As the deceased soul Ja-hong and his three afterlife guardians prepare for their remaining trials for reincarnation, the guardians soon come face to face with the truth of their tragic time on Earth 1,000 years earlier.
Visual Effects
Seven hells that put most Hollywood afterlifes to shame.
Acting
Ha Jung-woo's thousand-yard stare carries three timelines.
Writing
Balances cosmic stakes with household god comedy.
Director
Kim Yong-hwa
Ha Jung-woo
Gang-rim
Ju Ji-hoon
Hae Won-maek
Kim Hyang-gi
Deok-choon
Ma Dong-seok
Sung-ju / Household God
Kim Dong-wook
Kim Su-hong
Lee Jung-jae
King Yeomra
Cho Han-cheul
Prosecutor
Im Won-hee
Prosecutor
Nam Il-woo
Heo Choon-sam
Jung Ji-hoon
Heo Hyun-dong
Doh Kyung-soo
Private Won Dong-yeon
Lee Jun-hyuk
First Lieutenant Park Moo-sin
Jang Kwang
Jin-gwang / God of Violence Hell
Jung Hae-kyun
Byeon-seong / God of Murder Hell
Lee Kyung-young
Oh-gwan / God of Injustice Hell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Don Lee (Sung-ju) improvised several scenes with the child actor, creating the film's most genuine warmth before the gut-punch.
The seven trials pull from Buddhist, Taoist, and Korean shamanic traditions—making this a crash course in East Asian afterlife cosmology with CGI dragons.
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