Basic Overview

The movie is inspired by the real-life kidnapping case of Jeong Hyo-joo, which took place in 1978 in Busan, particularly drawing from the first kidnapping incident.

After a child is abducted, Detective Gong Gil-yong is assigned to the case at the special request of the child's parents. To protect the child, he conducts a top-secret investigation. Meanwhile, the child's family visits well-known fortune tellers to determine whether the child is alive, only to receive the devastating answer that the child is dead. As a last resort, they seek out Master Kim Jung-san.

Master Kim analyzes the child's fate and confidently declares that the child is still alive and that the first contact from the kidnapper will come on the fifteenth day. Detective Gong and Master Kim then work together, doing everything they can to find the child.

Additional Information

Differences from the real case:
Kim Jung-san was born in Gonyang, Sacheon, Gyeongnam, and studied at Jinju High School and Kyung Hee University’s law department. In the movie, however, actor Yoo Hae-jin used the Chungcheong dialect for a more natural performance, as he was more comfortable with it. As a result, the character Kim Jung-san is portrayed as being from the Chungcheong region, whereas in reality, he is from Gyeongsang, as indicated by his hometown.

In the film, he runs a fortune-telling center in Busan, which aligns with reality, as he continues to operate one there today.

While the detective and the fortune teller’s names are kept the same as in real life, the names of the kidnapped girl and her school were changed for privacy reasons. In reality, the victim gained media attention due to the case and was kidnapped again later. Fortunately, she was safely returned to her family in the second incident as well.