Film Lens
The film follows Korean sex worker Yonhee as she travels to Japan to connect with sex workers there. It features YAMASITA Youngae, who lectures in Kyoto about the exclusion of former prostitutes-turned-comfort women from the justice movement for comfort women. The film also includes Korean professor PARK Yu-ha, who faces a lawsuit from former comfort women due to her book, Comfort Women of the Empire.
Additionally, reportage writer KAWADA Fumiko tells the story of BAE Bonki, a Korean comfort woman in Okinawa. The film contrasts the narratives of sex workers who resist being labeled as victims with those of comfort women who have not been recognized as victims, revealing stories that have been overlooked in official accounts.
Why Watch
- •Meet Yonhee, a Korean sex worker in Japan.
- •See YAMASITA Youngae's lecture on comfort women.
- •Find out why PARK Yu-ha is sued for her book.
Did You Know
•Yonhee, a Korean sex worker, travels to Japan for solidarity in 2015.
•YAMASITA Youngae gives a lecture in Kyoto about comfort women.
•PARK Yu-ha is sued by former comfort women over her 2015 book.
•BAE Bonki's story as a comfort woman in Okinawa is featured.
Perfect For
Korean historySex worker rightsComfort women issues