“The slightest slip of the tongue can kill a person.”
EP01
수색 영장 보여 주세요. 영장 없인 단 한 발자국도– (…) 수색 영장 없인 그 누구도 들어올 수 없는 금남의 구역입니다.
“Show me a search warrant. Without a warrant, you cannot take a single step– (…) This is a sector forbidden to men, no one can enter without a warrant.”
EP02
비상, 비상. 외부인이 침입했다. 지금 즉시 문을 걸어 잠그고 사감의 지시가 있기 전까진 절대로 문을 열어 주지 말 것. 다시 한번 반복한다. 허가 없이 외부인이 침입했다. 전 사생들은 지금 어디에 있든지 즉시 문 걸어 잠그고 사감의 지시가 있기 전까진 절대 문을 열어 주지 말고 안에서 대기한다. 이 지시를 어겼을 경우엔 퇴실 조치와 같은 강력한 처벌이 이루어질 것이니 이 점을 꼭 유념할 것. 비상, 외부인이 침입했다. 외부인에게 문을 열어 주지 말고. 각자의 자리에서 대기한다.
“Emergency. Emergency. Outsiders have trespassed. Lock the doors immediately and absolutely do not open them until I instruct you otherwise. I repeat. Outsiders have trespassed without permission. All students, wherever they are currently, are to shut and lock the doors; absolutely do not open them until I instruct you otherwise, and standby inside. In the event that you disobey these instructions, severe punishment, such as eviction, will follow, so bear that well in mind. Emergency. Outsiders have trespassed. Do not open the doors for them and standby at your current positions.”
장한나: 당장 문 열라고 지시해, 나 성질 더럽게 급하거든?
피승희: 지금 즉시 (한나가 총을 철컥 장전한다) ...사생들은 문을 걸어 잠그고..Han-na: Instruct them to open the doors immediately. I have a bloody quick temper, you know?
Ms Pi: Right now (Han-na points a gun at her) ...students are to shut and lock the doors–
주둥이 함부로 놀리지 말랬지? 세 치 혓바닥이 사람을 죽일 수도 있어.
“I told you not to spout off rashly, didn’t I? The slightest slip of the tongue* can kill a person.”
[*Literally: ‘three centimeters of the flat of the tongue’]
계분옥: 피바다가 그렇게 무섭냐? 하, 하긴 피 사감한테 걸리면 너나없이 피바다가 되니까 무섭긴 하겠지.
Gye Bun-ok: Is Sea of Blood that scary? Hah, then again, if Hall Director Pi catches you, everyone and everything turns to a sea of blood, so I guess you would be scared.
[n.b. This dropped out of the Disney+ subs, but Bun-ok and the students refer to Ms Pi as ‘Pi-bada’ (피바다), meaning ‘blood-sea’ since her surname (皮) is a homophone for blood, ‘pi’ (血).]
EP03
학생들이 값비싼 물건들을 왜 가지고 있어? 너희들이 빌미를 주니까 이런 일이 생기지! 함부로 사람 의심하지 말고 당장 값비싼 물건들 치워! 탐심을 갖게 만드는 것도 죄야!
“Why would students be in possession of expensive things? It’s because you lot provide cause that these things happen! Don’t thoughtlessly suspect someone and get rid of your expensive items this instant. Inspiring envy in others is a sin, as well!”
샘나니? 쟤들이 부러워? 쟤들 갖고 있는 물건 훔쳐서 걸치면 너도 쟤들 같아질 거 같아? (…) 그래. 넌 너고 쟤들은 쟤들이야. 똑바로 살아 어쭙잖게 흉내 내지 말고. 전부 제자리에 갖다 놔. 이번 한 번은 용서해 줄 테니까. 단 다시는 안 돼. 앞으로 행실 똑바로 해. 나가.
“Are you jealous? Do you envy them? Do you think that if you steal and don the things they own you’ll become like them? (…) That’s right. You’re you, and they are them. Live properly; don’t affect some ridiculous imitation. Put everything back in its place. Since I’ll forgive you just this once. But, there won’t be a next time. From now on, comport yourself properly. Get out.”
EP04
몸가짐 똑바로 해. 단 한 번의 잘못된 선택으로 인생 망칠 수 있어.
“Conduct yourselves properly. A single poor decision can destroy your life.”
애들이 감춰 준 사람은 간첩이 아니라 운동권 학생이야. (…) 좋아 간첩이라고 치자. 단순한 숙식 제공만 했다고 해서 간첩 방조죄가 성립되는 줄 아니? 재판에서 간첩 방조죄로 판결 나지 않으면 포상금은 못 받아. (…) 도리? 신고하면 넌 조사 안 받을 거 같니? 실적 올리려고 멀쩡한 사람도 간첩 만드는 자들인데 너처럼 좋은 먹잇감이 어디 있어. 너 빨갱이 동생이잖아. (…) 니 언니 때문에 멀쩡한 집안이 풍비박산 나고도 그 고초를 또 겪고 싶니? 5천만 원? 고문이나 안 당하면 다행이야. 감옥이나 안 가면 다행이라고. 허튼짓하지 말고 얌전히 붙어 있어. 넌 공장조차도 취직이 안 된다는 사실 잊었니? 은사님 부탁 아니면 너 따위 채용 안 했어. 알아들었으면 207호 전원 사감실로 오라고 호출해.
“The person the girls hid isn’t a spy but a student activist. (…) Fine. Let’s say he is a spy. Simply because they housed and fed him, do you think that constitutes aiding and abetting a spy? Unless it’s ruled as aiding and abetting in a court of law, you won’t receive the reward money. (…) ‘Duty’? If you report them, do you imagine you won’t be investigated? They make perfectly normal people into spies just to improve their performance records; where else would they find such easy prey as you? You’re the younger sister of a red. (…) Because of your older sister, your perfectly normal household was blown to bits, but you want to go through that hardship again? Fifty million won? You’d be lucky to be spared torture. You’d be lucky not to go to jail. Don’t do anything foolish and stay put. Have you forgotten the fact that not even a factory would employ you? If it weren’t for my old teacher’s request, I wouldn’t have employed the likes of you. If you understand, tell everyone in Room 207 to come to my office.”
[n.b. 50 million KRW is about 31,000 GBP/41,000 USD today. I’m not sure what that would have worked out to in 1987, but it’s certainly enough incentivise Bun-ok.]
간첩을 잡겠다고 쫓아온 사람들이야. 너희들까지 얼마든지 간첩으로 만들 수 있어. 아니, 이 기숙사 전체를 간첩 소굴로 만들고도 남을 사람들이라고.
“They’re people that chased him here to catch a spy. They could just as easily make you lot into spies, too. No — they’re people who could make this entire dorm into a den of spies and then some.”
좋아, 책임지겠다니 은영로는 내일 당장 짐 싸 들고 나가. (…) 물론 은영로 혼자 저질렀을 리가 없지. 하지만 은영로가 주동자일 거야. 니 파트너 맞지? (영로에게 낮게) 더구나 넌 이러면 안 되잖니? 니 아버지가 실망하실 텐데.
“Fine, since you say you’ll take responsibility, Eun Young-ro, pack your things and leave at once tomorrow. (…) Of course, Eun Young-ro couldn’t possibly have managed it alone. But she’ll have been the main instigator. He was your partner, right? (to Young-ro, lowly) Moreover, shouldn’t you be the last to do something like this? Your father will be disappointed.”
EP05
나 이 기숙사 사감이에요. 이 건물 구석구석 당신들이 나보다 잘 알겠어요?
“I’m the hall director of this dormitory. Would you people know every nook and cranny of this building as well as I?”
쉿, 울지 마, 정신 똑바로 차려. 거미줄도 모이면 사자를 묶을 수 있다고 했어.
“Shush, don’t cry. Get yourselves together. It’s said that even spider’s silk when gathered can bind a lion.”
EP06
지병 있는 학생도 관리하기 어렵지만, 진짜 통제하기 힘든 학생들은 따로 있죠. 밤마다 몽유병에 걸려 싸돌아다니는 애도 있고. 무서운 줄 모르고 화염병 만들어 던지는 애들도 있고. 하지 말라는 짓만 골라서 하는... (영로 서원명부를 수호 앞에 놓는다) 또라이들도 있고. 생각해 봐요. 규칙을 어기면 쫓겨날 거 뻔히 알면서도, 버젓이 내 눈을 속이고 안기부 요원들을 속이면서, 세상에! 목욕탕 사우나 의자에 당신 감췄었죠? 홀딱 벗고, 그런 애들이에요. 간땡이가 부은 애들이죠. 당장이야 겁먹고 고분고분하겠지만, 시간이 지날수록 다루기 심히 어려울 거예요. 여대생들이라고 얌전할 거라 생각했다간 큰코다칠걸요?
“Students with chronic medical conditions are difficult to manage, but there are other students that are truly hard to control. There’s a girl who suffers from somnambulism and wanders the halls every night, girls who know no fear and make petrol bombs and throw them and...there are mad girls (places Young-ro’s file in front of Soo-ho) who expressly do the things you tell them not to. Think about it. Despite knowing full well that if they disobeyed the rules they’d be thrown out, they brazenly deceived me, fooled the ANSP agents and, heavens! hid you in the sauna room benchseat, didn’t they? Stripped bare — they’re those sort of girls. They’re audacious. For the moment, they’re frightened and will likely behave but the more time passes the more difficult they’ll be to handle. If you go thinking that because they’re college girls they’ll be docile, you’ll pay dearly.”
우리 기숙사 전화 교환원인데 병든 아버지와 어머니를 건사하고 있어요. 집안의 가장 노릇을 하고 있는 불쌍한 아이죠. 그 아이는...꼭 좀 내보냈으면 좋겠어요.
“She’s our phone operator here at the dorm; she’s taking care of her ill father and her mother. A pitiable child who’s acting as the family’s breadwinner. I’d like it if...you’d make certain to release her.”
EP07
은영로가 제 입으로 발설하던가요? 안기부장 딸이라고? 기숙사에서 쫓겨나게 됐을 때도 입도 뻥긋하지 않더니. (…) 그쪽을 감춰 준 게 들통나서 퇴사 조치 당했어요. 추호도 의심 없이 선한 일이라 믿고 그쪽을 도왔는데. 그래서 후회와 반성은커녕 그 어떤 고초도 달게 받겠다고 나섰는데. 그 용기와 희생이 덧없게도 기숙사를 이 지경으로 만들고 친구들을 사지로 몰았으니, 지금 은영로 심정이 어떨지 생각해 봤어요? 그 심정 조금이라도 헤아린다면 학생을 단 한 명이라도 더 내보내는 게 마땅해요. 그게 ... 위험을 무릅쓰고 당신을 살려 준 사람에 대한 최소한의 도리죠.
“Did Eun Young-ro disclose that herself? That she’s the ANSP director’s daughter? And yet she didn’t breathe a word about it when she was kicked out of the dorm. (…) She was evicted when it got out that she had hidden you. She helped you without the slightest suspicion, believing she was doing good. So, not only did she not regret or show remorse for her actions, she came forward saying she’d gladly submit to any punishment. But since that bravery and sacrifice only reduced the dormitory to this state and drove her friends into mortal peril...have you thought of how Eun Young-ro must be feeling now? If you can fathom her feelings even the slightest bit, you ought to release even one more student. That ... is the least of what you owe the person who risked herself to save you.”
오픈 하우스 때 은영로 파트너였죠? 분명 상기된 표정이었었는데, 그게 다 쇼인가요? 그렇게 철저히 은영로를 이용했을 뿐이에요?
“You were Eun Young-ro’s partner at the Open House, weren’t you? There was clearly heat in your expression; was it all for show? Did you simply use Eun Young-ro so thoroughly?”
EP08
여긴 라인강, 여기는 라인강. VIP 나와라, 이상.
“This is the Rhine, this is the Rhine. Come in VIP, over.”
(※주의요망. 안기부장 딸인 은영로가 오픈하우스때 초대한 성명불상인 남자에게 목걸이를 선물 받음. 둘이 사귀는 게 확실)
(※Attention: The ANSP director’s daughter, Eun Young-ro, received a necklace as a gift from the unidentified man she invited to the Open House. It’s certain the two are dating)
EP09
같은 편? 갈기갈기 찢어 죽여 버리기 전에 입 닥쳐. 내가 니놈들이라면 지긋지긋해.
“The same side? Shut your mouth before I tear you to shreds. I am sick to death when it comes you bastards.”
팀장님. 어차피 당신이나 나나 목숨 저당 잡힌 신세니까 말씀드릴게요. 비록 당신들의 힘에 굴복 당한 나약한 존재지만 죄 없는 사람을 간첩 만들어 출세하는 악마들한테 우리 학생들 판 적 없어요.
“Team leader-nim. Since you and I are both in the position of having our lives held as collateral anyway, I’ll tell you. Though I may be a weak being who was made to submit to your* strength, I’ve never sold out my students to you demons who get promoted for making innocents into spies.”
[n.b. ‘your’ here is plural, as she’s referring to the entire ANSP.]
EP10
강청야: 여대 기숙사 사감이 학생들을 도청해서 안기부에 꼰질렀다? 고고하신 사감께서 어쩌다 안기부 프락치가 됐을까?
피승희: 안기부에서 보낸 의사가 간첩이라니. 당신 사연만 하겠어요?Cheong-ya: The hall director of a women’s dormitory wiretapped the students and narked on them to the ANSP? Just how is it that the lofty Hall Director became the ANSP’s informant*?
Ms Pi: The doctor sent by the ANSP is a spy. Could my circumstances possibly compare to yours?[*n.b. The word used here is ‘purakchi’ (프락치) a loan word taken from the Russian ‘fraktsiya’ (Фракция), which I gather means something like ‘mole’ or ‘inside man.’]
모두 다 입 닥치게 만들려면 당연히 한 사람도 빠짐없이 죽여야겠죠. 그런다고 당신 정체가 영원히 감춰질 거 같아요? 나처럼 당신 정체를 들킬 날이 반드시 와요. 그땐 당신도 뭘 위해 살았나 싶어질 텐데. 그 허무한 인생을 어떻게 감당하려고 죄 없는 학생들을 다 죽이겠다는 거죠?
“In order to ensure everyone’s silence, you’ll of course have to kill every last person. But do you think doing so will ensure your identity remains secret forever? Just like me, one day for sure, your identity will be discovered. And then you, too, will start to wonder what it was you lived for. How do you intend to come to terms with that futile life if you’re willing to kill all the innocent students?”
믿을 사람 당신밖에 없어요. 제발 학생들은 살려줘요. 애들은 아무 잘못 없는 거 당신도 알잖아요.
“You’re the only person we can trust. Please, save the students. The children have done nothing wrong; you know that as well, don’t you.”
천만에. 억지로 이해하려고 애쓰지 마세요. 원칙 앞세우며 뻣뻣하게 굴던 여자가 뻔뻔하게 안기부 프락치 노릇 한 거예요. 그게 팩트죠.
“Hardly. Don’t force yourself to try to understand. The woman who rigidly stood on principle acted as an informant for the ANSP. That is fact.”
인연? 악마한테 시달린 것도 인연이라고? 멀쩡한 사람을 간첩으로 몰아 두 사람이나 죽여 놓고도, 니놈들은 훈장 받고 포상금까지 받았어. 국가에 충성했답시고! 내가 그걸 잊을 거 같아? (…) 날 가장 잔인하게 고문했던 놈이 내가 풀려나던 날 사람들 앞에서 눈물을 흘렸지. 지금 당신 같은 얼굴을 하고.
“‘In’yeon’? Is being harassed by a demon also in’yeon? Even after accusing a perfectly normal person of being a spy and killing two others, you bastards received medals and even reward money. Allegedly having served your country! Do you think I would forget that? (…) The bastard who tortured me most ruthlessly shed tears in public on the day I was released. Wearing the same face you are now.”
EP11
그래? 그렇다면 쏴야지. 쏴!! 미련한 년 같으니라고. 니 언니가 어떻게 죽었는데 간첩질이야? 너도 니 언니처럼 가고 싶어?!
“Indeed? Then you should shoot. Shoot!! You foolish wretch. Just how did your sister die that you’re playing at being a spy? Do you want to go the same way your sister did?!”
입 다물어. 사태가 얼마나 심각한 줄도 모르고 이기적인 소리나 지껄여. 간첩들은 물론이고 여차하면 우리까지 다 죽일 수도 있는 게 안기부야. 선거에 승리하기 위해선 서른 명 목숨쯤? 우스운 게 안기부라고.
“Shut your mouth. Jabbering on selfishly without knowing how grave the situation is. The ANSP could kill the spies, naturally, and even us, if need be. For the sake of winning the election, the lives of a mere thirty people? They’re nothing to the ANSP.*”
[*Literally: ‘the ANSP finds them laughable/trivial’]
피승희: 어제 석방된 친구들은 집으로 돌아간 게 아니라 안기부로 끌려 들어갔어. 이제 인질극이 대선 공작이라는 말 실감 나니? 놈들은 분명 간첩들에게 인질로 잡혀서 두려움에 떠는 학생들의 모습을 방송으로 내보내고 싶어 할 거야. 그게 전파를 타면 사람들 뇌리엔 어떤 생각이 들까? (…) 그렇지. 반공 의식이 높아지겠지. 그럼 여당은 선거에 유리해지겠지. 우리는 어떻게 될까?
신경자: 여당이 선거에 유리해질수록 우리는 살아 나갈 확률이 없어지는 거죠?
피승희: 자 그러니 우리는 어떤 모습을 찍어야 할까? 내 말 알아듣겠니?Ms Pi: Your friends that were released yesterday didn’t go home; they were dragged off to the ANSP. Now do the words ‘the hostage-taking is a plot for the election’ feel real? The bastards will doubtlessly want to broadcast footage of the student hostages trembling in fear of their spy captors. If that gets aired, what thought will pop into people’s heads? (…) Correct. Anti-communist sentiment will likely increase. Then that will likely be to the ruling party’s advantage in the election. What will become of us?
Gyeong-ja: The more of an advantage the ruling party gains in the election, the more our chances of getting out alive dwindle, right?
Ms Pi: Right, therefore, how should we appear in the footage? You understand what it is I’m saying?
EP12
더 이상 돌발 행동 하지 마. 어떻게든 모두가 살아 나가는 게 목적이니까. 너 혼자만 살려고 용쓰지 마.
“Stop acting rash. Since the goal is to get everyone out alive however possible. Don’t strive to save only yourself.”
피승희: 계분옥. 자꾸 이렇게 막 나가면 내가 널 더 이상 지켜 줄 수가 없어.
계분옥: 지켜 줘? 마음껏 부려 먹고 무시하고 이용했으면서 날 지켜 줬다고요?
피승희: 그래서 방아쇠 당겼니? 빈 총인 줄도 모르고 설치는 꼴이라니. 그 의사가 니 아버지를 살려 준댔어? 그런 사람이 얼마나 널 못 믿으면 빈 총을 줬을까. 그게 바로 널 무시하고 이용하는 거야. 알겠니?Ms Pi: Gye Bun-ok. If you keep going off the deep end like this, I won’t be able to protect you any longer.
Gye Bun-ok: Protect me? You worked me to the bone and were dismissive of me and used me, and you say you protected me?
Ms Pi: Is that why you pulled the trigger? To think, you ran amuck not even knowing the gun was unloaded. Did that doctor say she would save your father? How little she must have trusted you to give you an unloaded gun. That is being dismissive of you and using you. Understand?
그래, 분옥이 말, 어김없는 사실이야. 도청 장치까지 설치하며 너희들을 감시하라고 안기부에서 시켰으니까. 하지만 맹세코 너희들을 안기부에 팔아넘긴 적 없어.
“Yes, Bun-ok-ie’s words are the inescapable truth. Since the ANSP had me install listening devices and monitor you all. But, on my oath, I have never sold you out to the ANSP.”
EP13
영로가 지 아빠 설득 실패한 거죠? (…) 그런 놈들이라면 학생들 죽이는 건 일도 아니겠네요.
“Young-ro failed to persuade her father, didn’t she? (…) If so, those bastards won’t bat an eye at killing the students.”
EP14
사상이나 신념 따위가 어떻게 사랑보다 더 중요하겠어요? 그건...남녀 구분 없는 인생의 진리죠.
“How could something like ideology or creed be more important than love? That...is a truth of life that doesn’t distinguish between genders.”
EP15
아니. 나도 네 언니도 간첩질 한 적 없어! (…) 평양은 독일로 귀화한 최성묵 교수가 갔었지. 그 남자가 간 게 아니야. 그 남잔 최 교수 제자란 이유 하나만으로 간첩으로 몰린 거야. 군부 독재를 거부한 피 끓는 젊은이가 그 이유 하나만으로 간첩으로 몰렸던 거라고.
“No. Neither I nor your sister ever acted as spies! (…) The one who went to Pyongyang was professor Choi Seong-mook, a naturalized German citizen. That man* didn’t go. For the sole reason that he was Professor Choi’s student, he was accused of being a spy. A hot-blooded young man who rejected the military dictatorship was framed as a spy for that sole reason.”
[*n.b. ‘That man’ = her one-time fiancé]
이제 됐니? 너 혼자만 살려고 용쓰지 마. 널 도와줄 수 있는 힘 있는 놈이면 누구든 땡큐라고? 그게 누군지 알아? 니 언니를 고문한 놈이야. 고문을 견디다 못해 자살하게 만든 게 바로 그놈이라고.
“Satisfied? Don’t strive to save only yourself. Anyone with power who can help you is a ‘thank you’? Do you know who that is? He’s the bastard who tortured your sister. He’s the one who tortured your sister until she could no longer bear it and killed herself.”
EP16
그래. 네 언니 연옥이와는 둘도 없이 친한 친구였어. 그런데 하필 연옥이가 내가 너무도 사랑했던 내 약혼자의 아이를 가졌다는 사실을 알게 됐어. 아무것도 할 수가 없었어. 견딜 수가 없어서 논문을 쓰다 말고 한국으로 돌아와 버렸는데. 귀국한 지 사흘 만에 영문도 모른 채 안기부로 끌려갔지.
“Yes. Your older sister, Yeon-ok-ie, and I were the best of friends. However, I learnt that Yun-ok-ie became pregnant with the child of my beloved fiancé, of all people. There was nothing I could do. I couldn’t bear it and wound up returning to Korea without finishing my thesis. Just four days after I’d returned to the country, I was dragged off to the ANSP without even knowing why.”
그땐 몰랐어. 그 악마들이, 그 인간 백정들이 내 약혼자가 친북학자인 최성묵 교수의 제자란 사실 하나만으로...정권 안전화를 꾀하려고 뮌헨 간첩단 사건을 조작 중이란 사실을. 그렇게 몇 주를 버티다 결국...허위 자백을 하고 말았어. (…) 내가 약혼자와 평양에 갔었다고 우기는 놈들 앞에서, 그와 평양에 간 건 내가 아니라 연옥이라고. 내 약혼자와 사랑에 빠진 연옥이라고. (…) 그래, 내 잘못이야. 나 때문에 연옥인 고문을 견디다 못해 자살했고, 내 약혼자는 식물인간이 되어 버렸어. 고문 후유증으로. 한 달에 한 번씩 찾아가서 병원비 내주고. 널 거둬 준답시고 내 옆에 두고. 끊임없이 나 자신을 합리화했어. 누구라도 그런 상황에선 허위 자백을 했을 거라고. (…) 언젠간 니 앞에서 니 부모님 앞에서 무릎 꿇고 사죄하며 진실을 밝혀야 한다는 거 아는데. 너무 잘 아는데 무서웠어. 두려웠어, 분옥아.
“I didn’t know it then. Those demons, those human butchers, based solely on the fact that my fiancé was a student of North Korean scholar Professor Choi Seong-mook...they were in the midst of fabricating a Munich spy-ring case in an attempt to ensure the security of the regime. I held out for some weeks, but in the end...I had no choice but to give a false statement. (…) In front of the bastards who were insisting I had gone to Pyongyang with my fiancé, I stated that the one who had gone to Pyongyang was not I but Yun-ok-ie. Yoon-ok-ie, who had fallen in love with my fiancé. (…) Yes, it’s my fault. Because of me, Yun-ok-ie, unable to bear up under torture, committed suicide, and my fiancé became a human vegetable. As an aftereffect of the torture. I visit him once a month and pay his hospital bills. And under the pretense of taking you in, I placed you beside me. I rationalized it to myself endlessly. That anyone would have given a false statement under those circumstances. (…) I know that one day I’ll have to apologise, to kneel before you, before your parents, and reveal the truth. I know it all too well, and yet, I was afraid. I was scared, Bun-ok-ah.”
달리 방법이 없었다, 나는. 나는 그냥...살아 내야만 했어.
“I had no other choice. I just...had to survive.”
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