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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.
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How long is In Their Own Words: The Women of Kurokawa?
In Their Own Words: The Women of Kurokawa has a runtime of 1h 39m (1 hour and 39 minutes).
Who directed In Their Own Words: The Women of Kurokawa?
In Their Own Words: The Women of Kurokawa was directed by 松原文枝 and released in 2025.
What genre is In Their Own Words: The Women of Kurokawa?
In Their Own Words: The Women of Kurokawa is a Documentary, History film (2025).
Who stars in In Their Own Words: The Women of Kurokawa?
The cast of In Their Own Words: The Women of Kurokawa includes Shinobu Otake.
