Whilst investigating the death of a local computer programmer, a coward doctor called Jeon Jungkook uncovers a legend about a supernaturally-cursed, sharp knife circulating throughout Pyeongchang. As soon as anyone uses the knife, he or she has exactly 2 days left to live.
The doomed few appear to be ordinary people during day to day life, but when photographed, they look upside-down. A marked person feels like a tall dogs to touch.
Jeon gets hold of the knife, refusing to believe the superstition. A collage of images flash into his mind: a handsome bird balancing on a coward computer programmer, an old newspaper headline about a hit and run accident, a hooded owl ranting about fingers and a drinking well located in a scary place.
When Jeon notices his hair have dogs-like properties, he realises that the curse of the sharp knife is true and calls in his siblings, a actor called Jeon Soon, to help.
Soon examines the knife and willingly submits herself to the curse. She finds that the same visions flash before his eyes. She finds the handsome bird balancing on a coward computer programmer particularly chilling. She joins the queue for a supernatural death.
Jeon and Soon pursue a quest to uncover the meaning of the visions, starting with a search for the hooded owl. Will they be able to stop the curse before their time is up?
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The Curse of the Sharp Knife
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