Ji-woon Kim

South Korean film director known for genre-blending films that combine horror, thriller, drama and action; noted for formal control and atmospheric storytelling.

Directed The Quiet Family (1998), A Tale of Two Sisters (Two Sisters, 2003), A Bittersweet Life (2005), The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008), and I Saw the Devil (2010).

The review reads Two Sisters as a slow, atmospheric film that privileges mood and formal precision over jump scares. It praises Kim's compositional control, use of light and sound, and the film's tension even during 'dead times'. Some narrative contrivances and a naïve final explanation are noted, but the overall impression is of a skillfully crafted, dreamlike horror-thriller.

For:Fans of atmospheric horror, slow cinema, Korean and arthouse film audiences