1 00:00:52,886 --> 00:00:56,050 I am Count D. Welcome to my pet shop. 2 00:00:56,790 --> 00:00:58,485 This is Chinatown. 3 00:00:58,859 --> 00:01:00,851 A mysterious place... 4 00:01:01,195 --> 00:01:04,631 where rare and valuable commodities are in abundance. 5 00:01:06,266 --> 00:01:10,703 Tonight, you shall find something you desire. 6 00:01:24,285 --> 00:01:25,547 Welcome. 7 00:01:26,087 --> 00:01:28,076 You must be Mr. Iason Gray. 8 00:01:28,722 --> 00:01:29,620 Yes. 9 00:01:29,890 --> 00:01:33,223 I was told the pet my wife ordered was here. 10 00:01:33,961 --> 00:01:35,019 Yes... 11 00:01:35,229 --> 00:01:38,893 We finally received the pet Ms. Evangeline Blue had ordered. 12 00:01:39,233 --> 00:01:42,134 However, due to her accidental death a few days ago,... 13 00:01:43,036 --> 00:01:46,403 we are not certain what to do with it. 14 00:01:48,575 --> 00:01:51,567 Where is the pet she ordered? 15 00:01:57,884 --> 00:01:59,215 Please come this way. 16 00:02:02,289 --> 00:02:03,813 What kind of a pet is it? 17 00:02:04,257 --> 00:02:06,123 A dog? A cat? 18 00:02:06,593 --> 00:02:07,855 A fish. 19 00:02:08,061 --> 00:02:12,088 A fish? A tropical fish or is it a colored carp or something? 20 00:02:12,533 --> 00:02:17,526 No. It's a rather rare species. We cannot display it in the store. 21 00:02:22,910 --> 00:02:25,504 It's beautiful. 22 00:02:29,249 --> 00:02:31,240 It must be a huge fish. 23 00:02:31,318 --> 00:02:33,549 Please climb up the ladder and take a look. 24 00:02:48,735 --> 00:02:50,259 I can't see anything. 25 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:56,598 Such dark water... Just like the water on that night... 26 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:07,818 Eva! 27 00:03:09,457 --> 00:03:11,583 Eva! You are alive! 28 00:03:11,692 --> 00:03:12,351 Eva! 29 00:03:12,492 --> 00:03:15,188 Sir, you shouldn't lean out so far. 30 00:03:16,698 --> 00:03:19,689 Please look carefully. It's a mermaid. 31 00:03:20,934 --> 00:03:21,958 A mermaid? 32 00:03:22,804 --> 00:03:24,794 Eva! It's me! Iason! 33 00:03:25,505 --> 00:03:27,200 Your legs... What happened to your legs? 34 00:03:27,274 --> 00:03:29,673 What kind of mechanism is that? Evangeline! 35 00:03:29,776 --> 00:03:31,368 Please calm down, sir. 36 00:03:31,878 --> 00:03:35,211 To tell you the truth, she was washed ashore... 37 00:03:35,348 --> 00:03:39,183 on the night of the full moon, last week. I found her by accident. 38 00:03:40,054 --> 00:03:42,749 The night of the full moon? That was our wedding night! 39 00:03:43,357 --> 00:03:46,690 Look at that ring! That's the wedding band I gave her! 40 00:03:47,027 --> 00:03:47,891 Is it? 41 00:03:47,995 --> 00:03:50,759 Then, I wonder if she's the reincarnation of your wife. 42 00:03:51,365 --> 00:03:53,060 The reincarnation? 43 00:03:53,234 --> 00:03:55,565 Well, it may be the other way around. 44 00:03:56,236 --> 00:04:01,230 In Asia, legend has it that mermaids live in a palace on the ocean bed,... 45 00:04:01,608 --> 00:04:06,671 and they come to the land sometimes to mingle with men for fun. 46 00:04:07,748 --> 00:04:15,211 Maybe the Evangeline you married was a mermaid disguised as a human. 47 00:04:16,323 --> 00:04:17,621 Eva was a mermaid? 48 00:04:17,823 --> 00:04:21,521 Unfortunately, however, she's lost her memory. 49 00:04:21,995 --> 00:04:26,989 When she came around, she did not remember where she was from,... 50 00:04:27,100 --> 00:04:31,400 where she was going or even her own name. 51 00:04:33,707 --> 00:04:35,698 If she recovers her memory,... 52 00:04:36,077 --> 00:04:40,638 maybe she will recall the pledge she made to you... 53 00:04:40,848 --> 00:04:43,372 and that unfortunate accident. 54 00:04:44,950 --> 00:04:49,115 So, do you like her? 55 00:04:50,290 --> 00:04:52,758 Of course! I'll take her home. 56 00:04:53,427 --> 00:04:57,295 Then, please sign this contract. 57 00:04:58,265 --> 00:04:59,061 OK. 58 00:04:59,499 --> 00:05:05,928 Furthermore, sir, please observe the following sales terms. 59 00:05:07,107 --> 00:05:10,235 (1) Do not let anyone see her. 60 00:05:10,844 --> 00:05:15,178 (2) Keep her in a big water tank and change the seawater frequently. 61 00:05:15,582 --> 00:05:20,348 (3) Do not let her starve at any time. 62 00:05:21,321 --> 00:05:22,879 Understood? 63 00:05:23,190 --> 00:05:26,454 In the event that any of these terms are breached,... 64 00:05:26,526 --> 00:05:30,724 we cannot assume any responsibility for the consequences. 65 00:05:31,598 --> 00:05:33,327 Understood. 66 00:05:33,499 --> 00:05:36,901 I hope you'll be happy with her forever. 67 00:05:50,417 --> 00:05:52,908 Eva, how do you like it? 68 00:05:53,987 --> 00:05:56,319 I filled this pool with seawater. 69 00:05:58,725 --> 00:05:59,521 Eva... 70 00:06:21,113 --> 00:06:24,208 Are you really my Eva? 71 00:06:28,288 --> 00:06:30,347 Iason Gray went out last night? 72 00:06:30,557 --> 00:06:33,424 Yeah, the patrolmen saw him. 73 00:06:34,094 --> 00:06:36,085 And where did he go, Jill? 74 00:06:37,030 --> 00:06:38,224 To Chinatown. 75 00:06:38,364 --> 00:06:40,595 What! To his pet shop! 76 00:06:40,700 --> 00:06:42,531 I've had enough of this, Leon! 77 00:06:42,636 --> 00:06:45,537 You know Evangeline Blue's death is officially filed as an accident! 78 00:06:45,939 --> 00:06:48,169 Iason is just a poor bastard who lost his newlywed wife. 79 00:06:48,442 --> 00:06:50,433 Yes, I know that, Sarge. 80 00:06:50,710 --> 00:06:53,873 He was Evangeline Blue's manager. She was his biggest star. 81 00:06:54,047 --> 00:06:56,572 She was the money-tree of his record company. 82 00:06:56,650 --> 00:06:59,050 Having her alive would've been more profitable. 83 00:06:59,486 --> 00:07:02,852 He doesn't have any motive to kill her. 84 00:07:04,223 --> 00:07:06,454 Now, go back to real work. 85 00:07:07,227 --> 00:07:08,354 Yes, sir. 86 00:07:11,331 --> 00:07:12,423 Damn! 87 00:07:13,099 --> 00:07:17,092 Hey, I hear that the Count at that pet shop has a sweet tooth. 88 00:07:18,171 --> 00:07:20,366 I'll take care of those papers for you. 89 00:07:21,407 --> 00:07:23,137 Tonight's dinner is on me, Jill. 90 00:07:25,345 --> 00:07:27,073 I have not seen you for a while. 91 00:07:27,279 --> 00:07:29,145 I've got a question to ask you. 92 00:07:29,348 --> 00:07:30,873 But here...a little something for you. 93 00:07:31,017 --> 00:07:34,919 Oh, is this a fruit tart from Madam C's?! 94 00:07:37,991 --> 00:07:42,222 Iason Gray was here last night. Don't try to lie to me. 95 00:07:42,596 --> 00:07:44,496 Yes, he was here indeed. 96 00:07:45,264 --> 00:07:49,929 I sold him a pet, with the hope of consoling him for the loss of his wife. 97 00:07:50,337 --> 00:07:52,930 I know you. You must have sold him something fishy! 98 00:07:54,140 --> 00:07:58,873 Not at all. Our motto is to sell "love, dreams and hopes." 99 00:07:59,446 --> 00:08:01,778 So what did you sell this time, then? 100 00:08:02,850 --> 00:08:03,940 A mermaid. 101 00:08:04,150 --> 00:08:06,141 A mermaid? 102 00:08:08,622 --> 00:08:10,612 You're trying to sidestep again. 103 00:08:10,689 --> 00:08:12,816 Come on! A tropical fish? A goldfish? 104 00:08:12,926 --> 00:08:14,951 How much did you sell it for? 105 00:08:15,462 --> 00:08:17,259 So you don't trust me? 106 00:08:17,429 --> 00:08:20,160 "...keep her in a big water tank and change the seawater frequently..." 107 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,233 "...do not let her starve at any time..." 108 00:08:23,502 --> 00:08:25,494 Anything wrong? 109 00:08:25,872 --> 00:08:27,862 No...No problem. 110 00:08:28,475 --> 00:08:31,035 But, you are a detective of the homicide department. 111 00:08:31,077 --> 00:08:32,874 Why are you investigating him? 112 00:08:33,146 --> 00:08:36,081 You know he just got married to Evangeline Blue. 113 00:08:36,316 --> 00:08:39,752 The singer who fell into the ocean on the day of her wedding. 114 00:08:40,021 --> 00:08:41,247 Right. 115 00:08:41,453 --> 00:08:43,684 On top of that, her body hasn't been found. 116 00:08:43,890 --> 00:08:46,153 Her accident is still big news in the press. 117 00:08:46,325 --> 00:08:48,816 But, it wasn't an accident. It was murder. 118 00:08:49,429 --> 00:08:50,487 A murder? 119 00:08:50,697 --> 00:08:54,291 But, according to Mr. Iason, Evangeline came onto the deck... 120 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:58,531 to sober up and slipped into the water by accident. 121 00:08:58,704 --> 00:09:01,172 I think Iason Gray is lying. 122 00:09:03,410 --> 00:09:04,434 On what grounds? 123 00:09:04,511 --> 00:09:06,945 My instinct as a smart detective! 124 00:09:07,347 --> 00:09:09,042 The instinct of a wild animal. 125 00:09:10,916 --> 00:09:13,909 Mr. Iason is not the kind of person to kill others. 126 00:09:14,054 --> 00:09:14,748 What? 127 00:09:14,888 --> 00:09:18,220 He was truly and completely devastated by the death of his wife. 128 00:09:18,657 --> 00:09:20,649 Are you telling me it was an accident? 129 00:09:21,227 --> 00:09:23,218 No, my gut feeling is... 130 00:09:25,664 --> 00:09:27,860 Yes, what if he was trying to protect somebody? 131 00:09:28,635 --> 00:09:30,829 There were Iason and... 132 00:09:33,139 --> 00:09:34,538 Louise Tessen! 133 00:09:35,074 --> 00:09:40,411 Louise was Evangeline Blue's dresser. She and Iason were past lovers. 134 00:09:41,214 --> 00:09:44,206 However, he fell in love with the big star, Eva. 135 00:09:44,718 --> 00:09:50,987 Or rather, rumor has it, Eva seduced and took Iason from Louise. 136 00:09:51,558 --> 00:09:56,427 So, Louise took revenge on the day of Eva's wedding for stealing her lover. 137 00:09:56,695 --> 00:09:59,563 Iason kept his mouth shut because he felt guilty for dumping her. 138 00:09:59,732 --> 00:10:01,098 It makes sense. 139 00:10:01,533 --> 00:10:03,434 Where's Louise? 140 00:10:03,637 --> 00:10:06,070 She went back to her hometown after the accident. 141 00:10:06,406 --> 00:10:08,703 OK, you go check on her! 142 00:10:09,809 --> 00:10:10,605 Eva... 143 00:10:16,049 --> 00:10:17,016 Eva! 144 00:10:17,650 --> 00:10:20,142 Are you really my Eva? 145 00:10:21,588 --> 00:10:23,818 You've really forgotten about me? 146 00:10:34,300 --> 00:10:35,232 Eva! 147 00:10:37,970 --> 00:10:40,098 Oh, Eva! Yes, I knew it! 148 00:10:41,474 --> 00:10:44,238 That's the voice of Evangeline Blue! 149 00:10:47,781 --> 00:10:50,408 Eva! I will never let you go again! 150 00:10:51,284 --> 00:10:53,275 I don't care if you don't remember anything! 151 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:55,511 We can start over again! 152 00:10:56,456 --> 00:10:58,981 I love only you. 153 00:11:29,923 --> 00:11:30,980 Eva! 154 00:11:38,932 --> 00:11:40,797 You're singing for me? 155 00:11:44,703 --> 00:11:45,727 Oh, Eva... 156 00:11:52,778 --> 00:11:54,474 You forgive me. 157 00:11:58,852 --> 00:12:00,945 Talk about my instincts. 158 00:12:02,722 --> 00:12:08,057 Well, I was counting on your so-called wild instincts. 159 00:12:09,028 --> 00:12:11,428 Count! What are you doing here?! 160 00:12:11,798 --> 00:12:13,628 I wanted to thank you for the tart the other day. 161 00:12:13,665 --> 00:12:15,361 I brought you some tea. 162 00:12:15,701 --> 00:12:17,066 Brought me some tea? 163 00:12:17,203 --> 00:12:20,535 Listen, civilians aren't allowed here. 164 00:12:20,973 --> 00:12:22,065 Don't worry. 165 00:12:22,142 --> 00:12:25,202 The Chief of this police department is a good client of our store. 166 00:12:31,817 --> 00:12:34,378 And, what happened with Eva's dresser? 167 00:12:35,155 --> 00:12:37,385 Oh, I went to see her this morning. 168 00:12:41,494 --> 00:12:44,690 I haven't seen Iason since that accident. 169 00:12:45,731 --> 00:12:51,192 Even if I do marry someone in the future, it wouldn't be him. 170 00:12:52,905 --> 00:12:55,101 No matter what, I would never marry him! 171 00:12:56,009 --> 00:12:57,999 Those tears were real. 172 00:12:59,145 --> 00:13:00,373 Were they? 173 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:06,180 To begin with, what's the difference between a woman's real and fake tears? 174 00:13:07,921 --> 00:13:13,291 Even a mermaid would shed tears to get someone she loves. 175 00:13:14,194 --> 00:13:18,528 Fairy tales say that a mermaid's tears become pearls. 176 00:13:19,432 --> 00:13:22,832 I wonder if some of those tears would become imitation pearls. 177 00:13:23,603 --> 00:13:26,333 Are you telling me that Louise is the murderer? 178 00:13:26,905 --> 00:13:29,840 I did not say that. Please, your tea is getting cold. 179 00:13:30,275 --> 00:13:33,574 Speaking of mermaids, in Asia, they say you can gain... 180 00:13:34,146 --> 00:13:40,483 eternal youth by consuming the fresh entrails from a mermaid. 181 00:13:41,420 --> 00:13:43,412 You Chinese actually eat things like that? 182 00:13:44,457 --> 00:13:45,753 I'm not sure. 183 00:13:45,824 --> 00:13:48,224 Yet, I hear it is such a great delicacy that,... 184 00:13:48,294 --> 00:13:50,455 once you taste it, you can never live without it. 185 00:13:50,763 --> 00:13:52,491 Just like human flesh. 186 00:13:54,667 --> 00:13:57,864 Leon, part of Evangeline's body was found washed up on the shore. 187 00:13:58,670 --> 00:13:59,899 Here's the photo. 188 00:14:00,272 --> 00:14:02,264 It looks as if the body was torn up by a shark. 189 00:14:02,342 --> 00:14:04,707 It's only the left thigh and it's already decomposed pretty badly,... 190 00:14:04,743 --> 00:14:06,439 but it must be Eva's. 191 00:14:07,180 --> 00:14:08,078 Leon? 192 00:14:10,983 --> 00:14:13,383 An autopsy has confirmed that the recently discovered human remains... 193 00:14:13,419 --> 00:14:14,943 are those of Evangeline Blue. 194 00:14:15,088 --> 00:14:17,818 Grieving fans have gathered here, forming long lines. 195 00:14:18,323 --> 00:14:22,692 We now broadcast a special program as a tribute to the late Evangeline Blue. 196 00:14:23,263 --> 00:14:28,564 The next request is from her million selling album in '91 ... 197 00:14:55,828 --> 00:14:56,692 Iason! 198 00:14:56,796 --> 00:14:57,660 Iason! 199 00:14:57,730 --> 00:15:00,426 A detective came to my house today, Iason! 200 00:15:01,700 --> 00:15:02,689 Iason! 201 00:15:05,704 --> 00:15:06,796 Iason! 202 00:15:08,374 --> 00:15:10,103 Iason, why didn't you answer the phone? 203 00:15:12,478 --> 00:15:14,468 What's wrong? You look so pale. 204 00:15:14,579 --> 00:15:18,037 What do you want? Eva is waiting for me. 205 00:15:18,317 --> 00:15:19,717 Eva is dead! 206 00:15:20,853 --> 00:15:24,379 Listen, you can hear Eva singing. 207 00:15:25,191 --> 00:15:27,716 She only wanted to scare us a little. 208 00:15:28,227 --> 00:15:32,721 It was one of her usual games. But it made me realize finally... 209 00:15:33,132 --> 00:15:36,259 who was the most important woman in my life. 210 00:15:36,802 --> 00:15:38,793 I found true love. 211 00:15:46,479 --> 00:15:49,846 Evangeline is the one I love. 212 00:15:56,022 --> 00:15:57,319 Iason! Open up! 213 00:15:57,856 --> 00:15:58,949 Iason! 214 00:15:59,324 --> 00:16:00,450 Iason! 215 00:16:00,859 --> 00:16:01,985 Iason! 216 00:16:02,528 --> 00:16:03,552 Iason! 217 00:16:06,765 --> 00:16:08,528 Sorry to keep you waiting, Eva. 218 00:16:09,335 --> 00:16:11,269 I will love you forever. 219 00:16:41,567 --> 00:16:43,864 You want to tell us the truth behind Eva's accident? 220 00:16:44,236 --> 00:16:46,397 Yes, everything. 221 00:16:47,907 --> 00:16:52,309 That night, Iason and I slipped out from the party to go onto the deck. 222 00:16:53,713 --> 00:16:57,478 Louise, forgive me. It's all for the company. 223 00:16:57,816 --> 00:16:59,375 I understand. 224 00:17:00,053 --> 00:17:04,011 Eva has had everything she wanted since she was a child. 225 00:17:04,824 --> 00:17:08,259 Choosing me as her husband was just one of her whims. 226 00:17:09,161 --> 00:17:11,153 She wanted you because... 227 00:17:11,230 --> 00:17:15,359 you were the only one man around her who wouldn't fall in love with her. 228 00:17:16,869 --> 00:17:17,893 Louise... 229 00:17:22,375 --> 00:17:26,310 The only one I truly love is you. My heart is forever yours. 230 00:17:31,583 --> 00:17:32,515 Eva! 231 00:17:37,055 --> 00:17:38,886 Eva, listen... 232 00:17:46,131 --> 00:17:47,224 Eva, wait! 233 00:18:03,915 --> 00:18:07,510 Her scream is still ringing in my ears. 234 00:18:08,587 --> 00:18:11,921 Iason and I vowed not to tell anybody about it,... 235 00:18:12,291 --> 00:18:15,020 and not to see each other ever again. 236 00:18:16,996 --> 00:18:20,897 But, Eva came back as an apparition to avenge her death on Iason. 237 00:18:21,967 --> 00:18:25,301 When she was alive, she took Iason away from me. 238 00:18:25,338 --> 00:18:28,738 Now, in her death, she is going to take Iason's life. 239 00:18:29,808 --> 00:18:33,575 I will bear any punishment. Please save Iason. 240 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:38,511 It was a suicide. My instinct was half right. 241 00:18:38,884 --> 00:18:40,909 Even if Eva killed herself because of you two,... 242 00:18:40,952 --> 00:18:43,786 it does not constitute a crime in the legal sense. 243 00:18:44,156 --> 00:18:47,455 Besides, the police cannot arrest a ghost. 244 00:18:47,492 --> 00:18:49,892 There is no physical evidence. 245 00:18:50,662 --> 00:18:53,655 To help Iason, you'd have to go to a psychiatrist or therapist. 246 00:18:53,933 --> 00:18:55,924 No, please...! 247 00:18:56,268 --> 00:18:59,431 But, Iason keeps a huge fish in his pool. 248 00:19:00,005 --> 00:19:03,372 Something the size of a dolphin or a shark. 249 00:19:03,875 --> 00:19:04,739 A shark? 250 00:19:04,976 --> 00:19:07,912 Iason thinks that fish is Eva. 251 00:19:27,265 --> 00:19:30,702 Count, what did you sell to Iason?! 252 00:19:31,203 --> 00:19:33,603 I already told you, it was a mermaid. 253 00:19:34,339 --> 00:19:37,901 She is a proud and possessive creature. 254 00:19:38,476 --> 00:19:43,038 If it helps to get someone she loves, she will not mind showing her tears. 255 00:19:43,583 --> 00:19:46,142 Just as Eva did that night. 256 00:19:46,851 --> 00:19:47,682 Eva? 257 00:19:49,488 --> 00:19:52,752 By the way, is that small-minded prince... 258 00:19:52,824 --> 00:19:59,229 who has mistaken guilt for true love still keeping to the sales terms? 259 00:19:59,764 --> 00:20:00,789 The sales terms? 260 00:20:00,999 --> 00:20:02,991 Not to starve her at any time. 261 00:20:03,568 --> 00:20:06,230 She becomes ferocious when she is hungry. 262 00:20:10,475 --> 00:20:13,672 Though it may just as well be what he wanted. 263 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:16,669 Eva... 264 00:20:34,833 --> 00:20:35,731 Where's the pool?! 265 00:20:35,767 --> 00:20:37,133 The sun room in the back! 266 00:20:41,239 --> 00:20:42,571 What's that smell? 267 00:20:44,976 --> 00:20:46,136 Turn the lights on! 268 00:21:14,005 --> 00:21:17,873 It's been reported that the skeleton of the upper torso of Evangeline Blue,... 269 00:21:17,976 --> 00:21:20,445 who fell into the ocean several days ago.... 270 00:21:20,512 --> 00:21:23,811 was discovered inside the stomach of a strange large fish.... 271 00:21:23,848 --> 00:21:25,873 along with the body of Mr. Iason Gray. 272 00:21:44,102 --> 00:21:47,299 Once tasted, you can never live without it. 273 00:21:48,206 --> 00:21:51,698 That's the taste of the delicacy called love. 274 00:21:55,046 --> 00:21:59,039 Mermaids are very possessive creatures.