Unbowed (부러진 화살)

JANUARY 15th, 2007

Judge PARK Bongju.

I want you to confess

why you overrode the law?

What the hell are you doing!

Here's a news flash! Former S Univ. professor KIM Kyungho,

has allegedly shot the presiding judge with a crossbow

after losing a professorship reinstatement case in Court.

The disgruntled suspect, sought the judge out at his home and

committed a life-threatening offense against him using

a dangerous weapon...

The Supreme Court held an urgent judges' meeting

and declared to take severe legal actions against him for

challenging constitutionalism and attacking the Judiciary.

Unbowed

Hey!

Just pay my outstanding fees for helping you win this lawsuit!

It took me 3 years to stop the company from firing you!

You'll get paid when union members are reinstated.

You might as well join in the fight. Lawyers like

- you should take a stand! - It's your fight, not mine!

Stop it!

Just give me my money.

- Mr. CHOI. - What!

Miss LEE, thanks for the coffee.

- See you later. - Union Chairman Mr. CHOI!

What is it, what?!

A fight's one thing and paying up is another.

Our office is really in a rut you know.

How can it be worse than our members being laid off!

Awe fuck! Give me my money...

What, fuck?!

What!

What did you say?

How old are you?

How old are you?

Every goddamn sentence of yours ends with 'money'?

What's your deal! Huh?!

If you're a lawyer, act like one! Shit! Hey!

You'll never see a penny until we're all reinstated!

I'm quitting this shitty job anyway, you son-of-a-bitch!

This case is so high profile.

I'm sure other attorneys will be interested.

That said, what brings you all the way down to Changwon?

It's you whom my husband wants.

I used to be the best in defending wrongly dismissed university professors.

Especially, I earned my fame through the Prof. LEE Dongho trial.

And participated in drafting the revised private school law...

He said you don't care much about what other people say...

And that you'd be a good match with him.

I read about the case in the news...

But first... give me details about his dismissal.

My husband was on the university entrance exam evaluation team.

JANUARY, 1995 A and B can only be parallel.

But the question should prove how they are perpendicular.

A and B cannot be parallel and perpendicular at the same time.

So this question itself cannot be valid...

No wonder I couldn't solve it.

Who presented this question?

Prof. CHOI?

Prof. CHOI, no need to take everything so seriously.

We can either grade it as a no score or the highest score.

You mean we should admit it was an error?

Our Mathematics Dept. Will all look like fools!

But if we hid the truth,

- it'll make things worse. - There he is.

What have you decided to do?

We've decided to create another official answer sheet

and re-grade the exam papers by it.

What? But that will change who passes or fails.

Prof. KIM.

You need to put the university's reputation above your principles.

But shouldn't the school's reputation be based on 'trust'?

If trust means so much to you, why raise such controversy?!

Prof. KIM, you need to learn to embrace a colleague's mistake...

That's enough. We'll just close this issue before word gets out.

- Let's do that. - Right.

It's just like lying to the students.

As their professor, I won't accept this.

Are you clueless or just too self-righteous?!

Enough.

You think a good thesis will get you a full tenure?

That's how he became the faculty outcast...

and the following year he failed to receive tenure.

That really hit my husband hard.

He eventually filed a lawsuit to reinstate his position.

But...

Reissuing tenure status is the school's right.

It's the reality of private schools.

Sons-of-bitches...

I still have a hangover from yesterday.

I need some water. Please excuse me.

Hey!

Why do my hands always shake when I'm starting to sober up?

It's so humiliating!

MARCH 2005, NEW JERSEY, U.S.A.

Honey, we can now return to Korea!

What's dad saying?

They passed a new law permitting univ. faculty excluded from

a tenure-track to have another chance for reevaluation.

Look here, SNU's Prof. KIM Minsu has been reinstated.

If I apply for a reevaluation,

I'll be able to return to my university.

I'm not going back.

What're you talking about?

I don't want to go back.

You were always right, but where did that get us?

But can't you see they've changed the law.

These letters of validation confirm that...

not just local mathematicians

but also prestigious mathematicians from overseas...

also confirm the plaintiff's claims are justified, right?

Yes, your Honor.

So why did he lose?

The judge graduated from the same school that dismissed him.

It's nothing new that private school foundations

and the Judiciary are close.

So you never appealed?

We appealed immediately

and that's where we met Judge PARK Bongju.

They blamed my exclusion from a tenure-track on

my lack of ability as a scholar.

Yet they haven't presented one single piece of evidence.

I would like you to treat this case strictly by the law.

You're constantly telling me to stick strictly to the law,

which I absolutely will.

At first, we had high hopes for Judge PARK Bongju, but...

This is a petition filed and signed by the students.

This clearly proves the plaintiff's lack of ability as an educator.

I would like to submit this as court evidence.

Submission permitted.

I'd like these students to be summoned as witnesses.

This is false evidence fabricated by the school.

I will make that conclusion.

Therefore there is no reason to overrule the original ruling

and accordingly the plaintiff's appeal is defeated.

Wait just a moment.

PARK Bongju...

Wait! Wait, wait!

Would you like some water?

No, it's okay...

I guess you like to drink?

Uh, yes... uh, no.

Anyway, I'll take the case and try to do my best...

I'll call you when I return to Seoul.

I... I...

Good day.

Why is she just leaving?

It's not a profitable gig for us anyway.

But it's a high profile case.

Win and you'll earn success, but even losing will bring fame.

We probably won't be earning a dime.

During the investigation, we'll be constantly commuting to Seoul.

You realize how much we'll spend on motel charges?

Are you even interested in managing this office?!

His wife's really beautiful.

Shimwon, Shimju!

Daddy!

Are you gonna have a drink?

Of course. It'll be my second round with my babies!

Honey!

Where's mommy?

- Mommy? - Yeah.

She's with uncle in the room.

Uncle?

Hey! Welcome!

Good to see you. How about a drink, yeah?

Drink?

How can you even think of that when his house is about to be

put up for foreclosure!

Awe, that son-of-a-bitch CHO!

COURTHOUSE

Hey, LEE! Where are you? Lobby...

I'm in the lobby. And you?

Which lobby? Your left, left. Over here!

I could barely find you.

- How have you been? - Where's my money?

Follow me.

What about my money?

It's the case you'll be handling.

Which is why I summoned you here today.

What the...

It's a fraud case, a big one.

And KANG Sukchul has been assigned as the presiding judge.

But don't you know him better than I do?

Yeah, but you've both been on the student council in school.

Besides, the Chief Judge is a stubborn bastard.

And unfortunately I've been blacklisted...

You think I'm any better

when I'm just a third-rate lawyer who leeches off of laborers?

Here's an advance. It's 5 million Won.

I'm having dinner with KANG Sukchul tomorrow.

So make sure you postpone your return to Changwon, okay?

I'll call you.

So broker jobs are now that asshole's new gig? Shit...

THE 7th TRIAL THE CROSSBOW CASE, 2007

As you were waiting for the elevator,

someone called you. You turned around and saw

the accused descending from the 2nd floor, right?

Yes.