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Ok we get it, its a tragedy

posted 8 years ago by dos_azn
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Mentions of the comfort women in recent years:

Korean netizens after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake/tsunami call it karma for comfort women

Harvard students and Korean activists try to shame Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe about trying to cover up the century old comfort women tragedy

Korean and Japanese governments are negotiating a financial relief deal for the families of comfort women

Now a movie

The whole world seems to have moved on besides Korea.

If Ari Gold saw Chappie he would say:
"Chappie makes Elysium look like Citizen ƒvcking Kane"

[–] Yucahaor 8 years ago

Sorry for being an ignorant American, but I haven't heard much about the "comfort women," besides various things here and there in history books. I haven't seen any movies made about it and so I think it's good to bring awareness on the event.

[–] dos_azn 8 years ago

While its nice to hear that you will be educated on a historic tragedy, you are in the 1 percent of their target demographic. All they care about is informing the younger generation of Koreans because they can't stand how more and more of them are fascinated by Japanese culture.

If Ari Gold saw Chappie he would say:
"Chappie makes Elysium look like Citizen ƒvcking Kane"

[–] Lingyi 8 years ago

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
- George Santayana

"Comfort Women" occurred during WWII (~75 years ago) and included not only Koreans, but women from the Philippines, China, Southeast Asia and Europe.

A topic of shame for Korea (and the other countries listed above),it wasn't until 1991 when three Korean women stepped forward and filed a lawsuit stating they were forced into sexual slavery that the topic of “Comfort Women” came to the forefront.

As of July 2016, agreement on acknowledgement and reparations from Japan are still being negotiated and the truth and history of Comfort Women is still being unveiled.

Since the number of women who suffered this injustice are quickly dwindling (they're all at least well into their late 80's), it’s critical to acknowledge and repay for this travesty quickly.

Though I’m a 3rd Generation Japanese-American (born well after WWII), I’ve been personally touched by this indirectly, I've had older Korean and Filipinos who lived through WWII tell me point blank that we couldn't have been friends if we were from the same generation. Knowing about Comfort Women, Maruta (Unit 731), the Bataan Death March and other injustices of WWII (not only by Japan), helped me appreciate their extension of friendship even more.

Many believe cinema must be only for entertainment, but “uncomfortable” films such as this can serve to preserve and learn about history that isn’t taught in school textbooks and MUST NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

[–] RacnKel 8 years ago

The FAQ section will help your understanding the background of this film.

Generally speaking, it's up to a director how he/she tells a fictional story.
However, about this film, it's quite unfair of mentioning "200K girls taken to the comfort stations. Only 238 came back" as if it were fact. Because that makes audience understand it would have been the systematic criminal by the national policy of Japan. But, actually, its objective/verifiable basis never existed.

For example, even one name wasn't recorded/disclosed regarding killed victims. There were no records regarding the parents who would have searched for their lost daughters after the war. Those are contradiction no one ever showed the rational answer.