"Jee-dan, jee-dan, jee-dan" ("eggs, eggs, eggs"), bellows one man in a deep voice that resonates down every nook and cranny of the interconnected alleys.

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Jee Won Kim is an architect in New York specialising in the hospitality industry and residential spaces.

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The same might go for director Kim Jee-woon, a talented Korean known for macabre ghost stories like "A Tale of Two Sisters, " whacky adventures ("The Good, the Bad, the Weird"), and grisly cop thrillers ("I Saw the Devil").

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