(Case 3, The Dragon Sleeps)
What's wrong? Are you scared of me?
Who are you?
You can think of me as someone who is sniffing around.
I have no time to play with dogs.
What did you sniff up here?
Why would a dog come here?
He would either bite or bark.
So which is it today?
Do you remember this woman?
What's with that face?
Who are you?
Right now, I'm a dog.
But depending on your answer, I might change.
Who is she?
Let me give you a warning.
If there is an evil thing in the world, she's it.
You won't be able to handle her.
Jung Yu Jin.
She's Jung Yu Jin. Right?
This is the restricted area.
- Move. - Who are you looking for?
There. Happy?
- We still can't let you in. - You punks!
You're here, Sun Young.
Come on in.
Your brothers are waiting.
What about Dad?
He just took his last breath.
Then there is no reason for me to go inside.
That's not true.
There's something your father left for you.
This is all we got?
They were able to mop up those gangsters thanks to us.
All we get is this trophy for the work?
I knew you were a coward, but we should have received money.
Why is there only your name on it?
Because I'm the leader.
I worked hard, too.
Where have you been all morning?
I had to go find out something.
That's cool.
Are you investigating my brother's case?
What?
If you are, I have the right to get updates.
You know that I'm the first client, right?
Of course.
Who are you?
Yoon San? Long time no talk. It's me, Choi Sun Young.
(Choi Tae Sik)
(Condolences)
Why does this place feel like a scene from a noir film?
People would think it's a funeral of a gangster boss.
It is the one.
- Really? - The boss Choi Tae Sik died.
That's crazy.
So the father is a gangster, and the daughter is a police?
That's really dramatic.
It's like the North and South Korea.
Usually people compare it to water and oil, not North and South Korea.
Don't you know anything?
Who are you?
Who said you could park here?
Why are you so rude?
Can't I park here?
It's our boss' spot from Sogeum-dong Gang.
Sogeum-dong Gang?
Isn't Myung Geun in that gang? As the boss?
Well...
I thought he was still in jail. Did he get out early?
Who on earth are you?
Can't you tell? We're...
Forget it. I'll hold it in.
Did you get shot in the head?
Do you want me to slash you with a knife?
How dare you? How old are you?
Where did you pick up that trash mouth of yours?
If you have something to say, do it nicely.
Ugly punk.
What did you say? Do you want to die?
Let go.
You little...
Are you okay?
Stop.
These are my guests.
Don't be rude to them.
I'm sorry. I didn't know.
It's been a long time, San.
How is it going with the new job?
It's pretty much the same with being a police officer.
Oh, right. We can't have the insurance.
There are many things more important than insurance.
By the way, what is your request?
I don't know how to explain.
It's sort of a riddle.
A riddle?
This is my oldest brother, Choi Cheol Yong.
- And this is my second brother. - I'm Choi Cheol Woo.
Hello.
I heard you and Sun Young went to the same school.
Yes. I'm Yoon San, and these are my colleagues.
So you are a private detective.
I didn't know there was such a job in Korea.
You are so ignorant.
There were private detectives since the Joseon Dynasty era.
- How do you know? - Haven't you seen "Detective K"?
That movie is based on historical facts.
Right?
- I'm Kang Se Ho, the attorney. - Hello.
I already explained it to him roughly.
I heard their father left a will.
Yes.
He wrote a will and asked me to keep it safe.
He wanted me to show it to his children after he passed away.
But...
Four dragons?
We don't know what the drawing means.
You know what it means. You're only pretending not to.
What do you think the dragons mean?
They are indicating me, Choi Cheol Yong.
This drawing means he left the inheritance and his business to me.
Don't you think?
His will is not something...
you can interpret as you wish. You can't just take everything.
The way I see it,
this indicates me...
since I have...
a dragon tattoo.
Should I show it to you?
- Look. - It's fine.
We're going to investigate it first.
Investigate what?
Did you say you will investigate it?
Hey, Mr Detective.
Do you want me to kill you?
Do you all think I'm a pushover?
Why are you getting upset?
If we thought you as a pushover, we wouldn't have gone through all this.
We can simply spit on your face.
- Hey, you got something here. - I'm going to kill you, punk.
You jerk!
- What did you just say to me? - Gosh!
- You can't punch me! - You little punk,
I'm going to kill you right here.
Whom are you kidding with your stupid tattoo?
Goodness.
Those are great drawings.
I suppose your father loved dragons.
He drew one after each one of us were born.
He didn't learn to draw, but he could draw well.
Why did he draw four dragons in this picture?
I believe this big dragon indicates himself.
Oh, that's possible.
Then what do you think this means?
I'm not sure.
I think it has something to do with the password.
The password?
I think his real will is inside of that vault.
The drawing of the dragons is just a clue.
Why would he do this?
Because he was used to that kind of life.
He had to hide everything to survive.
That's how a gangster's life is.
They are always in danger.
I cut off every relationship ever since I knew who he was.
That's one of the reason why I chose to become a police officer...
when my father wanted me to have a safe and comfortable life.
He must have hidden...
what he really wanted to say...
until his very last breath.
He must have thought it was how he could protect people he loved.
"Point to one direction, and run to the opposite way."
That was his philosophy of life.
So we need to open this vault to find the answer.
Opening vaults is your specialty, right?
- Can you move over? - Okay.
Do you always carry that with you?
- Can you be quiet? - Okay.
This is not going to be easy.
Why? Is there a problem?
There is a booby-trap.
It's a troublesome thing.
That's right. He set a trap inside the vault.
If you try to open it by force or enter the wrong password...
- more than 10 times... - The booby-trap will explode.
Everything inside the vault will be on fire.
This is something a person with a lot of secrets would do.
It's okay.
We still have 10 chances.
Actually, that's not true.
We only have three chances left.
We already tried it for seven times.
Female police officers are so pretty these days.
You never change, do you?
By the way,
a police officer in a gangster's family.
How ridiculous!
Why did San quit being a policeman? Was there a girl problem?
Maybe.
Maybe not.
Thank you...
for accepting my strange request.
It's not strange. All the requests are like this.
Why did you call me instead of the police?
To be honest,
I'm not really interested in my father's will.
Besides, I don't want the police to know about my father.
As you already know,
my brothers are doing things that can't be known by the police.
Is it okay if I...
keep this drawing for a while?
Of course.
I want it to be finished before we leave off mourning.
That is the condition set by my brothers.
They don't like strangers to get involved in the family business.
I got it.
By the way,
you haven't forgotten about Yu Jin and Tae Woo,
have you?
That incident was shocking to everyone.
Nobody said anything,
but we all wanted you to come out of the pain.
It must have been so hard on you.
I'm sorry I was no help to you.
No, I'm fine. Really.
I'm totally fine.
I always wanted to tell you...
that I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm not sure...
if I'm doing the right thing.
You're also curious about...
what my father truly wanted, right?
Is Yoon San someone you can trust?
I do trust him.
He makes something impossible possible.
You really trust him.
I envy you...
to have a friend like that.
I agree.
In that respect, I feel sorry for my father.
He had to lead a life where he couldn't trust anyone.
Although he didn't have friends,
he had children like you.
I don't think he was that unlucky.
What do you think Dad wanted?
Did you get anything?
I've put in a lot of bait, but no bites yet.
It's mostly construction and real estate business in a large picture.
I can't seem to find anything that can be the password.
That puts us in a spot.
The password of the vault...
They must be the numbers that were important to Choi Tae Sik.
What were the seven try-outs?
Hold on.
Choi Tae Sik's birthday as well as his kids'.
His two phone numbers...
and the founding date of the Black Dragon Gang.
Wow, they are really creative.
Those guesses are so one-dimensional.
Had they read Andersen a few times, they would have guessed better.
At least we know seven wrong answers. It's okay.
It's not okay.
What if we give them the wrong password...
and everything burns inside?
They won't leave us alone.
Slash. Slash.
You're right.
Gangsters eat their dogs up...
once the hunting is done.
How should we deal with this?
Should we go on strong? Or more flexible?
What did dragons mean to Choi Tae Sik?
I think it must have been an important memory in his life.
It must be. He painted the dragon every time a child was born.
Where did he grow up from?
Chinatown in Incheon.
Okay.
(Black Dragon Restaurant)
Don't tell me we're here because of the black dragon in the name.
- That's right. - Come on, we're detectives.
You're also one-dimensional.
I heard from Tae Sik's driver...
that he used to work here a long time ago.
Then do you think the name of the gang came from this?
It's possible if he's a one-dimensional person.
What a great detective!
The world of the gangs is so profound.
It's cold.
- We found it already. - What?
That dragon?
That's right.
What?
You're such an amateur.
Are you here to eat?
Yes.
How touching!
They even found me an attorney.
Are you going to help me as well?
My boss is thinking of various things...
for you, Jeong Ji Woong.
And same goes for me.
You should be.
Because there is nothing as scary as my mouth right now.
I'm trying to get you out of here as soon as possible.
You better.
An unexpected guest already paid me a visit.
Go tell your boss this.
There is a limit to how long I can hold my tongue for.
You need to work something out as soon as possible.
Thank you.
How do you like the food?
- Good. - It's good.
Excuse me,
could you take a look at this?
- Choi Tae Sik. - Do you remember him?
I may have my foot halfway into the afterlife,
but my memory is very clear.
Even after he left Incheon,
he came by time to time to make business for me.
Did he work here for a long time?
You could say that.
He was quite famous here.
I see. He was famous.
Of course. He was really popular.
A lot of people asked for him.
They did?
The name, Tae Sik is...
sensitive to say out loud in Chinatown.
If you finished your food,
you should leave quietly.
People who live near the sea are usually rude.
Why do I feel like we were kicked out?
Of course you feel that way because there's something in there.
Choi Tae Sik was popular and famous here.
What does that mean?
- Was he handsome? - No, that wouldn't be it.
Maybe he was good at folding the napkins or was a good server.
Anyhow, it'll be hard to find clues to the password here.
It's there.
The dragon painting inside is indicating something.
And I'm sure that elderly man knows something, too.
It's cold. Let's go.
You should have warned me before hitting. You surprised me.
Who are you?
(I don't know anything. I don't know.)
Hey, thank you so much.
You know San isn't like that.
He was caught by a fraud ring.
It was clearly self-defence.
Unluckily, the police showed up when San was hitting him back.
Don't embarrass me.
Just don't go on business trips any more.
- Thank you. - Really?
Then will you buy me food?
There is a good tofu place nearby.
Sure.
- Okay. Let's go. - Are we eating again?
- I didn't eat yet. - This is annoying.
Don't look at me and eat. The food will get cold.
That's hot. This dish is the best when it's burning hot.
Then it melts in your mouth.
When will that tongue melt?
Anyway, those fraud ring punks... Who are they?
They're illegal immigrants from China.
Why are they roaming around Choi Tae Sik's will?
Did Choi Tae Sik have trouble with the Incheon gang?
That's possible.
Did you see his arm by the way?
- A knife tattoo. - Yes.
I think it represents a specific gang.
That's not from a gang or from a jail cell.
They're usually...
drawn on the ship as they cross the sea.
The sea...
Why aren't you eating? This place is famous.
Okay.
Hey, you should have some.
(You are an illegal immigrant, right?)
My pronunciation is bad, right? I had no time to learn properly.
It was you, right?
Why did you make them hit an innocent person on the street?
Did you want this that bad?
Tell me.
How do you know Choi Tae Sik?
I will answer to that question.
What is it that you want to know?
So...
this is his will.
He passed away.
Do you know anything...
about this drawing?
Tae Sik...
lost his parents when he was young.
He started working here then.
He saved money by doing chores and going on deliveries.
But actually,
he had a great skill.
He had...
very dexterous hands.
Unfortunately,
his talent was needed...
in the world in shadow.
He started...
making fake identification cards for illegal immigrants...
and fake passports for the criminals.
He was good at it.
What he made...
didn't look like fake at all.
People talked about Tae Sik's skill,
and a big gang in Seoul offered him a good deal.
So he left.
After a while, he settled down in Seoul,
and became the boss of...
Black Dragon Gang. That's what I heard.
Most of the illegal immigrants...
are grateful to Tae Sik.
He made it possible for them to start a new life.
That's why...
they don't like you asking questions about Tae Sik.
Then...
what do you think this drawing means?
Well...
I think you should think about what it indicates...
rather than what it means.
Maybe it's pointing at someone.
(Choi Tae Sik, fake IDs, Black Dragon Restaurant)
(Choi Cheol Yong, Choi Cheol Woo, Choi Sun Young)
(1970, Black Dragon Restaurant)
Gosh, he startled me.
Did you stay up all night?
I think we were wrong.
What are you talking about?
Gosh, you startled me.
Why are you drinking wine? It's early in the morning.
- Did you stay up all night? - I'm fine.
Goo Hyung, a will is something for the living.
It's not for the dead. Am I right?
- Right. - So?
We shouldn't investigate Choi Tae Sik's life.
We have to find out whom his will is indicating.
That way, we'll get closer to the answer.
So you think we can get the answer from his three children.
Choi Tae Sik had a very dangerous life.
That's why he didn't trust people...
and was always so cautious.
He was used to that kind of life.
He had to hide everything to survive.
That's how a gangster's life is.
The person that he could trust other than his family.
- Should we go and see? - We can try.
Hello.
We will park your car for you.
It is so scary when he smiles. Is it just me?
- He looks like a psycho. - Right?
Isn't he cute? He looks like a teddy bear.
What are you, an animal trainer?
You are the most dangerous kind.
Nothing scares you.
Why would I get scared of him?
Let's go.
Goo Hyung, get Choi Cheol Yong. Gyeo Wool, get Choi Cheol Woo.
As for me...
How is the investigation going?
I went to the Black Dragon Restaurant in Incheon yesterday.
I see.
It is a meaningful place for Mr Choi.
Yes. It seemed like it.
Is there anything I can do for you?
In my opinion,
Mr Choi Tae Sik trusted...
Attorney Kang very much.
I guess so.
I'm fortunate to have good people around me.
It's not fortune that earned you that kind of trust.
Attorney Kang Se Ho.
Here.
Well...
What is this?
I've been keeping my place because I stuck to my tenacity.
I know my father didn't like me.
For this family to remain strong,
isn't it right for the first son to take over my father's business?
I guess you are right, but...
Hey.
It is a good coincidence that we both have "Yong" in our names.
Help me with this once.
I'll return your favour greatly.
What do you want me to do?
I just need you to say...
the drawing in his will indicates me, Choi Cheol Yong.
If you do that,
I'll take care of the rest.
Detective Yong.
- Yes? - You and I both have "Yong".
We should help each other. Okay?
How does my offer sound?
I feel bad that a pretty girl like you are doing...
such a rough job.
So you're going to give me a car, a house and 10,000 dollars a month.
Of course.
This car is too old for you, right?
I'm going to buy you a sports car.
Also I'll buy you an apartment in Jamwon-dong...
with a great view of the Han River.
How does it sound? Doesn't it make you excited?
Life changes...
in a second.
I'm going to split your mouth, jerk!
What did you say?
Do you think you can change my life?
How about I change your face?
I'm going to let this one go,
but if you do something like this again,
I'll throw you into the Han River.
Hey.
The way you pronounce "Sports"...
was so embarrassing by the way.
You should think about getting an English lesson.
Wow, she's so sexy.
You are good. Finding that out wouldn't have been easy.
I thought about the fact that Mr Choi was good at making fake IDs...
since he worked at the Black Dragon Restaurant...
and that he didn't trust anyone.
It came to my mind just then.
Who were the closest people to Mr Choi Tae Sik?
Covering for their weakness is a way of trusting someone.
So I thought maybe...
he needed someone like that.
There is a flower in the drawing, right?
What does it mean?
I'm not sure.
My father always drew a flower with the dragon.
I don't know what it means.
May I ask why...
you grew apart from your father?
I assume there is a story behind it.
You're right.
There is a reason.
Maybe it is the same reason why I started to hate him.
He was secretly seeing someone...
even when Mum was on her deathbed.
I got a bad feeling from her.
She looked as if 24 hours in a day weren't enough.
But what was more disturbing...
was Dad's reaction.
She wasn't a plaything.
Dad looked more like her toy.
If...
she was someone important to him...
What? What are you talking about? A woman?
How dare you say that?
What do you know about Dad?
Why are you getting upset?
Then what about you? What do you know about him?
You brat.
Even though I may look like a puppet,
I served him by his side unlike you.
After he tried so hard to raise you,
you stabbed his back by becoming a police officer.
I'm better than you.
All Dad had was me.
What are you saying?
Get it straight, will you?
Dad gave me all the real work.
That means he trusted me more than you.
Look at these ungrateful punks.
You took the words out of my mouth.
- Do you want to die? - Sure.
Since we're having a funeral, why not have two bodies?
Slash my neck. Go head.
- Slash it. - You...
- Come on, go ahead. - Are you crazy?
Yes, I'm crazy. Just kill me.
- You punk. - I'll go with Dad.
You come over here.
- We'll all go together. - Together?
- Okay? - You jerk.
Do you think it really has to do with that woman?
I don't think we should ignore it.
All men are the same. They always have a problem with women.
Just put a stick on the ground, and they'll still run to it.
Watch your mouth.
- You're the worst of all. - It's a misunderstanding.
Hey, what kind of woman do you think Choi Tae Sik was seeing?
- See? Again. - This is work.
- That's funny. - Gosh.
She wasn't a plaything.
Dad looked more like her toy.
Do you still have questions to ask me?
Yes. I'm sorry to bother you.
Go ahead.
The other dragons...
have flowers drawn inside the marbles they're holding.
But the dragon in here doesn't have a flower in it.
Now that I look at it again,
there is a trace of erasing something.
Do you know why?
I have nothing to say about it.
There was a woman, right?
Mr Choi Tae Sik was seeing a woman.
A woman?
I heard they were seeing each other for a long time,
but something is suspicious about the two.
I wanted to know if you knew anything about that woman.
You know her, don't you?
Tae Sik...
met her here.
When he was drinking alone late at night,
she somehow came and sat in front of him.
She was very mysterious.
Who is she?
I don't know that, either. I don't want to know.
I could feel it instinctively.
She is someone one should never approach.
Sorry that I'm not that much of a help.
Are you closed today?
The kitchen is quiet.
Are you talking about our chef?
I did everything I was told. Even that woman...
He...
is no longer in this world.
His body was found at the dock this morning.
You should leave now.
I'm taking the will.
(Yoon San)
First of all,
Your father left a drawing of...
four dragons in his will.
We believe that...
this drawing is the clue of...
the password to his vault.
But I think...
what this indicates is more important.
To Mr Choi Tae Sik, the dragon is...
his way of expressing affection.
That's why he drew a drawing of a dragon...
when each of you were born.
Okay, I get it.
Let's get straight into the point.
So for whom did he express his affection...
in the drawing of his will?
In this will, there are four dragons.
And they indicate...
Mr Choi Tae Sik's...
children.
What are you talking about?
Are you saying that he had four children, not three?
Attorney Kang Se Ho is...
Mr Choi Tae Sik's...
biological son.
You should be careful on your words.
What you say might cause a huge trouble.
All right?
Answer carefully if you want to have a long life.
- I'm not in a good mood now. - Stop it.
San, what are you talking about?
I went to see Attorney Kang Se Ho yesterday.
My real name is...
Choi Cheol Ho.
- Listen to me. - You punk,
What did I tell you?
I told you to bring money.
- Do you think I'm a fool? - Please stop.
- Do you think I'm a fool? - Please...
- Do you? - I'm sorry.
Who are you to tell a customer to leave?
You're dead today.
Who do you think you are?
I'm going to kill you!
Cheol Ho!
Cheol Ho.
My son!
Forget it. Okay?
Forget what you did.
Unfortunately, I killed a man...
who was one of the gangsters...
in Chinatown.
My father tried to protect me.
Cheol Ho.
You're going to do what I told you to do, right?
Right?
Answer me.
He decided to pretend that he killed the man.
And he gave me a new identification...
hoping that I would forget all the bad memories...
and start a new life.
Please don't go.
Cheol Ho.
It's okay.
He believed that a new name...
could change my life.
Tae Sik.
After a long time,
we met again...
as an attorney, Kang Se Ho...
and a client, Choi Tae Sik.
Although he didn't get respect from the society,
he was...
the best father to me.
Shouldn't we...
have some kind of test to prove this?
Let's talk about this later and listen to San's conclusion first.
His conclusion? I'd like that. Hey!
Yes, Sir.
Come on in.
Everything is fun when it has risks.
I'll let you go if you interpret my father's will correctly.
In other words,
I'll let you go if you can prove that he is our brother.
But if you can't, I will have your hand cut off. Okay?
Cheol Yong. What are you doing?
It's about taking responsibility.
We have the right to demand something like this.
I love how drastic you are.
This is great.
It's very thrilling. Let's do this.
I think we are in a trouble.
What should we do?
Let's do this.
There is a place that has the same drawing...
as the one in your father's will.
It's the Black Dragon Restaurant.
The drawing in the Black Dragon Restaurant has only one dragon.
That dragon...
indicates his son, Choi Cheol Ho.
The three drawings of the dragons in this room...
and the one in the Black Dragon Restaurant...
mean his four children.
But there is a difference between the three and the other.
There is no flower in the one indicating Choi Cheol Ho.
There is clearly a flower in the ones in this room...
and the ones in his will.
There is a dandelion with the first dragon...
and a forget-me-not with the second and third dragons.
Now, it makes sense.
Pictures of us three have flowers in them.
If there is no flower,
Attorney Kang is not our brother.
If you are plotting to take our father's property,
I'm going to kill you.
There was a flower.
It was removed, and you can barely see it now.
Hey, Mr Detective.
Stop talking about the picture in that restaurant.
If Attorney Kang was really our brother,
why would he have removed the flower...
when we are all alive?
The flower in the marble means your birth flower.
Removing the birth flower...
means Choi Cheol Ho died...
when giving him...
a new name, Kang Se Ho.
It sounds plausible.
You've made up a good story.
So what is your conclusion?
Which month were you all born in?
I was born in May.
Cheol Woo and Sun Young were born in February.
I was born in January.
That jerk.
You can get the password from this.
It's 5221.
Shall we check?
- Hold on. - What? What is it?
Shouldn't...
Attorney Kang's number come first?
Isn't it 1552?
Are you sure?
I'm not sure of the password, but I'm sure that it's going to be...
a big problem if we are wrong.
He said he will cut off your hand.
Okay.
Darn it.
Hey. You only have two chances.
Se Ho.
Which month is it when you became Kang Se Ho?
It's September.
September.
- Hey. - Yes?
Check on the cutting machine, will you?
Yes, Sir.
My gosh!
"Point to one direction, and run to the opposite way."
That was his philosophy of life.
What?
Hurry up, and open it.
This...
Dad...
- Boss. - Boss.
- What's wrong? - Are you all right?
He wants to break up the group?
Dad, how could you!
My gosh!
Cheol Yong, what are we going to do?
- Boss. - Boss.
Cheol Woo...
Cheol Woo. What do we do?
What are we going to do now?
How did you figure out the last number?
It was 2, 2, 5 and 9.
- Really, how did you know? - I don't know.
- Don't lie. - Seriously.
- I just guessed. - No, you didn't.
- I really just guessed. - Gosh.
You two are so tiring.
- Hey, we'll wait for you outside. - Okay.
If you don't come out soon, we'll leave.
How did it go?
It's such a twist like a joke.
In his will, he left all his wealth,
business and group to me.
He asked me to turn in...
his group as a police officer.
At least, he was considerate of my two brothers.
He prepared fake IDs for them.
Attorney Kang...
I mean... I think Dad wanted them to have a new life like Cheol Ho.
That's what I want to believe.
Then believe it. It'll come true.
Thank you.
But San...
I think my dad continued to...
make fake IDs for the VIPs.
He was a talented professional.
But I found this in his vault.
What is it?
(Myungsung Printing House)
I thought you should take a look.
(Vampire Detective)
My older brother was...
arrested as a suspect of murder yesterday.
Please help my brother.
A dying message?
They found the letters, "MM"...
at the scene of Jeong Ha Na's murder.
That "M" stands for Moon Kyung Woo.
Kyung Woo? He's not the type of person who would do this.
I killed her.
I killed both of them.
The victim's wrist not only had cuts.
- There were also signs of stabbing. - Stabbing?
It looked like marks from a drill.
Who are you?
Why are you doing this to me?
What happened to Mee Jin?
Come and see for yourself.
If you're late, you'll have to clean up a corpse.
Should I get ready to greet my guest?