Film Scene

by Lee Myung-sun

In Eunjin, Kim Bugwi walks. His figure stood tall like a giant, and a young man approached him, bowing and said, “It is an honor to meet you in Eunjin.”

The students waiting for the train were anxiously hoping for its arrival. As they saw a famous businessman, Mr. A, getting off the train, one student remarked, “Why is the train so late today? It shouldn't be late since that businessman is on it.”

On their way home from school, Samnam and Gaetdong saw a pair of rubber shoes fall on the road. Gaetdong said, “Is dinner going to be made at our house tonight? Oh, I'm so hungry.” Then Samnam expressed his dissatisfaction. “Damn it, this porridge looks like this again.”

A man visited an uncle's house as a guest, and that uncle was a great miser. Even when the day turned to dusk, he did not turn on the light. While eating lunch, when the man served rice into the uncle's mouth, he naturally said, “No, I will eat with my own mouth.”

A man asked while looking at delicious food over the wall. “Hey, is that the rice ball over there?” Gaetdong replied with a puzzled expression, “Where!? I’m not sure. The adults had their meal.”

A university professor realized on his way to school that he had forgotten his watch at home. “Will I have time to check the time when I get home? Let me check the time for a moment.” When he took out the watch from his pocket, he found that he had plenty of time. “Then, let’s hurry back.” He put the watch back in his pocket and walked home.

“The swallow goes to Gangnam to find a warm place.” said a man. “No, it’s avoiding here because it’s being cleaned.” another person countered. The argument between the two continued.

“See! I’m bigger.” “What are you talking about? I’m bigger.” “I’m bigger!” “Don’t be ridiculous. I’m bigger!” The argument between the two continued.

Samnam learned about evolution at school and returned home to tell his brother. “Hyung, I think it’s true that humans evolved from monkeys.” “Why?” “Look at grandfather. He has this much beard, and he resembles a monkey more than us.”

A man saw a child limping and asked, “Why is one of your legs shorter?” “Oh, it’s just short.” “Then why is your leg short?” “One leg is long, so it’s short.”

Inside a train car, a man left his hat on the seat and went to the restroom. When he returned, he found another man sitting with his hat on. “Excuse me, didn’t you see that I left my hat?” “The hat? I did see it.” “Then why are you sitting in someone else's seat?” “This is a seat for a person, not for a hat.” The man grabbed the other person's sleeve and sat down. “Hey, why are you grabbing someone else?” “I grabbed your sleeve, not you.”

A man recently started jokingly asking new questions. “What time is it now?” “Ask the watch.” “How much did you pay for this notebook?” “Oh, ask the notebook.” “Is today the twenty-fifth?” “What day is it? Ask the calendar.”

A man who just learned to smoke went to a friend's house. When the host offered him a cigarette, he picked one up. As the host was about to light it for him, the man casually said, “You should be careful of fire.” Then he blew out the flame. “What a boring person.”

A man came to Seoul for the first time and bought a pair of shoes. While walking on the street with them squeaking, he bumped into another man. “Oh, I’m sorry.” The other man stepped on the first man's new shoes as he passed by. “That’s something!” the man said, licking his lips. “That person is in the shoe repair business, so he will take good care of it.”

“I stayed up all night yesterday.” said a man. “Why did you stay up all night? Did something sudden happen?” his friend asked. “I was sleeping all night.” the man replied.

As a tense scene unfolded in the movie, Samnam asked his mother, “Mother, why are those people doing that with their mouths?”