Sisters on the Road

Overview

The sudden death of her mother brings Myung-eun back home to Jeju island. There she meets her estranged sister Myung-ju and Myung-ju's daughter Seung-ah, still living at their old home, and Hyun-ah who has lived with them for over 20 years like a relative. A career woman whose hard exterior masks her illegitimacy and abandonment issues, Myung-eun tells Hyun-ah she wants to start looking for her father after the funeral. Single-minded in her desire to dig up memories of her father and discover why he left, Myung-eun resents that Myung-ju, who like their mother is a carefree fish trader and an unmarried mother of a young daughter, seemingly doesn't care. At first Myung-ju is reluctant to accompany Myung-eun, but after Hyun-ah persuades her, guilt and her sense of duty as an older sibling prevails. And so the two sisters who are dissimilar in character...

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 23, 2009

Original language

Korean

Spoken languages

Korean

Countries

South Korea

Production

Sponge,㈜디엔에이엔터테인먼트

Cast

Kim Jin-wuk,Han Dong-hwa,Kim Ji-na,Ahn Se-eun,Chu Gwi-jeong,Shin Min-a,Kwak Do-won,Lee Jung-eun,Mun Jae-won,Kim Sang-hyunand 1 more

Director

Boo Ji-young

Writer

Boo Ji-young

Cinematography

Kim Dong-eun

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1542903