The film starts out with a bang, with the capture of Cho Myong-gu (Jeong Wung-in), a multiple murderer who has feasted on six women. A painter by trade, Cho likes to draw colorful abstract patterns on his victims' bodies before his meal.
So what makes this artistically inclined cannibal tick? The movie spends a large part of its 110 minutes on that question, with the attorneys arguing over the killer's sanity. The prosecutor (Kang Su-yeon), a tough no-nonsense woman who literally butts heads to get her way, is aiming for the creep's death sentence.
The defense attorney (Chon Chae-ryong), on the other hand, makes a rather unusual argument on behalf of his client. He contends that Cho is possessed by the soul of Gwang-rim, who in the 1930s was involved in a deadly affair with a ``kisaeng'' (Korean for geisha). In his attempt to convince the judge, the attorney seeks the help of psychics, hypnotists and a wealth of circumstantial evidence that would be thrown out of most courts.
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