Marui Video (마루이 비디오)

"Statement of Marui LLC"

"In the summer of 2019, an empty van was found near a temple in Busan."

"Owner of the van, Kim Su-chan was filming a documentary at the time."

"The police have confiscated footages found in his computer,"

"but thanks to property rights lawsuit, his footages were returned."

"It was decided that his footages would be edited and screened."

"Narrator heard in this documentary is that of producer Kim Su-chan."

Tell us what you said during dinner the other day.

Okay.

"Hong Eun-hee 31, News One, City Desk"

I'm Hong Eun-hee from the city desk.

I do a lot of reporting from the prosecutor's office.

Between prosecutors, evidence videos that exhibit

extreme level of violence and gore

that can't be released to the public are known as 'marui' tapes.

There is a rumor that these tapes are locked away in their basement.

Among the marui tapes, there are some that...

A murder took place in 1992 at an inn near Busan.

The inn clerk brought his girlfriend and filmed her,

only to kill her violently afterwards.

The video was said to be so brutal that

it was sealed up to stop it from being leaked.

But it was for an entirely different reason

why it was so popular among the prosecutors.

"Prof. Yoon Hyun-sik" I remember

"61, Witnessed Video as Prosecutor" We all watched it

because it was said to be possessed.

Something odd was filmed.

Someone appears in the mirror and disappears.

It looked like a face of a young man.

It was a hazy image, at an impossible angle.

As students, we wore black uniforms and hats.

The image had a similar look.

"Busan Metro Police Evidence Storage"

Could we find the tape?

We confirmed the tape's existence at the police evidence storage.

"Video tape (8mm)"

"Busan Prosector's Office"

When you go down,

the ceiling will be black, as if filled with molds.

Bloody pants, knives and others are stored there.

"Restricted Area Authorized Personnel Only"

I guess energy from those rotted out the ceiling.

It's eerie staring at it.

"Photos of Evidence Storage, circa 2001"

It was hard to believe that

the ceiling went black due to objects of the deceased.

Evidence from closed cases are destroyed after 20 years.

But protocols aren't always followed.

We tend to destroy them when we move or clean.

Shredders are called in to shred or burn them.

"On-site shredding service"

"Specialized in security document and hard drive shredding"

Who are you?

We did whatever we can do to find the tape,

but it was likely to have been destroyed a long ago.

Su-chan, check this out.

I wanted to pass it off as an urban legend.

But this story refused to leave my mind,

and we decided to make a documentary.

But...

no one could have known where we'd end up.

"Marui Video"

"Busan District Court"

"Busan High Court Murder Case"

The prosecutor in charge died from a chronic disease.

He retired as a lawyer and died in his mother's home.

Could there be any files relating to the case?

We asked about the inn murder case tape.

Those are things my son used to use...

I see.

"The Inn Murder Case"

"The Inn Murder Case 1992"

"Copy of The Inn Murder Tape"

The primary detective obtained the tape and tried to make a copy,

but for some reason, it couldn't be copied.

"Recording of the Inn Murder Tape"

He ended up filming the TV screen,

and recorded a playback for evidence submission.

In the tape, you could hear the detectives chatting.

What could the recorded image of the man be?

- Did you eat? - Yeah.

Is that the camcorder?

What's that? In the mirror.

Why was this man recorded in the tape?

"Suspect: Park Sungjun" I couldn't help it.

""No memory about the murder""

My animal instinct said it was kill or be killed.

"1992 Inn Murder Case Crime Scene Recreation"

The killer claimed innocence with temporary insanity.

A year before his probation for his life sentence,

he killed himself in his cell.

We tried to interview family of the victim,

but they rejected our requests.

They did not want to bring back painful memories.

"Dongsungjang Inn"

The inn was abandoned for a while,

but it's now used as long term housing for day laborers.

The laborers refused to use the crime scene room.

Furniture and objects from the murder were left intact.

The mysterious mirror was also still there.

Where are you going?

Have you heard anything about a murder here?

Could anyone know about the mirror man?

We heard there was a murder upstairs...

We asked the tenants and neighbors about it,

but no one knew about him.

Then we heard a rumor about the inn owner from a laborer.

He had a misfortune at his old neighborhood.

His bad luck led him to this place.

"Lee Nam-hee/74, Real Estate Broker" He had a home in Ami district.

Ami used to be a cemetery

for Japanese people during the colonization.

I heard some people died in his old home.

He was left alone after that,

and he sold the derelict house, and bought the inn here.

- Derelict house? - Yes.

What do you mean by people dying in the house?

I'm not 100% sure, but a few people died.

Where is the inn owner now?

Now?

He lives in the penthouse of that building.

- The inn building? - Yes.

"Busan International Daily"

"Busan Ami Family Massacre"

"Son, Cho Kyung-ho"

"17-year old son mercilessly kills mother and sister"

"Son commits suicide on the scene"

"Family killed on Children's Day, 1987"

"Back of Dongsungjang Inn"

"Cho Yong-tae/70, Inn Landlord" Is it true that

you sold a house in Ami before moving here?

Yes, there was an unfortunate incident.

The boy living there killed his mom and sister,

before setting himself on fire.

It was a terrible thing.

What kind of a boy was he?

He wasn't normal.

He never listened, only read books,

he fought with his mom a lot, everyday was a struggle.

There wasn't a father?

No, he died long before this incident took place.

How did you come to own the house?

I took care of the house, and did chores for them.

After the incident, there weren't anyone to inherit the house,

so I ended up with it.

How were you related to the family?

A distant relative.

After returning from the Vietnam war, the father frequented welfare center,

but he had died before the disaster struck.

After the incident, the house was abandoned,

until it was inherited to Cho Yong-tae.

Could the man in the mirror be the deceased son?

"Ami Derelict House"

"The kitchen where Cho Kyung-ho committed suicide"

"Cho Kyung-ho's room"

As students, we wore black uniforms and hats.

The image had a similar look.

Why is the boy's soul still drifting around the inn?

The neighbors called it a ghost house.

Some witnessed a ghost in the front yard at night,

and others heard a girl crying.

While we were researching, we heard a strange rumor.

It was captured on tape...

It was a weird sound...

"Yoon Hyun-sook/41, Ami Resident" At the time, camcorders were all the rage.

We filmed my kids all over town,

and when we played it back, we heard a weird noise.

Someone calling for someone.

It was eerie.

That house was in the background of the shot.

It's an infamous house.

And my kid became sick that very night.

Do you still have the tape?

No, we don't have it.

It felt weird to keep it, so we threw it out.

Then we received a call from deceased Cho Eun-mi's friend.

Hi, I'm Kim Hyun-jung from Ami Elementary School.

"Kim Hyun-jung/40, Cho Eun-mi's Friend" I was in her first grade class.

We played at her house,

we also took piano lessons together.

I came across a photo long after she died,

and only she was looking away.

It was scary, as if she knew her fate.

It was frightening.

Hi, I'm Cho Eun-mi from Ami Elementary School.

When I grow up I want to be a teacher.

I want to be a good teacher.

The reason why I want to...

I went over frequently, and she came over often too.

I was there only a few days before the incident,

I think it was her birthday.

A few classmates went to play at her home.

But her mother and father were fighting,

so we were kicked out and ended up in my house.

- Her father? - Yes.

We heard that she didn't have a father.

No, she definitely had a father.

Eun-mi called him 'father'.

Father was said to have died before the incident.