12 Years Promise (Wild Chives and Soy Bean Soup: 12 Years Reunion / Dalrae Dwaen, Jangkook: 12nyeonmanui Jaehwe / 달래 된, 장국: 12년만의 재회)

12 YEARS PROMISE

EPISODE 1

Ladies and gentlemen, I'm Captain Gwak Min-gyu,

of General Airline flight P480.

We're experiencing some turbulence.

Please return to your seats and fasten your seat belts.

Our plane will be landing at Incheon Airport in about 40 minutes.

It's a clear day. The temperature is seven degrees Celsius.

We'll do our best to arrive safely.

Thank you.

Ladies and gentlemen...

You call this food?

If you can tell me what the problem is--

Look for yourself. It's overcooked.

This is business class. I paid you double.

So service should be twice as good.

Understand?

I'll cook them again.

Now you're talking.

Sir.

We also have dumplings. Would you like me to bring you some?

-Dumplings? -Yes, sir.

-Here you go. -Oh thank you.

Good.

Yes?

She's my granddaughter.

Oh really? This woman here? Jang Dal-lae.

She must have been scouted to a department store.

She's my sister's daughter's daughter.

Oh, is she really?

Rejected again?

It must've been overcooked.

What kind of guy is he to make you do all this in the sky?

I'm thinking of serving dumplings.

He really doesn't seem to deserve such service.

-You want me to talk to him? -No, it's okay.

We'll take care of this. Tell us more about your granddaughter.

Dal-lae...

It may sound like I'm showing off, but I raised her for 12 years.

Twelve years?

So she must've come to the US when she was a teenager?

Yeah, she came to me when she was nineteen.

People talk about American dreams, but honestly, it's tough in the beginning.

I was already busy raising up my own kids,

and she must have had a hard time among them.

She went through so many hardships at her age.

But she embraced the word "success" in her heart,

and came to America.

A glorious return back home.

Okay. You got that right, glorious return.

Check her out for yourself.

She's much better than the picture.

Since I just have two sons,

I was happy raising her.

She did her eyes and straightened her teeth.

Just shifting a millimeter here and there on the face

makes it perfect like that.

Line up, guys.

You'll fill up the whole airfield with men lining up for her.

Oh god, you're so kind.

Thank you.

Excuse me.

What kind of dumplings are these?

Excuse me?

Dumplings are my least favorite food.

Excuse me?

But these are Dallae dumplings that are colorful and tasty.

They're very popular with our passengers...

What's in this thing?

Haven't you heard of trash-filled dumplings?

I think you're referring to the dumpling incident in 2004.

Nearly all the companies involved in that case were proven innocent.

Who are you?

Jang Dal-lae.

What?

Report him.

Disorderly conduct on an airplane

and violations of flight regulations

are reasonable causes for arrest aboard a commercial flight.

Did you know that a fork can be considered a weapon?

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, sir.

Ladies and gentlemen, we'll be landing in Incheon shortly.

Please put your seats in the upright position, stow your tables,

and fasten your seat belts.

All window shades must be up during landing...

Aren't you curious on how much Guk has changed?

Why are you so quiet?

Got it, Grandma.

It's already time for the end of this program.

There's an American saying,

"Study the past if you would define the future."

If you want to decide your future, you should understand your past.

If you have bad memories, don't try to forget them.

Think over them again for the future.

I've picked a song from the Calm and Passion OST,

"The Whole Nine Yards." This will be the last song for today,

I'll be back tomorrow.

OKINAWA, HANOI, NEW YORK

Hi everybody.

Grandma, where's Guk?

Oh right, Dal-lae.

Are you okay?

Are you hurt?

I told you to stay with me. Thank you.

Thank you.

I declare the opening of the 2002 Korea Japan FIFA World-cup.

We're in front of city hall, hot with 2002 World-cup fever.

We can feel the fever from everyone shouting the chant.

2002, BUSAN

We can feel the fever of the people's desire for victory.

We have been waiting for this moment for so long.

Korea! Korea!

How could you go like that leaving behind your kids?

Is that why you couldn't close your eyes?

How on earth could you close your eyes?

How can I live alone with two kids?

How can God be so indifferent?

This one's in high school.

Where did he go?

And the one younger one's in elementary school.

-That's why we wanted to discuss-- -Bring him back.

I don't want anything, just bring him back.

But ma'am--

Guk, go find Hun and get something to eat.

How about you?

How can I eat anything now?

I'm not hungry either.

No food, no sleep...

Do you want to follow your father to the grave?

The adults have something to discuss.

What are you doing? Get going.

Korea!

Korea!

Korea!

Korea!

Goal!

Oh, no!

No problem!

Korea!

Is mom calling me?

Korea!

Korea!

Korea!

Korea!

Korea!

Good boy, Hun.

Hey Hun, I'm going to shoot. I'm going to score a goal.

Hey! No, no.

Hey, look.

Goal in!

Goal in.

-Dad. -Goal in!

-Dad. -Shhh.

-Eat. -Mom...

Eat.

It's me.

I was unlucky.

I stepped on the break for sure. But the car just drove off.

Hey, I'm so pissed off at myself too.

I was almost about to die. It was so absurd.

No, I think I'm going to die. This is so unpleasant.

Why did he have to cross the street at that moment?

I'm with my mother and lawyer.

Settlement? Yeah, we're here to do that.

He was a delivery man.

Of course they will. They'll get a fortune.

I can tell just by the looks of the funeral hall.

I can just tell.

What the hell are you talking about?

I'll call you back.

Who are you?

-Jang Guk. -What?

This includes the total funeral cost

and the salary he would've gotten till retirement.

We really feel sorry.

Your daughter needs to study, so we'd like to compensate as much we can.

They must've scored.

This is the settlement.

If there's anything else we should take care of, let us know.

And if you need any help...

CEO, KIM GYEONG-WON

... you can call us here.

What more can be harder than this, for a woman like me?

I heard that your daughter, who caused the accident, is 19.

Why did you give the keys to such a young girl?

And you just said the owner of the car is just responsible for civil matters?

If the mother is the owner of the car,

does that mean that you'll send your only daughter to prison?

We did our best.

Did you just say, the best?

He said he was leaving to buy a pack of cigarettes.

It was raining, so when he came back in to get the umbrella,

I asked him to buy some tofu too.

And he went out...

That was the last of him.

Don't you see I'm doing my best?

Let me go.

Help me!

Mom, Mom! Mom!

Mom. Mom.