 While returning to his car, he unintentionally drops a box filled with photos of the murdered villagers that the stranger claimed to have burned.As devastated Jong-goo sits traumatized in his home, grieve over his daughter's death, he remembers happier times with his daughter and begins to smile, assuring her that he will protect her.In a deleted scene happening right after the conclusion of the story, the Japanese man is seen sitting in a bench on the roadside.