Low Life (파인: 촌뜨기들)

She told me not to contact you, but...

how could I not?

You should say goodbye to her one last time.

She had tuberculosis. We tried all sorts of things.

A month of herbs and such.

Three-beggar ticks and purslane.

All of it, shit. None of it made a difference.

Relax, where's the fire?

Have a drink and catch your breath.

And how was it that you found me?

Well, the telephone company, I called and asked,

and they gave me your new telephone number.

"NOT DELIVERABLE AS ADDRESSED RECIPIENT"

"SONG GITAEK RETURNED TO SENDER"

Take it easy. Whoa, geez!

Is this deep enough?

Yeah, that'll do. Just smooth it out now.

Okay.

Yeah, that's right. That's Yejin's boy.

So, how did you and Yejin end up meeting?

It was because of him. That's how I met her.

Through Jecheon County Amateur Boxing.

The kid I was coaching got sick and couldn't fight.

4TH JECHEON COUNTY MAYOR'S CUP AMATEUR BOXING TOURNAMENT

Come on!

Put 'em up!

Hey! Get him! Uppercut! Uppercut, yeah!

Yeah!

Let's go, kid. Let's get you some water.

You ready to get up there? Hmm?

Just try and focus on--

What's going on? You nervous or what?

I must've ate something bad, Coach.

You gotta be more careful.

- Hey, Coach, I'm... - What?

-I don't think I can fight right now. -Hey.

Wait, c'mon, just...

Hey, how are you going to pull your pants down

with the gloves on?

Oh, boy.

Next fighter, blue corner. You're up now.

Where's the fire? Could you give us a minute?

Should I disqualify him?

Ah, come on.

Maybe it's crazy...

Do you think I could replace him for the fight?

There was just something about the look in his eyes.

Like he was a martial arts master.

The kid had long limbs, good reach, real grit.

So how'd it go?

That was his first time in the ring.

One punch knocked him out. I thought he died.

- One. Two. - He was up against a tough opponent.

What?

Then I met his mom, and one thing led to another.

He's a sweet kid.

Called me Dad right from the get-go. He's got a good heart.

But even still, seems like he never really felt at home.

"5 YEARS LATER"

He moved into the gym after I married his mom.

With me in the house, it was probably awkward.

I get it. It's not easy living with a stranger

when you're a grown man.

I see a lot of empty bottles.

He can really put it away.

Eating and drinking, that's all he does.

He's gone into debt over it. That's how much he loves his vices.

So how old is Daesik now?

The boy is 26.

His mother and I got married around five years ago.

FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY, STING LIKE A BEE

You...

You know who I am, don't you?

Yes.

Then come live with me in Seoul.

Okay.

And from now on, you need to stop drinking.

Yes, Father.

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LOW LIFE

EPISODE 6, THE PLUNGE

All right, next diver. Jeonchul, you're up now.

You're fucking kidding me. Are you serious?

Did you see what just happened? And you want me to go in?

Why don't you get in there, then?

You little assmonkey.

- What's his problem? - I guess it's you two, then. Who's first?

Oh, man. No one wants to go in. They're scared.

- Here! Over here! - He's got it.

-He's got it! -What? Oh.

- Right here. - Where?

-Over here. -Bring it in.

-Come on! Look. -Hey, come here.

-Just one? -Hey, here.

Careful, don't drop it.

Be careful not to break it!

- Here we go. - Come on.

Yeah!

Wow, this is it right here!

It was tough getting it out.

It was really lodged there in the mud.

-Let's take off these barnacles. -Hey, hey!

-You'll ruin it. Give it to me. -Oh? No?

-It needs to be desalinated. -Easy.

Hey, did you see a lot down there?

Don't even ask. Ugh! I could barely see with this current.

When the current stopped,

I was able to get it out, but I had to haul ass.

This is the only one you found?

Well, thing is I felt a few more while I was down there, so we're good.

Why did you bring just one with you when you could've grabbed them all?

We don't have time for this shit! Get back in there!

Wait... I should go again?

I can't. Not with the current this strong.

-And it's only getting stronger. -Get a rope right now! Come on, move it!

- But... - Tie it around yourself.

- Don't worry, all right? - What?

Get down there and get more. One piece won't cut it.

No fucking way. I can't do this alone! Ah, shit!

Wait! Why are you giving me that when I said I can't do it?

Just quit your yapping

and get your ass down there already like I'm telling you to!

-No, I... -By now you could've pulled up

at least another piece! Ah, shit.

Tell me how we're supposed to get a thousand at this rate!

We can't even cover the cost of labor with this shit.

Did we drag our asses all the way out here just to get one fucking ceramic out?

Fuck.

What are you waiting for? Get going!

Come on, man. You trying to kill a guy?

I will kill you if you don't get down there!

Ugh, shit.

I said, I can't do this alone!

Ugh, fuck this, man.

My uncle was right.

At this rate, we probably wouldn't break even.

Is he gonna stay down there all night?

The sun's almost down, what's taking him so long?

Here.

No, thank you. Those things are bad for you.

Are you going to keep backing out?

You gotta go in there first, man. There's a thing called seniority.

What's that got to do with it, though? We should stick to the order.

You shit, why am I going next?

What? How the hell should I know? You should ask him, he's the boss.

Look, I'm asking you to go in first, man. I'm scared of the water.

I don't even eat seafood, you know?

You fucking asshole! I'm not asking you to catch fish.

He's up!

- He's back? - Where?

Dang, he got drifted all the way over there.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa. - What is it?

The current's strong, isn't it?

How'd it go?

It's like I said, I'm blind as a bat down there.

-Ugh, shit. -That means it's a bust, you guys.

- I think we should head back. - Damn.

Ah, damn it. All that for just one lousy little...

Let's call it!

- Sorry to bother you. - Evening, sir.

There wouldn't happen to be an Oh Gwanseok staying here, would there?

Oh, dear. The bunch of them left for Jeungdo already.

-Jeungdo? -Yeah.

Oh.

- All right, careful getting off, guys. - Here we go!

Here, be careful with it!

Take my hand.

- It hurts. My back. - It's a high step.

Ugh, fuck, why the hell is this so hard? This is gonna take forever.

I'm sick of hearing y'all complaining.

Tiger, gimme a cigarette, would you?

Captain Hwang.

You got him.

Can you find more divers?

I'll see if I can.

Rice planting season's over, so there's guys who need work.

We need those ladies who dive for seafood.

Men or women, that don't matter. We just need as many as we can get.

- It's killing me. - He's really not looking good.

Why's he like that?

He got the bends.

What's the bends?

When you dive too deep...

I don't know, man. Just something that happens.

Good, good, good. Go easy when you pour, okay?

Gently. Easy, now. And get more water.

- How much more? - Here.

You want it to be deep enough to fully cover it.

So this is okay? Isn't this freshwater?

Has to be freshwater.

That's how you get the salt out.

It can take a while, even up to a year.

- Up to a year? - Otherwise, it'll crumble to pieces.

It's as delicate as a newborn right now, so we have to work carefully.

We'll have to get all the barnacles off. But I gotta say, it looks great.

Fuck, imagine if there were a ton of these just waiting for us down there?

Hey, try having some of this. Here. It's miyeokguk.

Don't eat the solid bits.

Just try and drink the broth.

This'll get him better?