2021/04/16 The original Chinese Legend of the White Snake has been adapted in numerous kinds of formats, from operas to stage plays, to movies and television. At the turn of the decade, Shin Sang-ok decided to try his hand on the original, in a film that is rather different from his previous works, which were mostly focused on realism. A thousand-year-old white snake has transformed itself into a human named Baek Nang-ja. While taking a ride on the boat with her friend, Cheong-ah, who is also a blue snake that has transformed in a human, they stumble upon a young pharmacist named Heo-seon. The attraction between him and Nang-ja is immediate, and Cheong-ah, who seems to know that the purpose of her friend is to find love, pushes the two to come together as hard as she can. A sudden rain provides an opportunity for Heo-seon to loan his umbrella to them and visit them again to get it back, although upon his visit, the first signals that something is wrong, appear, since no one in the area seems to have heard about the two women before. A bit later, Heo-seon is accused for theft, in a series of unfortunate events that end up with him imprisoned and accusing the two women for framing him.