Ode to My Father Page #3

Have the chocolate but go, okay?

Get him!

Go, run!

Quick!

Hey!

- Duk-soo!

- Run, Dal-go!

Stop, you!

Hey, you!

Stop!

This is President Syngman Rhee.

For me, armistice does not mean

that we fight any less,

but ultimately means

more hardship and destruction.

Come out,

you little punks!

I have been against the armistice...

What does "armistice" mean?

Sounds like it means

not waging war.

So we can go back

to our hometown?

I don't think so.

Why not?

If the armistice ends the war,

why can't we go back?

It's true we're not waging war,

but that doesn't mean

the war's over.

It needs to end first.

- The war is too...

- You don't know, do you?

- I mean...

- What's an armistice?

What's an armistice?

Can I go back to my hometown?

Where's your hometown?

Hamgyeong Province...

Hungnam, Cheongi-dong.

You can't go back.

Why not?

The war's over.

It's not over,

it's a cease fire.

Our country's weak,

so other countries came in,

and now they fight and

divide us up as they please.

Those damn bastards!

Come here, you!

Hey! Spit it out!

Kick them!

July 27, 1953

Armistice Agreement signed

What happened to you?

In the middle of this chaos

I send you to school,

and you go around

getting into fights?

I wasn't fighting.

I just tripped while running.

Now you lie to your mother?

Mom.

What?

You hate me, don't you?

Why?

Then why didn't you mention

Maksoon even once?

Duk-soo, let's imagine.

Suppose our house is on fire.

You're in the house,

and we're all outside.

Then what should I do?

Of course,

you'd come in to save me.

No.

If I die trying to save you,

who will feed your siblings?

It tears my heart

to think of Maksoon,

but now I have to look after

you and your siblings.

Because...

I'm a mother.

That's what mothers have to do.

But because of me, Dad...

No, it's not your fault.

Don't you worry over such things,

just study hard.

Because you're the head of

the family until Dad comes back.

You understand?

Those damned thugs.

Look at your face!

You saw me restraining

myself yesterday?

If I catch those punks again,

I'll beat them...

Shut your trap.

Okay.

So, since the war's over,

you'll go back to your hometown?

I guess so.

Too bad.

We just became friends.

What do you mean, friends?

I'll probably never see you again.

That's what you think.

I don't think that.

What's this? Look at her wrist!

Go easy on her.

And you just need to let go.

You don't have many years left,

stop being so stubborn.

Sell the store and

enjoy your earnings.

Stop talking nonsense.

Look at me.

I sold my store and

put up this big building.

It's called a multiplex.

What would a beggar

like you know?

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