Before I met her, I thought of the Moebius strip.
It's an interesting strip.
It has two sides, yet it ends in a singIe strip.
This story I'm about to hear Is it true?
Or is it a Iie?
It's the story of a curse that recurs every 4 years on February 29th.
Park Eun-hye, Lim Ho
Lee Tae-woo, Lee Myung-jin
Executive Producer You ll-han Producer Ahn Byung-gi
Director of Photography Kim Woon-gwang Lighting by Go Young-gwang
Line Producer Lee Anna Assistant Director Oh Hyung-jin
Producer Kim Yong-dae
Directed and written by Jeong Jong-hoon
February 29
HeIIo.
How do I get to Moonkyung MentaI HospitaI?
HoId on, sir. Here's your change.
Moonkyung MentaI HospitaI?
Go straight. Take a Ieft under the bridge.
You'll see it to your right about 10 minutes in.
Have a nice day.
Did I scare you?
Haven't you ever been in a mentaI institution before?
You scared me!
JournaIists can have heart attacks too, you know.
I haven't seen you in so Iong I had to make it speciaI.
We haven't been in contact for a whiIe.
What brings me here?
I wanted to heIp you out by giving you a story.
Why? You don't want it?
I run a science coIumn.
I onIy report on facts.
Have you ever met a staIker?
I've seen and met things you wouIdn't beIieve.
What about ghosts? Ever seen one?
No, but I'm sure they're easy to make up.
They cIone dogs nowadays. It's a scary worId.
What if I toId you a body came back from the dead?
What are you trying to say?
WouId you beIieve me?
If the person is stiII aIive, then he probabIy didn't die.
You're taIking Iike a true science coIumnist.
Did you know that John Lennon was murdered by a staIker?
WiII you just get to the point?
You'll see.
Jiyeon?
How do you feeI today?
It's beautifuI day, why don't you go outside?
Isn't it too bright in here? I can't even open my eyes.
She doesn't Iike to be in the dark.
In fact, she thinks this is too dark.
How does she get her sIeep?
She's an insomniac. She hasn't sIept in months.
I brought you a journaIist, you can taIk to.
He beIieves your story. WiII you taIk to him?
Nice to meet you.
I Ieft in a hurry, so I forgot to bring my note.
If there's anything I can heIp, I'll do it.
WiII you teII me your story?
This is an unauthorized visit, so we don't have much time.
My superiors can't find out about this.
It's getting dark.
Pardon?
She comes to see me when it's dark.
Who comes to see you?
The murderer who died 12 years ago.
No one beIieves me,
But that woman is stiII aIive.
She even appears in my nightmares.
She's coming to kiII me.
Why wouId she kiII you?
I saw her face.
Her cursed face!
What's the date today?
February 29th.
PIease, Get me out of here.
If I stay here, she'll come to kiII me!
PIease! Let me out!
It's too coId for this.
This is too dark.
Make up your mind!
This is pretty.
Hey! How's it going? Are you ready to Ieave the country?
Hey there! Are you in Pusan right now?
What are you taIking about? I'm on my way to work.
Don't lie to me l just saw you pass by!
You need to buy me a drink before l leave the country.
But I'm not in Pusan.
I'm going to work.
Aren't you wearing jeans and a lime green sweater?
Do you have a secret boyfriend or something?
It must be just a coincidence.
It's probabIy someone who Iooks Iike me.
Really? l could swear it was you.
Why wouId I Iie to you?
CaII me before you Ieave, I'll go to the airport.
Okay, see you later!
Look at you! You're so fresh and pretty.
I wish I were fresh, I'm stuck at work aII the time.
Why don't we go on a trip?
I heard we don't have to pay the fuII amount at once.
ReaIIy?
We couId go for some fresh air,
and we can Iose some of these extra pounds!
That's the hope I've been singing this tune for months.
WouId you say I've got a common face?
Did someone teII you that you Iook Iike a cIown?
You'd never understand. Not with a face Iike yours.
We're about the same.
What shouId we do to kiII time today?
Just don't be Iate for your shift.
Yes, ma'am.
Good evening.
Thank you.
Over here sir.
Thank you.
Good evening.
Thank you.
Is that Jongsook? What is she doing here?
Jongsook?
It's not time yet! Go back to the Iounge.
Why can't she hear me?
Are we having a power out?
This can't be...
What does the ruIebook say about a situation Iike this?
This is awfuI.
I'm terribIy sorry. We're having a bIackout.
The machines are not working.
Let me get you your change.
It's aIready time for shifts!
Time for me to get to work.
I want to stay in that warm Iounge Ionger.
You scared me.
- Jongsook? - Yeah?
Did you see that car?
What car? I didn't see anything.
I guess you couIdn't see it because of the bIackout.
Just before, some woman...
What bIackout?
Didn't you see the Iights go off?
No.
Everything was fine at the Iounge.
Hurry up. Before I don't rotate with you.
Why did the power go out, Mr. Kim?
The power didn't go out. I was watching soccer on TV.
What's the date tomorrow?
Tomorrow? It's March 1st.
I knew it.
This is why I feeI bad for peopIe born on February 29th.
Why?
February 29th onIy comes every four years,
and sadIy, it's my birthday.
That's pretty sad.
Do you want a birthday gift?
It has to be very speciaI. I onIy get one birthday in 4 years!
In fact, why don't we take a day off tomorrow?
I don't know.
It'll be reaIIy awesome! I promise it'll be great!
AII right then.
Drink this if you get sIeepy.
Jongsook?
Have you ever received a ticket with bIood on it?
Of course! One time,
I even got a ticket with poo aII over it.
Anything can happen here.
See you!
This is our news update.
A tollgate employee was found stabbed to death last night
at Dongseong Tollgates around ten-forty.
The violence of this crime suggests careful execution and planning.
ln other news,
a fire broke out last night at a schooling institution.
Was Dongseong ToIIgate near your work pIace?
Yes. It's onIy 10 minutes away.
The bIoodstained ticket must have had something to do with it.
When Jongsook toId me about her birthday,
I suddenIy remembered that woman.
Is February 29th a significant date?
There's a curse on our toIIgate.
Every four years, peopIe die for no reason on February 29th.
Why?
A few years ago, an accident occurred on February 29th.
A prison bus expIoded near our toIIgate.
AII the criminaIs managed to escape,
except for one person.
Is she the woman you mentioned earIier?
But they didn't find her body. It wasn't on the bus.
Her body was not quite burned...
It was gone.
Did you witness the accident?
No.
I heard it from some peopIe at work.
That woman's spirit Iived on. Every 4 years, she kiIIs someone.
From that day on, I began to see her everywhere.
I knew I shouIdn't have bought this on the internet.
Everyone ends up having the same stuff!
What is the matter with her?
Apartment security.
Sir? This is Apartment 808.
Some woman's been knocking
on my neighbor's door for an hour.
That's strange l didn't get any calls.
WiII you pIease do something? I can't faII asIeep.
l'll check for you.
Han Jiyeon? This is the poIice.
I need to ask you about the murder at the toIIgates.
Have you heard about it?
Yes.
We need to ask you a few questions.
Do you remember this?
I heard it was you who received this ticket.
Yes. It was me.
Do you remember the face of that customer?
No. There was a bIackout,
so I couIdn't see anything.
I didn't know toIIgates had bIackouts.
What about the car?
Did you see what kind?
No. I just know it was bIack.
And you didn't get the Iicense pIate number?
No.
I was too shocked when I saw the bIood.
Why didn't you caII the poIice?
Because.
These things happen often at toIIgates.
That ticket was issued from Dongseong ToIIgates.
The time punched in the ticket matches the time of the murder.
The Iab is running the bIood through tests.
If it matches the bIood of the victim, we'll have a suspect.
Are you working Iate tonight?
Huh?
Yes.
It's not an easy job.
You shouId get some rest.
We'll come back if we have anymore questions.
Good day.
You shouId be carefuI.
These cases usuaIIy turn out to be seriaI murders.
And the kiIIer is usuaIIy among the peopIe we first interview.
Thank you.
I'm not saying that you're a suspect.
That's just what they teach us at the poIice academy.
Good day.
First, she presses the caII button to page one of the empIoyees.
An empIoyee runs out to heIp the customer.
The murderer then stabs the victim
with a sharp knife.
BIood spatters everywhere.
The ground gets covered in bIood.
The murderer Ieaves quietIy,
Ieaving the victim behind.
The victim dies in a sIow and painfuI way.
Anna?
Hey! Come to the first floor of the building.
What are you taIking about?
l just saw you walking by.
You're in a white jacket with a butterfly pin.
No, You're mistaken.
Why are you trying to hide from me?
Let's have lunch with my boyfriend.
It's not me!
What's the matter? Are you okay?
You saw someone eIse That wasn't me you saw.
You Iook awfuI!
I bareIy got any sIeep.
Did you hear about the person who died at Dongseong?
It gave me the coId creeps.
Why does it have to be a toIIgate empIoyee?
I'm too scared to go to work.
Are you sure there was no bIackout Iast night?
What if you were sIeeping and you didn't know?
CouId be.
I remember it got dark for a few minutes.
Oh!
Oh...
I guess it's aIready been 4 years.
Why?
Who is that?
Remember that murderer who died in that burning bus?
That's her grandmother.
She's got AIzheimer's, so she keeps Iooking for her.
Does she come here every 4 years?
Isn't it ironic?
The day I was born was the day she died.
Mr Kim!
Jiyeon and I want to take a day off tomorrow.
Ma'am? You can't stay there.
Ma'am? It's too dangerous!
Hey, excuse me...
Show your ticket...
Why are you so jumpy?
Who Ieft this here? I'm scared enough as it is.
- Jongsook? - Yeah?
About that curse...
What curse? The February 29th curse?
What if that woman is stiII aIive?
There was that murder at the Dongseong ToIIgate.
What if we're next?
Did you see her ghost? ReaIIy?
Last night, she came...
You're kidding. Right?
That's just a stupid ghost story.
You shouId take some piIIs to heIp you sIeep.
Jiyeon? It's Inspector Park.
There's been another murder at the Neunggok ToIIgate.
The victim was murdered in the same manner.
Did you happen to see that car Iast night?
I don't remember I was too tired Iast night.
You didn't get anymore tickets with bIood on them?
No.
The murderer had to have used one of the exit toIIgates.
But we can't Iook into aII the toIIgates in the country.
The bIood on the ticket was not from the victim.
Then what was that car about?
Whose bIood was it on the ticket?
There's something eIse.
What is it?
The computer had no record of a bIackout.
Jiyeon? What's going on?
I swear I'm not Iying.
There was a bIackout.
Look! Computers don't Iie.
Think carefuIIy.
Are you sure you didn't faII asIeep?
WouId you beIieve me if I said there was a bIackout Iast night?
That car was aIso there Iast night.
Do you know you can go to jaiI for faIse testimonies?
I can't seem to see the face of that person.
I don't recaII anything except the smeII of something burning.
That's impossibIe. Why haven't you seen his face yet?
I know one thing for sure...
There are deep scratches on the woman's wrist.
But you haven't seen her face. How wouId you know it's a woman?
I have an idea who it is.
Who is she?
It's the seriaI kiIIer who died severaI years ago.
That woman is stiII aIive.
What?
She's been appearing everywhere in the same cIothes I'm wearing.
She's acting just Iike me!
She's been kiIIing peopIe every February 29th!
Don't you see?
What's the date today?
February 29th.
Send this to the Iab.
But sir.
And find out aII you can about that seriaI kiIIer.
lt looks like schizophrenic symptoms.
A bad memory from dark is influencing her to sleep.
lt could be a form of insomniac that
usually happen to overly anxious people.
First, you should take some sleeping pills to help you fall asleep
and later get further psychological treatments.
The bus which was going to jail was overturned on a snowy road.
A condemned woman was burned and died.
She had couple of suture surgery.
Jiyeon!
It took a whiIe for me to find this information.
PIus, I got stuck in traffic.
Do you recognize her?
Yes! It's her!
It's the woman who was strangIing me.
Are you sure?
It's her.
She came back from the dead to kiII more peopIe?
Who's supposed to beIieve that?
She didn't come back from the dead. She never died.
The poIice report says she was burned to death in the fire.
No, I know she's aIive.
We're not here to investigate the past.
We're investigating into a murder that's happening now!
You saw her strangIing me!
Don't you care about my safety?
Fine! Let's say she's back.
Why wouId she kiII the peopIe working at toIIgates?
SeriaI kiIIers don't need reasons. They just kiII.
AII right.
Find out more about this woman.
TaIk to the inspectors who handIed the case.
Yes, sir.
Who's at the toIIgate today?
Inspector Kim.
AII right. Let's stop by to see him.
I need to check something out.
Jiyeon? Are you going to work today?
No, It's my friend's birthday, so I took a day off.
That's a rare birthday to have.
She onIy gets to ceIebrate it once every 4 years.
Where's that ticket?
You said you saw it on the waII.
I don't know.
It's gone.
Yes.
Are you taking medication?
They're sIeeping piIIs, I haven't sIept in 3 days.
It's no wonder, since you see dead peopIe.
Excuse me.
May I ask you for a favor?
WiII you pIease waIk me to the parking Iot?
I didn't know you went to church.
Chew on one of these if you get sIeepy.
Maybe you shouId go see a doctor.
I'm a professionaI, I've done this for 10 years.
Whatever.
Jiyeon!
Jongsook? Where shouId we meet?
I'm reaIIy sorry.
l forgot to tell you.
Why? Did you make other pIans?
Mrs. Lee couIdn't come in to work today.
So l agreed to cover for her. Since you have been exhausted lately.
You can't stay there. Get out of there.
Why? Is something wrong?
You sound upset.
Today is February 29th! Don't you know that?
Are you still obsessed about that stupid rumor?
l'm late for my shift!
l have to go.
Jongsook! Jongsook!
Are you crazy?
Get off the damn road!
She's been wearing the same cIothes as mine.
She's kiIIed so many peopIe.
I'm scared of that curse.
It's my fauIt Jongsook died.
I couId have saved her if I was there on time.
If onIy those inspectors had beIieved me.
Why don't we take a break?
We'll continue Iater.
Come on.
You don't beIieve me either.
Pardon me?
I can teII from your face.
How can you teII?
Your face make me sick.
It's been 4 years since Jongsook died.
If she were aIive, today wouId be her birthday.
That's right. Today's the 29th.
If I die, wiII you beIieve me?
WiII you?
Get me out of here now!
The bIood is from the murderer.
We'll have to check the other ticket.
But the bIood on the tickets match.
Don't you beIieve me?
Truth is a reIative thing.
Everyone has his own side of the same story.
If you had beIieved me, Jongsook wouId stiII be aIive!
Of course the detective, too...
The DNA tests wiII teII us who the murderer is.
Can I go now?
I'm sorry. You must stiII be in shock.
February 29th is over. WiII the ghost return in 4 years?
WiII she?
You need to get some sIeep.
How can you sIeep with aII those Iights on?
I've been having some bad days.
That aII depends on how you see it.
If you think bad thoughts, bad things wiII happen to you.
By the way, are you sure you heard those knocking sounds?
What?
Nobody eIse in the buiIding heard that,
except for you.
Jiyeon? Are you okay?
We saw your Iights fIashing. Are you okay?
Yes, I must be too tired.
Is there somebody eIse in there?
No, I Iive aIone.
We got orders from the top.
We'll be with you 24 hours.
Is something going to happen to me?
Don't you remember how she strangIed you?
You must be getting no sIeep at aII.
Are you working Iate again?
Yes.
It's too bad we can't cIose down aII the toIIgates.
CaII us before you Ieave. We'll come and pick you up.
Thank you.
Are you okay? You seem nervous.
I'm fine.
Let's go, sir.
Yeah.
We'll see you Iater.
Inspector Park?
Here.
What's this?
It's the car's Iicense pIate number.
Where did you see the car? Did you see that woman?
Yes, She's been foIIowing me since this morning
She foIIowed me to the parking Iot...
She's probabIy watching me right now!
That car's been reported stoIen.
I suspected as much.
Yeah?
Issue a search for that car.
Yes, sir.
It's me. Can you issue out a search for this car?
Take your time. I'm not going anywhere.
I'm aImost ready.
Hey, heIp me!
Jiyeon? I'm sorry!
I meant to turn on the bathroom Iights.
I fIipped off the wrong switch.
l feel like she's watching us.
Jiyeon? Can you hear me?
Yes.
ls it always this quiet at night?
It's aIways dead siIent.
Something seems very wrong.
There are many strange things about this case.
Like what?
I've been to a few crime scenes myseIf.
But l never got this kind of feeling before.
This kiIIer doesn't seem to have any feeIings for her victims.
There's no sign of resistance from the crime scenes.
They knew they were against a person with no soul.
So what's your point?
lt's possible the victims knew the murderer.
I guess we'll find out.
It couId be that woman who died 12 years ago.
It couId be her ghost...
Or it couId be someone eIse.
Inspector Park?
She's here.
Inspector Park?
Are you there?
Inspector Choi! Wake up!
Sir. I saw the car.
I'm on it.
Be careful. Don't do anything rash.
I won't.
What's going on?
Is that woman reaIIy back from the dead?
I guess not aII ghost stories are faIse.
I shouId give up guns and start praying for God.
Is that the car you saw?
l'm near the car.
l think in the car, there is nothing.
Just a moment, l have a question for you.
The dooris, This is the police!
Inspector Choi! Can you hear me?
Hey!
Do not Ieave your booth, do you hear me?
Lock the door!
Inspector Park?
- Please. - Inspector Park? are you okay?
Inspector Park?
Don't come in here.
Don't come in here!
Go away!
PIease!
PIease don't take me as a Iunatic.
Go to the toIIgate and see!
I was teIIing the truth.
If I stay here, she'll come to kiII me.
PIease.
I didn't do anything wrong. I'm not insane!
I'll Iook in to it.
I can't make any promises, but I'll do my best.
Thank you for your story.
Open the door.
Jiyeon!
- You're aII the same! - Catch!
You're Iike the rest of them!
I didn't do anything wrong! I'm not crazy!
Let go of me!
You Iisten to me!
Four years from now, I'm going to kiII you!
Mark my words! I'm going to come for you!
Let go!
What do you think?
Do you think she was teIIing the truth?
I don't know.
I don't know what to think.
Everyone here is considered insane.
I don't know what to beIieve.
Is she crazy,
Or did she reaIIy see a ghost?
WiII this make a good articIe?
It'll be interesting to track down a dead body.
Want to hear something interesting?
This is caIIed the two faces of truth.
The two faces of truth?
Yeah.
As far as I know,
that woman has not been Iying at aII.
She's onIy teIIing the truth.
So everything she said is true?
She toId us the truth,
but her story is not what actuaIIy happened.
She toId us what she beIieves to be true.
But truth is a reIative thing.
I remember that day exacteIy.
When I saw her first time,
how can I say...
I feeI sympathy.
Many memories are in patients' tears.
You heard the story about the dead body.
About the story of the ghost who came back from the dead.
But the poIice report teIIs a different story.
Jiyeon knew the face of the murderer from the beginning.
The poIice had Iisted Jiyeon as a suspect aII aIong.
Han Jiyeon? This is the poIice.
They discovered traces of someone eIse's bIood
mixed with the bIood of the victim.
The bIood on the ticket was not from the victim.
The poIice taiIed her to the scene of the third murder.
But they Iost her.
If they had caught her then, they wouId stiII be aIive..
l talked to the car owner.
He's got a solid alibi.
And his record's clean.
That car's been reported stoIen.
I suspected as much.
Yeah?
Issue a search for that car.
Yes, sir.
It's me. Can you issue out a search for this car?
Who do you think is teIIing the actuaI truth?
What about the body that was Iost in the bus fire?
That incident actuaIIy happened.
But the body was never found.
But Jiyeon's just a woman How did she manage to do this?
According to the record,
It's possibIe if she drove 100 miIes an hour.
What if the poIice is bIaming her, so they won't feeI the heat?
Are you starting to get confused?
PeopIe fabricate stories aII the time.
Who's to say the poIice are any better?
Our tests showed that she suffers from a mentaI iIIness.
Her Iawyer is pIeading insanity.
What's the reason for her mentaI iIIness?
The reason?
It stems from her fear of dark.
There was a bIackout that night, but onIy inside her booth.
This confused the poIice at first.
We made startIing discoveries about her past.
When she was 5 years oId,
- She got trapped inside a sewer. - HeIp me!
She was rescued after three whoIe days.
This fear came back to haunt her when she experienced the bIackout.
Remember. Truth is a subjective thing.
Now it's up to you to make a story out of this.
The truth seems aII fiction, I don't know what to beIieve.
If this works out, don't forget to buy me a drink.
Why did you Iie to her earIier?
Today's not February 29th.
I feeI bad about that,
but it was the onIy way to make her taIk.
Remember what she said?
There's a curse on that day, every four years.
By the way,
You'll have to be carefuI on the next February 29th.
Why?
Don't you remember?
Do you hear me?
Four years from now, I'm going to kiII you!