Princess Aurora (film)

Princess Aurora is a 2005 South Korean crime thriller film starring Uhm Jung-hwa and Moon Sung-keun. This film about a mother over grieving the death of her child, who goes on a murderous revenge spree. It was the directorial and writing debut of actress-director Bang Eun-jin.

Plot
A strange series of murders begin to take place in Korea. There seems to be no connection between the victims, only a small sticker depicting a character from the popular "Princess Aurora" cartoon series is found at every crime scene.

Detective Oh Sung-ho (Moon Sung-keun), who is studying to become a priest, and his partner (Kwon Oh-joong) are working on the serial murder case, with little progress. Sung-ho begins to suspect that his ex-wife Jung Soon-jung (Uhm Jung-hwa) might be behind the murders. Uncertain of his suspicions, Sung-ho withholds information, and instead of confirming Soon-jung's guilt or innocence, gets caught up emotionally and spends a romantic night with her. The killings continue, with Soon-jung out to punish everyone whom she believes played a role in her young child's death. Soon-jung eventually allows herself to be captured, in order to complete the final act of her revenge.

Cast

 * Uhm Jung-hwa - Jung Soon-jung
 * Moon Sung-keun - Oh Sung-ho
 * Kwon Oh-joong - Detective Jung
 * Choi Jong-won - chief of detective squad
 * Hyun Young - Choi Shin-ok
 * Kim Yong-gun - Na Jae-keun
 * Kim Ik-tae - Park Dal-soo, taxi driver
 * Park Hyo-jun - Jang Myung-gil
 * Jang Hyun-sung - Kim Woo-tae
 * Park Seong-bin - Hong Ki-bum
 * Lee Ji-soo
 * Choi Ye-jin
 * Lee Dae-yeon - chief detective
 * Park Kwang-jung - coroner
 * Jung Eun-pyo
 * Kim Yeon-jae
 * Yoo Hye-jung
 * Jung Man-sik - Detective Choi
 * Kim Seon-hwa - Jang Myung-gil's mother
 * Park Byung-eun - Porsche customer 2
 * Park Hyuk-kwon - squad captain
 * Lee Jung-yong - Detective Baek
 * Lee Seol-hee - department store parking attendant
 * Jung Sung-hwa

Reception
Though it was released with far less fanfare, its violent theme earned it comparison to Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, released the same year.

Awards and nominations

 * 2005 Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
 * Best New Director - Bang Eun-jin


 * 2005 Women in Film Korea Awards
 * Woman Filmmaker of the Year - Bang Eun-jin


 * 2006 Baeksang Arts Awards
 * Nomination - Best Actress - Uhm Jung-hwa
 * Nomination - Best New Director - Bang Eun-jin


 * 2006 Golden Cinematography Awards
 * Best New Director - Bang Eun-jin


 * 2006 Busan Film Critics Awards
 * Best Actress - Uhm Jung-hwa


 * 2006 Korean Film Awards
 * Nomination - Best New Director - Bang Eun-jin