A Tale of Two Sisters [2 Discs] [Unrated]

Director: Ji-woon Kim, Kim Jee-Woon

Overview

This supernatural horror film from Kim Jee-woon is inspired by the ancient Korean folktale "Jangha and Hongryun." Set in an isolated lakeside house, it begins with two young girls, Su-mi (Im Su-jung) and Su-yeon (Mun Geun-yeong), returning home after a period of hospitalization following the death of their mother. In the meantime, their father Mu-Hyun (Kim Gab-su) has married Eun-joo (Yeom Jeong-ah), whom the girls obviously despise. Strange, violent visions begin to disturb Su-mi and she becomes convinced that Eun-joo is keeping a dark secret from the family. The American remake rights to A Tale of Two Sisters were sold to Dreamworks SKG in 2003.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/27/2006
UPC:	0842498030028
Original Release:	2003
Rating:	NR
Source:	Tartan Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:55:00
Sales rank:	28,227

Special Features

"Disc 1:","Anamorphic feature presentation","Subtitles: English & Spanish","Commentary with director and stars","Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound","DTS digital surround 5.1","Original promotional footage","Hidden feature: A Letter from Su-Yeon","Disc 2:","Behind the scenes","Cast interviews","Deleted scenes","Post production documentaries","To the Viewer - director's analysis","Psychiatrist's perspective","Hidden feature: A Letter from Su-mi","Photo gallery"

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Kab-su Kim	Mu-hynu
Jeong-a Yeom	Yun-ju
Geun-young Moon	Su-yeon
Soo-Jung Lim	Su-mi
Lim Su-jung	Su-mi
Yeom Jeong-ah	Eun-joo
Kim Gab-su	Mu-Hyun
Mun Geun-yeong	Su-yeon
Lim Su-Jeong	Actor
Lee Byeong-woo	Composer

Technical Credits

Ji-woon Kim

Kim Jee-Woon

Oh Ki-min	Producer
Oh Jeong-wan	Producer
Ji-woon Kim	Screenwriter
Kim Jee-Woon	Screenwriter
Oh Gi-min	Producer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Tale of Two Sisters
1. Opening Credits [10:50]
2. Welcome Home [6:11]
3. At Dinner [9:16]
4. Dad's Asleep [4:43]
5. Dreaming [8:11]
6. Out in the Cold [4:05]
7. Family Photographs [7:52]
8. Visitors [6:32]
9. Under the Sink [6:38]
10. Locked Doors [7:08]
11. Digging a Grave [9:44]
12. Trail of Blood [6:42]
13. Identity Crisis [7:35]
14. Memories [6:33]
15. The Closet [5:36]
16. End Credits [1:59]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Tale of Two Sisters
Play Movie
Scene Selection
Set Up Options
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
DTS Digital Surround 5.1
Subtitles Options
English Subtitles
Spanish Subtitles
Subtitles Off
Commentary With Director, DoP and Lighting Director
Commentary With Director and Cast
Hidden Feature: A Letter From Su-yeon
Original Promotional Footage
Disc #2 -- Tale of Two Sisters (Bonus Features)
Creating a Tale of Two Sisters
Behind the Scenes
Production Design Featurette
Music Score Featurette
CGI Documentary Featurette
Creating the Poster Featurette
Deleted Scenes
A Cry for Help
A Bitter Pill
Camcorder
Cycle
Storage Room
Poltergeist
Secrets
Poison
You'll Regret It Some Day
Altered Eyes
Mu-Hyun & Su-Mi
Suicide
Outtakes Reel
Interviews
With Kim Kab-su (Father)
With Yeom Jung-ah (Stepmother)
With Im Soo-jung (Su-mi)
With Moon Geun-young (Su-yeon)
An Explanation By the Director
Director's Thoughts on Horror
A Psychiatrist's Perspective
Hidden Feature: A Letter From Su-mi
Stills Gallery

Editorial Reviews

Kim Jee-woon's chilling Korean gothic tale puts a modern spin on some of the standard elements of classic horror stories. Set in an appropriately gloomy old house in which even the floral wallpaper seems to ooze menace, it even features a wicked stepmother. Young, icily beautiful Eun-joo (Yeom Jeong-ah) is hardly the cackling old hag of fairy tales, but she takes no less delight in torturing her stepdaughters. Kim effectively brings out the hidden terrors that children's imaginations can bring to ordinary domestic objects like wardrobes and sinks -- only in his film, some of those terrors are more than figments. Like fellow contemporary horror masters Hideo Nakata (The Ring) and M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense), Kim gets the goose bumps going with a constant feeling of creeping dread and finishes with a satisfyingly macabre plot twist. A Tale of Two Sisters never deviates from the age-old conventions of horror movies, but it hits its marks exceedingly well.