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A Secret Buried for 50 Years: The Story of Taiwanese "Comfort Women"

Movie·1998·1h 22m

A Secret Buried for 50 Years: The Story of Taiwanese "Comfort Women"

Directed By

Yang Chia-Yun

Country

Taiwan

Language

Mandarin

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The Story

Original title: 阿媽的秘密─台籍「慰安婦」的故事

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.

Themes

comfort women

Audience Score

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Crew

Yang Chia-Yun

Yang Chia-Yun

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