27 Jun 2018
Herstory
A true story of a six-year-long legal conflict of 10 comfort women and 13 attorneys against 200 Fukuoka supporters association.
Tuning Fork
From the Japanese Occupation a 'comfort woman' returns from China an old woman. At the end of the war she can't return home and spends the next 65 years living as an alien in a foreign country. Even to her own granddaughter she seems to be losing her mind. She only wants to go back to Korea.
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조안 Hyang-ok
김민상 Deok-soo
Noh Young-hak Lee Yeong-joon
지대한 Cheon Tae-soon
Yoo Ra-seong Manager Goo
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