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Overview

User Rating:
7.5/10   12,413 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Ji-woon Kim (screenplay)
Contact:
View company contact information for A Tale of Two Sisters on IMDbPro.
Release Date:
13 June 2003 (South Korea) more
Tagline:
Our sorrow was conceived long before our birth more
Plot:
A family is haunted by the tragedies of deaths within the family. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
12 wins & 3 nominations more
User Reviews:
Guilt Complex more (172 total)

Cast

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Directed by
Ji-woon Kim 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Ji-woon Kim  screenplay

Produced by
Jeong-wan Oh .... producer
Jung-Wan Oh .... executive producer
Ki-min Oh .... producer (as Oh Gi-Min)
 
Original Music by
Byung-woo Lee 
 
Cinematography by
Mo-gae Lee 
 
Film Editing by
Hyeon-mi Lee 
 
Art Direction by
Geun-hyeon Jo 
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Tale of Two Sisters (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
Rose and Lotus (South Korea) (informal literal English title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for some violence and disturbing images.
Runtime:
Korea:115 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In the original story, the sisters' names are Janghwa and Hongryeon (Rose Flower and Red Lotus). In the movie, they are Su-mi and Su-yeon (still mean Rose and Lotus). more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the hospital scenes, there is no scar on the back of Su-mi's hand. more
Quotes:
Eun-ju: There's something strange in this house. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Janghwa Hongryeonjeon (1972) more

FAQ

Is this based on a novel?
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24 out of 33 people found the following review useful.
Guilt Complex, 2 December 2006
8/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

I watch many movies, but presently my genre number one is Asian horror. I have just bought this DVD and I initially found "Janghwa, Hongryeon" an intriguing but confused film, since I had not understood many parts of the story. But I saw in IMDb Board a message titled "Explanation of a Masterpiece (all your questions answered) Faster load", written by opiemar, and I was really impressed with the high quality of the explanations this user provided to viewers like me that missed points of the story. I would like to congratulate opiemar for his excellent work and suggest him to write a correct summary of this movie in IMDb to help and guide other viewers.

In the end, I agree that "Janghwa, Hongryeon" is a great Korean film, but I do not give ten in my vote because very few people can afford to see the same movie more than once, like this film demands, and without the great support of opiemar, I would not be able to understand the story as a whole. I intend to see this movie again in a near future. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Medo" ("Fear")

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