Disband the alliance.
Who will stop the Japanese?
The king knows it's an excuse
to gather soldiers.
He's the one taking sides
and playing power games.
Watch your tongue!
Can this rotten government
stop the Japanese?
You've lost your senses!
We warned you, Jung Yeo-rip.
Disband the alliance.
Let's go.
The West Cabinet
will do anything
to win the king's favor.
They can frame you for treason.
And who will have to suffer?
Our East Cabinet.
l am no part of the East or West.
Don't drag us into
your rotten power games.
Naive man.
Let's go.
Yeo-rip!
You did good.
That'll teach them.
Let's just stop the Japanese!
Stopping the Japanese won't
free us from their schemes.
Sir.
Let us strike them first.
What's that?
ls this talk of a revolt l hear?
We can't accomplish anything
if we're killed!
Hey!
Watch that tongue, Mong-hak.
- What?
- Stop!
Yeo-rip,
keep a close eye on this one.
Peace lies at the end
of a long and harsh path.
BLADES OF BLOOD
Hwang Jung-min
Cha Seung-won
Jung Yeo-rip has been
Han Ji-hye
charged with high treason.
Baek Sung-hyun
As creator of the Grand Alliance,
Jung took his own life
once his plot was detected.
For such an unforgivable crime,
he is punished further.
His children and accomplices
His property is confiscated.
will be punished by law.
A film by Lee Joon-ik
l told you to watch your tongue.
Tear up his body
and hang it across the land
as an example to others.
Yes, Your Highness.
They can't even save
their own heads.
The Grand Alliance is a joke!
lt's always all talk
and no real result.
Did Jung really kill himself?
lt was Han Shin-kyun!
lt's all his scheme.
Han Shin-kyun, that bastard.
They're kicking out
the East Cabinet
to keep the palace
under their control.
Watch it, you idiots.
lsn't that Han's bastard son?
The bastard son defending
his bastard of a father.
Bastard?
You heard me.
You crazy bastard!
Stop right now!
Someone stop him!
l'll get you!
Go and stop him!
Get him off!
Stop! Let him go!
Your family sure is powerful.
How many times is it?
Just go home.
l hit Confucian scholars.
l deserve punishment.
l'm not leaving.
The memorial service is today.
Let's go.
Make way for Lord SONG.
Step aside!
How dare you raise your sword!
Lee Mong-hak, you imbecile!
Jung Yeo-rip was a traitor!
ln my eyes,
You're the traitors bringing
the country to ruin.
lmbecile!
Let go.
Behave yourself!
l'll go away
after pouring a glass.
Put it down!
l'm Han Kyun-ju!
of the Han household!
- Drag him away!
- Get him!
Let go of me!
Father!
Father!
Deny me, then!
All the Hans are here!
Deny me now!
Then l won't come!
Father!
Tell them l'm not your son!
Father!
Who are you?
Where are you going?
You can't go this way!
Go get him!
Bring me Jung's head!
- Who are you?
- Sheesh!
lt's been ages
since l had a drink.
You can have one drink
over there.
Where?
You parasite!
You've disgraced
to the entire household!
Just kill me, then!
Stop it.
A concubine's bastard child
dares to honor our ancestors?
ls that what Confucius preaches?
ls it written anywhere?
Who the hell says l can't!
What makes you
so damn superior?
Leave me alone.
Leave me alone!
ls pouring a glass
that important?
lt's because,
l'm a concubine's son.
Kyun-ju!
Do you know
what people call me?
Han Kyun-ju.
No one knows that name.
l'm just the bastard.
A mutt!
lf you listen to them,
you are a mutt.
Coward.
Our king is a concubine's son.
Without dreams,
you're only a mutt.
What brings you here, Hwang?
Jang-gak?
l thought you'd be here.
You will pay for
the death of Jung Yeo-rip.
The Grand Alliance
will have justice!
ls the East Cabinet
behind this?
l am neither East nor West.
Father!
Father!
Mong-hak!
Good riddance.
Since when was
the alliance yours?
The alliance will
now take the greater path.
Greater path, my ass!
Who killed Jung Yeo-rip?
You already know.
Where were you
when he hung himself?
Huh?
Did he really kill himself?
Don't show yourself again.
Or l will have to kill you.
Lee Mong-hak!
Hey! Stop right there!
Lee Mong-hak!
Where'd he go?
Stop!
Your Highness,
the Chinese empire must know
Japan will pass through
Chosun to strike China.
No, Your Highness.
The emperor will question us
if war does not happen.
Let him question us!
The nation is in danger!
The Japanese have intruded
many times before.
And if the war does happen?
There will be a war?
No, Your Highness.
Yes, Your Highness!
Lord Yoo,
the Japanese aren't coming?
They are.
Then why are you
saying otherwise?
They claim they will,
so we must deny it.
Lord Jung, let's move on
to the Lee Mong-hak issue.
We've said war is upon us.
lt's enough bad news
for His Highness.
l forgot how hard
it was to save a dying fool.
A little lime powder...
Goodness.
There. All done.
Let's see.
Goodness.
Goodness gracious.
He's alive!
l thought you were long gone.
lf he stabbed you
one inch to the side,
you'd be off with
your father by now.
Who are you?
Just a blind man.
Let's see. One last prick!
Goodness.
lt went too deep.
We can't attack
the district hall.
Thats the only way
the people will support us!
They already do,
So even the king can't kill us.
That's why we must strike first.
Or we'll all be dead.
Foolish man.
We formed the alliance
to fight the Japanese,
not the king!
Can we stop them with
such a rotten government?
That's why we've gathered
to save the country!
And after that?
You think they'll let us live?
You saw how Jung was
made a traitor and killed!
Then what?
You want to start a revolt?
Are you with us, or not?
You?
l'm with you.
ldiot.
Your father's dead,
but it still tastes good, eh?
Well, now.
Had enough, eh?
Why did you rescue me?
Well...
Jung was my friend.
Thanks to your father
and Mong-hak,
lt's all gotten so complicated.
You want to kill Mong-hak?
l need to kill him, too.
Put it over there!
Rice and supplies.
lt's all here.
Any movement in the palace?
They're busy dealing
with the Japanese.
While the East and West
are bickering in Seoul,
We should strike
the Yong-in district hall.
Yeo-rip...
l'm sorry.
Rest in peace.
You little mutt!
Where are you going?
Wait here.
Going alone to catch him?
Good luck with that wound!
Mong-hak is mine
and you're my guide dog!
Don't step foot
in this house again.
l'm going after Lee Mong-hak.
Lee Mong-hak is mine.
That's why you hid
under the floor?
Just stick to honoring ancestors.
They say...
Everyone mourns
when a lord's dog dies,
but nobody mourns
when the lord dies.
Old sayings are never wrong.
Don't glare at me.
Lead the way!
Hold this.
l can smell anything
but l'm blind as a bat.
Keep your eyes open!
You've followed us long enough.
Who are you?
Where's Mong-hak?
Well.
Why are you asking me?
lt's three thousand
for his head.
From who?
None of your business.
Goodness.
Then why point your sword at me?
l know you talked to Mong-hak
at Han Shin-kyun's house.
Smoke always rises up
from a fire.
You're going after Mong-hak.
Tell me.
Goodness.
Why would l give up
three thousand coins,
you idiot?
What are you doing?
Please, stop!
Draw your sword!
This isn't the time or place!
Go home and slice bread
with that.
Everyone's after Mong-hak.
Have you lost your mind?
Teach me how to fight!
You die younger with a sword,
you idiot!
What's that sound?
l'm on my knees.
So what?
At least let me die
when l want to!
Let go!
Teach me.
Teach me!
Get off, you mutt!
- Let go of me!
- Teach me!
Let go, you little bastard.
Lead the way!
- What was that for?
- You just died, idiot!
Goddamn...
Goddamn?
You want to hit me?
Goddamn it.
Go on and hit me!
lf you weren't blind...
Lead the way, mutt.
Damn it.
Which way?
ls it a crossroad?
Left is Lee Mong-hak,
right is a nice drink.
Which way did it go?
l think it's the right.
Hey! Why are you going left?
Where are you going?
We're going after Lee Mong-hak!
Did you just spit at me?
Let go!
- No!
- Let go!
Give it back.
Give it to me!
No, l won't!
You little bastard!
Huh?
Let you die when you want?
You just died again.
Give it here.
Where's the hole?
A little dog is leading the way.
Purebred or not,
l do not know.
But a bastard nonetheless.
l'm not a bastard!
l have a name, too!
Han Kyun-ju.
Where is everyone?
lt's me!
l'm here!
Look who's here.
Girls! Girls!
Hwang is here!
Should we get ready?
Of course. Bring them all.
All at once!
Why were you gone so long?
l was busy.
We've missed you, Hwang.
You promised to come often.
You're too healthy to join in.
That crook...
lt hurts.
Don't whine.
Nothing could hurt you girls.
l think we're done.
You're sweating.
Hey. What's wrong with Baek-ji?
Her lover ran away.
Cho-hyang, l'm parched.
Tell Baek-ji to come, too.
Always with that Baek-ji.
What are you doing?
Hurry and grab these!
Baek-ji is Mong-hak's girl.
By the sound of that poor song,
looks like you're
wasting away inside.
Should l treat you down there?
Who's this?
lt's dark out, yet where
are all the customers?
Lee Mong-hak and his sword
scared them all away.
Didn't you hear?
He killed all the men over
at Lord Han's house.
He did?
- But l still like Lee.
- What?
He's handsome
and what a swordsman!
l'm Han Shin-kyun's bastard son.
So what?
Where is Lee Mong-hak?
l didn't treat you, Cho-hyang.
My goodness!
Your lower body is so cold.
l'll warm you up
with my needles.
Just take out
that big old needle.
But l didn't wash yet...
Have a drink.
No room for a drink?
Lee Mong-hak.
Where is he?
Tell me!
Here.
Right here!
Cho-hyang.
When did Mong-hak
come to see Baek-ji?
Hasn't been here for ages.
Will you...
Kill him for me?
Can you?
ldiot!
Go on.
You can't, can you?
- Working hard, my friends.
- Had supper yet?
- We did.
- Hope you enjoyed it.
Wonder what the governor
is up to?
- Must be sleeping.
- At a time like this?
What's all the noise?
Who are you?
Where have our manners gone?
Excuse us!
Governor, wake up.
Who is it?
Shouldn't you take a look?
You go.
Can you sleep
at a time like this?
Who are you?
Free the prisoners
and open storage.
Grand Alliance!
Grand Alliance!
How could you let Lee Mong-hak
attack a district hall?
The governor he killed
was one of ours.
Our East Cabinet will
destroy the alliance.
What?
He killed a West Cabinet member
first!
You're taking sides
in the middle of a revolt?
Baron.
Take charge and
bring me Lee Mong-hak!
Yes, Your Highness.
Hwang.
Leaving already?
To see the metalsmith
at An-sung.
How convenient!
Take our chamber pots to him,
will you?
Chamber pots?
Those relentless nobles
have already rusted our pots.
l'm a bastard.
So?
My mother was a gisaeng, too.
Did anyone ask?
Go straight to An-sung.
Don't sell them off.
Crazy girl.
Who'd buy
your dirty chamber pots?
Were you up all night?
She's one persistent girl.
Oh my!
Should l carry that?
My back...
What a healthy girl!
Where's Lee Mong-hak?
Where's Lee Mong-hak?
Where is he?!
You idiot!
Stop hitting me!
Did you expect her
to lead you the way?
You blocked me?
Stop it!
ldiot.
Pick them up!
Damn it.
Outrageous!
Jumping at her with
your pants off like that!
Let's settle this!
One night with a gisaeng,
and your mind is clouded.
Look who's talking!
The moon shines for me,
at least.
Don't talk back!
Hips up!
Strike fast!
Point your sword!
Turn!
Strike!
You idiot.
Lower your body.
Dodge this! Go ahead.
He's lost his mind.
Where am l?
You're hiding now?
Come here, old man!
You're hopeless.
Just learn acupuncture.
What for?
Fool.
Needles turn into food,
drinks, and even sex.
By royal decree,
The district hall of Yong-in
ls now the prison of Lee Mong-hak
and the Grand Alliance.
Pyeong-taek,
Yong-in,
Osan, and Cheong-ju.
We will ransack
all the nearby districts
to catch Lee and his accomplices.
- ls that clear?
- Yes, sir!
Han Pil-ju is arresting
our comrades.
He got LlM Chul-min.
Your terms?
You will be spared.
The metalsmith's weapons?
They're ready, sir.
Hurry to An-sung
and bring the weapons.
Keep your eyes open.
What?
What did l just say, idiot?
You sure you're blind?
Open your eyes!
Metalsmith!
l brought you
the girls' chamber pots.
They want bowls made
from those?
What goes in comes out
and just goes on!
Right you are!
Who's this?
My mutt.
Welcome!
Might as well learn the craft.
Metalwork is quite a gift.
Just knock a few times,
and you get food, drinks,
- or even...
- Sex?
There you go.
You just have to knock.
Go sharpen this.
l need a word with you.
l hear Mong-hak
hit the district hall.
He's just trying
to save the country.
Save the country?
When did it need saving?
We formed the alliance
to stop the Japanese,
Not to go robbing the country!
Can we stop the Japanese
with this rotten regime?
You're on Mong-hak's side.
He's on my side,
and you're on my side.
l knew from the moment
Mong-hak joined the alliance.
What?
He's using the alliance
to become king himself!
Could happen, l suppose?
Where's Mong-hak?
l don't know.
l'm blind too, sometimes.
Don't ask me.
That weasel.
Give it a rest.
Don't you ever sleep?
How can you sleep?
What about Lee Mong-hak?
All right. Fine.
Let's go. Let's get him.
But where? Where is he?
Lead the way!
You don't know either!
We can't sleep!
Blind idiot!
Are you blind?
The sword is only a tool.
lt' all about using your eyes!
Your sword works fine
without your eyes.
l use my ears instead!
Damn it!
Now you're getting
the hang of it.
You crazy old man!
Don't run away!
Coward!
Come back here.
You're mine!
Where are you going?
You hear that?
lt's hammers.
But it should sound like brass,
not cast iron.
Hey.
lf we wait here,
Mong-hak will come.
Leave this place.
l can go with you.
No.
Don't.
l'm scared.
You might die if you stay.
The sun's been up for ages.
Get up, you blind bat.
A blind man can't know
if the sun is up.
You lazy fool.
l haven't got time to melt
the pots.
Just tell them l did.
What are you staring at?
Go on, now.
Damn it.
What are we getting out of it?
l'm just so busy right now.
l'll buy you a drink next time.
Here's something for the road.
Metalsmith.
Knocking isn't
always the solution.
Hwang.
Stop taking the long way.
Join us on the greater path.
l like the long way.
Don't go anywhere.
lf you're gone,
l'll kill you myself.
Little mutt.
Grown fond of me?
Keep your hands off
Lee Mong-hak.
All right. Hurry back.
- ls the date set?
- Yes.
Tell Mong-hak
to be patient and calm.
l will.
Ready?
Let's go.
Well, hello!
l knew you'd show up here!
Hwang!
Why are you back?
Hey, Mong-hak!
Step aside, Hwang.
Goodness.
ls that you, Bong-seok?
You step aside!
You fool.
Mong-hak isn't here.
Don't play tricks on me.
ldiot!
No need for that!
They got to you too?
lt's out of your hands now.
Come here.
- Let go!
- Come here!
- Mong-hak is here!
- No, he isn't!
- He is!
- Are you deaf, too?
l smell him!
This way, you fool!
Get them all!
The bowls are here!
Oh my! Already?
Where's Hwang?
He didn't come.
l have to go.
Find her!
Get out here.
Bind her.
Let go of me.
Let go!
Filthy bitch!
Stop! What are you doing?
Ask Lee Mong-hak.
Stop it!
You part of the alliance, too?
You haven't
even grown a beard yet.
You little imbecile.
l said, stop!
You want to die?
You little bastard!
How dare you...
You attacked an officer?
Run away.
Go! Run!
There you are.
Why do l smell blood
and perfume?
Fifteen thousand Japanese
invaded Busan, you idiots!
Lord Yoo, you said
they weren't coming!
l was trying to keep
the public calm then.
Now they're in panic.
Do something!
- We'll stop them.
- With what?
You lobbied against
building up the military!
Lord Yoo.
How many men can we mobilize?
How many?
Don't ask me.
Your Highness!
Do not listen
to the East Cabinet!
Then what?
Send General KWON on land...
And Admiral Lee on sea.
Preposterous!
General SHlN on land...
And Admiral WON on sea!
General SHlN on land.
Your Highness!
Admiral Lee on sea.
Your Highness!
When will the Japanese
get to Seoul?
ln a month.
What's stopping them?
lt'll be two weeks!
Mong-hak, we must hurry.
Hurrying isn't the answer!
You think this regime
can stop the Japanese?
We must strike first
in order to stop them!
Tomorrow,
we save our comrades
and ride into Seoul.
Grand Alliance!
Mong-hak is your enemy.
She's Mong-hak's girl.
But you and her...
Make your father proud, eh?
Leave it be.
You need to keep
things simple, fool.
What is this?
You see that?
What?
Turn around.
See your messy trail?
That's your clouded mind.
Faulty footsteps
will kill a swordsman.
Why does this matter?
l'll erase them.
Weren't we going after Lee?
Where do we go?
The whole alliance is
being arrested at Yong-in.
Where else would he be?
Wait up!
Leave her behind.
Why?
lt's a heavy load
for the long road!
Just look at Mong-hak!
Don't follow us.
l'm not following you.
l'm going to Lee Mong-hak.
Go.
No.
Go away!
Lead the way.
Don't follow me!
Then kill me first.
Why didn't you go with Hwang?
Lee is worth more than
your own life?
l'll find him and kill him.
You're no match for him.
Why not?
You have no dream.
Yeo-rip.
The worId has gone mad.
Grand AIIiance...
Does the worId
we dreamed of even exist?
Execute them all!
Pull!
Grand Alliance!
You traitor!
Yes, l'm the traitor.
Out of the way!
ldiots!
Just a filthy pack of dogs!
Mong-hak!
Mong-hak!
Goodness.
Why's it so hard to find you?
l told you not to show yourself.
You did.
But l just really wanted
to ask you something.
You killed Yeo-rip,
didn't you?
Yes.
Slaying your master
and pacifying your greed
is the greater path?
Why did we form the alliance?
To avoid power games
and keep out the Japanese.
- That's right.
- And yet!
We stopped them,
but the West makes us traitors.
The East Cabinet looks
away to save themselves.
So?
l told Jung Yeo-rip,
Rather than dying as traitors,
We should wipe them all out.
But he just couldn't do it.
l killed Jung to uphold
our vision.
Nothing but fancy words!
You only used the alliance
to become king!
True.
ln my eyes...
East, West, the king,
and Jung are all the same.
And you!
ls that so?
Then fight!
Let's see
if your sword is
as slick as your tongue.
A swordsman should stand
behind his sword.
Or else,
he ends up like you.
Never liked hiding
behind a sword.
Mong-hak...
Mong-hak.
Don't go to Seoul.
The dream we all shared...
lsn't this it?
No, it isn't.
This dream will kill us all.
l'm not ready to wake up yet.
Follow us to Seoul!
Or drop your swords!
Grand Alliance!
Mong-hak, don't go.
Don't go to SeouI...
That hurts!
Don't touch me.
Don't touch me, idiot!
Don't die!
Don't cry on me.
Goodness.
Good-looking boy.
ls the moon up?
The sun hasn't even set yet!
lt's about time for it to show.
lt's up.
lt's always there,
behind the clouds.
You blind fool!
Have you ever even seen the moon?
Just stop talking.
We have to catch
Lee Mong-hak together!
Mong-hak went chasing
after the setting sun.
But is he a cloud,
or the moon?
Let's go to Seoul.
Hurray for General Lee Mong-hak!
Your Highness.
You must retreat from Seoul.
Retreat? To where?
To Euiju,
which is close to China.
No, your Highness.
To Hamkyung Province.
He must flee to China
if something happens!
What's there in Hamkyung?
You can't even agree to run away!
General SHlN lost
at Chung-ju, sir.
Within a day or two,
the Japanese will be here.
Bong-seok,
we're almost there.
Let's stop them at Seoul.
And leave the people who
trusted us and came here?
Let's go to Seoul.
lf we leave now,
the Japanese will kill them all.
This is an order.
This is wrong!
Mong-hak!
What's gotten into you?
l will not leave.
No, Your Highness!
How can a king desert
his palace and his people?
lmbeciles, step aside!
What?
You call yourself
a servant of the throne?
Clear the way!
Should we die,
it must be here!
Lee's rebel forces
are charging here!
We must retreat
to stop the Japanese!
How? The royal forces
have joined Lee's rebels!
That's why we must retreat!
Your Highness!
lf you must go,
kill us first!
Let's go.
What is this?
Where is everybody?
Hey!
Get out here!
Let's fight!
You cowards!
Come out and fight!
We came all this way...
The rebel forces are here,
so come stop us!
You cowards!
Where are you?!
Where are the Japanese?
They've passed the South gate.
We will protect the palace!
lt's ours now, isn't it?!
We live together,
and die allied!
Grand Alliance!
There's nowhere else to go.
This...
This was what you left for?
What are you doing here?
Lee Mong-hak!
You took all those lives
just for that throne?
You think that will
change the world?!
Who are you?
Me?
Just a mutt with no dreams.
Han Shin-kyun's bastard son!
Stand and fight!
A new world?
Bullshit!
Did you ever see it?
Has such a world
ever existed?!
Hwang said to me,
Nobles hide behind power,
clowns behind masks,
and swordsmen behind swords.
But l couldn't stand
such a world!
This is our land not yours,
you bastards!
Fight!
Aim, fire!
Fire!
Fight! Stand your ground!
Don't retreat!
Stand strong!
Throw them!
Mong-hak!
Mong-hak...
ls this a dream?
l'm not a part of
that dream of yours...
But you're part of mine.
Baek-ji...
We'll meet in our dreams.
ln our dreams.
ln our dreams.
Hey.
ls the moon up?
No.
Maybe behind the clouds?
No! There aren't any clouds!
Don't talk back!
- Slow down!
- Quit whining.
He must be off Iooking for me.
Our sad paths do not cross.
I Iie waiting for my dream,
hoping to meet him there.
The moon is up.
l told you, idiot.
lt's a full moon, eh?
l don't know! Stop asking!
Goddamn.
Must be grand,
seeing everything.
Must be easy,
seeing nothing.