A Secret Buried for 50 Years: The Story of Taiwanese "Comfort Women" (1998)
• September 20th, 1998 • 1h 22min
Documentary
Overview
This is Taiwan's first documentary about comfort women. The audience gets a glimpse of history as 13 "grandmothers" speak of their unspeakable past, unknown even to their family, in front of the camera.
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