Into The Mirror

Directed by Kim Seong-ho (김성호)

Written by Kim Seong-ho (김성호)

113min | Release date in South Korea: 2003/08/14

Synopsis
Dreampia department store has been closed down after there was a fire a year ago, and is now undergoing construction for reopening. Choi Mi-jeong who works in the planning department is found dead, seemingly by cutting her own throat in the bathroom late at night. Manager Kim is also found dead in the elevator. He was brutally killed by a pen. The only common thing about the two cases is that both were standing in front of a mirror, and that both had expressions of extreme fear. Woo Yeong-min who is in charge of security at the department store used to be a police detective, but when his partner was killed due to his mistake, he quit his job. Wu Yeong-min gets in a tight spot because of the two deaths, and he meets his past colleague who is in charge of the case. Yeong-min is reminded of the past that he had wanted to forget. Choi Sang-gi, Yeong-min’s boss at Secuzone, urges Yeong-min to solve the case himself. Lee Ji-hyeon is a mysterious woman seen roaming around the scene of the incidents. Yeong-min gets involved even more deeply and the case becomes complicated. Yeong-min is suspected because of his past mistake. Now he sets out to solve the case himself, to free himself of the suspicions and psychological dilemma.

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