The film tells the story of the male protagonist, a policeman. During a mission, he was rescued by his companions and was chased down by his companions from a high-rise building. He suffered from acquired fear of heights. Once he was asked by a friend to help investigate whether his wife was possessed by a ghost. He followed the woman to an art gallery and a flower shop, and found that the woman was indeed possessed by her grandmother's soul. He followed the woman to the beach, the woman committed suicide by jumping into the sea, the male protagonist picked her up, and the woman had a good impression of her. When the male protagonist and the woman went out to hang out, the woman proposed to climb the tower. The male protagonist flinched when he walked halfway due to fear of heights. At this time, the woman was suddenly possessed by a ghost and rushed up the tower and jumped down. The male protagonist was further stimulated by this and entered the nursing home. After being discharged from the hospital, the male protagonist met the second girl who looked like a woman by chance. However, the second girl was actually the female protagonist. In order to inherit his wife's property, the friend of the male protagonist found a daughter who looked like his wife to play the ghost-possessed wife. Let the male protagonist think that his wife chose to jump off the building because he was possessed by a ghost, so that the male protagonist can testify against him. The second female has already developed a favorable impression of the male protagonist. Since the male protagonist is difficult to forget the female protagonist, he often makes the second female wear the female protagonist's clothes, and the second female also slowly gives up her identity to cater to the male protagonist. In the end, the male protagonist found the female protagonist's necklace on the female second's body, thus exposing the female second's lie.
The use of Hitchcock's zoom and the discussion of the relationship between men and women are prominent in the film.
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