In Their Own Words: The Women of Kurokawa

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 12, 2025

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Cast

Shinobu Otake

Director

松原文枝

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt36711186