''Herstory'' () is a 2018 South Korean

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Min Kyu-dong Min Kyu-dong (born September 12, 1970) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter and film producer, producer. He made his feature directorial debut in horror film ''Memento Mori (film), Memento Mori'' (1999), followed by romantic comedy, roma ...

. Based on the real-life story of the trials that took place in

Shimonoseki is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. With a population of 265,684, it is the largest city in Yamaguchi Prefecture and the fifth-largest city in the Chūgoku region. It is located at the southwestern tip of Honshu facing the Tsushim ...

in the 1990s, the film follows a group of

Busan Busan (), officially known as is South Korea's most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, w ...

-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 Sexual slavery and sexual exploitation is an attachment of any ownership rights, right over one or more people with the intent of Coercion, coercing or otherwise forcing them to engage in Human sexual activity, sexual activities. This include ...

comfort women Comfort women or comfort girls were women and girls forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army in occupied countries and territories before and during World War II. The term "comfort women" is a translation of the Japanese '' ia ...

by the Japanese military during

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. The film was released in theaters on June 27, 2018.

Cast

Kim Hee-ae Kim Hee-ae (born April 23, 1967) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading roles in Korean dramas such as ''Sons and Daughters'' (1992), ''Perfect Love'' (2003), ''My Husband's Woman'' (2007), ''How Long I've Kissed'' (2012), ...

as Moon Jung-sook *

Kim Hae-sook Kim Hae-sook (; born December 30, 1955) is a South Korean actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in ...

as Bae Jung-gil *

Ye Soo-jung Ye Soo-jung is a South Korean actress. She is known for her roles in dramas such as ''Mine'', ''The King of Tears, Lee Bang-won'', ''One the Woman'', '' Link: Eat, Love, Kill'', ''Do You Like Brahms?'' and ''Becoming Witch''. She also appeared i ...

as Park Soon-nyeo * Moon Sook as Seo Gwi-soon *Lee Yong-nyeo as Lee Ok-joo * Kim Sun-young as President Shin *

Kim Jun-han Kim Jun-han (born March 29, 1983) is a South Korean actor, film director and screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing sc ...

as Lee Sang-il *Lee Yong-lee as Yoo So-deuk *

Jung In-gi Jung In-gi (born September 12, 1966) is a South Korean actor. Jung made his acting debut in 1990, and has remained active in mainstream and independent film as well as television, notably in ''Jury'' (2013), '' The Five'' (2013) and ''Gap-dong ...

as Choi *

Choi Byung-mo Choi Byung-mo (born January 14, 1972) is a South Korean actor. Personal life On June 19, 2017, Choi got married with popera singer Kiriel Lee Gyu-in (birth name Lee Gyu-in) after one year and a half of dating, the wedding ceremony was held at a ...

as Soon-mo * Lee Seol as Hye-soo *

Lee Ji-ha Lee Ji-ha (; born October 7, 1970) is a South Korean actress and model. She is known for her roles in dramas such as '' The Smile Has Left Your Eyes'', '' My Unfamiliar Family,'' '' Sweet Home'' and ''Squid Game,'' the latter gaining her intern ...

as Director *Kim In-woo as Presiding judge *Yokouchi Hiroki as Japanese prosecutor *Park Myung-shin as Jung Dae-hyeob *Lee Ji-ha as President Lee *Tasuku Yamanouchi as Consulate officer Abe *Kim Lee-woo as Lawyer Hashimoto Shinobu *Ri Min as Taxi driver 1 *Son Kang-gook as Nanjing guide *Oh Chang-kyung as Taxi driver 2 *Kim Hye-joon as Hye-soo's companion *

Lee Yoo-young Lee Yoo-young (; born December 8, 1989) is a South Korean actress. She debuted in the film ''Late Spring is a 1949 Japanese drama film directed by Yasujirō Ozu and written by Ozu and Kogo Noda, based on the short novel ''Father and Daugh ...

as Ryu Seon-yeong (cameo) * Han Ji-min as Teacher (cameo) *Song Young-chang as Busan mayor (cameo) *

Jin Seon-kyu Jin Seon-kyu (born September 13, 1977) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles on the big screen, such as '' The Outlaws'' (2017) and ''Extreme Job'' (2019). He won Best Supporting Actor award at the 38th Blue Dragon Film Awards ...

as Photographer (voice cameo) *Park Jung-ja as Mrs. Hong (special appearance) *

Ahn Se-ha Ahn Se-ha (born Ahn Jae-wook on January 29, 1986) is a South Korean actor. Personal life On April 6, 2017, JUST Entertainment revealed that Ahn was set to marry his girlfriend of over a year. The prospective bride is his fellow college and an ...

as Taxi driver 3 (special appearance) *

Jeong Ha-dam Jeong Ha-dam (born February 28, 1994) is a South Korean actress. Jeong debuted with a lead role in ''Wild Flowers'' (2015). Her second lead role was in '' Steel Flower'' (2016), in which she was praised for her outstanding performance by Variety ...

as Rental apartment newlywed bride (special appearance) *Kim Yong-shin as Radio TV announcer (voice cameo)

Awards and nominations

References

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* * 2018 films 2018 drama films 2010s Japanese-language films 2010s Korean-language films Drama films based on actual events Films about comfort women Films directed by Min Kyu-dong Next Entertainment World films South Korean drama films South Korean films based on actual events World War II war crimes trials films 2010s South Korean films 2018 multilingual films South Korean multilingual films {{SouthKorea-film-stub