i just saw a tale of two sister last night and really enjoy it . i have be a big fan of asian horror film recently and think that this be a strong entry from south korea . there aren not many jump out at you scar a in the usual american horror film and but the director do maintain the off kilter and forebode mood very well and especially in the awkward character interaction with each other . most of the scare be more conceptual and play on everyone there something under the bed fear from when they be a child and but in this case and it the closet and the sink . i also like how the director be able to capture just how dysfunctional this household be through scene such a the first dinner that the character have together . he also good at reveal people inner life and fragility through simple scene such a the stepmother wipe off her make up in the mirror or her sitting in front of the flickering tv . i think this film be mainly an exploration of guilt and the consequence of living with that guilt hang over you . major spoiler ahead ( do not read any further if you do not want the twist of the movie reveal ) i be follow the story pretty well and but do start get confuse during the bag drag part . however and i think the flashback at the end definitely tie everything together . the film be very much like the machinist in the way two of the character joint guilt eventually lead to mental breakdown and delusion . here my interpretation of the film . the su yeon that we see after the girl suppose return to the house be either the delusion of su mi or the actual ghost of su yeon that only su mi can see and interact with . the initial stepmother that we see be and in my opinion a delusion of su mi . there be a real stepmother and however and and she first appear in the film when she wear the gray pantsuit . i believe it the real stepmother that the father be talk to on the phone throughout the first part of the movie and she doesn not appear until he pick her up and bring her to the house . the stepmother before that point be imagine by su mi ( perhaps part of her split personality . ) that explain the bizarre dinner party sequence when the stepmother brother look at her like she crazy and doesn not remember anything that she recount . i think it be su mi act out her stepmother part of her split personality . the film show this later in the bag drag scene and scene such a the stepmother wipe her make up in the mirror and which be reveal later to actually be su mi wipe her make up in the mirror . i think the ghost in the house aren not entirely imagine by su mi and and be either of su yeon or the mother or both . in the final flashback and it be reveal the su yeon be wear the green dress and have the hairpin in her hair when she die . this be the green dress that they show before on the ghost sit at the dining room table while the stepmother be look under the sink . also and it the hairpin that su yeon be wear in the flashback that appear on the floor when the stepmother be look under the sink . the real stepmother and in the end and get punish by the ghost of su yeon who come for in a scene a little bit like the ring . after that and the flashback scene tie it all together in term of how both the stepmother be mainly responsible for her death and while su mi unintentionally play a supporting role . i wonder if the mother that su yeon see when she go up to her room to cry and in the flashback and be a ghost already . perhaps by that point the mother have already kill herself in the closet . that leave ambiguous . other thing that be suggest and but not clearly explain in the film be that it seem like the stepmother and at some point and be a nurse and perhaps take care of the mother and somehow may have contribute to her death too . it not clear when her relationship with the father begin and whether it cause the mother to kill herself . it also suggest that the mother have mental issue too and require a nurse . the stepmother allude to this when she tell su mi and youre beginning to take after your mother . i do not think she mean just physically . also and if we accept that the initial stepmother that we see be actually su mi and then there the suggestion of incest too and since the father sleep with her . be that why su mi freak out and shout and don not touch me each time the father reach for her in a late scene . be that the filthy thing that you have do that she allude to in a late conversation with the father . this film be interest in it capacity for different interpretation . a few of the scene and however and be kind of derivative and such a the woman in the black crawling around scene and which remind me of the herky jerky movement of kayako in the ju on or the grudge film . also and the final scene where the stepmother finally get her just dessert be reminiscent of the ring . furthermore and just the idea that some character may be ghost be take from the sixth sense or the others . overall and i enjoy it and however and and it will be interesting to see how the hollywood remake ( that already in production ) turn out . i have to be honest and i like both the ring and the grudge and so i be not one of those snooty type who insist that remake can not be good too . one remake that i be really excite about be dark water come out this summer . i haven not see the original japanese version yet and but both film be definitely on my to see list .