Netflixs Mousetrap ending, explained
Watched South Korean thriller "Mousetrap" on Netflix? We need to talk about that ending.
Netflix's South Korean thriller "Mousetrap" draws from the 2017 Kakao Webtoon "Field Mouse" by Ludovico, with Kim Hong-sun directing and Lee Jae-gon writing. The story revolves around a reclusive novelist, Je Moon-jae (played by Ryu Jun-yeol), whose identity is stolen by a mysterious figure known as "The Rat," who looks identical to Moon-jae. The Rat is later revealed to be Moon-jae himself, an unreliable narrator who has forgotten his actions due to taking his late mother's medication.
Moon-jae's journey begins when he becomes involved with the intercollegiate literary club, where he fakes being a university student to become a better version of himself. He meets Seo Yu-min (played by Ryu Jun-yeol) and becomes close to him, even reading Yu-min's story, "The Rat That Ate Fingernails," and stealing his notebooks. However, Moon-jae later submits these stolen materials as his own work in the club's anthology.
Detective Park Sun-yong (played by Lee Kyu-hyung), who is actually Moon-jae's adopted brother, receives an anonymous tip about a body found in the Han River, which initially accuses No-ja (played by Sul Kyung-gu) of the murder. The Rat turns out to be Moon-jae, and he is targeted by a loan shark named No-ja. Moon-jae's actions, including his jealousy towards his friends Min-yeong and Yu-min, ultimately lead to Min-yeong's suicide and Yu-min's despair over the plagiarism of his story.
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