Snowy Road

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.

Cast

Kim Hyang-gi

as Young Jong-bun

Kim Sae-ron

as Young-ae

Kim Yeong-ok

as Jong-bun

Cho Soo-hyang

as Eun-su

Seo Young-joo

as Young-ju

Jang Young-nam

as Jong-bun's Mother

Lee Seung-yeon

as Yun-ok

Lee Hak-ju

as Child Soldier

Hong Seok-bin

as Store Owner

Lee Kan-hee

as Young-ae's Mother

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