Actresses Kim Hae-sook and Kim Hee-ae will appear in the upcoming film about Asian women sexually enslaved by Japan during World War II, euphemistically called “comfort women.”

According to local reports, Kim Hae-sook will play a former comfort woman who has to deal with psychological trauma, while Kim Hee-ae will play a businesswoman.

A promotional image of "Spirit's Homecoming," another movie about comfort women. (JO Entertainment)

The film will start shooting next month and will hit theaters next year.

Comfort women are one of the biggest scars left by Japan’s 1910-1945 colonization of Korea. There are currently 37 surviving victims registered with the government.
(khnews@heraldcorp.com)