10 YEARS AGO
Can I ask you a question? There's something I'm curious about.
Why don't you sleep, sir?
Why are you smiling?
You've been working under me for about 200 years now,
and that's the first question you want to ask me?
The truth is I can't sleep.
I'm afraid of falling asleep.
When I sleep, that horrible moment keeps repeating itself.
Who are you?
Sadness and rage.
Distrust and despair.
And…
lethargy.
The person looks exactly like me
but that's not me.
So I hate seeing that nightmare every time I fall asleep.
I'm
afraid to fall asleep.
Does that answer your question?
Yes.
Death by asphyxiation.
EPISODE 8: BROKER
In a sealed room.
A gas tank.
SUICIDE RISK CASE SUMMARY REPORT
MANNER OF SUICIDE: DEATH BY ASPHYXIATION
NITROGEN
Where did she get something like that?
GAS
GAS SUICIDE
What is this?
NITROGEN
Have some too.
Yes. Are you okay?
Before,
I was never happy even when I was eating the most delicious things,
but I'm much better now.
That's good to hear.
But…
why did you ask to see me?
I was curious about something.
The things that were in your room that day.
Right.
I was wondering if you could tell me where you got them.
I know, of course.
It's not something that's easy to talk about.
And I'm not trying to blame you either.
I was just thinking something like this shouldn't happen again…
I posted things on my social media.
About how I wanted to die.
CAN YOU REALLY DIE WITHOUT PAIN?
Then one day,
Someone sent me a private message.
IT WAS DEVELOPED AS A GUARANTEED AND PAINLESS WAY TO END YOUR LIFE
They said they could help me.
Ma'am.
-Here you go. -What's up? You…
I see. It's performance evaluation season.
Yes.
I'd appreciate it if you could give me a good evaluation.
You're a good person and you're great at your job already.
You're pretty ambitious, aren't you?
I bet you're the only Reaper in Jumadeung
who has given up on a promotion.
Is that why you are afraid of nothing?
Is that an insult or a compliment?
Both.
I'll exercise my own discretion for your evaluation.
As you wish.
Ma'am.
The things I saw in Ms. Shin Ye-na's room.
-The-- -Mr. Choi.
Did you check your email?
-What? -The performance evaluation form.
Employees are supposed to evaluate each other's work performance.
You can fill out the evaluations for Ms. Koo and me.
That's not what's important right now…
I found people who use suicide as a way to make money.
Take a look at this.
It's similar to what happened with Ms. Shin Ye-na.
They only accept cryptocurrencies so they can't be traced.
These bastards are complete professionals.
Come to think of it, I think they were the ones behind our previous case.
You mean the van?
They're very well prepared. How did they meet?
I think they met through a broker.
What is it? Why don't I know?
It happened before you got here.
They make posts on social media saying
they'll teach them a surefire and painless method.
Or they message people who are depressed to recruit them.
Yes.
I knew it wasn't their first time.
Let's get those bastards.
No. Don't do anything rash.
How is this rash?
What? Are you going to go and bring them to justice?
Don't kid yourself.
That's not our job.
Reapers may not use their powers in front of people
or intervene in their affairs.
I'm sure you know that very well.
He's right.
As you know, our job is to help people to live out their designated lifespan.
That's it.
Why? Intervening is what we do.
That's only limited to the people on The Red Light.
The permission is temporary.
Still, this is--
If we start intervening in human affairs, there would be no end to it.
Politics, society, war, pollution.
We'll be mixed up in countless issues.
It's the job of the living to take care of the social order. Do you understand?
The Risk Management Team is strictly temporary.
With so many people in the company against this team,
is it necessary for us to cause more problems?
So we just leave these psychos alone?
I'm sorry. It can't be helped.
But this situation is different. Like with Ms. Shin.
Because of these guys,
we might not be able to save the people who are at risk.
Ma'am, please reconsider your decision.
No.
Please, Ma'am.
Mr. Choi Jun-woong.
Again, it's not our job to bring justice.
I don't want to hear it!
I'm just telling you what I think. Is anything I'm saying wrong?
This is so frustrating.
If you don't care about it, then just say so.
"Don't kid yourself, it's not our job to bring justice."
Whatever.
If I can't get help from the afterworld,
I'll get it from the Land of the Living.
TRUSTWORTHY POLICE POLICE OFFICE
So you're saying that there are people selling tools to aid in the suicide
of suicidal people in exchange for money?
-Is that it? -Yes.
They're evil guys who gather people to encourage mass suicide.
Do you have proof?
I found an online cafe that proves it. Hang on.
Here, look at this.
Sorry. I did find a link.
See, here. This one.
They're just some scammers
who take the money and send fake items or disappear.
No, I'm telling the truth.
If you bring me more conclusive proof, then I'll think about it.
Wait. What do you mean,
you'll think about it when I get more conclusive proof?
Aren't you being irresponsible?
Isn't this something the police should be investigating?
Sir, we're very busy people.
It's hard enough having to deal with tons of ridiculous reports every day.
So,
just stop it with this pointless report.
"Pointless"? People's lives are at stake!
I've had enough.
You dare raise your voice in a police station?
Who are you anyway?
I'm a Grim…
What I mean is…
You are?
I'm looking for a job.
Sir.
Just focus on finding a job, instead of wasting your time like this.
Isn't the job competition really fierce these days?
What does that have to do with this?
You have too much time on your hands.
That's why you're looking into these things.
No, I'm telling you it's real!
Get out! I'm busy enough as it is.
Busy?
I'm telling you! It's real!
Let's go, sir.
Let's not make a scene.
You people are all the same!
HUMAN RIGHTS, IMPARTIAL, KIND
Let go of me!
Jeez.
I'm telling you, it's real!
Goodness.
They're all the same,
whether in the afterworld or the Land of the Living.
What is this?
NITROGEN
THE OFFICER WHO WAS AT THE SCENE SAID THE ENTIRE APARTMENT WAS FULL OF NITROGEN GAS
Never mind, I'll find this scammer myself.
I'll find them.
"I wish tomorrow wouldn't come."
"Once I open my eyes, I fear the new day in front of me."
"Every day is painful."
"Why do I have to live?"
"Hashtag depression, suicide, the end."
Why aren't they writing back already?
Do I have to make it sound more depressing?
GRIM REAPER DEATH_GUY
It's here.
Their ID is "Grim Reaper"?
Just who do they think they are?
I have you now. I'm going to get you no matter what.
My ID.
SET UP ID
"Jumadeung."
JUMADEUNG CONFIRM
Betamale, Goodbye, Farewell, Sunset.
"Is death really guaranteed?"
Is it painless?
What methods do you have?
"How can you be sure it won't hurt?"
How much is it?
How do you install it?
You have a lot of questions.
This video will answer them.
Video?
What is this?
NITROGEN
Jeez!
What the hell.
Seriously.
As you can see, its death was quiet and clean.
"Its death was quiet and clean…"
I think this is better than living its whole life in a cage.
Doesn't it hurt?
I developed this for you all
as a guaranteed and painless way to end your lives.
It's for us?
This guy's out of his mind.
I've also attempted to take my life several times
because of long-term depression.
So I know how you all feel, more than anyone else.
This time, using this method,
-I plan on dying with you. -"Plan on dying with you."
So what do you say?
I'll do it.
Trying to die alone was hard for me,
but I think I can find the courage if I have someone to do it with me.
What about the rest of you?
Can I join?
I'll join you too.
I was afraid of doing it alone too. I'll join you.
What about you, Jumadeung?
Goodness.
"I'll join you too."
"In case of extreme danger,
weapons may be used under the discretion of the commanding officer."
I'm sorry.
Ms. Koo.
Mr. Lim.
Is this it?
Are you…
I'm Jumadeung.
I see.
I'm Beta…
Betamale, that's my ID.
I'm Sunset.
I'm Goodbye.
Grim Reaper said they'd come by with the items soon.
I guess Farewell isn't coming.
Coward. Everyone mustered up the courage to come here.
Come on, we all have our reasons.
You shouldn't be saying things like that.
You're very empathetic, Jumadeung.
You don't seem like someone who belongs here.
I get worked up easily.
I'm sorry.
I don't think I can do it while sober.
I realized only now
that I'm not talented enough
to make a living as a pianist.
But I'm scared of starting something new at this age.
Give it a try. You're still so young.
I hate my youth.
I thought things would work out if I gave it my all,
that my hard work wouldn't betray me.
But seeing less-talented colleagues hold recitals
just because they come from wealthy families,
just made me hate myself.
I'm so tired.
After voluntary retirement,
I was home alone all day.
And I started feeling like
I was a useless person to my family.
I thought I had lived my entire life for my family.
But it turns out I haven't done anything for myself.
It all felt so futile.
Then why don't you look into hobbies or start your own business?
What?
You don't seem like someone who wants to die.
You just seem a bit different from the rest of us.
I'm sorry.
How did you come to make this decision?
Right.
You can take your time.
I've been looking for a job.
My father died when I was young,
and my mother ran a snack bar to pay for my education.
I've worked so hard to reach my goal.
I couldn't afford to feel tired,
thinking about my mother, my sister, and my late father.
But the reality was so harsh and cold.
I think the feeling of dejection
from reading all the texts that told me I didn't get the job
brought me all the way here.
It must have been very hard.
Where can I find the bathroom?
It's up there.
What are you doing, Choi Jun-woong?
Get it together.
Damn, it's Grim Reaper.
Guys, he's here.
-We have to get out of here. -What?
What do you mean? Who's here?
How should I say this?
Is that Grim Reaper?
He said he'd go with us too.
No, he's a scammer.
He's an evil guy using you to make money.
He'll be the only one to live and recruit more suicidal people.
No way…
Come on.
We have to get out of here.
Whether or not we're being used, wouldn't it be better to die?
No. You coming all the way here when you could have done it yourself
is because you wanted someone to hear your story, isn't it?
Come on.
Didn't you come because you had this hope that someone would stop you?
But we all promised that we would die together.
No! Please don't throw away your lives
on a piece of trash like him.
You have to cherish it, please.
Business cards.
Right, cards. Please.
Call this number and they'll listen to everything you want to say.
Whatever you want to talk about, whatever's on your mind, they'll listen.
So call this number. Let's just go for now, okay?
TEAM MANAGER KOO RYEON RISK MANAGEMENT TEAM
We don't have time. We have to go right now!
No.
I won't go.
Please.
I really made up my mind this time.
Please, you have to live.
I don't know why you're here, but as long as you're alive,
you have a chance to fix it. So let's go.
No.
I really don't want to.
Come on. You have to go now.
Hello.
But why are there only the two of you? Where are the others?
I sent them all away.
You're a scammer, aren't you? I've got you now.
I was going to let you die peacefully, but you just won't let me.
Hey.
Guess you're destined to be beaten to death.
I brought this just in case.
Take it.
I already died once, I'm not scared of anything.
Come on, you bastard!
Damn it.
Damn it!
Are you okay?
I'm not okay because of you.
There's nothing more to say, seeing as how they went over the wall.
Who are you?
Sir.
Please, don't kill me.
It's too late.
I'll take down anyone who dares to utter such insults,
no matter how many bastards there are.
What? Choi Jun-woong didn't come?
I guess so.
He must be really mad.
Does he think he can do this just because he's not happy about something?
-Should I call him? -No.
He probably just needs some time to think.
It's not like he can go far.
He's probably wandering around somewhere nearby.
WEAPON USAGE RULES
I don't think so.
It seems he's taken some things.
What? Has he gone after the broker?
That seems likely.
I didn't think this would come in handy.
He acts like a complete child sometimes,
so I installed something onto his phone.
How appropriate.
LOADING… FIND MISSING CHILD
148-69 EUMBAWI-GIL, ANDONG-MYEON, POCHEON-SI, GYEONGGI-DO
He went pretty far.
He's fine, right?
He probably hiding somewhere because he's scared.
And that's what I'm hoping.
Damn it!
What are you?
Me?
Betamale.
And also…
Grim Reaper.
I guess you don't understand.
They're both me.
NITROGEN
GRIM REAPER: BETAMALE, DO YOU THINK YOU COULD JOIN ME?
BETAMALE: OKAY. WE'LL GO TOGETHER
CAN I JOIN? I'LL JOIN YOU TOO
But why…
What do you think?
Is it because of money?
I've already earned enough money.
-Then what? -Because I want to live.
-What? -Strangely enough, whenever I want to die,
looking at other bastards die makes me want to live again.
But you ruined everything, damn it.
You're one crazy bastard, aren't you?
Hearing something like that all of a sudden
makes me feel so good.
Maybe I really am crazy.
You psycho.
But what's your deal? You don't look like a cop.
I'm a Grim Reaper, you bastard.
Are you insane? I told you, I'm Grim Reaper.
This won't do.
I can't have you going any crazier. Let's do it right now.
As the real Grim Reaper,
I'll show you.
What are you doing?
Untie me, you bastard!
I'll untie the rope once you die, don't worry.
If the cops find out,
I need to be someone who just sold a couple of these.
And you'll be the one who used it in a weird way.
You bastard.
JUMADEUNG
Fight someone your own size, you coward.
Choi Jun-woong, wake up. Are you all right?
No. You can't…
Mr. Lim, keep a close eye on him.
Ma'am!
Mr. Lim, we need to get that guy.
I told you.
We can't intervene in human affairs.
We need to get him.
Mr. Choi Jun-woong!
At the company, there are rules.
But ever since you joined the team, we kept breaking them.
You might be leaving this team in six months,
but we're a team that needs to continue until we achieve our goal.
So please stop doing such reckless things while you're here.
Why is nothing going my way? Damn it.
What the hell?
Why is she so fast?
Try to follow this!
Just try!
I knew it. I must have imagined it.
I thought I'd gone insane!
What's that?
I'm going to hit you!
Seriously, I'm going to hit you!
Damn it!
I told you to move!
I said I was going to hit you!
Damn it.
I said I was going to hit you.
Get it together, you bastard.
I told her to move. So how's it even possible?
How can someone appear here and then there?
It doesn't make sense. I imagined it.
Right. I imagined it.
What are you?
Me?
A Grim Reaper.
Why is everyone saying they're a grim reaper?
I'm Grim Reaper!
-What is it, some sort of fad? -No, I'm a Grim Reaper.
But first, you need a beating.
Making money using people's lives like this.
And you call yourself human?
You piece of trash.
Why…
Why's that wrong? Why?
They want to die.
All I did was just help people who wanted to die.
I mean.
Did I tell them to kill themselves?
That's enough. I think it'd be better if you didn't exist in this world.
Ma'am! You can't intervene any further!
Why? Why are you stopping her?
SONG JIN-HO, AGE 34
Ma'am, Mr. Lim.
Why's this bastard on The Red Light?
Why?
The virus…
I think he is our case.
This doesn't make sense.
Right? Ma'am!
Choi Jun-woong.
-What's our job? -No.
We have to draw the line.
No. Even if our case is a criminal,
it's our job to save him
if he tries to give up on life.
I told you, he tried to kill people!
And me, you saw it.
We can't decide if he lives or dies.
The authority to decide if he lives or dies is not in our hands!
Why? Why on earth do we have to save someone like him?
I think it's poison.
The job's over anyway.
It's better that I die.
No.
You can't die!
Ma'am, what do we do?
What are you doing? Call 911!
No.
What if there's another victim? What will you do then?
No.
Leave him to die.
Ma'am. As long as he's on The Red Light,
-we have to save him no matter what! -No, I don't want to.
I don't want to, Ma'am!
What's the point of saving a bastard like him?
Let's just leave him here
and help someone who actually needs us. That's what we should do!
Choi Jun-woong! You think you're the only one who's just?
I'm furious too!
But we still…
have to save him.
That's what the RM Team does.
Do you understand?
Then I quit…
the RM Team.
What brings you here…
This soul reeks of something rotten.
Did you think death was the end?
No.
Compared to the price you'll have to pay for your sins,
this is just the beginning.
What are you?
There's only one place for you.
You will burn for all eternity within flames that never die.
Every moment, you will feel your body being ripped apart
and put back together again.
The most horrific Hell there is.
Save me.
You said you have to save me.
What are you doing?
I said save me.
The RM Team is saving even these kinds of people?
This all started because of you.
So you decide.
If you're going to save him
or quit the RM Team.
Ma'am!
Hurry up and save me.
If I die…
you're the one who killed me.
Then how would you be any different from me?
Save me, come on.
Save me, please.
I really want to live.
Is this 911?
We have someone here who drank poison, please send help.
Don't laugh!
You can't die. No, I won't kill you!
Live.
You need to live
so you can pay for everything you've done. Then you can die.
Do you understand?
How?
Do you have proof I did it?
Damn it!
Please do your best to be a Reaper who souls can trust.
Let's have a drink.
Aren't you going home?
I will,
but I can have a can of beer.
You did well. It must have been a tough decision.
I didn't want to become the same as him.
This is a secret…
but I heard Ms. Koo was an emotional and immature brat like you
when she was new too.
A brat?
Whenever she ran into anyone bad in the Land of the Living,
she would beat them up regardless of their remaining lifespan.
She's much older now,
so she controls that fiery temper of hers.
Really?
Yes.
There have been situations like this before
where we had to save a scammer who was trying to take their own life.
Many people had gone into debt because of that person.
Two breadwinners of their families took their own lives.
What happened to that scammer?
Did you save them?
She made the same decision then
as she made today.
But why…
You saw it too. He didn't feel guilty at all.
Honestly, I still think we should have left him to die.
No.
Living out the rest of their life
was much worse for that scammer.
Because they had to pay for what they had done while they were still alive.
You might not know this, but if there's anything more painful
than the punishment you receive after death,
it's the punishment you get when you're alive.
Because you have to feel ten times the pain
your victims and their loved ones suffered
until you die.
Song Jin-ho.
It will be the same with him too.
We managed to save him, but he'll lose his voice.
Poor guy. He's still so young.
Poor guy.
What's this?
He said there was no proof,
but Jumadeung has been recording his whole life as is.
We usually don't edit the footage until they are about to die,
but you know how Ms. Koo is.
She gathered the footage of every single one of his crimes.
Of course,
it's an afterlife IP address, so it's untraceable.
You're not going to report him?
Who said I wasn't?
TRUSTWORTHY POLICE HUMAN RIGHTS, IMPARTIAL, KIND
All I did
was just help people who wanted to die.
EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER
GUEST ENTRY RESTRICTED
Excuse me.
Hey.
Hey!
-Hey! -Get him!
Song Jin-ho!
Wake up, Song Jin-ho! Get a doctor now!
He will never talk again
or hear anything again.
He'll live the rest of his life confined to a bed.
With his mind intact.
Saving them so they can receive the punishment they deserve
in the Land of the Living.
That's one of the powers the Director has authorized
for the team manager of the Risk Management Team.
That's how he'll live for 18 years,
wishing that he had died then.
It would have been better if he had gone straight to Hell.
That does make me feel better.
But what if I chose wrong?
How could she trust me…
Who knows?
Maybe there's something about you that only she has faith in.
It was like that with Ms. Shin.
Of course,
I didn't want to believe in you.
Well, then. I'll be heading home now.
Don't tell Ms. Koo that we drank here.
Such an interesting fellow, isn't he?
Sprightly, like a budding leaf.
Maybe it's because he's so young.
We have so many years behind us, and that can make us set in our views.
I thought he would stand back and watch him die,
but he has good instincts.
I don't know.
You should give credit where it's due.
You have to try to be generous and open-minded.
Otherwise, you become a condescending old man.
Are you saying
I'm like that?
I can't say that you aren't.
I see you're still unable to sleep.
Dreams take a form different from reality.
I don't understand…
Most people who make the wrong choice
regret it for a long time
but eventually, they forget.
But sometimes,
there are those who are forever haunted by their regrets.
They can never forget.
Not even in their dreams.
Even though no amount of regret can change the past.
I'm sorry, ma'am.
Choi Jun-woong.
Everything worked out fine this time,
but if something went wrong
that would mean we wouldn't be able to save
the people who are at risk, like you said.
There would be no tomorrow for the people who need our help.
Big or small, every decision you make is a choice that has consequences.
That's why I tried to stop you in the beginning.
I still don't regret that decision.
So if you ever want to quit, go ahead.
No, I don't.
You can't have a team…
by yourself.
I don't know when you're going to quit,
but keep that in mind while you're here.
Okay, I will.
And…
thank you for helping me.
Good that you know.
Would you like some coffee?
I know a good place.
If you want to.
Yes, ma'am!
Here's the coffee, ma'am…
Where did she go?
Right.
You have to be together to be a team.
If you do it alone, it's not a team.
RISK MANAGEMENT TEAM EMPLOYEE CHOI JUN-WOONG
Wait.
You might be leaving this team in six months,
but we're a team that needs to continue until we achieve our goal.
So please stop doing such reckless things while you're here.
Goal?
I'm sorry.
Please keep the promise that I can go home when the alarm rings.
Now that I think about it, Mr. Lim always leaves work on time,
and Ms. Koo…
You think I'm a good person
just because I rescued your friend and helped you?
-Sorry? -I'm from Hell.
So don't be mistaken.
Seriously, what is it?
What brings you here?
You have a question for me.
Why did you show up there?
It wasn't to escort a soul.
I was only there to watch the RM Team fail.
You're lying.
Why did you help with Choi Jun-woong's choice?
Help him? That's ridiculous.
I know you provoked him on purpose.
It seems you can still see through me.
And did you trust his choice?
I did.
I trusted you once too.
Why did you come here?
Because I wanted to ask.
Is that how you were taught to wield your sword?
You.
Why were you there?
No.
Why was I there?
Where?
In my nightmares.
EPILOGUE
INCOMING CALL
Yes, this is the assistant manager of the RM Team, Lim Ryung-gu.
I don't know much about dating.
I can't help with your inability to find a girlfriend.
I don't write talismans.
This isn't that kind of place.
The temperature of Han River today…
Ask the Korean Meteorological Administration.
Do these people keep calling you too?
Yes. It first started as a call for help from suicidal people.
Now they're telling me about all sorts of problems.
Yes, good night everyone.
That's "good night" in English, G-O--
-Choi Jun-woong, aren't you getting them? -Getting what?
Some lunatic went around giving people my phone number and Mr. Lim's.
Please.
Call this number and they'll listen to everything you want to say.
Whatever's on your mind…
I see.
I wouldn't know.
So you aren't getting these calls?
You're that lunatic, aren't you?
Goodness. I think the Chinese food I ordered is here.
-You! -Tangsuyuk, tangsuyuk.
-Stop right there. -Yes, I'm coming. Thank you!
Sorry, ma'am, Mr. Lim!
Is this the HR team?
It's about the performance evaluation form I submitted yesterday
for Mr. Choi Jun-woong.
Could you change everything to F, please?
Ninety-nine percent.
A very high-risk case.
I thought only people were on The Red Light…
We searched the area, but there weren't any fliers looking for Kong.
I was just working on Kong's flashback video.
Your name is Kong. Kim Kong.
No! Kong!
To be brutally honest, are you going to ruin your life because of a dog?
Because he's sick! He needs surgery right now.
Is that why you were trying to die?
He did abandon him, that bastard!
What do you mean, abandon?
We found out through Kong.
You're lying. Who are you, people?
I'll get straight to the point.
Kong tried to commit suicide.
Subtitle translation by: Jung-in Park