The Red Shoes


1h 39m 2005

Brief Synopsis

Ophthalmologist Sun-jae is obsessed with shoes. It is her sole form of solace as she tries to come to terms with her husband's disaffection and her daughter, Tae-soo's, indifference. After catching him with another woman, Sun-jae leaves him, taking Tae-soo with her. While waiting for the subway trai

Film Details

Also Known As
Bunhong Shin, Red Shoes
Genre
Adaptation
Foreign
Horror
Thriller
Release Date
2005
Distribution Company
Bir Film; Cathay Film Organization; Medusa Film; Showbox Entertainment; Tartan Video

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 39m

Synopsis

Ophthalmologist Sun-jae is obsessed with shoes. It is her sole form of solace as she tries to come to terms with her husband's disaffection and her daughter, Tae-soo's, indifference. After catching him with another woman, Sun-jae leaves him, taking Tae-soo with her. While waiting for the subway train one day, Sun-jae finds a pair of red shoes. Strangely fascinated by them, she takes them home. But it is not just Sun-jae, but her daughter too, who is mesmerised by the red shoes. Unknown to either of them, the shoes beget its wearers a ghastly end.

Film Details

Also Known As
Bunhong Shin, Red Shoes
Genre
Adaptation
Foreign
Horror
Thriller
Release Date
2005
Distribution Company
Bir Film; Cathay Film Organization; Medusa Film; Showbox Entertainment; Tartan Video

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 39m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States November 2005

Released in United States on Video October 24, 2006

Released in United States on Video October 24, 2006

Released in United States November 2005 (Shown at AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival November (Asian New Classics) 3-13, 2005.)