ALL CHARACTERS, ORGANIZATIONS, LOCATIONS, INCIDENTS, AND RELIGIONS
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Just stay seated.
I'm sorry, my dear.
You must be strong-willed.
You are now a servant of God.
You cannot even cry for your own pain.
My dear.
You poor thing.
I'm sorry.
Madam,
are you awake?
Madam?
Madam!
Madam...
Oh, no...
My goodness...
No...
There are three days left.
I can't understand a single word you are saying.
On the 13th.
It is highly likely that a similar crime will occur on that day.
The next victim might be someone close to Han Yu-gyeong.
How on earth do you know that, Detective Kang?
Damn it.
You have nothing to lose anyway,
so please check up on those close to Han Yu-gyeong.
How many acquaintances do you have?
Who are you referring to when you say "those close to her"?
Distant relatives, the owner of your favorite diner,
past school classmates, club members,
the girl next door you like...
There will be hundreds of people on the list.
How can we possibly check on every single one of them in three days?
Moreover, how can you be so sure that there will be another victim?
Well...
It's driving me crazy.
Can I help you?
Are you Ms. Han Yu-gyeong's mother?
Yes, I am.
Ma'am, you must not leave the house on the 13th, all right?
What nonsense are you talking about?
Why should I stay home all day on the 13th?
The same goes for every single member of your family.
So I ask you to contact your relatives
and your daughter's acquaintances.
You must tell them that they should stay home on the 13th,
got it?
Gosh.
-What now? -Follow me!
Seriously?
Do we really have to do this here?
What have you been up to?
What do you mean?
Why are you sticking your nose into the Hapyeong murder case?
I got a call from the Hapyeong Police Station.
What's wrong with you?
I heard you said some weird things to the victim's family.
I have my reasons.
Then tell me what those reasons are.
-Well... -We should solve this matter ourselves.
If word gets out about it,
things can get out of hand.
Tell me now!
Well, that is...
I received a message from Heaven in my dream.
Are you happy now?
Pil-seong, let me take you to the doctor.
You're right. I'm a total nutjob.
You punk.
Why can't you take my advice seriously for once?
Damn it!
JANUARY 13
Are you leaving already?
The fish aren't biting anyway
and the chilly air is getting to me today. I should call it a night.
Besides, I have to go to work tomorrow.
Do you plan to stay here all night?
I should at least catch something while I'm out here, right?
I wish you luck then. Take care.
-Good night. -You, too.
What's that car doing?
Gosh, it's blocking the road.
What is wrong?
You must have a flat tire.
Do you need a hand?
I was baffled, not knowing what to do,
but a savior has arrived.
I've never changed a tire myself before.
I see. Let me help you then.
Let me take a look.
This hasn't been set up right.
You can't just place the jack anywhere.
There's a notch at the bottom.
You need to place the jack there. Otherwise, it would scratch your car.
You sound like an expert.
Here's the wrench.
All you have to do is unscrew the nuts now.
You've already done enough. I'll take it from here.
Would you? Here you go, then.
Let me take the flashlight.
Are you on your way to fish?
I don't necessarily find that entertaining.
That's all there is to do around here.
I'm not interested in catching fish,
but I am interested in catching people.
Sorry?
Don't you get it?
I like to kill.
You have quite the humor.
I'm not kidding.
So who are you here to kill?
You.
-Who the hell are you? -Me?
The Creator.
You didn't do anything wrong.
The one who failed to solve the quiz is to blame.
Hold on. Please don't kill me.
Don't kill me! Please...
There is a fine line between pain and pleasure.
NO CALLER ID
How do you feel about fishing?
This crazy bastard...
Let us move on to the news of a murder that occurred last night.
On the road near a fishing site in Maseong, Gyeonggi-do,
a man in his forties was found dead.
According to Jeong, the witness coming back from a fishing trip,
the victim was lying in the middle of the road, bleeding from his head,
and a metal pole used for auto repair was sticking out of his chest.
Since the victim was killed near a fishing site
in a brutal way,
the police think that it could be a grudge murder.
Crazy bastard.
How many more will have to die for you to kill your girl?
I wonder who'll die next week.
Crazy bastard!
Shit!
Damn it.
PERSONAL DETAILS KIM MIN-SEONG
PERSONAL DETAILS HAN YU-GYEONG
Shit! They do not share anything in common.
Are you out of your mind?
I'm sure there's something.
There must be a link between the two. I must find it.
Nam-hyeon.
I have a quiz for you. Look here.
Check out these two people.
Age, gender, address... They have nothing in common.
The same goes for their schools and jobs.
They're not lovers nor are they enemies.
They haven't even crossed paths on the street.
However, there's a link between them.
-I'm sure of it. -What?
Figure out what it is, and I'll give you a million won.
Wait, make it two million.
I know how much you have saved up, so enough with the bluffing.
You jerk.
Damn it.
You should pay back your debt first.
I'm sorry, Seung-kyung.
I should've waited until you found a new tenant.
I'll be moving in.
-What about your current residence? -I put it on the market.
Because of my debt.
You never brought me any decent students,
so I still have less than ten.
The fixed day of payment comes around every month,
but I have no money. So what should I do?
I have to sell the house.
Gosh, how pathetic.
Anyway, where are you headed off to?
Well, something came up, so I have to be somewhere out of the city.
I'm going to leave most of my furniture behind
and sell other miscellaneous goods.
Tell me if you need any of them.
Is that all?
Can you take the bike, too?
WE BUY USED GOODS
Wait, hold on!
PERSONAL DETAILS HAN YU-GYEONG, KIM MIN-SEONG
PERSONAL DETAILS HWANG DAE-DU
PERSONAL DETAILS KIM NAK-CHEON
She's your clue.
Use your brain.
Then you'll figure out who the next victim will be.
HAN YU-GYEONG, KIM MIN-SEONG
But I promise. I will not kill your girlfriend.
You will kill her.
And that
-will be the last proof. -Darn it.
The dead cop, Kim Nak-cheon, was the only one who solved my riddle.
What about you?
Kim Nak-cheon...
There is a pattern...
He has his own set of rules...
Wait, where did it go?
What's going on here?
I'm moving into Mother Shaman's place.
There's no need for you to stay there. It's quite far away.
Mother Shaman...
passed away the day after my ritual.
I must hold down the fort now.
It's not just an ordinary building.
It was built at a location where Heaven's energy can reach me easily.
In a chaotic city like this,
it's hard for the energy to reach me.
Don't do this.
I know why you're doing this,
but there's no need to change the way you look and talk to me.
I leave the day after tomorrow.
Did you sell the bike?
Damn it.
Detective Kang, let me remind you once again.
We cannot afford to have any feelings for each other.
Let me remind you once again that a person's feelings
can't be managed and controlled like the sugar in your coffee.
Then we shouldn't see each other ever again.
Gosh.
Ae you threatening me now?
There's only one reason we're meeting.
Hwang Dae-du.
We'll come back to this once we get rid of him.
Until we do, I'll do as you say
and treat you as if you're a random person I came across. Are you happy now?
Where's Hwang Dae-du?
He began another killing game.
He's provoking me with people's lives.
We need to catch him quickly.
I'm out of my depth here.
He's been killing a person a week.
Two have already died,
and he said he wouldn't stop until I guess the next victim right.
Since you told me how things would go out of hand if I tell anyone,
so I can't share this information with other detectives.
We must solve this ourselves.
Speaking of which,
Seon Yang-woo used your mother's ability to summon Hwang Dae-du's soul.
Can't you do the same and summon Detective Kim Nak-cheon's?
There's no one who knows more about Hwang Dae-du than him.
Detective Kim Nak-cheon might be able to solve the riddle.
Summoning a soul can't give you answers.
You can't ask a soul questions as if you are interviewing it.
We can get him to possess someone.
Possess whom?
Only the right host can manage a possession.
Have it possess me.
Like how Hwang Dae-du possessed Seon Yang-woo,
have him possess my body.
No, it's too dangerous.
You could die in the process.
Are you worried about me now?
Let's do it.
I...
don't think I can do it.
I'm not even sure if I can summon a soul from beyond.
A week will pass while we hesitate, and another person will die.
This is the best option we have right now.
In order to summon a soul from beyond,
I need the deceased's remains
or an object the deceased cherished in this world.
THE LATE KIM NAK-CHEON
Sir, let me borrow it for a while.
SEOUL POLICE
What about his ashes?
Well, you see...
he didn't exactly give us his permission for it.
Moreover, think about how his family would feel about it.
It just didn't feel right.
You said that objects the deceased cherished would work, too.
We must be determined if we're to catch Hwang Dae-du.
Don't you worry about that.
Chewing him to pieces won't be enough to make me feel better.
All right. Now what? What should we do now?
I'm going to head over to Hongsan now.
I have a lot to do there.
You can come there at night.
Why can't we do it here?
Summoning a soul from beyond
requires a lot of energy, even for psychics.
We must do it at a place full of spiritual energy.
I don't like you staying there, Seo-jeong.
My name as a shaman is Myojin.
-Don't call me by my worldly name now. -All right, Ms. Hong Myojin.
It's just Myojin.
My goodness.
Have a meal before you go, then.
I must be on a raw food diet.
Let's go, then. I'll drop you off at the terminal.
I'll go by myself.
Besides, you promised you wouldn't be like this!
I didn't ask you to love me!
We can't have a meal. I can't even send you off.
You know what? Why don't you cover your face with a curtain
or something like a queen from the Joseon dynasty?
Darn it.
It's because...
I might change my mind.
I've already passed the point of no return.
SANGDONG POLICE STATION
No, it's too dangerous.
You could die in the process.
Did you really not do it?
Are you going to die soon?
Why are you looking at me affectionately like that?
Hey.
You said you wanted these, right? They are yours now.
What? Really?
Are you giving them to me?
Wear those sunglasses
and think about me from time to time.
Why is your random act of kindness and affectionate eyes
making me nervous instead of happy?
Did you get yourself in trouble?
Anyway, what's done can't be undone.
Taking back something you give is the worst thing to do.
-Hey, rookie. -Yes, sir.
-Do you know... -Yes?
where Chief Yu went?
I'm not sure.
Lately, he's been looking really glum.
Did he fight with his daughter?
Goodness.
Here. Drink it.
I don't want it.
It's good.
What is it? Did something happen?
It's nothing.
Come on. You're whining like a kid.
What is it this time? Spill it.
Hey.
Here. Look at my belly.
I think I have ascites.
-What? -I can feel it.
My body feels stiff, and I feel fatigued
when I wake up in the morning these days.
Look at my eye. Isn't it yellow?
You should go to the hospital first.
I'm scared to go. What if the doctor says I don't have much time left?
I have to see my daughter Seung-hui get married before I die.
Come on. You're jinxing yourself.
If I die, she'll be alone. She doesn't have a mother.
The thought of leaving her behind drives me crazy.
Get up. We're going to the hospital.
Hey.
Sit down for a second, Pil-seong.
Let me ask you for a favor.
I thought long and hard about it, but you're the only one I can turn to.
If something happens to me,
take good care of my daughter Seung-hui.
She's acting all stubborn and insisting on joining the police force.
It's driving me crazy.
You know how tough being cops...
Talk some sense into her and convince her to go to a regular college.
And...
when she gets married...
you should walk her down the aisle.
My gosh.
INTERNAL MEDICINE
Doctor.
I'm ready. Just...
Just tell me the truth.
How long do I have left?
Does he really have ascites?
You have...
You have developed...
abdominal obesity.
Pardon?
You should work out a bit.
Gosh! What the...
-I'm obese? -Yes.
Come on. Let go of me!
Hey, Pigeon number one. I'll buy you a drink.
-Thank you. Thank you so much. Let's go. -Gosh.
I've already passed the point of no return.
That's ridiculous.
Gosh, look at that.
My goodness.
She can't even take care of her own things.
How is she going to save the world?
I'm scared to death right now, so let's just start right away.
You didn't eat meat yesterday and today, right?
I didn't even eat vegetables. I had no appetite because I was nervous.
You didn't drink, right?
I was craving alcohol like crazy, but I didn't drink.
You didn't have intercourse
or engage in other sexual activities,
-right? -Did you want me to do such things?
Listen to me very carefully.
When I summon the soul,
it will stay here for a while.
Then I will get the summoned soul to possess your body.
After the soul possesses your body, Detective Kim Nak-cheon's soul
will rule your body.
What about me, then?
It will probably feel like you're in a deep sleep.
Of course, just like when you are having dreams,
you might be able to sense things vaguely.
Maybe you can even see things.
But keep this in mind. Don't force yourself to wake up from it.
Just think that you are in a deep sleep.
Even if your soul is asleep,
your thoughts, knowledge, and moral values
will be shared with Detective Kim Nak-cheon.
But I'm not that educated. There's not much to share with him.
Stop joking around.
I can't help it because I'm so nervous.
Are you ready?
Let's just say that I am.
I'll start now.
Wait.
What is it?
I feel bad giving him orders
after dragging him out of Heaven without his permission,
but please tell him not to treat my body however he wants.
I'll start.
No, wait.
Are you kidding me?
Just in case... I'm sure this will never happen,
but just in case...
things go south, and I'm not able to wake up,
let me leave a will.
First, cremate my body, and...
scatter my ashes in the East Sea, okay?
Please come to where you scattered my ashes from time to time
and stay there for a while, okay?
And...
My face. My eyes, nose, mouth, and my voice...
Memorize and remember them, including my crappy temper.
Like you memorized the national anthem, memorize them all.
That way, we can recognize each other at first sight in our next life.
All right, then...
I'm ready now. Let's begin.
Give me your hand.
Is he here now?
How do you know?
Oh, gosh.
Hold this.
He'll enter your body now.
Who are you?
Mr. Kim Nak-cheon?
Mr. Kim.
Hwang Dae-du...
You remember him, right?
Yes.
He came back to life.
What?
Everything I just told you is true.
If we can't stop Hwang Dae-du,
the world will be destroyed.
You're the only one
who can catch him.
I can't do it.
The last memories you have of yourself
are probably from the time when you were an alcoholic.
You must go back to being the person you used to be back in 1995
as quickly as possible.
You shouldn't have summoned me.
That pain...
I don't want to go through it ever again.
I've read Hwang Dae-du's thoughts before.
The only one he was afraid of...
was you, Detective Kim.
I felt it.
-Please help us. -I told you that I can't do it!
So many people have lost their lives since he came back to life.
Another person will die in four days.
This cruel killing game of his will continue endlessly.
Nobody knows who will be his next victims.
They could be those who you were fond of
or relied on.
Your family members are no exception.
Anyone...
can be his target.
My family...
Kang Pil-seong...
I don't know anything about him.
Detective Kim,
your soul is connected to his at the moment.
It'll be confusing now, but if you focus,
you'll be able to sense and feel everything
that Detective Kang knows.
What is your relationship with him?
We are...
just acquaintances.
We are...
nothing more than acquaintances.
Just a second.
THE MURDER OF HAN YU-GYEONG
Bastard...
Don't you want to know who my next target is?
One of them is a kind and pretty lady who works at a grocery store
to support her family because her husband is earning a pittance.
And the other
is a little girl who goes to Saetbyeol Kindergarten.
She's her daughter.
You know what?
There's a fine line between pain and pleasure.
First, I'll kill the kid, so the mother can watch her daughter die,
and then I'll kill her, too.
The pain she'll have to suffer from watching her daughter die
before her eyes would be beyond excruciating.
But the pain is only fleeting
because she's going to die soon anyway.
This sick bastard.
Son of a bitch.
This little...
Damn it.
Do you have any symptoms
other than auditory and visual hallucinations?
I have dreams every night.
In those dreams, I always kill someone.
Sometimes, I can't distinguish between dreams and reality.
Let's get you hospitalized.
Is everything okay?
You should keep your distance from your family for the time being,
just in case anything happens.
Honey.
TO DETECTIVE KIM NAK-CHEON
If you're reading this letter,
it probably means that you've possessed my body.
By now, I may be feeling and seeing
the same things with you inside your soul.
I'm truly sorry that I had to summon you
from your rest like this because I couldn't sort it out myself.
But I implore you.
Please catch Hwang Dae-du.
The people you'll meet while you possess my body
are the ones that I truly love and care about.
Please protect them from Hwang Dae-du.
Also, if you can feel my soul,
I'm sure you can sense who I'm in love with.
Please protect that woman.
If you ever get into a situation
where you must choose between her life and mine,
don't hesitate and save her life.
I'll be counting on you.
It may feel like a hassle,
but please put a fresh bowl of rice on the altar in my room
and burn incense every day.
Gosh, this dude is so out of shape.
He's got a useless body. Damn it.
DO NOT ENTER
PERSONAL DETAILS HAN YU-GYEONG
PERSONAL DETAILS KIM MIN-SEONG
DO NOT ENTER INVESTIGATION IN PROGRESS
Yes, I'm heading out now. Okay.
Hello, sir.
Salute! Good morning, sir.
Sit at your desk.
Did something happen? Why did you ignore my text?
Let's work hard.
Hey, I need to have a word with you.
Come on.
What's the matter?
Did something really happen to you?
Say something, you punk. You're making me so anxious.
What's with you? Nothing happened.
Something is off.
Those eyes...
You seem like a completely different person.
-Hey, Pil-seong-- -Yong-sik has been spotted.
What? Hey, Pil-seong. Hey!
-Hey, that's the car, right? -Yes, sir.
His car's going in.
Stay put. Get him when he gets out of the car.
-Let's go. -Yes, sir.
Hey, Kim Yong-sik.
Damn it.
-He's not Kim Yong-sik. -What?
Damn it. Get him anyway!
Damn it.
Get him!
-Hey, Detective Choe. -Let go!
-There's another guy in the car.
Stay still.
Put your hands up, Kim Yong-sik. Freeze. Hands up!
Hey!
Detective Kang, what are you doing? He's armed!
Kim Yong-sik, don't move. Freeze!
Chill, it's okay.
Drop the knife, or you'll get hurt.
You're the one who will get hurt.
Hey!
Hey, Yong-sik was an amateur boxing champion.
Hey, Detective Kang! Move!
Hey! Gosh, that idiot.
Hey,
what did I just see?
Hey.
At least you're collected enough to talk.
HAN YU-GYEONG HAPYEONG-GU, SEOUL
OCCUPATION: WORKS IN CUSTOMER SERVICE BLOOD TYPE: B
KIM MIN-SEONG MASEONG-SI, GYEONGGI-DO
OCCUPATION: WORKS IN CONSTRUCTION BLOOD TYPE: O
"Hapyeong-gu."
"Maseong-si."
Hwang Dae-du,
what are you trying to do?
-Kim Nak-cheon speaking. -Have you found anything?
No, nothing.
What do we do?
He said he'd kill another one tomorrow.
What if he's killing random people
and making it look like there's a connection?
No, he's a control freak.
He sets his own rules and kills people according to them.
But the thing is,
I can't figure out the common thread among his victims.
According to Detective Kang, Hwang Dae-du said
that you'd figure it out easily.
Their places of residence, schools, and occupations...
They have nothing in common.
The same goes for their sexes, ages, and names. How can I figure it out?
I'm such an idiot!
Why? What's wrong?
Han Yu-gyeong.
Kim Min-seong.
What about those names?
They're the names of the victims he killed 20 years ago.
His first victim's name was Han Yu-gyeong.
The second victim's name was Kim Min-seong. Damn it!
How could I not realize this sooner?
Then,
the name of the third victim should be...
"Han Yu-gyeong."
"Kim Min-seong."
"Do Ji-suk"?
Do Ji-suk.
The third victim's name...
is Do Ji-suk.
-Do Ji-suk? -I have to go.
PERSONAL DETAILS DO JI-SUK
I'm sorry for calling so late at night. Is this Ms. Do Ji-suk's residence?
I see. She's at work?
There are 16 people with the name Do Ji-suk in the entire country.
Thank goodness it's a rare surname.
Han Yu-gyeong and Kim Min-seong...
It's not just the names. They were of similar ages
as Han Yu-gyeong and Kim Min-seong he killed 20 years ago.
The victim from 20 years ago, Do Ji-suk, was in her 40s.
There are only two people with the name who are in their 40s.
One of them moved to Canada recently,
and the other one lives in Daeju.
Okay, I'll head to Daeju right away.
Is this the apartment building where Ms. Do Ji-suk lives?
I checked, and she's at home now.
Did you tell her about it?
-No. -What?
If we tell her and move her to a safe place,
we'll be able to prevent the murder, but we can't catch Hwang Dae-du.
We need her to catch him.
Are you saying we should use her as bait?
That's too dangerous.
I can't ask the police for backup.
It'll be dangerous, but this is our only option.
Do Ji-suk works at a fish stew restaurant
by the highway between Daeju and Okcheon.
The restaurant closes at 10 p.m.
After her shift, she always drives home in her car.
He'll probably...
try to kill her then.
We must ambush him then and end him once and for all.
No, we shouldn't kill him.
He'll possess another body with all the souls
that he has captured.
This will make him pass out for a moment.
What should we do after that?
We'll have to separate the other souls from Hwang Dae-du.
We should help them cross over to the other side.
And as for Hwang Dae-du...
we must dissipate his soul.
Will you be able to do it?
Hwang Dae-du is no longer a normal person.
I'm not sure whether I'll be able to handle him or not.
Do you really think he will show up?
That bastard is extremely thorough.
I bet he's checked out this place numerous times.
He may actually be somewhere around here now.
Back to Hwang Dae-du... He won't let us catch him easily.
-We have to brace ourselves. -Did Kim Nak-cheon come back to life?
What if he's found out about it?
As for his abilities, what exactly can he do with them?
Detective Kim!
-Damn it! -I guess you're overreacting out of fear
like a scared little puppy!
-Kim Nak-cheon... -Snap out of it, you bastard.
You can look forward to me ripping you to pieces!
-More people will die. -We must catch him before that happens.
That bastard takes pleasure in others' fear.
You can't let him get to you.
I need your help.
Subtitle translation by Hyun-joo Choi