Herstory (2018)
- Original title
- 허스토리
- Directed by
- Min Kyu-dong
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- South Korea
- Runtime
- 2h 01m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 8.7 of 10 from 17 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A group of women in Busan take the Japanese government to court over the sexual slavery of Korean comfort women during World War II. The film follows their legal fight and personal struggles to seek justice.
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What happens
Herstory (Korean: 허스토리; RR: Heoseutori) is a 2018 South Korean drama film directed by Min Kyu-dong. It stars Kim Hee-ae and Kim Hae-sook, alongside Ye Soo-jung, Moon Sook, Lee Yong-nyeo, Kim Sun-young, Kim Jun-han, and Lee Yoo-young. 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. It was released in theaters in South Korea on June 27, 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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