Original subtitles

written by Kwak II-Roh

starring Shin Young-Gyun

Kim Ji-Su and Kim Hae-Jung

Lighting director Cinematographer Ham Wan-Sub Choi Seung-Woo

Production designer Music by Jeong Woo-Taek Jeong Yoon-Ju

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

First assistant director Lee Jang-Ho

Prop master Choi Gyung-Man

Production manager Kim Han-Geuk

Directed by Shin Sang-Ok

Raise your head, GeneraI Kim.

You did a greatjob defeating those savages,

who tried to attack our 1000 year-oId ShiIIa kingdom.

No, my Iady.

I onIy did what I had to do.

That's modest of you.

ShiIIa is proud of you, GeneraI.

ShiIIa wiII remember your bravery forever.

I'm fIattered, my Iady.

-Minister Jang. -Yes, my Iady.

GeneraI Kim fought for two years in a faraway Iand.

I'd Iike to show him my gratitude.

-Prepare a big feast immediateIy. -Yes, my Iady.

I'd Iike to ask my Iady a favor.

What is it?

I'm very gratefuI,

but since my soIdiers miss their famiIies,

PIease reward them by their merits.

So Iet them meet their famiIies quickIy, my Iady.

How gracious of you to think of your soIdiers Iike that.

I'II do as you ask.

PIease join me at our feast.

I'd Iike to hear about your heroic story.

I wiII do as you say, my Iady.

HeIp yourseIf.

Musician.

Yes, my Iady.

Won-Iang.

Yes, my Iady.

I'm aIso a woman at night.

EspeciaIIy when it gets windy Iike tonight,

I feeI more IoneIy.

PIease caII me Man-nyu Iike you used to.

I couIdn't possibIy, my Iady.

Won-Iang.

Yes, my Iady.

-PIease drink. -Yes, my Iady.

Do you think I'm Iewd as peopIe say?

No, my Iady.

Then why do you want to go back so earIy?

I wanted to hear your heroic deeds at Byun-sung battIefieId.

I wanted to hear your heroic deeds at Byun-sung battIefieId.

Changed your mind?

Of course I want to, my Iady.

It's just a IittIe too Iate.

Miss your wife that much?

Am I not good enough?

My Iady.

I was onIy twenty when I took over the throne.

I was aIways tied up with compIicated ruIes,

and the servants' interference.

Don't you ever feeI sympathy for me?

If I hadn't become a queen,

I might have married you, Won-Iang.

My Iady, it's an oId story.

-You now have aII those peopIe... -Stop.

Won-Iang. I'm IoneIy.

LoneIier than anyone in the worId.

Minister Jang is trying to overthrow me,

and his power is spreading aII over the paIace.

You're the onIy one I trust.

Won-Iang.

Won-Iang, pIease heIp me.

Won-Iang.

I'm fIattered, my Iady.

I pIedge my IoyaIty to you.

Thank you, Won-Iang.

I'm afraid I have to go back since it's getting Iate.

Are you that worried about your wife?

I envy her.

Enough about your wife.

It's getting Iate.

TeII me your heroic stories.

Take me to my bed.

Come on, Won-Iang.

Won-Iang.

Don't you Iike me?

Won-Iang.

It's not our fauIt, ma'am.

You are to be banished within 1200km from the paIace.

Does the generaI know about this, too?

We don't know anything.

It's just a sudden order from the queen.

But officer,

She's innocent and the night is Iate.

It's no use.

It'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'II try to sneak into the paIace

and meet the generaI.

How couId he Iet this happen?

No.

Don't bIame him..

He probabIy doesn't know anything.

He'd never Iet this happen.

He wouIdn't.

Never.

That's why I'II bring him here.

No, that's not right.

He must be in some troubIe himseIf.

-Now, Iet's go. -My Iady.

PIease do as Man-gang says.

You don't have any pIace to go, my Iady.

I'II go anywhere.

Even if I die,

I shouIdn't put him in danger.

When he had returned, he wouId've been

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

Our country is so corrupt, my Iady.

The queen's Iewdness is endIess, and the savages are unstoppabIe.

You're right.

The worId is ours now.

Don't move.

How dare you bIock our path?

There's no use.

Step back.

My Iady!

No, Man-gang.

Man-gang!

HeIp me.

My Iady!

HeIp me, my Iady!

PIease. PIease.

Have mercy for my baby.

I won't kiII you, so come here.

My baby!

My baby...

My baby!

You horribIe bastard.

My baby....

My baby!

No.

HeIp me. HeIp me.

Go get her!

Hurry up!

Stop!

PuII her out of the water.

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

You morons! Do it!

-No. -You cowardIy morons.

Don't go in the pond.

Wait. Wait.

Wait for me. Wait for me.

He's here.

HeIIo, generaI.

This way.

They got in an accident in the mountain.

She's in this room.

No, sir.

This way.

DaI-Iae.

DaI-Iae.

DaI-Iae.

EarIy this morning, sir.

I heard a knock so I went out.

And she was Iying, covered with bIood.

I brought her inside.

She onIy toId me to caII the generaI.

And she died.

What about my wife and chiId?

WeII, she died so quickIy.

I think she might've faIIen off the mountain.

It must be those savages.

The worId is so corrupt...

PIease send the body to my house.

I'II search aII over the mountain, to find my wife and my chiId,

And I'II kiII those savages.

Yeo-hwa!

Yeo-hwa!

Yeo-hwa!

Over there!

GeneraI!

GeneraI!

Your wife is here!

There!

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa.

You're stiII aIive.

Hurry and caII a doctor.

FeeI her.

She's stiII warm.

Yeo-hwa

Yeo-hwa, you're aIive.

Don'tjust stand there.

CaII the doctor.

How couId she stiII be aIive?

EspeciaIIy in that pond.

You're right.

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa, pIease don't die.

You're my beIoved wife.

I never forgot you even in the battIefieIds.

I stiII feeI your warmth in my hands, so you're stiII aIive.

Yeo-hwa. Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa.

Listen here!

Yes, sir.

Why isn't the doctor?

Why isn't the doctor here yet?

PIease, generaI.

I know how you feeI,

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

She's not dead yet.

She's stiII aIive.

She's stiII warm.

But the doctors are scared...

Let's go.

I'II drag them over here.

GeneraI.

But generaI...

What is it?

GeneraI, pIease Iisten to me.

Nobody has ever survived in that pond,

And it hoIds a scary history.

-A history? -Yes.

Long ago when King Mu-yuI was in power.

WhiIe the audacious king was

hunting with his ministers,

he chased after a wiId boar by himseIf,

and Iost his way in the mountain.

And then...

HeIIo?

HeIIo?

Is anybody there?

Is anybody there?

Come here.

I'm the owner of this house.

Who are you?

I'm a traveIer who got Iost.

Why are aII of you crying strangeIy Iike this?

I found a whoIe famiIy dead Iast night.

What happened to them?

Yes, sir.

It's an unbeIievabIe story.

Hurry and teII me.

I wiII speak, sir.

ActuaIIy, our one and onIy daughter

is about to get kiIIed.

What?

Tonight, my daughter is to be given up

to the 1000 year-oId white fox.

A fox?

Yes.

The fox is 1000-years oId,

and has aII kinds of speIIs.

She was sent to this worId by the deviI.

She eats peopIe,

and has turned the whoIe worId into a heII.

She wiII then return to the sky soon.

She has aIready eaten 999 peopIe,

and my daughter is her 1 ,000th pray.

She is Iewd and onIy eats pretty virgins.

Shut up!

You fooIs.

I don't beIieve your story.

Sir.

She is a wicked creature with scary speIIs.

We need your heIp.

Our neighbor didn't Iisten to the fox and got kiIIed.

PIease, sir.

Save my daughter.

PIease save my daughter.

I'm scared.

Sir.

PIease save her.

We don't want her to die.

But if I don't give her up, the whoIe town wiII die.

Shut up.

She's sureIy a wicked creature.

But, once you start,

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

Everybody, do as I say.

Yes, sir.

The fox has totaIIy Iost its form,

Iost its speIIs, and never came back.

But her spirit stiII wanders around the pond.

I heard a simiIar story before, but it was a myth.

No, sir.

I have Iistened 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.''

I'm a royaI guard of ShiIIa.

So a fox won't scare me.

Let's go.

The doctor wiII never come.

I bet he aIready got scared and fIed.

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

It's beIieved to destroy their homes.

There's no other way then.

I'II find her first thing in the morning.

I guess we were Iucky today.

If you keep working Iike that, you won't Iive Iong.

Chief, we did a greatjob today.

I chose the right path to top it aII.

Shut up you morons.

You're just Iucky to have a chief Iike me.

Wait, what's that?

It must beIong to a woman.

Chief, Iook at that.

We're reaIIy Iucky today.

Let's go.

What?

OId man.

OId man.

Yes. sir.

What's wrong?

Have you seen my wife go out?

What?

Leave?

But she's dead.

-It must be the fox, generaI. -Don't say anything.

It can't be.

Oh, dear.

No, Yeo-hwa.

Don't come in.

Stop there.

You aIready took revenge for your chiId.

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

No.

I don't want to hurt peopIe anymore.

When I was burned into ashes,

and scattered in this pond,

I moaned at night for years

to find a body for my spirit.

Even though I'm 1000 years oId,

I'm nothing without a body.

Many girIs have been puIIed into this pond,

But they drowned before I couId put my spirit in them.

But since you strongIy wanted

to take revenge on your country and peopIe,

you were abIe to take my spirit and Iive again.

Yeo-hwa,

I have avenged you.

So your body beIongs to me, too.

I wiII onIy borrow your body

from 3 o'cIock 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, quickIy.

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.

DarIing.

You're aIive.

Don't worry anymore.

How did I get here?

We'II taIk as we go.

What about my baby?

DarIing, our baby.

What happened to our baby?

PIease caIm down and Iisten.

Our baby.

Our baby is dead.

My dear, caIm down.

Poor baby.

Our baby.

But how did I get here?

You rose out of the pond after a day.

Everybody thought you were dead.

But you survived

because you had a strong wiII to Iive.

Now, Iet's go.

I wiII be by your side every moment from now on.

I'm more worried about you than your wife.

The queen is furious that you Ieft without teIIing her.

Don't worry. I have an idea.

I'm sorry for causing you troubIe.

PIease, that's not necessary.

I'm gIad that your wife survived.

Just take aII of this as a bad omen.

Oh, I just brought her some soup.

PIease give it to her.

She wiII be pIeased.

Excuse me.

He's so Iucky with women.

His wife is beautifuI, and the queen Iikes him aIso.

Be quiet.

Why shouId I?

Why can't you be Iike him?

What do you mean?

Since he's so Iucky with women.

he'II be promoted in no time.

So why can't you be Iike him?

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

So you want me to...

What's so bad about Iending my husband?

We'II get a promotion and money.

You know the queen has aIways been Iewd.

How couId you say that?

Try to forget everything, and get weII.

Yes.

But I'm scared somehow.

I feeI scared and empty.

I scared to be aIone.

Yeo-hwa, don't worry.

As soon as I return from the paIace, I'II be with you.

Don't go.

It's not because I'm jeaIous.

I'm just worried for some reason.

I think something bad might happen.

PIease don't go.

I'm scared to be aIone.

Raise your head.

What is it that you need my permission for?

PIease Iet me go back to Byun-bang,

and fight the savages who are trying to attack us.

Defending north Byun-bang is Iike defending ShiIIa itseIf.

PIease Iet me fight for ShiIIa.

You can't.

PIease.

My Iady.

GeneraI Kim is right.

And as a minister, I have given him permission.

Minister Jang.

That's not possibIe.

You're not chief of the RoyaI Guard.

No, my Iady.

Shut up!

The Iaw says I can appoint my RoyaI Guard myseIf.

Do not interfere, minister.

My Iady.

I want to fight to keep my IoyaIty for ShiIIa.

My Iady, pIease don't make me disgrace my country.

Shut up.

Shut up and do as I say.

My Iady, pIease withdraw your order.

I couIdn't possibIy be your RoyaI Guard.

What did you say?

Are you disobeying my order?

Officers.

Yes, my Iady.

Drag him out of here.

Yes, my Iady.

You're dismissed.

Yes, my Iady.

Won-Iang

You're the onIy man I've ever wanted.

Won-Iang.

Who is it?

Stop right there!

I said stop!

Who is it?

Stop right there!

Who is it?

Somebody heIp me!

HeIp me!

King Mu-yuI's dynasty wiII end, and ShiIIa shaII perish.

She's over there!

My Iady.

My Iady.

Wake up, my Iady.

My Iady.

That way!

Stop!

Yeo-hwa?

Yeo-hwa.

My husband, you're here.

I was so worried about you.

Anyway, are you okay?

Look at you.

Why are you sweating?

You're sweating aII over.

I guess I had a bad dream.

I don't quite remember,

but my body feeIs tired.

Why are you Iooking at me Iike that?

Oh, nothing, my dear.

DarIing, get some more rest.

Okay.

Even an eviI fox with powerfuI speIIs,

can never win overjustice.

The deviI wiII surrender to the power of buddhism one day.

PIease have patience,

and be gracious to your peopIe.

-Priest. -Yes, my Iady.

I know that aIready.

I'm asking how I couId get rid of that wicked fox.

It depends on what's in your mind.

What is in my mind?

A human has both good and eviI in his mind,

If you onIy have a good mind, the eviI wiII disappear.

Enough.

I don't need a sermon.

Leave me.

Yes, my Iady.

One more thing, my Iady.

If the arrow King Mu-yuI

used to kiII the fox, is in the paIace,

the fox wiII not come near here.

I didn't think of that.

-Look here. -Yes, my Iady.

Bring that arrow right away.

Yes, my Iady.

Listen here.

Yes, my Iady.

I ordered the generaI's presence, so why isn't he here yet?

We have sent for him, my Iady.

My Iady.

What is it?

Minister Jang wouId Iike to see you.

What?

Minister Jang?

GeneraI.

Yes, priest.

You have eviI in your face.

Yes?

You have an eviI spirit deep in your mind.

Your Iife is in danger.

Priest.

Whose eviI spirit is it?

I don't know, but you must be carefuI.

GeneraI.

You know what?

Heard what happened?

There was big chaos in the paIace Iast night.

The 1000 year-oId fox was disguised as a human.

It was a pretty girI, too.

She bit 10 peopIe and they died.

I guess ShiIIa wiII faII now.

That deviI snuck into the paIace, and tried to kiII the queen.

What?

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

ReaIIy?

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.

I never went outside.

But Iook at your feet.

You stiII want to go to Byun-sung.

Even when my Iife is in danger?

My Iady.

King Mu-yuI's arrow is protecting you.

So you're going to be safe.

No.

You're the onIy one who can protect me.

Won-Iang.

Minister Jang was just here.

That shameIess bastard toId me to give up my throne and Ieft.

My Iady?

The country is in chaos because of the deviI.

He thinks it's because of my shortcomings.

No, my Iady.

If you step down now, Minister Jang wiII take controI.

My Iady.

You mustn't untiI the son of the Iast king grows up.

Then ShiIIa wiII survive this chaos and be strong.

That's why I need you here.

Understand, Won-Iang?

Won-Iang.

I guess the deviI is scared

aIready because of you.

Listen here.

Yes, my Iady.

Prepare some food and drinks.

Yes, my Iady.

My Iady, what's that noise?

My goodness.

The bowstring is shaking.

What?

Listen here.

The bowstring is shaking.

I wiII reward whoever catches the deviI so be brave.

Yes, sir.

Won-Iang. Won-Iang.

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

Don't go, Won-Iang.

There she is!

-Stop! -Catch her!

QuickIy!

Stop there!

It's King Mu-yuI's arrow.

I shouId retreat today.

What are you doing?

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

What do you mean?

You're not Yeo-hwa.

You're a deviI in disguise.

KiII me.

If you Iove the queen more, then kiII me.

I shouId've died in that pond.

Then you're reaIIy not the deviI?

That's a horribIe thing to say.

How couId you say that?

I wouId die thousands of times for you.

Yeo-hwa.

You don't know what's happening.

You have the fox's spirit.

Yeo-hwa.

The 1000 year-oId fox's spirit went inside you

in that pond.

What?

You're taIking nonsense.

I don't beIieve it.

I'm teIIing the truth.

I saw it with my own two eyes.

On my way back Iate Iast night,

I heard someone drinking from the weII.

What?

Are you serious?

It's the deviI.

It's the fox for sure.

It had bIood around its mouth and eyes.

Then every night I'm...

I did notice something strange.

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

My head is in pain when I wake up,

and I aIways feeI tired for no reason.

My husband.

PIease kiII me.

KiII me with your own hands.

My husband.

Yeo-hwa, it's not your fauIt.

It's not your fauIt.

No.

It's not my body anymore so kiII me.

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

CaIm down.

-PIease. -Let go.

I'm scared of myseIf.

My body has done horribIe things.

I shouId die.

I'd rather die than commit more sins.

Aren't you scared of me?

PIease, give me the sword.

KiII me right now.

PIease, caIm down.

KiII me, pIease.

I've heard about the pond and it scares me.

Priest.

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

PIease save her with Buddha's mercy.

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

Demerits?

She has unconsciousIy grown suspicion, jeaIousy, eviI and agony.

And hatred toward the thieves who hurt her chiId.

Those things drew the spirit of the deviI.

It's aII my fauIt.

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

Human beings can't Iive without anguish.

I don't mean to bIame anyone.

But if you wish to save her from the deviI,

stop it from getting cIose to her.

That's the onIy way.

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

Yes, my Iady.

-Come inside. -Yes.

Yeo-hwa is not human anymore.

She's turned into a scary fox.

I saw it with my own two eyes.

I see.

Yeo-hwa, I'm here.

I can't go inside because of the amuIets.

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa.

Come out.

Your body beIongs to me.

Come out. Come out.

Now.

GeneraI.

Priest. I can't take it.

I'd rather kiII her myseIf.

You have to be patient.

Either the deviI or human wiII win.

My darIing.

The queen orders.

AdaI, why are you here?

In the name of the queen.

You must report to the paIace immediateIy,

and destroy the deviI that's disrupting the worId.

No, keep this in mind.

Yeo-hwa is not the deviI.

She's my wife.

Listen carefuIIy.

The queen ordered to vanish

any opposers, incIuding the generaI.

What?

AdaI. pIease don't teII anyone.

After four days, or even tonight,

the wicked fox's spirit might go away.

AdaI. pIease support me.

Won-Iang, think about the country.

Minister Jang is forcing the queen

to step down because of this.

WouId you stiII disobey?

But I can't.

I can Iet innocent Yeo-hwa die.

I'm going to save Yeo-hwa.

No matter what it takes.

If that's your choice...

Put the sword away.

GeneraI, nobody shouId die here.

-Now is the most cruciaI time. -Priest.

GeneraI, go see the queen,

and ask her to have mercy.

It's the onIy choice you have.

Escort the generaI to the paIace.

Yes, sir.

Promise me.

Promise me you won't touch her untiI I come back.

Okay, I promise.

Promise me as a friend.

Trust me.

-Listen. -Yes, sir.

Bring the Iogs now.

What are you doing?

Don't interfere, priest.

Won-Iang carries the deviI's spirit, too.

We shouId burn the house when the deviI is trapped.

That's nonsense.

It's for Won-Iang and our country.

-Listen. -Yes, sir.

Take away the priest and the monks.

Don't. Don't.

Don't.

Take this.

Let's go.

Yoe-hwa.

Wake up.

Wake up.

Avenge me.

Avenge me, pIease.

Avenge me, pIease.

Hurry.

Hurry, Yeo-hwa.

Avenge me. Avenge me.

Here.

Smoke!

Stop!

Catch him!

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

Yes, sir.

Ma'am!

Ma'am!

Ma'am!

Let go of my arm.

My arm..

Shut up, you deviI.

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

Give me my arm.

Give me my arm.

Shut up, deviI.

Come out!

Give me my arm.

Give me my arm.

DarIing.

DarIing.

Yeo-hwa!

Yeo-hwa!

Yeo-hwa, your arm..

I cut your arm..

I can't beIieve I did this.

Yeo-hwa.

I need my arm so I can Iive.

You deviI!

Give me my arm.

Give me my arm.

Give me my arm.

My arm...

If you don't give me my arm,

I'II kiII you, too.

My arm..

Give me my arm.

Give me my arm.

My arm...

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa!

DarIing.

DarIing.

DarIing.

Yeo-hwa.

DarIing.

DarIing.

Where are you?

DarIing.

DarIing.

DarIing, I know how much you Iove me.

But I'm not the woman you shouId Iove.

DarIing.

DarIing.

DarIing.

DarIing.

DarIing, pIease forgive me.

No.

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa, you're the onIy one I Iove.

And I kiIIed you.

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa.

DarIing. Don't suffer torment

I was a horribIe fox before you kiIIed me.

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa had Iived because of you.

She has Iived in a horribIe heII.

She'II now go to another worId where there's no agony.

Yeo-hwa.

Let's go together.

Won-Iang!

You're under arrest.

It's the queen's order.

Let's go.

AdaI. AdaI.

I'II bury her myseIf.

Let go of me.

Let go of me,

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa, I finaIIy found you.

After I was arrested,

Minister Jang stepped down

and the queen passed the throne to her nephew.

The queen imprisoned me instead, and I was just reIeased.

The pond was aIso covered by the priest.

And now I found you buried Iike this.

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa.

Yeo-hwa.

Won-Iang.

I heard you were reIeased,

and waited for you.

My Iady.

My Iady.

I'm not a queen anymore.

I'm just an ordinary woman.

Won-Iang.

I don't regret giving up the throne.

Or aII the weaIth and rank I had.

I onIy regret not having gotten your Iove back.

Won-Iang.

I am an eviI woman.

And it's aII because I Ioved you.

I've aIready Ieft that chaotic worId.

Forget me.

Won-Iang.

PIease forgive me.

I was the one who had an eviI mind.

Won-Iang.

It's my Iast favor from you.

Leave the paIace with me.

I'II Iive the rest of my Iife for you.

I'm sorry.

The rest of my Iife beIongs to Yeo-hwa.

I promised her.

That I wouId protect her spirit.

I promised my Iove who I kiIIed with my own hands.

Won-Iang.

I see you stiII refuse to accept me.

So he never even once came down to the viIIage?

Yes, sir.

I used to bring him food at first.

But as he stayed stiII through rain and snow,

everybody got scared, and stayed away from him.

Over there.

There he is.

GeneraI, it's me.

It's me.