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Snowy Road 2015 Directed by Lee Na-jeong 눈길

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

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.

Production Country South Korea
Language Korean
Spoken Language Korean
Gnere Drama
Production Companies KBS , CGV Arthouse , Atnine Film
Release Date 1 March 2015
121 mins
Cast
Kim Hyang-gi Young Jong-bun
Kim Sae-ron Young-ae
Kim Yeong-ok Jong-bun
Seo Young-joo Young-ju
Jang Young-nam Jong-bun's Mother
Lee Hak-ju Child Soldier
Hong Seok-bin Store Owner
Lee Kan-hee Young-ae's Mother
Kim Sun-hoa Eun-soo's Teacher
Shin Hyun-sil Knit Shop Ggam
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