October 26, 1909, 9 a.m Harbin Station, China
Failed assassination attempt on Chosun Governor lto Hirobumi
Assassin Choong-Kun Ahn shot and killed on site
1910 Takeover of "Chosun" the Korean peninsula
Ito Hirobumi appointed as first governor of Chosun
1919 - March 1, illegal gathering in Pagoda Park dispersed
1921 - Inoeu appointed as second governor of Chosun
1932 - BG Yoon killed in Honxiao Park, Shanghai
1936 - US and Japanese soldiers fight as allies in World War ll
1943 - Japan takes over Manchuria
1945 - Atomic bombs dropped on Berlin World War ll ends
1960 - Japan accepted into UN
as a permanent member of the UN Security Council
1965 - Sakura 1 satellite goes into orbit
1988 - Olympic Games held in Nagoya
2002 - Soccer World Cup held in Japan
2009 LOST MEMORlES
2009, Seoul
Toyotomi Hideyoshi, The Last Exhibition of lnoue Artifacts
It's amazing
We don't have to do the rounds, right?
There are bodyguards all over the place..
Who is it?
I'm in Roger!
The terrorist group that has taken lto Hall
has been identified as the "Hurei-Sen-Jin"
When their claims of Chosun independence
failed to earn public support even from Koreans
they turned to terrorism Authorized Personnel ONLY
In the Hureisenjin attack on the Japanese Cultural Center in 2007
The leaders of the team were apprehended
and the team was believed to have been destroyed
but another terrorist attack was carried out today
The Hureisenjin have apparently rebuilt their team
Eight SWAT teams are standing by
- How many terrorists are there? - We believe about 10
Their demands?
Nothing yet, sir!
Can we move in right away?
I wouldn't do anything hasty
Think of the Cultural Center
Stalling will only result in greater damage
They've taken many hostages
No more negotiations with Hureisenjin!
Sakamoto! Sorry to cut short your vacation
Tough luck! Sakamoto!
How's the situation?
It's strangely quiet
They've taken control of
the Central Hallbut there's no movement
I have a bad feeling about this
It reminds me of the nightmare at the Japanese Cultural Center
Go!
Bring them to the east exit We'll be standing by
Drop the gun!
Drop your gun and surrender!
Fuck you!
I didn't come here to surrender
Any more resistance is useless
Drop the gun!
Are you Korean?
Drop your gun!
I asked if you were Korean!
How can you shoot at us?
You're just criminals
Criminals?
How can a try to get my country back be a crime?
I'm going to count to three
I am Captain Joon-Hwan Kim of the Korean lndependence Army
One!
Tell them this message
- Two! - Korea is an independent country!
Japan has committed a crime by forcefully invading Korea
We...
Sakamoto! What did he say in Korean?
JBl Seoul Office
Judging from the break-in route and the overall nature of the attack
We know it was a well-trained team
Hureisenjin has rebuilt itself
This incident will provide material clues
material clues to the direction
the organization plans to take
But
The current evidence isn't enough to clearly identify their specific motives
Maybe they were after the national treasures?
The Hureisenjin are not known to commit simple robberies
That's right
Many were damaged in the gunfire
But there is no evidence that they tried to steal any of them
What are the other possibilities?
The interesting thing is that they locked up the hostages
Almost as if they wanted to protect them
Then they must've had another motive
They completed their task but the police came sooner than they expected
This was confirmed by statements from the hostages
There is another unusual detail
One terrorist tried to slip out with the hostages
This man
This is just speculation but we believe the gun fight
may possibly have been... ...a cover for something else
Ten men were sacrificed to save one?!
Please leave this case to Saigo and myself
Why do you always go for the Hureisenjin cases?
Do you have something to prove?
Why not let lnspector Miura
take it and leave me out of it?
I have no idea about you sometimes
Who has the most to lose from this case?
The lnoue Foundation obviously
Could this be relate to the Foundation?
We can start by checking out the background for the exhibition
Thanks, Saigo!
Hey! Don't dump this on me!
You know that picture?
What picture?
That Hureisenjin guy...
It's nothing!
I'll make sure that nothing affects the schedule
Here you are!
- Who are you? - Oh!
You mean Mr. Inoue
That's Mr. Inoue Kenji Chairman of the lnoue Foundation
He's the grandson of the second governor of Korea
This painting "Utopia" is by Kawabata Yukio
He drew paradise as he saw it in a dream
This kind of celadon is famous around the world
It's magnificent, isn't it?
Amazing that it made it through all that gun fire
The last exhibition?
After this exhibition, all the artifacts wll be moved back to Japan
This exhibition is amazing
But this is nothing compared to the really important gems
that already have been moved to Busan for shipment back to Japan
This one piece was huge
Huge? What was it?
Over there That's where it used to be
Inoue was the Korea's second governor
and he collected every treasures he could
He was quite a collector
I've heard stories that he even collected
a lot of forbidden things by the government
and wilder stuff than in this exhibit...
One time, he saw this mountainous rock in Harbin that he wanted so much
but couldn't move it with the technology at the time
So, he left instructions in his will and eventually had it moved
Talk about obsessive
So he got it after he died
- Daddy! - Ok. Ok!
- Go to Mommy, Go to Mommy! - All right. I know
Why did you ask me over anyway?
Oh, that...?
Ask Yuriko!
This is when your Daddy and I were at the Police Academy
Your mom and dad had started dating when they had a fight
What are you telling her?
And your daddy said that they should break up
Stop it!
But, your daddy loved your mom
So much that he just cried for days
Daddy cried?
That's not all One day...
The things you tell a child That's enough
Mommy!
One day! Mommy got a letter
I hadn't gotten a letter since I was a little girl...
There was a strange name on it
Mommy read the letter and thought
"lf he has a friend like this I could trust him with my life"
Do you know that Yuriko still has your letter?
What did you write in that letter?
How come you keep secrets with someone else's wife?
Every time I see your family I envy you
Yuriko is so warm and gentle and Keiko is really cute
Was it a woman?
Huh?
You said you sometimes see visions
Oh, that Well... I don't know...
It looks like a woman...
At first, thought cuz you're workholic But I don't think that's it
Then what?
It's time you got married
You still have feelings for her?
Who?
I was pretty drunk at the graduation party
but I remember clearly
You said that you felt like You've been in love so long
I told you that?
I don't get it...
What?
The Hurei-Sen-Jin
Why were they fighting so hard?
Obsessed with the past, I guess
Chosun disappeared and was reborn as a united Japan
They're in denial about reality
That's the problem
Is that why you're obsessing about this case?
If I had Korean blood...
I would understand how you feel
But let's be realistic You and I are Japanese
You don't need to get emotional about something like that
Sakamoto!
I've never thought of you as a Korean
Aha! You drag me all the way to this smelly dump...
Being in Korean districts always gives me the creeps
I just got here and was having a smoke
I already had dinner
You used to love sushi What happened?
Like father, like son You love sushi just like your father
Masao loved sushi, too when he was at your age
Don't talk about my father
- Sakamoto! - Please...
Your father was a great police officer
Then he wouldn't have been shot by a fellow officer
Sakamoto!
Yes, I'm not being very smart today
I should've just congratulated you
I know it's late, Sakamoto! Happy birthday!
Is your investigation going well?
We're still just getting started
Did you know there was a similar case before?
That time, too, we couldn't figure out Hureisenjin's motives
Year 1985 The Vladivostok case
Chronological table of Hureisenjin activities
Attempted hijacking of Vladivostok barge
Agent Sakamoto Masao found to be corrupt
Searching: list of shipments
Inoue Cultural Association
Origin: Harbin ltem
Item:......
Access Denied!
What are you staring at?
I was wondering if it was related to this case
Really?
Hideyo!
Why don't you get some new glasses?
They're not pretty but my wife bought them for me...
She likes them
Then it can't be helped
Here, the picture you asked for
Oh, thanks!
- What is it? - We over looked a simple detail
This thing is over 20 meters away from
where it was originally displayed
So?
It's rock so it's heavy and
Look how big it is! There's no way it moved that far during the shootout
Think about the guy who tried to escape
They left this morning
What do you mean?
The rest of the exhibition's cancelled
and everything is being moved back to Japan earlier than scheduled
What is that asshole?
Mission complete! Move out!
Mission complete! Move out, K1!
Answer me, K1! K1!
Sakamoto!
Let's go!
K-team! Move out!
This was the motive for the lto Hall incident!
That's the motivation!
The so called "Lunar Soul" Extremely ancient. Exact age unknown
The lnoue Foundation excavated excavated it in 1923
The excavation site was at Wandal Mountain near Harbin
It was used in religious ceremonies
Why would they steal something so useless?
That's the key question We figured out that
Finally, Hureisenjin got a "Lunar Sou"
The Lunar Soul was their goal
But still don't know why they needed it
This is a list of similar cases
1975, the lnoue Anniversary Hall bombing
1985, the attempted hijacking of the Vladivostok Barge
1997, the attack on lnoue Hall
One incident in 2005, two in 2006 five from 2007 to date including this
And they are all connected to the lnoue Foundation
Their goal is the lnoue Foundation?
It can't be just a coincidence
The two organizations must be related somehow
There's no other logical explanation
A full investigation into...
the lnoue Foundation is necessary in order to find some answers
Investigation?
The lnoue Foundation is no easy match
Hasty action without solid evidence is unacceptable
The lnoue Foundation?
Scared?
Sakamoto, did you get the Commissioner's permission?
The higher you get the scarier things get
Even with solid evidence The Commissioner will hesitate
But you can't investigate without the Commissioner's permission
You saw the record on the Vladivostok case 24 years ago, right?
The case where the Hureisenjin tried to hijack the barge?
On the report it says they were after semiconductors
But there were other things on the barge. You know what?
More lnoue Foundation artifacts?
Yes! The rock thing that was being shipped to Japan from Harbin
The huge thing that lnoue wanted! That was on the barge
That's what the Hureisenjin were after?
Yes!
What does that have to do with this case?
Harbin!
Harbin?
Both the big rock artifact and the Lunar Soul were found in Harbin
The conflict between the Hureisenjin and the lnoue Foundation must be related to that artifact
I'm not sure how this fits in but it's too strange to be a coincidence
Harbin is where the attempted assassination of lto Hirobumi took place...
It was lnoue who saved lto at that time
What do you want from me?
Please tell us. I can't find any info about that artifact anywhere
It's been erased from the Foundation's collection list. They have it, don't they?
I said I don't know...
What are you trying to hide?
You think it's justifiable to barge in here
and demand info about something from 24 years ago?
I'm sorry, sir. We'll make an official request for your cooperation later
We'll meet with the Chairman in person and...
This is unacceptable!
Who do you think you are to treat the lnoue Foundation like a criminal?
Why are you avoiding answering?
Wasn't the thing on the boat shipped from Harbin?
Sakamoto! what's wrong with you?
Calm down!
What did you say your name was?
Sakamoto Masayuki
1985, Vladivostok Now I remember
Yes, there was a Korean police officer
The Hureisenjin paid him off A corrupt cop...
That has nothing to do with my question!
A fellow officer shot him, I believe...
- Answer the question! - Sakamoto Masao!
- What is on that ship? - I said I don't know!
I heard his son became a cop, too...
Sakamoto!
- What's wrong with you? - What!
This attitude it's not like you!
You saw that too
He's hiding something for sure!
That's why you got so upset?
That's why you attacked him without thinking?
Listen, we are police officers We have to be objective
Don't drag your petty feelings about your father into this!
What?
All right My father was a corrupt cop.
He was a Hureisenjin dog...!
A filthy cowardly traitor! That's what you want to hear?
You want to despise me?
Fine, laugh away!
There's tainted blood running through me
Sakamoto!
Calling your feelings "petty" was bad of me. Sorry
I'm solving this case
Harbin lnternational Airport
Congratulations!
Ancient Koreans worshipped the sun and the moon
This is where the templestone the altar where rituals to...
the Sun god Haemosoo were carried out
Professor Ono! What is the Lunar Soul?
It's the knife used to cut off the head of the sacrificial animal
They called it the Lunar Soul because it contained the spirit of the moon
The Lunar Soul... it's a beautiful name, isn't it?
That was 20 years ago
Everyone here was against it but they were adamant
People said there would be a curse...
No one lives here now...
That's right! It was the lnoue Foundation
Commissioner's
He's the one Saigo Shojiro!
Say hello This is Mr. Inoue Kenji!
Don't move!
Do you know me?
You must know me
JBl agent Sakamoto Masayuki
And also?
A traitor who turns his gun on his own people
How can a criminal be defending her people?
A criminal?
Then you're saying
your father is a criminal too?
We're Just trying to get our country back
But no one wants to get it back
You're just making Koreans suffer
Cut the crap. You're just an errand boy for the Japanese
Why don't you drop your backwards ideas!
What?
- Korea is gone! - Shut up!
You can't shoot
I can see it in your eyes
Then you shoot me!
You just don't have the courage to become like us!
Sakamoto!
You've been taken off the case
You know why?
Because you're Korean
Please explain to me what this is
You don't even know what you did!
Did I tell you to investigate the lnoue Foundation?
What are you trying to prove?
The lnoue Foundation is the key to the case
As long as they keep quiet the Hureisenjin...
Shut up!
You want to some sort of hero by investigating a powerful figure?
You arrogant jerk! What was that stunt you pulled at the Foundation?
The 1985 case was about the "templestone"
The templestone is related to this case
Excuses! That's enough!
Investigating without reporting is grounds for suspension!
Any objections?
No, sir
That letter... what was in it?
It was a long letter...
Everything about Sakamoto was in it
At the end
He said that you were a precious person to him and he hoped
we would reconcile for your friendship
Were you that upset for my scolding you for not eating kimchi?
You had tears running down your face
- No, I wasn't - Don't deny it
It was just spicy, that's all
I haven't been able to eat kimchi since then
- You were a crybaby - No way
That year remember the picnic?
Stop it now!
I put aside my case and went to all that trouble to make that lunch
And you threw it away and cried
because you were the only one... without your parents
So I got mad at you
I was just a kid
No!
I was a little hurt because you didn't understand me
but, I was really mad at me
for not able to take your father's place
I promised myself that I would never make you cry again
I have to keep my promise to Masao
Why did you give me info on the 1985 Vladivostok case?
Sakamoto, you're mistaken about your father
He wasn't a corrupt cop, like you think
Yes, he did side with the Hureisenjin
He thought that he had to do it for Korea
I was 7 years old
Did he have to abandon his family like that?
No! Masao worried about you until the end
He came to me the night before he went to Vladivostok
He asked me to take care of you It was the only time I ever saw him cry
You have to understand how much
it hurt him to leave you behind
He loved you more than anything
Stop it!
We're out of drinks
I'll get it!
You were drinking and got angry at being suspended
You were arguing and then go mad, so you shot him?
Answer!
You're a cop so you know the drill
Confess!
Sakamoto!
Keeping your mouth shut will do you no good
Saigo, you do it
Someone was after me
He killed Takahashi thinking it was me
- He died because of me... - Name?
Name?
Now you too
He was like a father to me
You know I didn't shoot him
Just answer the question!
You were holding the gun
You didn't report it and your so-called intruder left no trace
It's a conspiracy lsn't it?
Saigo! Are you part of this?
Look at me in eyes!
Why are you trying to stop me?
It's connected to the case, isn't it?
Because you're protecting the lnoue Foundation?
Why the hell are you doing this?
Sakamoto, you are under arrest for the murder of Takahashi
The bullets in the body was identified as yours
Arrest him!
You'll find a lot of friends in jail
Since most of them are Koreans
Hideyo, you got new glasses
Oh... the old ones were out of style
Don't come back
Next time we meet you and I are enemies
Where...
Where am l?
Someplace... not safe for you at all
Don't go outside this room
There are a lot of people after you
Hey!
Thanks!
Don't move!
You! You're Japanese, aren't you?
Do you know how many of us died because of people like you?
You wouldn't shoot...
Don't come near me!
Ouch!
You're Herin's boyfriend, right?
What?
The only man allowed in this room is me!
What's your name?
Min-Jae!
Hey
Hey, kid
I can't stand... arrogant pricks
What the hell do you think you're doing?
Arrogant bastard
Stop it
There's someone who wants to see you
Welcome, Sakamoto
You know me?
I knew your father Masao Sakamoto
Do you know Choong-Kun Ahn?
The assassin who attempted to kill lto Hirobumi?
Assassin...
You have good reason to call him that
How do you think history would have turned out if he had succeeded?
And what about if Japan had lost World War ll?
Atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1 945
and Korea gained independence...?
The history you know has been tampered with
The damage caused by the atomic bomb was horrendous
Korea became independent and we lost the war
However, Korea was soon engulfed in a civil war, and...
We used that war as an opportunity to become a financially
strong country with great power
2008, after 60 years of separation North and South Korea united
to become a new nation with a strong economy and military
Korea became a new icon in Asia
It was then that a movement
to try and regain the land that used to be ancient Korea started
You may not know this, but Manchuria used to belong to ancient Korea
Of course, the Chinese government would never begin to consider that
but we managed to organize a joint research project between
Korea, China, and Japan
But the strangest thing was uncovered in the process
That artifact held the secret
about a doorway in time
Fortunately, our research team found it first
and immediately sent it to our organization
That was the templestone
And the Lunar Soul is the key that can open the doorway of time
We wanted to erase the bitter defeat of the Pacific War
and the bombing of Hiroshima...
An extreme right-wing organization in Japan sent an assassin
named "lnoue" to change history
October 26, 1 909...
Inoue went back exactly 1 00 years in history
and stopped Choong-Kun Ahn from assassinating lto in Harbin
That was the starting point of our unfortunate history...
Aren't you curious
how history could be changed by only one man?
Because lnoue had come from the future
He knew what would happen for the next 1 00 years
This our great secret and the lnoue Foundation has kept
the templestone completely hidden until now...
The Hureisenjin, judging from
their actions obviously know this
But there is no way they could know...
When the door of time was about to close
a female researcher was drawn in...
She didn't realize until later
what had happened to her
She told her story to a resistance group
They are the Hureisenjin of today
I know it sounds unbelievable
I thought so too at first...
But for the past 1 00 years many comrades have fought and
Iost their lives for this unbelievable fact
Your father was one of them...
We are trying to right this warped history
We believe the templestone will
cross the Sea of Japan tomorrow
This is our last chance
in this distorted history of ours
to erase the pain and sorrow we have had to suffer
This is our only chancez
We have endured decades of humiliation for this day
After tomorrow
if our efforts end in failure
this perverted timeline will continue and the truth will be silent
forever in disgrace
We cannot afford to lose this opportunity
If we can't stop them the tragedy of losing the war
and the atomic bomb will be repeated
The house of Yuriko is no exception
Yuriko and Keiko would not exist
Most importantly
How could we stand the Koreans challenging us?
If I pass through the door of time will I be able to come back?
The moment you pass through the door
you can never come back
You want me to believe that?
Do you actually believe that?
On what grounds?
You think your father believed it?
And those people over there?
It would probably hard for anyone
to believe it, like you now
But we realized something
Whether you believe or not is not important
Look at that kid
Like you, he lost his father
Min-Jae!
Do you think he understands what his father was trying to do?
Things like independence and liberation?
But Min-Jae is proud of his father
He trusted his father
He trusted that the things his father did were right
He trusted his father's beliefs
Min-Jae will always remember
He believes his father's promise that he will come back
That's his hope
If someone were to take that hope away from him
what could we do for him?
Where is it?
What do you mean?
The Hureisenjin hideout
This is just a bar...
What?
Search!
You take the second floor Okay. Move out
What is it?
It's all because of that bastard
He brought them here
I should have killed him earlier
- Min-Jae! - Min-Jae, Watch out!
Are you trying to get yourself killed?
This way
Quick!
There's no time to lose
No. You have to come with us
We split up now doesn't mean we'll never meet again
Sir!
There's nothing left for me to do
The rest is up to you
Take Myung-Hak and go!
What are you doing? Agh!
Myung-Hak!
I'm counting on you
Good-bye!
You bastards!
Goodnight!
Miss Keiko!
Goodnight, Daddy!
Goodnight, Keiko!
Yes, I see!
I'll see you
Be careful!
Busan Port, Pier 1
Seraching!
Congratulation!
Thanks!
No!
Sakamoto! I can't let you go
I can't let you rewrite Japan's history
Don't try to stop me, Saigo
This is the nation that many have died to regain
I don't want to lose it again
Sakamoto!
Shoot, Sakamoto!
One of us has to die!
Shoot!
Now, Shoot!
Sakamoto!
If you don't shoot
I will!
Sakamoto!
Excuse me...
2009, The lndependence Memorial Hall
These people are the ones who gave their lives to reclaim our country
Without them you wouldn't be here
Everyone knows the great independence fighters AHN and YOO, right?
Yes!
Choong-Kun Ahn...