Snowy Road

Snowy Road
Theatrical poster
Hangul
눈길
Revised RomanizationNungil
Directed byLee Na-jeong
Written byYoo Bo-ra
Produced byHam Yeong-hun
StarringKim Hyang-gi
Kim Sae-ron
CinematographyPark Sung
Edited byKim Young-ju
Music byNam Hye-seung
Production
companies
KBS
at9 Films
Distributed byCGV Arthouse
Release dates
  • May 2015 (2015-05) (JIFF)
  • March 1, 2017 (2017-03-01)
Running time
122 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguagesKorean
Japanese
Box officeUS$866,692[1]

Snowy Road (Korean: 눈길; RR: Nungil) 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.[2][3]

The film was theatrically released on March 1, 2017, also known as the Independence Movement Day in South Korea, which commemorates the 1919 March 1st Movement.[4]

Cast

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipients Result
2015
 KBS Drama Awards[5] Best Young Actress
Kim Hyang-gi
 Won
24th Golden Rooster & Hundred Flowers Film Festival [6] Best Foreign Film
Snowy Road
 Won
Best Foreign Actress
Kim Sae-ron
 Won

References

  1. ^ "Snowy Road (2017)". Koreanfilm.or.kr. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  2. ^ "전주국제영화제". www.jiff.or.kr. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Another 'comfort women' film to hit theaters". The Korea Times. 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  4. ^ "Young girls live through horror together : 'Snowy Road' highlights the agony felt in the daily lives of teenage 'comfort women'-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily". Korea JoongAng Daily. 2017-02-17. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  5. ^ "Check out the Winners from '2015 KBS Drama Awards'". BNT News. 31 December 2015. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Korean Film 'Snowy Road' Wins Best Picture, Best Actress at Chinese Film Festival". KBS World Radio. 2015-09-19.


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