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Sisters on the Road 2009 Directed by Boo Ji-young 지금, 이대로가 좋아요

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...

Production Country South Korea
Language Korean
Spoken Language Korean
Gnere Drama
Production Companies Sponge , ㈜디엔에이엔터테인먼트
Release Date 23 April 2009
96 mins
Cast
Gong Hyo-jin Myung-ju
Shin Min-a Myung-eun
Chu Gwi-jeong Hye-sook
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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