Snowy Road

Mar 1, 2015

2h 1m

★ 6.9

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

CGV Arthouse

Atnine Film

KBS

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Cast

Young Jong-bun

Kim Hyang-gi

Young-ae

Kim Sae-ron

Jong-bun

Kim Yeong-ok

Eun-su

Cho Soo-hyang

Young-ju

Seo Young-joo

Jong-bun's Mother

Jang Young-nam

Yun-ok

Lee Seung-yeon

Child Soldier

Lee Hak-ju

Store Owner

Hong Seok-bin

Young-ae's Mother

Lee Kan-hee

Eun-soo's Teacher

Kim Sun-hoa

Knit Shop Ggam

Shin Hyun-sil

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