Other Titles • A Tale of Two Sisters • Janghwa, Hongryeon (2003)
Synopses for A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
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Two sisters, Su-Mi and Su-Yeon, come home after recovering from a long illness. Their new stepmother, Eun-Joo, welcomes them; but Su-Mi, the elder sister, intentionally avoids her while Su-Yeon, the younger sister, shows fear for her weird stepmother. After their first dinner back home, Su-Mi and Su-Yeon go to bed in their dark and dismal rooms.
One day, Mu-Hyun goes into town and Su-Mi can't find her sister Su-Yeon anywhere. Feeling petrified, Su-Mi looks all over the house for her sister and then discovers bloody stains on the floor
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Two sisters, Su-Mi and Su-Yeon, come home after recovering from a long illness, but their new stepmother is one disturbingly odd bird. One day, Su-Mi can't find her sister anywhere. She looks all over, only to discover bloody stains on the floor...
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Two young sisters recovering from an unnamed trauma must face a mysterious past in this excellent South Korean shocker. A worldwide hit upon its release and based on an old Korean fairy tale; two sisters (wonderfully played by Su-jeong Lim and Geun-yeong Mun) come to live with their cold and distant father and turn-on-a-dime stepmother in a house where nothing is as it seems. A wonderfully haunting score, starkly beautiful imagery, and a labyrinthine plot that twists and turns at every dark corner all set the stage for a riveting and often terrifying guessing game of a movie. Equal parts drama, mystery, and ghost story, A Tale of Two Sisters is a richly complex and challenging cinematic treat that may very well demand repeat viewings. --Matt Wold
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