The Truth Beneath (비밀은 없다)

CJ ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS

A GUMMY PICTURES FILM TRAIN PRODUCTION

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JEONG TAE-SUNG

THE TRUTH BENEATH

Korea Party nominee Kim Jong-chan

And 4-term independent candidate Noh Jae-soon

In Daesan, a stronghold of the ruling party,

the 21st General Election will usher in

a generational change, or a change of parties.

Look at all of you. Nice effort!

Love that enthusiasm!

Bet you had a lucky dream last night?

Welcome, y’all! Come on in.

Welcome, sir!

Campaign Manager? Keep up the good work!

Congressman, this is my mother.

Oh, my! How do you do?

Noh Jae-soon

Dad, it’s Noh Jae-soon again.

He never quits, does he?

Min-jin!

Imagine working 16 years for a guy like him?

For 16 years you kissed my ass,

and now the whole party’s gone over to you.

That’s the level of our congressmen.

Watch yourself, Jong-chan.

Sir, I heard about your daily wake up calls.

So it’s really true!

Who’s that?

Say hi to everyone!

I had the speaker phone turned on, sir!

How do you do, sir?

Hello!

Mom, I’ll be late tonight.

What? You’ll be late?

I need to finish my group art assignment.

Look me in the eye.

I’m doing it with Ja-hye.

From today, you and Dad will be real busy,

so I’m going to shape up and not cause trouble.

Then pin Ja-hye’s number to your memo board.

So what birthday present do you want from Grandma?

That’s okay, you don’t need to buy one.

Grandma, I want hundred thousand dollars.

Anyway, I’m planning on throwing her a party.

You’re going to win.

In Daesan, when the Korea Party primary is over,

people say the election’s over, too.

So there’s not much campaigning for the main election.

CANDIDATE #1 KIM JONG-CHAN

But this year, circumstances are different.

Let’s go to Sinsung District in Daesan.

This place is the focus of attention after famous TV personality

Kim Jong-chan unexpectedly captured his party’s nomination.

CANDIDATE #5 NOH JAE-SOON

The district previously served as a reliable source of votes

for four-term lawmaker Noh Jae-soon.

Sure enough, the Korea Party’s primary was a shocker.

Candidate #5!

Pundits see it as a strategy of Moon Hyun-sung,

who is considering a presidential run next year.

- Candidate #1! - Kim Jong-chan!

- A new generation! - Kim Jong-chan!

- A new politics! - Kim Jong-chan!

- Candidate #1! - Kim Jong-chan!

- A new generation! - Kim Jong-chan!

- A new politics! - Kim Jong-chan!

- Candidate #1! - Kim Jong-chan!

- A new generation! - Kim Jong-chan!

The number you’ve dialed cannot be connected.

Please leave a message at the tone.

‘Ja-hye’ You have the wrong number.

But, Ja-hye...

Do you know a girl named Ja-hye?

No, there’s no one named Ja-hye here.

Min-jin’s Monster Mom

She’s not here. I said she’s not here!

God...

No, we haven’t hung out for over a year!

She’s having fun with her lover!

Ja-hye?

Never heard of her.

Hello?

Honey!

There’s a problem.

Min-jin hasn’t come home yet.

Oh, my.

Noh Jae-soon’s making trouble on his site.

If we report her missing,

then she comes back, we’ll have stirred up rumors for nothing.

And it’s not the first time she’s run off.

She’s been fine for 3 months.

She’s quite the flirt.

The boys must find her mighty sexy.

Watch what you say about that girl.

Did you hear something?

Well, my ears ain’t stuffed with cotton.

These photos are all from two years ago.

She had a fight with her friends about something,

a schoolmate reported her, and these were taken.

Where the heck did he find these?

Are you really from Jeolla Province?

Yes.

Well...

It ain’t a sin, is it?

Lighten up ma’am!

Come over here.

Right, lighten up!

She promised me she wouldn’t do it again.

But Ja-hye’s number was a fake, and her phone’s still turned off.

Well, look at yourself...

You conceal your hometown, and ambush us like this?

You know how bad this regional rivalry is.

Who’s ambushing who?

Are you crazy? You think we’d just announce it?

What are you so angry for?

I ain’t angry, it’s you who aren’t making sense!

- Who are you to...? - All the decisions here...

...are made by me.

Listen up, shitheads!

Is this your campaign?

I know it’s sensitive, but let’s wait another day for Min-jin.

"I’ll protect our children".

This is your main campaign promise.

Let’s wait one more day.

No!

She didn’t even bring an umbrella to school!

Are you willing to lose the election over this?

You won’t lose because your daughter ran off!

We can’t underestimate Noh.

Once he latches on, he’ll keep using this for sure.

Right. She’ll be back.

Her image is important, too.

That’s no reason to worry.

My goal isn’t to be a Korea Party member.

There’s a Jeolla proverb, ‘A couple who buries their child

spends a passionate night together.’

Meaning that if a child dies,

the parents will make another one.

A child’s death won’t kill the parent.

The Korea Party milks you until you’re dry.

Then, they’ll simply find a replacement.

If we join forces later, people will feel betrayed.

Are you comfortable with that?

Wife

Don’t be scared.

War is waged with a smile.

If you launch a new party,

will you step down as leader?

JA-HYE

It’s ‘Ja-hye’.

Ja-hye.

I don’t know her last name.

Third year, 11th class.

Same height as Min-jin, her father’s a public servant.

She has tortoise shell glasses, long legs...

Her hair’s always messy.

And she’s great at drawing.

Did you see her?

They’re best friends.

I mean, did you see her, or talk on the phone?

No.

My daughter said she’s a great student.

Ma’am, do you know a Bae Ok-soon?

Ja-hye’s number... it’s the number of Ms. Bae Ok-soon.

Lives in Gyeonggi Province.

No.

I don’t know her.

Why is Kim Jong-chan hiding his wife’s hometown?

These phone numbers here,

they’re the kids my daughter hung out with.

They’re all low-grade kids.

If it’s of any help...

Except for a hit-and-run homicide, there were no incidents that night.

Where was the hit-and-run?

An outer road by the New Town construction.

The victim was a male, not from here.

Do you happen to know a girl Choi Mi-ok?

- Choi Mi-ok? - Yes.

No.

In telephone records,

the person Min-jin called most wasn’t Ja-hye, it was this girl.

Choi Mi-ok, Sinsung Middle School. Grade 3, Class 7.

Never heard of her...

Is there any problem with Min-jin?

Same height as Min-jin.

Tortoise shell glasses.

Long legs, hair always messy.

A civil servant father... that’s you.

Kim Yeon-hong

No, she said Ja-hye was a really great artist.

I can’t draw, honey. Then who’s Ja-hye?

JA-HYE PIANO SCHOOL

I’m sorry.

There’s no Ja-hye in Min-jin’s school.

And no girl whose father is a public servant.

And Min-jin didn’t have art homework yesterday.

That’s right, Min-jin didn’t have any art homework.

The signal from Min-jin’s phone switched off at 4:19pm.

The location was at school.