REVENANT
THE CHARACTERS, PLACES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND EVENTS IN THIS DRAMA ARE FICTITIOUS
CHILD ACTORS WERE FILMED IN SAFE SITUATIONS
SCENES INVOLVING ANIMALS WERE STAGED
AND FILMED IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANIMAL WELFARE GUIDELINES
You opened…
the door.
Sir, are you feeling unwell?
Hey, can you wait…
Are you okay?
What's wrong, Ms. Sanyeong?
We have to get there, quickly.
Sir, what's wrong?
Do you need to get some air?
Professor Yeom was right.
What are you saying?
Sir! Sir!
- Call 911 quickly! - Yes, sir!
Someone just fell!
Detective Seo.
Detective Seo…
What happened?
We don't know either.
- And the ambulance? - It'll be here soon.
Wait.
Wait! Detective Seo.
Wait! What are you doing to him?
Detective Seo!
It's me. Please…
Detective Seo, please get up.
Detective Seo!
Sir, just a moment…
- Please get up. - That's enough.
Detective Seo.
That's enough.
- Hey! - Hongsae!
You… What are you?
Well?
Hey.
- Hey, come here. - What are you doing?
You were over there just a moment ago.
You were there just a moment ago.
How did you…
What do we do about Detective Seo?
Hey.
So what if someone died?
Everyone dies eventually.
You should have killed me instead.
Why didn't you just kill me?
It's not your time yet.
AMBULANCE
EPISODE 9
9LOUNGE PUB
Are you awake?
When did I come here?
Oh, my. Do you not remember?
You came in last night while I was sleeping
and said you wanted to sleep next to me.
Did you drink?
Did you and Semi have a party to celebrate her passing her exam?
Yes.
Are you telling the truth?
Of course I am.
Okay, that's good.
But what were you dreaming about last night?
Dream?
You were crying and saying,
"Mom, don't go. Mom, don't die," the whole time.
Well, they say dreams show the opposite of reality.
Go wash up.
Still, it was nice sleeping together after a long time.
By the way, are you comfortable
at Hwawonjae?
How about coming back home?
How is the barista academy?
Are things going well?
Yes, it's what I've really wanted to do.
I'm going to try my best this time.
I'll make you a cup of coffee after you eat.
I think our tough times are behind us.
Let's hurry up and sell that house
and live happily, running the café.
I'm sorry, Mom. I don't think I can finish.
I need to go.
What? Where are you going?
Hwawonjae.
I forgot I'm supposed to meet people from the real estate agency.
You should at least finish your food.
Mom, what is…
You brought all of that last night.
Aren't they from your party with Semi?
How could you do that?
Someone died. How could you do that
after you killed someone?
You need me.
I checked all of the CCTV footage for the office and inside the building
during the preliminary investigation,
but the woman you mentioned didn't appear.
Detective Seo…
just jumped on his own.
I heard from the HR staff
that his wife died of a chronic disease 20 years ago
and he has been living alone ever since.
He worked obsessively on cases without a family to go home to,
and he might have been dispirited
as he approached retirement.
But…
couldn't you have stopped him?
You were right next to him.
You should have stopped him!
That's enough.
He watched his partner die right in front of his eyes.
Take some time off. I'll speak to the higher-ups for you.
Who's going to be the chief mourner?
You said he didn't have a family.
I'll do it.
I don't know if I deserve to…
but I want to do it.
VIOLENT CRIMES INVESTIGATION UNIT 4 TEAM 3
Excuse me.
I'll turn myself in!
You said to come find you
if I was going to turn myself in.
I'll turn myself in.
I'm the culprit,
so…
whether you arrest me or lock me up,
please do something.
You have to apply at least this much force
to leave a bruise on the wrist.
If I say you grabbed a VCI detective like this and threw him out the window,
who would believe me?
Plus, you weren't captured on CCTV footage.
Even if I specify you as the culprit and you confess with your own mouth,
there's no physical evidence.
You'll be released eventually.
However, when Detective Seo died,
I definitely saw you.
Don't show up in front of me for a while,
because I might end up killing you.
How is the baby?
I gifted a pure gold ring at your baby's first birthday party.
The kid started elementary school last year.
Has it really been that long?
See? I always told you we should meet up…
And now, we met again on a day like this.
The funeral procession
is tomorrow.
You should say your farewell now.
Later.
I'll say farewell in a little bit.
What about Detective Seo?
I hear you can see ghosts.
Can you see… Detective Seo?
If you…
happen to see Detective Seo,
can you please tell him that I'm sorry?
I should have stopped him.
Please tell him that I'm really sorry
that I couldn't stop him.
I feel like he died because of me.
FUNERAL HALL
PREMIUM ELECTRIC PRESSURE RICE COOKER
DIAL MICROWAVE
I told him to just use them instead of saving them.
YEAR 1996
Who are you?
Me?
Well, I'm a detective.
No one…
…is listening to me.
I really miss my mom.
Why is a rich kid going around without socks?
Here.
It's cold. You'll catch a cold.
Thank you.
YEAR 1999
- Here's your birthday present. - Socks again?
Hey, these are imported.
Come in.
Did you move here?
Yes.
Please, have a seat. We have a lot to talk about.
All right.
Detective Seo…
didn't commit suicide.
You're right.
He was murdered.
Before…
Detective Seo died,
he said to me,
"Professor Yeom was right."
What did he mean?
The culprit we need to catch…
is a ghost.
You're saying a ghost killed all those people since 1958?
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT ON THE DEATH OF CHIEF PROSECUTOR LEE TAEKHEE
These are the cases
that Detective Seo and I had been investigating.
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT ON THE UNNATURAL DEATH OF CHOI WONCHUL
Have these many people died?
Yes, we also found that out recently.
In total, 17 people have died
since 1958,
including Detective Seo.
I need to catch that ghost even if I die.
How can I catch it?
My understanding is that we need to find five objects related to the ghost
and figure out the ghost's name to get rid of it.
Is that ghost…
Gu Sanyeong?
No, it's not Ms. Sanyeong.
The evil spirit possessing Ms. Sanyeong killed those people.
You know about Lee Mokdan's case, right?
Lee Mokdan, who died then, became an evil spirit.
Are you saying Gu Sanyeong has nothing to do with this?
She doesn't. Ms. Sanyeong had no reason to kill Detective Seo.
There must have been…
other reasons for his death.
What do you mean by that?
You said you were with him before he died, right?
- Yes. - Did anything strange happen then?
Anything peculiar?
Please tell me anything you remember.
Detective Seo…
Before…
Detective Seo jumped,
he grabbed the investigative material we had gathered.
I've restored the report
on Lee Mokdan's case, so let's meet up and talk.
Do you know
what was in the report on Lee Mokdan's case?
No, but we'll need to figure that out now.
No.
You could end up in danger too…
if you find out what it is.
It doesn't matter.
I saw a strange notebook.
I saw it. I witnessed my grandmother's death.
GU SANYEONG
I heard that Detective Seo entrusted the restoration of the report
on the Lee Mokdan's case here.
May I see the report that was restored?
Hmm…
Document restoration
is a process that restores the original document,
so there are no copies.
Then what was the report about?
You saw it when you were working on it.
There was nothing special,
just the victim's personal information.
Please contact me if you happen to remember anything specific.
I will. I'm sorry I couldn't be of much help.
No, it's okay. Thank you.
Here, eat.
- I'm fine, really. - Just eat.
You put in a lot of work getting the funeral together.
Thanks…
for sending…
Munchun off well.
Also, here is
the copy of the document Munchun took.
If you need to find someone in the future,
come to me.
I can at least do that for you.
Take care of yourself too.
Eat up.
Thank you.
CONFIRMATION OF RECEIPT OF BELONGINGS
Professor Gu Gangmo?
Gu Sanyeong.
It's you again.
HWAWONJAE
GU SANYEONG
Ms. Sanyeong!
Ms. Sanyeong?
Ms. Sanyeong, are you okay?
Ms. Sanyeong?
It's the evil spirit.
The evil spirit…
drew that?
Ever since we found the black rubber band,
I'm starting to remember less and less.
I can't tell if I'm me…
or the evil spirit right now.
The evil spirit used us to find
the blue pottery piece and the rubber band.
Is it the right thing to do…
to find…
the five objects?
The solution Professor Gu left us
is the only one we have.
I think something is wrong.
My dad was killed in the end too.
We could also end up like that.
There must be a reason why Professor Gu failed.
Ms. Sanyeong.
What did you see this time?
You said you could see the victim being killed by the evil spirit.
What did you see
when Detective Seo passed away?
The detective was investigating Lee Mokdan's case.
There may be something…
Professor Gu missed too.
CONFIRMATION OF RECEIPT OF BELONGINGS RECIPIENT GU GANGMO
If you tell him, he'll die too.
Tell me what you saw.
No.
I couldn't see anything.
Is that the truth?
Don't you want to get rid of the evil spirit?
I don't really know
what you're feeling or what you're thinking.
However, Detective Seo
was a very precious person to me.
I'm going to get rid of that evil spirit inside you
at all costs.
Contact me if you have anything you want to tell me.
The confirmation of receipt of belongings
with my dad's signature on it.
RECEIPT CONFIRMATION FOR BELONGINGS RECIPIENT GU GANGMO
A weakness that the evil spirit doesn't want anyone…
to know about.
Who could that be?
Who is it?
- Hello. - Hello.
Do you remember me?
Yes, I do but…
What brings you here?
Did you come looking for Sanyeong again?
Wait, did something happen to...
No, today I came to ask you a few questions.
Oh, I see.
But I have to get to my barista academy lesson right now.
It'll only take a moment.
Well… all right, then.
CONFIRMATION OF RECEIPT OF BELONGINGS
HOSPITALIZATION AND DISCHARGE CONFIRMATION
Do you know this person?
HOSPITALIZATION AND DISCHARGE CONFIRMATION LEE BYUNGGUN
CONFIRMATION OF RECEIPT OF BELONGINGS
RECIPIENT GU GANGMO
No.
I don't know this person.
Do you know anything about the village called Jangjin-ri?
Have you ever heard of the name Lee Mokdan?
Well…
My husband told me about the village a few times,
but I don't really know anything.
This is my first time hearing that name as well.
But why are you asking?
If you happen to remember anything,
even if it's something trivial, please contact me.
By the way,
how is your daughter?
Is she different from usual or acting strangely as of late?
Why would she?
It's nothing. Thank you for your cooperation.
Wait, but…
MS. GYEONGMUN
JEONGUN CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL
"Jangjin-ri Management Ledger"?
PROFESSOR YEOM HAESANG
If you tell him, he'll die too.
I have to do this alone.
I can't let someone else die.
JUNE 7, 1958 PROMISSORY NOTE
"Junghyeon Corporation."
"Five billion hwan."
JUNGHYEON CORPORATION
"June 7th."
"The family and neighbors of the sacrificed girl
were waiting for the return
of the girl who went missing on June 7th."
A COLD-HEARTED SHAMAN WHO CREATED YEOMMAE
"June 7th"?
"June 7th."
The price of a life…
The cost received in exchange
for handing over Mokdan.
"A village feast."
"Two bags of rice,
one cow,
five chickens…"
"Kim Woonryong."
"150 million hwan,
one bag of glutinous rice,
one cow,
one chicken,
and one roll of silk."
"Choi Seungchun."
"150 million hwan,
two bags of rice,
one bag of glutinous rice,
one pig,
and one roll of silk."
JUNE 24 BLUE POTTERY, CORPSE
Why is this…
in this house?
Why did Dad have this ledger?
GUEST BOOK CONDOLENCES
These are the people who knew
what kind of person my dad was and how he lived.
CONFIRMATION OF RECEIPT OF BELONGINGS
HWAWONJAE
HANSEO LIBRARY
The people around Professor Gu Gangmo who died.
The first victim, Seo Sanghun,
was a professor who looked down on and criticized Professor Gu.
The second victim,
his mother-in-law, urged her daughter to get a divorce to protect her.
The third victim,
Hwang Chahui, was Professor Gu's teaching assistant.
Only the librarian, Chae Seorin,
doesn't have a direct link to Professor Gu Gangmo.
Just like how Detective Seo Munchun wasn't linked to Ms. Sanyeong.
I'm sorry I kept you waiting.
It's okay.
But…
why do you want to know about Ms. Chae Seorin?
Do you perhaps…
…recognize this person?
No, I don't know this person.
He was a folklore professor,
and according to a detective I know,
Ms. Chae Seorin met with him before she passed away.
I did give a detective
a list of books that Ms. Chae searched for before she died.
However, that's all I know.
Could you show me that list too?
Why are you doing this?
This may sound strange, but I'm chasing a ghost.
Many people have died because of that ghost.
But I think Ms. Chae Seorin…
knew something about the ghost.
Are you…
referring to that?
The red bruises on the wrists?
Ms. Chae and I
were in charge of preserving old materials.
But before Ms. Chae died,
something strange happened there.
YEAR 2022
She was ripping a book?
Ms. Chae cried because she didn't know why she did it.
Although it was old, it wasn't a rare book
and it wasn't worth preserving.
I thought she would receive light punishment,
but she died not too long after.
What kind of book was it?
This is the title of the book and the author.
Only a handful were published at the author's own expense,
so I can't seem to locate it at other libraries.
UNDERSTANDING ART BY SHIN SEUNGJU
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT ON THE DEATH OF CHIEF PROSECUTOR LEE TAEKHEE
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT ON UNNATURAL DEATH IN JANGJIN-RI
SHIN SEUNGJU OCCUPATION: JANGJIN MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER
UNDERSTANDING ART
"Shin Seungju."
JUMPED FROM THE ROOF OF JANGJIN MIDDLE SCHOOL
A teacher who was sacrificed by the evil spirit
and the book that the teacher published.
That book contains a secret that the evil spirit wants to hide.
BYEOLDAM OCEAN LODGE
You're Professor Gu's daughter, right?
You contacted me
after looking through the funeral guest book.
Yes, as I mentioned during our call,
I wanted to ask you a few questions about my father.
I see. Please follow me.
"Cheonyong-dong 22-1 beonji."
Does she even know what that place is?
You recognize it.
Professor Gu made it for us.
I asked if Lines of Prohibition
were supposed to be put up outside the door,
but he said sometimes they need to prevent bad luck from within a door too.
Jangjin-ri?
Yes, I was wondering if my father…
ever mentioned that place to you.
No, he didn't. In truth, I wasn't that close to Professor Gu.
He came by every now and then as a guest.
Oh, I see.
Then how did you come to his funeral?
Before this lodge,
it was a bed and breakfast that was falling apart.
But there was a big fire decades ago
and the owner didn't show up afterward,
so I bought the vacant land.
HAEDOJI BED AND BREAKFAST CLOSED IN '97
CHEONYONG-DONG 22-1 BEONJI HAEDOJI BED AND BREAKFAST
BYEOLDAM OCEAN LODGE CHEONYONG-DONG 22-1 BEONJI
Detective Seo Munchun's first case.
The place where Professor Yeom's mother passed away.
Professor Gu showed interest in the lodge
since its construction,
and he was the first guest after it opened.
Did he happen…
to donate a tree here at the time?
How did you know?
It was that tree, the small tree next to that pine tree.
Professor Gu came to see that tree before he passed away too.
What's the matter?
TWO MONTHS AGO
It's raining. Let's go in for now, Professor Gu.
I don't know what went wrong.
It should disappear.
The evil spirit won't disappear.
Are you okay, Professor Gu?
After he found it,
he left as if he was possessed by something.
I worried about him all night and called the next day,
but he had passed away.
I felt terrible.
All I could think was,
"What if I had stopped him then?"
Both my mother and Professor Gu
wanted to get rid of the evil spirit by sealing the items.
Professor Yeom was right.
Dad was trying to get rid of the evil spirit by sealing the items,
so why did he take back the hair accessory?
Dad,
the five objects, and the evil spirit's name.
What do I have to find?
Why do I have to find it?
Where am I?
Why…
am I here?
Gu Sanyeong?
What did I do this time?
The Line of Prohibition.
He said sometimes they need to prevent bad luck from within a door too.
Bad luck from within a door,
the evil spirit inside me.
You'll be fine during the day. Ghosts avoid light.
Just like Professor Yeom said, it was during the night
or a cloudy day.
21.
176.
Ms. Sanyeong.
Semi.
Where am…
I just need to…
make it through the night.
- Are you Mr. Lee Chulyong? - Yes, that's me.
I'm Chulyong.
Is this…
your deceased mother's graduation yearbook?
- Yes. - I see.
The book you mentioned, Understanding Art.
- Yes? - There wasn't a book like that anywhere.
There was only a yearbook.
Thanks for everything.
GRADUATION YEARBOOK 1959 JANGJIN MIDDLE SCHOOL
By the way, what's your relationship with my uncle?
I'm his third cousin.
Oh, I see.
Thanks.
You can head inside.
Go on.
Third cousin?
But…
He said there wasn't an art book…
and only this yearbook.
This is more than enough.
JANGJIN MIDDLE SCHOOL 1959
SHIN SEUNGJU
Night.
The moon.
JUNE 24 BLUE POTTERY, CORPSE
How did it go?
Did you figure out what Detective Seo was investigating?
I met the evil spirit.
Hey, you!
What are you doing?
Where are you going?
You're that police officer.
It's you,
the evil spirit.
Can you give me a ride?
All right, let's go then.
Wherever it is you want to go.
Where do I need to go?
Hmm…
Didn't you ask me to give you a ride because you had somewhere to go?
Over there.
DREAM AMUSEMENT PARK
She was very curious…
and adventurous.
She showed signs that she lacked affection and had extreme mood swings.
- Run! - Hurry up!
- Oh, come on. - Let's go.
Do you like it here?
Why?
Can't you like me, mister?
I wish at least one person…
would like me.
She had the nature typical of a child…
but she wasn't one.
Every crime…
has a motive.
What was yours?
Why did you kill…
Detective Seo?
You are dead.
Everything should end when you die, so why are you doing this?
Tell me.
Have you ever died before?
What?
You've never died before,
so why are you speaking like you know anything about it?
What's wrong? Why are you crying?
Tell me. What's wrong, Arin?
What's wrong?
What? Arin, what happened here?
- When did this happen? - Are you crazy?
I hate kids.
They're loud, require too much attention, and do as they please.
They don't even know what they have.
It's just so unfair.
How boring. I want to leave.
She otherized and separated herself from children when speaking about them.
She wasn't a child…
but she wasn't an adult either.
She was somewhere in between.
She acted like someone going through puberty.
No, Lee Mokdan was only ten years old.
There's no way.
JANGJIN MIDDLE SCHOOL
PHASES OF THE MOON
June 7th, 1958.
The day Mokdan was kidnapped.
Will there really be…
a lot of delicious food if I go there?
Of course. There's a lot of delicious food.
Let's go quickly.
The moon that night…
was a waning gibbous.
Mokdan's corpse returned…
on June 24th.
The moon that night…
was a waxing gibbous.
There was no full moon between the time…
Mokdan was kidnapped and killed.
Mokdan couldn't see the full moon.
Then who saw…
that moon?
GRADUATION YEARBOOK 1959 JANGJIN MIDDLE SCHOOL
The five objects and the evil spirit's name…
was the reason Professor Gu failed because…
You…
aren't Mokdan, are you?
REVENANT
SPECIAL THANKS TO CHOI GUYHWA AND LEE YOOJOON
Gu Sanyeong, are you okay?
Look at me. Can you not see anything?
There were red bruises on my father's wrists?
I heard something strange there.
I'll figure out that child's name even if I die.
I'll get rid of the evil spirit you made with my own hands.
Whenever I touched objects related to the evil spirit,
I saw things.
Now I know what your grandfather and father did.
It wants the person you love most.
Mom? Mom!
I want to get rid of the evil spirit.
You all…
killed me.
Translated by Rebekah Hyonha Kim