In Their Own Words: The Women of Kurokawa 2025 Directed by 松原文枝 黒川の女たち

A documentary exposing the sexual violence euphemistically termed "entertainment" inflicted on women of the Kurokawa settler group during Japan’s imperialist expansion in Manchuria. Under state-led colonization in the 1930s–40s, Japanese settlers occupied Chinese lands. In August 1945, facing the Soviet invasion, the group offered 15 women to enemy troops in a desperate act of survival. Decades later, the survivors confront the silenced legacy of imperial violence, discrimination, and trauma. Directed by Fumie Matsubara, with narration by Shinobu Otake.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gneres Documentary , History
Release Date 12 July 2025
99 mins
Cast
Shinobu Otake Narrator
Crew
Director