Herstory (film)

This article is about the 2018 Korean film. For the 1920 British film, see Her Story (1920 film). For the 2024 Chinese film, see Her Story (2024 film).

Herstory
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Hangul	허스토리
Revised Romanization	Heoseutori
Directed by	Min Kyu-dong
Written by	Jung Gyeo-woon Min Kyu-dong Seo Hye-rim
Produced by	Min Jin-soo Park Ja-myung
Starring	Kim Hee-ae Kim Hae-sook Ye Soo-jung Moon Sook Lee Yong-nyeo
Cinematography	Park Jung-hoon
Edited by	Jeong Ji-eun
Music by	Kim Jun-seong
Production company	Soo Film
Distributed by	Next Entertainment World
Release date	June 27, 2018 (2018-06-27)
Running time	121 minutes
Country	South Korea
Languages	Korean Japanese
Box office	US$2.2 million[1]

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]

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 Awards	Best Actress	Kim Hee-ae	Nominated	[10]
2nd Korea China International Film Festival	Best Actress		Won
	Best Supporting Actor	Kim Jun-han	Won
24th Chunsa Film Art Awards	Best Actress	Kim Hee-ae	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 Ilbo (in Korean). 20 September 2018.
6. 제55회 대종상, 각 부문 후보 공개…'공작' 12개 최다부문 노미네이트. Seoul Sports (in Korean). 21 September 2018. 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.

External links

• Herstory at HanCinema
• Herstory at IMDb