China's 1st film on wartime sex slavery gains spotlight
- By Zhang Rui
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Some 400,000 women across Asia were forced to be comfort women for the Japanese army during WWII, and nearly half of them were Chinese, according to the Research Center for Comfort Women.
Numerous historical materials prove the suffering of sex slaves at the hands of the Japanese military more than 70 years ago. Chinese and South Korean victims have been demanding a sincere apology, repentance and compensation from the Japanese government. However, the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has yet to sincerely apologize for the wartime crimes.
Experts from China and South Korea revealed a list of 210 "comfort women" from the Second World War in early July. The South Korean government also wants to build a museum in memory of wartime sex slavery victims in the future.
Director Guo Ke also wanted his film to be more than just a film, "I will not profit a cent from this film. Excluding the production expenses, I will donate all the proceeds from the film to taking care of those old women, the last surviving sex slavery victims, and to the charities and research institutes of this historical event."
Trying not to hurt the old women again by revisiting their dark memories, Guo recorded the peaceful life of them with his camera, rather than asking sharp questions or making inflammatory edits. He believes he is saving the last visual images of a dying history.
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