[KineJapan] documentaries on the "comfort women"

[Nate Heneghan]

It’s not a documentary, but the highly anticipated and much delayed film spirits’ homecoming (kwihyang, dir. cho jung-rae) is slated to be released later this month.  It received a write-up in the ny times last year (see below):

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.nytimes.com_2015_03_25_movies_from-2Dcho-2Djunglae-2Da-2Dfilm-2Don-2Djapanese-2Dwartime-2Dbrothels.html-3Fhpw-26rref-3Dmovies-26action-3Dclick-26pgtype-3DHomepage-26module-3Dwell-2Dregion-26region-3Dbottom-2Dwell-26WT.nav-3Dbottom-2Dwell-26-5Fr-3D0&d=CwIF-g&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=eVzV9yNtp3rUNrIsclk6OwWXhZsuiheEBU8xwy6PWkQ&s=-oJ1NqUgSVz3z9ym-iKZ4W4cfjgnTxFPnPnBKufamK0&e= 

n8 heneghan


> On Feb 13, 2016, at 7:05 PM, John Junkerman <jtj at rf7.so-net.ne.jp> wrote:
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> Ban Zhongyi's film "Gai Shanxi and Her Sisters," about sexual slavery in China, is available for download here:
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__dgeneratefilms.com_catalog_gai-2Dshanxi-2Dand-2Dher-2Dsisters-2Dgai-2Dshan-2Dxi-2Dhe-2Dta-2Dde-2Djie-2Dmei-2Dmen&d=CwIF-g&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=eVzV9yNtp3rUNrIsclk6OwWXhZsuiheEBU8xwy6PWkQ&s=XDHp8liAAvYbbgrZNc5GtNPgrX8LmB8peG8LrquVtrk&e=  <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__dgeneratefilms.com_catalog_gai-2Dshanxi-2Dand-2Dher-2Dsisters-2Dgai-2Dshan-2Dxi-2Dhe-2Dta-2Dde-2Djie-2Dmei-2Dmen&d=CwIF-g&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=eVzV9yNtp3rUNrIsclk6OwWXhZsuiheEBU8xwy6PWkQ&s=XDHp8liAAvYbbgrZNc5GtNPgrX8LmB8peG8LrquVtrk&e= >
> 
> "Senso Daughters" (1989) was the first documentary to depict comfort women in New Guinea.
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__icarusfilms.com_cat97_p-2Ds_senso-5Fda.html&d=CwIF-g&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=eVzV9yNtp3rUNrIsclk6OwWXhZsuiheEBU8xwy6PWkQ&s=sAVwyzrBlF1cnQpK9M8heawrHtjK8J4eyzC0P0OiptM&e=  <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__icarusfilms.com_cat97_p-2Ds_senso-5Fda.html&d=CwIF-g&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=eVzV9yNtp3rUNrIsclk6OwWXhZsuiheEBU8xwy6PWkQ&s=sAVwyzrBlF1cnQpK9M8heawrHtjK8J4eyzC0P0OiptM&e= >
> 
> On Feb 14, 2016, at 5:18 AM, Linda Ehrlich wrote:
> 
>> I’m mentoring a senior who is doing her thesis on Japanese government response to the “comfort women” issue.
>> Are there documentaries that record the testimony of the (aged) survivors? I’m familiar with Imamura’s KARAYUKI-SAN and with the feature film SANDAKAN #8. But I’d like to learn about more attempts to present the truth of this issue, through Japanese (or other) cinema.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Linda Ehrlich
>> linda.ehrlich at gmail.com <mailto:linda.ehrlich at gmail.com>
>> braidednarrative.com <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__braidednarrative.com_&d=CwIF-g&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=eVzV9yNtp3rUNrIsclk6OwWXhZsuiheEBU8xwy6PWkQ&s=K3u13wk2Fj2NNhqiYNXP5ej_rqyOuwucszKjRpxUKG4&e= >
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