In Their Own Words: The Women of Kurokawa

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Released July 12, 2025

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)

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