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Within Every Woman (2012)

Within Every Woman poster
Directed by
Tiffany Hsiung
Genre
documentary film
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This documentary tells the story of elderly women who survived the Japanese military's comfort women system during World War II. It follows their healing process decades after the crimes, as they still wait for an official apology from the Japanese government.

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What happens

Within Every Woman is a documentary film by Tiffany Hsiung, depicting war crimes committed by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II in Asia. It documents the systematic rape of over 200,000 young girls between the ages of nine and twenty-years-old during World War II in Asia. These atrocities and war crimes occurred between 1931 and 1945; however, to this day, the Japanese government has not offered an official apology and many survivors still hide their shame. This project was started in 2008, with a trip to rural China, the Philippines and South Korea to meet and document the survivors of the largest institutionalized rape system in world history, the comfort women system. Today, the survivors are referred to as "the Grandmothers", all above the age of 80. This documentary will show the complex healing processes of the women who have had to live their lives without acknowledgement of the atrocities they suffered. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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