Basketball
Baby.
Baby?
Baby.
- Do I look pretty? - Yes, you look very pretty.
Mom.
I'm going to make lots of money, and have you live in a mansion-like house.
So dress every day in beautiful clothes like this...
and don't let a single drop of water touch your hands anymore by working.
I just want us to live happily together for a long, long time now.
Okay, my baby.
Let's do that.
Have you gotten a call from Choi Shin Young's father yet?
A call?
I haven't even seen him around anywhere.
Those bastards.
Father.
Don't let those bastards get away with this.
Of course not.
What do they take our Yoshida family for?
Anyway...
You need to prepare yourself to play in the final playoffs.
But... isn't Team Baekhwa going to play?
Were you planning on just simply
letting those lowlifes take the position
of representing Japan away from you?
Your father's already taken care of everything for you, so Takeshi...
don't say anything else, and just prepare yourself for the game, okay?
Thank you, Father!
How... how did you...
Where's my mom?
Tell me where my mom is!
Father, do something!
What have you done with my mom?
Tell me what you've done with her, you butthole!
How dare you, you butthole!
Is anyone out there?
Do you have any proof?
- What? - Do you have proof that I killed her?
You piece of crap!
Where's my mom?
Where is she!
Tell me.
Tell me!
Let go.
Let go, you murderers!
Let go! Bring my mom back.
Bring her back right now!
Let go of me!
What wrong have I done?
What wrong have I done!
Let go!
Let go of me!
Open this door!
What wrong have I done?
Tell me what I've done wrong!
- Takeshi killed someone? - Yes.
It was Kang San's mother.
But luckily, she was still alive when I got to her.
So I had her moved to a hospital.
Earl Byun's son killed someone.
This is my perfect opportunity...
to get rid of that bastard, Earl Byun too.
Find out the details of exactly what had happened.
And keep a close eye on Kang San's mother.
Yes, Sir.
Hello?
Yes.
You've been summoned by Secretary Commissioner.
You?
What are you doing here?
I received a call from the Secretary Commissioner.
I had no idea that you'd be here.
How did the meeting with Earl Byun go? Did you like his son?
What is there to like or not to like?
I just have to do as I'm told.
I see that you're both here already.
I...
have a favor to ask the two of you.
Of course. Tell us what you need from us.
Tomorrow...
is the day of Min Tae Shin's execution.
I'm trying to get him to sign over the ownership of his wealth before then.
But I guess it hasn't been very easy to get it.
What do you think?
You think you can take care of it for me?
Yes.
Please do not worry about it.
I will take full responsibility, and take care of it.
What do you think, President Choi?
I will follow your orders.
I'm putting all my faith in the two of you.
By the way...
I have some matters to discuss with you in
regards to the upcoming basketball game.
But I don't think...
I'll...
just get going now.
I wanted to talk to you about...
I can't exactly tell the Secretary Commissioner that I can't do it...
but to do it means that I have to see that nobleman butthole again.
What to do...
That rotten noble bastard.
He's a thorn on my side with everything.
Why doesn't he just die already?
That's it.
He can just die.
That old man and Kang San too...
I can get rid of the both all at once.
I'm sorry, President Choi.
Kang San or whomever else it is...
I'll get rid of whomever it is you want.
So please just let me go.
Mr. Gong.
What was it that I told you I hated the most?
A person who breaks their promise.
- So you understand now? - Yes, I understand.
I understand very well.
Make sure...
that he detonates it.
The thing that you said he was going to detonate at the finals.
Are you talking about the bomb?
If he detonates that...
will you let me go?
Send them in.
Honey!
- Mi Sook! - Yoon Bae!
Honey!
Mi Sook... Please, President Choi.
It's now... all up to you.
I'll do whatever you want me to.
I'll do whatever it is that you want me to...
so please let my woman and Mi Sook go.
The kitchen is inside the house.
Not just the kitchen. The outhouse is in the house too.
Really?
Oh my... this is just like heaven.
Baby... can't you just stop playing basketball?
Aren't you tired of living like this?
Living your whole life beneath others,
and doing what others order you to do...
Don't you find it unfair?
It's better than losing you.
As long as it means that I can protect you...
I can work for all those people a hundred times over.
Meal time.
Let's get revenge.
I want us to detonate the bomb.
Just because we do that...
it doesn't mean that the world is going to change.
Whether it changes the world or not...
don't you think that we should at least let the injustice be known?
If we just go on living like this...
then what will it ever change?
That it's possible for even poor people like us to be happy...
that's what I want to show the world.
Go on and show them.
I'm not going to tell you to live your life
that's befitting of your status anymore.
So go and show it to the whole world.
I want to live happily in the new world that you're trying to create.
Okay?
This is the bomb...
that we're going to detonate at the game.
Watch.
This is the switch.
Make sure you keep this in mind.
Once you press this switch, there are only 30 seconds...
before the bomb explodes.
Even the slightest bit of hesitation...
then it won't be this spot...
but it'll be in your arms...
that the bomb explodes.
Let's practice throwing the ball around within 30 seconds.
Here, take this. Time it for us.
30 seconds after activating the switch?
[Relinquishing the rights of ownership]
Can you get Min Tae Shin to sign a release
form to relinquish his ownership?
You wanted to see me?
Have a seat over here.
What you said about becoming my successor...
were you really serious about it?
Yes.
Then...
prove it.
Go convince Min Chi Ho.
Then...
I'll accept you as my successor.
Chi Ho!
How did it go?
Did you see your father?
What do we do?
Tomorrow's the day of his execution.
Mother.
Just what wrong... has he ever done?
Never even allowing us to see him.
Who is it?
Chi Ho.
I'm sorry that I don't have anything better to serve you.
No, not at all. Thank you.
How have you been doing?
We haven't heard from you at all lately.
Okay... then I'll leave you two to talk.
Chi Ho.
- Have you been well? - What are you here for?
I heard the news about your father.
I'm sorry.
What is it that you're sorry about?
If you'll just sign and seal this paper,
you may be able to save your father.
What are you trying to do right now?
I want to help.
Is this the type of person you've always been?
Can you not discern from right and wrong
now that you're working for your father?
You finally come to visit, and this is all you've got to say to me?
What?
You want me to sign a paper relinquishing
the ownership rights to our family legacy?
How can you...
How can you do this to me?
Wait.
What was it... that you just said?
Did you just say that you can save my husband?
Chi Ho.
Did I just hear her right?
Dad.
Hi.
I'm fine.
Are your sisters doing okay?
Yes.
Okay, good.
Stop crying.
I'm sure I'll be out of here soon.
Show him.
If you'll sign and seal that paper...
they said you'll be able to live.
Before you say that you won't do it...
I need you to listen to me first.
My dear husband...
I have the highest level of respect for you.
You were worried about your servants having to breath in the dust
so you even got off your horse...
to walk beside them 15 years ago. And even to this day...
as a fellow human being...
I've always respected you.
With your character...
I know how much you want to refuse doing this.
I'm not completely oblivious to that fact.
But, Husband...
I can't...
just let you go like this.
Whether you go straight, or go around, it's still the same path.
There are so many of us who needs you, and look up to you.
So just this once...
can't you just think of us, and do this?
Please.
That's why...
I can't.
Because there are those... who look up to me.
The world that our children will live in...
at the very least...
has to be better than the world we lived in.
Don't you agree?
My son.
Yes, Father.
Asking you to... be understanding of my decision...
may sound harsh...
but the reason why I'm making this decision...
is something I want you to really think deeply about.
The thing that's making me choose this decision...
is not because of some law that's been made by man...
but it's because of my God given conscience.
Conscience.
I cannot abandon that conscience.
Escort your mother back home.
Just go on back home.
Prisoner Min Tae Shin.
- Dad. - Dad!
My Hye Soo.
Don't let your spirits be down just because I won't be around anymore.
But become a strong young woman, who's firm in her beliefs.
Dad, are you going somewhere?
I have... some things to take care of.
So I'll have to leave ahead of you.
But bask in all the love that you'll receive
from your mother and your siblings...
and I'll see you again.
Dad, don't go!
Don't go and leave us behind.
Must...
it really be like this?
Must...
it really be this way?
Create a beautiful world...
with the children...
and live a long and happy life... and take your time to come to me.
My dear husband.
Min Chi Ho.
My son.
Don't trust anyone... who tries to instill hope in you.
However...
If you are to ever meet anyone who tries to kill your hopes...
then fight.
Do you understand...
what your father is telling you?
It's time.
Dad.
Honey!
- Are the preparations going well? - Yes.
Representatives from each countries have all arrived safely.
How are things going with basketball?
The expectation from the Board of Advisors for the game is very high.
Yes, Sir.
We have done everything to be prepared as best as it could be prepared
so there's no reason for any concern.
Even though Team Baekwha's Kang San won't be playing...
we've made sure to fill his void with players from Team Noki.
Please do not worry.
- Kang San isn't playing? - Yes.
Well... he was involved in a very
unfortunate event of a violent incident...
Don't you know that the Emperor himself has a
very keen interest on this basketball game?
This upcoming game is a chance
for all the other Asian countries to see
and marvel at Japan's glory and success.
Do whatever you must to ensure our victory.
Yes, Sir!
- Pass the ball! - Ten!
- Pass it here! - Five!
- Four! - Here!
Three!
San.
What happened to your face?
I was in prison.
Takeshi killed my mom.
How can a butthole like that even exist?
How could he have done something...
Wow, I can't believe how evil he is.
How did you...
get out of prison?
They want me to play in the finals.
I have to go back... once the game is over.
Once the game is over...
you know that you won't be able to go back.
I'll do it.
I'll join you too.
I made my mom a promise.
That even a poor person has a chance...
I promised her that I'd show that to the world.
Even though my mom is gone...
I want to at least...
keep the promise I made her.
San.
Ten!
Nine!
- Eight! - Quickly!
Six! Five!
Four! Three!
Two! One!
No, no!
Why did you just throw it off to the side like that?
I told you to pass it off to me at the end.
What else was I supposed to do when the time was up?
You expect me to die with that in my arms?
But do I really need to pass it to you?
Can't one of us just go and throw it over to them?
I'm sure there will be plenty of security at the game.
So can you think of any other way besides
just pretending to play some basketball?
If we make any mistakes with our throw,
then we could be hurting innocent people.
Let's try it again.
I'm sorry.
But I was scared, and I couldn't help it.
I'm sorry too.
But... no matter how scared you are, you
have to make sure to give me the bomb.
Why can't whomever has the ball just throw it?
What need is there for you to...
Are you...
You're not...
I'll be the one to throw it at the end.
And I want the rest of you to make your escape.
Ugh, look at you trying to act cool. Hey, forget that.
I'll be the one to throw it.
I'm too slow of a runner anyways to be able to escape.
You have too much fear, so it can't be you.
I'll do it.
The center of this team is me.
So why are you guys trying to claim it?
I'll be the one to do it.
So don't try to stop me.
What is with all this grave seriousness?
Ugh, this is so heavy!
I'm the one who received the order from the beginning...
and I'm the one who dragged you all into this.
Just the fact alone that you all stood by me to this point...
I'm so forever grateful.
Allow me...
to be the one to finish this.
What is this?
[Korea's own flower, Baekhwa- Blooming as Japan's representative team.]
What does it mean, Baekhwa is representing Japan?
Tell me what that's about.
- I have nothing to tell you. - You have nothing to tell me?
You have nothing to tell me?
Just what kind of a person are you?
You went around acting and talking like a
proud and loyal patriot who knew everything.
But this is how you end up? With a Japanese flag on your chest?
Did you ever even love me?
Or...
Were you just playing with me?
Follow me.
I'll show you...
just who I am.
I'm...
a revolutionary fighter.
My hometown...
is in Shanghai.
Both my mother and father were revolutionary fighters.
And even after both of my parents passed away...
that's where I stayed and grew up.
Everyone surrounding me in my life...
either died by the hands of a Japanese soldier...
or fought against the Japanese.
The word, 'Liberation', to me...
was as familiar to me as a family member or a comrade would be.
I have never even thought about much else...
other than the liberation.
At least until...
I met you.
Whenever I see you...
I just want to give up doing everything else.
Whenever I'm with you...
I can feel my resolve weakening.
I'm sorry.
I...
I don't think I can be with you.
Bong Soon.
I...
was wrong.
I'm sorry.
Please forgive me.
Hong Ki.
- You... like my mom, don't you? - What?
Yeah.
Knowing that it's you...
I feel at ease.
My mom...
she's easily hurt...
and has a very fragile heart.
You have to...
continue to like my mom, okay?
Promise me, okay?
Hong Ki.
Mister.
- You remember what I told you, right? - Yeah.
Once my mom comes out, that's where I need you to take her.
You have to promise never to come back here.
Do you understand?
Okay.
But...
Are you sure you'll be alright?
Mom.
Mom, are you okay?
Are you hurt at all?
Why do you look so gaunt?
Were you going around skipping your meals
just because you haven't had me around?
What are you talking about?
I stuffed my face with two bowls of rice per meal.
Let's go home.
Tell me everything that you're craving. I'll make you whatever you want to eat.
Aren't you going to get in?
You go on ahead.
I have some things to take care of.
What kind of things?
Basketball practice.
There's not many days left until the game.
You're not practicing at the house?
No, the house... is still in a bit of chaos.
I'll be home soon.
Come home early. Don't go parading around town, okay?
Okay.
Mom.
Yeah?
Was I...
a good son to you?
What are you talking about all of a sudden?
I just...
feel like there's nothing that I've ever done for you.
If it hadn't been for you, I wouldn't even still be alive right now.
You know that, don't you?
You are everything to me.
It's me who wouldn't be here right now if it hadn't been for you, Mom.
I never would've seen anything of this world if it hadn't been for you.
Stop talking about the world, and just to your practice.
Mom.
What is it?
I love you.
Is there something wrong?
Don't cry too much...
and I want you to be proud of me, okay?
What are you saying?
I'm talking about in the future.
I'm just saying that's how I want us to live.
Stop making your mom's heart drop to the ground.
Go.
I'll be home early.
Mom.
You have to live a long and happy life, okay?
Just as you are now...
always stay beautiful.
Mom.
My lady.
Kang San's mother...
is at the hospital right now.
Even dogs don't bite their own owners.
Don't you remember begging us not to kick you out of the house recently?
But you dare stab me in the back now?
You wench!
Aren't you tired of living like this?
Living your whole life beneath others and
doing what others order you to do...
Don't you even find it unfair?
Mom.
Baby!
Baby.
Let's go home now.
I'm okay now.
Mom.
I can't go home.
I have something... that I need to do.
Is... is something wrong?
Huh?
I'm sorry, Mom.
I...
The promise that I made you...
I really want to keep it.
A world where even the poorest of the poor can be happy...
A happy world...
I want to show that to the world.
Don't...
worry about me.
I'm always...
on your side.
If it's a path that my son chose...
then I believe in it.
San.
Thank you...
for coming to me.
I am...
so grateful...
to have you...
as my son.
Mom.
Okay.
Go.
Go...
and do the thing...
that you want to do...
that you need to do...
without any fear or hesitation.
In a rightful world that my son created...
I promise...
to live a long life...
and then come join you.
Okay.
Go and do what it is that you need to do, okay?
Mom.
Please...
take care of my mom for a while.
I'm sorry.
No, not at all.
But...
is there something going on?
In a painful world such as this...
having been able to love you...
has been a real joy to me.
San.
Here.
Aren't there train tickets?
Yong Goo and Soo Dong.
I know how hard you have both worked for me all these years.
I'm sorry for all the suffering I've put you through.
We're not leaving by ourselves.
We're coming with you!
Then who's going to look after my woman and Mi Sook?
Stop arguing with me, and just go.
Yoon Bae!
Promise you'll come to us.
You have to promise to come.
Go, just go.
Hurry up and go.
Just go.
Go, you scoundrels.
Yoon Bae.
We'll be waiting for you.
Promise us you'll come.
Go, I said!
Keep on surviving.
Make sure to keep on surviving.
We've got a big problem.
The security seems to have gotten worse.
What do we do? Are we going to go or not?
Leave it to me.
I'll take care of it.
You butthole. Where have you been to just show up now?
What...
happened to you?
I was kidnapped by President Choi.
I came back from death's door.
President Choi...
almost beat me to death because I wouldn't kill our San here.
I can't keep living like this anymore either.
So let me join you guys too.
Let me help with the bomb.
I'm sorry to be leaving like this without
even seeing you play at the game.
But we've left the house sitting empty for so long...
that all our employees' pay has been backed
up and I have to go take care of that.
I don't want to have you see me...
standing out on the court with a Japanese flag on my chest.
I know it's hard.
Don't let it upset you too much.
Why are you bowing down to me all of a sudden like that?
Go on ahead back home.
I'll soon...
return myself.
Why? Why are you doing this?
- Chi Ho! - What are you doing!
We are placing them under arrest for violation of court orders.
Long time no see, Min Chi Ho.
What do you think you're doing, butthole?
We have a job to finish.
[Relinquishment of ownership]
What's so difficult about signing and sealing a sheet of paper
that you're making all of us go through all this?
- What? - You don't...
You don't want to lose what little family you have left, do you?
Huh?
Think about it very carefully.
You're the head of the Min Family now, aren't you?
- Chi Ho! - Chi Ho!
Mother!
Don't go out of the house, and make sure to stay home today.
Excuse me?
Don't disobey what I just told you.
Have you been able to convince Min Chi Ho yet?
Did you get him to sign the paper?
- Isn't that matter already closed? - I told you to convince Min Chi Ho.
I never told you to convince his dad.
Haven't you tormented him enough already?
Must you really go that far?
President Choi.
Min Chi Ho is here.
What brings you here?
The offer you made me...
Does it still stand?
There's still the matter concerning your father to take care of.
If nothing else but for the sake of your younger sisters' future...
You need to take care of this.
Father.
Chi Ho.
If you ever meet anyone who tries to kill your hopes...
then you must fight.
Make sure...
that you keep your promise.
On the name of my own daughter... I give you my word.
Go on home as soon as the game is over.
Your family will be there waiting for you.
Chi Ho.
My father couldn't possibly...
have done something...
to your family?
Yes, Your Highness.
I've also got him to sign and seal Min Tae Shin's paper as well.
No, please don't mention it.
I'll see you soon.
Everything is going perfectly as planned.
- What happened with Kang San? - He's back safely with Team Baekhwa.
Keep a close eye on Kang San's mother.
We need her to keep Kang San in line.
I guess this is the last day...
I'll ever have to look at Earl Byun's smug face again.
As long as I save the Secretary Commissioner
from the explosion...
Then the power of general assembly at the government will soon become mine.
What did you just mean by that?
What do you mean, a bomb?
Threatening Chi Ho's family wasn't enough...
What is it that you're scheming to do now by using San's mother against him?
Kang San, that bastard...
Are you saying that his plans to detonate a bomb is my fault too?
Okay.
Go.
In a rightful world that my own son created...
I'll live a long and happy life...
and then come join you when it's my time.
Thank you for all your hard work.
There's not much in there.
Pass.
Have a good day.
Wait.
- What is it? - Bring that back.
Why?
Is something wrong?
You know how important today's game is.
We're going to practice a bit more before the game once we're in there.
Why are you doing that?
No, no! You can't do that!
Oh my goodness... what was that for?
How are we supposed to practice when our ball is all deflated now?
Go on in.
Have a good day.
Where's the real thing? Where did you hide it?
Are you sure you even brought it?
Come on, have a little faith, huh?
I'm Gong Yoon Bae.
Everyone who's here to take part in this
historical game where all the countries in
all of Asia are gathered together to play the
best of the best each country has to offer.
We welcome you. We welcome you.
Welcome to this historic game this is a national event.
Our amazing players are now entering the court.
Players of Team Baekhwa who brought home the victory at the last game...
They're entering the court with conference and
pride in the Japanese flag in their chests.
Baby... San.
The game between Imperial japan and their
opponent will start in just a few moments.
Is it okay... if I listened to the game with you?
But you know something?
The world that you want to create...
and the world that I want to create...
they're both one and the same in the end.
Whether you're trying to gain power
or trying to show the world that things are
still possible even if you don't have power...
they're all for the sake of making things better for everyone in the end.
In a painful world such as this...
having had the chance to love you...
has been a real joy to me.
But... why isn't Chi Ho here?
Everyone gather around.
The runner up team can stay out.
Runner up?
If you're told to stay out, then just stay out.
Yobo buttholes.
Why are we the runner up? We won at the last game.
Did you really think that they'd send lowlife
scums like you out there to represent Japan?
What?
Were you really thinking that you'd be out there on the court?
You guys must be out of your minds.
What do we do now?
All our plans will go down the gutter if we don't play in the game.
Oh my... how disappointing.
Hey, hey, hey! Block him!
You have to get the advantage on your side during the first side.
Oh no, what to do?
They're really getting ahead of us in score.
Ugh, those dumb idiots!
If it had been Kang San out there, he never would've let that happen.
Coach, did you see our team play at the last competition?
Our Kang San fiercely kept on playing even
with all that blood pouring down his face.
He's unstoppable.
Why not just let him play for five minutes?
Five minutes isn't even a long time.
Why don't you put him in the game just for even a single minute?
I'm telling you that he'll turn this game around.
See? Did you see that?
Kang San. Get ready to go in.
Secretary Commissioner is watching.
Make sure to keep that in mind.
San.
Play well, okay?
You have to play well so that the rest of these guys can get out there.
Don't trust anyone... who tries to instill hope in you.
However...
If you ever meet anyone who tries to kill your hopes...
then you must fight.
Dad.
I promise to find a way to do your will.
Even though I'll still remain after today...
I vow to find a way to do your will.
The sacrifice made by my comrades today...
I will never forget it.
- Keep it up, San! - You can do it, San!
Director Kim.
The bag.
Is this the right basketball?
Yes.
This is the switch.
The bomb will detonate exactly 30 seconds after this switch is activated.
When are you going to throw the bomb?
- I'll let you know in a moment. - There's no time.
If you want to save your family...
then you need to hurry.
What are you doing!
I've got the ball.
- Where are you going? - There's no time.
We need to swap out the balls right now.
Wait, wait.
When are you going to activate the switch?
- The switch... - How did you know about the switch?
That's what San told me.
When?
San hasn't said anything about that.
Hong Ki.
Coach Gong's just trying to find out how
much time he'll have to make his escape.
I'll give you a signal. Make your escape then.
- Okay. - Ugh! Seriously!
Bae Sung Won.
Get ready to go in.
Why is he taking that ball in already?
Isn't he supposed to throw it once all of you are out on the court?
Is he going to throw it now?
You can do it, Bae Sung Won!
Hurry! Block him!
Get your head on straight unless you want to die.
President Choi.
What happened to the ball?
Has the ball been swapped out?
No.
- Chi Ho. - No.
You can't go in there.
Move.
Shin Young!
Why?
Because of the bomb?
I want to see him.
I...
want to see San.
In a world that San wants to create...
I want to stand by and watch him...
as he proudly walks out with his head held high.
There's no time.
Let's get started as we had planned.
Bae Sung Won.
San.
What's happening?
- Has it started? - Get out of here.
It's started!
Just which ball is it?
Sung Won.
Lee Hong Ki.
Get ready to go in.
Get your head on straight.
Leave it to me?
Are you crazy? How am I to trust you?
Just try me!
I have to detonate this bomb too!
Lee Hong Ki, what are you doing?
20 seconds.
20 seconds!
You have to give it back within 20 seconds.
20 seconds!
Just give it to me.
15 seconds.
Honey...
Mi Sook.
Throw it!
Ten seconds.
What are you up to?
You guys are up to something, aren't you?
What are you trying to do with a fake ball?
Kang San!
Five!
Four!
In our next life...
let's meet in a better world, instead of in a country under oppression.
Three!
San.
Two!
Thank you for everything, My friends.
One!
Let's all meet again...
in a better world.
[Thank you to all the viewers for watching our drama.]
[We dedicate this drama to all the youth of our past and the future.]