In February of 1942, Jung-nam Park starts his medical school career and, as told in the preface; it’s also the year that a significant part of his soul dies. The director of the medical school has planned an arranged marriage for Jung-nam in the Spring, even though he has never met the girl before. He is currently assigned to work the late night morgue shift, which requires Jung-Nam to watch over the cadavers. During his shift, Jung-Nam finds himself falling in love with a dead body in the morgue.

There’s also a new patient that has arrived at the hospital. She’s a young child that has just survived a horrifying car crash. Her mother and boyfriend both died in that car accident. Now, the young girl is haunted by ghosts every night.

A married couple, that are doctors at the hospital, comes back from Japan. Suddenly, a rash of murders occur involving Japanese soldiers.

Although there is a surprise twist at the end of the film, the multitude of tricks excessively caked on by other recent Korean films like “The Cut,” “Return,” and “For Eternal Hearts” are passed over in favor of a more compelling script. The story does require careful attention, as its easy to lose track of who some of the characters are. My favorite performance in the movie was done by 13 year old Ju-yeon Ko. If you have seen “The Fox Family,” you’ll remember her as the cute, lovable kid in that film. This time around, she gives a downright adult like performance and is able to shriek like a banshee at just the right moments. Ku Jin (Dirty Carnival / A Bittersweet Life) also gives a stellar performance as Jung-nam Park. More low-key, compared to some of the other characters, but able to convey his confused state with aplomb.