Song of Arirang - Voices from Okinawa

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Released January 01, 1991

Overview

In the final hours of the Pacific War, Okinawa was the destination for Korean men conscripted as “military laborers” and Korean women taken as “comfort women.” Little is known about the number of casualties or their experiences. In 1989, Park Soonam started to track down the survivors of the Battle of Okinawa to record their testimonies. In 1990, Park visits Korea in search of former “military laborers” who had survived Okinawa and repatriated to Korea. The survivors vividly recount their experiences of their compatriots’ murder and about the “comfort women” to the Zainichi Korean female director. The film zeroes in on the murder of Korean “military laborers” and the presence of “comfort women” in Okinawa via testimonies of former Japanese soldiers.

Runtime

1h 40m


Origin Country

Japan


Original Language

Japanese


Original Title

アリランのうた - オキナワからの証言


Status

Released


Production Countries

  • Japan

Spoken Languages

  • 日本語 (Japanese)

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