Wishing Stairs
2003 · 100 min · Director: Jae-yeon Yun, Yun Jae-yeon
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
In a Korean boarding school, there is a legend about its twenty-eight steps stairway: when the twentieth-ninth step appears, the fox will grant a wish to the climber. The lesbian ballet student Kim So-hee is in deep love with her passive girlfriend and also ballet student Yoon Jin-sung. When there is a competition for a single spot in a famous ballet school in Russia, the envious Jin-sung finds the twentieth-ninth step and asks to beat the favorite So-hee. However, there is a price to pay for the wish unknown to Jin-sung and the consequence is the accidental death of So-hee. Meanwhile, the fat student Eon Hae-ju, who is despised and tormented by her classmate Han Yoon-ji, misses So-hee. When she also finds the mysterious step, she wishes the return of So-hee with tragic consequences.
Emotional fingerprint
Wishing Stairs (2003) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 30%, Tension 25%, Envy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Fear30%
- Tension25%
- Envy20%
- Sadness15%
- Disturbing10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Tension, Envy. Genres: Drama, Horror. AI estimate.
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Emotional journey
- Tension
- Disturbing
- Sadness
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Sympathy
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Fear
Dominant emotion: Disturbing
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Tension | Disturbing | Sadness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Tension | 34 % | 17 % | 9 % | 7 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 8′ | Sympathy | 38 % | 18 % | 12 % | 13 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 13′ | Sympathy | 37 % | 20 % | 11 % | 13 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 18′ | Sympathy | 37 % | 28 % | 12 % | 13 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 23′ | Tension | 42 % | 38 % | 18 % | 15 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 28′ | Tension | 51 % | 48 % | 25 % | 25 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 33′ | Sadness | 66 % | 57 % | 31 % | 51 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 38′ | Sadness | 74 % | 57 % | 42 % | 70 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 43′ | Sadness | 76 % | 53 % | 52 % | 70 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 48′ | Sympathy | 71 % | 48 % | 51 % | 62 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 53′ | Sadness | 68 % | 49 % | 51 % | 49 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 58′ | Tension | 69 % | 60 % | 53 % | 32 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 63′ | Fear | 70 % | 67 % | 55 % | 28 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 68′ | Disturbing | 69 % | 65 % | 59 % | 30 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 73′ | Tension | 68 % | 65 % | 59 % | 27 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 78′ | Tension | 79 % | 77 % | 70 % | 35 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 83′ | Disturbing | 89 % | 87 % | 83 % | 45 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 88′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 93′ | Sadness | 80 % | 69 % | 60 % | 65 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 98′ | Disturbing | 76 % | 67 % | 65 % | 53 % |
Riches to rags
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
So-hee
Yoon-ji
Young-sun
Kyung-jin
Young
Ji-hye
Dance Class Junior
Sculpture Club Member
Jin-sung's Ballet Dance Double
Younger Dance Group Member
Radio DJ
Gym Teacher
Sculpture Club Member
Details
- Directed by
- Jae-yeon Yun, Yun Jae-yeon
- Written by
- Soo-ah Kim, Shin-ae Lee, Soyoung Lee, Lee Shin-ae, Lee Yong-yeon, Kim Soo-ah, Lee So-yeong
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2003
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Country
- South Korea
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Fear
- Data updated
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