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One Thousand Year Old Fox

Written by Kwak ll-Roh

Starring Shin Yeoung-Gyun

Kim Ji-su and Kim Hae-Jeong

Cinematographer: Choi Seung-Woo Lighting director: Ham Wan-Seop

Production designer: Jeong Woo-Taek Music by Jeong Yun-Ju

Sound by Yoo Chang-Ok Edited by Oh Seong-Han

First assistant director Lee Jang-Ho

Prop master Choi Gyeong-Man

Production manager Kim Han-Geuk

Directed by Shin Sang-Ok

Raise your head, General Kim.

You did a great job defeating those savages,

who tried to attack our 1,000 year-old Shilla Kingdom.

No, my lady.

l only did what l had to do.

That's modest of you.

Shilla is proud of you, General.

Shilla will remember your bravery forever.

l'm flattered, my lady.

- Minister Jang. - Yes, my lady.

General Kim fought for two years in a faraway land.

l'd like to show him my gratitude.

- Prepare a big feast immediately. - Yes, my lady.

l'd like to ask my lady a favor.

What is it?

l'm very grateful,

but since my soldiers miss their families,

please reward them by their merits.

So let them meet their families quickly, my lady.

How gracious of you to think of your soldiers like that.

l'll do as you ask.

Please join me at our feast.

l'd like to hear about your heroic story.

l will do as you say, my lady.

Help yourself.

Musician.

Yes, my lady.

Won-lang.

Yes, my lady.

l'm also a woman at night.

Especially when it gets windy like tonight,

l feel more lonely.

Please call me Man-nyu like you used to.

l couldn't possibly, my lady.

Won-lang.

Yes, my lady.

- Please drink. - Yes, my lady.

Do you think l'm lewd as people say?

No, my lady.

Then why do you want to go back so early?

I was just curious of your heroic deeds

as the general when you fought against the enemies.

Changed your mind?

Of course l want to, my lady.

lt's just a little too late.

Miss your wife that much?

Am l not good enough?

My lady.

l was only twenty when l took over the throne.

l was always tied up with complicated rules,

and the servants' interference.

Don't you ever feel sympathy for me?

lf l hadn't become a queen,

l might have married you, Won-lang.

My lady, it's an old story.

- You now have all those people... - Stop.

Won-lang. l'm lonely.

Lonelier than anyone in the world.

Minister Jang is trying to over throw me,

and his power is spreading all over the palace.

You're the only one l trust.

Won-lang.

Won-lang, please help me.

Won-lang.

l'm flattered, my lady.

l pledge my loyalty to you.

Thank you, Won-lang.

l'm afraid l have to go back since it's getting late.

Are you that worried about your wife?

l envy her.

Enough about your wife.

lt's getting late.

Tell me your heroic stories.

Take me to my bed.

Come on, Won-lang.

Won-lang.

Don't you like me?

Won-lang.

lt's not our fault, ma'am.

You are to be banished within 1,200km from the palace.

Does the general know about this, too?

We don't know anything.

lt's just a sudden order from the queen.

But officer,

she's innocent and the night is late.

lt's no use.

lt's an order from the queen, so we don't have a choice.

- You're right. - Let's go.

Don't worry, ma'am.

I'll try to sneak into the palace

and meet the general.

How could he let this happen?

No.

Don't blame him...

He probably doesn't know anything.

He'd never let this happen.

He wouldn't.

Never.

That's why l'll bring him here.

No, that's not right.

He must be in some trouble himself.

- Now, let's go. - My lady.

Please do as Man-gang says.

You don't have any place to go, my lady.

l'll go anywhere.

Even if l die,

l shouldn't put him in danger.

When he had returned, he would've been

- so happy to see our baby. - My lady.

Our country is so corrupt, my lady.

The queen's lewdness is endless, and the savages are unstoppable.

You're right.

The world is ours now.

Don't move.

How dare you block our path?

There's no use.

Step back.

My lady!

No, Man-gang.

Man-gang!

Help me.

My lady!

Help me, my lady!

Please, Please.

Have mercy for my baby.

l won't kill you, so come here.

My baby!

My baby...

My baby!

You horrible bastard.

My baby...

My baby!

No.

Help me. Help me.

Go get her!

Hurry up!

Stop!

Pull her out of the water.

No, not in that pond. Not in that pond.

You morons! Do it!

- No. - You cowardly morons.

Don't go in the pond.

Wait. Wait.

Wait for me. Wait for me.

He's here.

Hello, general.

This way.

They got in an accident in the mountain.

She's in this room.

No, sir.

This way.

Dal-lae.

Dal-lae.

Dal-lae.

Early this morning, sir.

l heard a knock so l went out.

And she was lying, covered with blood.

l brought her inside.

She only told me to call the general.

And she died.

What about my wife and child?

Well, she died so quickly.

l think she might've fallen off the mountain.

lt must be those savages.

The world is so corrupt...

Please send the body to my house.

l'll search all over the mountain, to find my wife and my child,

and l'll kill those savages.

Yeo-hwa!

Yeo-hwa!

Yeo-hwa!

Over there!

General!

General!

Your wife is here!

There!

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa.

You're still alive.

Hurry and call a doctor.

Feel her.

She's still warm.

Yeo-hwa

Yeo-hwa, you're alive.

Don't just stand there.

Call the doctor.

How could she still be alive?

Especially in that pond.

You're right.

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa, please don't die.

You're my beloved wife.

l never forgot you even in the battlefields.

l still feel your warmth in my hands, so you're still alive.

Yeo-hwa. Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa.

- Listen here! - Yes, sir.

Why isn't the doctor?

Why isn't the doctor here yet?

Please, general.

l know how you feel,

- but your wife is... - Shut up.

She's not dead yet.

She's still alive.

She's still warm.

But the doctors are scared...

Let's go.

l'll drag them over here.

General.

But general...

What is it?

General, please listen to me.

Nobody has ever survived in that pond,

And it holds a scary history.

- A history? - Yes.

Long ago when King Mu-yul was in power.

While the audacious king was

hunting with his ministers,

he chased after a wild boar by himself,

and lost his way in the mountain.

And then...

Hello?

Hello?

ls anybody there?

ls anybody there?

Come here.

I own this place.

Can I help you?

l'm a traveler who got lost.

Why are all of you crying strangely like this?

l found a whole family dead last night.

What happened to them?

Yes, sir.

lt's an unbelievable story.

Hurry and tell me.

l will speak, sir.

Actually, our one and only daughter

is about to get killed.

What?

Tonight, my daughter is to be given up

to the 1,000 year-old white fox.

A fox?

Yes.

The fox is 1,000-years old,

and has all kinds of spells.

She was sent to this world by the devil.

She eats people,

and has turned the whole world into a hell.

She will then return to the sky soon.

She has already eaten 999 people,

and my daughter is her 1,000th pray.

She is lewd and only eats pretty virgins.

Shut up!

You fools.

l don't believe your story.

Sir.

She is a wicked creature with scary spells.

We need your help.

Our neighbor didn't listen to the fox and got killed.

Please, sir.

Save my daughter.

Please save my daughter.

l'm scared.

Sir.

Please save her.

We don't want her to die.

But if l don't give her up, the whole town will die.

Shut up.

She's surely a wicked creature.

But, once you start,

you'll end up giving tens or hundreds of her prays.

Everybody, do as l say.

Yes, sir.

The fox has totally lost its form,

lost its spells, and never came back.

But her spirit still wanders around the pond.

l heard a similar story before, but it was a myth.

No, sir.

l have listened to the fox's murmurs.

Every night when it rains,

a woman's voice comes out of the water.

and says, 'give me my body back.'

l'm a royal guard of Shilla.

So a fox won't scare me.

Let's go.

The doctor will never come.

l bet he already got scared and fled.

They're even scared of a straw from that pond.

lt's believed to destroy their homes.

There's no other way then.

l'll find her first thing in the morning.

l guess we were lucky today.

lf you keep working like that, you won't live long.

Chief, we did a great job today.

l chose the right path to top it all.

Shut up you morons.

You're just lucky to have a chief like me.

Wait, what's that?

lt must belong to a woman.

Chief, look at that.

We're really lucky today.

Let's go.

What?

Old man.

Old man.

Yes, sir.

What's wrong?

Have you seen my wife go out?

What?

Leave?

But she's dead.

- lt must be the fox, general. - Don't say anything.

lt can't be.

Oh, dear.

No, Yeo-hwa.

Don't come in.

Stop there.

You already took revenge for your child.

You have to go back to the human world as you promised.

No.

l don't want to hurt people anymore.

When l was burned into ashes,

and scattered in this pond,

l moaned at night for years

to find a body for my spirit.

Even though l'm 1,000 years old,

l'm nothing without a body.

Many girls have been pulled into this pond,

But they drowned before l could put my spirit in them.

But since you strongly wanted

to take revenge on your country and people,

you were able to take my spirit and live again.

Yeo-hwa,

l have avenged you.

So your body belongs to me, too.

l will only borrow your body

from 3 o'clock in the morning to sunrise.

Otherwise, you're going to be the same.

Yeo-hwa, the sun is coming out.

Go back.

You're going to be Yeo-hwa again.

Go back.

Go back, quickly.

Go back.

Go back!

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa!

Yeo-hwa, Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa, Yeo-hwa.

Listen to me.

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa, wake up.

Yeo-hwa, it's me.

Wake up.

Recognize me?

My husband.

Darling.

You're alive.

Don't worry anymore.

How did l get here?

We'll talk as we go.

What about my baby?

Darling, our baby.

What happened to our baby?

Please calm down and listen.

Our baby.

Our baby is dead.

My dear, calm down.

Poor baby.

Our baby.

But how did l get here?

You rose out of the pond after a day.

Everybody thought you were dead.

But you survived

because you had a strong will to live.

Now, let's go.

l will be by your side every moment from now on.

l'm more worried about you than your wife.

The queen is furious that you left without telling her.

Don't worry. l have an idea.

l'm sorry for causing you trouble.

Please, that's not necessary.

l'm glad that your wife survived.

Just take all of this as a bad omen.

Oh, l just brought her some soup.

Please give it to her,

she will be pleased.

Excuse me.

He's so lucky with women.

His wife is beautiful, and the queen likes him also.

Be quiet.

Why should l?

Why can't you be like him?

What do you mean?

Since he's so lucky with women,

he'll be promoted in no time.

So why can't you be like him?

Don't you have a nose or an eye, too?

So you want me to...

What's so bad about lending my husband?

We'll get a promotion and money.

You know the queen has always been lewd.

How could you say that?

Try to forget everything, and get well.

Yes.

But l'm scared somehow.

l feel scared and empty.

l scared to be alone.

Yeo-hwa, don't worry.

As soon as l return from the palace, l'll be with you.

Don't go.

lt's not because l'm jealous.

l'm just worried for some reason.

l think something bad might happen.

Please don't go.

l'm scared to be alone.

Raise your head.

What is it that you need my permission for?

Please let me go back to the border, your highness

and fight the savages who are trying to attack us.

Defending the north border is defending the nation.

Please let me fight for Shilla.

You can't.

My lady.

My lady.

General Kim is right.

And as a minister, l have given him permission.

Minister Jang.

That's not possible.

You're not chief of the Royal Guard.

No, my lady.

Shut up!

The law says l can appoint my Royal Guard myself.

Do not interfere, minister.

My lady.

l want to fight to keep my loyalty for Shilla.

My lady, please don't make me disgrace my country.

Shut up.

Shut up and do as l say.

My lady, please withdraw your order.

l couldn't possibly be your Royal Guard.

What did you say?

Are you disobeying my order?

- Officers. - Yes, my lady.

Drag him out of here.

Yes, my lady.

You're dismissed.

Yes, my lady.

Won-lang'

You're the only' 'man l've ever wanted.'

Won-lang.'

Who is it?

Stop right there!

l said stop!

Who is it?

Stop right there!

Who is it?

Somebody help me!

Help me!

King Mu-yul's dynasty will end, and Shilla shall perish.

- She's over there! - Where?

My lady.

My lady.

Wake up, my lady.

My lady.

That way!

Stop!

Yeo-hwa?

Yeo-hwa.

My husband, you're here.

l was so worried about you.

Anyway, are you okay?

Look at you.

Why are you sweating?

You're sweating all over.

l guess l had a bad dream.

l don't quite remember,

but my body feels tired.

Why are you looking at me like that?

Oh, nothing, my dear.

Darling, get some more rest.

Okay.

Even an evil fox with powerful spells,

can never win over justice.

The devil will surrender to the power of Buddhism one day.

Please have patience,

and be gracious to your people.

- Priest. - Yes, my lady.

l know that already.

l'm asking how l could get rid of that wicked fox.

lt depends on what's in your mind.

What is in my mind?

A human has both good and evil in his mind,

if you only have a good mind, the evil will disappear.

Enough.

l don't need a sermon.

Leave me.

Yes, my lady.

One more thing, my lady.

lf the arrow King Mu-yul

used to kill the fox, is in the palace,

the fox will not come near here.

l didn't think of that.

- Look here. - Yes, my lady.

Bring that arrow right away.

Yes, my lady.

- Listen here. - Yes, my lady.

l ordered the general's presence, so why isn't he here yet?

We have sent for him, my lady.

- My lady. - What is it?

Minister Jang would like to see you.

What?

Minister Jang?

General.

Yes, priest.

You have evil in your face.

Yes?

You have an evil spirit deep in your mind.

Your life is in danger.

Priest.

Whose evil spirit is it?

l don't know, but you must be careful.

Namuamitabul.

General.

You know what?

Heard what happened?

There was big chaos in the palace last night.

The 1,000 year-old fox was disguised as a human.

lt was a pretty girl, too.

She bit 10 people and they died.

l guess Shilla will fall now.

That devil snuck into the palace, and tried to kill the queen.

What?

Haven't you heard that the general saved the queen?

Really?

He didn't mention anything.

Where are you going?

You're not supposed to go out yet.

My goodness.

What happened to your feet?

Have you gone out without your shoes?

No.

l never went outside.

But look at your feet.

You still want to go to the border.

Even when my life is in danger?

My lady.

King Mu-yul's arrow is protecting you,

so you're going to be safe.

No.

You're the only one who can protect me.

Won-lang.

Minister Jang was just here.

That shameless bastard told me to give up my throne and left.

My lady?

The country is in chaos because of the devil.

He thinks it's because of my shortcomings.

No, my lady.

lf you step down now, Minister Jang will take control.

My lady.

You mustn't until the son of the last king grows up.

Then Shilla will survive this chaos and be strong.

That's why l need you here.

Understand, Won-lang?

Won-lang.

l guess the devil is scared

already because of you.

Listen here.

Yes, my lady.

Prepare some food and drinks.

Yes, my lady.

My lady, what's that noise?

My goodness.

The bowstring is shaking.

What?

- Listen here. - Yes, sir.

The bowstring is shaking.

l will reward whoever catches the devil so be brave.

Yes, sir.

Won-lang. Won-lang.

- Don't go, Won-lang - What is this?

Don't go, Won-lang.

There she is!

- Stop! - Stop there!

- Quickly! - Catch her!

Stop there!

lt's King Mu-yul's arrow.

l should retreat today.

What are you doing?

Don't be cunning, and give me your tail.

- What do you mean? - Stop!

You're not Yeo-hwa.

You're a devil in disguise.

Kill me.

lf you love the queen more, then kill me.

l should've died in that pond.

Then you're really not the devil?

That's a horrible thing to say.

How could you say that?

l would die thousands of times for you.

Yeo-hwa.

You don't know what's happening.

You have the fox's spirit.

Yeo-hwa.

The 1,000 year-old fox's spirit went inside you

in that pond.

What?

You're talking nonsense.

l don't believe it.

l'm telling the truth.

l saw it with my own two eyes.

On my way back late last night,

l heard someone drinking from the well.

What? Are you serious?

lt's the devil. lt's the fox for sure.

lt had blood around its mouth and eyes.

Then every night l'm...

l did notice something strange.

l haven't been out, but my feet were dirty.

My head is in pain when l wake up,

and l always feel tired for no reason.

My husband.

Please kill me.

Kill me with your own hands.

My husband.

Yeo-hwa, it's not your fault.

lt's not your fault.

No.

lt's not my body anymore so kill me.

- Kill me with this sword. - Don't do this.

Calm down.

- Please. - Let go.

l'm scared of myself.

My body has done horrible things.

l should die.

l'd rather die than commit more sins.

Aren't you scared of me?

Please, give me the sword.

Kill me right now.

Please, calm down.

Kill me, please.

l've heard about the pond

and it scares me.

Namuamitabul.

Your excellency.

Every night my wife suffers because of the devil's spirit.

Please save her with Buddha's mercy.

But demerits in you're wife's mind drew the devil's spirit.

Demerits?

She has unconsciously grown suspicion, jealousy, evil and agony.

And hatred toward the thieves who hurt her child.

Those things drew the spirit of the devil.

lt's all my fault.

l'm the one who put anguish in her mind.

Human beings can't live without anguish.

l don't mean to blame anyone.

But if you wish to save her from the devil,

stop it from getting close to her.

That's the only way.

Namuamitabul.

Are you sure the devil is disguised as Yeo-hwa?

Yes, my lady.

- Come inside. - Yes.

Yeo-hwa is not human anymore.

she's turned into a scary fox.

l saw it with my own two eyes.

l see.

Yeo-hwa, l'm here.

l can't go inside because of the amulets.

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa., come out.

Your body belongs to me.

Come out. Come out.

Now.

General.

Priest. l can't take it.

l'd rather kill her myself.

You have to be patient.

Either the devil or human will win.

My darling.

The queen orders.

- Adal, why are you here? - ln the name of the queen.

You must report to the palace immediately,

and destroy the devil that's disrupting the world.

No, keep this in mind.

Yeo-hwa is not the devil. She's my wife.

Listen carefully.

The queen ordered to vanish

any opposers, including the general.

What?

Adal. please don't tell anyone.

After four days, or even tonight,

the wicked fox's spirit might go away.

Adal. please support me. - Won-lang, think about the country.

Minister Jang is forcing the queen

to step down because of this.

Would you still disobey?

But l can't.

I can't let innocent Yeo-hwa die as a sacrifice.

l'm going to save Yeo-hwa. No matter what it takes.

- lf that's your choice… - Put the sword away.

General, nobody should die here.

- Now is the most crucial time. - Priest.

General, go see the queen,

and ask her to have mercy.

lt's the only choice you have.

Escort the general to the palace.

Yes, sir.

Promise me.

Promise me you won't touch her until l come back.

Okay, l promise.

Promise me as a friend.

Trust me.

- Listen. - Yes, sir.

- Bring the logs now. - Yes, sir.

What are you doing?

Don't interfere, priest.

Won-lang carries the devil's spirit, too.

We should burn the house when the devil is trapped.

That's nonsense.

lt's for Won-lang and our country.

- Listen. - Yes, sir.

Take away the priest and the monks.

Yes, sir.

Don't. Don't.

Don't.

Take this.

Let's go.

Yoe-hwa.

Wake up.

Wake up.

Avenge me.

Avenge me, please.

Avenge me, please.

Hurry.

Hurry, Yeo-hwa.

Avenge me. Avenge me.

Here.

Smoke!

Stop!

Catch him!

Bury her arms, and put the amulet rocks on them.

Yes, sir.

Ma'am!

Ma'am!

Ma'am!

Give me my arm.

Let go of my arm.

My arm...

Shut up, you devil.

lt's Yeo-hwa's arm, not yours.

Give me my arm.

Give me my arm.

Shut up, devil.

Come out!

Give me my arm.

Give me my arm.

Darling.

Darling.

Yeo-hwa!

Yeo-hwa!

Yeo-hwa, your arm..

l cut your arm..

l can't believe l did this.

Yeo-hwa.

l need my arm so l can live.

You devil!

Give me my arm.

Give me my arm.

Give me my arm.

My arm...

lf you don't give me my arm,

l'll kill you, too.

My arm..

Give me my arm.

Give me my arm.

My arm...

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa!

Darling.

Darling.

Darling.

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa.

Darling.

Darling.

Darling.

Where are you?

Darling.

Darling.

Darling, Darling.

Darling.

Darling.

Darling, l know

how much you love me.

But l'm not the woman you should love.

Darling.

Darling.

Darling.

Darling.

Darling, please forgive me.

No.

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa, Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa, you're the only one l love.

And l killed you.

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa.

Darling. Don't suffer torment

l was a horrible fox before you killed me.

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa had lived because of you.

She has lived in a horrible hell.

She'll now go to another world where there's no agony.

Yeo-hwa.

Let's go together.

Won-lang!

You're under arrest.

lt's the queen's order.

- Let's go. - Yes, sir.

Adal. Adal.

l'll bury her myself.

Let go of me.

Let go of me,

Yeo-hwa, Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa, Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa, Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa, l finally found you.

After l was arrested,

Minister Jang stepped down

and the queen passed the throne to her nephew.

The queen imprisoned me instead, and l was just released.

The pond was also covered by the priest.

And now l found you buried like this.

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa.

Won-lang.

l heard you were released,

and waited for you.

My lady.

My lady.

l'm not a queen anymore.

l'm just an ordinary woman.

Won-lang.

l don't regret giving up the throne.

Or all the wealth and rank l had.

l only regret not having gotten your love back.

Won-lang.

l am an evil woman.

And it's all because l loved you.

l've already left that chaotic world.

Forget me.

Won-lang.

Please forgive me.

l was the one who had an evil mind.

Won-lang.

lt's my last favor from you.

Leave the palace with me.

l'll live the rest of my life for you.

l'm sorry.

The rest of my life belongs to Yeo-hwa.

l promised her.

That l would protect her spirit.

l promised my love who l killed with my own hands.

Won-lang.

l see you still refuse to accept me.

So he never even once came down to the village?

Yes, sir.

l used to bring him food at first.

But as he stayed still through rain and snow,

everybody got scared, and stayed away from him.

Over there.

There he is.

General, it's me.

lt's me.