Herstory (film)

Herstory
Poster
Hangul
허스토리
Revised RomanizationHeoseutori
Directed byMin Kyu-dong
Written byJung Gyeo-woon
Min Kyu-dong
Seo Hye-rim
Produced byMin Jin-soo
Park Ja-myung
StarringKim Hee-ae
Kim Hae-sook
Ye Soo-jung
Moon Sook
Lee Yong-nyeo
CinematographyPark Jung-hoon
Edited byJeong Ji-eun
Music byKim Jun-seong
Production
company
Soo Film
Distributed byNext Entertainment World
Release date
  • June 27, 2018 (2018-06-27)
Running time
121 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguagesKorean
Japanese
Box officeUS$2.2 million[1]

Herstory (Korean허스토리; RRHeoseutori) 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]

  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.