to avenge its maker and has come alive due to being inhabited by the spirit of the woman in the red kimono; all the guests Im invited are the descendants of the doll-maker's vigilante killers. Furthermore, Tae-song's great grandfather is revealed to be the real killer of the wife of the dollmaker. Angry at being rejected by Hae-mi, Mi-na admits to murdering the other guests and kills Tae-seong before going after Hae-mi. She stops her murder attempt when she sees Hae-mi's scar, remembering the childhood incident where Hae-mi protected her. However, Im destroys Mi-na's soul before attempting to finish off Hae-mi, who kills Im in defense. The chained man, revealed to be Im's husband, escapes prison and kills the curator. He finds his dying wife, saying he regrets bringing the red kimono doll from the woods after all the trouble it caused. In the end, Hae-mi and Im's husband burn the dolls and the remaining corpses. Cast Kim Yoo-mi as Hae-mi, the sculptor Shim Hyung-tak as Tae-seong, the "model" who later reveals to be a police officer Ok Ji-young as Young-ha, the woman with the Demian doll Lee Ka-yeong as Sun-young, the ditzy high school student Im Hyung-joon as Jung-ki, the photographer Lim Eun-kyung as Mi-na, the soul of the doll Hae-mi once owned. She was later retrieved by Im Jae-won after being discarded. Chun Ho-jin as Choi Jin-wan, the museum's curator and Im's brother Kim Do-young as Im Jae-won, the museum's doll maker Jeong Yu-mi as woman in red kimono. She was the muse for the red kimono doll. Byeon Ju-yeon as young Hae-Mi Nam Myung-ryul as Im Jae-won's husband who was chained throughout the film Dolls Although the story states that the dolls are decades old, many of them featured in the film are modern ball-jointed dolls. Some of the dolls such as Mi-na and Demian are a part of the "Event" series of "The AI" dolls from a Korean doll company called Custom House. Release The Doll Master was released in South Korea on 30 July 2004. In the Philippines, the film was released by Viva Entertainment on 20 October 2004. References External links 2004 films 2000s Korean-language films 2004 horror films Films about sentient toys Films directed by Jeong Yong-ki South Korean horror films 2000s South Korean films