Snowy Road 2015

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 Kim Hyang-gi and Young-ae Kim Sae-ron grow up under markedly different circumstances: Jong-boon is poor but full of zest, while Young-ae is the youngest daughter of a wealthy family who excels in her studies and is admired by those around her.

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 Jang Young-nam 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. Confused and terrified, Jong-boon finds herself surrounded by other girls her age, all trembling in fear. Just then, Young-ae, whom she had believed to be studying abroad in Japan, is thrown into the same train car.

Now sharing the same tragic fate, the two girls are thrust into the horrors of war. While Jong-boon clings to the desperate hope of returning home, Young-ae, resigned to the cruel reality, makes a dangerous decision to bring an end to their nightmare. The film portrays a stark, hopeful, and heartbreaking portrait of resilience in the face of overwhelming hardship, highlighting the cost of survival, the bonds that form under pressure, and the ways in which innocence can be fractured by the brutalities of conflict.