King of Baking, Kim Takgu
Episode 1
A little bit more.
Please hold on.
One, two, three.
A little more.
Here, one more time.
One, two, three.
This time I am going to have to do it.
A son must be born.
Madam.
How's the baby?
Yes, the baby is healthy.
Is it a son?
Can't you see I'm asking you if it is a boy?!
Is it a son?!
It's a daughter.
She went to Namsan.
Since your wife is very frail.
What time did you say the meeting was going to be?
7 o'clock.
Is Park Hee Song from Oh Song Group going to attend?
Yes, that is what I heard.
But the hospital?
The drinking is going to be long.
Please tell Mother that I'm going to be late.
Yes.
Jo Song must be very upset.
The heavens are looking down on us.
This family really needs a son, but you only give birth to daughters.
How about him?
Is he not here?
He said he had a meeting and will be late.
He's a busy person so I told him he doesn't need to worry about household matters.
Giving birth to another girl is nothing to celebrate.
Once you stop bleeding, get yourself released.
Being in the hospital for a long time is embarrassing.
Mom...
Mi Sun, take Ja Kyung home.
Can't we stay a little longer?
She has been looking for you since you weren't at home.
If I tell you to go home, you should do it!
Don't ask a lot of questions.
Ja Kyung, let's go home.
It's getting dark outside too.
Please have a good rest.
Let's go.
It is all greed.
Greed, you say?
Wanting to have a son, how is that greed?
Trying to get something you can't get, that is greed.
Does that mean... I won't give birth to a son?
Trying to know the future is also greed.
Greed only ends up hurting and ruining you.
It doesn't matter how hard you try.
It will eventually end up breaking you.
Once, I heard you were capable of doing impossible feats, and being able to see the future.
Seems like you heard nonsense.
As you can see, I'm just a pot maker.
What I want is a son.
This one is no good, too.
If I can have a son, I'll do whatever it takes.
Won't be able to use this one.
Please let me know the method, sir.
There is none.
Between you and your husband, there is no son.
None?
None. Even if you excreted death, there is none.
So stop doing nonsense and go.
Is there really no method?
Please just help me out, sir.
If it was another man, then yes.
Aside from that, there is no son.
But before that, he is going to have a son with another woman.
Welcome home.
He drank a lot tonight.
I see.
Yes.
Is my wife home yet?
Not yet.
She called earlier and said that she'd be gone for a while.
Since she's so weak, it is going to take a while.
Really?
How old are you this year?
Twenty-four.
I'm definitely an old maid now.
You shouldn't drink so much.
I was concerned because your blood pressure is high.
Reduce your drinking a little, so your pressure will be go down.
Understand?
Unni... Unni?
President, why are you doing this?
Looks like you're really drunk.
You shouldn't...
You shouldn't be doing this. It is very dangerous.
It is because you are pretty.
You're very pretty.
Unni... Unni...
Why don't you sleep with me tonight?
How about Mother-in-law?
She went out for a while.
Mom!
Oh, Ja Kyung.
Were you okay while I was gone?
Yes.
Did you have fun with Mi Sun unni?
Ja Kyung, in a little bit...
Madam.
He is going to have a son with another woman.
Madam.
Whose baby is it?
Tell me! Whose baby is it!?
It's... it's President's...
Tell me again. Whose baby is it? Whose is it?!
I'm really sorry.
I did something unforgivable.
You vulgar and evil thing...
How dare you... whose baby did you say you're having?!
Did you plan to sleep with him to change your life?
I did not.
If not, did you want to have a son in my place and take over the household?!
No. How could you say that?
It is not like that.
If it's not like that, then how can a pathetic person like you be like me?
How can you try to get my husband?!
I'm really sorry, ma'am...
Even if I had ten mouths, nothing I say is enough.
Please forgive me, this one time.
Please save me this one time.
What is going on?
Why is it so loud in here?
It's nothing, Mother-in-law.
If it is nothing, why do you make such a big fuss?
Pathetic.
The worst thing a person can do is be jealous of somebody beneath you.
You came into my house for seven years and can't even give me a grandson.
How can you be jealous?
You should have some pride.
By any chance... by any chance, Mother...
Did you know about this?
About Mi Sun and him, you knew about it?
That is why after giving birth to a daughter, how can you stay away for so long?
After working so hard, he needs a place to give his heart.
Mother-in-law.
Forget it. Stop.
- Mother-in-law! - I told you to stop.
How dare you raise your voice like you're not partly at fault.
Mrs. Gong.
Yes, Madam.
I bought some pork meat.
Cook it lightly with kimchi and give it to Mi Sun.
Yes.
I'm going to get some medicine.
Give it to Mi Sun too.
Abort it.
Go right now and abort that baby.
Madam.
I don't plan on sharing my husband with anybody.
Especially somebody like you. I will never accept your baby!
That is why you should get rid of it.
Madam.
After he's born, being unable to celebrate it, it'll be obvious.
Being pushed around here and there, and just feeling remorse for his mother.
Is that how he's going to live his life?
So just get rid of it.
Madam.
Please, just get rid of it!
Before I kill you.
What did you say?
Mi Sun unni is missing?
Yes, she is.
Even without telling you where she went?
Yes. She disappeared.
Once you tell them your name, they will take care of everything.
Hurry up and go in.
Mrs. Gong! Mrs. Gong!
Yes, Madam.
Where is she?
She went to Cheongpyeong and left early this morning.
What? She went to Cheongpyeong again?
How about Mi Sun?
Excuse me?
- The thing is... - I'm asking you where Mi Sun is!
The thing is... I don't know.
How can I help you?
How may I help you?
Where is it that I need to go?
Excuse me?
If I want to leave through the back door, which is the way?
Please. Please help me.
Thank you.
Excuse me.
Thank you. Thank you so much.
I won't forget this blessing ever. Thank you very much.
Thank you.
What?
She didn't get rid of it?
There are people out looking for her now.
And I've made sure that she won't be able to contact your mother-in-law nor your husband.
He is going to have a son with another girl.
Impossible.
This can't be...
Are you okay?
If it was another man's seed, it would work. Before that there is never going to be a son.
Are you all right?
- Don't be like this. - Let go.
- Don't be like this, Madam. - Let go of the wine.
Don't be like this, In Sook.
Don't say my name.
I am your boss' wife.
I'm sorry.
Is my husband really that scary?
When you were younger, you grew up like brothers.
To a person like that, having the person you love taken away...
Still being next to a person like that, still living under him, is that how you want to live?
I have to live hiding from him and you don't care?
Please rest.
Do you not have any pride? Frustration?
You don't even know what disgrace is.
That's right. I don't know of those things.
I have never had pride in my life from the start.
I've never lashed out in anger out of frustration,
and I don't know what disgrace is.
As someone growing up with no parents to a benefactor who's done this much for me,
even if I lose the woman I love to him,
even if that woman suffers this sort of humiliation,
there is nothing I can do.
I know.
I'm sorry to you for not being more than this.
But this is all I can do.
Stay with me.
I want to stay with you.
A person who can't give birth to a son for over seven years, how can you be jealous?
If it was another man's seed, it would work. Before that there is never going to be a son.
I am Han Seung Jae.
You may come in.
What about that child?
Are you even looking for her?
I'm talking about Mi Sun.
Yes.
I have sent people to her hometown, and have even looked where she could have gone.
She has completely disappeared.
She has no other relatives.
Really?
Her stomach must be getting so big now.
I will put more people out and look for her.
Don't be anxious, Madam.
Then...
Whose side are you on?
Are you on my son's side or his wife's side?
Whose purpose are you working here for?
It is a baby.
It has been three months.
You're right.
It is our baby.
I'm going to give birth to a son.
And he is going to take over Geosung.
You and I...
We're going to give our son Geosung.
You and I.
Whose side are you on?
I work for Geosung.
For the growth and security of Geosung.
Don't hinder those motives.
It would be best if you could find Mi Sun, first.
Find her and get rid of the baby inside of her.
Nothing can happen to her.
Safely bring her back to this house.
Don't let her come to this house, ever.
I'm going to put my trust in you.
Yes. I understand.
But Grandmother, you don't feel well again?
Just give me a shot once.
A really strong one.
Yes. I understand.
Nurse Kim.
Yes, Doctor.
Grandmother, you came to get a shot again?
Yesterday, she ate a whole bowl of pork meat by herself.
A person who doesn't have good teeth trying to eat that much will get indigestion.
Grandmother, if you keep on doing this, it is going to be really bad.
I understand.
He is about to come out soon.
When it is time, he will come out himself.
Go in.
After giving her a shot, go in and rest yourself.
Because you took care of a lot of patients, you must be tired yourself.
Don't worry. I will take care of it myself.
Next person, please come in.
Why are you here?
In your nursing staff, I'm looking for Kim Mi Sun.
Please let me see her right now.
What are you talking about?
That is something I want to talk to her about face-to-face.
Get her!
That way.
- Not there? - Yes, I don't see her there.
Go that way. Go.
- Did you see a woman... - No.
Baby, baby, please, please.
Please save me.
Manager Han... please save me. Please save me.
Just a little bit.
Hang in there...
Hang on a little bit...
I will help you.
But, Mom, what kind of sibling is it?
Is it a boy or a girl?
Be quiet, you shouldn't talk at the dinner table.
If you talk while eating, you get sick.
It is a boy.
Really? Is it really a baby boy?
Don't talk nonsense. How would you know that?
I know. I know for certain. This time without fail, it is a boy.
That's it. That's it.
Just a little bit more. Push a little bit more.
Nurse Kim, just a little bit more!
You're almost there.
You are the best.
You are almost there.
Just a little bit more.
A little bit more!
One more push!
You gave birth to a really good looking boy.
The thing... the thing is... is Nurse Kim...
The people from earlier are still outside.
If you hand over the baby, they are not going to do anything to you.
So, I said I was going to talk to you about it first.
What are you doing? You can't move it, just lie still.
Nurse Kim.
Thank you for everything.
Are you saying you are leaving now?
I can't abandon this child. He is mine.
For everything you have helped me with... I am forever grateful.
Can't you...
Just stay with me here.
Can't you?
I need to go now.
Good bye.
You can't. He is a part of me. You can't take him away.
Please. Please pretend you didn't see me.
I will do as you say.
Please don't take my child away.
Please.
Don't ever show your face at Geosung.
Until the day you die, promise you are going to hide really well.
If you ever once break your promise...
If you ever show your face, you die and so does your baby.
Do you understand?
All of this is yours.
This is going to be all yours.
I'm going to protect you, so that nobody will get in your way.
Your baby looks very smart.
What is his name?
It is Tak Gu.
Tak Gu?
Yes.
His name is interesting. Hi, Tak Gu... Tak Gu...
You should call him Tak Gu.
Tak Gu?
Yes.
Tak symbol meaning high, and Gu symbol meaning to save.
High Tak and Saving Gu.
Do you understand? That is going to be your name.
You're going to be a very important person.
Right Tak Gu?
Tak Gu!
You can't do that.
You are much too old to still be peeing in bed.
Did you pee to give me heartache?
No! For sure, I got up to pee.
For sure, I got up to pee.
But, when I woke up, it was a dream. Really!
That is why I told you not to drink so much water!
I was thirsty, so what should I do?
I thought I was going to die.
Did I tell you to die? I asked you to hold it!
I am your son. Nobody else's.
You little brat!
If you get caught, you are going to get it.
Come here.
Look here, Tak Gu's mom.
Why all the ruckus so early in the morning...
Are you leaving now?
Ah, yes. Looks like Tak Gu wet his bed again.
Just because he peed, how can you punish him like that?
With such hard words in the morning.
I'm sorry.
Next time I will be more careful.
I think I'm going to get sick because of you.
That's enough.
I'm going to go now.
Please travel safely.
Aren't you going to say good-bye?
Have a good day, Father.
Don't forget about the day after tomorrow.
Of course I won't.
I have already started. It is going to happen.
Just once, please get it ready on the correct day, huh?
That little shit. When we are outside, he shivers in front of me.
Again?
Why? Do you hate it?
Then how about you? Do you like knowing that your son is walking around in his underwear?
The person who peed is embarrassed.
Gosh, really.
Hey, look.
If the person who peed is embarrassed, then you shouldn't pee.
- Go and come back. - Don't be like that.
Please just once overlook it. Just once.
It won't work. You peed again!
Are you a kid? Stop right there.
How can somebody hit you that many times?
I almost got a hole in my underwear.
Hello.
You, Kim Tak Gu, are so embarrassing. I can't live.
Who is the stupid dog?
Are you not going to write down the truth?
What?
I'm going to write on my house, what are you going to do about it?
Okay.
I did go pee, however, I did not poop.
If you continue to lie, you are going to grow hair on your butt hole!
Hurry up and erase it. Then this one time I will forgive you.
No.
No?
Yeah, you pee and pooper.
You little mutt. Do you want to die?
Hey. What are you doing there?
What are we going to do? My baby, he has a nose bleed.
You bastard. You have nothing to do. Now you make another boy's nose bleed?
Huh?
He wrote on the wall about me!
Why are you talking back to me?
Did your father teach you that?!
Why are you hitting me?!
What is wrong?
Tak Gu's mom, I'm so upset.
Your son, he hit my son and now he has a nose bleed.
Are you a gangster? A punk?
How can you punch another boy? Huh?
Hey, you got caught.
Hey.
Tak Gu. Stop right there. Hey.
Tak Gu.
Don't move.
Hey.
Stop right now. You.
Don't want to.
Hey!
You little punk! Hey Tak Gu! Hey Tak Gu!
I'm really sorry. Please forgive me this once.
Stand up.
Are you okay?
How many times did you get hit?
What?
How many times did you get hit by him?
I didn't even get hit once by Kim Man Hee.
He can't even get half a punch in with me.
How could she think that her son is the only precious one?
How could she hit you that many times in the morning?
Such a bad luck.
If she wasn't the house owner, I would've pulled all of her hair out.
Mom, you're not going to punish me?
Hey, did you do something to get punished?
No.
He must've done something to get hit.
Are you the kind to hit just anybody?
That's right, I don't hit just anybody.
Only the ones who deserve it.
But how do you know that?
If I don't know my son, who does?
Still, Tak Gu, if you continue to use your fist, that is bad too.
The fist is left for the absolute last. That is what a great person does.
Understand?
Yes, I understand.
Let's go in then.
You need to eat breakfast and go to school.
Okay.
Still, were you able to get the salt*? (*Korean custom)
I brought the whole basket, but because of Kim Man Hee, I spilled it.
What a waste? What can we do?
Well, I will just pee in bed again.
Next time, instead of the president, I will draw the world. (with his pee)
Stop bragging.
Is Ma Jun not ready yet?
Mom is dressing him now.
She went up there a long time ago.
What is taking so long?
Honestly, Ma Jun locked the doors again, Grandmother.
What? Again?
I will go outside and wait in the car.
Yes, you do that. I will send him quickly.
Yes.
Ma Jun.
Hurry up and come out.
Are you going to make me this tired?
Your father is waiting for you downstairs.
Ma Jun, hurry up and come out.
No! I'm not coming out.
I hate going to the bread factory.
Do you need money or is there something else you want?
If there is a toy you want, tell me, I will buy them all for you.
Okay, Ma Jun?
You are teaching your son good things.
There is nothing else to do. He hates going to the factory.
Still, every Saturday, he is dragged to the factory.
Don't you think a twelve year old gets sick of it?
Ma Jun, you.
What kind of a bad kid is this?
Aren't you going to come out?!
Should I get somebody to break open the door, or do you want to come out yourself?
Do I have to get somebody to break the door now!?
If you do that, he gets more scared, and he won't come out.
If he won't come out, then drag him out!
San Kyung, you go downstairs and get Manager Han up here.
Mother-in-law.
Ja Dong, what are you doing standing there?
Hurry up and call Manager Han.
Yes.
I'm coming out. Fine, I'm coming out!
I'm out, isn't that enough.
What do you think you're doing?
You know that your father is waiting for you downstairs!
What your father does for a minute, a second is more important than anybody else. Don't you know that?
Your father is waiting for you downstairs. Hurry up, change, and come downstairs!
Once you come back, getting punished or worse, we will discuss it then!
You.
Goodness. Goodness.
Mother-in-law.
Aren't you too strict on Ma Jun?
He is your only grandson.
Because he is my only grandson, that is why I'm treating him more strictly.
What are you thinking, treating him like that?
If he doesn't listen, give him money. When he grows up, what is he going to be?
He is going to be Geosung's successor.
What else can he be?
That is why to a child a mother's method is important.
Since you keep on treating him like that, no wonder he is what he is.
What is wrong with what he is doing?
He is stubborn and doesn't know his place, which is exactly like you.
A child is a mirror of the parents' methods.
If you don't teach him well, then the only thing ruined later is his own life.
If you aren't going to stand up for yourself, then what was that loud noise just now.
Honestly, Grandmother was kind of rough.
Ma Jun throws a fit because he doesn't want to go to the bread factory.
Ja Rim.
In this house, there are things that you don't want to do, but still need to.
Just like how we want to do something, but can't.
Do you understand?
That's right.
Ja Kyung Unni, she wants to go to the factory, but still can't go.
Father doesn't even think about taking her because she is a girl.
From now on, act a little more mature, okay.
Grandmother, she really hates me, she only punishes me.
I'm going to make her regret what she did to me.
Ma Jun seems really upset by Grandmother.
You're late.
Hurry up and open the door.
You're late.
Yes.
Get in.
Off the Incheon shores, you may find soda,
but if you have no cup, you can't drink at all.
Off the Incheon shores, you may find soda, if you...
What is it?
What?
What is it?
It's red bean bread.
Really?
There's no red bean bread.
Don't worry it's here.
Look, I told you.
Wow.
Looks delicious...
This time it is sweet bread.
Sweet bread?
Wow... Looks delicious.
Really, just one bite and I would have no wishes.
Hey, kids go. Go.
Kids with no money. Why are you hanging around here? Huh?
Go away. Hey, go away.
Excuse me. The bread crumbs that fell, can we not have those?
Then, Ahjussi, you will be blessed.
No. I can't. Go away.
You little bum kids sticking around, it's enough to annoy anyone.
I'm not a bum kid! I am my mother's kid.
Are you not going?
I am going.
From breadcrumbs, sweet bread breadcrumbs are the best.
I really want a red bean bread.
I would like to eat any bread until my stomach explodes.
Me too.
I can eat like that.
Wow, it's deadly.
The bread smell is amazing.
Are there really thousands of bread inside there?
Yes. My father is the manager of that factory.
Last time I went there with my father, there were thousands, no, tens of thousands of cream bread.
Thousands? Tens of thousands?
I did tell you that if it were a lie, you'd get hair on your butt hole.
It's not a lie.
I saw it with my own eyes.
If there is that many cream bread, could we eat some too?
Then, starting from tomorrow, when you go play, include me.
Okay. We'll include you.
And when you go to the restaurant to smell food, include me.
Okay, we'll include you.
Hey, Kim Tak Gu, we can't do that.
You guys, don't you want to eat cream bread?
You're here to meet Manager Uhm Gi Sul?
Yes.
He is my father.
Couldn't I go in for a second and come out?
How about you?
I am his friend.
We live together in one house. His friend.
Do you see those doors? Go in through there.
Excuse me?
Yes. I understand.
Hey, Tak Gu. Over here!
How is it? I told you right.
That there are over tens of thousands of bread.
What are you doing? Why aren't you taking them?
Take as much as you like.
Really?
Are we allowed to do that?
I told you that my father is the head manager of this factory.
Are we almost there, Ahjussi?
We are almost there. Just wait a second.
Do you see the factory over there?
Beom Man.
What are you doing here?
It's my father.
Did you guys maybe...?
Run!
You guys need to stop right there.
Stop!
Stop, you kids!
You little punks!
No, don't!
Don't!
Are you all right, sir?
Beom Man, are you okay?
Are you okay?
Why are there kids like this hanging around my factory?
President.
They look like bread thieves.
Get up kids.
Did you steal these breads from there?
Did you steal them?
Yes, that is correct.
Tak Gu.
Manager Han.
Yes, President.
Call the police.
I'm sorry. Please forgive me once.
Mother-in-law, to the grandson you have always wanted,
why do you treat him like that?
The bread price, I will work at the factory to pay you back.
Is it that person's kid?
Who did this to you?
The person who did this, can you kill him?
No matter what happens to you or your son, don't resent me.
Mom!
Come save me!
This is your father's house.