Film

Gai Shanxi and Her Sisters

2007 · 1h 20m · Documentary

GAI SHANXI AND HER SISTERS tells the story of one woman's brutal ordeal as a "comfort woman" for the Japanese Army during World War II. Hou Dong-E, known as "Gai Shanxi," the fairest woman in China's Shanxi province, was one of the many women abducted from their villages to be sexually enslaved by Japanese soldiers stationed nearby. Fifty years later, she joined other women throughout Asia to seek justice and reparations, but she died before her demands were answered.

• Zhongyi BanDirector

Release date

May 5, 2007

Status

Released

Original language

Chinese

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

ALL

Genres

Documentary