
Herstory
Inspired by the ‘Gwanbu Trial’ during the 1990s, HERSTORY (허스토리) follows the struggles of a group of Korean ‘comfort women’ who attempted to attain visibility and an admission of responsibility from the Japanese government. Based on this emotionally fraught story, Min Kyu-Dong’s (The Treacherous, Horror Stories series) film takes place over 6 years, chronicling the 23 trials as the legal battles and fierce debate that surrounded this issue.
‘Comfort women’ is of course the euphemism used for the women forced into sex slavery in the Japanese occupied territories during the Second World War. Last year’s documentary Twenty-Two dealt with the surviving Chinese women who have had to live with this legacy. Min’s fictionalised account of the Korean group action is no less emotionally charged, albeit sometimes deliberately so.
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Genre: Drama
Director: Kyu-dong Min
Actors: Kim Hae-sook, Kim Hee-ae, Kim Jun-han, Kim Sun-young, Lee Yong-nyeo, Mun Suk, Ye Soo-jung
Country: South Korea
