The Red Shoes (2005 film)
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| Hangul | 분홍신 |
| RR | Bunhongshin |
| MR | Bunhongsin |
| Directed by | Kim Yong-gyun |
| Produced by | Hyon-tae Park, Kwang-su Kim, Peter Kim, Shin Changgil |
| Written by | Hans Christian Andersen, Kim Yong-gyun Ma Sang-Ryeol |
| Starring | Kim Hye-su, Kim Sung-soo Park Yeon-ah Go Soo-hee Lee Eol |
| Music by | Lee Byung-woo |
| Release date(s) | 2005 |
| Running time | 103 minutes |
| Language | Korean |
| Admissions | 958,091 |
The Red Shoes (Hangul: 분홍신, Revised Romanization Bunhongshin) is a 2005 horror film written and directed by Kim Yong-gyun. Kim Yong-gyun was inspired by the fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen, where a vain stepdaughter could not stop dancing in her enchanted red shoes.
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[edit] Plot
Set in Seoul, Sun-jae leaves her unfaithful husband and moves into an old apartment with her daughter, Tae-su. One night when Sun-jae is returning home, she finds a pair of red shoes in a subway car and takes them home, only to later discover that they are cursed. Her obsession grows, arousing envy and greed with mysterious, nightmarish visions. Even Sun-jae’s daughter and one of her friends, Kim-mi Hee, fall victim to the power of the shoes, resulting in hysteria and theft of the shoes. Soon after Kim-mi Hee takes them, she dies, but the shoes return to her daughter.
With help from her new boyfriend In-cheol, Sun-jae tries to discover the mystery behind the red shoes before it gets her and her daughter killed. She discovers that the old owner of the shoes escapes from harm but the person who takes them dies, and their feet are chopped off.
[edit] Cast
- Kim Hye-su– Sun-jae
- Kim Sung-su– In-cheol, Sun-jae's boyfriend
- Park Yeon-ah– Tae-su, Sun-jae's daughter
- Go Soo-hee– Kim Mi-hee, Sun-jae's friend
- Lee Eol– Sung-joon, Sun-jae's ex-husband
[edit] Reception
BloodyDisgusting.com's movie reviewer, Ryan Daley, said that the film is "occasionally poorly paced" but has "striking cinematography and plot machinations that are all over the map" which added to the story confusion. He also noted that The Red Shoes "solid and stylish" gore was a plus and that he "was dying to know how it all ended, even if [he] was a little overwhelmed by the ambiguous final twist."[1]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official site (dead link)
- The Red Shoes at the Internet Movie Database
- The Red Shoes Movie Review
- Red Shoes at HanCinema
