Bridal Mask
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Episode 27
Oh dear God!
I've come to avenge my father who died at your hands.
Lee Kang To.
How long do you think you can go around wearing that mask?
I will wear it until you thieves are driven from this land.
Even if Kimura Taro dies,
the Great Empire of Japan...
will live on forever.
There will be karmic retribution.
Though it may be delayed, there shall always be retribution for one's crimes.
The Great Empire of Japan will perish in the end!
[Gaksital]
Hey, Shunji!
You eat it.
Young Master. Young Master!
Young Master! What is the meaning of this?
Father!!
I'm sorry, Father!
Father!!
Thank you.
You've been waiting long, haven't you?
You're hungry, aren't you?
How long has it been since I've had someone make a warm meal for me?
I will do it every day for you from now on.
It's going to get cold. You should eat.
What is it? What's the matter?
Something happened, hasn't it?
Right about now,
I wonder how Shunji is doing.
Why?
I...
went to Kimura Taro,
Shunji's father,
and I killed him.
Then,
I ran into Shunji.
I wish...
our paths wouldn't have to cross ever again.
Now that I've killed his father,
I suppose Shunji will never give up his pursuit of me.
Young Master.
Someday, Shunji and I...
will have no choice but to face off, I suppose.
[Kimura Taro]
Father.
I will catch that bastard with my own hands without fail.
I will bring that bastard's head and lay it before your portrait.
We've been connected to Kimura Shunji.
I heard the news about your father.
My heart feels torn ragged. How much worse it must be for you.
Regarding how we deal with the wench who hid Gaksital's identity,
I'll leave that in your hands.
Chairman.
Would it truly be all right with you if I kill that girl?
Whether you kill her or let her live, do as you please.
I've been waiting for the right time to deal with her anyway.
All right, then. I shall do as I wish.
For now, kill the girl, and control your anger.
Anger must be your weapon.
If you become a slave to your anger, you will never catch that bastard.
Kimura Shunji. Heed my words.
The future of the Kishokai is on your shoulders.
I will keep that in mind, Chairman.
I thought of your father as my own son.
So, you are no different from one of my bloodline.
Kimura Taro died at Gaksital's hand.
Go and offer our condolences in my stead.
Did you not hear me?
I'll be back, Father.
Wait here.
The chairman also
sends his deepest condolences...
I cannot control my anger, he says?
Nonsense. I can control it.
Even without killing the likes of you, I can easily control it.
I'm sorry.
I didn't know that hiding Lee Kang To's identity would lead to this.
It would be a good idea not to return to Geumhwa Pavilion.
Wherever it may be, go far away. I can keep quiet to that extent.
I suppose Father...
has given me to you as an offering.
I have been wondering
when he'd dispose of me.
Always nervous...
Rather than die at your hands,
I feel it would be better to die at my father's hands.
Because if you kill me too, it will add to the weight on your conscience.
And I don't want that.
You've allowed me to mentally prepare.
Thank you.
Why? Why are you going back?
When you clearly know you will die...
I shall go.
It will be me next. Me.
The bastards are after me.
It's me, Wada.
That is a possibility.
What? A possibility?
Chief Murayama!
Shouldn't you take some sort of action immediately?!
To draw out Yang Baek and Dong Jin,
Commissioner Kimura incarcerated all blacklisted suspects.
Then, he spread rumors that they would all be killed,
if the two men didn't turn themselves in by the end of the month.
They dare
to kill the police commissioner responsible for public peace in Joseon?
We must kill the blacklisted rebel suspects at once,
to make a statement to those bastards.
Don't you know you could burn down an entire building with a match?!
We need to send Joseon men as human shields to the war front,
and you want to kill the blacklisted rebels?
What will you do if causes a backlash with accusations of genocide?!
Right. That's right!
If rumors of such a slaughter spread,
with popular sentiment already so anxious and tightly wound,
the situation will get out of control.
However, the police commissioner has died!
We can't just sit and do nothing!
Governor General!
Yes?
Please be still.
Right now, the nation is in a state of emergency.
We must make the Joseon people take part in the war.
Whether it's of their own volition or by force,
use any means necessary to make them go!
I understand.
I'm back, Father.
We have burned the family registries,
confiscated their war funds, and hit their armory.
On top of that, we've dealt with
the police commissioner who actively promoted military support troops.
So, by now, the bastards have likely
caught on to our plan and may expedite the draft.
They probably have.
As rumors are spreading throughout the country
that all the students in specialized fields are being dragged off as soldiers...
Police officers are already watching students, afraid they may run away.
And in case the students from rural provinces try to flee home,
the officers are even watching their parents.
First, let's rescue the students who are being forced to become soldiers.
When word begins to spread that we are saving them,
don't you think those students will come looking for us later?
That's right, Master.
I will dig up more information on the student soldiers.
Master, now, if we can only enlist more soldiers and train them,
we will have completed our preparations for the massive armed uprising.
All of this is thanks to you, Comrades.
Gaksital, in particular, has gone through so much.
That's not so. Everyone has worked incredibly hard.
The armed uprising must succeed,
so that our efforts and sacrifices will not have been in vain.
[Jongro Police Station]
Stay strong, Captain Kimura.
You must get your revenge.
Thank you for your concern.
Let's sit.
Yang Baek and Dong Jin have joined forces for an armed terrorist attack.
That much we've uncovered.
But we have absolutely no clue when or where they will appear.
This is so...
It is critical we find Dong Jin's secret camp as soon as possible.
True, if we just find that hideout,
then Yang Baek, Dong Jin, and even Gaksital...
They can all be captured at once, can't they?
I will find that camp myself, without fail.
You'd better hurry.
The bastards have already stolen the war fund,
and they have a large number of weapons.
And they have the Gyeolsadae members. Why would they hesitate?
And at this point,
they've even killed Commissioner Kimura,
the man responsible for public peace through all of Joseon.
How do we know they aren't planning to take advantage,
of the vacant police commissioner position?
I understand what you're saying.
Don't worry.
Goiso.
That punk, isn't he the guy?
It's that punk, Reporter Song!
Hey, punk!
Stop right there, punk!
Hey, you! Stop!
Aish! An escaped convict wanders around in broad daylight?!
Angel Club was the problem, after all.
What's your relationship with the guy who just came out of here?
What are you talking about, Captain Kimura?
I'm talking about Reporter Song. Reporter Song!
You remember too, don't you, Madame?
How shocked Lee Kang To was when he heard that Hae Seok had died.
That means that Lee Kang To and Hae Seok,
never communicated about stealing the defense fund.
Then, who could have connected the two?
Are you saying that it was me?
So, you're going to play dumb?
Now then.
Shall I invite you to the torture room,
where Mr. Park of Jung Ja Ok Tailor Shop died?
Torture room?
Wait a minute!
Quiet!
- Ay! - Get down there, you punk!
Come here, you punk! Come here!
Get up!
Comrade Tasha.
I can take it!
Don't say a word because of me! Okay?
You little rat pellet sized punk!
Now then.
It's still not too late.
What was Dong Jin's Aide, Reporter Song,
doing at the Angel Club?
Reporter Song is just one of our club's regular...
Let me ask one more time.
What was Dong Jin's Aide, Reporter Song,
doing at the Angel Club?
Reporter Song is just one of our club's regular clients.
Comrade Tasha!
Tell them. Just tell them.
He came to ask the date...
of the student soldiers' send-off ceremony.
What?
Madame!
Oppa!
Oh my gosh.
Here, sit.
I'm sorry.
I was going to keep my mouth shut to the end...
But I got so scared.
No, Mr. Noh.
If you hadn't told them first,
I would have probably opened my mouth.
Here I am, a wench who only amounts to this;
and yet day in and day out, I took jabs at him,
saying he was someone who would never do anything.
They said the owner of Jung Ja Ok
died during torture.
I was so scared, there was nothing else I could do.
I think the time has come for the club to close.
You've all worked very hard.
Madame.
- What about us? - What are we supposed to do?
We need to live on, what else?
If we're in pain, we live with the pain.
If we have longing, we live with the longing.
What?
The send-off ceremony?
In order to secure soldiers, they're planning to hit the send-off ceremony.
Of course!
If they're going to execute a terrorist attack, they'll need soldiers.
And these are student soldiers; they must really be eager to recruit them.
In any case,
even though the military will be responsible for escorting them safely,
now that we know the bastards will be showing up,
we need to make preparations as well.
Of course.
Don't worry.
Goiso!
Yes, sir!
Will two men suffice?
Make sure they're clever.
Yes, sir.
All right, Lee Kang To.
Let's do this.
Comrade Jin will take this side.
And Gaksital will take this side.
They say it's tomorrow.
Tomorrow?
Tomorrow at noon, just after the bow towards the emperor,
the send-off ceremony of the first installment of student soldiers,
will take place in downtown Gyeongseong.
Master.
I shall go with Comrade Ahn and Comrade Jin.
Please just give us ten of the best Dong Jin Gyeolsadae members.
Will ten be enough?
If they have the resolve to fight to the death,
there will be 13 including me.
13 members charging the scene will be plenty.
Reporter Song.
Select ten members, each a formidable match against a hundred.
Understood.
Comrades.
I'll pray for your success.
Divided we fall!
United we stand!
Not like that!
It always turns out like this.
Ay! What are the two of them doing?
Hyung!
Hyung, let's go fishing down in the gorge.
Go over there and see what the two of them are doing.
Why?
Ay, just go and see!
- I did it. - You did.
Sun Hwa, thank you!
Aish! Noona!
Jang Soo!
Let's go.
- What have you been doing? Did you go? - Yeah.
What were you two doing? For a whole hour!
Oh! Geez, you scared me!
Why are you so mad at me?
How could I not get mad in a situation like this?
Jang Soo, I'll catch you some fish.
- Okay! - Let's go.
Sun Hwa! Wait for me!
Close your eyes.
Go on.
All right. Now open them.
Did you make this yourself?
Sun Hwa taught me.
I failed maybe... seven times?
It's pretty.
I'll make you one with a wildflower every morning.
Really?
Boon Yi.
Will you...
marry me?
Before Master Yang Baek returns to Shanghai,
I'd like for him
to marry us.
He has also
gladly agreed to officiate.
Would it be okay with you
to live in a place like this in a tent?
Of course.
When we were on the road to Manchuria together,
that month, living in a tent,
was the happiest period of my life.
Then, I'll take that as a yes.
[Geumhwa Pavilion]
Go on across and go to sleep.
No.
You didn't get any sleep last night either.
I must watch over you.
Don't worry.
He won't kill me in secret.
When Father has had anyone killed,
have you ever seen him hesitate in this manner?
It means there is still leeway for me to live.
Why can't you go away from here?
I have nowhere to go.
Is there any other place with as much strength?
Is there any other place with as much power?
If a place like that existed, I'd leave immediately.
You're in danger right now.
When your life is in peril, what's the point of power or strength?
Do you want me to run away with you?
What is it that you can do?
What else do you have besides a sword?
Do you not see how I feel?
You can see how Lee Kang To is feeling,
and you can see what Kimura Shunji is feeling.
Why can't you see what I'm feeling?
Katsuyama.
I'm a woman
who has been trampled on by men since I was nine.
To me, only a man...
with strength, might,
and power is a man.
Yet, ultimately,
you loved Lee Kang To.
Isn't it because of that, that you got yourself into this crisis, about to lose everything?
The reason I cannot leave Father,
is because I regret doing that!
Must I spell it out?!
Captain.
Pay your respects!
Goiso has explained it all to you, correct?
Yes, sir!
You need to carry this off well.
Don't worry.
Young men of Joseon!
Let us join the crusade!
Let us join the crusade and refuse defeat!
With gratitude to His Majesty, the emperor,
for giving Joseon youth the right,
to participate in the war,
let us gladly join the crusade!
The Imperial Army in the north,
living up to their reputation,
has seen victory after victory,
and will be victorious yet again!
Those aren't the flags of departing troops,
but funeral banners for the dead!
They're so young.
Aigoo. It's a funeral for the youth. A funeral for the youth...
With gratitude to His Majesty, the emperor,
for giving Joseon youth the right,
to participate in the war,
let us gladly join the crusade!
With a total of 30 years in the field,
I speak with the conscience of an educator...
Listen up, Joseon Youth!
Celebrate this opportunity! Come and join the crusade!
How can we accomplish...
Naeseon Ilche* with mere words?! (*slogan: Korea and Japan as one)
Young men of Joseon!
With cries of "Long live, His Majesty, the emperor,"
let us join the crusade!
Let us join the crusade and refuse defeat!!
It's Gaksital!
- It's Gaksital. - Aigoo, it is Gaksital. It is.
Youth of Korea! We are...
the Dong Jin Gyeolsadae!
As of this moment, all of you...
are free.
- Free. - Oh yes, free!
It is fine if you want to return to your families.
However!
Those of you who want to fight for independence...
Follow us!!
Let's go!!
Min Gyu!
Noona. I'll be back.
Don't worry about me, okay?
Okay. Go and fight.
I'll take care of the family.
Move out!
Let's move and follow the cars.
Yes, sir.
[Joseon Government-General Building]
The Dong Jin Gyeolsadae, in broad daylight,
and in the heart of downtown Gyeongseong, took our student soldiers?!
Is that, at all, conceivable?!
Please don't be too concerned, Your Excellency.
Captain Kimura is going after the Dong Jin Gyeolsadae as we speak.
K- Kimura Shunji?
Aigoo! Aigoo!
He has chased and lost his targets more than once or twice!
This time, it's certain.
Inside their flock of recruited student soldiers
are our Imperial Police officers.
Is that true?
Kimura Shunji is indeed a different sort!
We will uncover their base camp shortly, so please wait.
All right.
The moment you uncover their base camp,
completely annihilate it.
That is a given, Your Excellency!
Within a few days,
I will be reporting the arrest of those bastards.
Good. Good. Good, good!
Master, the Joseon youths have just arrived at the camp.
Master, we're finally able to carry out our plan!
So, have any of our men been injured?
All 13 of them have returned safely.
Master, we should go.
Let's go. Let's go see them.
Doesn't it seem just like a dream?
To see Master Yang Baek in person right in front of our eyes...
Men.
There is a saying that centipedes do not fall in death.
In other words, a bug with 100 legs
does not collapse even when it dies.
In order for our country to become independent,
we do not need men who fight to become the head.
But men who fight together as many feet,
to accomplish the most difficult jobs.
If those feet are as strong as iron,
and provide support as solid as boulders,
then no matter what troubles and suffering come our way,
we shall never collapse.
Who are those feet?
Including me, it is all of us here,
who will be the many strong feet that support and protect our country.
Feet that consult each other and work together,
to carry our body, our country, where we want it to go.
That is precisely the world that we must create
in our independent country of Korea!
Aigoo, I can't believe how busy I am!
The wedding is tomorrow.
We must have some ddeok* at least. (*rice cakes)
Oh no, you don't need to do that.
Aigoo.
Troupe Leader Jo already gave me some money to prepare ddeok and other food.
Troupe Leader?
He's running around giddy as if it was his daughter who is getting married.
Aigoo, take a look at that man.
He just can't contain himself.
Troupe Leader, what money could you possibly have to spare?
It's money that Comrade Damsari put in my care to marry you off.
Ahjumeoni, when you go to the market, if you drop by the Gyeongseong Inn,
and ask Proprietor Song for the clothes I left with him, he'll get them for you.
Clothes?
Yes. Please.
All right.
The youngsters say they're dying of hunger.
We'll mix it up, just give us some spoons.
You waited long, didn't you?
Yes.
Please eat up. And let me know if you need more.
All right, thank you.
Eat up, Min Gyu.
- You too, Hyung. - All right.
Allow me to join in.
Is this too big?
Young Master!
- It's tasty. - Is it?
Captain!
There's Yang Baek, Dong Jin, and
Gaksital, 100 or so members of the Dong Jin Gyeolsadae,
and around 200 students who fled from the draft.
Altogether about 300 people...
[Geumhwa Pavilion]
Finally, I've uncovered Dong Jin's secret base camp.
Good work.
Yang Baek, Dong Jin, Gaksital,
100 members of the Dong Jin Gyeolsadae,
and around 200 students who fled the draft...
There are a total of around 300 people at the camp.
While the bastards are still basking in the glow of their victory,
I'm planning to hit their camp.
As you should.
I plan to hit the camp tomorrow morning.
Please request support from the Joseon military command.
As the draft failed, the military will likely cooperate.
This time, you must take Yang Baek and Dong Jin alive without fail!
Please allow me to take Gaksital's life with my own hands as promised.
Of course.
Thank you, Chairman.
Kimura Shunji...
Why didn't you kill Ueno Rie?
I can sufficiently control my rage without killing off a trifling wench.
Chairman, let's make one thing very clear.
You gave me Ueno Rie's life.
I have never returned it to you.
Please keep that in mind.
Will you have a drink with me?
Thank you.
Frankly, my life is one that may end at any time.
I've wanted to thank you.
Chairman Ueno can't kill you.
I've taken care of that issue so you can feel at ease.
Why are you being so kind to me?
You must have wanted to kill me for hiding Lee Kang To's identity.
Who knows?
I don't know why either.
In any case, when I found out you were not the chairman's real daughter,
but an adopted Joseon girl,
I did worry that you'd be killed.
I found out where Lee Kang To and Oh Mok Dan are.
Are you going to kill the two of them?
Nonsense. Why would I kill the two of them?
So, you're planning to kill only Lee Kang To.
I suppose your heart will ache.
Oh Mok Dan's heart will probably ache more than mine.
No.
It's likely that woman...
would die.
No.
She can live on happily by my side.
I'll show you she can.
Are you a fool?
If I just have Mok Dan, no, I mean if I just have Esther at my side,
I feel I can return to my old self.
Back to the time when I was playing the organ along with singing children...
I feel sure I can go back!
What is this, Troupe Leader?
They are your wedding clothes.
Clothes?
What did you prepare this sort of thing for?
When Damsari came into the country this time,
he came fully prepared to marry the two of you.
He bought these in Shanghai
and brought them across the border.
Though it would have been wonderful,
if Comrade Damsari could have walked you in,
today,
I'd like the honor of taking your father's role.
What do you think?
As a matter of fact, I was going to ask you.
Congratulations.
Thank you, Troupe Leader.
You're going to make our Mok Dan happy, aren't you?
Of course, I must.
Thank you.
Let me sincerely thank you on behalf of Comrade Damsari as well.
From now on, I'll serve you like a father.
Everyone is waiting.
Put on the clothes and come out.
The Joseon military command will provide support for Operation Tiger Den Wipeout.
Bring in Yang Baek, Dong Jin, and Oh Mok Dan alive.
You can kill off the rest of them.
However...
I kill Lee Kang To.
Yes, sir!
Move out!
The groom shall enter.
So handsome!
The bride shall enter.
So pretty!