The Doll Master () is a 2004 South Korean horror film directed by Jeong Yong-ki. Plot 60 years ago, a dollmaker and a woman in a red kimono (Jeong Yu-mi) fell in love in the Korean countryside with a young doll-maker, and when they begin to date he makes a doll in her likeness. Not long after they get married, the woman in the red kimono is murdered, and the blame was put on the doll-maker. He was arrested but was released by the police due to the lack of evidence but was later killed by vigilantes in the woods. Not content to be without her maker, the doll, possessed by the woman's spirit, sat by his grave for all eternity. In present day, Hae-mi (Kim Yoo-mi), a sculptor, Tae-seong (Shim Hyung-tak), a model looking for work, Young-ha (Ok Ji-young), a woman who talks to her doll like it's alive, Jung-ki (Im Hyung-joon), a photographer, and Sun-young (Lee Ka-yeong), a ditzy high school student, arrive at an isolated doll museum after receiving an invitation that dolls will be made in their image. They are greeted by siblings Choi Jin-wan (Chun Ho-jin), the museum’s curator, and Im Jae-won (Kim Do-young), the paraplegic doll-maker. Then, odd events begin to occur. Hae-mi catches sight of a mysterious young girl in a red dress who shows up repeatedly on the museum grounds. Tae-seong has an encounter with a doll that reaches out and touches him, and it is shown that the curator is keeping a man chained underground. Hae-mi talks to the girl in the red dress, learning that her real name is Mi-na (Lim Eun-kyung). Things take a nasty turn when someone destroys Young-ha's doll, and she becomes suicidal and hangs herself, causing the group to panic. Hae-mi attempts to find her red-dressed friend, but is alarmed to find a crying Mi-na with bloody hands. Mi-na suddenly asks Hae-mi why she doesn't recognize or remember her, before fleeing in tears. Inside the house, Sun-young and Jung-ki are both murdered. Hae-mi finally remembers that when she was younger, she had a doll that she loved so much that it gained a soul, resulting in Mi-na. Tae-seong reveals himself to be a police officer who had come to investigate a recent murder at the museum, and handcuffs Hae-mi in suspicion. However, Im reveals that she is possessed by the red kimono woman's doll, who wants