#A tale of two sisters movie#
It was left to be intentionally ambiguous as to whether or not the scene is a flashback to the day she was admitted after Su-yeon and their mother died or if it is a flashforward after she has her mental breakdown in the house later in the movie and is re-admitted to the institution.
The film centers around two teenage sisters, the older Su-mi and the younger Su-yeon, returning to their father Moo-hyeon's house after a stay in a mental institution following the death of their terminally ill mother. An American remake titled The Uninvited was released in 2009 not to be confused with a completely different Korean horror film from 2003 also titled The Uninvited, nor the 1944 American film of that name. The film is inspired by a Joseon Dynasty folktale entitled Janghwa Hongryeon jeon, which has been adapted to film several times. It is both the highest-grossing Korean horror film and the first to be screened in American theatres. A Tale of Two Sisters (aka Janghwa, Hongryeon, literally Rose Flower, Red Lotus) is a 2003 South Korean psychological horror film by Kim Ji-woon.