Snowy Road
Snowy Road

Movie·2015·2h 1m

Snowy Road

A story of 'Comfort Women' that should not be forgotten

Directed By

Lee Na-jeong

Country

South Korea

Language

Korean

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The Story

Original title: 눈길

Jong-bun, in her eighties, is one of the last surviving 'Comfort Women' victims forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese Army during World War II. Back in 1944, at the end of the Japanese occupation in Korea, Jong-bun was a poor but energetic girl while Young-ae was the smart rich clerk's daughter. One day, Jong-bun gets abducted and finds herself on a train for Manchuria. To her surprise, she also finds Young-ae on the train facing the same fate to become a comfort woman. Jong-bun and Young-ae help each other go through the living hell and as the war comes to an end, they finally escape from the comfort women camp, only to face two different paths of life. Decades later, Jong-bun helps out a teenaged girl who is disoriented in life, reminded of her own painful past.

Written By

Yu Bo-ra

Producer

Ham Yeong-hoon

Editor

Kim Young-ju

Themes

war crimescomfort womenjapanese occupation of korea

Production House

CGV Arthouse
Atnine Film
KBS

Audience Score

69%

21 votes

Skip10%
Timepass24%
Go for it38%
Perfection28%

Where to watch

Region: US

Free

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// cast

Cast

Kim Hyang-gi

Kim Hyang-gi

Young Jong-bun

Kim Sae-ron

Kim Sae-ron

Young-ae

Kim Yeong-ok

Kim Yeong-ok

Jong-bun

Cho Soo-hyang

Cho Soo-hyang

Eun-su

Seo Young-joo

Seo Young-joo

Young-ju

Jang Young-nam

Jang Young-nam

Jong-bun's Mother

Lee Seung-yeon

Lee Seung-yeon

Yun-ok

Lee Hak-ju

Lee Hak-ju

Child Soldier

Hong Seok-bin

Hong Seok-bin

Store Owner

Lee Kan-hee

Lee Kan-hee

Young-ae's Mother

Kim Sun-hoa

Kim Sun-hoa

Eun-soo's Teacher

Shin Hyun-sil

Knit Shop Ggam

// crew

Crew

Kim Young-ju

Editor

Ham Yeong-hoon

Executive Producer

Lee Na-jeong

Lee Na-jeong

Director

Yu Bo-ra

Writer

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