. They inform him that he is a "paragon," a soul of exceptional virtue, which gives him the chance to be reincarnated if he can pass seven trials over the course of

(2018), and two additional sequels are currently in development.

: Kim Ja-hong, a brave firefighter, dies while saving a child. He is greeted by three grim reapers/guardians—Gang-lim, Haewonmak, and Lee Deok-choon—who act as his legal counsel in the afterlife.

The film’s director, Kim Yong-hwa, spent 10 years on the visual effects. The trial of fire, the mirror room, the waterfall of truth – these were designed for large screens or at least high-bitrate 4K. Piracy sites compress files to 480p with watermarks.