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Hangul | 허스토리 |
Revised Romanization | Heoseutori |
Directed by | Min Kyu-dong |
Written by | Jung Gyeo-woon Min Kyu-dong Seo Hye-rim |
Produced by | Min Jin-soo Park Ja-myung |
Starring |
Kim Hee-ae Kim Hae-sook Ye Soo-jung Moon Sook Lee Yong-nyeo |
Cinematography | Park Jung-hoon |
Edited by | Jeong Ji-eun |
Music by | Kim Jun-seong |
Production company | Soo Film |
Distributed by | Next Entertainment World |
Release date |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Languages | Korean Japanese |
Box office | US$2.2 million [1] |
Herstory ( Korean: 허스토리; RR: Heoseutori) 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]
Award ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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27th Buil Film Awards | Best Actress | Kim Hee-ae | Won | [5] |
Best Supporting Actress | Kim Sun-young | Won | ||
Best New Actor | Kim Jun-han | Nominated | ||
55th Grand Bell Awards | Best Actress | Kim Hae-sook | Nominated | [6] |
Best Supporting Actress | Kim Sun-young | Nominated | ||
2nd The Seoul Awards | Best Actress | Kim Hee-ae | Nominated | [7] |
6th Marie Claire Asia Star Awards | Actress of the Year | Won | ||
Kim Hae-sook | Won | |||
38th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards | Top 11 Films | Herstory | Won | [8] |
39th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Director | Min Kyu-dong | Nominated | [9] |
Best Leading Actress | Kim Hee-ae | Nominated | ||
Best Supporting Actress | Kim Sun-young | Nominated | ||
18th Director's Cut Awards | Special Film Awards | Herstory | Won | |
55th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Actress | Kim Hee-ae | Nominated | [10] |
2nd Korea China International Film Festival | Best Actress | Won | ||
Best Supporting Actor | Kim Jun-han | Won | ||
24th Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Actress | Kim Hee-ae | Nominated | |
Best Supporting Actress | Kim Sun-young | Nominated | ||
Best New Actor | Kim Jun-han | Nominated |
Herstory | |
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Hangul | 허스토리 |
Revised Romanization | Heoseutori |
Directed by | Min Kyu-dong |
Written by | Jung Gyeo-woon Min Kyu-dong Seo Hye-rim |
Produced by | Min Jin-soo Park Ja-myung |
Starring |
Kim Hee-ae Kim Hae-sook Ye Soo-jung Moon Sook Lee Yong-nyeo |
Cinematography | Park Jung-hoon |
Edited by | Jeong Ji-eun |
Music by | Kim Jun-seong |
Production company | Soo Film |
Distributed by | Next Entertainment World |
Release date |
|
Running time | 121 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Languages | Korean Japanese |
Box office | US$2.2 million [1] |
Herstory ( Korean: 허스토리; RR: Heoseutori) 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]
Award ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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27th Buil Film Awards | Best Actress | Kim Hee-ae | Won | [5] |
Best Supporting Actress | Kim Sun-young | Won | ||
Best New Actor | Kim Jun-han | Nominated | ||
55th Grand Bell Awards | Best Actress | Kim Hae-sook | Nominated | [6] |
Best Supporting Actress | Kim Sun-young | Nominated | ||
2nd The Seoul Awards | Best Actress | Kim Hee-ae | Nominated | [7] |
6th Marie Claire Asia Star Awards | Actress of the Year | Won | ||
Kim Hae-sook | Won | |||
38th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards | Top 11 Films | Herstory | Won | [8] |
39th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Director | Min Kyu-dong | Nominated | [9] |
Best Leading Actress | Kim Hee-ae | Nominated | ||
Best Supporting Actress | Kim Sun-young | Nominated | ||
18th Director's Cut Awards | Special Film Awards | Herstory | Won | |
55th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Actress | Kim Hee-ae | Nominated | [10] |
2nd Korea China International Film Festival | Best Actress | Won | ||
Best Supporting Actor | Kim Jun-han | Won | ||
24th Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Actress | Kim Hee-ae | Nominated | |
Best Supporting Actress | Kim Sun-young | Nominated | ||
Best New Actor | Kim Jun-han | Nominated |