• Director: Ban Zhongyi
  • Release Year: 2007
  • Production Country: China
  • Language: Mandarin

Gai Shanxi and Her Sisters

Description

During World War II, women living in Japanese-occupied territories were forced into slavery as "comfort women," providing sexual favors for Japanese soldiers at military-run brothels. Gai Shanxi is one of these women, a survivor who sets out to seek justice for herself and her "sisters" who were enslaved with her.

Themes

Empire of Japan (1868 – 1947), World War II (1939 – 1945), Second Sino-Japanese War (1937 – 1945), Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), Prostitution, Exploitation, Personal violence, Survivors, Military sociology, Gender roles, Women's history, Conscription, Home front, Sexuality, Patriarchy, Morals and taboos, Slavery and abolition