Herstory (film)

Herstory (Korean: 허스토리; RR: Heoseutori) is a 2018 South Korean drama film directed by Min Kyu-dong. Based on the real-life story of the trials that took place in Shimonoseki in the 1990s, the film follows a group of Busan-based women who engaged in a court case against the Japanese government to highlight the ordeals of Korean women who were forced into sexual slavery as comfort women by the Japanese military during World War II.[2][3]

Herstory
Poster
Hangul허스토리
Revised RomanizationHeoseutori
Directed byMin Kyu-dong
Produced byMin Jin-soo
Park Ja-myung
Written byJung Gyeo-woon
Min Kyu-dong
Seo Hye-rim
StarringKim Hee-ae
Kim Hae-sook
Ye Soo-jung
Moon Sook
Lee Yong-nyeo
Music byKim Jun-seong
CinematographyPark Jung-hoon
Edited byJeong Ji-eun
Production
company
Soo Film
Distributed byNext Entertainment World
Release date
  • June 27, 2018 (2018-06-27)
Running time
121 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Japanese
Box officeUS$2.2 million[1]

The film was released in theaters on June 27, 2018.[4]

Cast

  • Kim Hee-ae as Moon Jung-sook
  • Kim Hae-sook as Bae Jung-gil
  • Ye Soo-jung as Park Soon-nyeo
  • Moon Sook as Seo Gwi-soon
  • Lee Yong-nyeo as Lee Ok-joo
  • Kim Sun-young as President Shin
  • Kim Jun-han as Lee Sang-il
  • Lee Yong-lee as Yoo So-deuk
  • Jung In-gi as Choi
  • Choi Byung-mo as Soon-mo
  • Lee Seol as Hye-soo
  • Lee Ji-ha as Director
  • Kim In-woo as Presiding judge
  • Yokouchi Hiroki as Japanese prosecutor
  • Park Myung-shin as Jung Dae-hyeob
  • Lee Ji-ha as President Lee
  • Tasuku Yamanouchi as Consulate officer Abe
  • Kim Lee-woo as Lawyer Hashimoto Shinobu
  • Ri Min as Taxi driver 1
  • Son Kang-gook as Nanjing guide
  • Oh Chang-kyung as Taxi driver 2
  • Kim Hye-joon as Hye-soo's companion
  • Lee Yoo-young as Ryu Seon-yeong (cameo)
  • Han Ji-min as Teacher (cameo)
  • Song Young-chang as Busan mayor (cameo)
  • Jin Seon-kyu as Photographer (voice cameo)
  • Park Jung-ja as Mrs. Hong (special appearance)
  • Ahn Se-ha as Taxi driver 3 (special appearance)
  • Jeong Ha-dam as Rental apartment newlywed bride (special appearance)
  • Kim Yong-shin as Radio TV announcer (voice cameo)

Awards and nominations

Award ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
27th Buil Film Awards Best Actress Kim Hee-ae Won [5]
Best Supporting Actress Kim Sun-young Won
Best New Actor Kim Jun-han Nominated
55th Grand Bell Awards Best Actress Kim Hae-sook Nominated [6]
Best Supporting Actress Kim Sun-young Nominated
2nd The Seoul Awards Best Actress Kim Hee-ae Nominated [7]
6th Marie Claire Asia Star Awards Actress of the Year Won
Kim Hae-sook Won
38th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Top 11 Films Herstory Won [8]
39th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Director Min Kyu-dong Nominated [9]
Best Leading Actress Kim Hee-ae Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Kim Sun-young Nominated
18th Director's Cut Awards Special Film Awards Herstory Won
55th Baeksang Arts AwardsBest ActressKim Hee-aeNominated[10]
2nd Korea China International Film Festival Best Actress Won
24th Chunsa Film Art Awards Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Kim Sun-young Nominated
Best New Actor Kim Jun-han Nominated

References

  1. "Herstory (2018)". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
  2. "Korea's Contents Panda sells 'Herstory' to Well Go USA". Screen. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
  3. "Review: HERSTORY Foregrounds Sensational Cast in Best Comfort Women Tale Yet (by a Margin)". ScreenAnarchy. 14 August 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
  4. "HERSTORY Received Global Summons". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
  5. [23회 부산국제영화제] 부일영화상. Busan.com (in Korean). 20 September 2018.
  6. 제55회 대종상, 각 부문 후보 공개…'공작' 12개 최다부문 노미네이트. Seoul Sports (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  7. ‘제2회 더 서울어워즈’ 10월27일 개최, 드라마-영화 각 부문별 후보공개. iMBC (in Korean). September 28, 2018.
  8. [공식]이성민·한지민 '영평상' 남녀주연상…'1987' 작품상. Sports Chosun (in Korean). October 22, 2018.
  9. 청룡영화상 후보 발표, ‘1987’ 최다·‘공작’도 9개부문 후보. Newsen (in Korean). November 1, 2018.
  10. '미쓰백'부터 '버닝'까지…백상 영화부문 후보 공개 (in Korean). jTBC News. April 5, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2019.


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