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Military Sexual Slavery Unit is a group
of woman who were forced to the war zone
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by the Japanese government and
sexually exploited during the World War ll.
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Most of the victims,
from age 11 to 32,
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were from countries under
Japanese rule including Korea,
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and approximately
200,000 in number.
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Mrs. Han, leave your memories
of woes behind
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and look out the new world.
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Ms. Kang Duk Kyung,
the paintings you left will live on
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in our young hearts,
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and they will be
your voice for us.
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We were all brothers
and sisters,
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and I am sure,
you my sister are in heaven.
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My sister, we have nothing
left to do
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but make Japanese government pay
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for what they did to us.
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Well, we are all here.
I don't have much to say,
Hwang Keum Joo (78)
Military Sexual Slavery China
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but I am two year older
than Kim Hak Soon.
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The people here are younger
than I am. I mean everyone here.
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I, Moon Ok Joo, listened
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and saw everything with
Kim Hak Soo at the last trial,
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and I was so disappointed
with the result.
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Things don't look good,
but I feel it's coming.
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(1995)
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The Late Kim Hak Soon
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The Late Mrs. Kim
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The Late Hong Kang Lim
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(1997)
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Fukuyama Exhibition Committee
for paintings of the victims.
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You had been frustrated.
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We all made paper
cranes for you.
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We will do our best so please
rest in peace.
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San Chung, Kyung Sang Province.
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Herb salad goes to left.
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- Right?
- Yes.
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This one goes to left.
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Peace Boat Asian Cruz, 1998.
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Mapanike village 1998. 3. 15
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House of Laura
(The Philippine victim of sexual slavery)
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Lee Yong Soo, drafted to the
Military Sexual Slavery Unit in Taiwan
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My dear old lady,
Happy birthday to you.
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77th birthday of
Kim Bun Sun November 11 1998.
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Kim Bun Sun(78) drafted to the
Military Sexual Slavery Unit in Taiwan
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Wow.
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Sit like this and...
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Put your legs like this.
And vow like that.
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Please big round of applause.
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Let me get up first. You..
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Kim Bun Sun's visit to
her hometown arranged
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by 'Civic Group for victims
of Military Sexual Slavery Unit
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The address is Nam Won-dong,
Chil Gok Gun, Don Myung Myun.
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I will tell you how to get there.
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I know where I grew up.
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I'm no stupid.
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Wait. The place is
surrounded with mountain
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and the sky is barely seen.
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The Japanese kept coming
to our village.
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They wanted gold because
there was a gold mine there.
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There is gold mine there.
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There is gold mine there.
Kyung Sang Province,
Chil Gok Gun, Don Myung Myun
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Somewhere here.
Kyung Sang Province,
Chil Gok Gun, Don Myung Myun
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So you were paying
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somewhere here,
where the grave is.
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Somewhere around here.
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You were 16 years old
when you were taken away.
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I was 16.
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16.
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Many Japs came and went.
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They used our Sapjit road.
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Well..that road...
the road was narrow.
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This wide. The road was narrow.
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Then..how many
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of your friends came here
to grub herbs?
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Five. We were there
to grub for herbs.
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Only me came back alive.
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You were taken to what, truck?
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Yes, very old truck.
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Very old and
broken kind of truck.
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- You were taken to a truck.
- Yes.
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Hide. Hide well.
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Hide. Your hair is seen.
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Be a tagger. Be it.
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Your skirt is seen.
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We did say things like
'your hair is seen'.
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Hide well. Hide soon.
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Hide. Your hair is seen.
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Don't speak.
You will be caught.
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O.K. I won't say anything.
I'll be a mute.
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Find.
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Find.
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Do you see?
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Did you find?
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You get caught
because you keep laughing.
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Well, you're right.
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Right here. Did you hide in here alone?
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- Yes.
- Yes.
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There were no weeds here,
and the ground was even.
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Because of this thing right here.
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That's right.
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The place was not bad for hiding.
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Some of us hid in here,
and some over there.
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Right. So what do you think?
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- What do I think?
- Yes.
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It has been 61 years since
you left here.
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That's right. Let's see.
It's been longer than that.
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You are 77 years old.
So it's been 61 years.
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Wow, that's right.
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So, it's..
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Yes.
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Five of us were taken away,
but only me here.
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- Yeah.
- Only me.
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We survived.
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It is strange
being alone here.
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Yes.
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Those friends
that I played with.
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My poor friends.
Those pretty friends.
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My friends were all pretty.
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We only hung out
with pretty ones.
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We didn't care for ugly ones.
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But there is nothing but land
and sky here.
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That's why you knew nothing.
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But this place is better
compare to down there.
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Really nothing
but sky and land down there.
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That's why so many
Japs came here, right?
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Right.
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They had their eyes
on this place.
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They had a Jeweler's shop
in gold mine.
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- Also the Japanese...
- They were all like that.
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You mean you
laughed at the Japs?
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No, I didn't.
I was scared.
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I only recognized her,
not everyone else.
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Ask her whose house this is.
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Is this Sin Won's house?
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You are the daughter in law...
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Right, the daughter in law.
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Wow you were so pretty when you
were a kid, now we are all old.
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- Right.
- Oh my god.
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I am very old now. You know.
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- Right, very old.
- I can't even walk.
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- How old are you?
- Why?
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I'm 81 .
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Goodness, I was pretty
when I was young.
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Right. That Sang ho's mother...
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Yeah.
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Her oldest daughter is
my daughter in law.
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I mean the daughter
in law of this house hold.
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Right, I understand now.
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- That's right.
- What?
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You are a daughter of Childong.
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Yes, I know the kid of Sayong.
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Right.
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Ma'am, this lady...
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Yes.
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Do you know since
when she was missing?
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- I don't know.
- I don't know.
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I left when I was 16
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and came back at 24 or 25.
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I am not sure about that.
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I guess somewhere around that.
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You left when you were 16.
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You had been away
for 10 or 9 years.
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Right. 9 or 10 years.
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- You had been away too long?
- Too long.
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I took off when I was 16
and came back at 24.
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At 24. Wow, that was long
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I was away too long, too.
Now I realized.
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Where did you go first?
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Taiwan.
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I went to Taiwan.
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And there were shacks
side by side.
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- You said 'side by side' again.
- So..
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In line?
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In line, anyway, there was
swarm of soldiers in line.
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There were so many of them,
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and I was too tired
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and I couldn't
take them any more.
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Don't say 'take'.
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O.K. Anyway,
I couldn't do it
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and they beat me up
with a cane.
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They hit me in the back.
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I cried and
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tried to hide
in somebody's house.
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But they found me
and beat me up again.
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A Taiwanese house?
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Right, Taiwanese.
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They wanted to hide
me again.
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But I got caught again
and beaten.
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They caned me in the back.
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I don't know. I forgot.
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I try not to think about that.
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I can't even say what happened there.
Even if I do remember,
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I can't say
because it is too much.
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They were in line
and kept coming.
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I had to be there whole time.
I was lying down there.
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You didn't even
have time to get up?
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Nope, I didn't.
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Wow, it must've been painful.
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They just kept coming
and coming one by one,
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and I didn't even have
a time to get up.
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And my body couldn't
take it any more.
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- All day long.
- Right, all day long.
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I was dead tired of it.
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I couldn't do nothing but cry.
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I lied to run away, but
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I kept being caught
and beaten up again.
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I ran and got caught and beaten up.
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They beat me up so much I can't even
remember how bad they beat me up.
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I don't know how I survived.
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Bringing back those memories
just make us suffer and cry.
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Try not to.
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Mrs. Lee Yong Soo.
Civic Group for victims
of Military Sexual Slavery Unit
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Civic Group for victims
of Military Sexual Slavery Unit
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How are you?
I am Lee Yong Soo.
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It's good to see you.
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Thank you very much
for coming here.
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Let's get together
with heart to heart
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as often as
we can this year, too
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Thank you.
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How are you?
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I am Kim Bun Seon
who can't even greet right.
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I am asking for your love.
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Mrs. Sim Dal Yeon
came out here today
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despite the bad flu she is
having for today's meeting.
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Mrs. Sim Dal Yoen just stand up
just for a while please.
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Let's applaud for her.
Thank you.
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To Mrs. Seo Bong lm
from volunteer Na Kyung Ah.
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This letter is
from us volunteers and nurses.
To Mrs. Seo Bong lm
from volunteer Na Kyung Ah.
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Let me read Ji Myung Hee,
the head.
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Nurse's letter first.
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Today, right this moment,
it has taken too long for dialysis.
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It has been an hour.
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The new fluid is being
injected for dialysis.
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Fortunately, she is asleep.
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I am pretending to be an expert
and she seems to feel safe.
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I just hope that I won't fall asleep.
I will be more careful.
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Um..on 25th.
I wrote this one.
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The grandmothers scolded me
because I slept too much.
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I felt guilty.
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I will sleep less
so they won't worry.
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She still can't eat well.
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She can finish half
of lunch and dinner,
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but she barely eats breakfast.
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I feel terrible for her.
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I wanted to record this.
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These people here.
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I asked them to film us.
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I asked you if it was O.K?
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When did you go?
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Seo Bong lm
(Age 78. Taken away to Java)
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- When I was 1 7.
- Oh.
Seo Bong lm
(Age 78. Taken away to Java)
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Java. Java. Java.
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- Java.
- Oh.
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1 7.
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How long were you there
in Java?
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Not so long.
Less than a year.
255
00:18:33,230 --> 00:18:34,598
Less than a year?
256
00:18:34,598 --> 00:18:35,566
Yes,
257
00:18:35,566 --> 00:18:36,934
So did you get free
after the liberation?
258
00:18:36,934 --> 00:18:39,129
- Yes.
- Wow.
259
00:18:39,770 --> 00:18:42,073
- Did you go back home?
- Yes.
260
00:18:42,073 --> 00:18:44,473
Did you meet your parents?
261
00:18:44,742 --> 00:18:46,310
My father was gone.
262
00:18:46,310 --> 00:18:48,712
- Oh, he was passed away?
- Yes.
263
00:18:48,712 --> 00:18:51,044
How about your sisters and brothers?
Did you have any?
264
00:18:51,515 --> 00:18:52,883
No, I didn't.
265
00:18:52,883 --> 00:18:54,316
- No.
- Oh.
266
00:18:54,518 --> 00:18:57,578
I went to Taiwan.
267
00:18:57,788 --> 00:19:00,458
I didn't know where Taiwan was.
268
00:19:00,458 --> 00:19:02,983
They dragged me out at dark.
269
00:19:03,227 --> 00:19:08,665
I came back a year
after the liberation.
270
00:19:09,467 --> 00:19:12,527
I was 19 and
271
00:19:13,104 --> 00:19:20,476
lived alone ever since then.
272
00:19:20,711 --> 00:19:23,475
I feel painful
because you are in pain.
273
00:19:23,681 --> 00:19:28,175
But you look better
than last time.
274
00:19:28,419 --> 00:19:30,154
No, I don't feel
better at all.
275
00:19:30,154 --> 00:19:31,985
- No?
- No.
276
00:19:32,189 --> 00:19:35,522
Well, you still look
better in shape.
277
00:19:35,759 --> 00:19:37,394
What's up with your dress?
278
00:19:37,394 --> 00:19:38,122
Huh?
279
00:19:38,362 --> 00:19:39,363
Your clothes.
280
00:19:39,363 --> 00:19:40,297
My clothes?
281
00:19:40,297 --> 00:19:41,423
Yes.
282
00:19:41,599 --> 00:19:46,263
My god..you old fool.
You are in your under clothes.
283
00:19:49,473 --> 00:19:51,031
- Aren't you cold?
- Nope.
284
00:19:51,275 --> 00:19:53,175
Well, if you say so.
285
00:19:53,777 --> 00:19:55,972
The weather is chilly.
286
00:19:59,150 --> 00:20:02,517
By the way, how come
you can't spread your palm?
287
00:20:04,321 --> 00:20:07,484
There it's spread.
288
00:20:12,496 --> 00:20:14,964
You have to keep
practicing like this.
289
00:20:16,333 --> 00:20:21,472
Sister, I am younger
290
00:20:21,472 --> 00:20:25,342
and healthier.
So I will go to Japan.
291
00:20:25,342 --> 00:20:29,246
And I am fighting to make them
pay for what they did.
292
00:20:29,246 --> 00:20:29,813
Yeah.
293
00:20:29,813 --> 00:20:33,951
Leave it to me
and not to worry.
294
00:20:33,951 --> 00:20:35,748
Keep yourself healthy, O.K?
295
00:21:43,420 --> 00:21:44,755
You know that time...
296
00:21:44,755 --> 00:21:46,123
You want me to talk
about my hometown?
297
00:21:46,123 --> 00:21:47,591
- No.
- Then what?
Shim Dal Yeon (79)
298
00:21:47,591 --> 00:21:49,893
How old were you
when you were taken away?
Shim Dal Yeon (79)
299
00:21:49,893 --> 00:21:51,662
I don't exactly remember.
300
00:21:51,662 --> 00:21:53,391
Your siblings...
301
00:21:53,597 --> 00:21:57,134
I mean your parents.
They probably were 64 or 65.
302
00:21:57,134 --> 00:21:59,034
You had other sisters
and brothers?
303
00:21:59,303 --> 00:22:02,373
I am not sure
how many sons they had.
304
00:22:02,373 --> 00:22:04,174
I don't remember.
305
00:22:04,174 --> 00:22:06,710
I don't remember how many.
306
00:22:06,710 --> 00:22:09,380
Only two went there,
that's all I know.
307
00:22:09,380 --> 00:22:13,183
We went out for herbs
by the railroad.
308
00:22:13,183 --> 00:22:17,921
Then two guys came up to us
309
00:22:17,921 --> 00:22:23,494
and kicked our baskets.
310
00:22:23,494 --> 00:22:26,196
The herbs flew all over.
311
00:22:26,196 --> 00:22:28,966
And she was screaming
my name scared.
312
00:22:28,966 --> 00:22:36,373
We were struggling,
but they seized us by the hair.
313
00:22:36,373 --> 00:22:42,646
They tried to get us up
then dragged us.
314
00:22:42,646 --> 00:22:45,015
We were calling each other.
315
00:22:45,015 --> 00:22:47,251
They just took us and there was
nothing I could do but cry.
316
00:22:47,251 --> 00:22:49,720
We were really scared.
317
00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:51,689
They beat us when we cried.
318
00:22:51,689 --> 00:22:55,526
They keep beating us
and we resisted a little.
319
00:22:55,526 --> 00:22:58,495
They took my sister
and came back.
320
00:22:58,495 --> 00:23:03,634
They dragged me to the car.
321
00:23:03,634 --> 00:23:06,003
The car was small.
Not big.
322
00:23:06,003 --> 00:23:08,806
Aha. Car for soldiers like a jeep.
323
00:23:08,806 --> 00:23:13,544
Right, anyway, they forced us
into the car and took us somewhere.
324
00:23:13,544 --> 00:23:17,247
Then they went to a bigger car.
325
00:23:17,247 --> 00:23:19,083
They told us to
move to other car.
326
00:23:19,083 --> 00:23:21,085
I didn't know
where I was dragged to.
327
00:23:21,085 --> 00:23:24,521
If they told to go there,
I went there.
328
00:23:24,521 --> 00:23:26,156
I just went to
where they told me to go.
329
00:23:26,156 --> 00:23:30,294
I went to this place.
There was no one in there though.
330
00:23:30,294 --> 00:23:33,730
And they took me to a room.
331
00:23:34,565 --> 00:23:36,834
There was a room like this
332
00:23:36,834 --> 00:23:39,770
with a chair and desk.
333
00:23:39,770 --> 00:23:43,001
And there was someone there.
334
00:23:43,207 --> 00:23:44,908
There was someone inside?
335
00:23:44,908 --> 00:23:47,811
Yes. I think so.
They put me in that room.
336
00:23:47,811 --> 00:23:48,746
I was so scared.
337
00:23:48,746 --> 00:23:51,647
I just leaned tight
against the door.
338
00:23:51,849 --> 00:23:55,080
I didn't know what to do.
339
00:23:55,319 --> 00:23:57,588
He came up to me
and said something.
340
00:23:57,588 --> 00:23:59,590
He kept saying something
and gestured,
341
00:23:59,590 --> 00:24:02,259
but I didn't understand a word.
342
00:24:02,259 --> 00:24:05,490
I was just crying
and crying my eyeballs out.
343
00:24:05,796 --> 00:24:07,821
Then suddenly something
sticking to me.
344
00:24:08,866 --> 00:24:09,933
Sticking to you?
345
00:24:09,933 --> 00:24:12,299
Yes, something touched me.
346
00:24:12,569 --> 00:24:15,231
Yeah. It stuck it to me
right here in my groin.
347
00:24:15,472 --> 00:24:16,840
What was it?
348
00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:19,570
- A knife. A small knife.
- It is scary.
349
00:24:20,010 --> 00:24:21,512
I just flopped down
and fell on my back.
350
00:24:21,512 --> 00:24:23,947
I was getting
out of my mind and
351
00:24:23,947 --> 00:24:26,950
I don't remember
what happened.
352
00:24:26,950 --> 00:24:29,787
Later when I got up,
I realized blood all over me.
353
00:24:29,787 --> 00:24:32,823
- My, right here, was cut.
- Why? What happened?
354
00:24:32,823 --> 00:24:36,160
Later, they put
something on there.
355
00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:40,030
They put bandage on
with medicine.
356
00:24:40,030 --> 00:24:43,634
That night it was
really getting sore.
357
00:24:43,634 --> 00:24:45,669
I was hurt,
358
00:24:45,669 --> 00:24:48,906
and it was cut badly.
I was crying all night.
359
00:24:48,906 --> 00:24:52,142
And while I was crying
another guy came in
360
00:24:52,142 --> 00:24:54,711
and took me to somewhere again.
361
00:24:54,711 --> 00:24:58,816
I was raped by one man at first.
That guy. At first.
362
00:24:58,816 --> 00:25:02,786
So he was threatening you with
a knife to keep you out of your mind.
363
00:25:02,786 --> 00:25:04,054
Right. To scare me
to death. Then.
364
00:25:04,054 --> 00:25:05,923
Then he did..
He raped you.
365
00:25:05,923 --> 00:25:08,221
Right.
And I fell on my back.
366
00:25:08,492 --> 00:25:10,661
I was down and scared.
367
00:25:10,661 --> 00:25:12,796
My groin was bleeding.
368
00:25:12,796 --> 00:25:14,598
And they knew. They knew
how deep the knife was stuck into.
369
00:25:14,598 --> 00:25:15,232
Right.
370
00:25:15,232 --> 00:25:16,800
Then they put the knife away.
371
00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:18,969
They were doing
what they wanted.
372
00:25:18,969 --> 00:25:22,206
They raised that thing
and came in.
373
00:25:22,206 --> 00:25:23,373
That thing..not door.
374
00:25:23,373 --> 00:25:24,775
That thing? You mean blinds?
375
00:25:24,775 --> 00:25:27,107
Right, they raised blinds
and came in.
376
00:25:28,178 --> 00:25:32,249
I just screamed
and moved to the corner.
377
00:25:32,249 --> 00:25:37,653
I was cornered and naked,
378
00:25:38,021 --> 00:25:41,391
and I didn't have time to
put the clothes back on.
379
00:25:41,391 --> 00:25:44,661
Anyway, two guy came
380
00:25:44,661 --> 00:25:47,264
and I was totally vulnerable.
I passed out.
381
00:25:47,264 --> 00:25:49,858
And I don't know
how long they did it.
382
00:25:50,167 --> 00:25:53,937
Then I awoke,
but I couldn't get up.
383
00:25:53,937 --> 00:25:56,773
Lower part of my body..
384
00:25:56,773 --> 00:25:59,743
I don't know what happened to it,
but I couldn't even feel the pain any more.
385
00:25:59,743 --> 00:26:02,779
My body was a mess.
I didn't know what happened.
386
00:26:02,779 --> 00:26:06,717
Wow, you just had to
lie down there naked?
387
00:26:06,717 --> 00:26:10,420
When I was cornered,
one guy came to me at first.
388
00:26:10,420 --> 00:26:14,358
Then they kept me in the corner
and the other guy came, too.
389
00:26:14,358 --> 00:26:17,094
While they were raping me,
390
00:26:17,094 --> 00:26:18,962
I saw a bunch of
people waiting there.
391
00:26:18,962 --> 00:26:20,697
Wow, they were in line.
392
00:26:20,697 --> 00:26:23,267
Right. I passed out and laid there.
393
00:26:23,267 --> 00:26:25,569
I was conscious
394
00:26:25,569 --> 00:26:29,239
when the first guy took my clothes off.
That was only when I was conscious.
395
00:26:29,239 --> 00:26:30,874
That was only
when I was conscious.
396
00:26:30,874 --> 00:26:33,710
I don't remember the rest.
I didn't know how long
397
00:26:33,710 --> 00:26:36,580
I wasn't fed or passed out.
I don't remember exactly how long.
398
00:26:36,580 --> 00:26:39,049
Then when I woke up,
399
00:26:39,049 --> 00:26:42,018
blood was all over my body.
400
00:26:42,452 --> 00:26:44,855
My groin was covered with blood,
and my whole body was too.
401
00:26:44,855 --> 00:26:49,626
And the others
raised blinds and came in.
402
00:26:49,626 --> 00:26:53,463
It was more
like bamboo blinds.
403
00:26:53,463 --> 00:26:56,900
When they raised
it to come in,
404
00:26:56,900 --> 00:26:59,603
I saw a bunch of soldiers
waiting outside.
405
00:26:59,603 --> 00:27:01,572
I thought I would die.
And I went to corner.
406
00:27:01,572 --> 00:27:02,839
There, the corner.
407
00:27:02,839 --> 00:27:04,308
I stayed there.
408
00:27:04,308 --> 00:27:08,312
And the one guy came in
409
00:27:08,312 --> 00:27:10,714
and blinds were up.
410
00:27:10,714 --> 00:27:11,949
Didn't you put it down?
411
00:27:11,949 --> 00:27:13,050
Yes, I covered the room.
412
00:27:13,050 --> 00:27:16,918
Then they jumped at me.
413
00:27:17,187 --> 00:27:19,423
First one guy came
then the other guy...
414
00:27:19,423 --> 00:27:21,692
I don't know how many raped me
at the same time.
415
00:27:21,692 --> 00:27:26,163
I just fell asleep. I don't know
how long but when I woke up.
416
00:27:26,163 --> 00:27:28,832
- You were not asleep. You passed out.
- I was unconscious.
417
00:27:28,832 --> 00:27:31,494
I just passed out for few days.
418
00:27:31,735 --> 00:27:35,005
I couldn't control my body.
I couldn't move my legs.
419
00:27:35,005 --> 00:27:36,707
My back was killing me.
420
00:27:36,707 --> 00:27:40,477
And there was bloody smell
from all over my body...
421
00:27:40,477 --> 00:27:45,148
and that, what is it..
that fluid come out of men.
422
00:27:45,148 --> 00:27:47,584
I could smell that, too.
423
00:27:47,584 --> 00:27:51,989
I don't know how to describe
that smell.
424
00:27:51,989 --> 00:27:57,628
And I am very squeamish
about that kind of things.
425
00:27:57,628 --> 00:28:04,101
I puked and had a headache.
426
00:28:04,101 --> 00:28:10,407
I was getting out of my mind.
427
00:28:10,407 --> 00:28:13,376
I didn't want to live any more.
428
00:28:13,677 --> 00:28:17,347
I didn't care what they said.
429
00:28:17,347 --> 00:28:21,685
I didn't care if they beat me.
430
00:28:21,685 --> 00:28:25,088
I just didn't care any more.
431
00:28:25,088 --> 00:28:26,289
But they raped you again?
432
00:28:26,289 --> 00:28:29,192
If they called me, I had to go.
433
00:28:29,192 --> 00:28:30,360
I had to go wherever
they dragged me to.
434
00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:30,927
Right.
435
00:28:30,927 --> 00:28:32,729
I had to what they told me to.
436
00:28:32,729 --> 00:28:35,465
Sometimes they left me alone
for a while but then
437
00:28:35,465 --> 00:28:38,135
they made me work.
I was loosing my mind.
438
00:28:38,135 --> 00:28:41,705
I just sat there dumbfounded
then they beat me up.
439
00:28:41,705 --> 00:28:44,074
They beat me up
because I laughed. Sometimes,
440
00:28:44,074 --> 00:28:46,176
they beat me up
for just looking at them.
441
00:28:46,176 --> 00:28:47,878
Wow..because you were
out of your mind.
442
00:28:47,878 --> 00:28:50,914
Right. I didn't react any more
and they beat me up.
443
00:28:50,914 --> 00:28:54,518
They put you in solitary
because you were crazy.
444
00:28:54,518 --> 00:28:56,286
Right. They beat me
up there, too.
445
00:28:56,286 --> 00:28:57,287
Wow.
446
00:28:57,287 --> 00:28:58,689
They beat me there, too.
447
00:28:58,689 --> 00:29:00,090
I don't know
how bad they beat me.
448
00:29:00,090 --> 00:29:02,759
They were furious
because I didn't react.
449
00:29:02,759 --> 00:29:04,795
They kicked me and sometimes
stabbed me with something.
450
00:29:04,795 --> 00:29:05,395
Oh.
451
00:29:05,395 --> 00:29:07,964
They stabbed me,
but I didn't feel anything.
452
00:29:07,964 --> 00:29:11,735
I just smile like
I was deranged.
453
00:29:11,735 --> 00:29:15,105
They kept stabbing me,
and when blackish blood came out,
454
00:29:15,105 --> 00:29:20,610
they put bandage on the wound.
And then..
455
00:29:20,610 --> 00:29:23,346
They took me to the brothel again
and made me do it.
456
00:29:23,346 --> 00:29:25,816
They made me spread my legs again.
I don't know.
457
00:29:25,816 --> 00:29:27,484
Then you lost your mind.
You were not yourself any more.
458
00:29:27,484 --> 00:29:29,486
Right. I lost my mind. I had
no idea what was going on any more.
459
00:29:29,486 --> 00:29:30,420
Right.
460
00:29:30,420 --> 00:29:34,324
I didn't care
what happened there any more.
461
00:29:34,324 --> 00:29:38,729
I was out of my mind.
But I could see people.
462
00:29:38,729 --> 00:29:39,563
Right.
463
00:29:39,563 --> 00:29:40,996
Yes, I could see people.
464
00:29:47,938 --> 00:29:50,273
And then the war was over.
465
00:29:50,273 --> 00:29:51,541
We were liberated that time,
right?
466
00:29:51,541 --> 00:29:52,309
Right.
467
00:29:52,309 --> 00:30:04,020
Yes. A Korean got
you out of there.
468
00:30:04,020 --> 00:30:08,191
He saw you sitting
there totally naked.
469
00:30:08,191 --> 00:30:14,164
You were smiling in a
dumb founded way. You looked like you were
470
00:30:14,164 --> 00:30:15,732
out of your mind.
471
00:30:15,732 --> 00:30:16,833
Right, he was Korean.
472
00:30:16,833 --> 00:30:19,636
Right, he probably thought,
473
00:30:19,636 --> 00:30:25,175
'wow, she is Korean
and she is pretty.'
474
00:30:25,175 --> 00:30:28,845
And he wanted you to
be his sister.
475
00:30:28,845 --> 00:30:30,580
He wanted to adopt you.
476
00:30:30,580 --> 00:30:32,015
- So he took me to his house.
- He did.
477
00:30:32,015 --> 00:30:33,083
We came back together.
478
00:30:33,083 --> 00:30:38,111
I think maybe he took
you to his house.
479
00:30:38,321 --> 00:30:42,726
He maybe had his own house
to with live me.
480
00:30:42,726 --> 00:30:43,593
Yes.
481
00:30:43,593 --> 00:30:44,728
I think he had to
take care of me.
482
00:30:44,728 --> 00:30:47,097
Provide me with necessary medicine
483
00:30:47,097 --> 00:30:48,999
and sometimes took me
to the hospital.
484
00:30:48,999 --> 00:30:49,833
Right.
485
00:30:49,833 --> 00:30:55,205
But I think it didn't go well
after all his efforts,
486
00:30:55,205 --> 00:30:57,774
and he probably thought
I was no use for him.
487
00:30:57,774 --> 00:30:59,109
- Right.
- I think he abandoned me.
488
00:30:59,109 --> 00:31:00,410
Because you were crazy.
489
00:31:00,410 --> 00:31:07,050
There was no place for
crazy people to go except temple.
490
00:31:07,050 --> 00:31:11,855
At least you can cook meal.
491
00:31:11,855 --> 00:31:15,725
So you were taken to
a temple as a cook.
492
00:31:15,725 --> 00:31:22,499
But you were not aware
of where you were.
493
00:31:22,499 --> 00:31:28,505
Lots of people come
and go at temple,
494
00:31:28,505 --> 00:31:33,476
and people start
to wonder about you.
495
00:31:33,476 --> 00:31:38,215
They ask you,
but you didn't know your name,
496
00:31:38,215 --> 00:31:42,319
where you were from,
where you lived.
497
00:31:42,319 --> 00:31:47,123
Somehow your sister
came to the temple
498
00:31:47,123 --> 00:31:49,125
with your birth certificate
499
00:31:49,125 --> 00:31:53,897
and claimed that
you are her sister.
500
00:31:53,897 --> 00:31:59,736
But you said you knew nothing.
501
00:31:59,736 --> 00:32:04,641
Your sister was sure
you were her sister
502
00:32:04,641 --> 00:32:11,481
because you were taken
by Japanese during the war.
503
00:32:11,481 --> 00:32:16,953
She decided to take you home
and cure you.
504
00:32:16,953 --> 00:32:22,892
After she brought me home,
505
00:32:23,126 --> 00:32:26,963
gave me every effective
remedy she could find.
506
00:32:26,963 --> 00:32:30,433
She thought that
I could come back to normal
507
00:32:30,433 --> 00:32:32,802
because it was mental disease.
508
00:32:32,802 --> 00:32:36,072
She asked everyone in her village
509
00:32:36,072 --> 00:32:39,442
what kind of medicine
would cure me.
510
00:32:39,442 --> 00:32:42,112
She was doing
everything she could.
511
00:32:42,112 --> 00:32:45,815
And I think I could
finally come back to normal.
512
00:32:45,815 --> 00:32:48,385
You are still afraid of men?
513
00:32:48,385 --> 00:32:48,818
Right.
514
00:32:48,818 --> 00:32:49,786
- Even if it's your brother?
- Of course.
515
00:32:49,786 --> 00:32:50,687
You're scared of every man?
516
00:32:50,687 --> 00:32:52,222
I'm still afraid of them.
517
00:32:52,222 --> 00:32:53,390
You are scared of them,
repelled by them?
518
00:32:53,390 --> 00:32:55,358
Yes, of course.
519
00:32:55,358 --> 00:32:59,396
Whenever I see a woman holding
arm in arm with a man,
520
00:32:59,396 --> 00:33:02,490
I think to myself
she is crazy.
521
00:33:03,033 --> 00:33:05,735
Sometimes it makes me laugh.
522
00:33:05,735 --> 00:33:08,203
I know I am the one
who is crazy.
523
00:33:11,841 --> 00:33:16,778
Hoeng seong, Chung Il Myun,
Kwangwon Province.
524
00:33:33,730 --> 00:33:37,530
Asylum for aged in
Suwon Kyung Sung church.
525
00:33:39,336 --> 00:33:40,737
Eight two year old.
526
00:33:40,737 --> 00:33:42,466
You are sitting on tall chair.
527
00:33:42,739 --> 00:33:44,708
You must be someone
in high place in here.
528
00:33:44,708 --> 00:33:46,710
Yes very high. This high.
529
00:33:46,710 --> 00:33:49,145
Yes. How old is she?
530
00:33:49,145 --> 00:33:50,313
Eighty.
531
00:33:50,313 --> 00:33:53,283
Wow. Most of you here are
over eighty. How about her?
532
00:33:53,283 --> 00:33:54,050
Mostly over eighty.
533
00:33:54,050 --> 00:33:55,285
Seventy seven.
534
00:33:55,285 --> 00:34:00,882
Seventy seven.
Ma'am, I am young.
535
00:34:01,091 --> 00:34:03,860
I'm only seventy two.
536
00:34:03,860 --> 00:34:06,886
Seventy two.
Aren't I young?
537
00:34:07,464 --> 00:34:11,764
Call me a young lady.
Young lady, do you here?
538
00:34:12,035 --> 00:34:12,936
That is good.
539
00:34:12,936 --> 00:34:14,070
all you a young lady?
540
00:34:14,070 --> 00:34:14,871
Right.
541
00:34:14,871 --> 00:34:16,606
Wouldn't you rather
be called young and married?
542
00:34:16,606 --> 00:34:18,341
No, I prefer just a young lady.
543
00:34:18,341 --> 00:34:19,776
You really look like a young lady.
544
00:34:19,776 --> 00:34:20,710
Huh?
545
00:34:20,710 --> 00:34:21,811
You look like a young lady.
546
00:34:21,811 --> 00:34:23,176
Good. I feel good today.
547
00:34:25,281 --> 00:34:27,772
Kang Myo Ran (77) came back home
from Shanghai in 1995.
548
00:34:27,884 --> 00:34:29,283
Fighting against cancer.
549
00:34:29,419 --> 00:34:31,853
Kang Myo Ran. Sister.
550
00:34:32,422 --> 00:34:36,222
When I came to see you
with Kim Hak Soon,
551
00:34:36,493 --> 00:34:39,729
she said she was
not feeling well, right?
552
00:34:39,729 --> 00:34:42,562
She said she was
not feeling well
553
00:34:42,799 --> 00:34:45,001
because she went through a lot.
554
00:34:45,001 --> 00:34:50,940
That was the last time
I was here.
555
00:34:51,741 --> 00:34:57,111
So what is the problem with her?
556
00:34:57,714 --> 00:35:01,785
She had heart disease
557
00:35:01,785 --> 00:35:04,854
when she was in China.
558
00:35:04,854 --> 00:35:09,225
China? Where? Shanghai?
559
00:35:09,225 --> 00:35:09,959
Shanghai.
560
00:35:09,959 --> 00:35:11,428
- What?
- Shanghai.
561
00:35:11,428 --> 00:35:16,195
Oh, shanghai.
How many years were you there?
562
00:35:16,466 --> 00:35:17,400
Use your finger.
563
00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:18,368
Five or six years.
564
00:35:18,368 --> 00:35:21,963
Five or six years,
wow that is long.
565
00:35:22,439 --> 00:35:26,569
You look prettier now though.
566
00:35:26,843 --> 00:35:28,276
You are prettier.
567
00:35:28,978 --> 00:35:33,677
She is fine. Don't worry.
She is O.K.
568
00:35:34,117 --> 00:35:36,244
You can fight the cancer.
569
00:35:36,453 --> 00:35:40,657
You are strong, right?
570
00:35:40,657 --> 00:35:44,194
You couldn't digest what you ate,
but you are fine now.
571
00:35:44,194 --> 00:35:51,259
If you be strong,
you can be healthy.
572
00:35:51,434 --> 00:35:56,929
Listen to what I am saying.
573
00:35:57,207 --> 00:35:59,698
Just eat well and sleep well.
574
00:36:00,043 --> 00:36:01,476
She is old, isn't she?
575
00:36:01,744 --> 00:36:05,145
She is eighty four.
576
00:36:05,682 --> 00:36:07,717
You are eight four, right?
577
00:36:07,717 --> 00:36:08,581
Yes, she is.
578
00:36:08,852 --> 00:36:11,988
She is playing the role
as a older sister.
579
00:36:11,988 --> 00:36:14,889
Oh. You are so lucky to have her.
580
00:36:15,225 --> 00:36:18,956
She is like your
older sister.
581
00:36:19,195 --> 00:36:23,633
She is eighty four.
582
00:36:23,633 --> 00:36:29,003
She is like your older sister.
583
00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:31,298
Get well and
584
00:36:31,541 --> 00:36:36,146
be healthy again so you
can take care of her later.
585
00:36:36,146 --> 00:36:40,483
Thank you very much
older sister.
586
00:36:40,483 --> 00:36:41,718
Don't mention it.
587
00:36:41,718 --> 00:36:44,954
You know we are
like blood-sisters.
588
00:36:44,954 --> 00:36:48,458
Actually no other sisters
can be closer like us.
589
00:36:48,458 --> 00:36:49,584
I definitely think so.
590
00:36:49,826 --> 00:36:52,228
To me, there is no sisters
like this in this world.
591
00:36:52,228 --> 00:36:55,398
I didn't know
but when I came here,
592
00:36:55,398 --> 00:36:58,668
there are many
other ladies like us.
593
00:36:58,668 --> 00:37:00,870
And I would really
like to thank you.
594
00:37:00,870 --> 00:37:04,274
Please be healthy,
all of you here.
595
00:37:04,274 --> 00:37:08,836
I am sorry that
I can't come here often.
596
00:37:10,046 --> 00:37:14,417
I feel like crying.
597
00:37:14,417 --> 00:37:16,586
I told myself not to cry
when I was coming here.
598
00:37:16,586 --> 00:37:19,020
I wasn't going
to cry before you,
599
00:37:19,255 --> 00:37:22,486
but I just can't help myself.
600
00:37:25,562 --> 00:37:29,464
So please get well.
Be strong.
601
00:37:29,699 --> 00:37:31,167
You have to overcome this.
602
00:37:31,167 --> 00:37:33,362
We didn't do anything wrong,
603
00:37:33,703 --> 00:37:37,662
so you will be fine.
604
00:37:37,941 --> 00:37:43,345
You can get well again.
605
00:37:52,889 --> 00:37:57,758
1998. 11.7 Receiving
Jeon Tae Il Award Ceremony
606
00:37:59,162 --> 00:38:02,699
Her essay for life is selected,
607
00:38:02,699 --> 00:38:07,466
Kim Yun Shim please
come forward for the award.
608
00:38:07,704 --> 00:38:09,638
Here is the special
award for her.
609
00:38:10,039 --> 00:38:14,533
We are presenting
this award to Ms. Kim Yun Shim
610
00:38:14,811 --> 00:38:19,510
for her succeeding the spirit of
611
00:38:19,782 --> 00:38:25,186
Jeon Tae Il's liberation
of people and laborers.
612
00:38:25,421 --> 00:38:27,624
November. 7. 1998
613
00:38:27,624 --> 00:38:31,116
from organization of
Jeon Tae Il commemoration.
614
00:38:31,394 --> 00:38:33,329
She is the oldest recipient.
615
00:38:33,329 --> 00:38:36,933
Please out your hands
together for her.
616
00:38:36,933 --> 00:38:38,491
Thank you.
617
00:38:47,543 --> 00:38:50,512
Well.. she received the award
for her realistic essays
618
00:38:50,747 --> 00:38:57,320
about lives of people in
Military Sexual Slavery Unit.
619
00:38:57,320 --> 00:39:00,153
Please give your hands to
Ms. Kim Yun Shim again.
620
00:39:01,491 --> 00:39:08,158
We are back to our youth
when we have our headband on.
621
00:39:08,431 --> 00:39:14,995
No regrets on the
path of laborers.
622
00:39:15,371 --> 00:39:22,209
Fight today, liberate tomorrow.
623
00:39:22,378 --> 00:39:24,005
I feel all right.
624
00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:27,044
We are doing our job this late.
Kim Yun Shim (77) Taken to
Military Sexual Slavery Unit in Harbin, China
625
00:39:28,785 --> 00:39:33,449
I feel good. I feel good to be
with these young people.
626
00:39:44,367 --> 00:39:47,200
We are still fighting to live.
627
00:39:48,004 --> 00:39:49,198
Everyone here.
628
00:39:50,973 --> 00:39:53,407
We are fighting
until we all die.
629
00:39:56,779 --> 00:40:02,183
We have to keep
fighting to live.
630
00:40:10,727 --> 00:40:11,887
- Ma'am.
- What?
631
00:40:12,095 --> 00:40:14,120
How long have you
been tailoring?
632
00:40:14,364 --> 00:40:17,026
Well, it's been...
633
00:40:19,135 --> 00:40:20,796
twenty...
634
00:40:21,904 --> 00:40:27,171
twenty six years
to make a living.
635
00:40:27,977 --> 00:40:31,708
You've been tailoring
all your life to make a living?
636
00:40:31,981 --> 00:40:34,848
Yes, and I will keep doing
it until my eyes permit.
637
00:40:35,985 --> 00:40:39,322
My mom said I was born
in February 28th 1929.
638
00:40:39,322 --> 00:40:43,192
She said the year I was born
in was the year of horse.
639
00:40:43,192 --> 00:40:47,530
My father hated me for being born
in the year of horse.
640
00:40:47,530 --> 00:40:52,034
He said my sign was cursed
that I am like a horse running
641
00:40:52,034 --> 00:40:56,232
wild at the battle field.
642
00:40:58,708 --> 00:41:02,645
14 year old young girl
whose life is worse than death.
643
00:41:02,645 --> 00:41:05,782
Painful days that were only
possible in nightmare.
644
00:41:05,782 --> 00:41:09,252
A poor little girl forced to be
away while she was playing.
645
00:41:09,252 --> 00:41:12,355
Brutal and merciless
Japanese soldier.
646
00:41:12,355 --> 00:41:17,054
Life that is born in
cursed year of horse.
647
00:41:17,994 --> 00:41:21,452
You have lots of flowers here.
648
00:41:21,697 --> 00:41:24,723
Not now though.
I used to have lots of flowers,
649
00:41:25,134 --> 00:41:27,830
but they all died after
I came back from America.
650
00:41:28,104 --> 00:41:30,740
It seems that you have
artificial flowers up there.
651
00:41:30,740 --> 00:41:32,341
Well.. that is..
652
00:41:32,341 --> 00:41:34,275
Anyway, you have flowers
all over the room.
653
00:41:34,911 --> 00:41:36,936
I love flowers.
654
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:40,711
They love people without a word.
655
00:41:41,150 --> 00:41:44,086
What is the name of
that flower on that porch?
656
00:41:44,086 --> 00:41:50,150
That blue flower is
'Shin Shik' orchid.
657
00:41:50,393 --> 00:41:53,226
That red one is nameless.
658
00:41:54,297 --> 00:41:57,266
But it blossoms all year around.
659
00:41:58,167 --> 00:41:59,498
I like that very much.
660
00:42:01,370 --> 00:42:04,574
The soldiers kept coming to me.
661
00:42:04,574 --> 00:42:06,876
They were merciless.
662
00:42:06,876 --> 00:42:09,979
They yelled at me to
take my clothes off.
663
00:42:09,979 --> 00:42:13,583
I was so scared
that I didn't know what to do.
664
00:42:13,583 --> 00:42:16,819
I was harassed by
the soldiers and I was hurt.
665
00:42:16,819 --> 00:42:20,156
My bladder was ripped apart,
and my skin peeled off.
666
00:42:20,156 --> 00:42:21,724
But damn soldiers didn't care.
667
00:42:21,724 --> 00:42:25,228
I was planning
what to do something
668
00:42:25,228 --> 00:42:28,356
because it was
drizzling that day.
669
00:42:28,798 --> 00:42:33,394
Then the soldiers came early
in the evening. That was Saturday.
670
00:42:33,870 --> 00:42:36,873
I was upset
looking out the door.
671
00:42:36,873 --> 00:42:40,775
And I saw a frog jumping around,
a tree frog.
672
00:42:41,077 --> 00:42:44,947
I caught it thinking
to myself to
673
00:42:44,947 --> 00:42:47,316
put it in one of those
damn soldiers underwear.
674
00:42:47,316 --> 00:42:50,386
I kept the frog
and a soldier came in.
675
00:42:50,386 --> 00:42:54,117
I secretly put it
in his clothes.
676
00:42:56,559 --> 00:43:00,029
When he put
his clothes back on,
677
00:43:00,029 --> 00:43:02,964
the frog went
into his pants,
678
00:43:03,332 --> 00:43:04,993
and it was trying to
jump in there.
679
00:43:05,234 --> 00:43:07,770
He was startled
680
00:43:07,770 --> 00:43:10,673
and took his clothes off.
681
00:43:10,673 --> 00:43:14,837
The frog jumped out
and ran away.
682
00:43:15,111 --> 00:43:18,672
He was cursing at me that
683
00:43:18,981 --> 00:43:29,425
why I put the frog in there.
684
00:43:29,425 --> 00:43:32,485
I said I didn't.
685
00:43:32,728 --> 00:43:38,901
He said I was filthy
and he would never come back.
686
00:43:38,901 --> 00:43:41,337
He left the room shutting
the door behind.
687
00:43:41,337 --> 00:43:43,005
Then it was raining.
688
00:43:43,005 --> 00:43:48,177
I knew it was the day.
689
00:43:48,177 --> 00:43:53,950
I wasn't going to run away,
690
00:43:53,950 --> 00:43:58,478
but I changed my mind
after he was gone.
691
00:43:58,688 --> 00:44:03,693
I think it was two
or three in the morning.
692
00:44:03,693 --> 00:44:11,968
I came out and there were
no guard in my sight.
693
00:44:11,968 --> 00:44:14,036
So I ran away.
694
00:44:14,036 --> 00:44:17,904
I sent a letter to
my mom and she came.
695
00:44:18,140 --> 00:44:23,346
She was calling me at the door.
But I couldn't recognize her voice
696
00:44:23,346 --> 00:44:26,338
because she had a nasal voice.
697
00:44:26,749 --> 00:44:29,085
But it was her
when I opened the door.
698
00:44:29,085 --> 00:44:31,420
We were crying.
699
00:44:31,420 --> 00:44:34,617
Later I found that she had
some kind of disease
700
00:44:34,824 --> 00:44:40,396
that clogged her nostril under
a stress after I was taken away.
701
00:44:40,396 --> 00:44:42,798
That was why she sounded weird.
702
00:44:42,798 --> 00:44:48,604
I said I wanted to go home
703
00:44:48,604 --> 00:44:52,108
but she said no.
She said we had to go to
704
00:44:52,108 --> 00:44:55,544
our relative's house
to get married.
705
00:44:55,544 --> 00:44:59,315
She took me there and later
she came back with money
706
00:44:59,315 --> 00:45:02,876
from selling land after a
long discussion with my father.
707
00:45:03,386 --> 00:45:09,558
They set the date
for the wedding.
708
00:45:09,558 --> 00:45:14,764
So at night we
had a little wedding
709
00:45:14,764 --> 00:45:17,466
with the family of the man
I was going to marry.
710
00:45:17,466 --> 00:45:18,801
They had rice wine together.
711
00:45:18,801 --> 00:45:21,637
Why did you get married
in such a hurry?
712
00:45:21,637 --> 00:45:23,298
Because they were afraid
713
00:45:23,873 --> 00:45:26,208
that I would get
taken away again.
714
00:45:26,208 --> 00:45:32,738
It was.. I think it was May.
715
00:45:33,115 --> 00:45:36,452
They said I wouldn't
be taken away
716
00:45:36,452 --> 00:45:40,623
if I got married at night.
717
00:45:40,623 --> 00:45:44,126
That's why they had
me married in a hurry.
718
00:45:44,126 --> 00:45:45,728
So what did you think?
719
00:45:45,728 --> 00:45:46,362
What?
720
00:45:46,362 --> 00:45:48,998
What did you think when
your mom told you to get married?
721
00:45:48,998 --> 00:45:51,701
I didn't want to get married at all.
I didn't want to spend
722
00:45:51,701 --> 00:45:53,803
my life with a man.
723
00:45:53,803 --> 00:45:56,072
I didn't know that
I had to share the room
724
00:45:56,072 --> 00:45:59,175
with him after I got married.
725
00:45:59,175 --> 00:46:00,972
I just married
726
00:46:01,177 --> 00:46:03,512
because I wouldn't
get drafted again..
727
00:46:03,512 --> 00:46:05,081
because I would be safe.
728
00:46:05,081 --> 00:46:08,184
That was the only reason.
729
00:46:08,184 --> 00:46:09,285
How old were you?
730
00:46:09,285 --> 00:46:11,014
I was sixteen.
731
00:46:11,320 --> 00:46:14,757
It was May
and I turned sixteen.
732
00:46:14,757 --> 00:46:20,286
We were liberated
on August same year.
733
00:46:20,496 --> 00:46:23,432
I felt it wasn't fair for me.
734
00:46:23,432 --> 00:46:33,307
Anyway, my mom felt released
735
00:46:33,576 --> 00:46:35,510
and she went home
736
00:46:35,878 --> 00:46:41,145
leaving me with mother
in law and his son.
737
00:46:41,484 --> 00:46:49,091
And they called me 'disfigured'.
738
00:46:49,091 --> 00:46:51,116
Why did they
call you 'disfigured'?
739
00:46:51,327 --> 00:46:59,200
Because I had
sexually transmitted disease.
740
00:46:59,468 --> 00:47:01,971
Gonorrhea and syphilis.
I had those diseases.
741
00:47:01,971 --> 00:47:06,609
I went there
when I was really young,
742
00:47:06,609 --> 00:47:08,811
and I had wounds
and bruises.
743
00:47:08,811 --> 00:47:13,149
It was so bad my bone was
a little bit crooked.
744
00:47:13,149 --> 00:47:16,051
It was healed later on,
745
00:47:16,051 --> 00:47:20,189
but I still can't walk right
because of aftereffects.
746
00:47:20,189 --> 00:47:25,227
Time healed my wounds.
But at the time,
747
00:47:25,227 --> 00:47:28,464
I had tumors on the
wounds on my buttocks
748
00:47:28,464 --> 00:47:33,068
and bladder like
they were burnt.
749
00:47:33,068 --> 00:47:39,408
That was why they
called me a 'disfigured'.
750
00:47:39,408 --> 00:47:42,605
I cried there because
751
00:47:42,845 --> 00:47:45,347
I didn't have to get married like
that after the liberation.
752
00:47:45,347 --> 00:47:47,716
Anyway, it was my fate
that my parents set for me,
753
00:47:47,716 --> 00:47:49,946
and we were just getting
by everyday.
754
00:47:50,619 --> 00:47:55,791
But the man I married
brought another woman
755
00:47:55,791 --> 00:47:57,927
because I couldn't bare a child.
756
00:47:57,927 --> 00:48:02,064
My mother was furious.
She demanded an explanation from them.
757
00:48:02,064 --> 00:48:06,467
And they told my mother
that I was a 'disfigured'.
758
00:48:06,702 --> 00:48:10,502
She was shocked
and asked me what that meant.
759
00:48:10,706 --> 00:48:16,178
So I told her everything.
760
00:48:16,178 --> 00:48:18,881
I said I went there
but I didn't go alone.
761
00:48:18,881 --> 00:48:22,518
I went with many other girls,
762
00:48:22,518 --> 00:48:27,823
and soldiers came to me
every night.
763
00:48:27,823 --> 00:48:31,060
I told her
what they did to me.
764
00:48:31,060 --> 00:48:32,862
She lamented saying
that I should have died there.
765
00:48:32,862 --> 00:48:34,997
She said I had to die
somewhere there.
766
00:48:34,997 --> 00:48:37,488
She was crying out loud.
767
00:48:37,666 --> 00:48:40,002
So terrible things
happened to you
768
00:48:40,002 --> 00:48:43,130
when you were only 13.
769
00:48:43,372 --> 00:48:46,976
And after you came back
and married..
770
00:48:46,976 --> 00:48:48,410
I know.
771
00:48:48,410 --> 00:48:51,614
So when you were 16,
you had to be with a man again.
772
00:48:51,614 --> 00:48:54,516
How did you feel about that?
773
00:48:54,516 --> 00:48:58,554
I didn't know
that I had to sleep
774
00:48:58,554 --> 00:49:02,183
with the man I married to.
775
00:49:02,391 --> 00:49:04,293
I didn't know.
776
00:49:04,293 --> 00:49:08,264
So after the first night,
777
00:49:08,264 --> 00:49:10,299
he bothered me every night.
778
00:49:10,299 --> 00:49:14,536
People in Jeonla
province keep their
779
00:49:14,536 --> 00:49:19,241
sweet potatoes in two
or three piles in their room.
780
00:49:19,241 --> 00:49:21,709
So one night,
after my husband was away,
781
00:49:21,977 --> 00:49:23,746
I hid myself on the piles of
sweet potatoes covering
782
00:49:23,746 --> 00:49:26,544
myself with blanket.
I was sleeping there.
783
00:49:26,749 --> 00:49:31,887
But I snored maybe
because I was uncomfortable
784
00:49:31,887 --> 00:49:35,991
on piles of sweet potatoes
785
00:49:35,991 --> 00:49:42,453
then I got caught.
I didn't want him that much.
786
00:49:48,370 --> 00:49:50,895
I was so naive.
I didn't know nothing.
787
00:49:53,042 --> 00:49:57,513
When I was in the unit.
That's when I was 15.
788
00:49:57,513 --> 00:50:01,517
I know you know this kind of things,
and now I am telling you.
789
00:50:01,517 --> 00:50:04,486
It was spring.
790
00:50:04,720 --> 00:50:10,960
I went to a bathroom,
and I saw blood on my underwear.
791
00:50:10,960 --> 00:50:14,396
I ran out of there screaming.
792
00:50:14,563 --> 00:50:20,002
And the guard,
he was one of nice ones,
793
00:50:20,002 --> 00:50:25,007
came up and asked what was wrong.
I was called number 'twenty one'.
794
00:50:25,007 --> 00:50:28,170
He said 'twenty one,
what is wrong with you?'
795
00:50:28,377 --> 00:50:35,150
And I said that I was dying
because of you bastards.
796
00:50:35,150 --> 00:50:37,786
'You molested me so bad
797
00:50:37,786 --> 00:50:40,556
and I had some kind of disease
inside. Now I am bleeding'.
798
00:50:40,556 --> 00:50:43,125
I went into my room crying.
799
00:50:43,125 --> 00:50:46,328
I wiped blood off of me.
800
00:50:46,328 --> 00:50:51,934
That guard was a bit confused.
801
00:50:51,934 --> 00:50:55,004
He ran to the medic.
802
00:50:55,004 --> 00:50:59,008
Then 'the older sisters'
came running to me
803
00:50:59,008 --> 00:51:01,577
and asked me
804
00:51:01,577 --> 00:51:04,880
what was going on.
I cried even harder.
805
00:51:04,880 --> 00:51:08,816
Soon they found out
why I was bleeding and laughed.
806
00:51:09,284 --> 00:51:12,151
They consoled me saying
that it was natural thing.
807
00:51:12,388 --> 00:51:17,393
The medic came later.
808
00:51:17,393 --> 00:51:19,691
I was so naive.
809
00:51:27,102 --> 00:51:28,933
I didn't know nothing.
810
00:51:35,210 --> 00:51:37,079
When I was 25 years old.
811
00:51:37,079 --> 00:51:41,817
Somebody introduced
me to a man.
812
00:51:41,817 --> 00:51:46,151
And I remarried him at 26.
813
00:51:46,422 --> 00:51:52,327
And the same year,
I got pregnant.
814
00:51:52,327 --> 00:51:56,965
I guess it was my time
to have a child.
815
00:51:56,965 --> 00:52:04,940
And the next year,
I had a daughter,
816
00:52:04,940 --> 00:52:07,306
I was 27 years old.
817
00:52:08,277 --> 00:52:13,382
I was so happy that
I felt like I was the only one
818
00:52:13,382 --> 00:52:15,646
who had a child.
819
00:52:15,918 --> 00:52:19,655
My daughter was adorable,
820
00:52:19,655 --> 00:52:20,956
but she couldn't
hold her head up.
821
00:52:20,956 --> 00:52:23,692
I didn't know why,
but she just couldn't.
822
00:52:23,692 --> 00:52:26,662
Everyone wondered
823
00:52:26,662 --> 00:52:29,898
if the baby has
some kind of problem.
824
00:52:29,898 --> 00:52:32,366
So I took her to the hospital.
825
00:52:32,601 --> 00:52:37,334
It was Jeon Nam
College Hospital.
826
00:52:37,573 --> 00:52:39,131
It's still there.
827
00:52:39,374 --> 00:52:43,445
The head doctor told me
828
00:52:43,445 --> 00:52:49,816
that she had a cerebral palsy
829
00:52:50,219 --> 00:52:53,956
and he said it was
because of the mother, me.
830
00:52:53,956 --> 00:52:58,861
He said she wouldn't
be able to speak.
831
00:52:58,861 --> 00:53:00,658
I was stunned.
832
00:53:00,863 --> 00:53:04,566
So I just came to Seoul
833
00:53:04,566 --> 00:53:10,630
bringing her with me
without knowing anybody.
834
00:53:10,939 --> 00:53:12,407
So at Seoul..
835
00:53:12,407 --> 00:53:13,475
How about your husband?
836
00:53:13,475 --> 00:53:14,543
- What?
- Your husband..
837
00:53:14,543 --> 00:53:15,911
No.. I didn't tell him.
838
00:53:15,911 --> 00:53:17,045
You ran away without
telling your husband?
839
00:53:17,045 --> 00:53:18,413
Yes, I ran away
840
00:53:18,413 --> 00:53:21,216
with my baby
and some baby clothes.
841
00:53:21,216 --> 00:53:23,018
So you were afraid
842
00:53:23,018 --> 00:53:26,622
that they would
know about your past?
843
00:53:26,622 --> 00:53:30,692
Right. I just didn't
have a heart to
844
00:53:30,692 --> 00:53:33,295
tell them she had a cerebral
palsy because of me.
845
00:53:33,295 --> 00:53:36,398
What if my husband found out?
846
00:53:36,398 --> 00:53:39,535
Those days,
if a woman had a syphilis,
847
00:53:39,535 --> 00:53:41,730
she wasn't a human.
848
00:53:42,037 --> 00:53:46,074
So if they found out?
I don't want to think about it.
849
00:53:46,074 --> 00:53:49,478
So I just ran.
850
00:53:49,478 --> 00:53:54,049
I just took a train
to Seoul that night.
851
00:53:54,049 --> 00:53:56,176
I didn't even know
where Seoul was.
852
00:53:57,352 --> 00:54:00,116
With her daughter, Sun Ye Sook
853
00:54:02,691 --> 00:54:05,751
How much your daughter knows?
854
00:54:06,428 --> 00:54:10,558
She doesn't know much.
855
00:54:11,066 --> 00:54:15,470
People asked me how I could keep it
secret from my child
856
00:54:15,470 --> 00:54:20,909
since I published the book
about my story.
857
00:54:20,909 --> 00:54:24,470
They ask ''Have your children
ever read your book?'' I said no.
858
00:54:24,680 --> 00:54:27,783
My grand children
were not interested
859
00:54:27,783 --> 00:54:31,241
in reading my book.
860
00:54:31,520 --> 00:54:34,289
Why didn't she read your book?
861
00:54:34,289 --> 00:54:35,688
I didn't show it to her.
862
00:54:35,924 --> 00:54:38,119
I've never kept it at home.
863
00:54:38,727 --> 00:54:42,097
She asked me to bring the book home,
but I said no.
864
00:54:42,097 --> 00:54:46,001
The book isn't for her,
it is for someone else.
865
00:54:46,001 --> 00:54:48,203
She doesn't need to
read that book.
866
00:54:48,203 --> 00:54:50,899
Doesn't she ever
want to read it?
867
00:54:51,640 --> 00:54:55,098
Her? Maybe she does.
868
00:54:55,410 --> 00:54:58,013
But whenever she asks about it,
869
00:54:58,013 --> 00:55:01,312
and I tell her there
is no book in here.
870
00:55:01,617 --> 00:55:03,318
Onetime seven copies
871
00:55:03,318 --> 00:55:07,482
delivered to my house
and I gave them all away.
872
00:55:08,590 --> 00:55:14,222
She doesn't know what's
in the book.
873
00:55:14,563 --> 00:55:17,866
She doesn't know what's
written in there.
874
00:55:17,866 --> 00:55:19,390
Do you know about the book?
875
00:55:20,669 --> 00:55:24,105
Do you know about my book?
876
00:55:24,339 --> 00:55:25,966
I know. I read it.
877
00:55:26,675 --> 00:55:28,744
You did?
878
00:55:28,744 --> 00:55:33,448
Yes. While you were in America.
879
00:55:33,448 --> 00:55:36,084
While I was in America?
Where's the book?
880
00:55:36,084 --> 00:55:37,949
At home?
881
00:55:38,153 --> 00:55:39,620
Your husband has it?
882
00:55:39,855 --> 00:55:41,123
We have two different books.
Japan and America.
883
00:55:41,123 --> 00:55:43,959
You have two books at home?
884
00:55:43,959 --> 00:55:45,688
Have you read it?
Different one?
885
00:55:45,827 --> 00:55:47,260
- That is strange.
- America?
886
00:55:50,832 --> 00:55:52,534
- While I was in America?
- I took two copies while she was
887
00:55:52,534 --> 00:55:54,369
in America to testify.
888
00:55:54,369 --> 00:55:55,597
You still have them?
889
00:55:58,840 --> 00:56:01,968
You have them?
Who gave them to you?
890
00:56:02,411 --> 00:56:03,779
I found them from there.
891
00:56:03,779 --> 00:56:05,076
You took them from here?
892
00:56:07,182 --> 00:56:10,018
Aha. Those books were
893
00:56:10,018 --> 00:56:15,581
from the church, the Hyanrim church.
They published monthly magazine,
894
00:56:15,857 --> 00:56:22,030
and they covered my story excerpted
from my book a little.
895
00:56:22,030 --> 00:56:23,432
That's what she took.
896
00:56:23,432 --> 00:56:25,093
Those were not her books.
897
00:56:25,400 --> 00:56:26,935
So you read them?
898
00:56:26,935 --> 00:56:29,271
Wait. Those books..
899
00:56:29,271 --> 00:56:30,172
Yes I did.
900
00:56:30,172 --> 00:56:33,869
Not much detail in that magazine.
Just a little bit of..
901
00:56:34,142 --> 00:56:38,080
What did you think
after you read it?
902
00:56:38,080 --> 00:56:41,948
How did you feel?
903
00:56:42,451 --> 00:56:50,092
I read about her being taken
away when she was 16.
904
00:56:50,092 --> 00:56:53,550
When she was 16? You asked
about the content of the book?
905
00:56:53,895 --> 00:56:56,329
She probably doesn't know.
906
00:56:56,698 --> 00:56:59,401
You know specifically?
It had many details?
907
00:56:59,401 --> 00:57:00,902
I know because I read it.
908
00:57:00,902 --> 00:57:03,302
You know?
You know everything?
909
00:57:05,073 --> 00:57:09,066
Why you..
Why did you take the book?
910
00:57:09,344 --> 00:57:14,475
My book. You have it?
911
00:57:14,883 --> 00:57:16,714
You took the books
from Hyangrim church?
912
00:57:16,918 --> 00:57:18,977
Howe did you know?
913
00:57:19,621 --> 00:57:25,287
From TV. I saw it on TV.
914
00:57:27,829 --> 00:57:29,228
Right, from TV.
915
00:57:29,498 --> 00:57:32,524
Why didn't you tell me?
916
00:57:33,001 --> 00:57:35,868
Huh, why?
Why didn't you tell me?
917
00:57:36,138 --> 00:57:38,368
Why? Why?
918
00:57:40,442 --> 00:57:43,605
Why didn't you tell her
you took the books?
919
00:57:48,283 --> 00:57:50,183
I don't know.
It's not my problem.
920
00:57:53,789 --> 00:57:57,859
What do you remember
the most from the book?
921
00:57:57,859 --> 00:57:59,394
What do you remember?
922
00:57:59,394 --> 00:58:03,421
Do you have any phrase
that you remember?
923
00:58:05,500 --> 00:58:09,960
Any phrase from the book?
924
00:58:11,540 --> 00:58:15,010
Ask her if she found something
925
00:58:15,010 --> 00:58:17,479
that I kept secret from her.
926
00:58:17,479 --> 00:58:21,609
Hae Nam.
Her hometown in Hae Nam.
927
00:58:22,918 --> 00:58:28,423
While she was playing
928
00:58:28,423 --> 00:58:42,702
with a elastic cord
with her three friends.
929
00:58:43,205 --> 00:58:49,077
The Japanese soldiers came
and they told her to come with them.
930
00:58:49,077 --> 00:58:56,245
They kidnapped her
and locked her.
931
00:58:56,585 --> 00:59:00,681
Locked her for three years.
I read it from the book.
932
00:59:05,427 --> 00:59:06,261
Does she know?
933
00:59:06,261 --> 00:59:10,165
So while your mother played
with three girls.
934
00:59:10,165 --> 00:59:14,970
The Japanese came
and kidnapped her.
935
00:59:14,970 --> 00:59:16,238
- Does she?
- Yes, she remembers that part.
936
00:59:16,238 --> 00:59:17,839
- She does?
- Yes.
937
00:59:17,839 --> 00:59:19,908
So she read the book.
That book.
938
00:59:19,908 --> 00:59:21,176
Yes, I think she did.
939
00:59:21,176 --> 00:59:24,577
Wow, she did read the book.
940
00:59:31,019 --> 00:59:32,821
Did your child
read the book, too?
941
00:59:32,821 --> 00:59:33,722
(I don't know.)
942
00:59:33,722 --> 00:59:35,212
She shouldn't read it.
943
01:00:00,282 --> 01:00:04,619
She worried about me much.
944
01:00:04,619 --> 01:00:07,055
Since two years ago,
945
01:00:07,055 --> 01:00:11,355
she came to see me often.
946
01:00:15,096 --> 01:00:18,767
She thinks about me a lot.
947
01:00:18,767 --> 01:00:23,004
She doesn't like it
because I am just getting by.
948
01:00:23,004 --> 01:00:26,174
She wanted me to be happy
just the way we used to.
949
01:00:26,174 --> 01:00:30,804
She comes here
and helps me a lot.
950
01:00:47,696 --> 01:00:50,031
The past I will never
forget in my life.
951
01:00:50,031 --> 01:00:52,434
My daughter
who can't speak forever
952
01:00:52,434 --> 01:00:54,959
because of this
unfortunate mother,
953
01:00:55,070 --> 01:00:57,971
My beloved daughter
whom I loved to death.
954
01:00:58,073 --> 01:01:00,875
My tragedy shouldn't
go on to her life.
955
01:01:00,875 --> 01:01:03,343
Brutal and merciless
Japanese soldiers.
956
01:01:03,511 --> 01:01:06,381
I hope there will be no more war.
957
01:01:06,381 --> 01:01:09,184
The past I will
never forget in my life.
958
01:01:09,184 --> 01:01:12,551
I must keep it
to myself forever.
959
01:01:13,455 --> 01:01:15,090
You must be surprised?
960
01:01:15,090 --> 01:01:16,291
Why?
961
01:01:16,291 --> 01:01:17,849
Because your daughter knows.
962
01:01:18,126 --> 01:01:21,789
Right. I don't feel good
about that now.
963
01:01:21,997 --> 01:01:23,498
- Later she told..
- Huh?
964
01:01:23,498 --> 01:01:25,227
She told us
that she already knew.
965
01:01:25,433 --> 01:01:28,403
She found out little by little.
966
01:01:28,403 --> 01:01:31,640
She didn't tell you
because she didn't
967
01:01:31,640 --> 01:01:33,870
want you to be sad.
968
01:01:34,242 --> 01:01:37,040
Her friends from the school
for Deaf knew.
969
01:01:37,312 --> 01:01:38,973
- The organizations for the deaf..
- Right.
970
01:01:39,314 --> 01:01:41,305
Right.
971
01:01:45,453 --> 01:01:46,943
That's why I don't feel good.
972
01:01:49,257 --> 01:01:50,383
Isn't it hard
973
01:01:50,859 --> 01:01:53,361
when every time you
974
01:01:53,361 --> 01:01:55,730
and other ladies to
testify what happened?
975
01:01:55,730 --> 01:01:56,598
Yes.
976
01:01:56,598 --> 01:02:00,735
You and your friends
have demonstrated
977
01:02:00,735 --> 01:02:04,762
before the Japanese embassy,
978
01:02:05,006 --> 01:02:08,243
and sometimes, you have to take
a long trip for testimony.
979
01:02:08,243 --> 01:02:09,511
How those activities changed you?
980
01:02:09,511 --> 01:02:12,639
It gave me an energy.
981
01:02:12,914 --> 01:02:18,253
What I am saying is,
982
01:02:18,253 --> 01:02:25,760
we didn't have much to
say each other before,
983
01:02:25,760 --> 01:02:30,298
but now we have a work to do.
984
01:02:30,298 --> 01:02:36,037
Now we are united,
985
01:02:36,037 --> 01:02:40,975
and we understand each other
986
01:02:40,975 --> 01:02:45,814
that we had been
through same ordeal.
987
01:02:45,814 --> 01:02:50,979
Now we can talk openly
about what we kept to ourselves.
988
01:02:51,219 --> 01:02:57,459
Now we have nothing to
hide from each other.
989
01:02:57,459 --> 01:03:00,826
That is what I like.
990
01:03:01,029 --> 01:03:04,931
I have met those ladies
for eight years,
991
01:03:05,200 --> 01:03:09,000
and I understand
what they feel.
992
01:03:09,437 --> 01:03:11,473
Most of them,
993
01:03:11,473 --> 01:03:14,499
including you, are ashamed
or they have guilt
994
01:03:14,809 --> 01:03:19,848
about what happened even though
995
01:03:19,848 --> 01:03:22,050
they are the victims.
996
01:03:22,050 --> 01:03:23,551
Right, we have lived like that.
997
01:03:23,551 --> 01:03:25,987
How difficult to
overcome those feelings?
998
01:03:25,987 --> 01:03:27,889
Is it almost impossible?
999
01:03:27,889 --> 01:03:29,880
It is very difficult.
1000
01:03:30,125 --> 01:03:34,960
Well, it is really hard.
1001
01:03:35,163 --> 01:03:36,858
I have kept my mouth shut.
1002
01:03:37,065 --> 01:03:44,806
I was afraid all the time
because of my past.
1003
01:03:44,806 --> 01:03:47,208
When I worked at a restaurant,
1004
01:03:47,208 --> 01:03:51,212
I was doing the dishes
carrying my baby on my back.
1005
01:03:51,212 --> 01:03:55,750
One time, the boys who also
worked at kitchen clumsily
1006
01:03:55,750 --> 01:04:00,588
dragged the garbage can out,
1007
01:04:00,588 --> 01:04:07,295
and the garbage
few all over the baby.
1008
01:04:07,295 --> 01:04:08,763
But I didn't say anything.
1009
01:04:08,763 --> 01:04:15,236
People felt sorry for her,
1010
01:04:15,236 --> 01:04:17,572
but I just took her out and
1011
01:04:17,572 --> 01:04:19,972
cleaned her up
wiping off garbage.
1012
01:04:20,175 --> 01:04:22,370
Well, I couldn't say anything
to anybody.
1013
01:04:22,644 --> 01:04:26,011
They didn't know,
but if they did...
1014
01:04:26,347 --> 01:04:30,181
people those days..
1015
01:04:31,119 --> 01:04:37,820
Even if somebody
made obvious mistake,
1016
01:04:38,092 --> 01:04:41,084
I didn't say 'it's your fault.'
I couldn't.
1017
01:04:41,529 --> 01:04:46,434
We Koreans are really strange
on that matter.
1018
01:04:46,434 --> 01:04:50,405
Whoever it is.
If I tell them what happened,
1019
01:04:50,405 --> 01:04:54,709
they would say 'So what?
Why did you bring it up now?'
1020
01:04:54,709 --> 01:04:55,777
so...
1021
01:04:55,777 --> 01:05:00,180
So what you are saying
is you think...
1022
01:05:00,481 --> 01:05:02,951
people would think
we were filthy infidels.
1023
01:05:02,951 --> 01:05:05,146
Right, filthy.
1024
01:05:05,420 --> 01:05:07,989
I felt like they would say
1025
01:05:07,989 --> 01:05:12,827
'that is not something
to be proud of.
1026
01:05:12,827 --> 01:05:15,763
How could you tell
the story like
1027
01:05:15,763 --> 01:05:17,856
that to people shamelessly?
1028
01:05:18,266 --> 01:05:20,635
I just didn't want that.
1029
01:05:20,635 --> 01:05:25,073
And one time, Kim Jong Pil,
1030
01:05:25,073 --> 01:05:27,675
a member of national
assembly said
1031
01:05:27,675 --> 01:05:33,248
that there was no use
of bring those pasts up.
1032
01:05:33,248 --> 01:05:35,116
He said something like that.
1033
01:05:35,116 --> 01:05:38,085
That's what I had
in my mind and
1034
01:05:38,486 --> 01:05:41,055
I didn't want to
say anything since then.
1035
01:05:41,055 --> 01:05:45,627
Some people invited
me to some places.
1036
01:05:45,627 --> 01:05:49,397
They wanted me to say
what I wanted to say,
1037
01:05:49,397 --> 01:05:52,366
but I didn't go.
I didn't want to go.
1038
01:05:52,634 --> 01:05:56,804
The president once invited me,
and The Korean Council for
1039
01:05:56,804 --> 01:06:00,308
Women Drafted for
Military Sexual Slavery did, too.
1040
01:06:00,308 --> 01:06:03,411
But I didn't say anything
there either.
1041
01:06:03,411 --> 01:06:05,647
So it is something like,
you know?
1042
01:06:05,647 --> 01:06:07,638
Yes. It is something like..
1043
01:06:07,949 --> 01:06:12,487
You know in Korea,
the victims of the rape usually
1044
01:06:12,487 --> 01:06:14,022
can't report to the police
because they feel ashamed.
1045
01:06:14,022 --> 01:06:15,490
- Right..
- Is that something like that?
1046
01:06:15,490 --> 01:06:17,583
Exactly. It is..
1047
01:06:17,859 --> 01:06:22,563
But you all know it is not right.
If you are a victim,
1048
01:06:22,563 --> 01:06:26,000
you have every right to report
without feeling ashamed.
1049
01:06:26,000 --> 01:06:27,068
- Right.
- You know you have
1050
01:06:27,068 --> 01:06:28,069
nothing to be ashamed of
1051
01:06:28,069 --> 01:06:29,037
because it is not your fault.
1052
01:06:29,037 --> 01:06:30,171
I know that,
1053
01:06:30,171 --> 01:06:39,341
but I feel like people here
wouldn't think that way.
1054
01:06:40,949 --> 01:06:43,618
That's why you have kept it
secret for 50 years...
1055
01:06:43,618 --> 01:06:47,555
Right. Really.
1056
01:06:47,555 --> 01:06:51,659
Things are much better for me now,
but still no one knows yet.
1057
01:06:51,659 --> 01:06:55,959
My neighbors have no idea.
1058
01:06:56,464 --> 01:07:01,402
What do you think
Korean people should do to
1059
01:07:01,402 --> 01:07:05,039
make you feel more
dignified to the people?
1060
01:07:05,039 --> 01:07:08,668
You know, a country like America.
1061
01:07:12,347 --> 01:07:21,522
In there, they teach their
children to stand tall all the time.
1062
01:07:21,522 --> 01:07:29,530
They teach it is courageous to reveal
something like that to people.
1063
01:07:29,530 --> 01:07:32,988
But it is different here.
1064
01:07:33,801 --> 01:07:37,105
If you are sexually assaulted
then people would feel sorry for you.
1065
01:07:37,105 --> 01:07:39,974
They would just say
'Wow, what an ordeal you had.'
1066
01:07:39,974 --> 01:07:41,464
And that's it.
1067
01:07:41,743 --> 01:07:44,512
But if you report
it to the police,
1068
01:07:44,512 --> 01:07:47,181
they won't say,
'You did the right thing.
1069
01:07:47,181 --> 01:07:48,883
We won't let him get away.'
1070
01:07:48,883 --> 01:07:51,486
We need some encouragement
like that.
1071
01:07:51,486 --> 01:07:58,483
That kind of encouragement
won't make us afraid.
1072
01:07:58,726 --> 01:08:05,825
But we are not like that
because it is traditional.
1073
01:08:06,401 --> 01:08:12,106
My father used to say that
1074
01:08:12,106 --> 01:08:13,975
women should stay
at home all the time.
1075
01:08:13,975 --> 01:08:17,211
That's why my father wouldn't
accept me after I came back.
1076
01:08:17,211 --> 01:08:21,382
That made me feel
that I was the sinner.
1077
01:08:21,382 --> 01:08:26,621
I think all people here are
same especially the men.
1078
01:08:26,621 --> 01:08:30,558
When I demonstrated
in front of the embassy,
1079
01:08:30,558 --> 01:08:36,798
I felt that people
looked at me weirdly.
1080
01:08:36,798 --> 01:08:42,634
So I think it is very..
My mind..
1081
01:09:05,126 --> 01:09:08,596
We are now starting our
365th demonstration
1999. 6. 16. 365th
weekly demonstration
1082
01:09:08,596 --> 01:09:11,190
for the victims of
military sexual slavery.
1999. 6. 16. 365th
weekly demonstration
1083
01:09:11,999 --> 01:09:16,771
June 16th 1999,
today's demonstration is
1084
01:09:16,771 --> 01:09:20,036
supported by
Korea Sexual Violent Center
1085
01:09:20,274 --> 01:09:24,074
and Women Drafted
for Military Sexual Slavery.
1086
01:09:24,278 --> 01:09:26,948
As the badge we have on says,
1087
01:09:26,948 --> 01:09:30,685
we demand for reparation
and apology.
1088
01:09:30,685 --> 01:09:35,554
But Japanese government
hasn't done anything.
1089
01:09:35,790 --> 01:09:38,359
Those two demands
are what we need,
1090
01:09:38,359 --> 01:09:42,029
and our third demand,
the most important one,
1091
01:09:42,029 --> 01:09:43,464
is to bring those
who were responsible
1092
01:09:43,464 --> 01:09:45,933
for Military Sexual Slavery
to justice.
1093
01:09:45,933 --> 01:09:47,368
But over the
last fifty years,
1094
01:09:47,368 --> 01:09:49,427
there was no single trial
for those criminals.
1095
01:09:49,670 --> 01:09:53,274
Japan, reveal the truth
1096
01:09:53,274 --> 01:09:56,334
and bring the
criminals to justice.
1097
01:09:56,611 --> 01:09:59,045
Bring them to justice. Bring them to justice.
Bring them to justice.
1098
01:09:59,380 --> 01:10:02,450
1991. 8. 14 The very first testimony
from the victim of slavery, Kim Hak Soon.
1099
01:10:02,450 --> 01:10:04,152
1991. 9. 18 Opened hot line
for the victims of slavery.
1100
01:10:04,152 --> 01:10:06,587
1991. 12. 6 Three of the victims filed
the lawsuit against Japanese government.
1101
01:10:06,587 --> 01:10:09,657
1992. 1.8 The first weekly demonstration
took place in front of Japanese embassy
1102
01:10:09,657 --> 01:10:12,426
1995. 6. 14 The Japanese government
refused to legal reparation
1103
01:10:12,426 --> 01:10:14,829
and announced to create the private fund called
'Fund for Women for Peace of Asia.'
1104
01:10:14,829 --> 01:10:17,165
1996. 10. 18 Organized civic group
to refuse the fund in Korea.
1105
01:10:17,165 --> 01:10:18,966
1997. 1. 11Japan enforced Fund for Women
for Peace of Asia to 7 of victims.
1106
01:10:18,966 --> 01:10:20,801
The General Assembly of UN
for Human Rights adopted
1107
01:10:20,801 --> 01:10:22,270
's report to request
reparation from Japan.
1108
01:10:22,270 --> 01:10:23,794
1999. The number of survived
victims as of July is 150.
1109
01:10:25,806 --> 01:10:30,607
Kim Hak soon first,
then Kang Duk Kyun,
1110
01:10:31,812 --> 01:10:33,177
and Moon Ok Joo.
1111
01:10:33,447 --> 01:10:35,483
They all left us.
1112
01:10:35,483 --> 01:10:37,585
We are almost there so
1113
01:10:37,585 --> 01:10:39,820
we have to live on until then.
1114
01:10:39,820 --> 01:10:42,983
We have to make
them pay before we die.
1115
01:10:43,191 --> 01:10:45,660
So I want you to
keep yourself healthy.
1116
01:10:45,660 --> 01:10:49,619
You fought hard.
You testified many times
1117
01:10:50,097 --> 01:10:52,200
in many places despite
all the hardships
1118
01:10:52,200 --> 01:10:55,736
You told everyone
what happened.
1119
01:10:55,736 --> 01:10:59,307
You told your stories
to the students, Japanese,
1120
01:10:59,307 --> 01:11:02,210
everyone in Korea
and anywhere else.
1121
01:11:02,210 --> 01:11:03,878
Despite all the shame you felt,
1122
01:11:03,878 --> 01:11:06,080
you stood tall and testified.
1123
01:11:06,080 --> 01:11:08,182
And your effort
finally paid off,
1124
01:11:08,182 --> 01:11:13,854
you made this matter
an international issue.
1125
01:11:13,854 --> 01:11:18,450
You are highly known
internationally now.
1126
01:11:18,693 --> 01:11:22,652
We are still fighting
to retrieve your honor.
1127
01:11:22,863 --> 01:11:27,766
We just hope
that you stay healthy.
1128
01:11:27,969 --> 01:11:30,171
Please don't spend your money
someplace else.
1129
01:11:30,171 --> 01:11:33,470
Spend it for your health.
1130
01:11:34,108 --> 01:11:37,078
What is different now?
1131
01:11:37,078 --> 01:11:42,516
I feel much better than before.
1132
01:11:42,817 --> 01:11:46,387
But we have not done
anything substantial
1133
01:11:46,387 --> 01:11:52,460
like putting our stories
on history textbook
1134
01:11:52,460 --> 01:11:56,556
or building a memorial
for the victims, nothing.
1135
01:11:56,731 --> 01:12:00,189
And Japan hasn't officially
apologized yet.
1136
01:12:00,401 --> 01:12:04,272
So whenever I get ill,
I am worried.
1137
01:12:04,272 --> 01:12:11,812
I am worried that I would die
without any results.
1138
01:12:11,812 --> 01:12:14,781
I just keep thinking about that.
1139
01:12:16,250 --> 01:12:18,185
I won't die until it is solved.
1140
01:12:18,185 --> 01:12:19,914
Even if I do die,
1141
01:12:20,121 --> 01:12:23,791
I will come back as
a ghost and
1142
01:12:23,791 --> 01:12:25,126
have my revenge
no matter what.
1143
01:12:25,126 --> 01:12:26,718
- Right.
- Right.
1144
01:12:28,496 --> 01:12:31,021
Japan. Trial. I went to
Japan for the trial.
1145
01:12:31,198 --> 01:12:33,134
You went to Japan
twice for the trial.
1146
01:12:33,134 --> 01:12:36,003
I have to go to Japan again
for the trial, and about the..
1147
01:12:36,003 --> 01:12:39,740
So you went for the trial..
and what?
1148
01:12:39,740 --> 01:12:41,509
You fought for 5 years,
1149
01:12:41,509 --> 01:12:44,045
and you were merely compensated
with 3 million won(3 thousand US dollar)
1150
01:12:44,045 --> 01:12:46,380
So what?
You still have to fight.
1151
01:12:46,380 --> 01:12:49,250
You won the trial after
fighting for 5 year, but..
1152
01:12:49,250 --> 01:12:51,085
At least you won.
Everyone else lost.
1153
01:12:51,085 --> 01:12:52,186
3 million won (3 thousand US dollars)
1154
01:12:52,186 --> 01:12:53,421
When you go this time..
1155
01:12:53,421 --> 01:12:54,755
I couldn't accept,
so I appealed to the court.
1156
01:12:54,755 --> 01:12:55,756
So sister, this time..
1157
01:12:55,756 --> 01:12:58,987
I appealed, but I don't know how much
it will be compensated this time.
1158
01:12:59,660 --> 01:13:01,389
Ladies, you have to look here.
1159
01:13:05,166 --> 01:13:06,497
Look here.
1160
01:13:07,401 --> 01:13:10,666
Ladies, smile.
Don't stand there.
1161
01:13:11,672 --> 01:13:14,241
You should look prettier.
1162
01:13:14,241 --> 01:13:15,606
Look here, ladies.
1163
01:13:15,910 --> 01:13:17,104
One, two, three.
1164
01:13:18,579 --> 01:13:19,739
Wait.
1165
01:13:22,383 --> 01:13:24,248
We will take another one.
1166
01:13:25,119 --> 01:13:26,454
Look here ladies.
1167
01:13:26,454 --> 01:13:27,887
One, two, three.
1168
01:13:29,056 --> 01:13:32,126
My only wish is
as we demanded to Japan..
1169
01:13:32,126 --> 01:13:33,494
Apology soon.
1170
01:13:33,494 --> 01:13:34,762
- Their apology and..
- And that's it.
1171
01:13:34,762 --> 01:13:36,821
Right. What else is there?
1172
01:13:38,366 --> 01:13:39,890
Apology and..
1173
01:13:40,701 --> 01:13:44,330
Their apology and reparation..
1174
01:13:44,872 --> 01:13:46,134
Reparation.
1175
01:13:47,241 --> 01:13:49,209
And punish the war criminals.
1176
01:13:50,111 --> 01:13:51,840
Right. That's right.
1177
01:13:52,179 --> 01:13:53,407
Good job.
1178
01:13:53,781 --> 01:13:56,750
Get this matter solved soon.
I need a rest.
1179
01:14:01,889 --> 01:14:06,849
Picture of Kim Bok Dong
'Mesmerizing her hometown'
1180
01:14:11,532 --> 01:14:17,405
Picture of Kim Bok Dong
'Childhood 1-Picking mushrooms'
1181
01:14:17,405 --> 01:14:21,675
Picture of Kim Soon Duk
'In the ship'
1182
01:14:21,675 --> 01:14:26,080
Picture of Kang Duk Kyung
'Complicated life'
1183
01:14:26,080 --> 01:14:30,813
Picture of Kang Duk Kyung
'Flu and Fatigue'
1184
01:14:33,454 --> 01:14:35,723
In the morning
of June 25, 1999,
1185
01:14:35,723 --> 01:14:38,392
Kang Myo Ran passed away.
1186
01:14:38,392 --> 01:14:41,190
She was 77.
1187
01:15:43,424 --> 01:15:46,291
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