Spirits' Homecoming (Cho Jung-rae) + Q&A 18

From the archive

This film was last shown on 29 October 2016

Join us on the 29 October for a screening from the London East Asia Film Festival programme. We are delighted to bring this film to our audiences, particularly because the director and actors from the film will be visiting the Showroom to discuss the film and answer your questions.

The film focuses on a dark period in Japanese and Korean history, when thousands of Korean girls were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese army. Many never came home. This issue remains controversial today, with a refusal by the Japanese to acknowledge or apologise for such devastating war crimes and an ongoing legal battle to recognise the suffering of these women and girls. An extremely powerful and devastating film about war, suffering and redemption.

The LEAFF synopsis for the film (translated from Korean)

In 1943, the 14-year-old innocent Jung-min (Kang Hana) had no clue when she was dragged by the Japanese soldiers away from her family. Jung-min is thrown into a train, along with many more children including Young-hee (Seo Miji), and heads to an unknown place. During the Second World War, Jung-min and other children are thrown out in the cold battlefield. Japanese soldiers were waiting for them where they only received terrible agony and pain.

The painful history of ours that shouldn’t be forgotten!

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Cho Jung-rae, and cast members Son Suk and Kang Hana

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