The School Nurse Files (2020–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - Episode #1.1 - full transcript
[Eun-young] You have no idea
how confusing it was at first.
I thought maybe I had on
a separate pair of glasses.
One side allowed only me to see
a special world.
[doctor] Eun-young?
Eun-young?
Tell me, what do you think
this drawing looks like?
Eun-young...
[Eun-young's mom] What's wrong, Eun-young?
What's wrong?
Does the drawing make you uncomfortable?
Is it too scary?
Or is it because you don't know
what it is?
What is it?
You're not seeing your...
jelly again, are you?
[Eun-young] My mother hoped
that I'd never find out.
But I gradually come to realize
that all living things would create jelly.
Sometimes even after one passes,
one's jelly is left behind.
But before they can hurt anyone,
they're usually crushed into nothing.
Just like the trail of slime
that snails leave on their path,
this jelly is the trace of one's desires.
[Eun-young's dad sobbing]
[doctor] Try not to worry too much, sir.
She's at an age when she needs her mother.
It's so unfair.
[Eun-young's dad sobs]
Thank you, Doctor.
-Eun-young.
-[doctor] Stop. Eun-young, don't.
[Eun-young's dad] You're at an age
where you need a mother.
[grumbles]
Eun-young...
[sobs]
[Eun-young's mom] Please don't cry.
[cries]
[Eun-young's mom] Come on, smile.
Try and smile, darling.
[Eun-young sobbing]
[Eun-young] The world I see is a secret.
[sobbing]
Mom...
[sobbing continues]
[sobbing continues]
Mom...
[Eun-young] I was born with a destiny.
And this destiny
has been my secret until now.
[upbeat music]
[thumping]
[students] ...eight, seven, six, five,
four, three, two, one...
[teacher 1] Stop them! Late!
[school bell rings]
[Eun-young] I'm Ahn Eun-young,
the school nurse.
BASED ON THE SCHOOL NURSE FILES
BY CHUNG SE-RANG
[lock clicks]
[suspenseful music]
[suspenseful music continues]
[students] My body's getting better,
getting better, getting better!
My body's getting better,
getting better, getting better!
My body's getting better,
getting better, getting better!
My body's getting better,
getting better, getting better!
My body's getting better,
getting better, getting better!
My body's getting better,
getting better, getting better!
My body's getting better,
getting better, getting better!
[Eun-young] I only started working
at this school
a little less than a month ago.
The students here are healthy
and they get good grades.
My body's getting better,
getting better, getting better!
On the outside,
they all look happy enough.
...getting better, getting better!
[principal] And lastly,
we'll do our laugh.
And, everyone, super loud.
[laughs]
[students laugh]
[Eun-young] At least, they look happy
up until about noon.
[students continue laughing]
SCHOOL MORAL
LAUGHING WILL BRING GOOD FORTUNE
[man] Hello.
Welcome!
[quacking]
[indistinct chatter]
Come on, let's go.
-Yeah.
-You guys have our next class.
-Uh, we're not ready to go back yet.
-I'll remember.
-All right.
-[laughter]
-Hey, come on.
-Oh, man.
-What's up?
-What are they doing?
Would Jellyfish do it?
What about Jellyfish?
Will she do what?
Hoop Squid is gonna ask her out.
We've got to support him.
Looks like she's single again?
[girl crying]
-[sobbing]
-What is wrong with her?
She's a big fan of Hoop Squid.
Does it really have to be Jellyfish?
Deal with it!
Jellyfish goes out
with everyone except him.
-[girl sobbing]
-[chuckles]
But Hoop Squid? Damn!
No fucking way!
[girl sobbing]
God, she's loud.
Uh-huh.
[girl sobbing]
[panting]
You seen Jellyfish?
[sighs]
Jellyfish!
Where is she?
She's not here.
I haven't seen her.
[tense music]
[grunts]
[groans]
[quirky music]
[indistinct chatter]
[drum beating]
[indistinct chatter]
Stop screwing around. Do it right.
[student 1] Yeah, sure.
Line those candles up straight.
If I see one of them fall over...
you'll get a punch in the jaw.
And if she turns me down this day...
You all will get punched.
[students] Yes, sir.
[squeaking]
Jellyfish on her way?
[grunts]
Stop running and answer me!
[grunts, groans]
[moans]
I mean Jellyfish is on her way.
[laughs]
[laughing continues]
[both grunt]
SUNG A-RA
[student 2] For Hoop Squid.
Anything for you.
[principal] Pick them up. Come on.
What were you thinking? No, no, no.
-[Hoop Squid] Sorry, sorry. Okay, okay.
-[principal] They all have to go.
-They are a hazard, all of them.
-[Hoop Squid] Pick 'em up!
-Pick them up. Come on! Let's go.
-[students] Yes, sir.
Is that Hoop Squid?
-Mm-hm.
-[scoffs]
Wow! What the hell are they doing
down there anyway?
[squelches]
What the fuck could this be?
So when did you feel it?
I was on the stairs.
Did you see anything?
And what were you doing?
Can I go now?
Not yet.
It could be toxic.
You should leave school early
and go to the hospital.
What's your name and year?
Seung-gwon. I'm a junior.
I can't leave early.
I won't get another chance to do it.
A chance at what?
Nothing. I'll leave in a minute.
OH SEUNG-GWON
Are we good?
Hey, I'm not done yet!
[door closes]
[upbeat music]
[panting]
[Eun-young] Sometimes there are jellies
that are packed
with all kinds of thoughts.
If they cause harm to others,
they have to be eliminated.
I'm armed with 22 BBs a day,
and a plastic sword
that's functional for 15 minutes,
and my fingernails are dyed with balsam
to ward off evil spirits.
With an Egyptian ankh, a Turkish Evil Eye,
a Vatican rosary,
beads from the Buseoksa Temple,
and a health talisman
from the Kyoto Shrine,
I can shoot up to 28 BBs a day.
But I doubt I'll need that many,
because before I can shoot them all
I'd probably be dead.
[warbling]
Radi, have you seen Jellyfish?
No, I just got here.
Oh, right.
[student shouts] Hey, Jellyfish
is on her way down from the roof.
We've got... We've got to get ready!
Let's go! Let's go!
-[girl 1] Hey, hey! It's about to start!
-[girl 2 grunts]
[groans]
[exhales]
[keypad beeping]
[line ringing]
[ringing continues]
[calm music]
THE BASEMENT MUST BE DISINFECTED
EVERY 6 MONTHS
[boy and girl laughing]
-I don't know.
-What do you mean you don't know.
[boy 1] No, no, no.
[girl giggles]
-[girl 3] Gotta go to class.
-Oh, come on.
[boy 1] No, don't go to class.
Leave a few more minutes. Come on.
-Just... Just... I mean...
-[girl giggling]
-They're not gonna care.
-[girl 3] No.
-Come on.
-I don't know.
[boy 1] Come on. No, it's fine.
-[both giggling]
-[girl 3] Shh. Don't say anything.
What do you mean?
I'm not gonna say anything.
[woman over phone] You have reached
Ilgwang Sterilization Services,
the partner you can trust.
All of our customer representatives
are currently unavailable.
Please hold.
[telephone clanks]
ILGWANG STERILIZATION
[keypad beeping]
[Hoop Squid] Sir, I've been preparing
for this moment for the past year.
During this time,
I've had eyes for no other woman.
If you let me do this,
I promise you I'll lead
the basketball team to a championship,
and make Mong-lyeon High School proud.
Please, sir. Please let me do this.
[principal] And if I don't?
Sir, you know what it's like to love.
[woman over phone] You have reached...
[sighs]
[telephone thuds]
BASEMENT MAINTENANCE
DO NOT CHANGE COMPANIES
ONLY ILGWANG STERILIZATION
IS ALLOWED IN THE BASEMENT
11TH GRADE, CLASS 6 HOMEROOM TEACHER
HONG IN-PYO, CHINESE CHARACTERS TEACHER
[warbles]
[Eun-young] Excuse me.
You're the 11th grade Homeroom teacher?
SCHOOL NURSE AHN EUN-YOUNG
Nurse Ahn? How can I help you?
I'm looking to find Oh Seung-gwon
who's a student of yours.
He's a very tall skinny boy
with a head too big for his body.
He's... He's extremely stubborn
so I have to make sure
that he leaves school early today.
You... want him to leave... school
because he's stubborn?
What on earth are you talking about?
Is there something wrong with your leg?
Someone like you having a disability...
It's surprising.
[Eun-young] I have to find Seung-gwon.
I don't know what stung him,
but it seems bad.
The swelling is getting worse,
and he'll be running a fever soon.
Can you please help me find him
as quickly as possible?
Right now. Hurry. Move!
[In-pyo] Have you seen Seung-gwon?
[student 3] Hello, Mr. Hong.
MONG-LYEON GYMNASIUM
[In-pyo] Have you seen Seung-gwon?
Seung-gwon!
-Nurse Ahn.
-Nurse Ahn.
[ominous music]
Seung-gwon...
Are you waiting for someone?
[light flickers]
[light switch clicking rapidly]
[chuckles]
[student 4] Nurse Ahn.
[squelching]
[foreboding music]
[man laughs]
RESTRICTED AREA
DO NOT ENTER
[foreboding music]
Damn it.
[grumbles]
[tuts]
This I don't need.
[foreboding music]
[warbles]
Hey! Have you seen Seung-gwon?
[In-pyo] Seung-gwon!
[Eun-young] Excuse me, sir.
Can I borrow your key
to the basement for a second?
Why? What do you want in the basement?
Uh, a lot of students have been
coming to me lately with skin rashes,
and they'd all been down in the club room.
So I need to check out the basement.
Well, I don't have the key
to the basement, Mr. Hong does.
-Hong In-pyo?
-Yeah, the Chinese teacher.
-Eleventh grade Homeroom teacher, right?
-Mm-hm.
He's the... the grandson.
His grandfather founded the school.
He's the Chairman's grandson.
Oh, that's it.
[guard] I doubt Mr. Hong
can help you though.
Ever since the Chairman died last year,
no one's been able to open
the basement door.
[loud clang]
[Eun-young] Why not?
There was this company
that did all the maintenance down there.
[chuckles]
Till they went bankrupt.
Now, no one can get a hold of them.
ILGWANG STERILIZATION
[door creaks]
[foreboding music]
-[switch clicks]
-[squelches]
[blabbering]
[foreboding music]
[chittering]
[Eun-young] Ah!
Fuck off!
[shrieks, squeals]
[scoffs]
[jelly bellows]
[warbling]
[Seung-gwon panting]
[pants, grunts]
[In-pyo grunting]
[grunts]
[foreboding music]
-Hey, In-gyeong.
-Yes?
Have you seen Seung-gwon?
The one in Mr. Jang's class
or the one in yours?
The one in my class like you are.
Oh, he went that way, I think.
[munching]
-Outside?
-Mm-hm.
-Okay. You got a little...
-Mm...
[Eun-young screams]
[grunting]
What?
[shouts, grunts]
Wait, the lock...
[grunts]
[switch clicks]
[Eun-young shouting in distance]
[Eun-young grunting]
[Eun-young shrieks]
[Eun-young] Fuck you all!
[shrieks, grunts]
Fuck you all!
Ms. Ahn?
[In-pyo] Ms. Ahn?
What are you doing down here?
It's a new dance.
Zumba.
Down here?
I didn't want the kids to see.
You should do it at home then.
Zumba doesn't work like that.
[In-pyo] What about Seung-gwon?
Did you find him?
[door opens]
[panting]
[Eun-young] It's hard to explain
but I'm looking for something.
[Seung-gwon] Jellyfish...
[A-ra] Oh, it's you.
[Seung-gwon panting]
[foreboding music]
I, uh...
I just wanted to get my earphones.
Oh, yeah, I forgot.
You came all the way up here for that?
[breathing deeply]
-[Seung-gwon panting]
-Are you all right?
You look...
It's nothing.
I was just running here.
[laughs]
-[Eun-young] What's making him sick is...
-Something from down here?
[machine whirring]
Well, you better find something.
Or they're gonna fire you
for being in here.
[sword rasps]
[foreboding music]
[Seung-gwon] I got something to tell you.
[heart beating]
[breathes sharply]
I've been meaning to tell you
for a long time.
[A-ra] Seung-gwon, what is it?
Are you sick?
You're not hot.
[chuckles]
I'm fine.
[boy 2] A-ra!
[costume squeaking]
[chuckles]
You promised me
you were coming right away.
Everyone is waiting for you down there.
Don't go.
-[boy 2] Hurry.
-I have to. They're all waiting.
-[Seung-gwon] Don't...
-[boy 2] Come on, come on.
I'll be right back. Stay here.
[groans]
-I almost forgot. Thank you.
-[boy 3] Come on, he's waiting.
[sighs deeply]
[lock clatters]
[In-pyo] Well...
[lock clicks]
[door creaks]
[In-pyo gasps]
[In-pyo] What is this place?
[In-pyo gasps]
[whimpers]
[jelly chitters]
So is this your first time down here.
Yeah.
[gasps]
[foreboding music]
[warbling]
[grunts]
Oh...
[Eun-young grunts]
[gasps]
-Wow.
-[Eun-young grunts]
We should head back, don't you think?
We've already come this far.
I can't quit now.
God, this place is endless.
[jelly bellows]
[lively music]
[crackles, warbles]
[Eun-young] Oh...
-Mr. Hong.
-Yes?
Why did you choose to become a teacher?
You could've done anything.
My grandfather wanted me to teach here.
It was his dying wish.
Oh...
[jelly bellows]
Being the school nurse, I...
-I don't get to meet teachers often.
-[In-pyo] Oh.
So I... I was surprised when I met you.
This may sound strange but...
you've got...
a magnificent aura.
-And you're not bad-looking either.
-[In-pyo chuckles]
[Eun-young giggles]
[Eun-young laughing]
[laughing intensifies]
[laughing continues]
I wonder...
Are you enlightened?
[Eun-young giggles]
That got him.
[grunting]
-She's crazy.
-[Eun-young screams]
[In-pyo] Taboo ropes.
When was the school founded?
[In-pyo] 1976.
It was a girls' school at first,
but it became co-ed
the year I was admitted.
[Eun-young] Oh, so you're an alumni.
Makes sense,
since it's your grandfather's school.
[door knob rattles]
Hm?
[lock clicks]
-[door scrapes]
-[Eun-young grunts]
-[In-pyo grunts]
-[Eun-young screams]
[Eun-young groans]
[heroic music]
[sighs]
Whoa!
Here, hold this.
[dramatic music]
[Hoop Squid] A-ra...
Today, this beautiful day,
can be day one of our future together
as a couple.
If you will, only say "Yes."
[students cheering]
[students chanting]
Just say yes! Just say yes!
-Just say yes!
-Just say yes!
-Just say yes!
-Just say yes!
[Eun-young gasps, groans]
Oh...
[tense music]
[students chanting]
Just say yes! Just say yes!
-Just say yes!
-Just say yes!
-Just say yes!
-Just say yes!
-Just say yes!
-Just say yes!
[tense music]
[mutters]
APJI STONE
[In-pyo] "Apji Stone"?
Wait, this "ji" is for pond not land.
Was this a pond once?
Oh, I must have used up my minutes.
A pond is not a very healthy place
to build a school on.
Why does such a place exist?
[beeps]
APJI STONE
I think we should go.
I bet there's something written
on the back.
[grunts]
No. Don't take it off!
[screams]
[all chanting]
Just say yes!
[Hoop Squid] What the hell?
[ominous music]
[thuds]
[thudding continues]
[distant rumbling]
[crows squawking]
-Hurry!
-Out of the way!
I'm coming. Wait!
-Wait for me.
-Let's get out of here. Let's go!
[screaming]
-[girl crying]
-[student 5] Out of my way!
-[student 6] Come on! Stop!
-[girl 4] What the hell?
[indistinct dialogue]
[screams]
[students jabbering]
[Eun-young grunts]
-[Hoop Squid] Hey! Whoa!
-[student 6] Run, run, run!
[Hoop Squid] What the hell's going on?
[screams]
Oh... Whoa... Whoa!
[grunts]
-Quick! Let's get out of here!
-[shrieks]
[panting]
[student 7] Run. Run!
[panting]
[clamoring]
[panting]
[principal] All students to the roof!
All students to the roof!
All students are to go
to the roof at once.
Do not panic! I repeat do not panic!
Go to the roof and remain there
until your teachers tell you otherwise.
[sobs]
[principal] Stay on the roof
and remain calm.
I repeat, remain calm.
Keep it together now, everyone.
Let's do our laughing exercises, shall we?
Seung-gwon! Seung-gwon!
[In-pyo grunts]
Ms. Ahn?
[gasps]
Oh...
Shit! Where did she go?
[laughs]
[giggles]
[laughter]
Seung-gwon!
Seung-gwon!
[grunts]
Seung-gwon!
[giggles]
"From ancient times...
this pond was where young lovers
would come
when they had lost their love
to... to drown themselves
and end their suffering.
[loud rumbling]
[tense music]
[In-pyo] "But of late, the number
of these unfortunates
has grown alarmingly."
I said come over here.
"And there are even some
who have used the pond to dispose
of the bodies of those
whom they have murdered.
And thereby disguised them...
as suicides."
[loud rumbling]
[screaming]
[foreboding music]
[giggles]
[In-pyo] "To make matters worse...
the fish, toads, and lizards
that feed on the corpses...
have grown bigger."
[laughter]
[clamoring]
"That is why the authorities
have ordered the pond
to be filled in with sand and dirt."
[Seung-gwon giggles]
[sobs]
Come back!
[laughs]
[In-pyo] "The fattened beasts
that have fed on human flesh
can be killed by roasting their throats."
[panting]
[giggles]
[loud rumbling]
[yelps]
-[rumbling]
-[students yell]
[panting]
RESTRICTED AREA
DO NOT ENTER
[A-ra] Seung-gwon!
[screams]
[loud rumbling]
[laughing]
Seung-gwon!
[shouts]
Get down!
BASED ON THE SCHOOL NURSE FILES
BY CHUNG SE-RANG
[closing theme music]
Subtitle translation by Hye-lim Park
how confusing it was at first.
I thought maybe I had on
a separate pair of glasses.
One side allowed only me to see
a special world.
[doctor] Eun-young?
Eun-young?
Tell me, what do you think
this drawing looks like?
Eun-young...
[Eun-young's mom] What's wrong, Eun-young?
What's wrong?
Does the drawing make you uncomfortable?
Is it too scary?
Or is it because you don't know
what it is?
What is it?
You're not seeing your...
jelly again, are you?
[Eun-young] My mother hoped
that I'd never find out.
But I gradually come to realize
that all living things would create jelly.
Sometimes even after one passes,
one's jelly is left behind.
But before they can hurt anyone,
they're usually crushed into nothing.
Just like the trail of slime
that snails leave on their path,
this jelly is the trace of one's desires.
[Eun-young's dad sobbing]
[doctor] Try not to worry too much, sir.
She's at an age when she needs her mother.
It's so unfair.
[Eun-young's dad sobs]
Thank you, Doctor.
-Eun-young.
-[doctor] Stop. Eun-young, don't.
[Eun-young's dad] You're at an age
where you need a mother.
[grumbles]
Eun-young...
[sobs]
[Eun-young's mom] Please don't cry.
[cries]
[Eun-young's mom] Come on, smile.
Try and smile, darling.
[Eun-young sobbing]
[Eun-young] The world I see is a secret.
[sobbing]
Mom...
[sobbing continues]
[sobbing continues]
Mom...
[Eun-young] I was born with a destiny.
And this destiny
has been my secret until now.
[upbeat music]
[thumping]
[students] ...eight, seven, six, five,
four, three, two, one...
[teacher 1] Stop them! Late!
[school bell rings]
[Eun-young] I'm Ahn Eun-young,
the school nurse.
BASED ON THE SCHOOL NURSE FILES
BY CHUNG SE-RANG
[lock clicks]
[suspenseful music]
[suspenseful music continues]
[students] My body's getting better,
getting better, getting better!
My body's getting better,
getting better, getting better!
My body's getting better,
getting better, getting better!
My body's getting better,
getting better, getting better!
My body's getting better,
getting better, getting better!
My body's getting better,
getting better, getting better!
My body's getting better,
getting better, getting better!
[Eun-young] I only started working
at this school
a little less than a month ago.
The students here are healthy
and they get good grades.
My body's getting better,
getting better, getting better!
On the outside,
they all look happy enough.
...getting better, getting better!
[principal] And lastly,
we'll do our laugh.
And, everyone, super loud.
[laughs]
[students laugh]
[Eun-young] At least, they look happy
up until about noon.
[students continue laughing]
SCHOOL MORAL
LAUGHING WILL BRING GOOD FORTUNE
[man] Hello.
Welcome!
[quacking]
[indistinct chatter]
Come on, let's go.
-Yeah.
-You guys have our next class.
-Uh, we're not ready to go back yet.
-I'll remember.
-All right.
-[laughter]
-Hey, come on.
-Oh, man.
-What's up?
-What are they doing?
Would Jellyfish do it?
What about Jellyfish?
Will she do what?
Hoop Squid is gonna ask her out.
We've got to support him.
Looks like she's single again?
[girl crying]
-[sobbing]
-What is wrong with her?
She's a big fan of Hoop Squid.
Does it really have to be Jellyfish?
Deal with it!
Jellyfish goes out
with everyone except him.
-[girl sobbing]
-[chuckles]
But Hoop Squid? Damn!
No fucking way!
[girl sobbing]
God, she's loud.
Uh-huh.
[girl sobbing]
[panting]
You seen Jellyfish?
[sighs]
Jellyfish!
Where is she?
She's not here.
I haven't seen her.
[tense music]
[grunts]
[groans]
[quirky music]
[indistinct chatter]
[drum beating]
[indistinct chatter]
Stop screwing around. Do it right.
[student 1] Yeah, sure.
Line those candles up straight.
If I see one of them fall over...
you'll get a punch in the jaw.
And if she turns me down this day...
You all will get punched.
[students] Yes, sir.
[squeaking]
Jellyfish on her way?
[grunts]
Stop running and answer me!
[grunts, groans]
[moans]
I mean Jellyfish is on her way.
[laughs]
[laughing continues]
[both grunt]
SUNG A-RA
[student 2] For Hoop Squid.
Anything for you.
[principal] Pick them up. Come on.
What were you thinking? No, no, no.
-[Hoop Squid] Sorry, sorry. Okay, okay.
-[principal] They all have to go.
-They are a hazard, all of them.
-[Hoop Squid] Pick 'em up!
-Pick them up. Come on! Let's go.
-[students] Yes, sir.
Is that Hoop Squid?
-Mm-hm.
-[scoffs]
Wow! What the hell are they doing
down there anyway?
[squelches]
What the fuck could this be?
So when did you feel it?
I was on the stairs.
Did you see anything?
And what were you doing?
Can I go now?
Not yet.
It could be toxic.
You should leave school early
and go to the hospital.
What's your name and year?
Seung-gwon. I'm a junior.
I can't leave early.
I won't get another chance to do it.
A chance at what?
Nothing. I'll leave in a minute.
OH SEUNG-GWON
Are we good?
Hey, I'm not done yet!
[door closes]
[upbeat music]
[panting]
[Eun-young] Sometimes there are jellies
that are packed
with all kinds of thoughts.
If they cause harm to others,
they have to be eliminated.
I'm armed with 22 BBs a day,
and a plastic sword
that's functional for 15 minutes,
and my fingernails are dyed with balsam
to ward off evil spirits.
With an Egyptian ankh, a Turkish Evil Eye,
a Vatican rosary,
beads from the Buseoksa Temple,
and a health talisman
from the Kyoto Shrine,
I can shoot up to 28 BBs a day.
But I doubt I'll need that many,
because before I can shoot them all
I'd probably be dead.
[warbling]
Radi, have you seen Jellyfish?
No, I just got here.
Oh, right.
[student shouts] Hey, Jellyfish
is on her way down from the roof.
We've got... We've got to get ready!
Let's go! Let's go!
-[girl 1] Hey, hey! It's about to start!
-[girl 2 grunts]
[groans]
[exhales]
[keypad beeping]
[line ringing]
[ringing continues]
[calm music]
THE BASEMENT MUST BE DISINFECTED
EVERY 6 MONTHS
[boy and girl laughing]
-I don't know.
-What do you mean you don't know.
[boy 1] No, no, no.
[girl giggles]
-[girl 3] Gotta go to class.
-Oh, come on.
[boy 1] No, don't go to class.
Leave a few more minutes. Come on.
-Just... Just... I mean...
-[girl giggling]
-They're not gonna care.
-[girl 3] No.
-Come on.
-I don't know.
[boy 1] Come on. No, it's fine.
-[both giggling]
-[girl 3] Shh. Don't say anything.
What do you mean?
I'm not gonna say anything.
[woman over phone] You have reached
Ilgwang Sterilization Services,
the partner you can trust.
All of our customer representatives
are currently unavailable.
Please hold.
[telephone clanks]
ILGWANG STERILIZATION
[keypad beeping]
[Hoop Squid] Sir, I've been preparing
for this moment for the past year.
During this time,
I've had eyes for no other woman.
If you let me do this,
I promise you I'll lead
the basketball team to a championship,
and make Mong-lyeon High School proud.
Please, sir. Please let me do this.
[principal] And if I don't?
Sir, you know what it's like to love.
[woman over phone] You have reached...
[sighs]
[telephone thuds]
BASEMENT MAINTENANCE
DO NOT CHANGE COMPANIES
ONLY ILGWANG STERILIZATION
IS ALLOWED IN THE BASEMENT
11TH GRADE, CLASS 6 HOMEROOM TEACHER
HONG IN-PYO, CHINESE CHARACTERS TEACHER
[warbles]
[Eun-young] Excuse me.
You're the 11th grade Homeroom teacher?
SCHOOL NURSE AHN EUN-YOUNG
Nurse Ahn? How can I help you?
I'm looking to find Oh Seung-gwon
who's a student of yours.
He's a very tall skinny boy
with a head too big for his body.
He's... He's extremely stubborn
so I have to make sure
that he leaves school early today.
You... want him to leave... school
because he's stubborn?
What on earth are you talking about?
Is there something wrong with your leg?
Someone like you having a disability...
It's surprising.
[Eun-young] I have to find Seung-gwon.
I don't know what stung him,
but it seems bad.
The swelling is getting worse,
and he'll be running a fever soon.
Can you please help me find him
as quickly as possible?
Right now. Hurry. Move!
[In-pyo] Have you seen Seung-gwon?
[student 3] Hello, Mr. Hong.
MONG-LYEON GYMNASIUM
[In-pyo] Have you seen Seung-gwon?
Seung-gwon!
-Nurse Ahn.
-Nurse Ahn.
[ominous music]
Seung-gwon...
Are you waiting for someone?
[light flickers]
[light switch clicking rapidly]
[chuckles]
[student 4] Nurse Ahn.
[squelching]
[foreboding music]
[man laughs]
RESTRICTED AREA
DO NOT ENTER
[foreboding music]
Damn it.
[grumbles]
[tuts]
This I don't need.
[foreboding music]
[warbles]
Hey! Have you seen Seung-gwon?
[In-pyo] Seung-gwon!
[Eun-young] Excuse me, sir.
Can I borrow your key
to the basement for a second?
Why? What do you want in the basement?
Uh, a lot of students have been
coming to me lately with skin rashes,
and they'd all been down in the club room.
So I need to check out the basement.
Well, I don't have the key
to the basement, Mr. Hong does.
-Hong In-pyo?
-Yeah, the Chinese teacher.
-Eleventh grade Homeroom teacher, right?
-Mm-hm.
He's the... the grandson.
His grandfather founded the school.
He's the Chairman's grandson.
Oh, that's it.
[guard] I doubt Mr. Hong
can help you though.
Ever since the Chairman died last year,
no one's been able to open
the basement door.
[loud clang]
[Eun-young] Why not?
There was this company
that did all the maintenance down there.
[chuckles]
Till they went bankrupt.
Now, no one can get a hold of them.
ILGWANG STERILIZATION
[door creaks]
[foreboding music]
-[switch clicks]
-[squelches]
[blabbering]
[foreboding music]
[chittering]
[Eun-young] Ah!
Fuck off!
[shrieks, squeals]
[scoffs]
[jelly bellows]
[warbling]
[Seung-gwon panting]
[pants, grunts]
[In-pyo grunting]
[grunts]
[foreboding music]
-Hey, In-gyeong.
-Yes?
Have you seen Seung-gwon?
The one in Mr. Jang's class
or the one in yours?
The one in my class like you are.
Oh, he went that way, I think.
[munching]
-Outside?
-Mm-hm.
-Okay. You got a little...
-Mm...
[Eun-young screams]
[grunting]
What?
[shouts, grunts]
Wait, the lock...
[grunts]
[switch clicks]
[Eun-young shouting in distance]
[Eun-young grunting]
[Eun-young shrieks]
[Eun-young] Fuck you all!
[shrieks, grunts]
Fuck you all!
Ms. Ahn?
[In-pyo] Ms. Ahn?
What are you doing down here?
It's a new dance.
Zumba.
Down here?
I didn't want the kids to see.
You should do it at home then.
Zumba doesn't work like that.
[In-pyo] What about Seung-gwon?
Did you find him?
[door opens]
[panting]
[Eun-young] It's hard to explain
but I'm looking for something.
[Seung-gwon] Jellyfish...
[A-ra] Oh, it's you.
[Seung-gwon panting]
[foreboding music]
I, uh...
I just wanted to get my earphones.
Oh, yeah, I forgot.
You came all the way up here for that?
[breathing deeply]
-[Seung-gwon panting]
-Are you all right?
You look...
It's nothing.
I was just running here.
[laughs]
-[Eun-young] What's making him sick is...
-Something from down here?
[machine whirring]
Well, you better find something.
Or they're gonna fire you
for being in here.
[sword rasps]
[foreboding music]
[Seung-gwon] I got something to tell you.
[heart beating]
[breathes sharply]
I've been meaning to tell you
for a long time.
[A-ra] Seung-gwon, what is it?
Are you sick?
You're not hot.
[chuckles]
I'm fine.
[boy 2] A-ra!
[costume squeaking]
[chuckles]
You promised me
you were coming right away.
Everyone is waiting for you down there.
Don't go.
-[boy 2] Hurry.
-I have to. They're all waiting.
-[Seung-gwon] Don't...
-[boy 2] Come on, come on.
I'll be right back. Stay here.
[groans]
-I almost forgot. Thank you.
-[boy 3] Come on, he's waiting.
[sighs deeply]
[lock clatters]
[In-pyo] Well...
[lock clicks]
[door creaks]
[In-pyo gasps]
[In-pyo] What is this place?
[In-pyo gasps]
[whimpers]
[jelly chitters]
So is this your first time down here.
Yeah.
[gasps]
[foreboding music]
[warbling]
[grunts]
Oh...
[Eun-young grunts]
[gasps]
-Wow.
-[Eun-young grunts]
We should head back, don't you think?
We've already come this far.
I can't quit now.
God, this place is endless.
[jelly bellows]
[lively music]
[crackles, warbles]
[Eun-young] Oh...
-Mr. Hong.
-Yes?
Why did you choose to become a teacher?
You could've done anything.
My grandfather wanted me to teach here.
It was his dying wish.
Oh...
[jelly bellows]
Being the school nurse, I...
-I don't get to meet teachers often.
-[In-pyo] Oh.
So I... I was surprised when I met you.
This may sound strange but...
you've got...
a magnificent aura.
-And you're not bad-looking either.
-[In-pyo chuckles]
[Eun-young giggles]
[Eun-young laughing]
[laughing intensifies]
[laughing continues]
I wonder...
Are you enlightened?
[Eun-young giggles]
That got him.
[grunting]
-She's crazy.
-[Eun-young screams]
[In-pyo] Taboo ropes.
When was the school founded?
[In-pyo] 1976.
It was a girls' school at first,
but it became co-ed
the year I was admitted.
[Eun-young] Oh, so you're an alumni.
Makes sense,
since it's your grandfather's school.
[door knob rattles]
Hm?
[lock clicks]
-[door scrapes]
-[Eun-young grunts]
-[In-pyo grunts]
-[Eun-young screams]
[Eun-young groans]
[heroic music]
[sighs]
Whoa!
Here, hold this.
[dramatic music]
[Hoop Squid] A-ra...
Today, this beautiful day,
can be day one of our future together
as a couple.
If you will, only say "Yes."
[students cheering]
[students chanting]
Just say yes! Just say yes!
-Just say yes!
-Just say yes!
-Just say yes!
-Just say yes!
[Eun-young gasps, groans]
Oh...
[tense music]
[students chanting]
Just say yes! Just say yes!
-Just say yes!
-Just say yes!
-Just say yes!
-Just say yes!
-Just say yes!
-Just say yes!
[tense music]
[mutters]
APJI STONE
[In-pyo] "Apji Stone"?
Wait, this "ji" is for pond not land.
Was this a pond once?
Oh, I must have used up my minutes.
A pond is not a very healthy place
to build a school on.
Why does such a place exist?
[beeps]
APJI STONE
I think we should go.
I bet there's something written
on the back.
[grunts]
No. Don't take it off!
[screams]
[all chanting]
Just say yes!
[Hoop Squid] What the hell?
[ominous music]
[thuds]
[thudding continues]
[distant rumbling]
[crows squawking]
-Hurry!
-Out of the way!
I'm coming. Wait!
-Wait for me.
-Let's get out of here. Let's go!
[screaming]
-[girl crying]
-[student 5] Out of my way!
-[student 6] Come on! Stop!
-[girl 4] What the hell?
[indistinct dialogue]
[screams]
[students jabbering]
[Eun-young grunts]
-[Hoop Squid] Hey! Whoa!
-[student 6] Run, run, run!
[Hoop Squid] What the hell's going on?
[screams]
Oh... Whoa... Whoa!
[grunts]
-Quick! Let's get out of here!
-[shrieks]
[panting]
[student 7] Run. Run!
[panting]
[clamoring]
[panting]
[principal] All students to the roof!
All students to the roof!
All students are to go
to the roof at once.
Do not panic! I repeat do not panic!
Go to the roof and remain there
until your teachers tell you otherwise.
[sobs]
[principal] Stay on the roof
and remain calm.
I repeat, remain calm.
Keep it together now, everyone.
Let's do our laughing exercises, shall we?
Seung-gwon! Seung-gwon!
[In-pyo grunts]
Ms. Ahn?
[gasps]
Oh...
Shit! Where did she go?
[laughs]
[giggles]
[laughter]
Seung-gwon!
Seung-gwon!
[grunts]
Seung-gwon!
[giggles]
"From ancient times...
this pond was where young lovers
would come
when they had lost their love
to... to drown themselves
and end their suffering.
[loud rumbling]
[tense music]
[In-pyo] "But of late, the number
of these unfortunates
has grown alarmingly."
I said come over here.
"And there are even some
who have used the pond to dispose
of the bodies of those
whom they have murdered.
And thereby disguised them...
as suicides."
[loud rumbling]
[screaming]
[foreboding music]
[giggles]
[In-pyo] "To make matters worse...
the fish, toads, and lizards
that feed on the corpses...
have grown bigger."
[laughter]
[clamoring]
"That is why the authorities
have ordered the pond
to be filled in with sand and dirt."
[Seung-gwon giggles]
[sobs]
Come back!
[laughs]
[In-pyo] "The fattened beasts
that have fed on human flesh
can be killed by roasting their throats."
[panting]
[giggles]
[loud rumbling]
[yelps]
-[rumbling]
-[students yell]
[panting]
RESTRICTED AREA
DO NOT ENTER
[A-ra] Seung-gwon!
[screams]
[loud rumbling]
[laughing]
Seung-gwon!
[shouts]
Get down!
BASED ON THE SCHOOL NURSE FILES
BY CHUNG SE-RANG
[closing theme music]
Subtitle translation by Hye-lim Park