Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance Script - Dialogue Transcript

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Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance Script


 

                   

I'm a good person

I'm a hard worker



 

                   

My older sister is

the only family I have



 

                   

To put me through

art school



 

                   

she gave up college

and got a job at a factory



 

                   

But then she fell seriously

ill and had to quit



 

                   

So I gave up art school

and got a job



 

                   

But recently

I made a decision



 

                   

I'm not sure whether

to tell my sister or not



 

                   

I'm hesitating even

as I write this letter



  

                   

If I decide to do it



  

                   

I'll be listening to the

broadcast with my sister



  

                   

I can't speak with my mouth



  

                   

I'm deaf and dumb



  

                   

Please read this letter to my

sister for me, since I can't



  

                   

Sis, you're listening?



  

                   

You told me if you die

you want to be buried by



  

                   

the river where

we used to play



  

                   

All right

I'll do that



  

                   

But that'll be in

   or    years' time



  

                   

I'm going to save you

Really, I swear



  

                   

Actually, I registered to

donate my kidney today



  

                   

I know you

said not to that you'd rather die



  

                   

that you'd rather die

than be a burden



  

                   

But you know I never

do what I'm told



  

                   

Not A type



  

                   

if the blood types

don't match



  

                   

then we can't do

a transplant



  

                   

You haven't had test

since school, have you?



  

                   

If you can't pay

take her home for now



  

                   

Until we find

a suitable donor



  

                   

just keep coming

in for dialysis



  

                   

ok?



  

                   

It's type B, B



  

                   

Our new house

is an old house



  

                   

The estate thought

it'd be OK for I'm deaf



  

                   

If sister can't sleep

then neither can I



  

                   

Aw, fucking great!



  

                   

I heard that



  

                   

this happened

in Australia



  

                   

A man...



  

                   

thought he had

two heads



  

                   

Two heads?



  

                   

Yeah, two



  

                   

And



  

                   

he kept getting

headaches



  

                   

With two heads



  

                   

he had headaches

all the time



  

                   

So you know

what he did?



  

                   

He shot

one of his heads



  

                   

The left

or the right?



  

                   

Aren't you

going to lunch?



  

                   

Come on



  

                   

let's go

eat something



  

                   

You've only

got    million won?



  

                   

Well, first of all



  

                   

give us your kidney

then we'll do it



  

                   

You give us

yours and we'll



  

                   

get you one

for your sister



  

                   

For    million won

Got it?



  

                   

Understand me?



  

                   

Your blood type's B

right?



  

                   

   days later

Congratulations



  

                   

Finding a donor

this fast is



  

                   

simply a miracle



  

                   

The surgery's in a week



  

                   

so have her

admitted in   days



  

                   

You said you had

   million won, right?



  

                   

So all your

problems are solved



  

                   

Isn't it great?



  

                   

You idiot

you stupid fuck!



  

                   

That money would've

saved your sister



  

                   

Why not?



  

                   

not the time to

be thinking that way



  

                   

There's a saying



  

                   

Is a boiled pig afraid

of boiling water?



  

                   

Besides



  

                   

What are you going to do?

You've only got a week



  

                   

You know how long



  

                   

it'll take to find

another donor?



  

                   

Is that her?



  

                   

She's cute



  

                   

Must be a friend



  

                   

That's the bastard

who fired you?



  

                   

That car's worth

   years of your salary



  

                   

That's why we

need a revolution



  

                   

So sick people will

get free treatment



  

                   

The time must come



  

                   

when you can get any



  

                   

damned organ you need!



  

                   

The bad image



  

                   

they get is cause

kids keep getting killed



  

                   

But we're different



  

                   

Give us money, we'll

return the kid pronto



  

                   

I'm afraid

She won't want to go home



  

                   

She'll be playing

with us all the time



  

                   

Won't have

to go to school



  

                   

What? What?



  

                   

It's summer vacation



  

                   

But think about it from

parents' point of view



   

                   

They'll be so happy

to see her again



   

                   

They'll love her more

and the family will be closer



   

                   

we'll ask for

exactly    million won



   

                   

How conscientious is

that right?



   

                   

That money's nothing

to them



   

                   

but for us it's a

matter of life and death



   

                   

Movement of capital

maximizes the value of money



   

                   

it's not a crime

don't you think?



   

                   

There are



   

                   

good kidnappings

and bad kidnappings



   

                   

Good kidnapping enlists

the parents' cooperation



   

                   

If they call the

police, the kid dies



   

                   

The parents pay up



   

                   

and the kid gets returned



   

                   

Then nobody finds

out about it



   

                   

People think all

kidnappings are bad



   

                   

Daddy!



   

                   

What?



   

                   

Can I go play

at Yoosun's house?



   

                   

No



   

                   

Then will you buy me a

cell phone like Yoosun's?



   

                   

Why do you buy

her stuff like that?



   

                   

Have consideration

for your neighbors



   

                   

Peng!



   

                   

President Park!



   

                   

Sir

please help me!



   

                   

My wife ran off and

my kids are starving



   

                   

In six years I never

missed a day of work



   

                   

You know the percentage

of faulty goods was  .   %



   

                   

 .   %



   

                   

Peng

what are you doing?



   

                   

I explained it

to you already



   

                   

Your employee?



   

                   

I gave away my youth

to Ilshin Electronics



   

                   

-Are you OK?

-Daddy!



   

                   

It's not going to work



   

                   

Why?



   

                   

Look at him

I was fired by the kid's father



   

                   

I'll be the first

person the police call in



   

                   

Then what do we do?



   

                   

Defeat the communists

the way for Korea is victory



   

                   

Let's go for Freedom

Down



   

                   

Defeat the communists



   

                   

the way for

Korea is victory



   

                   

By the way



   

                   

how come Daddy's

friend is so poor?



   

                   

Huh?



   

                   

We spent a lot of

money because I'm sick



   

                   

What hospital is

your mother in?



   

                   

She doesn't know

about the car accident



   

                   

Daddy was too busy

so they got divorced



   

                   

so



   

                   

That's why

he left me with you



   

                   

Mine?



   

                   

Don't cry

Stop it!



   

                   

Please

Stop



   

                   

He wants to trade

it for your doll



   

                   

Daddy loves Yoosun



   

                   

Yoosun loves Daddy, too



   

                   

Sis



   

                   

More than anything



   

                   

I'm jealous of girls with

mommys to braid their hair



   

                   

Then come see

me sometime



   

                   

Really?



   

                   

Call me anytime



   

                   

I'm all alone

so I get bored



   

                   

He never said why he

missed work so often?



   

                   

Then he never went off

for special training?



   

                   

Yes, last week from

Monday to Wednesday



   

                   

She's washing



   

                   

Give it!

I'm watching cartoons



   

                   

Is anybody

out there?



   

                   

Somebody help me



   

                   

Go away!



   

                   

Ryu



   

                   

Ryu!



   

                   

Ryu



   

                   

Ryu Ryu Ryu



   

                   

Ryu



   

                   

The water's deep there

it's far over my head



   

                   

Later I realized why

I thought the water was deep



   

                   

When I was a kid

it was up over my head



   

                   

Have you ever done

anything to provoke anyone?



   

                   

Please think again



   

                   

I always thought



   

                   

I lived

an honest life



   

                   

But think



   

                   

Excuse me, what is

your net worth?



   

                   

I'm a high school

graduate



   

                   

and I started as

an electrical engineer



   

                   

My wife left me when



   

                   

the economy crashed



   

                   

But why



   

                   

I don't understand



   

                   

Why didn't you

call the police?



   

                   

I thought lots of

kids returned safely



   

                   

If I do what

they tell me



   

                   

Sir, I checked



   

                   

it looks like they

used this phone number



   

                   

they didn't answer

so we can't locate them



   

                   

It's this number

right?



   

                   

My wife gave it to

her before she left



   

                   

Just a second



   

                   

Yeah



   

                   

I'm working



   

                   

So an operation will



   

                   

take care of it?



   

                   

Where would I get

   million won?



   

                   

am I supposed to do?



   

                   

At least kid wasn't

kidnapped and killed



   

                   

We're lucky

you know



   

                   

Cause we don't

have any money



   

                   

Saw



   

                   

Lift up



   

                   

One, Two, Three



   

                   

Saw



   

                   

Lung was

Swollen badly



   

                   

It looks like a

woman's handwriting



   

                   

Do you recognize it?



   

                   

Yoosun



   

                   

Why didn't you give

me swimming lessons?



   

                   

I put this house

for sale



   

                   

and I sold

the company, too



   

                   

That's all



   

                   

the money I have



   

                   

there's nothing

special about it



   

                   

A brother and

sister lived here



   

                   

They don't know

where they moved to



   

                   

I'll look into it



   

                   

Let's go



   

                   

Nothing more

to see here



   

                   

You asked if

I ever provoked anyone?



   

                   

Are you the father?



   

                   

-Well, actually

-I am



   

                   

How is he?



   

                   

If I were a very

optimistic doctor



   

                   

I'd tell you

there was hope



   

                   

this is my guess



   

                   

When did you know

we'd become like this?



   

                   

The moment

our eyes met



   

                   

You're like an ant



   

                   

An ant?



   

                   

They say

ants are psychic



   

                   

They predict

earthquakes and floods



   

                   

Baek Hyun-jin's "Affection"



   

                   

requested by a man who

signed Ryu of Doksan-dong



   

                   

Any of you remember

this guy?



   

                   

He was deaf



   

                   

He sent a letter

saying his sister was sick



   

                   

Oh, no

She passed away



   

                   

He says, "I'm the

one who killed her"



   

                   

"My life has no

meaning now."



   

                   

You shouldn't

say that



   

                   

Would she want to

see you like this?



   

                   

Don't forget she's

watching you from above



   

                   

I know

you can't hear me



   

                   

but me and our

listening audience



   

                   

are praying for you



   

                   

Be strong



   

                   

To help you out



   

                   

I'll send you a new

Kimchi refrigerator



   

                   

It hasn't an address

so if anyone listening to



   

                   

broadcast knows him

please let him know



   

                   

We're waiting for such

touching stories from you



   

                   

If there's a story

you want to tell



   

                   

send me a letter



   

                   

Our address is Seoul

Yeongdungpo Yeouido...



   

                   

I kept them cause the

pictures were pretty



   

                   

I cried so much

while reading them



   

                   

But



   

                   

is he

really a kidnapper?



   

                   

Don't send him a gift

You haven't sent it?



   

                   

Two, three



   

                   

He's mentally

disabled



   

                   

not stupid



   

                   

President Park

this is Choi



   

                   

the results are out

and we checked the car



   

                   

Yes

I know that place



   

                   

I'll see you

there at  :  



   

                   

Yes, I'm calling

about the sticker



   

                   

Yeah the kidney

transplant



   

                   

Yes



   

                   

She wouldn't have

lived long anyway



   

                   

I searched hospitals

and found her file



   

                   

They managed to get a

kidney from someone



   

                   

but apparently they

didn't have money



   

                   

President Park



   

                   

What I really

want to ask is



   

                   

What are you going to do

to when you find them?



   

                   

Kill them



   

                   

Dismantle

the conglomerates!



   

                   

Drive out

U.S. Army!



   

                   

Destroy

the new liberalism



   

                   

that ruins the lives

of the people!



   

                   

Destroy

the new liberalism



   

                   

I understand



   

                   

I'll wire you the money

tomorrow and then call you back



   

                   

Destroy

the conglomerates!



   

                   

Destroy

the conglomerates!



   

                   

Drive out

U.S. Army



   

                   

Are you going far?



   

                   

Hell, yeah



   

                   

Shit, you said

I could go first!



   

                   

It's in an artery

Chulseung



   

                   

Don't take it out!



   

                   

Mom



   

                   

The noodles were all

soggy last time



   

                   

Yeah, hurry



   

                   

Huh?



   

                   

Where is the bastard?



   

                   

Fuck you



   

                   

Where?



   

                   

Fuck you



   

                   

Tell me

you bitch!



   

                   

Fuck



   

                   

Next time, don't

order just one dish



   

                   

Mister



   

                   

Yoosun



   

                   

We didn't kill

her on purpose



   

                   

I'm sorry



   

                   

we made a mistake



   

                   

But I have something

to tell you



   

                   

I'm not just any

ordinary person



   

                   

If anything

happens to me



   

                   

my organization

is a terrorist group



   

                   

They'll kill you



   

                   

   %

For sure



   

                   

I gave them

your picture



   

                   

If you want to live

just leave me



   

                   

This is

for your sake



   

                   

honest



   

                   

And



   

                   

I'm sorry



   

                   

   %



   

                   

She sat next to

the deaf kid



   

                   

so

she's deaf, too?



   

                   

No



   

                   

how come she went

to same school?



   

                   

So

what I mean is



   

                   

she got expelled



   

                   

when was find out

she wasn't deaf



   

                   

She went to college

and was a left wing activist



   

                   

sneaked onto a boat once

trying to reach N-Korea



   

                   

And?



   

                   

She got caught

by some fishermen



   

                   

caught her in a net

while she was swimming



   

                   

She's part of the RAA



   

                   

What?



   

                   

I mean, she was



   

                   

Go to Intelligence

and bring a few of them



   

                   

The problem is



   

                   

She was the only

member of RAA



   

                   

Make way please

excuse me



   

                   

Excuse me



   

                   

we're

coming through



   

                   

I'm sorry

you can't ride here



   

                   

Its C- 

They found some of



   

                   

Cha Youngmi's flyers

at a crime scene



   

                   

What scene?



   

                   

Three people

were murdered



   

                   

yes



   

                   

The organ dealers

are dead!



   

                   

But

their sides



   

                   

are cut open

You know



   

                   

He took

the kidneys!



   

                   

President Park



   

                   

he seems like

a real psycho



   

                   

Killed three people

He isn't human



   

                   

Give this up now



   

                   

I'll return

all your money



   

                   

I know

you're a good guy



   

                   

But you know



   

                   

why I have to

kill you?



   

                   

Understand?



   

                   

Huh?

you know?



   

                   

-Hello?

-yeh, Inchon Hospital



   

                   

is there

boy's father?



   

                   

He died

just now at   :  



   

                   

The mortuary's

on floor B 



   

                   

You've got

the wrong number



   

                   

What?



   

                   

Mister



   

                   

If anything

happens to me



   

                   

my organization

is a terrorist group



   

                   

They'll kill you



   

                   

   % 

For sure



   

                   

I gave them

your picture









  

 
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