Phone (2002) - full transcript
After writing a series of articles about pedophilia, the journalist Ji-won receives threatening calls on her cellular and she changes her number. Her close friend Ho-jung and her husband Chang-hoon invite Ji-won to move to their house in Bang Bae that is empty and closed. When the young daughter of her friends Young-Su answers a phone call in her mobile phone, the girl screams and changes her behavior, feeling a great attraction for her father and rejecting her mother. Meanwhile Ji-won receives weird phone calls and sees and listens to a teenager playing Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" on the piano. After investigating her phone number, Ji-won discovers that the original owner of the number, Jin-hee, had vanished and the two next owners of the number have mysteriously died in unusual circumstances. Her further investigation about Jin-hee discloses that the teenager was absolutely disturbed with her obsessive love for a man that had broken the relationship with her, and later she unravels dark and tragic secrets about the fate of Jin-hee.
I'm your destiny
Stop it!
Please stop it!
- Yeah!
- Where are you?
- Are you okay?
- Why, what happened?
Things have blown up about
your underage sex scandal articles
We've got calls threatening you
if you don't stop writing them
I've gotten them too
We were ready for that
Still, be careful
For the next feature story
let's try some of that paranormal stuff
you were talking about last year
I told you this was the last article
I'm changing my cell number
and disappearing tomorrow
Ji-Won!
Hello?
Hello?
Hello?
The scared look, so sexy
Who is this?
You can't be that scared
We've only just begun
Who are you?
There's no rush.
We'll meet soon enough.
Hello.
Where are you
off to so fast?
It won't help to run.
You bastard!
If you've got something to say
come and face me.
Don't cover your voice
and hide like a rat.
Why aren't you following, rat?
Is this Ji-Won's phone?
Oh, Ho Jung.
So?
Do you know who it is?
It's probably
one of the guys...
from the sex scandal articles
The justice system
will take care of them
I'll just go away
and finish writing that novel
What if he really
comes after you?
Have you decided where to go?
No, I'm still thinking.
You ought to go to Bang Bae.
Our new house is empty.
I bought it about a year ago.
It's too big.
We'll move in there
when Young-Ju gets a little bigger.
It's well-furnished,
I think you will love it
What do you think?
Thanks a lot.
Ho Jung, is that okay?
Honey, do you think
it's okay to be alone there?
It's dangerous.
It's not dangerous.
I've had a security system installed.
But I'm still worried.
This is great.
I'm sorry.
I should stay with you
but Young-Ju's asleep.
Will you be okay?
Aren't you scared?
I'm not a little kid.
Don't worry, I'll be fine
I'm just worried.
Which room should I use?
Use my bedroom.
It's the most comfortable.
It's so big.
I'm a little uneasy.
And it's for you and your husband.
I'll take the room at the end
of the hall upstairs.
That room?
No, it's full of junk.
It's a storage room.
I'll clean it up.
You guys go and get some rest.
Ok, I'll lock up.
I'll call you tomorrow.
He doesn't quit.
Now what is it?
Now what?
What's this?
That's weird.
That's never happened before.
What?
It only gives one number.
Hello?
You drive well.
I'm sorry.
You'll need to go to another branch.
I think it's fate.
Just give me that number.
The girl in the picture is
Modigliani's daughter.
He painted it when his wife was pregnant.
He painted it after watching.
Thinking about their unborn daughter.
They must have been happy.
I want...
Young-Ju to grow up like that...
in a perfect family.
You ought to paint again.
You have the perfect family.
You're wasting your talent.
I don't think I could take care of
the family and paint right now.
I'm satisfied just enjoying
other's art.
Sorry about that.
Is it him again?
No.
Since I changed my cell number
I shouldn't get any more those calls.
What's the number?
This is Renoir's
Irene Cahen d'Anvers.
Young-Ju!
Young-Ju.
Give us the phone.
Give me the phone!
Young-Ju!
Young-Ju!
Give us the phone.
Give me the phone!
Young-Ju!
Young-Ju!
Give me the phone!
Young-Ju!
Young-Ju!
You're worried, aren't you?
Whatever she heard on the phone
must have scared her.
I don't think it was the stalker,
but it's weird.
Anyway call me
if you go to
the doctor tomorrow.
Sure I will...
Stop it.
It hurts my ears.
There doesn't seem to
be anything wrong.
Is she okay?
She's just stressed from
whatever scared her.
Give her some time.
She'll be fine.
Since you changed your number
you've had two calls.
Your friend Ho Jung and me.
That's not right.
I've had three strange calls since then.
There are two possibilities:
the phone company's records
are messed up...
or the stalker knows...
how to block the calls from
showing up
Those sex scandal guys.
will be on trial in a few days.
It's probably one of them.
But be careful.
Here's a present.
You really think
this is going to help?
Hit them once and they're out.
The men involved
in the underage sex scandal
have been identified.
It's shocking that one of them
Dr. Cha, is a psychiatrist.
A Miss Jung has testified that
Dr. Cha...
repeatedly demanded perverted sex.
Hello.
So, who the hell are you?
Hello? What do you mean?
Slow down now.
What are you going to tell?
You're going to catch a cold.
Studying is hard, isn't it?
A faint rose smell.
I love that faint flower fragrance.
Now, which way?
I love you more than anything.
If you're hurting then I hurt too.
So don't be hurting anymore, okay?
You're such a strong woman
I thought you'd give up...
when the doctor said
you couldn't get pregnant.
But with that artificial insemination
program you did it.
When I think of that time
I still feel faint.
Do you know how nervous I get...
watching you go from crisis to crisis?
What would I do without you?
I couldn't have done it without you.
- Young-Ju!
- Daddy, I'm scared
Ji-Won!
What do you think she heard?
I was so scared.
It started after...
she answered my phone
in the museum, didn't it?
I checked the phone records
but there's nothing there
Ji-Won
How about changing your number again?
Then he can't call
Hello?
Hey, Chang-Hoon!
What's up?
Yeah, just a minute.
It's Chang-Hoon
Hi, honey.
You're getting big.
Young-Ju,
do you remember
what you heard on my phone?
No.
Aunt!
Do you know what love is?
Love?
Do you know love?
No, you wouldn't know...
what real love is.
You're in love with somebody...
Who is it?
Daddy
So, you said you love your Daddy
What about your Mommy?
Do you love her?
Don't you love your mommy?
You're tired.
Go to sleep.
Aunt!
If...
that woman calls again
tell her not to yell,
it scares me.
You don't look good.
Is it the phone calls?
Did you find anything?
There is no record of a call coming in
on your cell at that time
Even the department at a phone company
tracking the calls has no idea.
Are we at a dead end?
This is what I've found.
People who've had that number.
Nothing strange in their background.
But you know...
both people that had that number died.
One in a car wreck,
the other had a heart attack.
It's not necessarily murder...
but it is strange.
Finish eating and
let's make Daddy a card.
I've got everything ready.
A Christmas card?
Yeah.
- Who is it?
- Flower Delivery.
What is it?
Daddy sent them.
Sorry for not helping out lately.
I love you!
Eat it.
I said eat it!
Eat it.
Young-Ju,
what's the matter?
Nothing.
Young-Ju?
What's wrong with you?
He worked hard driving his taxi and...
he talked about his dream of
opening a restaurant.
Then his wife bought that cell phone.
I don't know
if it was the phone that killed him
The cell phone?
He said that
after he got the cell phone
he started getting weird calls.
Nobody talking!
Just a bone chilling sound!
It was like his soul was gone.
One day, he said
he wouldn't do night duty.
I asked him why
and he said something about a ghost.
What caused the wreck?
Here it is.
Bang Bae?
Ho Jung!
What's going on?
She has an unusually strong desire
to be with her father.
The long hair represents her...
as an adult thinking sexually of
her father.
She gets jealous when you
and your husband get intimate...
and she doesn't want to leave her Dad.
Is she trying to push me away?
At her age it's just a temporary thing
You mean there is
anything else wrong with her?
No
Developmentally
and health-wise she's fine.
You have a very intelligent little girl.
Let's do it again.
Se-se-se...
Wouldn't it be great
if I was on TV,
if I was on TV?
Anyway she lived alone.
Before she died
you should have seen her face.
You know, it was ghostly white.
Was it suicide?
Who commits suicide
in an elevator?
They said it was a heart attack
caused by some mental fit.
She asked me to call
when they got a trial date.
Is she already asleep?
What's this?
Hey? Are you okay?
One winter day, a certain queen
was sewing by the window.
Then the queen pricked
her finger with her needle.
Three drops of blood fell
into the snow.
The red on the white looked
so beautiful, that she thought...
"If only I had a child as white as snow,
as red as blood..."
and as black as this frame...
...and they lived happily ever after
Yeah, right!
Shit!
We grow up with
this crap that's why...
we have little stupid princesses around.
What a stupid story!
Detective?
Get away, he needs surgery!
I told you not to mess with me.
You started all this.
You're crazy.
How does it feel to
be hanging by a thread?
Beg me to save you.
What's the matter?
Why's the fridge open?
You're going to make yourself sick.
Stop worrying.
The doctor said she'd be fine.
Let's wait a while.
If she gets worse we can admit her.
I don't want her admitted.
I'm sorry.
My little princess is awake.
Give me a kiss.
Young-Ju!
Young-Ju?
Young-Ju
What's wrong with you?
Young-Ju?
Young-Ju
What are you doing?
Hi!
You're good on the piano.
You are already on the Moonlight Sonata?
The Moonlight sonata?
That song you play every night.
My Mom doesn't let me play at night.
That's strange!
My Mom says the music
comes from your house.
Anybody home?
She had two cell numbers?
But there was only one phone.
I didn't know it until she was gone.
Her number was 9726-6644.
When we couldn't find her
I cancelled the 9998-6644 number
I kept her number to keep hope alive.
There were a lot of rumors
when Jin-Hee disappeared.
She ran away with a boyfriend.
She worked at a bar.
She was a stripteaser.
But one day...
they said she got killed...
and came back to haunt the school.
Stop it!
Please stop it!
- Yeah!
- Where are you?
- Are you okay?
- Why, what happened?
Things have blown up about
your underage sex scandal articles
We've got calls threatening you
if you don't stop writing them
I've gotten them too
We were ready for that
Still, be careful
For the next feature story
let's try some of that paranormal stuff
you were talking about last year
I told you this was the last article
I'm changing my cell number
and disappearing tomorrow
Ji-Won!
Hello?
Hello?
Hello?
The scared look, so sexy
Who is this?
You can't be that scared
We've only just begun
Who are you?
There's no rush.
We'll meet soon enough.
Hello.
Where are you
off to so fast?
It won't help to run.
You bastard!
If you've got something to say
come and face me.
Don't cover your voice
and hide like a rat.
Why aren't you following, rat?
Is this Ji-Won's phone?
Oh, Ho Jung.
So?
Do you know who it is?
It's probably
one of the guys...
from the sex scandal articles
The justice system
will take care of them
I'll just go away
and finish writing that novel
What if he really
comes after you?
Have you decided where to go?
No, I'm still thinking.
You ought to go to Bang Bae.
Our new house is empty.
I bought it about a year ago.
It's too big.
We'll move in there
when Young-Ju gets a little bigger.
It's well-furnished,
I think you will love it
What do you think?
Thanks a lot.
Ho Jung, is that okay?
Honey, do you think
it's okay to be alone there?
It's dangerous.
It's not dangerous.
I've had a security system installed.
But I'm still worried.
This is great.
I'm sorry.
I should stay with you
but Young-Ju's asleep.
Will you be okay?
Aren't you scared?
I'm not a little kid.
Don't worry, I'll be fine
I'm just worried.
Which room should I use?
Use my bedroom.
It's the most comfortable.
It's so big.
I'm a little uneasy.
And it's for you and your husband.
I'll take the room at the end
of the hall upstairs.
That room?
No, it's full of junk.
It's a storage room.
I'll clean it up.
You guys go and get some rest.
Ok, I'll lock up.
I'll call you tomorrow.
He doesn't quit.
Now what is it?
Now what?
What's this?
That's weird.
That's never happened before.
What?
It only gives one number.
Hello?
You drive well.
I'm sorry.
You'll need to go to another branch.
I think it's fate.
Just give me that number.
The girl in the picture is
Modigliani's daughter.
He painted it when his wife was pregnant.
He painted it after watching.
Thinking about their unborn daughter.
They must have been happy.
I want...
Young-Ju to grow up like that...
in a perfect family.
You ought to paint again.
You have the perfect family.
You're wasting your talent.
I don't think I could take care of
the family and paint right now.
I'm satisfied just enjoying
other's art.
Sorry about that.
Is it him again?
No.
Since I changed my cell number
I shouldn't get any more those calls.
What's the number?
This is Renoir's
Irene Cahen d'Anvers.
Young-Ju!
Young-Ju.
Give us the phone.
Give me the phone!
Young-Ju!
Young-Ju!
Give us the phone.
Give me the phone!
Young-Ju!
Young-Ju!
Give me the phone!
Young-Ju!
Young-Ju!
You're worried, aren't you?
Whatever she heard on the phone
must have scared her.
I don't think it was the stalker,
but it's weird.
Anyway call me
if you go to
the doctor tomorrow.
Sure I will...
Stop it.
It hurts my ears.
There doesn't seem to
be anything wrong.
Is she okay?
She's just stressed from
whatever scared her.
Give her some time.
She'll be fine.
Since you changed your number
you've had two calls.
Your friend Ho Jung and me.
That's not right.
I've had three strange calls since then.
There are two possibilities:
the phone company's records
are messed up...
or the stalker knows...
how to block the calls from
showing up
Those sex scandal guys.
will be on trial in a few days.
It's probably one of them.
But be careful.
Here's a present.
You really think
this is going to help?
Hit them once and they're out.
The men involved
in the underage sex scandal
have been identified.
It's shocking that one of them
Dr. Cha, is a psychiatrist.
A Miss Jung has testified that
Dr. Cha...
repeatedly demanded perverted sex.
Hello.
So, who the hell are you?
Hello? What do you mean?
Slow down now.
What are you going to tell?
You're going to catch a cold.
Studying is hard, isn't it?
A faint rose smell.
I love that faint flower fragrance.
Now, which way?
I love you more than anything.
If you're hurting then I hurt too.
So don't be hurting anymore, okay?
You're such a strong woman
I thought you'd give up...
when the doctor said
you couldn't get pregnant.
But with that artificial insemination
program you did it.
When I think of that time
I still feel faint.
Do you know how nervous I get...
watching you go from crisis to crisis?
What would I do without you?
I couldn't have done it without you.
- Young-Ju!
- Daddy, I'm scared
Ji-Won!
What do you think she heard?
I was so scared.
It started after...
she answered my phone
in the museum, didn't it?
I checked the phone records
but there's nothing there
Ji-Won
How about changing your number again?
Then he can't call
Hello?
Hey, Chang-Hoon!
What's up?
Yeah, just a minute.
It's Chang-Hoon
Hi, honey.
You're getting big.
Young-Ju,
do you remember
what you heard on my phone?
No.
Aunt!
Do you know what love is?
Love?
Do you know love?
No, you wouldn't know...
what real love is.
You're in love with somebody...
Who is it?
Daddy
So, you said you love your Daddy
What about your Mommy?
Do you love her?
Don't you love your mommy?
You're tired.
Go to sleep.
Aunt!
If...
that woman calls again
tell her not to yell,
it scares me.
You don't look good.
Is it the phone calls?
Did you find anything?
There is no record of a call coming in
on your cell at that time
Even the department at a phone company
tracking the calls has no idea.
Are we at a dead end?
This is what I've found.
People who've had that number.
Nothing strange in their background.
But you know...
both people that had that number died.
One in a car wreck,
the other had a heart attack.
It's not necessarily murder...
but it is strange.
Finish eating and
let's make Daddy a card.
I've got everything ready.
A Christmas card?
Yeah.
- Who is it?
- Flower Delivery.
What is it?
Daddy sent them.
Sorry for not helping out lately.
I love you!
Eat it.
I said eat it!
Eat it.
Young-Ju,
what's the matter?
Nothing.
Young-Ju?
What's wrong with you?
He worked hard driving his taxi and...
he talked about his dream of
opening a restaurant.
Then his wife bought that cell phone.
I don't know
if it was the phone that killed him
The cell phone?
He said that
after he got the cell phone
he started getting weird calls.
Nobody talking!
Just a bone chilling sound!
It was like his soul was gone.
One day, he said
he wouldn't do night duty.
I asked him why
and he said something about a ghost.
What caused the wreck?
Here it is.
Bang Bae?
Ho Jung!
What's going on?
She has an unusually strong desire
to be with her father.
The long hair represents her...
as an adult thinking sexually of
her father.
She gets jealous when you
and your husband get intimate...
and she doesn't want to leave her Dad.
Is she trying to push me away?
At her age it's just a temporary thing
You mean there is
anything else wrong with her?
No
Developmentally
and health-wise she's fine.
You have a very intelligent little girl.
Let's do it again.
Se-se-se...
Wouldn't it be great
if I was on TV,
if I was on TV?
Anyway she lived alone.
Before she died
you should have seen her face.
You know, it was ghostly white.
Was it suicide?
Who commits suicide
in an elevator?
They said it was a heart attack
caused by some mental fit.
She asked me to call
when they got a trial date.
Is she already asleep?
What's this?
Hey? Are you okay?
One winter day, a certain queen
was sewing by the window.
Then the queen pricked
her finger with her needle.
Three drops of blood fell
into the snow.
The red on the white looked
so beautiful, that she thought...
"If only I had a child as white as snow,
as red as blood..."
and as black as this frame...
...and they lived happily ever after
Yeah, right!
Shit!
We grow up with
this crap that's why...
we have little stupid princesses around.
What a stupid story!
Detective?
Get away, he needs surgery!
I told you not to mess with me.
You started all this.
You're crazy.
How does it feel to
be hanging by a thread?
Beg me to save you.
What's the matter?
Why's the fridge open?
You're going to make yourself sick.
Stop worrying.
The doctor said she'd be fine.
Let's wait a while.
If she gets worse we can admit her.
I don't want her admitted.
I'm sorry.
My little princess is awake.
Give me a kiss.
Young-Ju!
Young-Ju?
Young-Ju
What's wrong with you?
Young-Ju?
Young-Ju
What are you doing?
Hi!
You're good on the piano.
You are already on the Moonlight Sonata?
The Moonlight sonata?
That song you play every night.
My Mom doesn't let me play at night.
That's strange!
My Mom says the music
comes from your house.
Anybody home?
She had two cell numbers?
But there was only one phone.
I didn't know it until she was gone.
Her number was 9726-6644.
When we couldn't find her
I cancelled the 9998-6644 number
I kept her number to keep hope alive.
There were a lot of rumors
when Jin-Hee disappeared.
She ran away with a boyfriend.
She worked at a bar.
She was a stripteaser.
But one day...
they said she got killed...
and came back to haunt the school.