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A Tale of Two Sisters (Movie - 2003)

장화, 홍련 (Jang-hwa, Hong-ryeon)

Directed by Kim Ji-woon (김지운)

Screenplay by

Fear

115min | Release date in South Korea :

Eun-joo, the stepmother, welcomes two sisters who come back home after recovering their health, but Su-mi, the elder sister, intentionally avoids her and Su-yeon, the younger sister, shows a smack of ... More

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  • Bittersweet Life: Korean cinema's secret popularity in the UK

    2011/12/07, Source,
    International distribution expert and analyst and former Screen International journalist Robert Mitchell looks at the gulf between artistic and business successes of Korean cinema in the UK. Ask any cine-literate film-goer, critic, blogger or tweeter in the UK about Korean cinema and you'll be greeted with an enthusiastic response. They will talk of the Hallyu period of the past decade, a wealth of some of the most creative and interesting film-making in the world. They will speak with passion about Park Chan-wook, Kim Ki-duk and Bong Joon-ho. International festivals like Cannes play a major role in building this awareness. "The route to the international market is through festivals", says Danny PERKINS, CEO of StudioCanal UK, which released Bong's "The Host" and Kim's "3-Iron" amongst other Korean titles. "If a director's film features in one of the bigger festivals it can put them and their work permanently on the map",...More
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  • [HanCinema's Film Review] A Tale of Two Sisters

    2011/03/19,
    Kim Ji-woon's 2003 hit "A Tale of Two Sisters" is one of, if not the, highest grossing Korean horror film of all time. The film walked away with the Best Picture award at the 2004 International Fantasy Film Awards in Portugal. Even Hollywood wanted in and subsequently remade the film under the title "The  Uninvited" which was released back in 2009.,...More
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    by KOFICInternational Promotion Center At the 31st Fantasporto International Film Festival, held in Porto, Portugal, on March 5, there were many prize-winning Korean films. In the Official Competition for Fantasy Films, Seo Yeong-hee won the Best Actress Award for her role in "Bedevilled", and director Kim Ji-woon received the Director's Award for "I Saw the Devil",...More
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 Produced by
 Oh Jeong-wan (오정완)
 Oh Ki-min (오기민)
Production
bom film productions (영화사 봄)
International sales
CineClickAsia (CineClickAsia)
Staff
 Lee Byeong-woo (이병우)
 Musician
 Lee So-yeong (이소영)
 Assistant director
 Oh Ki-min (오기민)
 Production department
 Ko Im-pyo (고임표)
 Editor
Technics
115 min 35mm Panoramic (1.85) Dolby SRD
Web site
www.twosisters.co.kr...
Budget
US $ 3.7 million
Festival(s) & award(s)
 - Umea Int'l Film Festival - (2003)
 -  - (2003)
Sales or release dates & Box Office
Release date in South Korea : 2003/06/13
 United Kingdom 
 Korea, South - 2003/6/13
Source http://www.cineclickasia.com

Eun-joo, the stepmother, welcomes two sisters who come back home after recovering their health, but Su-mi, the elder sister, intentionally avoids her and Su-yeon, the younger sister, shows a smack of fear for her stepmother. On their first night, Su-yeon sneaks in Su-mi's room confessing there is someone in her room and Su-mi sees a ghost of her late mother who hung herself in Su-yeon's closet. Strange things begin to happen since then; a ghost haunts the house and stepmother's birds are poisoned to death. Assuming Su-yeon is behind the inauspicious incidents, the stepmother locks her in the closet, and when Su-mi learns about the cruel punishment, conflict between the stepmother and two sisters gets bitter than ever.
One day, Mu-hyun, the father goes to town and Su-mi finds there is no sign of her younger sister, Su-yeon and Su-mi sports Eun-joo dragging a big bag through the dark corridor leaving bloody stains behind her. Su-mi follows bloody trace of the bag and she confronts with Eun-joo on her way of tracking. They starts to fight vehemently and Su-mi falls down struck by Eun-joo in the end... A while later, Mu-hyun comes back to the house and founds Su-mi fallen on the floor alone and enraged Mu-hyun exclaims that Su-yeon was already dead¡¦ His exclamation awakes a series of memories and hidden secrets buried deep inside of Su-mi...

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Who sang sountracks of this drama? Please tell me about it.
2012-01-18 19:54:23
2009-03-13 10:15:53
in Ebert's way, thumbs up. I hope the Americans don't dissapoint.
i liked this movie alot, as i'am same for all that had seen it no one get it till the end, and i was going like what is going on??!! but it was a very good movie but it made me sad about her sis and all but i'd buy the dvd.
2009-03-03 14:05:41
2009-02-06 01:22:16
A well-made horror-thriller movie. It has a uniqe story with an unpredictable ending. I recommend it!
After watching it over and over again, it made sense. Best Korean horror movie I've seen in years.
2008-10-16 11:32:17
2008-05-27 06:29:01
the best , the best and the best
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