Sisters on the Road

Sisters on the Road

2009 · 96 min · ★ 6.2 · Drama

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...

Directed by Boo Ji-young · Written by Boo Ji-young

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Kong Hyo-jin Myung-ju
Shin Min-a Myung-eun
Chu Gwi-jeong Hye-sook
Kim Sang-hyun Hyun-ah
Mun Jae-won Hyun-sik
Lee Jung-eun Yeonpotang Woman
Han Dong-hwa Yeonpotang Man
Ahn Se-eun Young Myung-eun
Kwak Do-won Truck driver
Kim Jin-wuk Truck driver
Kim Ji-na Young Myung-ju

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