The City of Violence (Jjakpae) (짝패)

Move it, damn it!

Stay there, you little punks!

Wait till I get my hands on you!

You, bastard!

Yes? Jung Tae-soo speaking.

How have you been? It's Miran here.

It's been a long time.

I trust you're well.

Wang-jae passed away this morning...

Hey, you, some dry snacks over here, huh. Don't forget the beer.

Hey, bring some eats to the folks over there.

That reminds me.

If not you, who'd take care of all this.

With Wang-jae gone and everything,

Miran would've had to do everything herself.

What are you talking about?

Before Wang-jae was

my little sister's husband, he was my friend, you know?

We were family!

You're straight up, that's what I like about you.

That's why I always talk so highly of you.

The way I see it.

When I said I wanted to sit for the exams,

Wang-jae was the only one who helped me.

Who dare say I'm wrong!

Frankly, who here didn't point a finger at me.

Every one of you goddamn guys!

Let it go, Dongwan... You're drunk.

Drunk? You call someone telling the truth drunk?

Hey, Pil-ho.

Wang-jae shouldn't have been the one to die.

But the stinking assholes sitting around here!

You dumb stupid idiot.

Hey! Hey!

If you're wasted, go home.

- And take a nap you idiot. - Look here.

Let go. A guy like this has got to get straightened out a bit.

Let go, let go. Look.

For god sakes, he's your older brother.

Everybody just go on back to what you were doing.

God damn it, it left a mark.

Let go.

Is this the way of a funeral house?

The joint's small, but Wang-jae's prized it.

What's this? Bring out some good stuff.

I'm on it, can't you see?

Just when he said he was settling down...

In any case, how've you been?

How I been, how you think I been?

A cop chasing the bad guys as usual.

You mean you're still resorting to deadly force to get confessions?

You obviously don't know the lengths

to pull cuffs round a punk these days.

Interrogation rooms are a joke, a real joke.

Looks like Korea's finally one of the elites, huh?

Like them American TV shows, they bring in all sorts of

fancy shrinks to put you on the ringer?

When Columbo said it all, am I wrong?

That's enough of the small talk.

Whatever was it that happened to Wang-jae?

What happened blows me away.

You heard the gist of it. It happened right here.

The help skipped and Wang-jae ran the shift himself.

Business was jumping though it only was a weekday.

Couple more beers here please.

Yeah, I'll be right there.

After his mother died and Miran had the miscarriage,

He tried hard to pull it all together

after he got out.

Heard some kids were causing

some trouble the night it happened.

You should know since you're a detective, but

damn kids don't fear nothing these days.

Scares the damn shit out of me, them kids.

Older folks know better, but these kids.

They got no idea who Oh Wang-jae is.

Wait till I get my hands on you!

- Your ass is mine! - That's enough!

That's enough, I said!

Don't, don't touch me!

Should've taken a deep breath then and dropped it.

Trash the stinking place!

That's enough!

You know how Wang-jae could be...

Ran after them outside,

Stay there you little punks!

thinking he'd teach 'em a lesson.

But no champion stays that way for ever.

No matter what he might've been before,

he wasn't the Wang-jae of old.

God damn little peckers.

Are you ready? Go outside!

Why?

We're taking a family portrait today.

Whoever it was that beat up your brother

sure gave him a chestnut for an eye.

Probably had it coming to him.

Whatever it is, he's still your brother. Right?

If he only plays right just half his part,

you wouldn't have to worry about such things.

Frankly, who do we have to thank for

having to live cooped up like this, huh?

He's pulling us all down with his wet dreams of being a damn scholar.

What more have we got to do for him? Now that he's pissed away everything.

Quiet! He'll hear.

Yeah, I know sir.

Of course, sure, but

we could really use you up here!

Listen up. Cover for me just a few days, alright? What?

You forgot already that

I was stuck in the car eating ramen for a week,

when you had your kid?

Why are you digging up that story now?

My hands are tied up, don't you see?

Look, whatever it is you've got going on,

I'll see you in Seoul in exactly one week.

Captain's shitting on people all over the place.

Well, let him do what he wants. Gotta go battery's low.

Got no idea! You take care of it!

1987, A high school Fall picnic Go! Go!

How far you going!

Heh?

What's this?

This stuff is snake good snake.

No better medicine for a man.

Where'd you get that?

Trapped the slimy bastard some feet down there.

Bottled it right there myself.

What you waiting for? Pop it open!

You dumb hick. Not any good to chug it now.

This gets better the longer you keep it buried.

On this day we shall bury it.

Don't anybody touch it!

And in about 20 years or so...

After we all make it big, we open it with style.

Alright by me, since it's good for that.

If it's that good, I can wait even longer.

Hey, Wang-jae!

Wang-jae!

What's going on?

# Like the wings of a pigeon # flying the blue sky,

# our spirits soar to the skies above.

- Hey! - # We all laugh together,

Where you bums think you're jerking off right now?

# with dreams of a brighter tomorrow.

# Oh, friends forever! # Oh, joyous minds!

# Hey, happy life!

# Oh, friends forever! # Oh, joyous minds!

# Hey, happy life!

Where we headed to!

Oh man! Show 'em!

# Like the countless stars in # the wide night's sky,

# we have all become close friends.

# Let us hold hands together,

# and sing the song of happiness!

# Oh, friends forever! # Oh, joyous minds!

# Hey, happy life!

Run.

Don't sweat it,

life's full of funny surprises.

Whatever happened there anyway?

My brother was acting up like a stupid idiot in

front of all them boys from Onsung High school.

Sorry guys.

No need for that.

A future justice of the peace shouldn't be resorting to fist fights.

You're gonna save all our skins later on anyways. That's that then.

But I really gotta take a leak.

How we getting out?

You twit.

Just yell for help to the voices down there.

And embarrass up to death?

Then what?

Just sing for your lives.

# Baby come back

# Blame it all on me I wish you were here

# Waiting.

Just a second. Tae-soo, say hello.

He's a detective from Seoul.

Got anything for me to do?

What?

Gotta start looking now.

For what?

For what? To get the bastards who cut up Wang-jae.

What you gonna get?

You'll stir up more shit than anything.

Damn town's noisy

as hell as it is.

Tell me. I just heard you say what you did.

It's not just anybody we're talking about. It's Wang-jae.

You don't think I'm pissed?

You don't think I'm fucking pissed?

He was my best friend, best fucking friend!

I said he was my best friend, you idiot, best friend!

Nobody's pissed more than me, nobody!

But there's a time for everything,

everything!

Well, I was never any good at keeping time,

but I'm just gonna skin whoever put it to Wang-jae.

Hey, hey!