The Red Shoes
2005 · 108 min · Director: Yong-gyun Kim, Kim Yong-gyun
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After finding that her husband is unfaithful and cheats her with a lover, Sun-jae moves to a decadent cheap apartment at Goksung Station with her daughter Han Tae-soo. While traveling home in the subway, Sun-jae finds a pair of red shoes and brings them home. Tae-soo becomes fascinated by the shoes, which brings greed and jealousy to whoever sees them, while Sun-jae has visions and nightmares with ghosts and blood. When her friend Kim-mi Hee steals the shoes, she has an accident and dies. Meanwhile, the architect decorator Cho-in Choi that is dating Sun-jae, researches and discloses that the mystery is related to a picture of 1944. His further investigation unravels the tragic fate of the original owner of the shoes.
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The Red Shoes (2005) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 35%, Disturbing 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Fear35%
- Disturbing25%
- Tension20%
- Sadness10%
- Surprise10%
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The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Disturbing, Tension. Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Horror. AI estimate.
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Emotional journey
- Tension
- Curiosity
- Disturbing
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Curiosity
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Disturbing
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Tension | Curiosity | Disturbing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Curiosity | 40 % | 37 % | 30 % | 10 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 8′ | Tension | 38 % | 34 % | 25 % | 11 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 14′ | Sadness | 33 % | 23 % | 20 % | 10 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 19′ | Sadness | 30 % | 16 % | 15 % | 6 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 24′ | Tension | 32 % | 21 % | 16 % | 8 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 30′ | Sadness | 43 % | 34 % | 25 % | 15 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 35′ | Tension | 50 % | 44 % | 35 % | 21 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 41′ | Curiosity | 46 % | 41 % | 39 % | 23 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 46′ | Tension | 49 % | 45 % | 41 % | 34 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 51′ | Curiosity | 60 % | 57 % | 50 % | 48 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 57′ | Tension | 66 % | 65 % | 56 % | 46 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 62′ | Tension | 69 % | 68 % | 64 % | 44 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 68′ | Curiosity | 71 % | 69 % | 70 % | 45 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 73′ | Tension | 71 % | 70 % | 69 % | 44 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 78′ | Curiosity | 69 % | 69 % | 69 % | 45 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 84′ | Curiosity | 73 % | 73 % | 69 % | 57 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 89′ | Tension | 83 % | 83 % | 66 % | 74 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 95′ | Tension | 84 % | 81 % | 65 % | 78 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 100′ | Disturbing | 77 % | 70 % | 65 % | 73 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 105′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
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
In-cheol
Tae-su
Keiko
Jung-a
Realty Dealer
Jeong Ha-seob
Keiko's Father
Student
Details
- Directed by
- Yong-gyun Kim, Kim Yong-gyun
- Written by
- Hans Christian Andersen, Yong-gyun Kim, Ma Sang-Ryeol, Kim Yong-gyun
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2005
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Country
- South Korea
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Fear
- Data updated
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