# Herstory (film)

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

## Premise

The film depicts the story of grandmothers who bravely stood against the Japanese judiciary, traveling between Shimonoseki and Busan over six years (1992–1998), facing 23 trials with a team of 10 plaintiffs and 13 lawyers, along with those who fought alongside them.

## Cast

* Kim Hee-ae as Moon Jung-sook
* Kim Hae-sook as Bae Jung-gil
* Ye Soo-jung 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 as Lee Sang-il
* Lee Yong-lee as Yoo So-deuk
* Jung In-gi as Choi
* Choi Byung-mo as Soon-mo
* Lee Seol as Hye-soo
* Lee Ji-ha 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 as Ryu Seon-yeong
* Han Ji-min as Teacher
* Song Young-chang as Busan mayor
* Jin Seon-kyu as Photographer
* Park Jung-ja as Mrs. Hong
* Ahn Se-ha as Taxi driver 3
* Jeong Ha-dam as Rental apartment newlywed bride
* Kim Yong-shin as Radio TV announcer

## Awards and nominations

| Award ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
| 27th Buil Film Awards | Best Actress | Kim Hee-ae | Won |
| 27th Buil Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Kim Sun-young | Won |
| 27th Buil Film Awards | Best New Actor | Kim Jun-han | Nominated |
| 55th Grand Bell Awards | Best Actress | Kim Hae-sook | Nominated |
| 55th Grand Bell Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Kim Sun-young | Nominated |
| 2nd The Seoul Awards | Best Actress | Kim Hee-ae | Nominated |
| 6th Marie Claire Asia Star Awards | Actress of the Year | Kim Hee-ae | Won |
| 6th Marie Claire Asia Star Awards | Actress of the Year | Kim Hae-sook | Won |
| 38th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards | Top 11 Films | Herstory | Won |
| 39th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Director | Min Kyu-dong | Nominated |
| 39th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Leading Actress | Kim Hee-ae | Nominated |
| 39th Blue Dragon Film Awards | 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 |
| 2nd Korea China International Film Festival | Best Actress | Kim Hee-ae | Won |
| 2nd Korea China International Film Festival | Best Supporting Actor | Kim Jun-han | Won |
| 24th Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Actress | Kim Hee-ae | Nominated |
| 24th Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Kim Sun-young | Nominated |
| 24th Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best New Actor | Kim Jun-han | Nominated |