Post by Knov1 on Oct 21, 2004 3:27:49 GMT -5
For those of you that missed the first episode.
Episode 01 (summary by dramaok):
[forest scene]
chae-ok (ha ji won) and sung-baek (kim min joon) exchange swords up in the bamboo trees.
chaeok: "is your intention to kill me?"
sungbaek: (with a peaceful smile) "i have already killed you"
the two exchange swords.
sungbaek escapes and runs.
[beach scene]
sungbaek is chased by the police force led by commander jo..
sungbaek shot by arrows, falls off the horse but gets up and runs.
commander jo: "the offender return now... jang sung baek! everything is now over..."
(sungbaek continues to run).. the road you run upon is not a road.."
sungbaek: (stops and turns around) "a road that is not a road.. a road is not a road from the beginning.. one person travels on it.. then two people travel on it.. many people travel it.. and that is how it becomes a road.. in this dark world i have merely run toward a new road."
commander jo: "stop the nonsense.. this is merely the place where you will die"
sungbaek: "i heard you. today i shall die here.. but after i die many people will walk the road i travel.. one day their sweat will cover the mountains and their toil will block the rivers and a new road will surely be made.. a new world will surely be open... though i die now i have not died.. no it isn't so.. but.. (with tears). jae-hee ya.. (holding back tears and fixed upon commander jo) this life of mine ends here.. hurry and finish it!"
commander jo: (loud angered voice) "how dare you the offender asks for death on your term.. the freedom to choose is not yours"
chae-ok steps forward from behind the police forces.
sungbaek: (smiles)
chaeok: "unless you die in my sword you have not died."
sungbaek: "it will so then.. do not make any mistakes this time"
chaeok: "i will cut you deeply"
sungbaek: (with tears again) "if only..."
chaeok and sungbaek exchange swords..
------
[one year prior.. 1693 a.d., 19th year of king sookjong of Chosun dynasty]
chaeok serves tea prepared by lady jo nan-hee (commander's daughter) to commander jo and hwang bo yoon (lee suh jin).
chaeok stands at a distance while commander jo and yoon talk. chaeok and yoon's eyes meet.
won-hae arrives to inform commander jo and yoon about the sudden death of a town man's daughter-in-law.
won-hae and chae-ok go and investigate.
chae-ok discovers that the woman had been poisoned through the womb.
back at police station, yoon tells chae-ok and won-hae they did a good detective work however he is not happy chae-ok put herself at risk against the offender.
-----
[polo game]
chae-ok rides her horse and plays in the polo match among the men.
jo chi-oh (commander jo's son) is angry and offended that a woman is playing in the game.
jo chi-oh calls chae-ok and jo chi-oh's assistant orders chae-ok to kneel and beg for forgiveness.
chae-ok: "i cannot kneel. i have not caused an offense which calls for me to kneel and ask for forgiveness."
jo chi-oh and his men get in a brawl with wonhae.. by accident one of jo chi-oh's man are injured.
back at police station yoon learns of the fatal accident and gets ready to bear the responsibility upon himself.
chae-ok fears that the incident will bring yoon down and goes to see jo chi-oh alone.
jo chi-oh offers to let go of the incident in exchange for her life.
yoon arrives and tries to dissolve the situation. he promises to resign in exchange for all the blame.
jo chi-oh offers to let go of the incident in exchange for chae-ok's arm.
yoon refuses but jo chi-oh begins to let down his sword... chae-ok suffers deep bleeding wound but yoon stops the sword in time to save her arm.
chae-ok faints.
[in the forest, on the way back to the police station]
yoon tends to chae-ok's wound.
yoon: "... does it hurt.."
chaeok: (with painful look) ".. yes.."
yoon: "... it hurts me too.."
chaeok: (looks at yoon)
yoon: (putting medicine on and covering her wound) "before you became my servant you were to me a sister.. do not make me hurt.."
chaeok: (with tears flowing) "naeuri (na-eu-ri = title of respect as in 'master'), this humble woman cannot be your sister.. blocking the road ahead of you i may be able to do but i do not wish to worry you on my account.. i have served you for 15 years.. the painful road you have thus traveled i understand more than anyone else.. i cannot see your dream blocked by the heavy baggage of me."
yoon: "... a dream that sacrifices you is not the dream i wish to have.. (walking)"
yoon: (walking then pausing.. turning around) "earlier i was harsh... i'm sorry"
chaeok: "(whispering) do-ryun-nim (title of addressing an unmarried familiar male with higher power, as in 'my dear gentleman').."
[police station]
the police recovers counterfeit currency and commander jo is sending chaeok, the damo (lady police), to deliver the counterfeit to another agency while yoon investigates the matter further.
lady jo pours tea for yoon. chaeok sees from a distance and makes eye contact with yoon.
yoon goes to send chae-ok off.
yoon: "(moving close to her) are you on your way out?"
chaeok: ".. yes (smiling at the direction of lady jo).. the tea poured by the lady must be full of flavor.. flavor that does not exist in the tea poured by a damo.."
yoon: "it's not a comfortable setting to enjoy the taste of tea as you think.. your arm how is it?"
chaeok: "thanks to the medicine from you it is fine.. now i shall leave for the assignment and return"
yoon: "chaeok ah.." (ah = term of endearment suffixed to names)
chaeok: (turns around)
yoon: "it's a dangerous assignment and location.. do not put yourself in danger by acting alone.."
chaeok: "do not worry... (gentle smile).. do-ryun-nim.. (bigger smile)..
yoon: "do-ryun-nim?.. (smile).. it's been a long time since i heard that last.. go and hurry return.."
----
[riverside]
chae-ok gets on a boat with other passengers to cross the river.
a man carrying a sick child and his wife run and beg for a space on the already full boat.
the passengers are reluctant... but chae-ok steps off to make room.. jang sung-baek (kim min joon) and his assistant, soo-myung, make room as well.
just as the family is about to step aboard a government official jumps in and refuses to leave, citing his work emergency.
the family begs as the child is in dire need of medical attention.. still the official does not hinder.
chae-ok uses force to get the official off the boat since he is unwillingly to move by sheer words.
the stranger with straw hat, jang sung-baek, assists. finally they get rid of the official and the family is aboard the boat.
soo-myung to sung-baek: "he (referring to chaeok dressed in men's attire) is a man of justice and heart.. and by the look of it he has good martial art skills.. if we can recruit him to be one of ours..."
sung-baek: "it's not a man.. it's a woman in man's attire.."
soo-myung: "what?.."
-----
[in the town]
chaeok rests at a beverage stop.
tabak nyuh (hostess) studies chaeok and schemes to steal chaeok's luggage.
at her signal her husband, machook ji comes running grabbing chaeok's bag and runs away.
Episode 01 (summary by dramaok):
[forest scene]
chae-ok (ha ji won) and sung-baek (kim min joon) exchange swords up in the bamboo trees.
chaeok: "is your intention to kill me?"
sungbaek: (with a peaceful smile) "i have already killed you"
the two exchange swords.
sungbaek escapes and runs.
[beach scene]
sungbaek is chased by the police force led by commander jo..
sungbaek shot by arrows, falls off the horse but gets up and runs.
commander jo: "the offender return now... jang sung baek! everything is now over..."
(sungbaek continues to run).. the road you run upon is not a road.."
sungbaek: (stops and turns around) "a road that is not a road.. a road is not a road from the beginning.. one person travels on it.. then two people travel on it.. many people travel it.. and that is how it becomes a road.. in this dark world i have merely run toward a new road."
commander jo: "stop the nonsense.. this is merely the place where you will die"
sungbaek: "i heard you. today i shall die here.. but after i die many people will walk the road i travel.. one day their sweat will cover the mountains and their toil will block the rivers and a new road will surely be made.. a new world will surely be open... though i die now i have not died.. no it isn't so.. but.. (with tears). jae-hee ya.. (holding back tears and fixed upon commander jo) this life of mine ends here.. hurry and finish it!"
commander jo: (loud angered voice) "how dare you the offender asks for death on your term.. the freedom to choose is not yours"
chae-ok steps forward from behind the police forces.
sungbaek: (smiles)
chaeok: "unless you die in my sword you have not died."
sungbaek: "it will so then.. do not make any mistakes this time"
chaeok: "i will cut you deeply"
sungbaek: (with tears again) "if only..."
chaeok and sungbaek exchange swords..
------
[one year prior.. 1693 a.d., 19th year of king sookjong of Chosun dynasty]
chaeok serves tea prepared by lady jo nan-hee (commander's daughter) to commander jo and hwang bo yoon (lee suh jin).
chaeok stands at a distance while commander jo and yoon talk. chaeok and yoon's eyes meet.
won-hae arrives to inform commander jo and yoon about the sudden death of a town man's daughter-in-law.
won-hae and chae-ok go and investigate.
chae-ok discovers that the woman had been poisoned through the womb.
back at police station, yoon tells chae-ok and won-hae they did a good detective work however he is not happy chae-ok put herself at risk against the offender.
-----
[polo game]
chae-ok rides her horse and plays in the polo match among the men.
jo chi-oh (commander jo's son) is angry and offended that a woman is playing in the game.
jo chi-oh calls chae-ok and jo chi-oh's assistant orders chae-ok to kneel and beg for forgiveness.
chae-ok: "i cannot kneel. i have not caused an offense which calls for me to kneel and ask for forgiveness."
jo chi-oh and his men get in a brawl with wonhae.. by accident one of jo chi-oh's man are injured.
back at police station yoon learns of the fatal accident and gets ready to bear the responsibility upon himself.
chae-ok fears that the incident will bring yoon down and goes to see jo chi-oh alone.
jo chi-oh offers to let go of the incident in exchange for her life.
yoon arrives and tries to dissolve the situation. he promises to resign in exchange for all the blame.
jo chi-oh offers to let go of the incident in exchange for chae-ok's arm.
yoon refuses but jo chi-oh begins to let down his sword... chae-ok suffers deep bleeding wound but yoon stops the sword in time to save her arm.
chae-ok faints.
[in the forest, on the way back to the police station]
yoon tends to chae-ok's wound.
yoon: "... does it hurt.."
chaeok: (with painful look) ".. yes.."
yoon: "... it hurts me too.."
chaeok: (looks at yoon)
yoon: (putting medicine on and covering her wound) "before you became my servant you were to me a sister.. do not make me hurt.."
chaeok: (with tears flowing) "naeuri (na-eu-ri = title of respect as in 'master'), this humble woman cannot be your sister.. blocking the road ahead of you i may be able to do but i do not wish to worry you on my account.. i have served you for 15 years.. the painful road you have thus traveled i understand more than anyone else.. i cannot see your dream blocked by the heavy baggage of me."
yoon: "... a dream that sacrifices you is not the dream i wish to have.. (walking)"
yoon: (walking then pausing.. turning around) "earlier i was harsh... i'm sorry"
chaeok: "(whispering) do-ryun-nim (title of addressing an unmarried familiar male with higher power, as in 'my dear gentleman').."
[police station]
the police recovers counterfeit currency and commander jo is sending chaeok, the damo (lady police), to deliver the counterfeit to another agency while yoon investigates the matter further.
lady jo pours tea for yoon. chaeok sees from a distance and makes eye contact with yoon.
yoon goes to send chae-ok off.
yoon: "(moving close to her) are you on your way out?"
chaeok: ".. yes (smiling at the direction of lady jo).. the tea poured by the lady must be full of flavor.. flavor that does not exist in the tea poured by a damo.."
yoon: "it's not a comfortable setting to enjoy the taste of tea as you think.. your arm how is it?"
chaeok: "thanks to the medicine from you it is fine.. now i shall leave for the assignment and return"
yoon: "chaeok ah.." (ah = term of endearment suffixed to names)
chaeok: (turns around)
yoon: "it's a dangerous assignment and location.. do not put yourself in danger by acting alone.."
chaeok: "do not worry... (gentle smile).. do-ryun-nim.. (bigger smile)..
yoon: "do-ryun-nim?.. (smile).. it's been a long time since i heard that last.. go and hurry return.."
----
[riverside]
chae-ok gets on a boat with other passengers to cross the river.
a man carrying a sick child and his wife run and beg for a space on the already full boat.
the passengers are reluctant... but chae-ok steps off to make room.. jang sung-baek (kim min joon) and his assistant, soo-myung, make room as well.
just as the family is about to step aboard a government official jumps in and refuses to leave, citing his work emergency.
the family begs as the child is in dire need of medical attention.. still the official does not hinder.
chae-ok uses force to get the official off the boat since he is unwillingly to move by sheer words.
the stranger with straw hat, jang sung-baek, assists. finally they get rid of the official and the family is aboard the boat.
soo-myung to sung-baek: "he (referring to chaeok dressed in men's attire) is a man of justice and heart.. and by the look of it he has good martial art skills.. if we can recruit him to be one of ours..."
sung-baek: "it's not a man.. it's a woman in man's attire.."
soo-myung: "what?.."
-----
[in the town]
chaeok rests at a beverage stop.
tabak nyuh (hostess) studies chaeok and schemes to steal chaeok's luggage.
at her signal her husband, machook ji comes running grabbing chaeok's bag and runs away.
