"Dae-woong." "Dae-woong." "Woong." "Dae-woong." "Hello?" "Hi, yeah, I heard." "What was that?" "I can't hear you." "Oh, OK." "Woong." "She's so fast." "Oh, hello there." "Didn't you see me?" "Didn't you hear me back there?" "No, sorry." "I was on the phone, see?" "I see." "Well, you wouldn't ignore me and run away unless you wanted to die." "Yeah, you're right." "I want to live." "Come with me." "I saw something amazing." "This girl... is my girlfriend." "She is amazingly gorgeous." "And she is my girlfriend." "Hurry up." "What now?" "Where are we going?" "Today is a special day." "Let's hurry." "What day?" "This restaurant slaughtered a cow today." "I want to eat some fresh beef." "Beef?" "Not again." "Mi-ho, I'm really broke." "No beef today." ""No"?" "Then..." "How about I eat YOU instead." "How delicious." "This is no joke." "Hello fox, what are you doing?" "I'm eating." "What are you eating?" "I'm eating Dae-woong." "Does he die or does he live?" "He lives!" "Dae-woong." "Buy me some beef and I'll let you live." "My girlfriend is a gumiho, and she wants to eat me." "My Girlfriend is a Gumiho" "Do I look cool?" "Supercool." "You're the best." "Let me down, this hurts bad." "OK, got it." "Let him down slowly." "I have a God-given talent." "Even the harness can't keep up." "Doesn't it look like I'm hovering in mid-air?" "Is there enough ice cream?" "Fried chicken, anyone?" "Sorry, but... will posting this on the Internet really make you famous?" "How about we do some cool martial arts dance... and go on a TV talent show?" "That's what average people do." "I can't appear on TV until after my debut as an actor." "Right." "Let's do another take." "Hye-in" "You're on campus?" "I'll be there before you can count to 100." "See you." "Hey." "Hye-in." "Dae-woong." "Warrior of the Moon" "Are you auditioning for this movie, too?" "I got to the final round." "I heard 150 other people also auditioned, but I think only two or three are worthy of competing against me." "That's great." "I'm so proud of you." "You can't do this when I become famous." "Ruffle my hair while you still can." "Here." "Touch my face and pat my shoulder." "I could... let you hug me, too." "I wouldn't dare, Mr. Soon-to-be-famous." "I'll become more famous than you can ever imagine." "You just wait and see." "This role is as good as mine." "I even know which line is my character's most important." "It's when I confess my love." ""My heart burns for you."" ""It burns."" "Ow, that burns." "It's hot." "Isn't this a period piece?" "Are you allowed to have a perm?" "Hey, I didn't think about that." "I need to get it straightened." "Dae-woong." "Your grandpa owns this building." "So is my perm for free?" "My grandpa will deduct it from the salon's rent." "We get to enjoy everything for free in any shop in this building." "I need to become your bestest friend." "That's OK." "Three perms." "Grandpa." "You fool." "You came here for a free perm?" "With some friends?" "Nothing in life is free." "I was going to pay with my money." "YOUR money?" "I hope you don't mean the money I gave you for tuition." "Oh..." "My tuition money?" "Your college called to say you haven't registered yet." "Where's the money I gave you?" "Oh, I forgot to wire it to my college." "I'll do that as soon as my perm is done." "You're not going anywhere." "I know you bought a motorcycle." "Your aunt told me already." "Now where is that motorcycle?" "OK, fine, you can have the motorcycle." "Let's go." "Lead the way." "Wait, grandpa." "Grandpa, wait." "I need to straighten this out first." "If I leave the curlers in, I'll look like an old sheep." "An old sheep?" "Don't you worry about that." "I'll shave the curls off your head." "I said you can have the motorcycle, didn't I?" "Let me straighten my hair, please?" "I don't want a crazy curly perm that takes hours to fix." "Hello, sir." "Can you please let him stay?" "He really can't have a perm, sir." "I don't care what you do as long as it's done right now." "OK." "Cha Dae-woong!" "Dae-woong." "What about my hair?" "I need to find another salon." "5572, 5572, pull over to the left." "5572!" "You, on the motorcycle, pull over." "Just give me my ticket." "I'm in a hurry." "My helmet won't fit over this." "You have to come with me, sir." "Why?" "This motorcycle was reported stolen." "What?" "I bought this a week..." "I won't run away, just let me go to a salon." "Or call someone for me." "The curlers have stayed in for too long." "I'm going to be in a movie." "I have this important audition." "If I lose out, I'll sue you all for compensation." "Dae-woong." "Auntie." "Let's go." "Your grandpa's outside." "He is?" "Let's get your hair sorted out first." "Dad, you were too harsh." "He's your only grandson." "Did you really have to call the police?" "At least I got him out of jail." "I said no." "But he insisted, so I let him major in Performing Arts." "And what?" "He buys a motorcycle with his tuition?" "It's all your fault, you know." "You're the one who spoiled him, feeling sorry that he's an orphan." "That's enough." "Wait and see." "I have some big plans." "I'll turn him into a responsible human being." "Grandpa." "I'm sorry." "I'm really sorry." "Everything's ready." "Let's go." "What?" "A boarding school?" "Why should I go to one?" "So you can study." "And change your major." "Grandpa." "I can't." "I have an audition soon." "You're studying army-style." "No visitors allowed." "Return to Seoul for the SAT." "No way." "Aunt, stop the car." "I'm not going anywhere." "Step on the gas." "Aunt, no." "Cha Dae-woong." "I'm going to make a decent human out of you." "Come this way." "OK." "Do you see that painting?" "It's of a poor gumiho... who wanted desperately to become human." "But as you can see, she's locked up in that painting." "And beside her is the Goddess of Childbirth." "She's a very virtuous old lady." "I'm sure you know what she does." "She decides who marries whom." "And who has a baby and when." "That lady is the famous Goddess of Childbirth." "Now the Goddess of Childbirth had the gumiho run her errands." "More like a pet." "Why does this gumiho have no tails?" "It used to have all nine tails." "But... she was terribly beautiful." "And that was the problem." "This gumiho wanted to be human, so she came to live among the people." "But it wasn't long before people noticed her out-of-this-world beauty." "The young men lost the will to study." "Lady, please tell me your name." "The farmers lost the will to farm." "The merchants lost the will to sell their goods." "The men did nothing but marvel at the gumiho's beauty." "This didn't please the women." "They came to complain to the goddess." "The Goddess of Childbirth... thought that finding the gumiho a husband would solve the problem." "So she tried to find a worthy man." "But the women didn't want their brothers or sons to marry the gumiho." "So they started to spread false rumors." "Eating 100 fresh livers will make her a human." "So the goddess cut off all of the gumiho's nine tails." "And locked her up in this painting so she could never leave again." "The poor thing." "She's stuck in there because she has no husband." "I'd do anything if she'd pop out of there and take mine away." "Don't tease the poor thing." "She doesn't even have a tail." "It's time we all had dinner." "Sounds good." "Yeah." "That's strange." "I swear I had a cheese stick." "You must've dropped it somewhere." "Forget about it." "Let's go eat." "Yeah, let's." "That stupid monk." "Does he have to bring people here?" "He was cute as a kid." "Now he just talks nonsense." "He doesn't even have his facts straight." "Oh, nasty." "I thought it was meat..." "I want to eat real meat!" "Will you stop this?" "I won't run away." "You have my wallet and phone." "Can I not even pee in private?" "Then give me a shoe." "Grandpa." "You can hop to the urinal and back." "Happy now?" "Go." "I've watched many movies, but no hero had to hop to safety." "Martial arts won't work." "Cha Dae-woong." "Dae-woong." "Dae-woong." "Dae-woong." "Who's there?" " Huh?" "Excuse me." "Dae-woong." "This can't be." "Did the fool jump out that window?" "How dare he..." "Weren't you watching?" "He didn't come out." "Then where on earth is he?" "Cha Dae-woong!" "Cha Dae-woong!" "Where am I?" "I'm hungry, thirsty, and my legs ache." "How did I end up here..?" "Excuse me." "What?" "Can you give me a lift?" "You're drenched." "Thank you." "Thanks for the food." "You're welcome." "You can sleep here." "People come here to pray, so try not to be too noisy." "Excuse me, sir." "Can you lend me your phone?" "Auntie?" "Sorry." "Another wrong number." "Her number's stored in my phone, but I can't remember it." "Is it 4380?" "No reception again?" "Still no reception." "Do I have to walk out a bit?" "Yes." "Good." "Hello, auntie?" "Sorry." "The battery's almost dead." "I hope it's 5380." "Please, auntie, let this be you." "That was scary." "My heart stopped." "Hello?" "Can you hear me?" "I can." "Auntie, is that you?" "You can hear me." "Sorry, wrong number." "Wait." "Listen to me." "What?" "Why?" "Who are you?" "At last, someone to talk to." "I have something to say." "To a stranger who called a wrong number?" "I'm busy." "And we have nothing to talk about." "You're a young man." "You're cute without the hat." "Is this a video phone?" "The phone's dead." "How can I hear her?" " Hello?" "What is it?" "I'm looking straight at you." "Are you looking for me?" "You can't see me." "Stop." "Stay there and listen." "Or I'll be angry." "Why are you doing this to me?" "Do something for me." "Come inside." "Come inside." "Do you see that painting?" "Yes." "Of an old lady and... a dog?" "It's a fox, not a dog." "Oh, my bad." "The fox has no tail." "Draw some tails." "Nine." "Nine tails?" "Yes, nine." "Hurry up." "I can be put in jail for drawing on a national treasure." "Shut it and draw." "OK." "Hurry up." "Quick, quick, quick." "Let's go to the secluded tower." "Goddess of Childbirth" "The fox..." "The fox is gone." "Hey." "Hey." "Are you dead?" "I'm sure you're hurt." "Do you think you'll die?" "You drew me my tails, so I won't let you die." "Anyway, he'll be of more use to me alive." "What the..?" "What am I doing up here?" "I fell over a cliff last night." "But I'm fine." "You're awake." "Wow." "She's pretty." "A boar tried to eat you." "So I hung you up there." "Come down now." "Who are you?" "Don't you remember me?" "Who..?" "Don't you remember talking to me?" "When..?" "You're even cuter in the light." "I'm busy." "You're a young man." "You're cute without the hat." "Get away from me." "You're a ghost." "I'm not a ghost." "Well..." "It is broad daylight." "Ghosts hate the sun." "You're human." "You really think so?" "There was a fox in this painting?" "There was." "For many years." "Up until last night." "There's no sign that anyone tampered with it." "That dog's been barking for hours." "It's our trusty guard dog." "It's been barking since last night." "A young man did come by last night." "I think... he came in here and dropped this." "You think the young man did this?" "There's no trace that he did." "I don't suspect him." "I'm just worried, that's all." "So that was you last night?" "You hid in the dark to tease me?" "You totally freaked me out." "That was you?" "I thought I should scare you into drawing the tails." "Right, the tails." "You made me scribble on an old painting." "I'm sure that painting is 100 years old." "What should I do?" "It's all your fault." "You explain it to the monk." "I don't want to go back there." "At least you feel bad about making me ruin a painting." "I did it to get out of there." "I was stuck in there for years thanks to that old witch." "Really?" "So she had you locked up?" "I knew it." "Your grandma brought you to a temple?" "I understand." "My grandpa's like that, too." "But still, you shouldn't have done that." "It was so stuffy in there." "How long were you in there?" "500 years." "500 years?" "Yeah." "That Goddess of Childbirth..." "She kept me in there for over 500 years." "Your grandma's the Goddess of Childbirth?" "Then who are you?" "I'm... a gumiho." "A gumiho?" "Is that why you had me draw nine tails?" "And that's how I got out." "But I helped you in return." "See, you're not in any pain." "Because in here..." "I put my energy bead." "You..." "You have mental issues, too?" "This is insane." "I listened to a crazy girl?" "They won't blame a mental case." "I was about to take the blame for everything here." "You don't believe me?" "I'm the reason you're alive." "You're the reason I might die." "Don't crazy girls stick flowers behind their ear?" "Why pretend to be normal?" "So you're a gumiho?" "Then show me your tails." "Not now." "Only when the moon shines." "The moon?" "You ARE loony." "I'll show you when the moon shines." "You're a scaredy-cat." "I hope I don't scare you." "Oh I am SO scared already." "How crazy will the moonlight make you?" "Where are you going?" "I'm going to Seoul." "You go that way." "Don't follow me." "Go faraway." "Go." "The boar's over there." "He's running towards it." "She isn't following me." "Did she have to touch me like that?" "Which way do I go?" "What's that?" "A boar?" "What about that girl?" "He's back." "Run." "There's a boar." "Is he gone?" "Do you hear anything?" "It's still over there." "Hiding in the forest." "Let's wait until it goes away." "Go back to the temple." "Don't wander around." "The boar might hurt you." "Boars don't scare me." "Right." "I bet nothing scares you." "But the world is a scary place." "If you walk around dressed like this, it gives away your mental state." "People might take advantage of you." "Wear this." "You're quite useful." "I'm glad I saved you." "And I'm glad I helped you." "I feel much less guilty." "I hope the monk doesn't beat you for ruining the painting." "So long." "Did you check all his usual hangouts?" "Yes." "Why say you'll send him away when you know how he'd react?" "What?" "Sell his motorcycle and wire the rest of his tuition." "He'll come home if we do that." "Wait." "Does that mean I lost again?" "Dae-woong's motorcycle was so cool." "And I never had the guts to ask for a ride." "He stood up to his grandpa, then ran away." "He's so rebellious." "If I did the same..." "Would I look rebellious, too?" "No, just delinquent." "You need to be handsome to be rebellious." "Dae-woong might have a ghastly perm after what happened." "Would he still be handsome?" "A firm perm?" "He'd be SO cute." "If he asked for my help," "I'd hide him in my own house." "Tell me the minute he calls you, OK?" "Let's go." "Pinky Vets" " Welcome." "Thanks for coming such a long way." "I think he's calmed down." "Has he?" "I'm so sorry you had to come all the way here for this." "He's been barking nonstop for the last day or so." "I got worried about him." "It's such a special dog that you gave to us." "I had some business in the area anyway." "Did something happen here last night?" "See, the fox in this painting suddenly disappeared last night." "Do you think someone swapped the painting?" "Or erased the fox?" "More like it escaped." "I even had a dog standing guard." "And it got away." "Someone must've helped her." "I wonder who." "I can't believe I only got $200 for the necklace." "She followed me here?" "The world has changed even more than I thought." "And such a pretty girl..." "Hello?" "Is this Hangang College, Performing Arts?" "I'm Cha Dae-woong, class of 2013." "Am I registered for this semester?" "Yes, Cha Dae-woong." "Sure, I'll hold." "I'm hurrying back because I have an audition, but I feel bad about abandoning her." "Ah, it'll be OK." "She doesn't know anything about me." "Yeah, hi." "My tuition's been paid?" "Thank you." "All is well." "Now I can eat in peace." "Hey." "Why are you following me?" "I want to eat, too." "What?" "Buy me some meat." "I haven't had any since I got locked up." "I really, really want some meat." "Especially beef, I want to eat some beef." "Um..." "Ms. Gumiho?" "You and I, we're practically strangers." "Let's keep it that way." "Strangers." "Bye." "Buy me some beef, Dae-woong." "How... do you know my name?" "Hangang College, Performing Arts, Cha Dae-woong, class of 2013." "You've got some amazing hearing." "You heard me talking on the phone?" "I'm a gumiho." "I see." "The other senses need to make up for what the brain can't do." "I bought you this meat, so don't tell the monk what I did." "Don't you ever tell anyone else I'm a gumiho." "Or I'll kill you." "We have a deal, then?" "Keep your word or I'll punish you severely." "I can't wait." "No, no, no." "This isn't what humans do." "You're a gumiho." "Why grill it when you can eat it raw?" "I'm more human than you think." "I've tried so hard to become human." "I see." "My grandpa would love to make a decent human out of me." "All I have to do is not eat raw meat, huh?" "That's not all." "It's tough becoming human." "It's ready." "Is it that good?" "It's must've been tough living in a temple when you love meat." "Where are your parents?" "I can call them for you." "I don't have any parents." "You're an orphan, too?" "You know, I'm not human." "Right." "You're a gumiho, huh?" "How am I supposed to talk to a girl like you?" "You ate it all, already?" "I didn't get a single piece." "That's mine." "Fine, it's yours." "I need to use the bathroom." "Chunbo Temple?" "The person you are looking for is eating at Dongbo Grill." "I fed her and called the temple." "I did what any decent person would do." "But I still feel bad." "But they're monks." "Would they get mad at a mentally unstable girl like her?" "This is the bathroom." "Where's Cha Dae-woong?" "Why is there a chair in each room?" "It's a well, not a chair." "Wow." "It's smooth and white." "It's a pretty well but the water's dirty." "My meat." "My meat." "The well ate my meat." "I'll get it back." "Oh, welcome." "Hello." "It's the monk." "I need to hide." "It could be the same young man." "Looks like he had company." "Yes, he was with his girlfriend." "Opposite genders can't be friends." "But he was alone last night." "Maybe he left when his girlfriend came over." "So he borrowed my phone so he could call his girl." "Sir." "I should return to Seoul." "Oh, sure." "If you want, I'll take your phone and fix it for you." "Thank you for everything." "If you don't mind." "OK." "This phone will lead me right to it." "Did someone ask you to locate a lost pet?" "Something a bit more dangerous than your average pet." "What animal is it?" "It's more like... a mutant." "Cha Dae-woong's smell..." "He's over there." "I need to find him." "It's that thing." "The water is bubbly." "I haven't tasted anything like this since my tails grew hair." "What does this strange animal look like?" "I haven't seen one yet." "But I'm sure it's adorable." "Almost mesmerizing." "Yes, Byung-soo." "Call me the minute you hear from Dae-woong." "OK, bye." "Where could he be?" "All the stress is giving me indigestion." "Oh dear." "Oh no." "What if someone comes in?" "I'll just come back in a few days." "Oh, it smells like a rotten egg." "I'm so sorry." "I have an upset stomach." "Thank you." "You're welcome." "She's cute." "The UV rays are too strong in the countryside." "I'll need a good long facial today." "Sir, your ticket, please." "You need one more." "Why?" "For the lady beside you." "Why are you here?" "I'm coming with you." "Are you going to follow me all the way to Seoul?" "I followed your scent." "You have green tea, the monk's favorite drink." "I want some." "I smell strawberries, and something meaty too." "Did you watch to see what I bought?" "Were you spying... on me all along?" "I said I followed your smell." "Why did you follow me?" "I kind of like you." "So I'll come with you." "Are you just pretending to be crazy?" "Is this some show you're putting on just to be near me?" "I've seen some girls go to extremes to get a certain guy they like." "But I've never seen someone pretend to be nuts." "This is a new one." "It's different, but it's scary." "You're like a stalker." "I didn't lie." "Then are you a real gumiho?" "Yes." "The fox with nine tails that lures men to their beds?" "Who then eats livers to become a human?" "I saved you." "You'll die if I take my energy bead back." "I'm sick of your show." "Fine, then Ms. Gumiho." "Follow my scent all the way to Seoul." "And show me your tails in the moonlight." "Then take back your bead." "Then I'll believe you." "Then I'll follow you." "I'll make you believe me." "And then you die." "Maybe she really IS crazy." "Oh, it's you two." "What are you running from?" "Here." "Your aunt packed you some stuff." "She wants you to stay away until she can calm down your grandpa." "You can stay here, in the room on the roof." "I'll get my dad to let you stay for as long as you want." "I'll go get the keys." "I have to stay here?" "I'd much prefer a hotel suite." "It stinks in here." "Dae-woong." "What happened to your back?" "What about my back?" "How did you get hurt this bad?" "This look horrible." " Huh?" "When did this happen?" "Jeez." "Looks like you broke something." "Doesn't it hurt?" "No, not at all." "I fell down a cliff." "Could that be it?" "Why doesn't it hurt?" "You're not in any pain." "Because in here..." "I put my energy bead." "No way." "Nothing she said can be true." "Who?" "What?" "Sit down." "I met this weird girl today." "And..." "She says she's a gumiho." "A gumiho?" "Yeah." "She said she even saved me." "I'm not supposed to tell you this." "She said she'd kill me if I did." "If she is a gumiho, then you'd better keep quiet." "The gumiho always tells the guys never to tell anyone about her." "But some fool always spills the beans..." "And... she eats his liver." "Is that how the story goes?" "That story is common knowledge." "Here are the keys." "I'm off to work." "Night." "Why don't you stay with me?" "Then I'll stay here." "No, you can't." "I'm sure your dad is waiting for you." "Let's go." "Dae-woong, watch your liver." "You..." "Keep the lights on." "I'll make you believe me." "And then you die." "Now I'm scared." "Don't think about it." "I just need to exhaust myself to sleep." "How... did this roll back to me?" "It must've bounced off the wall." "But... what about this one..?" "It's her." "She's here." "You really did follow me." "I told you." "I can smell you." "It was hard work, though." "You're... really quite amazing." "I said I'm a gumiho." "The moon came out." "I said I'd show you when it did." "The moon?" "You really do have nine tails..." "I'm a gumiho." "Now I want my energy bead."