According to reference news website 8html18 reported by US media on February 2nd, Ban Zhongyi, a Chinese resident in Japan, spent 20 years filming the documentary "Longing for Sunshine", which is the confession of two former Chinese comfort women, and it will be released in Japan in February. This documentary is divided into two parts, one and two, with a total of two hours. It records the documentary process of Ban Zhongyi's first trip to China in 1995 to search for former comfort women, and the process of caring for and tracking their lives and deaths in remote rural areas, mainly in Shanxi. It is the only record to date that discloses in detail that Chinese women were gang-raped by Japanese officers and soldiers during World War II and forced to become comfort women. It also reflects the attitudes of the Chinese and Japanese governments and society towards the comfort women issue.
The Voice of America radio website 8html reported on February 17html that "Longing for Sunshine" was released across Japan in February and is beginning to attract the attention of Japanese society. Ban Zhongyi said: "We didn't advertise. Unexpectedly, there were more people at each show. As soon as each show was over, people came to apply for screening rights." A 74-year-old Japanese man said after watching: "Because the former Chinese comfort constable The woman was very low-key and lacked records, so she came to watch the movie. Unexpectedly, this documentary was more valuable than expected. It was very real and a valuable historical testimony. It made people know about the victimization of former Chinese comfort women for the first time. "
Comfort women. This issue has attracted great attention from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and even the international community recently. Japan has always refused to formally apologize and compensate Asian countries such as China and South Korea for the comfort women issue. Previously Japanese Prime Minister Abe’s 70th anniversary speech on February 2, contained only one sentence about the comfort women in more than 3300 words: " We must not forget the battlefield either. Behind the scenes, there are women whose reputation and dignity have been seriously damaged.". Taiwanese current affairs commentator Qiu Yi believes that this sentence reflects Abe's cunning and insincerity. His villainous behavior will continue to influence the historical outlook of young Japanese people. Taiwanese current affairs commentator Liu Birong believes that the current understanding of history in Japanese society has been quite distorted. It remains to be seen whether this film can help Japanese people develop a correct historical attitude.
On 8html February 14, the International Comfort Women Memorial Day, another documentary about Taiwanese comfort women, "Song of the Reed", was also released in Taipei. The film was shot by Wu Xiujing, assistant professor at National Taiwan University of Arts. During the filming of the documentary, two of the two grandmothers in the film passed away one after another. This documentary also left precious records of the final scenes of several grandmothers.
The release of this movie attracted the attention of the Taiwan authorities, and Ma Ying-jeou even organized officials to watch it. Ma Ying-jeou even choked up after the movie and said that if we continue to debate whether it is forced or voluntary, it simply means that Taiwan is an uncivilized area.
Regarding this, Liu Birong said that even if the political stance is different, the experience of comfort women cannot be denied. Qiu Yi hopes that those ignorant young people who have been brainwashed will take a good look at this film. He also hopes that the Taiwan authorities can take more active actions to correct the chaos and return the history edited by Lee Teng-hui and his ilk to the truth.
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