The Midnight Studio (야한 사진관)

[Characters, incidents, organizations, and backdrops in this drama are fictitious. The child actors and animals were filmed safely under the guardian supervision.]

Why are you giving me this?

Did you forget the 50th-day tradition?

The 50th day is still far away.

I'm just suggesting preparing in advance.

You said to go to the Pitcairn Islands together.

You wanted to live together there. Why are we taking this now?

Don't you know this is for the funeral?

You never know what would happen in life.

Hey, I'm letting you do this because I trust you the most.

Seriously.

Okay. Take a good one. I'll check.

By chance, by a very slim chance, if you die,

you have to come back to the studio.

Promise me now.

The photographer can't come back.

The studio is for the people who died.

The photographer lives using the power of the camera.

So he's neither alive nor dead.

So, no matter how badly you want to, you can't open the gate of the dead.

Hey, you'd better take a good one.

Think of it as the last one.

What do you think? Does it look good?

I don't know. It doesn't work. I think it broke.

What do you mean it broke? There's no way.

I just got it yesterday. It's brand new.

Return it, then.

I don't like it, Uncle.

That little...

Do this and...

do it like this.

- And... - Excuse me.

Well, Bom, you're a very impressive person.

You get involved in someone else's life plans.

I tried not to leave anything behind.

See? I told you not to be so sure.

Life doesn't go as you plan.

You probably don't know how difficult it was

for me to make the decision.

I'll take a good one for you. Go have a seat.

I'll take it now.

One, two, three.

W-What did you press, exactly?

Well, I just did what you told me to do.

Why don't we just check?

Hold on.

I...

d-don't want to take photos.

I don't need them.

W-Why?

You said it's a tradition to get photos taken.

You're worried I took bad ones, right?

- Let's check. - Well...

- It's okay. - Why don't we just check?

- It's okay. - Why? Well...

- Let's just check. - I said it's okay-

Mr. Seo, you're a player, aren't you?

You did that on purpose, didn't you?

W-What do you mean on purpose? It's because of the camera.

Mr. Seo.

Mr. Seo!

Why are we hiding?

I don't know. I just felt like we should.

Go in there for now.

Huh?

Where did this guy go?

Geez, he's never around when I look for him.

Gosh, I dozed off for a second.

Am I sleepy because I have a lot to do?

- You came. - You had one visitor today.

No.

T-There have been many lately.

One yesterday. One the day before.

You haven't done much lately.

- Deputy Go. - Yes?

People say you don't know how to read the air, right?

My gosh.

Y-You are the first one to tell me that.

I prepared a team dinner perfectly on my own.

A team dinner? Why have another? We just had one last week.

Mr. Baek caught his killer.

By the way, Mr. Baek is kind of strange.

- What do you mean? - Mr. Baek...

is refusing to go home.

The public servant who used to go home on the dot to see his wife refuses to go home.

- Really? - Is he having a midlife crisis already?

By the way, do you know where Ms. Han is?

The lights were off at her place.

Hey, how am I supposed to know that?

Don't you know how late it is? She must be sleeping.

Why don't we go without them for now?

Hey.

I'll do a deep cleaning here and be there.

Go there and get things ready.

I cleaned this morning.

- Why don't we do it together- - No, no!

I wouldn't be doing this if you did it properly.

- Okay. - Hey!

I cleaned the floor here. Go that way.

Geez, I need to take a detour.

Bom.

He's gone.

- Is he gone? - Yes.

Thank goodness.

You can finally leave, Mr. Baek.

Oh, right, your wife received the flowers, right?

I missed you, Na Rae.

How did you find me here?

- Didn't you order these flowers? - Me?

It only had your name without the sender's name.

I thought you did that because you missed me.

- It wasn't me. - It doesn't matter.

Whatever it was, I got to see your face.

Your face looks so gaunt.

Na Rae...

are you okay?

Sir, please don't call me anymore.

Don't come here like this, either.

I feel uncomfortable.

When will you leave?

You'll take a photo with your wife, right?

Fire! Fire!

Why is the lettuce on the grill?

Why are you two coming together?

- Huh? - Pardon?

Oh, o-on the first floor-

T-The thing is, I wanted to drink coffee in the morning,

but Mr. Seo happened to be preparing to go home.

That's how we came together.

This early in the morning?

- Deputy Go. - Yes?

There are many coffee shops that are open 24 hours.

There isn't one here.

Detective Baek, I heard you finally caught the culprit. Congratulations.

Yes, thank you.

The meat is burning. Have a seat.

Stop moving.

What are you doing right now?

Will you kill us with the safe zone?

Stay away from each other, you two.

Be far apart from each other. Hurry.

That was a close one. Have a seat. Sit.

Eat before it cools down.

How about mine?

Eat this one.

You dropped off the visitor's family safely?

Yes. She said there's no way her husband cheated.

She went back crying loudly.

- Cheated? - He came while you were catching Park Doo Chil.

He came to share the last moment with his loved one.

The problem is...

he couldn't decide which one.

An affair?

Honey, did you have an affair with that bitch?

Babe, didn't you say you loved me?

Well, Visitor. You need to decide now.

Which one do you want to take a photo with?

With me, of course, Oppa.

Come to your senses, Honey.

What are you looking at? Look at me.

- Honey. - Come here.

Hold on!

I'm not sure.

Who did he end up taking it with?

His wife, of course, right?

There's nothing more desperate than love.

He left comfortably holding his girlfriend's hand.

I'm sorry.

I need to get going.

Where did you say it was?

- Pardon? - The flower shop.

Gosh, it's cold.

Why is it so cold in the middle of summer?

Feeling cold makes me hungry.

What's this smell?

- Should I try some? - Bam!

It still has 30 seconds to go.

You're supposed to cook pork belly for a minute and 30 seconds, flipping once-

Who's the little brat-

Hey, how could you eat this alone?

Three people live in this house, but only the two of you?

Mr. Seo, I didn't think you were like this.

T-The intern girl...

I thought you were working late today.

You're not even interested when your only roommate is coming home.

Oh, were you busy dating?

Dating, my foot.

I was going to call you, anyway. Sit, sit.

But why are you sitting so far apart from each other?

Gosh, why are you so shy at your age?

Go, go.

Why is the intern girl here?

What's wrong with this?

And why is the table leg broken?

Hey, don't you work late too often these days?

How could they make you go home in the morning?

That chief is no good.

There's someone worse than the chief.

A ghost bastard.

Which company do you work for?