Dream (Ggum / 꿈)

Dream

Starring as Jo-shin Shin Young-kyun

Starring as Dal-rye Kim Hye-jeong

Original novel Lee Gwang-su Screenplay Oh Yeong-jin

Director Shin Sang-ok

Arirang, arirang, arariyo

Let me go over the Arirang Hill

Twelve thousand peaks, eighty thousand temples of Geumgang Mountains

Don't pray to conceive sons and daughters

Don't mistreat drifters who flee in the middle of the night

- Stop! - Arirang...

Hey, you. Come here!

Our town governor wants to see you.

Me?

It's the monk.

Here he is.

You must know what you've done wrong.

A thousand apologies. Please forgive me.

What an insolent one.

A monk singing a vulgar song like that?

Sing it again in front of me!

Go on! Sing it!

Twelve thousand peaks, eighty thousand temples of Geumgang Mountains

Don't pray to conceive sons and...

Please forgive me.

Get up!

What a fuss you are making!

A monk should recite prayers, not vulgar songs.

What a rascal!

What is your name?

Sir, please just spare my life.

- Tell him your name. - Yes, sir.

I am Pyeong-mok of Naksansa Temple.

Oh, you are Priest Yong-seon's disciple.

We sent a monk named Jo-shin to pick up our teacher but he didn't come back.

So I came here to find him.

Why, you!

A disciple of Priest Yong-seon shouldn't carry on like that.

You deserve to be flogged 50 times for shaming your teacher!

Oh! Please spare my life...

I've always respected Priest Yong-seon.

So I'll forgive you for his sake.

- Thank you so much. - Off you go now.

Yes. Snamas amitabha.

Snamas amitabha.

Snamas amitabha.

Avalokite?vara.

Lady Dal-rye, we should go back.

Master Mo-rye will be disheartened if he comes and you are not there.

Don't be silly, girl.

What is that white flower on the cliff?

- I'm not sure. - I wonder...

I wish there were a man who could pick it for me.

Lady, there is a monk walking this way.

Why don't you ask the monk?

But I can't ask a strange man to...

It doesn't matter. He is a monk.

- I guess so... - Shall I call him?

- All right. - Okay.

Sir! Sir!

I'm sorry to trouble you.

My lady wishes to see you...

- Me? - Yes.

Lady Dal-rye, the governor's daughter saw flowers on the rock

and she was wondering if you could pick them for her.

Sir.

I am sorry.

My mother who is ill in bed would like those flowers very much.

I know it's forward of me but I kindly ask.

Please, sir. Don't deny me.

All right.

There...

Those flowers there.

- Do you see it? - Yes.

Your robe...

Please hold this for me.

I'm so grateful.

These flowers are a gift from the heavens. Thank you, sir.

How marvelous!

My sick mother will be so happy.

Lady, please wait.

Please wrap them with this wet cloth.

Flowers wither so easily.

I am so grateful.

May I ask which temple you stay at?

I live at Naksansa Temple and my name is Jo-shin.

I'm on my way to welcome our Head Priest back home.

Thank you, Monk Jo-shin.

I will not forget your kindness.

You are welcome.

Monk Jo-shin, you are not well yet.

I'm all right.

You should go and rest.

The rite starting today will last three days.

Who is the master of the rite?

Governor Kim. He's the governor of our town.

Governor Kim?

Really?

Didn't know it? The temple has been buzzing for days because of it.

- What's going on with him? - Jo-shin is weird.

He hasn't been eating or studying properly these days.

He roams the mountains like a mad man...

- Where is the Head Priest? - In the meditation room.

Master.

Master, I am weak. Please give me your wisdom.

- Come inside. - Yes.

Jo-shin, you are a monk following the path of Buddha.

Please let me go on a pilgrim's journey.

If I can't leave the temple with a bundle on my back right now,

I will go crazy.

How foolish you are!

Do you think you can escape agony if you leave the temple?

Master...

No matter where you go, you won't be able to escape your karma.

With your heart as it is,

the shadow of Governor Kim's girl will follow you everywhere.

How can you see through my sufferings?

Jo-shin, you cannot fool me.

Your careless behaviors, your unhappy face,

you flighty heart and your eyes...

Sir, what am I to do?

In my eyes, Lady Dal-rye is more splendid than Buddha.

Recite the mantra.

Darkness will turn into light and crookedness will be smoothed out.

- Please help me attain my goal. - Of course.

Recite the mantra.

Do not attend the rite but recite the mantra with all your heart.

Snamas amitabha. Avalokite?vara. Snamas amitabha

I wish I could live somewhere so pristine and quiet.

No, you don't...

Only monks would live in a forlorn place like this.

It's nice to flee the bustling town. Perhaps I should become a nun.

Oh, listen to you!

Isn't that the monk who picked the flowers for us on Mount Seorak?

Indeed he is.

- Give him back the handkerchief. - Yes.

- Run, dear. - Yes.

Sir!

Sir! Sir!

My lady is returning this...

What is this?

The handkerchief you lent us on Mount Seorak before.

She says thank you.

It's just a hemp cloth.

Well, then...

Peace on earth and the heavens. Prosperity and good will every season.

May my family be healthy and good.

My daughter is to marry into Mo-rye's family.

I am tainted and sinful, unable to tear myself away from the common world.

What if I just kill myself and end all my ties with the world?

It won't be as easy you wish.

What if I take her life with a dagger and...

Even that kind of thing only happens with karma.

Isn't my karma connected to hers at all?

Please tell me, sir.

Please use your powers and make my wish come true.

Do you really want to her to be your woman?

Yes! Even if I have to die three times.

- Even if you can't go to paradise? - Even if I have to go to hell.

- Even if you'll be reborn as a beast? - Even if I'll starve to death!

Are you sure about this?

Yes, I am. Even for a day...

If that's too much, just for one night.

If not that, just for an hour.

Please have mercy on me.

- Are you sure this is what you want? - Yes, I am.

Fine, then.

Sir?

Follow me.

- Jo-shin. - Yes.

Go into the hall and don't come out until I call you and don't nod off.

Yes, sir.

Jo-shin, recite the mantra with all your heart.

Don't think of anything else.

Snamas amitabha. Avalokite?vara. Snamas amitabha. Avalokite?vara.

Is it time for dawn prayers already?

Sir!

Sir, why do you avoid me?

Snamas amitabha. Avalokite?vara.

What brings you here in the middle of the night?

I'll go anywhere my beloved monk goes.

No mountain is too high enough, no sea is too deep.

Do you really mean it? I'm a nobody.

It all depends on the eye of the beholder.

I don't think you are a man of this world.

Are you really Lady Dal-rye?

Are you fooling with me, Lady?

Why would I...

The reason I am taking a bath in the middle of the night

is because I have desires.

I haven't been able to forget your noble soul since we met in spring.

To follow my heart, I've decided to spend my life with you.

Lady, do you really mean that?

I'm here to see you in the middle of the night away from my parents' eyes.

Why don't you believe me?

But you are to marry Master Mo-rye...

Please don't say that.

I will cut away all worldly ties that my parents have set for me.

I want to follow you to paradise. Can't you see that?

Lady Dal-rye!