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Why did Sun-Ae hate Kyungh-Ah ? (spoilers maybe)

posted 20 years ago by lordemm
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Just watched this excellent little ghost/slasher movie. The story however left a few holes (maybe the translation was not always 100% accurate ?). Sun-Ae says as an explanation for her hatred of Eun-Ju (Kyungh-Ah), that she simply didn't like her. That seems a bit thin, and throughout the flashbacks we see that Sun-Ae usually acts hostile whenever Kyungh-Ah gets together with Hye-Jin.

At the exposition we kinda find out that Kyungh-Ah has feelings for Hye-Jin (which was alluded to in the flashbacks as well), so maybe Sun-Ae was jealous of her affections ? But then, one flashback said that Sun-Ae was in love with the baseball player. That still works though, as the baseball player falls for Eun-Ju as well. So maybe two of Sun-Ae's "love" ineterests are captured by a rival ? Makes sense ?

What are your thoughts ?

[–] 20 years ago

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[–] sendmethepillow 19 years ago

Sun-Ae hated kyun-ah because:

- she thought she was creepy
- kyung-ah kissed the man sun-ae liked
- she knew who 'eun-ju' really was

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[–] 19 years ago

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[–] smerchant5581 16 years ago

I think the original poster is going back to the scenes where they were children also. Sun-ae seemed to be hostile towards Kyung-ah even as a child. Although she did give her reasoning back then as creepy (rewatch the scene near the beginning where Sun-ae tells Hye-jin not to play with anything of Kyung-ah's)

[–] himani-1 16 years ago

I think Sun-ae bought into all the superstition of the villagers, especially after seeing the bus accident and the death of the father. She mentioned how her "unlucky charm" was Kyungh-ah and that bad things happen to the people who know her.