Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue

Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue

Welcome to the Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue

2019 · 120 min · ★ 7.4 · Documentary, History

A Japanese-American director digs deep into the controversial 'comfort women' issue to settle the debate on whether the women were paid prostitutes or sex slaves, and reveals the motivations and intentions of the main actors pushing to revise history in Japan.

Directed by Miki Dezaki · Written by Miki Dezaki

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