Snowy Road
2017 South Korean film by Lee Na-jeong
Snowy Road (Korean: 눈길) is a 2015 South Korean historical drama film directed by Lee Na-jeong
which narrates the story of two teenage girls' fate as comfort women during the Japanese occupation of Korea. It originally aired on KBS1 in 2015 as a two-part television special, and then was re-edited for theatrical screening. The theatrical cut was first showcased at the 16th Jeonju International Film Festival.
The film was theatrically released on March 1, 2017, also known as the Independence Movement Day in South Korea, which commemorates the 1919 March First Movement.
Plot
In 1944, during the final years of the Japanese occupation, two girls are born in the same village but destined for completely different fates. Jong-boon, poor yet full of spirit, and Young-ae, the youngest daughter of a wealthy family who excels in her studies. Jong-boon admires the intelligent and beautiful Young-ae and envies her when she is sent away to Japan. Wishing for a better life, Jong-boon begs her mother to send her to Japan as well.
One day, while her mother is away, Jong-boon is left alone at home with her younger brother. Suddenly, Japanese soldiers storm into their house, forcibly dragging her away onto a train bound for an unknown destination.
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