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Behind Forgotten Eyes (2007)

Name: Behind Forgotten Eyes
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017-11-10T20:16:43+01:00
Cast: Yunjin Kim

Documentary | 75 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 75 minuten

Country: United States / South Korea / Japan

Directed by: Anthony Alex Gilmore

Stars: Yunjin Kim

IMDb score: 7,5 (48)

Releasedate: 24 May 2007

This movie is not available on US streaming services.

Behind Forgotten Eyes plot

Ancient Korean sex slaves talk about the Japanese occupation. Equally old veterans make remarkable confessions on a subject that is still taboo in Japan. A story that has been kept silent for decades. 'Behind Forgotten Eyes' tells the story of the experiences of an estimated 200,000 comfort women from South Korea, Taiwan, China, Burma and the Philippines. During World War II, they were systematically recruited, brutally raped and abused as sex slaves by the Imperial Japanese Forces. Back in their own country, many of the traumatized women who had to endure the nightmare of this slave trade have become 'outcasts'. Deeply ashamed of what happened to them, they bore their suffering in silence for a long time. After half a century, some of them in this film finally have the courage to tell their story.