Original subtitles

Production Dreamax

Vuenavista International Korea presents

Co-investment by Entersdaq

Directed by Yoon Jong-chan

- Wait for me. - Hey, wait up.

Yeongsu, wait for me.

I told you to wait for me.

Produced by Hwang Phil-seon

Production invested by Ha Seong-geun

Producer Baek Jong-hak

Kim Myung-min

Jang Jin-young

Written and directed by Yoon Jong-chan

Sorum

- Moving in by yourself? - What?

I live next door in 505.

- Nice to meet you. - Same here.

Looks like you don't have a lot of stuff.

You don't look like a student.

- I'm a taxi driver. - I see!

You have any cigarette? I'm all out!

Look at the wallpapers.

They're all different.

- Are they? - They look so cheap!

This fridge is from the barber shop.

He said it still works.

Yeah, right. He brought all sorts of junk here.

I'll go through them and see if I can use anything.

He's a money-grubber, leasing this building when it'll be

torn down for redevelopment. As if the rent would make him rich.

It looks like most people moved out already.

Yeah, almost everyone left.

The place felt so empty without people.

I am glad to have a new neighbor.

- Anyway, take it easy. - Thanks.

One pack of smokes, please.

Shit, I am done for tonight!

- Why so late? - Sorry.

Some asshole puked in my car.

Don't let drunk people get in your cab.

Leave them on the street to rot.

Here I am working my ass off for drunk assholes.

That's why I quit working for a nightclub, driving their drunk customers.

At least you got tips from them.

I can't even pay up today's lease fee to the company.

You think the freaking tips were free?

They are both disgusting.

I should go to work.

I got the early morning shift from tomorrow.

See you.

The freaking tips?

You got a new girl in Seoul?

Nope.

What else would bring you to Seoul?

I came just to hang out. And I haven't seen you in a while.

What?

Wipe off that lipstick on your lips before you say another word.

Oh, shit.

I told the bitch to wipe it off before we do it.

A hooker?

You think I'm like you?

How do you like driving a cab?

Not bad. I don't have to lug around bastards I don't like so!

You're a strange one, I have to say.

You haven't seen Mijeong since then?

Mijeong?

Why would she show up here?

You know how much money she hustled before she scrammed?

You still think about that bitch?

Shut up.

Look at those chicks.

Let's go in.

- Are we done yet, Miss? - Who are those chicks?

Huh?

Look at her. What a hairdo!

Damn!

Have you lived here for a long time?

Yes.

Who's that bastard?

Bitch, I asked who that bastard is!

Let go of me.

You bitch, follow me.

Don't touch me, asshole.

You whore!

I worked my ass off for a month for this money.

So?

Don't even think about

gambling with this money, you asshole.

You couldn't even look after our son and lost him.

And now that there is no one to stop you,

you're whoring around with other men? Bitch!

Don't you forget.

I am still your husband. Got that, bitch?

Enough with your bullshit!

Give me back my money.

I said, give it back!

Get off me.

What are you so scared of?

Don't you think you will be scared too?

A dead man keeps showing up in my dream.

That's because you always think about that sort of things.

I'm not kidding.

I think Gwangtae has something to say.

Seonyeong, I am scared.

Seonyeong, what the heck?

Wait.

- Seonyeong, stay with me tonight, okay? - Okay, fine.

- Really? - Yeah.

Are you on your way back home?

Free movie tickets? Does he work at a theater?

He is a taxi driver.

Have you met him before?

Yesterday.

Forget it.

How old is he?

How should I know?

You've talked to him before but you don't know how old he is?

I don't.

- Hey. - What?

- Hey. - What?

Let's go watch a movie tomorrow.

- What? - Okay.

So what happens in the end?

I knew it'd be like this when he gave us free tickets.

- It was boring. - I should've gotten a nap at home.

What a waste of time.

You are going to smoke here?

Oh, hi there.

- Smoke outside. - Okay.

Hello. You saw the movie?

We could've come together if you told me.

Let's go have a coffee somewhere. I'm buying.

No, thanks.

Come one. It's on me.

Let's go. It's getting late.

Aren't you going?

Just one drink.

- I'm off. - Eunsu.

I gotta give piano lessons to kids.

Eunsu.

Are you okay?

Do you like going on a drive?

I know a great place.

It wasn't like this when I came last fall.

This road looks great with autumn leaves. Maybe it's too cold now.

Country roads are all the same.

It's nice.

Why did you move into 504?

Why did I? Why do you ask?

Do you know that someone died in that room?

What?

Gwangtae. You met Eunsu. He was her boyfriend.

He died in a fire in that room.

Ah, that's why the ceiling looked like that.

Anyway, Eunsu became weird since then.

She is taking time off from school as well.

I feel bad for her.

Don't you think that you move into a wrong place?

No, I don't think so. The place is close to work.

Aren't you scared?

Scared? Not at all.

They shot a lot of TV dramas here.

Have you been here often?

Not really. Just once in a while.

Whenever you get a girl?

You know what?

Do you want to see something fun?

Come here.

Could you grab that stick?

Move it little bit that way.

- Like this? - Yes. Good.

What are you doing?

Don't you know Bruce Lee?

Who?

That guy who was really good at martial arts.

- Stay still. I will do it again. - Wait. Hold on.

Your shoe is untied.

Stick your foot out a little.

- Have fun at work. - Thanks.

Who's making this ruckus?

What is that delivery boy doing in the tunnel?

What the fuck is that crazy asshole doing?

What a nincompoop!

Push him over with the car. Let's see if he would die.

Really?

Just push him over. I'll take the responsibility.

Go faster! Just keep your foot on the accelerator.

Get closer! Closer! That son of a bitch.

Because of that kind of assholes! Our country is in this shit hole.

Isn't he the bastard from!

What the!

- Looks like someone crashed. - Where?

Isn't that the delivery boy?

I knew that would happen.

That asshole was asking for it.

Damn, what a way to go.

He had it coming.

He just dropped dead. What a way to go!

Look where you're going or we will end up like him.

Why?

What's wrong?

Calm down.

It's all over. Calm down.

It's okay.

Clam down.

It's okay.

It wasn't my fault.

I didn't do anything wrong.

He was drunk!

He was drunk as a dog and fell down.

I almost got beaten to death by that asshole.

But I didn't kill him.

He just fell by himself. I didn't do anything.

I really didn't.

That son of a bitch just fell by himself.

I didn't kill him.

Going home?

Yes.

Would you like to grab something to eat?

Get in.

Drink some.

Looks so good.

- Can I just serve myself? - Yes.

Try it. It looks good.

Oh, this is very hot.

These dumplings are really something.

I mean it. Try some.

Why didn't you just split up?

It's not like you have a kid.

I had no idea how I could support myself.

You don't have your own family?

My mom passed away early and I lived with my dad.

But he was insane.

One day, he left home and never came back.

He went missing?

I haven't seen him since.

I think I am going mad like my dad.

I heard it's genetic.

Anyway!

What should we do now?

What?

We've sinned.

Sin? What do you mean?

Things will only get complicated if you talk to the police.

You've got bruises all over you.

All we did was bury the bastard after he croaked.

Didn't we do him good?

Everything they did to one another was out of greed and stupidity.

Their endless greed summoned a begrudged spirit and her curse upon themselves.

Room 504, the missing child, and the missing body of his mother! one last story!

- Going around chasing after a skirt? - I'm too tired to talk.

I'm sure you are tired. Anyone would be tired

chasing after a skirt all night long.

I didn't do anything. I just sang a few songs.

Kim and Lee egged me on, so I had some beer.

Do I need to bring a witness?

You think there is any secret in this tiny town?

Geeze, woman.

You should be ashamed of yourself, acting the way you do.

I wish something would happen to make me feel ashamed.

Did you go somewhere last night?

You always have fun without me.

Why can't you take me out for once?

I told you. All I need is a publishing contract.

Right, you keep saying that.

- Should I cut a little more? - Yes, bit more.

- She is a looker. - Who are you talking about?

That man's wife in the picture.

She was pretty.

What about the lady next door?

Compared to her, she was ugly.

What made him do such thing to his wife?

That's why he was crazy.

Killing his wife and running away with the lady next door!

Leaving his own son in a fire!

But he didn't set the fire, did he?

I heard an overheated stove caused the fire.

It happened because they left their child alone in the apartment.

I heard a kid crying in that apartment day after day

which was strange.

If you come to think about it now!

It was lucky that a fire broke out.

- What? - If the fire hadn't started!

The kid would've cried all alone and starved to death.

When people saved him!

He had bad burns on his back and butt.

If he was found tad later, he might've died in the fire.

It's horrifying to think about it.

That scum was a total nutcase.

If you were him, where would you hide it?

Hide what?

The woman's dead body.

In the apartment ceiling?

In the hallway? In the back hill?

Inside the wall?

My story needs a back stabbing plot twist.

- Do you know that woman? - Not really.

She was weird to begin with but

she's become weirder after losing her son.

She scares me whenever I see her in the hall at night.

Just like a scene from a horror novel.

Kim, let's have a drink.

What? Oh, sure. Why not.

- Meet me in my room. - Okay.

Wow. You have a lot of books.

They're all I have left after my publishing company went belly-up.

- You ran a publishing company? - Yes. In the past.

Kim, how old are you?

I'm 30 years old.

- Born in 1970? - 1972.

And you live alone?

My wife wanted to split up when I became penniless.

Life is easier this way, living alone.

I just miss my kids sometimes!

Let's see!

I think Gwangtae moved here around one summer.

He wanted to become a writer, but he had no talent.

He moved here saying the apartment inspired him to write.

But it was very weird.

Not sure if the fire started while he was sleeping!

But when we went in, only the middle part of the living room was burnt.

How could that happen?

It's almost impossible even if it was intended.

Why ask about Gwangtae? Are you getting spooked by this place?

No. I was just curious.

So the fire, missing child, diseases, accidents, and everything else

are happening because the child's mother who was killed

has cursed this apartment.

That's what my novel is about.

It's going to be interesting.

What do you think it is?

What is?

What does the ghost of the dead woman want?

I don't know.

Aren't you curious?

How does the story go?

Buy the book when it gets published.

Because room 504 that you are living in...

is the main stage of the book.

The barber was talking about this place, the scene of the murder 30 years ago.

And here you are, living in it.

Incredible, isn't it?

Someone is living in the place that was once a murder scene

as if nothing had happened.

Jinsu.

- What are you doing? - The pigeons flew off.

- Come on, we are about to eat. - Jinsu? Let's eat.

Bye, Ma'am.

- See you later. - Bye-bye.

When did you get here?

- Just now. - Here for a haircut?

No, just dropping by to pay my monthly rent.

Is it that time of the month already?

Damn it!

Those dipshits became bosses...

and telling me what to do with my novel.

You just watch.

When my novel gets published, I'll make a successful comeback.

- I'll raise my kids with my own money. - I hope things go well with you.

We're drinking at home today but

I'll treat you to an expensive place when my book is published.

All right.

- You were a great help to me. - I did nothing.

You were the only witness of the tragedy 30 years ago.

Barber Kim.

What? My last name is Song, not Kim.

Everyone in my novel gets cursed in the end.

So how could I use real names?

I'm cursed, too?

Barber Kim survives until the end.

What the hell?

This apartment is such a shitty place to live.

What's wrong with you?

You scared me.

You said the baby's mom is haunting this apartment.

It's just a story that I made up.

- Who is it? - Kim, it's me.

Were you sleeping?

Could you give me a quick ride to the publisher?

I am running late to an important meeting.

But I have to go down the street to get a cab.

I'll pay, okay?

There is no such thing as ghost.

You know nothing.

There are many kinds of ghosts.

A ghost that doesn't realize it is already dead,

a ghost that lives in someone else's body!

They're not groundless. There is truth to those ideas.

Anyway...

- Where are you from? - Eh?

- My hometown? - Yeah.

Well...

It must be somewhere.

What do you mean?

I'm an orphan.

- Orphan? - Yes.

Orphan...

I met Lee Mijeong's family.

She kept in touch with her family wherever she was.

But suddenly they did not hear from her.

Isn't it strange? What do you think?

What do you want me to say?

You're the one who's investigating this. So why are you asking me?

- I mean... - Stupid ass.

Watch your mouth.

If someone files a report, we have to investigate.

You and Mijeong lived together before she disappeared, right?

- Why did you quit your job? - I didn't quit. I was fired.

You have no idea what she's like.

She borrowed money from her friends and co-workers

and even got a loan on my credit before she disappeared.

They thought I was in on it with her and kicked me out.

I'm a victim, too.

Victim?

Yes.

A victim...

Do you ever clean up?

- Just leave it. - Throw away things you don't need.

Can you pass me the water?

Here.

Looks good on you.

What is this?

I saw it at a shop...

It will get cold soon.

Do you like it?

Eh?

Yes...

Why didn't you tell me?

What?

That your child went missing.

The nextdoor neighbor told me.

Hearing that, I became curious about something.

What?

About my parents.

Whether they dumped me or...

they just lost me like you did.

I'm an orphan.

- Hey! - Be careful!

- Why did you get off? - Don't stamp on it too hard.

Okay.

- Do it slowly. - Let's go.

This is fun.

What?

- It's done? - Really?

We look weird.

Let's do it again.

- Wait...where should I look? - Up there.

Don't move.

So that's how it goes.

Fate will bring them together.

Great.

Hey you, 504!

Oh, my goodness.

I'm getting off here. Bye.

See you later.

What are you doing?

Isn't this Gwangtae's notebook?

- I took it when his room was on fire... - Wait!

Didn't you go in first when his room was room on fire?

That's right.

But you took this notebook instead of rescuing him?

I just tossed it out while I was putting out the fire.

I couldn't give it to you because it'd upset you.

- Also I didn't want to trash my story. - How is this yours?

- This is Gwangtae's novel. - Novel?

They're just scribbles, not a novel.

And if this to be a novel, it's mine.

What do you mean?

Gwangtae learned from a professional writer like me.

I gave him plenty of ideas.

He just copied them down here.

Then why are you burning it?

I'm sure it's the same with you but

this notebook reminds me of Gwangtae.

I'm burning it because keeping it doesn't seem right.

Why are you looking me like that?

The first thing he thought of was the notebook.

And he's copying Gwangtae's story in his novel.

How could he when a person was dying! Bastard!

Some kind of writer he is!

Maybe he's the one who set the fire.

- You think so? - Yeah.

He pretended to help Gwangtae with writing, but he was very jealous.

I doubt it.

It's too late. I'll get going.

- Seonyeong! - Bye.

You shouldn't do that to him.

Eunsu!

There is something very weird about him.

Doesn't he seem strange to you? Why did the detective come and see him?

- What do you know about him? - You don't love him at all.

Why do you keep hanging out with him?

To do something to your husband? Is that why you need him?

Eunsu!

You always said you wanted to do away with your husband.

So you plan to use this guy because he seems dumb and gullible?

Do you have to live like this? Didn't you say you were sick of it?

- You think you'll be happy with him? - What about you, then?

Were you happy with Gwangtae because you loved him?

Love?

I don't need it.

I don't care if he's a moron, an orphan, or a thief.

Anybody would do as long as I'm okay.

What's it to you if I love him, flirt with him, or use him?

I'm going to do whatever I want from now on.

It's pretty hard to see you these days.

Are you sick?

No, I was just...

I'm off work tomorrow.

So?

Would you like to go for a drive?

Let's have a nice meal too.

There is something in this apartment.

- Maybe a woman. - Woman?

Yes.

Mumbling and singing a lullaby.

As if she has something to tell me.

- But I keep losing connection. - Sleep, little one, sleep tight.

In the front yard and the back hill!

What a devotion.

He's cute.

Creepy, not cute.

You don't know him. He's really amazing.

If I put another one in the box, thinking he's lonely,

then he bites the other to death.

Good boy.

Even if I leave home for a week, he's still alive.

Isn't he amazing?

I still don't like him.

- A baby. - What?

I'm sure she said her baby would return.

Her baby will return?

Not going?

Let's go.

Eunsu.

I've got to get out of this apartment.

What she said about her child!

I've kept thinking about it, but something is strange.

What?

If she is the ghost of the baby's mom,

she'd want me to skedaddle, no?

Because her son would come back.

Gwangtae, you don't like me anymore, is that it?

What about our baby I'm carrying?

There is no such thing as a ghost.

Tell me honestly if you got sick of me.

Instead of giving me excuses.

That's not it.

Something is definitely not right.

I feel like something bad will happen to me if I stay here.

Something is happening in this apartment.

You laced up my shoe here.

You still remember that?

It stayed with me.

Why?

Seeing you tying my shoe laces made me wonder

if my mom would've been kind like you if I had one.

Stuff like that, you know?

Mom?

How did you lose your child?

My son, Yeongjun?

I lost him.

Yeah, I did...

I lost him.

Try it.

Long time no see.

I was kind of busy.

- How's business? - Same old, same old.

- Tell me if you need anything. - Thank you.

You don't want me to go to work tonight?

Just skip it.

You won't starve just because you skip work one day.

Here.

Here, one more shot.

Over my buddies' dead bodies, we march forward.

Goodbye, Nakdong River. We're marching on.

We defeated enemies with a deep-seated grudge in our blood.

When the stars rose, we smiled.

When the stars set, we cried.

With that meaningless promise,

Spring days are passing by us.

I must've been born with grim fate.

What, fate?

There is no such thing.

So being an orphan was my fate and destiny then?

I blame my parents for dumping me.

Fate? I don't believe it.

There's no such thing as fate.

You know what?

Do you remember the day

we met on the apartment roof?

The day you got a black eye?

I was going to jump from the roof that night.

If you hadn't shown up, I'd have died.

Was that fate or coincidence?

What a stupid thought.

You're alive and you're here now.

You really don't have a care in the world.

You want to know how to live that way?

How?

When I was in high school,

there was a dude who was the best fighter in school.

I used to fight well, but I couldn't beat him

He was also smart and rich.

- I was no match for him. - You're right about that.

But he began taunting me for being an orphan.

It drove me nuts.

I couldn't beat him in anything.

It was getting on my nerve to the point that

I wanted to die than go to school.

I couldn't take it anymore, so one day, I told him

to meet me on the hill behind the school.

With a knife I took, I killed him

and buried him somewhere in the hill.

I felt so much better after that.

And I went on living my life.

No one knows about this.

You're the first one I'm telling this to.

Anyway, that's how I live my life carefree.

But...

Do you love me?

You already knew that I wasn't an average guy.

An orphan, drifter...

Who cares?

Okay then, do you love me?

Love?

Well, I have a mixed-feeling.

Mixed-feeling?

Why mixed-feeling?

I don't know why.

I've never felt this way before,

but when I see you I feel so divided.

- Divided? - What is this feeling?

What is making me feel divided?

Huh?

I wonder if this fits you.

- What is this? - A gift.

Try it.

Blue Park Motel

That cookie...

was Yeongjun's favorite.

Your boy?

Yeah, my son.

My son...

I should go to work.

What about you? Coming with me?

Why did you take the ring in the fridge?

Are you going to go with me?

You approached me on purpose, didn't you?

You needed me to kill your husband?

I heard you and Eunsu talking the other night.

You just needed somebody. And was that me?

What's next?

Now that you've used me,

are you going to run away? Or find another guy?

Writing some cheap novel are you?

Get it right when you eavesdrop on people.

You were just around me when I needed somebody.

I used you? How?

So I'm just somebody to you?

You thought you could trifle with me?

Am I right? Huh?

Do you know what kind of ring that was?

I had given it to a woman who was just like you.

I got nothing but...

I did everything I could do for her.

But she turned out to be just like you.

She treated me like shit and used me.

But...

You know what is pissing me off?

That I freaking love you,

but you don't love me.

You get what I'm saying? Huh?

Love?

What's so funny?

I'm used to getting beaten up, so this ain't nothing to me.

But before you hit me, tell me what I did wrong.

What's this love you're talking about?

You think I'm yours because I slept with you a couple of times?

Bullshit!

I'm sick of it.

If you want someone to love, find somebody else.

I'm not the one.

- Okay? - Sick of it?

You lost your kid and killed your husband.

You still think you're a human being?

Who the hell are you to talk about my son?

Who do you think you are? Don't speak of my son, you bastard!

What do you know about me?

Damn you!

What? What?

You worried because he could've become an orphan like you?

You bitch!

How dare you play me?

Did I seem that easy to you?

You damn bitch!

Barber Shop

It's not gonna sell?

Dickheads!

You don't know shit!

You don't see how great my novel is.

Fine, you assholes.

You'll see soon!

Yeah, that's right! Invisible fear.

The highlight of my novel.

I'm scared now. You know that, douchebags?

The ghost of the dead mother is calling for

her grown-up son to be with her forever.

She wants to be with her beloved baby again right here

just like 30 years ago.

The guy who knows nothing about his fate even in the end.

The guy in room 504.

Her son.

Bad ass ending, isn't it? You morons.

Kim.

Why am I the dead woman's son?

Which dirtbag said that?

Why? Why?

What? You think it's funny?

Damn apartment!

She's coming.

She's near.

The ghost is calling for her son!

See? It's just like what I wrote.

You son of a bitch!

Damn it...

This fucking apartment.

Sleep, little one, go to sleep

In the front yard and the back hill

All the birds and lambs are sleeping.

The silvery moonbeams so bright through the window

Like silver and golden beads,

Translation by Park Seonjoo, Jang Junseong

Editing by Alyssa Kim