A Secret Buried for 50 Years: A Story of Taiwanese Comfort Women (1998)

Directed by

Yang Chia-Yun

Genre

documentary film

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

58 min

How it feels

Elderly Taiwanese women recount their experiences as comfort women during World War II. The documentary lets them tell their own stories after decades of silence.

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What happens

『阿媽の秘密』（あまのひみつ、原題：阿媽的秘密：台籍「慰安婦」的故事、英題：A Secret Buried for 50 Years: A Story of Taiwanese Comfort Women）は、1998年の台湾のドキュメンタリー映画。台湾籍の元慰安婦を題材とし、楊家雲が監督した。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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