Snowy Road (2017)

Original title

눈길

Directed by

Lee Na-jeong

Cast

Kim Hyang Gi, Kim Young Ok, Kim Sae Ron, Jo Soo Hyang, Lee Seung Yun, Lee Joo Woo, Kim Mi Hyang, Seo Young Joo

Genre

drama film, historical film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

2h 01m

Rated

15

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two teenage girls are taken from their homes and forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese army during the occupation of Korea. The film follows their struggle to survive and hold onto their humanity.

heavysadsomberfactualrawslowsoberingintimate

What happens

Snowy Road (Korean: 눈길) is a 2015 South Korean historical drama film directed by Lee Na-jeong which narrates the story of two teenage girls' fate as comfort women during the Japanese occupation of Korea. It originally aired on KBS1 in 2015 as a two-part television special, and then was re-edited for theatrical screening. The theatrical cut was first showcased at the 16th Jeonju International Film Festival. The film was theatrically released on March 1, 2017, also known as the Independence Movement Day in South Korea, which commemorates the 1919 March First Movement. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• Spirits’ Homecoming, Unfinished Story (2017)
• Spirits’ Homecoming (2016)
• 1987: When the Day Comes (2017)
• Battleship Island (2017)
• The Fortress (2017)
• The Last Comfort Women (2015)
• Herstory (2018)
• A Taxi Driver (2017)