A Tale of Two Sisters is a 2003 Korean psychological horror film, directed by Ji-woo Kim and starring Su-jeon Lim and Geun-yong Mun. Hangul (한글) is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the Hanja system borrowed from China. ... Hanja (lit. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Horror can mean several things: Horror (emotion) Horror fiction Horror film This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... ...

The film is inspired by a Joseon Dynasty folktale entitled "Janghwa Hongreyon-jon". The Joseon Dynasty (alternatively, Choson or Chosun) was the final ruling dynasty of Korea, lasting from 1392 until 1910. ...

Tagline: Our sorrow was concieved long before our birth. (Korean poster)

Plot

After the sudden death of their mother, Su-mi and her younger sister Su-yeon return to their family home after spending time being treated for psychological issues. Su-mi has a deep-seated resentment of her father, Mu-hyeon, but shows kindness and concern for the shy and untalkative Su-yeon.

Since they've been gone, the distant and seemingly uncaring Mu-hyeon has taken a new wife, a rather unstable woman by the name of Eun-ju. At first, the sisters are only slightly uncomfortable around their new stepmother, but night brings with it the realization that Eun-ju is the modern incarnation of the archetypical wicked stepmother. She throws out mementos of the girls' mother, verbally abuses Su-mi and at one point begins to lock Su-yeon inside the large wardrobe in her bedroom. A stepfamily is the family one acquires when a parent marries someone new. ... Archetype is defined as the first original model of which all other similar persons, objects, or concepts are merely derivative, copied, patterned, or emulated. ... This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ...

Strange occurrences also begin to happen inside the huge, darkly-lit home, including ghostly apparitions, Eun-ju's pet bird showing up dead in Su-yeon's bed for no reason, and dreams of blood and running through the woods. They may be paranormal, or the product of Su-mi overactive imagination, but no-one is to say which.

All of these events, both real and imaginary, lead up to a revelation that will affect all three women's lives (and Su-mi's sense of reality) forever.

Cast

• Su-mi - Su-jeon Lim
• Su-Yeon - Geun-yong Mun
• Eun-ju (Stepmother) - Jung-ah Yeum
• Mu-hyung (Father) - Kab-su Kim

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See also

• Horror films
• Psychological horror
• Ghost
• Korean Culture
• Mental illness

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External links

• Official Site (Korean)
• Janghwa, Hongryeon at IMDB
• Tartan Video, official UK/US distributors of the film