CHO Ahn, CHA Ye- ryun
Invested by Choi Wan
Produced by Han Seong Goo Kim Bum Shik I gwan su
Written by Jijak, Kim Tae Kyung
Photographed by Park Jae Hong Lighting by Nam Jin Ah
Synchronous recording by Kim Do Hyun Production Designed by Lee Tae Hoon
Edited by Ko Im Pyo Sound by Kim Bong Soo
Music by Ryu Hyung Wook CG by Hong Ho Cheol
Producer Kim Sung Hoon Assistant of Director Lee Jae Yoon
Directed by KIM Tae-kyung
MƯỜI
Do you know Muoi's curse?
Isn't that a curse for betraying friends?
No, it's for betraying love.
Muoi has two faces.
A pretty face for bewitching.
And a scary one for revenge.
Do you know Muoi's curse?
Don't film me! Get away from me!
He knows something!
It's only a legend now.
But they believed in it in the old days.
Muoi allegedly put a curse on the whole village.
Today, they still sing Muoi's song.
You said Seoyeon was a slut.
And that you were sorry for Jihoon to hook up with her.
You didn't have any problems...
...when you wrote about her.
Why make a fuss now?
Secrets and Lies
No point digging up the past.
But she's going to Vietnam to see Seoyeon.
No, it's for my new book!
What, the legend of Muoi?
Think about it. What if she read your book?
I doubt that she did.
And I don't care as long as I can get the story.
Well, you haven't written for 3 years.
You're that desperate, aren't you?
When will you stop using her for your career?
Seongeun!
Am I wrong?
You guys were real tight. And you sold her out.
I don't get it.
Enough about her. Let's just drink.
Let's take a picture.
At Wild Moon with my darling Jihoon.
Show her how Jihoon and I are doing.
It would be okay, right?
Didn't you wanna borrow my camera?
Let us see how much she's changed!
This is SHIN Yoonhee. Please, leave a message.
Listen, Yoonhee.
It's me, your editor. This is your last chance.
If you don't bring anything, you'll cough up every penny.
Get me the story, okay?
January 10th of the lunar calendar
Not happy to see me?
You are... CHAE Seoyeon?
Of course.
I haven't seen you in ages, and you've changed a lot.
It's only been 3 years.
Thanks for coming. Welcome to Vietnam.
I missed you, Yoonhee.
I did, too.
'After countless wars against the World Powers... '
'... Vietnam managed to achieve its independence.'
Knowing Vietnamese history will help you write.
It isn't much different from our own.
I'm not here to have fun. Or to study history.
What I want is that legend you told me about.
We just met and you're talking shop?
I'm on a tight schedule. It's a scary story, right?
Don't forget me when you make it big with it.
That's Muoi when she was little.
Her name means 10 in Vietnamese.
Or it refers to the 10th child.
She was born with power to cast a curse?
She was a normal child.
Like us.
As her ghost was rumored to haunt the village...
...villagers were terrified.
Monks had sealed her spirit in a portrait.
But the seal came undone, and the curse began.
What does her curse do?
They say that the curse is cast on the 15th with the full moon.
And it lasts for 15 days.
But I don't know what it does.
If the curse has been around for 100 years...
How come nobody has seen any victims?
Don't you think it's odd?
If the legend were true, nobody would've survived.
How was the seal lifted?
I don't know. It's your job to find out.
Revenge of the dead that nobody can stop...
How'd you learn that?
Professor KIM told me.
I put subtitles in video footages for him.
He studies Vietnamese folklore.
Then I should meet him.
Unfortunately, he's gone back to Korea.
I'll meet him in Korea. You got his number?
Not his number in Korea.
No?
How are the others doing?
I've lost touch with them.
You have? I wonder how they are.
We should go to bed early for tomorrow.
Seoyeon! Seoyeon!
The door is open.
No other room's available. I heard this room is haunted.
Well, it should be okay.
What's wrong?
I... Over there...
Let's go in, shall we?
January 11th of the lunar calendar
It was built long ago by a French military officer.
When I first saw this mansion, I wanted to settle down here.
My dad was against the idea.
But I managed to talk him into it.
What do you think?
Pretty nice.
But you live alone here. Isn't it too big?
I love its spaciousness.
What a nice country...
It's changed you completely.
It'll do the same to you.
You'll find the room comfortable.
That's where I paint. Messy, but my secret place.
Don't go up there.
If you need anything, let me know.
My room is downstairs. Wanna check it out?
Maybe later. Let's get to work.
CHAE Seoyeon on a boat.
Remember? We rode a boat back in high school.
You were rowing the boat, and I wished...
...for the river to take us...
...to a place where nobody could find us.
I depended on you so much back then.
You got your wish granted.
You think?
Villagers kept their distance from Muoi of humble birth.
Lonely, she fell in love with an artist named Nuen.
But he left her before completing her portrait.
She wanted to keep the portrait, but she knew she couldn't...
... because Nuen had a fiancee.
A lady of wealth.
She couldn't stand the fact that Muoi stole her love.
So she started spreading rumors.
That Muoi was evil bewitching men with a pretty face.
So she killed Muoi?
No, she did the worse.
At that house.
It was right here.
I can only imagine how painful it must've been.
He thought Muoi left him and went back to his fiancee.
But Muoi couldn't face him with her bloody face.
So she decided to seek revenge.
On the 15th of the lunar calendar...
Muoi became a grudged ghost seeking revenge.
How much she wanted revenge even after death...
You don't know, do you?
Did I make it too scary?
Look around. I'll wait outside.
Is this girl Muoi?
This is all the data I have.
Thanks.
No problem. I'll go paint now.
Where does Prof. KIM work?
What is it that you want?
The professor is gone, but the date must be here.
What, you'll steal it?
If I have to!
But there's a problem. It's Biet who's half-Korean.
After having so much trouble for being bi-racial in Korea...
...she came back here.
So she's rather mean to Koreans.
We'll see.
You can't tell me that now.
Don't you know the importance of this seminar?
You'll be in big trouble if anything goes wrong!
I have a friend from Korea.
Whatever it is, fix it. Okay?
God, my stomach...
Is the bathroom locked?
It's the last room on the second floor.
Wait.
Take this.
God, my stomach...
January 12th of the lunar calendar
Thanks.
Got anything?
You know how the seal was lifted?
How?
It was toward the end of the 2nd World War.
The Japanese soldiers robbed the temple...
...where Muoi's portrait was kept.
Major Yoshimoto.
He found himself in a place where he shouldn't be.
So what happened to him?
Nobody knows for sure.
But Muoi's portrait is still in this country.
Waiting for her revenge...
When the pin was removed, the seal was lifted.
But not the grudge.
That's when Muoi's curse began.
You ask her to seek revenge for you.
And she does so like it's her own matter.
How do you undo the curse?
I wish I knew.
- Something's odd, though. - What?
Whoever casts the curse should pay Muoi the price.
Like what?
What does a ghost need? It's a human body.
There's a copy of her portrait. Wanna go check it out?
Wow, they look genuine.
He can copy anything he sees.
Looking for anything?
Muoi's portrait.
I can't let you see it.
- What's he saying? - He can't let us see it.
She'd been cursed.
He decided to copy it cause the image was so intense.
While painting it, he got scared, feeling her spirit.
Really? How'd you persuade him to show it to us?
I told him you'd been cursed.
What?
Though it's only a copy, looking into her eyes...
...he could sense her spirit taking over him.
That's why he covered her eyes.
Hey, this is a hoax.
- What do you mean? - I've seen that picture.
- When? - At Muoi's house.
I even took a picture of it.
This is weird. I did take its picture.
At White Moon with my darling Jihoon
It's not my camera. I borrowed it from Seongeun.
I lied to you because I knew you still had feelings for him.
That's not the problem.
There's no portrait at that house.
What?
If what you're saying is true, you saw her ghost.
You've been cursed and will die like Muoi.
God, you scared me!
Let's go have some fun.
Say hi to Mai and Wan.
This is Yoonhee from Korea.
- Hi. - Hi!
Let's toast.
To our friendship and youth!
Bottom's up!
Come on, drink it.
Drink it! Drink it!
How's it going with that guy? He's a cutie.
It's okay.
Come on, tell us.
I know you're crazy about him.
Good luck!
I'll never understand men.
There you go again. Come on, let's drink.
You don't know him.
And he's a foreigner.
So?
It's obvious what he wants.
So what? You're not jealous, are you?
What?
Are you upset?
Yoonhee?
You were acting like a tramp.
Come on, I just danced with him.
You just confirmed those rumors about you.
What do you mean?
I'm tired. Let's go home.
Seoyeon?
You were out of it all night. Feeling better now?
Yes. Thanks.
You shouldn't have drunk that much.
My dad got transferred abroad after mom died.
I should've gone with him.
Then nobody would've blamed him for dumping me.
And Jihoon wouldn't have been able to hurt me. Right?
What'd you tell them about me?
What made Jihoon do what he did to me?
I'm sorry! Stop it!
I'm a kleptomaniac? A slut?
You lied about me in your book.
Do you have any idea how much that hurt me?
You caused this to happen.
It's your fault. You're to blame!
Hey, you're up. Breakfast is almost ready.
Sorry about last night. I was being too sensitive.
It's okay. I had so much fun.
How's the book coming?
No, I need more information.
She killed herself to seek revenge on the 15th of the lunar calendar.
So it's about her grudge and jealousy.
Motives are too weak.
Any ideas?
I like it, though.
Readers like it provocative.
Anything more cruel and provocative?
What's cruel? What's provocative?
Something that humans wouldn't do.
So what happened to her is nothing?
Put yourself in her shoes. How would you feel?
It's so painful to be taken apart from someone you love.
You don't know?
Why don't you try to understand the pain that she was in?
I'm writing about what happened 100 years ago.