left Wol Hee in Gyeongsang Province.
Look here! Tell us now where Iljimae is!
If you don't, you'll be sorry.
- What are you going to do to me? - You...
We won't let you eat.
We won't let you sleep.
We'll hang you upside down and skin you. Do you understand?
Threaten all you want. I don't know where he is.
I thought he might be in Ui-dong and was on my way there, but as you can see, I got arrested.
Ui-dong?
Oops... oops.
Please! Please! What are you going to do to me?
I didn't do anything wrong!
I don't want to hear it. Take him away.
Sir, please! Please!
Get the shooters ready.
You mean the archer's squad?
I'll return as soon as I save ahjussi.
Maybe I should go with you.
You think I'll disappear again?
Wol Hee.
Yes?
Thank you.
For what?
For staying alive.
- I... - Yes?
I'm never going to let you go again.
Me neither. Never again.
Where have you been that it's taken you
this long since you've last visited me?
I got off the cloud that was north bound.
Then you must've breathed in a lot of wind.
- I need to fart. - Fart?
To what do I owe this honor of your visit this time?
I have a gift for you.
A gift?
I smelled the animals on the hunt from the house.
I'll give you what the animals are after.
Do you know where he is?
You will have to make a huge donation.
Why would a monk need more than a day's worth of food? What would you spend money on?
I've always known how great your ambitions were.
I want to use this chance to build a temple of my own.
- A new temple? - Yes.
And a great big one at that.
I'd like to get a dragon emblem for the sanctuary pillars
and a watchtower that surrounds the precincts.
If I do away with the old temple and build a new one,
don't you think that'll make Buddha happy?
You're going to do away with the old temple and build a new one?
- Find him! - Yes, Sir!
- He's not here. - He's not here either.
He's not here either!
- Search everywhere! - Yes, Sir!
I don't think anyone's here. The floor's cold.
At least Yum Wol Hee should be here. Maybe the beggar lied to us.
I don't think so.
Yum Wol Hee will be waiting somewhere for Geol Chi to be released.
Our men are guarding their home in Namchong also.
Let's go back for now.
But you two stay here and keep watch.
Report to us immediately if Iljimae shows up.
Yes, Sir!
- Let's go. - Yes, Sir.
You said Iljimae has a woman, right?
Yes.
Should we get her?
Just be ready.
Who are you? What are you doing?
Where's Iljimae?
Imbeciles! Release her immediately!
How could you do this? How?
This is the house of Sakyamuni*!
*another name for Buddha
How dare you bring in your weapons here and dare to harass people, harass!
We've been ordered by Lord Kim Ja Jeom to bring in Iljimae.
- What? - Lord Kim Ja Jeom?
You've been sent by Lord Kim Ja Jeom?
Where's Iljimae?
Iljimae went to save a person held in jail.
Did you just say jail?
Not only jail but Iljimae would go somewhere even worse.
Meanwhile, Geol Chi, who was at the lavatory, which was worse than prison...
This feels nice.
I never knew how great fresh air can be.
Thank goodness the Deputy Chief let me go.
- Hello, how are you? - Oh, take that to the storage shed.
Alright.
How many days are you going to stay here?
It's hard to say.
To buy all the necessary goods, it can take anywhere between 3 to 15 days.
It depends on where we can find the goods. We might even have to go outside of Hanyang.
I see.
If she didn't go to our home, where could have Wol Hee gone to?
I just don't know what to do about her.
I lost Iljimae, and now I've lost Wol Hee.
I've lost everything.
Ahjussi!
I... Iljimae!
What happened?
I heard you were being held in jail so I came to get you out.
Save me? Deputy Chief Gu released me saying I did nothing wrong.
Deputy Chief Gu?
Yes.
But how did you know I got arrested?
What's wrong?
Where have I seen her?
Who?
Nothing, nothing.
Now I got it.
That nice lady... no she's not a lady...
She's your mother!
Yes, she's your mother! She looks like your mother.
Are you sure that's my mother?
Maybe it wasn’t her, maybe she just looks like her.
Get ready right away.
I understand.
You look busy as always.
I heard you went to Gaesung.
I'm back temporarily.
I keep having nightmares... I was worried that something had happened to him.
This had never happened before.
I wonder if that was why...?
What is it?
Iljimae... committed murder.
Murder? He killed people?
Iljimae helped us arrest some thieves in Gyeongsang Province.
We hoped that he would be pardoned for his crimes but then he committed the murder.
Why? Why did he do that?
We're investigating the case, but so far, haven't made any progress.
That means you have no choice but to arrest him.
The Deputy Chief Gu is torn.
Have you seen Su Ryeon?
No.
I see.
I shouldn't have come.
I should've trusted him and waited.
There must be a way.
Because he said so.
I told him that I believe in him, but I didn't in actuality.
I told him that I'll wait, but I came all the way here.
Don't tell the Deputy Chief that I was here.
I don't want him to see me like this.
I'm very afraid that I'll lose the Deputy Chief Gu.
I'm afraid also.
More than ever.
I'm afraid I'll lose one of the two.
Su Ryeon!
Was someone here to see me?
No.
But I heard that someone was...
Didn't I say there wasn't?
No, Sir...
What?
The hunters took Wol Hee?
Yes.
And you didn't do anything about it?
Then, what could I have done? Have done?
You think a monk should have fought them? Fight?
What are we going to do?
Did they have guns?
Yes.
They all had rifles on their shoulders.
They said if you wanted Wol Hee back,
come to Kim Ja Jeom's house with what you took from Lord Gwon.
What I took from Lord Gwon?
I think they were talking about the secret letter, the secret letter.
The secret letter? What's that?
Then does this mean that the secret letter has something to do with Kim Ja Jeom?
I think so, I think so.
Kim Ja Jeom must've been the man behind Gwon, that Kim Ja Jeom.
Kim Ja Jeom...
Seon Dal-nim, what are you doing? Please hurry up.
I'm coming! Stop rushing me!
Do you think we'll be able to see Iljimae in Ui-dong?
We haven't heard from Geol Chi. Maybe he's not there.
Still, we have to look for him, we can't just sit and wait.
Hello! Hello!
Who's that?
It's me!
That sounds like Geol Chi ahjussi.
Yes!
Geol Chi ahjussi!
Hi!
What happened?
Did you see Iljimae?
Iljimae? I've brought him with me.
Iljimae?
Where?
Where did he go?
Are you sure you brought him with you?
I did. He was here a minute ago.
When did you get over there?
Iljimae!
Quiet! Quiet! Someone might hear you!
Iljimae...
My boy.
I've seen you quite a bit from a distance.
But up close, you're really beautiful.
Uh, that's that. Now... Kim Ja Jeom lives behind my house.
You think that's where Wol Hee is?
Yes.
Have you ever been to his house by any chance?
Well, yeah...
Stop that already. That enough.
I've been there several times when I was young, before Kim Ja Jeom moved in.
But what is the problem? It's nothing for you to just climb over the wall, right?
The hunters are guarding the house with guns.
G...g..guns?
G..guns?
I want to know how the house is laid out.
I'm sure Wol Hee is locked away in the barn.
Yes, there was a barn at the place.
A very big barn.
The barn contained Kim Ja Jeom's treasures and securities.
But Wol Hee was his most prized treasure of them all.
He'll probably come now. He'll come and save me like before.
Iljimae can do that.
He'll get me out, even if this place is made of steel.
So this is Iljimae's girl.
You did great to bring her.
A fox likes fish.
This girl is the fox's favorite fish. There is no better bait for him.
Make sure she doesn't go bad.
Yes, Sir.
The trap is set.
Now if he shows up, there is nothing to keep the hunters from capturing him.
Where are the hunters?
They're hiding.
They're hiding?
I'm right here.
That's amazing. I'm standing right by you, and I had no idea you were there.
All others are hiding as well.
Oh! Where?
Such secure trap.
He will for certain be caught in this trap!
Prophetess Gi, do you think he'll come?
Can you find out when that will be?
Give me the date and the time if you can.
The dragon on the left, the tiger on the right.
Come out, come out.
I can see the mirror.
Can you see him?
No one's coming yet.
The turtle tells me to ask him in ten days.
No one's coming to this house until then.
Ten days?
Are you sure?
Call for me after ten days.
Su Dong.
Yes?
I'd like to see you a moment.
Thank you for all your hard work, enduring such discomfort.
Would you like to have a drink?
No, thank you.
How can that be?
A great man like you should love women and wine.
What if Iljimae comes while I'm at it?
Don't you worry about that.
The Prophetess Gi told me, he won't be here for ten days.
Even if he does show up, aren't all you men here?
I trust your men as much as I trust you.
They won't fall apart because their leader is not with them.
It's been a long time since I've felt this good, I feel like having a drink.
But Park Su Dong was a simple man who didn't care for a party,
filled with formality and hypocrisy.
What's wrong?
I want to get up and dance. Why don't you sit and watch?
I have to go and pee.
Then go ahead.
Why don't you dance for us.
Let's do that.
Okay, okay, okay. Let's do.
Let's get really drunk.
Let's go, let's go.
I feel much better now.
Your life is like that of a dog.
Return of Iljimae ~ Volume 19 Loyalty and Treachery
I guess it won't be a bad thing to let the two love birds die together.
I can't do this without your help.
He's turning my insides to jelly.
It's this way. It's this way.
I am here.
Stand strong, Iljimae!
Where a flower with no name bloomed,
where the bird cage that he left was,
a heavenly smile, slowly forming,
brings me back to this place once again
This world that follows the wind and the clouds,
the scenery that changes with each passerby,
the blade in my hand cries in my stead...
...won’t you leave me be at last?
I am just one wolf.