The Evil Stairs (1964) - full transcript

Produced by Segi Corporation
a Segi Studios Film

Segiscope
The Devil's Stairway

Executive Producer U Gi-dong

Producerjo Gyu-jin Planning Kim Han

Screenwriter Lee jong-taek Cinematographer Seo/eong-min
Gaffer Kim Yeon

Art Director Hong Seong-chil Composer Han Sang-gi Recordist
Son In-ho Editor Kim Hui-su Development Kim Hyeong-geun

Effects (hoe Hyeong-rae Script Supervisor 0 Suk-hui Still Yang
jae-go Prop Master Kim Seong-sun Production Manager Kim jeong-su

Assistant Director Kim Sun-sik Assit. Cinematographer
Hong Seong-uk Assist. Gaffer Kim Seok-jun

Cast

Kim jin-kyu

Moon jeong-suk



Bang Seong-jbjeong Ae-ran

Cho/ Nam-hyeon Yu Gye-seonjo Hang

Kim Ungjeong Cheolj/ Bang-yea! Lee Eop-dong

Lee Hae-ryong Dokgo Seong jang Hyeok Lim Hae-rim

ju Ran-jijo Hye-gyeong Kim Mi-hye Park Gyeong-ran

Gujong-seok Kim Gi-beom Kim Gyeong-ranjojeongja

Director Lee Man-free

- I'm going now.
- Okay.

How long do we have to do this?

Watch out for the security guard.

Go out the back door.

Welcome.

- Is Dr. Hyeon here?
- He's in surgery.

Oh, okay.
Where's my father?



- The director is in his office.
- Okay.

- Are you hurt?
- Oh, it's nothing.

- Come here, I'll take care of it.
- Thanks, but I want to see the director first...

Come over here.

It must be hard, hurting yourself.

Well look at you...

The patient
needs to see the doctor in charge.

You little...

You know
1 used to be a surgeon, too.

Well I don't like former-surgeon director 0's hands.
They are too cold.

You cheeky girl!

So, did you look into it?

What?

You know.
Why is he still single?

I don't think
there's any special reason.

Well do your duty as a father
and look into it.

Aren't you going to at least put some ointment on it?

There's no need to come to the hospital
for this.

- You hate me to come?
- No!

You know, it wasn't easy
to hurt myself like this.

Is Dr. Hyeon here?

Uh'.!

Dr. Hyeon.
Please take a look at my finger.

It hurts when
someone else treats me.

It has to be you, Dr. Hyeon.
Will you treat me, please?

- Why does she act like that?
- Trying to snare him, isn't she.

She must be in his room now.

Probably begging him
to take her away.

Shall we take a peek?

I'll take you to dinner
for the medical bill.

You should pay the bill to your father.

No!
I want to pay it to you.

- It would be against the rules.
- Well, no one will hear it from me.

The condition of the patient who just had surgery...

Wait a moment.

This way.

What's going on?

What is it?

I'm sorry.

I asked what's going on.

I have something to say.

If it's not urgent,
we can talk about it later.

Someone might see us.

Does that make you nervous?

This is where
we first embraced.

You didn't seem nervous then.

I'll wait for you at the apartment.

- I'll be late today.
- I'll wait.

- Why are you getting off here?
-just to buy a pack of cigarettes.

So. What did you
want to tell me?

Only what's to be expected.
You don't need to worry.

If you had come earlier,
we could have talked in detail.

But now it's too late,
and I have to go back.

I know you've been putting off
getting married.

Of course, this is something
you need to consider carefully.

But I don't have a son
and that makes me anxious.

Yes.

Over there.

It doesn't mean that I expect you to act like a son to me.

But I do think of you that way.

- Dr.Hyeon.
- Yes.

I want to depend on you,
but don't mock my feelings.

When you get to be my age
you'll understand.

Not at all.

And I need someone to
take over the hospital.

What?

And it might be a little early
to discuss this, but

how about taking your honeymoon in Europe?

Six months or so.
You can do some research while you're there.

Yes.

So, what do you think?

- Hey!
- What is it now?

Big news!
Come over here.

It looks like Dr. Hyeon is going to become
the director's son-in-law.

Uh'.!

That would make him the one
marrying into a family.

From tomorrow
we should start calling him director.

I'm a little jealous.

This girl!

That's the director's future son-in-law.
Don't you dare!

Well, a widower is safer
than an old bachelor.

With a bachelor,
you never know what kind of secrets they're hiding.

But most widowers
are lousy too. Nothing but those with wilted leaves.

What do you mean, wilted leaves?

Something that you don't know what to do with!

What's that?

What are you doing?

The patient in room 108 is scheduled for surgery
this afternoon. Please finish the preparations.

OK.

Tell me the truth.

You don't like me anymore?
Or are you after the hospital?

Or is it the director's daughter?
Are you in love with her?

Jeong-ja is just a young girl with a crush.
But as for the hospital,

there's no one else to take it over.
It's hard for me to refuse.

Jin-suk, you're my lover. I can't give you up.

So he'll give you the hospital with no conditions?

Whatever the conditions may be

owning a hospital has always been
my only wish.

So your wish will come true, then,
if I back off.

I'm not trying to trade you
for the hospital.

Then you do want to have everything?

Jin-suk!

Do you want to spend the rest of your life
married to a poor doctor?

So, you're saying we conspire
to get our hands on their money?

Is there no way to live
without someone else's wealth?

Do doctors always have to
have their own hospital?

They don't, do they?

So everything you said was just an excuse?

Do you want me to tell you
what you're really thinking?

You do love jeong-ja.

The hospital is her wedding dowry.
That's what you're after?

Don't make that horrible face.

My heart is trembling
even more than that face.

I love you.

I love you so much that I'm trying to
understand how you can be so ungentlemanly.

But you can't marry
the director's daughter.

Not as long as I'm alive.

I don't need you to understand
my behavior.

I'm the one who needs it.

Don't be smart with me.
I don't need to do what you say.

And don't you forget.
I didn't rape you.

Spare some change.

Thank you!
Thank You!

Yes.

Oh!
Wow, really?

I just got an answer
from Dr. Hyeon.

Yes, this is Jeong-ja.

Doctor!

I need to talk to you.

I'm not begging for the love
of a man who has forgotten me.

And I'm not asking you to
pay for your past amusement.

But this is not a matter
for me to worry about on my own.

So I'm letting you know.

I'm pregnant.

You'll force me to abort it, won't you?

Jin-suk!

Don't worry.

I don't want to be one of those pitiful women
who gives birth to the child of a man who's forgotten her.

I love you.

I love you, so I'm trying to
understand everything about you.

Just tell me one thing.

Do you really want me to have an abortion?

I don't want a baby
before I have a famfly.

You need something to stimulate
that paralyzed sense of reason.

I'm going to tell everyone that I'm pregnant.

- Jin-suk.
- Let go of me.

Jin-suk!

Don't be rash.

How can you tell me
not to do anything?

Shall I work on my voice

and then sing a song
at your wedding?

Or shall I wait,
and then visit your newly-wed home

with the bastard child?

Jil1~suk!

Compound fracture.

For a fall from that height,

such a serious injury
is rather exceptional.

- Prepare for surgery.
- Yes.

Doctor!

Nurse Nam
was pregnant.

Really?

She lost the baby.

It was 4 months along.

Ah, is that so?

Well...

For the sake of her reputation,
let's keep it a secret.

The director would be displeased to hear of
such conduct in one of his nurses.

We should tell
the father.

Do you know who he is?

I guess she'll tell us.

Everything is ready.

Dealing with the miscarriage is more urgent.

No matter how much I think about it,
I just can't guess.

What?

Nurse Nam's lover.

Why would she have a secret lover?

Wasn't Dr. Hyeon there
when she fell?

What does it make you think of?

Didn't he say he was on his way
to the director's office?

Why are those stairs
always causing such trouble?

We need to fire
that carpenter.

Are his fingers numb or something?
He can't even nail properly.

Is Nurse Nam
going to be able to walk?

Well, Dr. Hyeon's skills
are a little better than that carpenter's.

So you can rest assured.

Do you have any idea, madam?

About what?

The baby's father.

- Go to sleep.
- Yes, ma'am.

Go to sleep!

Doctor!

- You seem to be in a bad mood
- No.

I understand
why you're feeling down.

It's because of
Nurse Nam's accident, right?

She was on my team
so of course I'm concerned.

But it's not like
there's a special reason.

You don't have to
make excuses.

It's true that Nurse Nam
had a crush on you,

isn't it?

You misunderstand.

Honestly, I was nervous,
and jealous.

But you are
mine now.

Don't act like a child.
Here, take it.

Leave me alone.

Sleep?

- She didn't take the pills.
- She keeps refusing her medicine.

Why?

Because I'm afraid.

There're at least two people
who want to kill me.

She's showing signs of neurosis.

Move Nurse Nam to
the solitary room on the 2nd floor.

Yes, doctor.

Nurse Nam!

Madam!

Get ready to move Nurse Nam to
Room 205 on the 2nd floor.

Yes, ma'am.

Yes, ma'am.

What were you thinking about?

I was thinking of you,
when you gave me this necklace.

How are you feeling?

Your hand is cold.

When you pushed me off the stairs,
trying to kill me.

I felt your skin then.
It was already cold.

What are you talking about?

Now you can strangle me
with those cold hands.

Luckily, the dreaded seed
was miscarried.

Jin-suk!

But it won't
happen like that.

You won't be able to
kill me.

1 won't the at your hands...

You shouldn't babble on about such things.

The talk that I'm going to be the director's son-in-law
is just that, talk.

But that doesn't mean you'd marry
a cripple like me.

You need to calm your nerves.
I'll get you some medicine.

Hello!

Yes, it's me.

A place for the honeymoon?

Okay.

NOW?

Okay, I'll go this evening.

You're just like a little girl.

- Nurse Nam is missing.
- What?

I, I have to go.
There's an emergency.

Nurse Nam is missing?

She's not in her bed.

Have you seen Nurse Nam?

I'm going to be
a cripple, aren't I?

Nonsense!
You'll recover completely.

Don't lie.

I'm now
a cripple.

Don't let yourself get upset.

Oh!
I didn't know you were here.

Take her inside.

Come, let's go in.

Where were you?
Take this.

- Don't despair.
- Thanks for worrying about me.

Don't be so formal.

And make sure to follow the treatment.
You have to take care of your own body, don't you?

- Aren't those crutches a little short?
- Yes.

Let me adjust them for you.

This is Dr. Hyeon from the surgery department.
Please call Nurse Go for me.

Come in.

- Did you call me?
- Yes.

Well...

Nurse Nam is in a nervous state.
She's having trouble sleeping.

Please give her this sedative.

Yes, doctor.

She'll be unconscious
for the next three hours.

Thank you.

You should thank
the head of surgery, not me.

- You haven't left yet?
- No, I was just reading a book.

- Why don't you get some rest?
- Yes, good night.

OK.

Check!

Check! Take that!

Defense!

Sir!

Check!

- Well? Do you want some advice?
- Oh no...it's okay.

- You're late today.
- Oh, I had some reading to do...

- Ah, yes.
- Go back to your game.

- Well, take care.
- Good bye!

Let's play!

- Hello.
- Well, you're late.

Let's go!

I went to mend that ditch
this morning,

but I caught my foot on something.
So I looked down

and these crutches were lying there.

Are you certain that these crutches belong to
Nurse Nam?

Yes.

I was in
her room often.

And I adjusted them several times
with my own hands.

I'm certain.

Did you notice anything strange
at the security office last night?

No. After you left,
no one came in.

I played games with the guard
late into the night.

Yes, we were playing janggi
for makgeolli.

The emergency exit was open,
so she must have come down into the backyard.

Could Nurse Nam have gotten down those stairs
in her condition?

She could have made it
with someone's help.

Someone helped her?

Shall I call the police?

Well...

I'll discuss it
with the director.

- Could she have killed herself?
- Is that what you think, Miss Kim?

Well the crutches were found near the pond
so it seems possible.

Then shall we drain the pond?

There will be an order from the director.
Let's wait.

Jin-suk's body will float up to the surface.
It will come up soon.

But two days have passed now.

And there's still no sign of her.

Could her clothes have
got caught on something?

No, that's impossible.

So what could have happened?

The body still hasn't surfaced.

I putjin-suk into the pond.
That's certain.

But three days have passed.
Why hasn't she come up?

What if
she wasn't dead?

There's no way...

No way...

No way...

It's already the fourth day

andjin-suk's body
still hasn't come up.

What could have happened?

No, without doubt
it will come up.

Umm... this.

All right.

Hey, we have work to do.
Hey!

- Follow me.
- Yes.

Hmm, for how many days
has Nurse Nam been missing?

Today is the sixth.

We have to call the police.

I'll do it.

Why did this have to happen on the engagement day,
of all days!

- We have to strike while the iron is hot.
- Choose a lucky day.

That way!

When choosing a wedding day
the women always look for something.

It's all for the best, there's no harm in it.

Do young men today
want to live with their in-laws?

Well, it doesn't sound so great
when you put it that way.

Would you rather say you've adopted him, then?

No!

We are the ones living at
our daughter's house.

Either way, it's the same.

But to be single at that age.
Isn't it suspicious?

He got old
waiting for ourjeong-ja.

It's not proper for an unmarried girl
to talk like that.

Oh, my!
Acting like an adult.

Girl,
dream on!

We're all virgins,
but who knows about this girl?

Oh, my! This is intolerable!

Why are they so excited
at someone else's engagement party?

Well, it's
none of your business.

Head of neurosurgery. Well, you've failed!

You have to do more research on
the sensitivity of a bachelor towards single women.

Hmm. This is not a laughing matter.

Even an old bachelor like Dr. Hyeon
has hit a jackpot.

While a true bachelor like myself

remains single.
How can this be?

You're carrying the joke too far.

I can't imagine that someone Dr. Hyeon's age
is still a virgin.

It's not guaranteed, of course, medically.

How many flowers were wasted,

and how many tears shed
for this engagement party?

Are you drunk?

As a surgeon,

I was just trying to cut him open to get to the truth.
What's his problem?

You're next, mister neurologist.

Hello.

This is Dr. Hyeon, head of surgery.

Yes?

Yes.

And?

Okay.

What's wrong?

Well, hmm...Nurse Nam's body
turned up in the hospital pond.

What I?

Well...

The body?

Yes.

- We should hurry over.
- Well...

There are lots of guests,
so I'll go.

Please take care
not to upset the guests.

I'll be back soon.

Are you sure it's Nam jin-suk?

Yes.

Can you identify her by the face?

That would be difficult, but

what she is wearing is certain.

Even so,
the face is too deformed.

Can we be certain that this is Nam jin-suk?

What do you think, sir?

We don't really know what
the staff look like.

No.

Did you say she went missing
6 days ago?

Could she change
so much?

Well...

Maybe it was the bugs in the water
eating away at her.

Bugs in the water?

Well, let's move her.

It is Nurse Nam's body.

He's the head of the surgery department.

- I'm Seo-won.
- Got it.

- Come in.
- Yes.

Did you say she was
a nurse at this hospital?

Yes, she was.

- Does she have a family?
- No, she doesn't.

She came from North Korea when she was young
all by herself.

What do you think
happened to Nurse Nam?

I think it was
definitely suicide.

- Suicide?
- Yes, it is clearly a suicide.

Due to shock
from the miscarriage.

For the whole world to know that she was pregnant,
as a single woman.

She was prouder
than anyone...

Maybe it wasn't suicide.

The truth will come out
in the autopsy.

A half year later

Any great ideas?

Compared to hospitals
in Europe and America,

our facilities
are truly primitive.

We need to purchase
the newest medical equipment.

But before doing that,
how about renovating the hospital wings?

If you have a good idea, Dr. Hyeon,
please tell us.

I think we should fill up the pond
in the back of the hospital

and build a new operating room
and a ward for patients.

What do you think?

I think it's a good plan.

I think that we can cover up the pond

to make a lounge area
for patients.

No...

The backyard is too shaded.

It wouldn't be any good.

Right.
It's too deep, anyways. It's dangerous,

and unsanitary.

I've heard a lot of good ideas.

What are those?

What?

Those crutches.

You're back.

- Who put those over there?
- What?

Throw them away!

Where did you get them?

Well...

Those are...

- Ah, a crippled peddler came by earlier.
- Yes.

Did the woman leave them?

Can a cripple
leave behind her crutches?

A lot of people are faking it
nowadays.

Fake or real, throw them away!

Hey, throw them away!

Sir, she might come looking for her crutches,
so shouldn't I leave them here?

I said throw them away!

Shall I set the table for dinner?

Yes.

Maybe the crutches
have some significance?

A peddler woman with a limp.

There's no wayjin-suk is still alive.

So what about the crutches?

Dr. Hyeon, I'll be waiting for you in the X-Ray room
at 10 tonight.

j/n -su/