Son Sook donates earnings as 'Spirits' Homecoming' returns to honor victims
Veteran actor Son Sook revealed that she donated all her earnings from "Spirits' Homecoming" (2016) to support survivors of Japanese military sex slavery, ahead of the film's 10th-anniversary re-release. In the film, the 82-year-old actor played the present-day elderly version of the main character Young-ok, a survivor of Japan's wartime sex slavery. On Aug. 26, the movie is scheduled for…
Veteran South Korean actor Son Sook has donated all her earnings from the 2016 film Spirits Homecoming to support survivors of Japanese military sex slavery. The 82-year-old actress, who played the elderly version of the main character Young-ok in the film, revealed her decision ahead of the movie's 10th-anniversary re-release on August 26.
Son explained that the donation was made out of a deep sense of commitment to the project, rather than financial considerations. She praised director Cho Jung-rae for his dedication to the film's completion and expressed sorrow over the dwindling number of surviving victims over the past decade.
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