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Behind Forgotten Eyes
Content:Documentary Film
Available From:Filmakers Library
Media Type:Videocassette
DVD
Release Date:2008
Audience:Higher Education
Running Time:78 min.
Language:Korean with English subtitles
Author:Directed by Anthony Gilmore; Narrated by Yunjin Kim
Subject:History
Gender and Women's Studies
Subheading:History, Modern (19th-20th Century)
Male-female relationships
Men
Prostitution
Women
Region:East Asia
Country:Japan
North Korea
South Korea



Abstract:

While Korea was under Imperial Japanese colonial rule from 1932-1945 more than 200,000 Korean women were forced into sexual slavery.  Often a blanket was their only "furniture" in rooms where they were forced to have sex with 30-40 men daily.  A few brave women have come forward with their stories in this film, in addition to a few Japanese soldiers that raped Korean women during this time.  The Japanese government has not yet formally apologized or given any reparations to these women.




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