"The Devil's Stairs" "Producer :" "Wu Gidong" "Screenplay:" "Lee Jongtaek" "Starring by" "Kim Jingyu" "Mun Jeongsuk" "Bang Seongja Jeong Aeran" "Director:" "Lee Manhui" " I'm going now." " All right." "How long do we have to be like this?" "Watch out for the security guard." "Go out the back door." "Hello." " Is Dr. Hyeon in?" " He's in a surgery." "I see." "Where is my father?" " The Director is in his office." " All right." " Are you hurt?" " Just a little." " I'll treat it for you." " Thanks, but I see my father first." "Come over here." "Isn't it hard getting injured on purpose?" "Oh, look at you." "Let my doctor take care of me." "Why, you!" "I used to be a surgeon, also." "I don't like the Director, I mean Doctor Oh's icy hands." "You're a cheeky girl." "By the way, did you find out?" "About what?" "Geez, about why he is still single." "I don't think there is any particular reason." "Be more responsible as father and look into it more carefully." "Aren't you going to at least put some ointment on it?" "You don't need to come to the hospital for this." " Don't you like me coming?" " It's not that." "It wasn't easy to get hurt on purpose like this." "Is Doctor Hyeon in?" "Oh!" "Dr. Hyeon, please take a look at my finger." "It hurts if other doctor treats it." "It has to be you, Dr. Hyeon." " Why does she act like that?" " She's laying herself before his feet." "She must be in his office right now." "And begging him to take her." "Shall we take a peek?" "I'll take you to dinner instead of paying for the treatment." "You should pay the bill to your father." "No, I want to pay it to you." " It'd be against the regulations." " My lips are sealed." "The condition of patient who just had the surgery is looking..." "Hang on." "Over here." "What's going on?" "What's the matter?" "I'm sorry." "I said what's the matter?" "I have something to say to you." "If it's not urgent, let's do it later." "Other people might see us." "Does that make you nervous?" "This is where you first embraced me." "You didn't seem nervous then." "I'll wait for you at the apartment later." " I'm going to be late tonight." " I'll wait." " Why are you getting out here?" " I want to buy some cigarettes." "What did you want to talk to me about?" "It's only what's to be expected so you don't have to worry." "I would have talked to you in detail if you had come home early." "But it's too late now and I have to go back." "Since you have been cautious about the issue of marriage," "I know you need to think deeply." "But I don't have a son and that's my biggest worry." "Yes." "Over there." "I don't expect you to act as a son for me." "It's just that I think of you that way." " Dr. Hyeon." " Yes." "Please don't mock my feelings of wanting to depend on you." "You'll understand when you get to be my age." "You shouldn't say such things." "I need someone to take over this hospital." "Sir?" "It might be too early to discuss this but how about if you spend about six months in Europe for your honeymoon, it would be good for research too." "Yes, sir." "So what do you think?" " Hey!" " What is it now?" "Big news!" "Come over here." "It looks like Dr. Hyeon is going to be the Director's son-in-law." "Really?" "Then he becomes a son-in-law that marries into the wife's family!" "We should treat him like the new director." "I feel a bit jealous." "Hey, you!" "How dare you covet the future son-in-law of the mighty director!" "Actually a widower is safer than an old bachelor." "An old bachelor must have hidden secrets." "But a widower with dried up vegetable leaves are no good either." "What are dried up vegetable leaves?" "You know, things you don't know what to do." "And what are those?" "What are you doing?" "Please prep surgery scheduled for this afternoon for patient from room 108." "All right." "Please tell me the truth." "Do you not like me anymore or are you after the hospital?" "Or do you love the director's daughter?" "Jeongja is just a girl infatuated with me." "As for the hospital, there is nobody to take over so I can't refuse the offer." "And Jinsuk, you are my lover whom I can't let go." "So he will give you the hospital without any conditions?" "Whatever the conditions may be, owning a hospital has always been everything I wished for." "So if I leave, your wish will come true then." "I'm not trying to swap you with the hospital." "Then do you want to have everything?" "Jinsuk." "Do you want to live whole life as poor doctor's wife?" "Are you saying we should conspire to steal their wealth?" "Isn't there a way to live a good life without other people's money?" "Must a doctor always have one's own hospital?" "No, right?" "So everything you've said was an excuse, huh?" "Shall I tell you what's really going on in your mind?" "You do love Jeongja." "The hospital is her wedding dowry and you want it." "Don't put on such a horrible face." "My heart is trembling more horribly than your face now." "I love you." "I love you so much that I'm trying to understand even your unmanly attitude." "But you can't marry the director's daughter as long as I'm alive." "I don't need you to understand my unmanly attitude." "I'm in a situation where I need to." "Don¡¯t be smart with me." "I don't have to do what you tell me." "And don't you forget." "It's not like I raped you." "Spare a coin." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Yes." "Yes." "Oh, really?" "I just got an answer from Dr. Hyeon." "Yes, this is Jeongja." "Dr. Hyeon." "I need to talk to you." "I'm not begging for the love of a man who has left me." "I'm not asking you to pay for the pleasures of a bygone love affair." "But this isn't a problem that I can worry about on my own." "That's why I'm telling you." "I'm pregnant." "You'll force me to have an abortion, right?" "Jinsuk." "Don¡¯t worry." "I don't want to have the baby of a man who has left me." "But I love you." "I try to understand everything about you because I love you." "Just tell me one thing." "Do you really want me to have an abortion?" "I don't want a baby before I start a family." "I need to do something to wake your paralyzed sense of reason." "I'm going to tell that I'm pregnant." " Jinsuk!" " Let go of me!" "Jinsuk!" "Don't be so reckless!" "How can you tell me not to do anything?" "Shall I practice singing and sing for you at your wedding?" "Or shall I wait until you are married and visit your new home with the bastard child?" "Jinsuk!" "It's a multiple fracture." "It's very strange that she fell from that height and got injured so badly." " Get ready for surgery." " Yes." "Dr. Hyeon." "Nurse Nam was pregnant." "Really?" "She lost the baby." "She was four month pregnant." "Oh, was she?" "Well..." "For her sake, let's keep it a secret." "The director will be displeased with such conduct as a nurse." "But we should tell the father." "So you know who the father is?" "She will tell us." "It's ready." "Removing the stillborn is more urgent." "I really can't imagine who it is." "What?" "Nurse Nam's lover." "Why would she have a secret lover?" "Doesn't it seem strange that Dr. Hyeon was at the accident site?" "Don't you think of anything?" "Didn't he say he was on his way to the director's office?" "Why does that staircase cause such problems?" "We should get rid of that lazy carpenter." "His fingers must be numb." "He can¡¯t even nail properly." "What if her legs don't work properly?" "Dr. Hyeon's skills are not like the carpenter's." "We don't need to worry." "Do you have any ideas, Ms. Head Nurse?" "About what?" "About who the father is?" " Go to bed now." " Yes, ma'am." "Go and sleep." "Dr. Hyeon." " You don¡¯t look happy." " No, I'm fine." "I understand why you must be feeling down." "It's because of Nurse Nam's accident." "She's a nurse who worked for me so I'm concerned." "But there is no special reason." "You don't have to come with excuses." "It's true that Nurse Nam had a crush on you." "Isn't it?" "You've got it all wrong." "To be honest, I was nervous and jealous." "But you are mine now." "Don't be childish, honey." "Here, take it." "Leave me alone." "Are you sleeping?" " She didn't take her medicine?" " She keeps refusing her medicine." "Why?" "I'm scared." "I know there are at least two people who want to kill me." "She's showing neurotic symptoms." "Move her to the single room upstairs." "Yes, doctor." "Nurse Nam." "Head Nurse..." "Get ready to move her to room 205 upstairs." "All right." "Yes." "What were you thinking?" "I was thinking of you when you gave me this necklace." "How are you feeling?" "Your hand is cold." "When you pushed me down the stairs" "I already felt your skin had gone cold." "What are you talking about?" "Now you can just squeeze my neck with those cold hands." "Lucky for you, the dreaded seeds in me have been removed." "Jinsuk!" "But it's not going to be like that." "You won't be able to kill me." "I'm not going to die at your hands..." "Don't talk too freely." "The talk of me becoming the director's son-in-law is just guess talk." "But you have no intention of marrying a cripple like me either." "We need to calm your nerves." "I'll get you some medication." "Hello." "Yes, it's me." "Our honeymoon trip?" "Okay." "Now?" "I'll be there in the evening." "You're like a little girl..." " Nurse Nam is missing." " What?" "I have to go." "It's urgent." "Nurse Nam is missing?" "She's not in her room." "Have you seen Nurse Nam?" "I'm going to be a cripple, right?" "Nonsense." "You will fully recover." "Don't lie." "I'm a cripple now." "Don't upset your nerves." "Oh, I didn't know you were here." "Hurry up and take her." "Let's go inside." "Where were you?" "Can you take this?" " Don't give up hope." " Thanks for worrying about me." "I don't need such formal words." "Make sure you receive the treatments." "You need to take care of your own body." " Aren't those crutches too short?" " They are." "I'll have them adjusted." "This is Dr. Hyeon of the Surgery Dept." "Please call Nurse Goh to my room." "Come in." " Did you call for me?" " Yes." "Well..." "Nurse Nam isn't getting enough sleep because of her nerves." "Please give these shots to sedate her." "All right." "She will be passed out for the next three hours." "Thank you." "You should thank Dr. Hyeon, not me." " Haven't you left yet?" " I was doing some reading." " You should go and rest." " Yes, good night." "Good night." "Take that." "Check!" "Here, check mate!" "Sir." "Take that!" " Do you want some tips from me?" " It's all right." " You're late today." " I had some reading to do." " I see." " Don't let me keep you." " Good night." " Good bye." "Keep going." " Hello." " Hello, you're late today." "Let's go." "I went to mend the ditch this morning." "And I tripped over something." "I found these crutches." "Are you sure that this belongs to Nurse Nam?" "Yes." "I went to see her often in her room and I personally adjusted the crutches for her." "So I'm sure." "Did you notice anything last night at the security office?" "Nobody came or went after you left the hospital." "I played chess until late into the night." "We played for rice wine." "The emergency exit was open so she must've come down to the backyard." "Could Nurse Nam have come down the stairs in her condition?" "She could have if someone helped her." "Someone to help her?" "Shall we call the police?" "Well..." "I'll discuss it with the director." " Could she have killed herself?" " Is that what you think, too?" "It seems very possible since her crutches were found near these shrubs." "Then shall I cut down the shrubs?" "The director will tell us what to do." "Let's wait." "Jinsuk's dead body will float to surface." "Any time soon." "But it has been two days." "And still no sign of her." "Could her gown have got caught on something?" "That couldn't be." "What could have happened?" "Her body hasn't floated." "I pushed her body under the shrubs." "It's been three days but why hasn't her body floated yet?" "What if she didn't really die then?" "Could it be..." "Could it be..." "Could it be..." "It has already been four days." "But Jinsuk's body still hasn't surfaced yet." "What could have happened?" "No, it's going to float soon." "Umm..." "Here..." "Got it." "Hey, I have a job for you." "Hey!" " Follow me." " Okay." "How long has Nurse Nam been missing for?" "It¡¯s been six days." "We should report it to the police." "I'll do it." "Of all days, why did it have to happen on the engagement day?" " I don't see any reason to wait." " Let's pick a lucky day." "Over there." "The women look at something to pick the wedding day." "It's all for the best so I don't see any harm in it." "Do young men like living with the in-laws these days?" "Living with the in-laws sounds so unappealing." "How about calling it an adopted son-in-law then?" "No." "He's the one that adopted me and my husband." "Either way, it's the same." "But isn't it strange that he is still single at his age?" "He got old waiting for my Jeongja to grow up." "Young maidens shouldn't talk like that!" "Geez, you are talking like a grown up!" "You don't know what you're saying." "We're all pure virgins but who knows about this one?" "Geez, you guys are mean!" "Why are they so happy when it's not even their own engagement?" "That's not for you to worry." "Head Doctor of Neurology Dept., fail!" "Study must be done on the sensitivity of bachelor regarding maidens." "This is no laughing matter." "Even an old bachelor like Dr. Hyeon has found himself a bonanza." "How could it be that a young bachelor like me doesn't even have a girlfriend?" "You're going too far now." "A man at Dr. Hyeon's age who is a virgin and never dated a woman?" "It can't be medically proven." "How many deflowered virgins will shed tears because of this engagement?" "Are you drunk?" "As a surgeon, I was just going to cut and dig deeper into it." "But you're too touchy." "Now, it's your turn, the Head Doctor of Neurology." "Hello." "This is Dr. Hyeon of the Surgery Dept." "What?" "Yes." "So?" "All right." "What's the matter?" "Nurse Nam's body was found in the pond at the hospital." "What?" "Oh, my..." "Her corpse?" "Yes." " You should go." " Yes..." "We have many guests so I'll be quick." "Please take care not to upset the guests." "I'll get going." "Are you sure it's Nam Jinsuk?" "Yes." "Can you tell by her face?" "It's hard to tell by looking at the face but the gown is definitely hers." "Still, her face is badly deformed." "How can you be sure that it's her?" "What do you think, sir?" "We don't really know what the nurses look like." "You are right." "Did you say she disappeared six days ago?" "Could she have become so unrecognizable in that time?" "That's right." "Perhaps the bugs in the water got to her." "The bugs in the water?" "Let's move her." "It's Nurse Nam's dead body." "He's the Head Doctor of the Surgery Dept." " I'm Seo Won." " I see." " Please come inside." " Yes." "She was a nurse at this hospital, right?" "Yes, that's right." " Did she have any family?" " No." "She crossed the border by herself when she was a young girl." "What do you make of this situation?" "I can¡¯t help thinking that it might be a suicide." " A suicide?" " Yes, I'm sure." "She was torn up by the abortion." "For a single girl to be pregnant and have everyone find out..." "She was a proud girl so it must've been hard." "Perhaps it wasn't a suicide." "We'll find out the truth after the autopsy." "Any good ideas?" "Compared to the hospitals in Europe, the facilities at our hospital are primitive." "Acquiring more high tech medical equipment is important but how about renovating the hospital buildings first?" "Why don't you share your ideas with us, Dr. Hyeon?" "I think we should fill the pond in the back garden and build another block for operating rooms and patient wards." "What do you think?" "I think it's a good idea." "I think we should groom the garden and create a resting place for the patients." "I disagree." "The back garden is shady so it's not good for the patients." "The pond is deep and dangerous." "It's also unsanitary." "I've heard many good ideas." "What's that?" "What?" "Those crutches?" "There you are." " Who put those there?" " What?" "Get rid of them!" "Where did they come from?" "Well..." "That..." " A peddler with a bad leg came by, right?" " Oh, yes." "May be she left them behind." "How could a peddler with a bad leg have gone without crutches?" "Lots of peddlers fake disabilities these days." "I don¡¯t care!" "Throw them out!" "Hey, get rid of them!" "She might come back for them." "Shall I leave them here?" "I said throw them out!" "Shall I get dinner ready?" "Yes." "Could the crutches mean something?" "A peddler woman with a bad leg." "There's no way Jinsuk could be alive." "Then what about those crutches?" "Dr. Hyeon, I'll wait for you in the X-ray room at 10." "From Jinsuk." "Jinsuk, what are you trying to do?" "What happened to you?" "You might think it's strange of me to ask." "But I want to sort out the medical records up till now." "So it was about six months ago." " Do you recall a nurse named Nam Jinsuk?" " Yes, I remember her." "Did you identify her corpse that was found floating, head nurse?" "Yes, I testified." "Can you explain the situation?" "What do you mean?" "What made you certain that the corpse was Nam Jinsuk?" " The gown that she was wearing..." " Anything else?" " Not really." " What about her face?" " It's badly decomposed and hard to tell." " Did you check the knee injury?" " I didn't get around to that." " It would be the biggest evidence." "Do you have any proof that the dead body is perhaps not Nurse Nam?" "Well, no..." "That's not it..." "What I wanted to check was the operation scars." "Once they pump out all the water, we'll find something." " What's that?" " Is it gold?" " Let's see." " Stop it." " Damn." " I can give it to my wife." " Why isn't she with child yet?" " What's the hurry?" "Don¡¯t you want grandchildren?" "I don't want to be called a grandmother yet." "Oh, you..." " Dinner's ready." " What about your husband?" " He's sleeping." " What?" "They must've had an argument." "Have some fruit." "Honey!" "Honey!" "What's wrong?" "What's wrong, honey?" "Get out!" "Get out!" "Get out right now!" "What's the matter?" "My dear." "Jeongja." "You must tell us the truth." "He is being threatened by someone." "You have to be more specific." "I think he's mistaking me for someone else." "Someone he is dreadfully afraid of..." "My dear." "I'm scared." "I'm scared, mother." "Gwangho, forgive me if I'm wrong." "But are you being threatened or blackmailed because of women problems?" "No." "Not at all." "I won't just criticize you even if you had other women besides Jeongja." "Why don¡¯t you tell me what's going on?" "I think you're mistaken." "I have no other relationships with such women." "I find it offended that my wife is suspicious of me." "She is just worried about how unsettled you seem to be these days." "Please excuse me." "Jeongja!" "Jeongja!" "Jeongja!" "Yes?" "You're treating me like a lunatic!" "What's wrong with my nerves, huh?" "What did I..." "Why did you tell your father such nonsense?" "Now he's coming at me trying to examine my head!" "So if you tell him any more nonsense like that!" "I won't." "Sir!" "That peddler before is here again!" "What?" "Where is that limping peddler woman?" "She was right here just a moment ago." "What's wrong?" "It's not a big deal." "What's the matter with him?" "I'm sure he is sick." "There is something wrong with his nerves." "I'll have a talk with the Head Doctor of Neurology." "Why don't you come to the hospital yourself and tell us his symptoms in detail?" "If he finds out I went to the hospital, I'll be in huge trouble." "Then let's do this." "I'll have him sent somewhere when I can." "You can come when I call you." "It's me, Dr. Hyeon." " Did you say her name was Nam Jinsuk?" " Yes." "And you were her doctor in charge?" "Yes." "Surgery scars from multiple fractures on her knee joint." "The corpse found floating is Jinsuk for sure." "There is no reason to doubt the autopsy result." "Thank you." "Come in." " Did you call for me?" " Yes." "Well, it's that..." "Today at five..." "There will be an award ceremony for Dr. Yu Hojin at the Korea House." "Yes." "Can you go in my place?" "I'm a little hung over from last night." "All right." "I should leave now." "I'll see you later." "It's me." "Now is the opportunity, so hurry." "With your mother?" "All right, as you please." " You're home early." " Where's my wife?" "She just went out." " Did she say where she was going?" " To the hospital, I think." " The hospital?" " She was on the phone and went out." "So those problems were about himself." "What kind of questions did he ask?" "They were about seeing and hearing things." "What else did he say?" "He said a dead woman had come back to life." "A dead woman?" "But don't forget that he told me that it was his friend's story." "So who is this dead woman?" "Lots of people die at the hospital." "He's coming." "I'll get in trouble if he sees me here." "Dear!" "Dear!" "You know what's coming to you, right?" "Honey!" " Dr. Hyeon!" " Honey!" " Stop it!" " Let go!" " Why, you!" " I can't stand it." "Jeongja!" "Jeongja!" "Then perhaps Nam Jinsuk was murdered." "She was." "Hyeon Gwangho drowned her in the pond." " Then whose corpse is it that we found?" " One from another murder." "Then where is the dead body of Nam Jinsuk killed by Dr. Hyeon?" "But we can't be sure that" "Dr. Hyeon murdered Nam Jinsuk." "He drowned her and put her body under the plants." "The body we found wasn't her and we don't have her corpse." "So it will be uncertain reasoning to charge him with murder." "So what did you do?" "I got a notice from the hospital to get my daughter's dead body." "But being so poor, I came up with a terrible plan." "So you put the body of your dead daughter in the hospital pond with your own hands." "Yes." "And the next day, you went to pick the dead body?" "Yes." "And how much did you get?" "The hospital director gave me 20,000 won to keep my mouth shut." "And you would've haggled for more pretending to be outraged that your daughter's corpse is gone." " Yes." " You, shameful man!" "You could've kept blackmailing him." "So why did you turn yourself in?" "It's gone." "What's gone?" "My daughter." "How could this be?" "I did it with my own hands." "I heard that they were digging up the pond so I hid and looked." "But my daughter's body had disappeared." "What in the world could have happened?" "She must have..." "She must have come back to life..." "Or become a ghost to come back and kill me." "I came because I was so scared." "She's become a ghost." "She'll drag your neck down to hell." "To hell?" "That's where I belong." "That's Nam Jinsuk!" "The Nam Jinsuk that I killed!" "It's a ghost!" "The ghost of Nam Jinsuk that I killed!" "Hyeon Gwangho!" "You are under arrest for attempted murder." "The man who stole a corpse from your hospital turned himself in so we need you to go." "The man said that you paid him money." "Please come with us." "Let's go." " Are you really Nam Jinsuk?" " Yes." " You have to come to the police with us." " I want to make a statement." "I want to come as well." "That man killed me in a brutal and cruel way." "I survived not because he made a mistake but because of my determination and will." "But Dr. Hyeon was arrested for attempted murder." "The law isn't on my side." "It's protecting an evil man from the heavenly punishment he deserves." "That's why I tried to take revenge on him without reporting him." "I tried to kill him in a cruel way." "But I didn't succeed." "Mine was also a failed murder."