Sleep — Characters & Cast

To protect his wife and child, cure his sleep condition, and preserve his family unit.

Begins as a gentle, struggling actor and supportive husband, becomes deeply remorseful over his uncontrollable nocturnal violence, and ultimately must make an agonizing choice during the climax.

Uncompromising maternal and spousal protection.

Transitions from an organized, loving expectant mother into an intensely sleep-deprived, paranoid protector who embraces esoteric shamanism and drastic violence to safeguard her child.

Relieving her daughter's mounting distress.

Introduces religious and superstitious interpretations to the household when modern medicine produces sluggish results, bringing a shaman into the apartment.

Identifying and purging spiritual pollution.

A modern, smartly dressed shaman who inspects the home and declares that the ghost of a deceased male neighbor has attached itself to Hyun-su, providing the metaphysical catalyst for Soo-jin's spiral.