Herstory | |||||
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Director: | Min Kyu-dong | ||||
Producer: | Min Jin-soo Park Ja-myung | ||||
Starring: | Kim Hee-ae Kim Hae-sook Ye Soo-jung Moon Sook Lee Yong-nyeo | ||||
Music: | Kim Jun-seong | ||||
Cinematography: | Park Jung-hoon | ||||
Editing: | Jeong Ji-eun | ||||
Studio: | Soo Film | ||||
Distributor: | Next Entertainment World | ||||
Runtime: | 121 minutes | ||||
Country: | South Korea | ||||
Language: | Korean Japanese | ||||
Gross: | [1] |
Herstory 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 womenwho were forced into sexual slavery as comfort women by the Japanese military during World War II.[2] [3]
The film was released in theaters on June 27, 2018.[4]
Award ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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27th Buil Film Awards | Best Actress | Kim Hee-ae | [5] | |
Best Supporting Actress | Kim Sun-young | |||
Best New Actor | Kim Jun-han | |||
55th Grand Bell Awards | Best Actress | Kim Hae-sook | [6] | |
Best Supporting Actress | ||||
2nd The Seoul Awards | Best Actress | [7] | ||
6th Marie Claire Asia Star Awards | Actress of the Year | |||
Kim Hae-sook | ||||
38th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards | Top 11 Films | Herstory | [8] | |
39th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Director | Min Kyu-dong | [9] | |
Best Leading Actress | Kim Hee-ae | |||
Best Supporting Actress | Kim Sun-young | |||
18th Director's Cut Awards | Special Film Awards | Herstory | ||
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2nd Korea China International Film Festival | Best Actress | |||
Best Supporting Actor | Kim Jun-han | |||
24th Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Actress | Kim Hee-ae | ||
Best Supporting Actress | Kim Sun-young | |||
Best New Actor | Kim Jun-han |