The fight for justice takes centre stage in HERSTORY (허스토리), a new Korean drama that is set for an Australian and New Zealand release on 26 July 2018 from CineAsia Oz.
Inspired by the ‘Gwanbu Trial’ of the early 1990s, it follows the struggles of 10 Korean ‘comfort women’ who attempted to attain visibility and an admission of responsibility from the Japanese government. The film takes place over 6 years and 23 trials as the legal battles are met with aggression and empathy on all sides of the debate.
Directed by Min Kyu-Dong (The Treacherous, Horror Stories series), it stars Kim Hee-Ae (The Vanished), Kim Hae-Sook (Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds), Ye Soo-Jung (Train to Busan, Psychokinesis), Moon Sook (Keys To The Heart), and Lee Yong-Nyeo (The Handmaiden).
Set for release in South Korea in June 2018, it will make an interesting narrative accompaniment to the documentary Twenty-Two that was released late last year, following the 22 surviving Chinese women who were forced into sex slavery during the Japanese occupation of World War II.
