Sisters on the Road (2009)

Plot Summary

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...

Full Cast & Characters

Gong 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

Director & Crew

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