Song of Arirang - Voices from Okinawa

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Crew	Cinematography	Koshiro Otsu Ichitoku Miyauchi
Directing	Director	Park Soonam
Editing	Editor	Tomizuka Ryoichi
Sound	Music	Hara Masami
	Sound	Isamu Katto
Department	Role	Name

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