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Sisters on the Road

6.2(8)20091h 36m1

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...

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Released
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Language
Korean
  • sister
  • woman director
  • jeju island

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Director

Boo Ji-young

Produced in

South Korea

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  • South KoreaKR

    • PremierePusan International Film Festival3 Oct 2008
    • Theatrical1523 Apr 2009
    • Theatrical15Re-release22 Sept 2022

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Sisters on the Road was released on 23 April 2009.

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