The Red Shoes

Subway stairwell. Summer dusk. A child's lost shoe. A single mother discovers a stiletto, blood-red, discarded. Soon, the charm spreads through her life, a virus infecting friends and family. Korean horror cinema rarely leaves its ghosts in the past.

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Kim Yong-gyun directed The Red Shoes in 2005. See Kim Yong-gyun's full filmography, where to start with Kim Yong-gyun, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kim Yong-gyun.

The Red Shoes was released in 2005 (KO original-language production), with a runtime of 108 minutes.