Radio Dayz (라듸오 데이즈)

Benex Investment and Sidus FNH presents

A Sidus FNH Production

Executive Producers SUH Beum-seuk, PARK Joong-soo

Produced by TCHA Sung-jai, KIM Mi-hee

RYOO Seung-bum

LEE Jong-hyuk

KIM Sa-rang

KIM Rwae-ha

OH Jung-sae

HWANG Bo-ra

GOH Ah-sung

Cinematography by LEE Tae-yoon lighting by HONG Seung-chul

Production Designed by CHO Geun-hyun art direction by KIM Min-jung

Sound by IM Dong-seok, Sound Supervised by LEE Seung-chul, LEE Sung-jin

It's here! It's here!

Wow, you are right on time!

Good work. Have a drink.

Now, shall we start?

Screenplay by KIM Hyun-jung

Producer KIM Sang-min

Directed by HA Ki-ho

This is the Seoul Broadcasting Station, JODK.

And that was a rooster to wake up our sleepy listeners.

The world's first daybreak broadcast to celebrate the birth

of radio broadcasting in Korea.

We'll see you next time.

JODK.

This is the Seoul Broadcasting Station.

RADIO DAYZ

1930s, Seoul

Extra! Extra!

Dual language broadcasting!

Special rate offer for the opening of JODK!

Extra!

Myung-wol.

How many times have I told you that no one can see your face?

That's because she's not an amateur.

She's professional all over, huh?

Come, come now

Come pick some mulberry leaves

The hill here, the hill there

It must kill her to not be able to show all of that.

Spring has come, spring has come

On the fluttering mulberry leaves

Spring has come

Spring is here

Are you sure it's today?

Got a sure tip. Trust me.

What time is it now?

Two in the morning.

It'll be here soon.

It relieves tension.

Yes, and the heart has to be cooled.

Hell, this damn truck puffs out smoke all the time!

Open it up.

Damn piece of junk's on fire.

Let's get some water.

It's hot.

It's getting angry now, isn't it.

Damn, it's getting hotter all the time.

Go!

Go!

I told you we should've brought a handcart.

Quiet. Let's go.

Anything useful?

Not yet.

Look hard.

There must be some important documents from Japan.

I was wondering...

What do we do with letters exchanged between Koreans?

No harm should come to our own people.

Don't burn them.

Comrade.

What about letters Koreans sent to Japanese?

Don't burn them.

Then how about those sent by Japanese to Koreans?

What about Chinese?

Damn, why the hell is it so complicated?

What are you waiting for? Make another basket.

We'll deliver the letters sent by Koreans to Koreans.

Yes, sir.

What kind of a letter is this?

Looks like English.

Cali...

California?

You are listening to JODK.

Here is the 12 o'clock news.

And again, we don't have anything special for you today.

Oh, why don't I tell you about today's weather?

Today will be cloudy and then sunny.

Cloud and sun, coming and going.

Just like the heart of a woman, if you know what I mean.

The sun will rise from the east and set in the west.

Have a great day.

You stink of liquor.

Wake Man-chul up.

There's breaking news.

News.

Sit tight. I'll take care of it.

Come on!

I said I'll take care of it.

Breaking news has just come in.

At around two this morning,

The Seoul postal truck was robbed by guerrillas

as it climbed over a hill in Mangwoori.

The attackers were four men. They raided the truck when it

stopped to cool the engine.

They stole all of the mail in the vehicle.

They also painted Korean emblems on the driver and mailman's foreheads.

Will stealing a few letters start a revolution?

Instead of starting a revolution, it will bring a lot of heartaches.

Most of it is probably love letters anyway.

I can just see couples breaking up everywhere.

Don't be so cynical. It's our only news in a long time.

It's in chaos, this world.

I'm just gonna let it be.

Hopeless bastards! And they call themselves artists!

It's trash like them that rot our lands.

Don't mind them.

They just need an outlet.

Anyway, you know that letter from L. A?

It doesn't seem like anything special.

A guy named James sent it. It just says he loves music.

And one day at 4am,

he was listening to the radio and heard the JODK call sign.

Someone in America heard the broadcast from Seoul?

Is that possible?

Look at the postmark. It's from the US.

It's not a fake letter.

You launched our broadcast with a damn rooster!

Do you know what the essence of radio is?

Telling time.

Telling time accurately.

You don't even know the basics.

It's been barely a week. Things will gradually get better.

'Gradually'? Is that all you have to say?

You think this is a joke?

Don't you have a program that can captivate the listeners?

What do you do everyday, Lloyd?

You're being a bit too harsh there.

But remember, I made the rooster crow.

Cock-a-doodle-doo.

That's your proud achievement? You think that's so big?

Well, it's kind of like the Columbus' egg.

Seems simple once it's done, but before that it's quite tricky.

Don't you talk back to me like that!

Boss, why don't we broadcast a recital?

A recital?

You see, in the countryside,

people think radio broadcasts are evil spirits' plays.

So we should make it so fun that people lose track of time.

Let us first do away with such resistance to radio.

And song and dance is the best way to achieve that.

Sir, do you know Miss Marie?

Korea's top jazz singer?

What is all this?

This is Korea's first live broadcast of a concert.

And so I thought it had to star you, Miss Marie, Korea's top singing star.

What do you think?

Well, I guess you have a point.

Who are all these people?

I won't accept having Miss Marie sing without an audience.

I close my eyes

And listen to your voice

Close my eyes

To feel the memory

The long shadow of sunset

And the last train

Carry this heart of mine

Love travels miles

We believed we would last forever

But now

You are away wandering the wasteland

Open my eyes softly

To see you once again

I look on at your back, so sad it makes me cry

Stop the car.

It's time for the Korean broadcasting.

Marie's live concert is very popular.

More people will buy radios.

And the revenue from subscriptions will increase substantially.

What a sweet voice...

To the radio station.

This radio is the problem.

What?

People are no longer interested in regaining independence.

No one listens to our cries.

They are all listening to the radio.

What's more, this evil radio can reach as far as America.

So?

We take over the radio station.

What?

- Make a radio drama? - Something that the elite

as well as the lowly peasants, men, women, young and old, can all enjoy.

- I'm not at all capable. - Then who else?

Make it like you made the recital.

Excessive modesty borders on arrogance.

But sir, I don't think...

You know what the drama has to deliver, right?

It should exalt the superiority of the Japanese Empire and Emperor.