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Military Comfort Women (1974)

Military Comfort Women poster
Original title
従軍慰安婦
Directed by
Ryūichi Takamori
Genre
war film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 26m
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a Japanese war film that depicts the experiences of women forced into sexual slavery for the military during wartime. It follows their harsh realities and suffering.

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What happens

Military Comfort Women (従軍慰安婦, Jūgun-ianfu), is a Japanese 1974 film directed by Ryūichi Takamori, and starring Yutaka Nakajima, Mako Midori. It was written by Teruo Ishii based on Kakou Senda's book of the same title. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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