1331444
1331444

Song of Arirang - Voices from Okinawa

1991-01-01 ja 100m
Documentary
In the final hours of the Pacific War, Okinawa was the destination for Korean men conscripted as “military laborers” and Korean women taken as “comfort women.” Little is known about the number of casualties or their experiences. In 1989, Park Soonam started to track down the survivors of the Battle of Okinawa to record their testimonies. In 1990, Park visits Korea in search of former “military laborers” who had survived Okinawa and repatriated to Korea. The survivors vividly recount their experiences of their compatriots’ murder and about the “comfort women” to the Zainichi Korean female director. The film zeroes in on the murder of Korean “military laborers” and the presence of “comfort women” in Okinawa via testimonies of former Japanese soldiers.

Cinematography

Koshiro Otsu

Cinematography

Ichitoku Miyauchi

Editor

Tomizuka Ryoichi

Sound

Isamu Katto

Music

Hara Masami

Director

Park Soo-nam

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Status

Released

Countries

  • Japan

Companies

  • Song of Arirang Production Committee