Character Relationships in Cinderella

Hyeon-su (played by Shin Sae-kyeong) is a protagonist in Cinderella. The protagonist and daughter of plastic surgeon Yoon-hee. She survives a childhood car fire that severely burns her face. After receiving reconstructive surgery, she becomes increasingly distressed by supernatural events and discovers the dark truth about the Faceless Girl hidden in her mother's basement. Ultimately, she lies on the operating table as a victim of her mother's past sins. Jae-hui (played by Ahn Ah-yung) appears in Cinderella. One of Hyeon-su's friends who attends the plastic surgery clinic. She instantly dislikes Sung-eon for being tomboyish and unoperated on. Later, she becomes possessed alongside Hye-won, violently attacking each other with scalpels in art class while chanting about making faces pretty. Yoon-hee (played by Do Ji-won) appears in Cinderella. A successful plastic surgeon and Hyeon-su's mother. Responsible for a car accident that burned Hyeon-su's face, she secretly replaces an orphaned girl's burned face with Hyeon-su's, hiding the faceless girl in the basement. She eventually confronts her past, repents, and takes the orphan's spirit to the afterlife. Sung-eon (played by Gyu-ryun Ahn) appears in Cinderella. A tomboyish friend of the group who has never undergone plastic surgery. She lacks childhood photos and later identifies a resemblance between herself and a missing girl poster. After witnessing the Faceless Girl's true form, she faints from shock and is subsequently drugged by her mother. Hye-won (played by Jeon So-min) appears in Cinderella. Another friend in the group who decides to get eye surgery from Yoon-hee. Like the others, she later becomes possessed alongside Jae-hui, engaging in a self-harming ritual in art class while screaming about making faces pretty. Su-kyoung (played by Yoo Da-in) appears in Cinderella. A friend who undergoes plastic surgery from Yoon-hee. She begins experiencing terrifying hallucinations of a ghost girl and sees her face shredded in mirrors. Plagued by guilt and fear, she isolates herself and is eventually found dead with half her face cut off. Hyeon-su's Father (played by Cho Seong-ha) appears in Cinderella. Hyeon-su's biological father and Yoon-hee's ex-husband. He argues with Yoon-hee over custody, revealing she raised an orphan instead of the real Hyeon-su. He provides Hyeon-su with a childhood photograph that helps her uncover the truth about the surgery and the basement.

Character Relationship Map: Cinderella

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Cinderella (2006) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.

Characters

Key Relationships

Story Analysis

A plastic surgeon's guilt over a car accident leads to a forbidden face swap, unleashing a vengeful ghost and a cycle of supernatural mutilation.

Plot Progression

  1. The Surgery & The Sculpture
  2. The Birthday & The Ghost
  3. The Basement & The Truth
  4. The Face Swap & The Afterlife

Directed by Bong Man-dae

Cinderella (2006) · 6.1/10 · horror, mystery, thriller