What you doing here?
Another scolding from the master, huh?
I wonder what you did this time.
Uncle!
When does my mother come?
Well, I heard she'd be coming in spring after the barley harvest.
You're lying again!
No, really. She's really coming this time.
If she doesn't come in spring after the barley harvest
you'll say next time after the bellflowers bloom.
Believe me, she'll come in spring.
Let's see then, September, October November, December...
That's too far off!
Not really. Time flows as quickly as the water.
Like the water way over there under that bridge?
Yeah, just like that!
If she doesn't come this time I'll go looking for her!
Oh, don't worry. She'll come. Hey, let's take a rest.
So come over here.
And I'll show you how to make the time zip by.
No, you'll just deceive me again!
Just one more time!
That's too high. Last year's notch wasn't so high.
No, it's not too high.
You'll grow this much in six months and before you know it
The orioles will be singing The magnolias will be blooming.
And I'll be cutting the barley again!
So let's go.
Let's go.
Tae-jin Kim
Ye-ryung Kim
Min-gyo Kim
Young-soo Oh
Moo-song Chon
Bum-tae Kim Hyun-ji Yoo
Produced by Kyeong-joong Joo
Based on a story 'A LITTLE MONK' written by Se-duk Ham
Hey runt!
Scriptwriters Chun Kim Sun-me Kim Kyeong-joong Joo
Hey, you! Wanna play with us?
Director of Photography Chan-gyu Choi
Do you really wanna?
Director of Lighting Seng-goo Lee
- Way to go! - Beat him!
- Way to go! - Way to go!
Edited by lm-pyo Go
Music by Sung-jun Kim Suk-hun Kang
Assistant director Hyung-ik Jang
Executive Producer Bon Sung
Producers Yun-sook Ji Tae-wan Ha
Directed by Kyeong-joong Joo
Come on! They're here! Quick!
Hey! What're you looking at?
Go get the meal ready.
- Not now! - No, right now!
Wait!
I'll do it in a few minutes.
Nooooo, in a few minutes!
Let me go!
Do you have to fetch water all day long?
Master said we have to serve spring water.
I guess the rich get VIP treatment, huh?
Of course. The grandmother had the Big Dipper Shrine built.
And when part of the bell pavilion collapsed, she had that fixed, too.
In spite of all that, she lost her only grandson.
I guess Buddha can be heartless.
Oh, looks like the reincarnation ceremony's over.
- Can you see her? - Yes.
Look, did my mother look like that?
Of course, she was just as elegant.
I really mean it.
Hey, quit it!
See you later.
- Ouch! - Are you okay?
Yeah, I'm OK.
Stop looking out there How about drawing a picture of me?
The lady gave me the crayons and told me to draw the Buddha.
And trees. And flowers.
Yeah, because everything is Buddha.
Even you and me.
You are saying flowers, trees and fish are all Buddha, aren't you?
Sure they are!
- Even rabbits? - Of course!
Stop looking out and go to bed!
Hey! Go to bed.
Who is this?
Never mind!
Put those back!
Go to bed.
Give it to me.
Who is she? Let me see!
What do you think of that little monk?
He's about the same age and just as cute.
Why don't you adopt him?
Shall I ask the temple master?
- Master! - What?
- Can I have some money? - Money?
I need it for something.
Why, are we out of rice?
Not until you tell me.
Hey! Where're you going?
Hey, you! It was your turn why did you run off?
You! I'll get you!
Why are you hitting him?
- Get lost! - No way!
Why are you beating a monk?
Monk? Some monk!
Even though my dad works for the temple I think the monks are no big deal.
Come on, let's go. You can have him!
Did you catch another one yesterday?
Watch out or I'll tell the temple master on you!
Do-nyeom!
Here, have this.
- Wait a minute! - What's the matter?
Wait for me!
Hey! Little monk!
Do-nyeom!
Time to go light the lantern.
Ouch!
Do-nyeom? Fetch me some water.
Yes, master.
Master, may I have some money?
Don't have any.
But I really need it.
Why would a monk need money?
Tell me!
All the Buddhas of eternity enter Nirvana
because they cleanse their hearts and practice asceticism to infinity...
Hey, let's play!
And all living beings are in a cycle of suffering, like a house on fire...
- Little monk, come play with us! - Play with us!
Because they can't get rid of their desires.
What's the next line? Come on, talk to me.
Why don't you answer me?
Do-nyeom! Come play with us!
I want to go play with the kids.
What?
The other kids make fun of me because I'm a monk.
But Su-yeon doesn't. She's nice to me.
Hey, come on! Come play!
Beat it! Go away! All of you!
- Go get me water for tea. - Yes, master.
Hey, Do-nyeom!
The Buddha said it's hard to be born human;
harder to be born a man;
but the hardest thing is to meet with the Dharma.
Do you know the story about the blind turtle?
Once upon a time, a blind turtle lived in a big, big ocean.
And he came up for air only once every 3,000 years.
Once when he came up for air
he hit upon a piece of driftwood.
Not much chance of hitting upon a piece of driftwood in a huge ocean, huh?
Especially if you're blind.
So you see it's hard to be born human.
But chances of becoming a monk in the world are like the blind turtle
hitting a piece of driftwood.
The story tells how hard to be a monk.
What are you doing here?
I have laundry.
You? Laundry? Come on!
I'm here to help you.
Why do people build those little pagodas with stones?
Pagodas? Ah, to make a wish.
If you make a wish each time you add a stone, your wish comes true.
- Really? - Sure!
Where is Seoul?
Seoul? Why?
I mean, which direction?
Well, you have to go over that mountain and then travel for a few days.
You're really acting strange nowadays what's wrong with you?
What?
Why did you go into the Buddha Hall last night?
There was a candle lit so I went to put the candle out.
Can you tell me secretly about my mother?
I've already forgotten it's been so long.
Well, just tell me what you remember.
I have a dim memory in your mother
It's all so dim I can't really remember a thing.
Not a thing?
Did you memorize your lessons for tonight?
No
Then go back and do it or the master will scold you again.
Hey, hey! Get up!
What!
- Who are they? - I don't know.
- Oh, wooooow! - Oh, wooooooooow!
Hey, go back, go back down. You can't come up here!
Excuse me?
You can't come up here! Go back down!
What, are they deaf?
I said go back down! You can't come up here!
Sorry, I can't hear you!
Stay there! Oops!
Quick! Quick!
Are you OK?
See? I told you not to come up here.
Sorry, we couldn't hear you.
Don't you know it's off limits?
Off limits?
To prevent forest fires.
Then, isn't it off limits to swimming, too?
I told you to scrub the dirt off not tickle me.
If you can't scrub the dirt off the body
how are you going to cleanse your heart?
Hey, Jung-sim! Come over here and scrub my back.
Aw, you're just as bad. No strength.
What's the matter, didn't you eat?
Master, is having a wet dream breaking the Precepts?
Ah ha! So that's why you're so weak!
Well, if you have sex in a dream it's breaking the Precepts.
Even just in a dream?
It was sex in your heart that came out in the dream.
A long time ago there was a monk named Jin-mook.
He didn't stay in a place and wandered about the world freely.
One day he met a really beautiful woman and they made love under a persimmon tree.
And just when they were about to climax
A persimmon fell out of the tree.
The monk pushed the woman out of the way, and ate the fallen persimmon.
So you see, he knew how to enjoy his lust
but he hadn't become a slave to it.
The Buddha said it was bad enough that a man had one penis.
If a man had two, there wouldn't be a single monk in the whole world!
That feels good!
Hey little one! Stop splashing around give yourself a good scrub.
Master, please give me some money.
All you ever want is money!
What do you need it for?
I want to get circumcised.
Why, you uncouth little!
And then what do you plan to do with it?
No, it's because everyone always teases me at the public bath.
Damn you!
I'm not even cut why should you be!
Hey, runt! Gimme that rabbit!
Hey, hey! Leave the monk alone!
In-soo! What are you doing here?
Father, he tried to take my rabbit.
Shut up and go home right now!
I'll get you later!
Why on earth are you catching rabbits?
If the temple master finds it out you'll really be in trouble.
Quick, let it go!
I said let it go! Why are you catching rabbits?
Let it go!
Good legs on that one!
Do-nyeom, Come over here.
Go sit there.
See that big boulder over there under the pine tree?
Yes.
Is that boulder just in your mind or is it separate?
I mean, where is that boulder?
I don't know.
Then sit here for a while and try to figure it out.
Master! The boulder! It's all in my mind, in my heart!
Nitwit! You're wrong.
If the heavy boulder's in your heart how can you run so fast?
Go back tomorrow and try again.
Master, please!
You jerk, forget it!
- But sometimes it smells. - Then wash it frequently!
Pleeeeeeease!
So, where was the boulder this time?
Separate, outside my heart.
Nitwit! You're wrong again.
Why are your steps so heavy?
That's because you're carrying it around right there in your heart!
Don't go and sit under the maple anymore.
Hey runt! Leave it alone!
Hey! I told you to leave it alone!
Don't come down here again, hear me?
Do-nyeom!
Come on in here and wait a minute.
Aren't you hungry? Here, try this!
- No, I can't. - Have this!
I can't. Monks shouldn't eat meat.
Why not?
Oh, go ahead!
- The master will have a fit! - But he doesn't even know, so eat!
Have some of this, too.
- You, too. - Yes.
Please don't ever tell the master.
Oh, don't worry. I think we're moving anyway.
- Where to? - To Seoul.
Do-nyeom!
So even if the kids tease you don't fight, okay? Or with In-su, huh?