Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 (Gumihodyeon 1938 / 구미호뎐1938)

LEE DONG-WOOK

KIM SO-YEON

KIM BUM

RYU KYUNG-SOO

KIM JUNG-NAN, AHN KIL-KANG

HWANG HEE, KIM YONG-JI

TALE OF THE NINE TAILED 1938

It's you.

The Korean who threw a bomb at Gyeongseong Station.

-Which organization sent you? -Huh?

The commander is dead!

Wh-- Damn it.

Geez.

This damn alarm. It's ringing even decades into the past.

Did you see that?

Music played from that matchbox-looking thing.

-What is that thing? -Oh, my!

Answer me!

I'm going to school.

The box just spoke.

Is there someone inside the thing?

Are there any tasty restaurants around here?

Geez. Forget it.

Don't move!

I don't understand a word you're babbling.

I'm undereducated. I didn't even take the CSAT.

By the way, have you guys seen my stuff?

It looks like a small rock, but it's very important to me.

I said, don't move!

Damn it.

You made a hole here.

I'm on a day trip, so this was my only outfit!

-What the hell are you? -Speak in my language.

Who-- Who are you?

Me?

I'm Joseon's nine-tailed fox.

A NINE-TAILED FOX WHO LOVED A HUMAN

FORMER GOD OF MT. BAEKDUDAEGAN

MINT CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM DENTIST

Shoot! Shoot and kill him!

Give me your gun.

I said give it to me!

Stay still.

Don't even breathe.

Quit smoking, you punk!

I'm his older brother. Smoking's bad for you, right?

Wait a minute.

Brother, you still alive?

HALF-FOX, HALF-HUMAN

HIS BROTHER HIS BROTHER

DIED IN 2020 TO SAVE HIS BROTHER

THIS GUY'S HALF-BROTHER

-You called the Japanese Army on me? -Yeah.

"The Gyeongseong Station bomber is my brother."

Do I look like a bomber to you?

You're a walking bomb yourself.

Damn, it's annoying just to see your face.

So my brother's a scumbag even in the Japanese colonial period, huh?

All thanks to my shitty upbringing.

Are you baffled? I get it.

Because that's exactly how I feel right now.

Why on earth am I back in the Japanese colonial era of Joseon,

filming some fake Western movie?

Moreover, why has my deceased brother become a heavy smoker,

roaming the Gyeongseong grounds?

They say brotherhood is like a noir film.

But there's a more complicated story behind why our family is such a mess.

I'm a nine-tailed fox who fell in love with a human.

And I paid a heavy price for that.

You abandoned your duty as the mountain god

and left the mountains all for a human and--

Yes.

I abandoned you.

For a long time,

we were each others' foes.

-Did you miss me? -Want to die, brother?

After crossing the boundary between life and death…

I've never abandoned you.

…we reconciled as brothers again.

You better make it out alive.

In 2020, I died once.

But I was reincarnated,

fulfilling my lifelong wish to become human, but…

I've been giving you a hard time for many years,

but I won't apologize.

But still, if we can…

let's meet again.

My brother.

My younger brother, Lee Rang,

sacrificed his life to save me and left my side forever.

4 MONTHS LATER

Why can't Lee Rang reincarnate?

OWNER OF THE STREAM OF THE DEAD

That's the law of the afterlife. It's the law!

Man, that damn law!

EPISODE 1

He died to save me, you hear?

He may have saved you, but do you know how many more he's killed?

Fine.

I'll yield custody rights of me, so bring him back.

Custody rights, my foot.

Hey, you think I want to change the diapers of a 1,600-year-old man?

I'll do whatever you say, old hag.

I see you've finally learned your place.

Damn you.

Ever since my best performer retired, I've been having a hard time.

"On the condition that Lee Rang reincarnates,

Lee Yeon will punish all that disturbs the living

and repay the kindness received."

-Sign it. -Hold on.

What's written here? Why is it so tiny?

"Your term as a nine-tailed fox will last until the Taluipa says so."

An indefinite contract?

Even insurance contracts are audited against such dubious clauses.

You-- You--

Old age hasn't affected your vision, huh?

You can have me. Fine.

But I don't want immortality or indefinite contracts.

Let me die on the same day as Ji-ah.

That's my only condition.

They say a fox never abandons its mate until the day it dies.

I see your love for her remains unchanged.

Yeah.

YOUR TERM AS A NINE-TAILED FOX WILL END ON YOUR WIFE'S DEATH

LEE YEON

It seemed as if this story would have a happy ending.

However…

AFTERLIFE IMMIGRATION OFFICE

Was it because of the lunar eclipse?

Or…

because of the uninvited guest who slipped in during the eclipse?

Since the disaster at the Stream of the Dead,

the boundary between the Living and the Dead,

everything associated with me and my life began to go awry.

Mint chocolate chip, right? Will that be to go?

For here. I'd like to order two today.

The other one's for your wife, huh?

-Yeon! Yeon! -Whoa, that scared me.

-We're in trouble! -What brings you here?

My gosh-- Some guy wearing a red-white mask…

HYUNUIONG

…came and stole the guardian stone!

-What's that? -The precious stone on our roof.

The King of the Dead made it himself

to protect the boundary between the Living and the Dead.

If it's so special, why put it on the roof and not in a safe?

That's because it marks the boundary of the Stream of the Dead.

-The boundary? -Mm-hmm.

Then that means--

Yes, evil spirits are flocking in!

Goodness-- Hurry, let's go!

Honey, don't come. Yeah, yeah.

I just need to find the guardian stone, right?

Where did that thief run off to?

Of all places…

Here?

This leads straight to hell, no?

Fiery-Cauldron Hell? Ice Hell?

It doesn't lead to hell…

Been a while, Taluipa!

Gosh, you've been occupying the Stream of the Dead for too long!

What a crowd you've mustered.

I was going to give you this when your term ended.

-A watch? -You will eventually go blind and deaf.

Can she not hear me?

Taluipa!

When that happens, look into this watch. Don't forget you're on borrowed time.

-Yes, sir. -Taluipa--

-Good. -Attack!

My goodness.

Go!

Find the stone and return before the Hour of the Tiger.

Hour of the Tiger… So just before sunrise: 5:00 a.m.

Oh, how do I come back?

Through the same cabinet.

Remember, the gate will close at the Hour of the Tiger.

Where is he going?

Stop him!

Go!

I'll be back.

Lord Lee Yeon!

-Oh, gosh! -Shin-ju?

Where's Lord Lee Yeon?

-Hurry! -Yes, ma'am.

Just a minute--

Whoa, it's so bright.

What's this? Where the hell…

What the…

What?

What's going on?

Wait…

-Shall we go to Mitsukoshi? -Okay.

My face powder has run out. What do you want to buy?

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Year 13 of the Shōwa era…

Year 1938?