Memento Mori

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Movie: Memento Mori
Revised romanization: Yeogo goedam II
Hangul: 여고괴담 두번째 이야기 / 여고괴담 2
Director: Kim Tae-Yong, Kyu-dong Min
Writer: Kim Tae-Yong, Kyu-dong Min
Assistant Director: Kang Yi-Kwan
Producer:
Cinematographer:
Release Date: December 24, 1999
Runtime: 98 min
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot

Min-ah discovers a scarlet-covered diary as she is hurrying to school. She has a brief hallucinatory experience when she opens it, initiating a series of strange occurrences which eventually draw Min-ah into the eerie world of the diary. In her desire to find out more about the diary, Min-ah feigns an illness, getting permission to lie down in the school's clinic. There she witnesses the reunion of Hyo-shin and Shi-eun... The day in the girls' high school is half over, and the students are preoccupied with the trauma of getting their physical checkups. Suddenly their hustle and bustle is abruptly interrupted by a sharp scream which announces the death of Hyo-shin... Soon, her ghostly entity will linger over everyone's secret...

Notes

The "Whispering Corridors" series (Korean title "Yeogo goedam" lit. translation "Girl's High School") uses an all girl's high school as the backdrop for each of its films.
Characters, setting, and stories are different for each of the films released under the "Whispering Corridors" title.
Related titles:
1. Whispering Corridors | Yeogo goedam (1998)
2. Memento Mori | Yeogo goedam II (1999)
3. Whispering Corridors 3: Wishing Stairs | Yeogo goedam 3: Yeowoo gyedan (2003)
4. Ghost Voice | Yeogo goedam 4: Moksori (2005)
5. Whispering Corridors 5: A Blood Pledge | Yeogo goedam 5: Dongban Jasal (2009)