Let's go.
Arabian Nightclub
Hey, Gyung-soo.
Hi. What is it?
Our homeroom teacher told us to come here.
- Why? - Because I got something for you.
Here.
It's to help you study. Bye.
It's the art teacher!
They're so lucky to go into places like that.
What's so lucky about it? It's all evil.
Hey.
Oh my, I'm sorry.
I just thought it was appropriate.
While we're here, do you really want to go up?
- But I can't dance. - I can't dance either.
How about we just check it out?
Okay, sure.
Have a good night. Come again.
It's Mi-nam.
If we don't come out in a minute, she'll spread rumors on the website.
What?
That we went into a motel together.
Stupid.
Dummy can't even do that.
Watch carefully.
You need to know the basics.
Move!
See?
Oh no!
One guy and one girl!
King of lnventions.
Even if my friends call me Edison, I'm still not the king.
- At many contests... - Gyung-soo!
Try it again. You need rhythm.
My friends call me...
Gyung-soo must be nervous. Watch how I say it.
Even if, stop, my friends, stop, call me Edison, stop, okay?
My friends, even if...
It's okay. All you need is practice.
Go home and practice a lot, and do a good job tomorrow.
- Yes, ma'am. - Good.
We still have some time left.
Shall we keep having class or shall I tell you a fun story?
Fine, let's have class.
I wanted to show you all some fun, but oh well. Open your books.
So you don't want to hear my fun story, huh?
No, please tell us.
I'm not a boring person, you know.
This could also be a sad story.
During college, I went on my first date,
and this guy fell in love with me at first sight.
I didn't like him so much, but he chased me for five years.
Everyday, he'd give me flowers, gifts, letters...
- Ms. Yeo! - Yes?
Let's just have class.
Hey, Mi-nam!
I put up my hair for the first time. Is it pretty?
Mi-nam, we made a decision.
- On what? - To become your friends.
After seeing what you did to the teacher, we were all blown away.
- Ms. Yeo. - Yes?
Let's just have class.
home telephone number
Hello?
Oh, how are you?
Mi-nam, you're not taking a picture?
I'm leaving.
- Wait for us! - Wait for us!
Mom!
Mom, you're off today?
Where have you been?
- Come on, mom. - You!
How have you been behaving at school for your teacher to be so worried?
- I did nothing wrong. - You did nothing wrong?
You've been misbehaving in class, and talked back to the teacher?
Is that how I raised you?
And who have you been with lately to come this late?
Didn't I tell you to come straight home after your tutoring?
- I hate being in an empty house. - What?
I hate being home alone.
But you shove me away from your work when I want to stay!
I can't bring my friends to this crappy house!
And I hate you working at a tent bar!
And why do you trust my teacher over me?
She doesn't like me! That's why she said that!
Hey...
Expressing myself through 'poetry'
- Gyung-soo, would you like to start? - Yes, ma'am.
The King of lnventions.
Even if my friends call me by Edison,
I'm still not the King of lnventions.
Although I've won many prizes,
I'm still not the King of lnventions.
What I really want to invent is the very machine
that will make you
Iove me.
A round of applause!
Yes, our Gyung-soo expressed his feelings well.
But what could be his one error?
Min Cho-hee?
He expressed his feelings too directly
Cho Ah-young?
I agree with her opinion.
Yes, both of you are correct.
A poem is different from a prose, so through
similes, metaphors, illustrations, and symbols
we express our minds with short and rhythmical writing.
- Understand everyone? - Yes, ma'am!
- Next... - Ms. Yeo!
I want to present my poem.
- Since we don't have time... - Ms. Yeo!
I also want to present my poem, ma'am.
Then why don't you go ahead. Quickly.
Title, Old Single Female.
Your heart is like a summer's weather forecast.
No one knows when it'll rain or shine.
You make everyone nervous around you, yes, the Old Single Female.
You're like a solitary speck in the sky.
Afraid of spending a long night alone. Yes, the Old Single Female.
Old Single Female!
Be born as a day-fly in your next life.
Since you'll only last a day.
The older you get the harder marriage is.
Yes, you are our homeroom teacher.
What the hell is this?
In front of all the school inspectors! Are you playing around? What is this?
I'm sorry, sir.
How weak did you look to the kids for them to take advantage of you?
That girl Mi-nam. She looks down on teachers.
If you can't even control one kid, then quit!
This is an outrage. You said you'd take control.
What did you control? Goodness, gracious.
Um...
Please stop the punishment.
Go to your desk.
- I know this is because of me. - I said go.
- Punish me instead. - That's enough! Go!
Why are you punishing them?
- I said go! - Punish me instead!
- Watch your damn mouth. - Go back to your desk.
You're not worth teaching.
How dare you do that to me?
Is that how your parents raised you?
Aren't you embarrassed for your parents?
Assembly Hall for Elders
What's gotten into you to come to the market with me?
Mom. Should I quit teaching?
Why?
Just because.
I don't think it suits me, and I lack the skills to teach.
- How much? - 7,000 won.
Give me one.
Here you go.
Being a teacher isn't hard.
Anyone who becomes a role model for others is a teacher.
It's hot.
Let's eat.
It would've been better if your dad hadn't passed away early.
Mom, how could you always say the same thing at dad's ritual?
Remember when you liked your elementary school teacher?
- Me? - Yeah.
You said you were gonna marry him, so you entered the writing contest.
I don't remember.
You were in the first grade.
Your homeroom teacher married the teacher in the class next door,
and you had a fit for a few days and didn't go to school.
No, I didn't.
Do you know what I was feeling then?
I think since he was as good to you like your father,
perhaps you had reacted that way.
Please move a little closer.
Here we go. One, two...
Ms. Yeo. Come to my office.
All of you be careful. And take precautions.
Turn it on.
What the hell is going on?
Cell phones are a big problem.
- What? Cell phones? - I'll take precautions.
Why did you do it?
Just for fun.
What? Fun? You call that fun, you brat?
Do you know what happened because of what you did?
- Go back to your seat. - What?
I'll take care of it.
Go back to your seat.
- You! - Go back.
So what will you take care of?
Think this is simply your problem only?
If this gets out of hand, our teachers will...
- The principal is here, too. - Good.
How could you hit a student in the classroom?
Our kids shouldn't get hit in a school like this!
- Let's go to another school! - Please, no.
- Do you know what times these are? - It's not what you think!
Please quiet down!
She got hit because she deserved it.
It's not as serious as you all think it is.
- How can we trust that? - Yeah!
You kids tell us. Is the principal right?
- Tell us. - Did she deserve to get hit or not?
See?
The kids must not be in a situation to talk.
Let's have them take a vote instead.
Yeah, a vote. Great idea! A vote!
Wait, please try to understand.
What are you doing? Please stop this.
Deserved to get hit: 24 Didn't deserve to get hit: 1
If any kids deserved it, then they must get hit, right?
Of course! Of course! Kids lately have it too easy.
Yeah, when we went to school, we got pulverized.
Yeah, they need to get hit to mature.
How about a refreshing cold drink in my office?
- Yeah, we can't disturb the class - Let's go.
Pink slip
Ms. Yeo! What are you doing?
Everything has been solved.
It's not because of that, sir.
I was planning on quitting.
What?
To be honest, I was studying for the teacher's test.
But now it's not because of that.
I just think I'm not worth being a teacher any more.
Ms. Yeo.
How many teachers in this country do you think they're worth
being a teacher?
I know very well you've had a hard time with Mi-nam.
For now, I'll let you off temporarily, so think it over.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry to make you come all the way here.
Not at all
Having to work this kind of job gives me no time to raise her.
But I thought she was okay this time since there was no trouble.
It's all my fault. I'm so sorry.
No, it's all my fault.
Mi-nam wasn't such a bad girl before.
But after her father passed away two years ago, she changed.
Her father passed away?
Yes.
His life revolved around her.
He did everything for her and raised her like a princess.
Anyway, I'm so sorry.
You don't need to see me out. Good-bye.
Mi-nam.
You're going to school tomorrow, right?
I came to apologize.
I'm really sorry.
To tell you the truth,
I've liked the art teacher the day I first saw him.
But I must've gotten jealous seeing you get close to him.
I'm pretty foolish, huh?
Think I acted that way because of him?
You've ignored me ever since the first day.
That day I waited an hour for you in the classroom.
But do you even know what you said?
In order to get close to you,
I came late to school on the first day.
You even brushed me off at the bus stop.
Also, I wanted to talk to you about being picked on,
but you talked to Gyung-soo instead.
My mom always comes home late,
so I wanted to be your friend,
but you didn't care about me, and only the art teacher.
Mi-nam.
I quit the school.
I didn't do it because of you.
I had planned on it.
So go to school and do your best.
From what I heard earlier, your mother worried about you a lot.
Be better to your mom.
And approach your friends first.
I'm sorry I couldn't be good to you.
I really am.
In the hills, the trees are growing
In the fields, the grain is growing
On the branches, the fruits are growing
They are growing well in the rain.
Today I'll talk about color changes.
Everything is growing in our land
Why aren't you all singing?
How long do we have to listen to the principal's song?
Until the next teacher comes. But who knows when.
Ms. Yeo was good at singing at least.
You're right.
Wanna come over to my house?
Hey, she's poor as hell.
Let's eat.
- You're surprised, huh? - Yeah, a little.
I didn't lie because I was embarrassed.
But you know how the kids are stuck up.
That's why.
I'm really sorry.
Hey, it's okay. It happens.
- This is really delicious, huh? - Yeah, it is.
- Got any rice? - Yeah, I do.
No, it's okay. I'll eat it later.
This is good.
Help yourself to plenty.
Teacher's Day
Kids, come buy some flowers!
The teacher's kindness is like the heavens
The more we look up to them, it only gets higher
To be honest and sincere is what the teacher taught us
The teacher's love is like our parent's love
Oh, thank you, my teacher's love
Oh, I will repay my teacher's kindness
To Kyung-ah...
To Gyung-soo...
To Mi-nam...
The homeroom teacher is watching over you.
Hello, nice to meet you all.
I couldn't sleep at all last night.
I was so excited about meeting all of you today.
The reason why is that you all are my first students.
Now, shall we begin roll?
One, Lee Doo-man.
Two, Kim Mi-hee.
Three, Kang Seong-hun.
Four, Jang Jin-oak.
Five, Park Sung-hye.
Six, Wei Jin-sun.
Seven, seven, Hyun Jung-hoon.
Eight, Kim Young-ah.
Nine, Kim ln-chul.
- Go inside. - Do you have to go?
Mom, stop it. I already explained everything.
Okay, make sure you eat properly.
Call me often and be careful driving.
I'm no kid, mom. Don't worry, okay?
Bye, mom. I'll call you.
Hey, Kyung-ah.
Come here.
What are you looking at?
Think you're tough now?
My words don't mean anything?
Oh, this sucks.
Is it a love letter?
It's from my teacher.
Teacher? What teacher? You don't have one, so get a life.
Come outside. Right now!
What do you want?
What? What?
Say it again.
Say it again?
This is why the teacher quit on you.
Scram.
Get up.
Let go of me!
Teacher, we miss you.
I can't stand the principal's song. Kyung-ah
Since you're not here, picking up Mr. Kwon is boring.
Come back for a real showdown.
Mi-nam
Who's the crazy bastard?
- Get out of the car. - Yes, sir.
- Officer Yoon. - Yes, sir.
Handle things quickly, and get her number just in case.
Sir?
We don't know what can happen, so go get her number, hurry.
Yes, sir.
Ma'am, you've just committed a traffic accident.
Your driver's license please.
Yes, I'm so sorry.
Aren't you Ms. Yeo Mi-oak from Songrim Elementary School?
Pardon? Yes, I am.
- Don't you recognize me? - Pardon?
It's me, Jae-won! Yoo Jae-won!
I was your first student when you started teaching.
Oh, Jae-won.
I'm sorry, but I had always planned to come visit you and didn't.
You're still at the school, right?
But, where are you going at this hour?
- I have something to tend to. - Oh, right.
Anyway, it's so good to see you.
Oh yeah, I forgot. Here.
Please, just go.
- But still... - It's okay.
But you're my teacher.
Please drive safely!
How'd it go? Good?
Well, it was someone from high up.
- High up? - Yes, sir.
- Government official? - No, higher.
- The president? - No, higher.
Are you pulling my leg? You're getting better.
- Phone number. - Sir?
Phone number.
- Where'd you jot it down? - Sir?
- Give it here. - What are you doing?
You can't have her for yourself.
Goodness, look at you all.
You're all a mess.
Had a blast while I was gone, huh?
Time to be on your toes. The good old days are over, got it?
- Got it? - Yes, sir.
Stop looking, and open your books! We have to do some catching up.
- Ms. Yeo! - Yes?
You're the only one who hasn't heard it yet.
Heard what?
The teacher's kindness
Gyung-soo, that's okay. I'll act like I heard it.
The more we look up to them, it only gets higher
To be honest and sincere is what the teacher taught us
The teacher's love is like our parent's love
It's the highest love on earth.
Mother's love is endless.
I told you not to sing.
Open your books!
Get it right. Making fun of me?
Playing me for a fool 'cuz I'm not married?
Oh, thank you for my teacher's love
Oh, I will repay my teacher's kindness
- Then when? - When I was in high school.
You're lying! Not in high school.
It would've been better if we had taught sex education.
I teach the girls and you teach the boys. What?
- Aren't you being too obvious? - About what?
About liking Mr. Kwon.
Hey! Who said I liked Mr. Kwon?
Then you don't like him? Are you sure?
Mr. Kwon, listen carefully.
I've liked Mr. Kwon the day I first saw him.
But I must've gotten jealous seeing you get close to him.
Let me listen to her!
And then she said, I'm pretty foolish, huh?
Why don't you just go on and marry him?
It's you who wants to.
Are you kidding? Think about the age difference.
- Age difference, my butt. - Sang-choon!
Dummy doesn't recognize me.
- It's me! - Bong-doo!
How could you forget my face?
- How've you been? - Good.
Hey, try to keep in touch.
Do I have to come all the way here?
I know. I should've called you before.
Anyway, what brings you here?
I said I came to see you.
But who is...
We work together here.
- Is that so? - This is Ms. Yeo, and she's...
We went to the same college.
Nice to meet you. I'm Kim Bong-doo.
Hi, I'm Yeo Mi-oak.
Didn't you say you were teaching in Kangwon Province?
I moved.
- Where to? - An island.
- What grade? - Fifth grade.
Me, too!
- Have you eaten? - Yeah, yeah.
It's hard teaching, isn't it? Kids are no piece of cake.
- How about tea? - I'm fine.
Mom!
Let's go home!
- It's hard being a teacher, huh? - No, it's okay.
Let's go eat.
- I thought you ate already. - I guess I can eat again.
Go play over there!
- Come here! - Is she a girl's mom?
You're dead when I catch you!
directed by JANG Kyu-sung