In Their Own Words: The Women of Kurokawa
movie

Released July 12, 2025
Genres:
Overview
A documentary exposing the sexual violence euphemistically termed "entertainment" inflicted on women of the Kurokawa settler group during Japan’s imperialist expansion in Manchuria. Under state-led colonization in the 1930s–40s, Japanese settlers occupied Chinese lands. In August 1945, facing the Soviet invasion, the group offered 15 women to enemy troops in a desperate act of survival. Decades later, the survivors confront the silenced legacy of imperial violence, discrimination, and trauma. Directed by Fumie Matsubara, with narration by Shinobu Otake.
Runtime
1h 39m
Origin Country
Japan
Original Language
Japanese
Original Title
黒川の女たち
Status
Released
Production Countries
- Japan
Spoken Languages
- 日本語 (Japanese)

