Behind Forgotten Eyes (2007)

User Rating:

9.1/10   

Director:

Anthony Gilmore

Writer:

Anthony Gilmore (writer)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

During WWII over 200,000 Korea women were forcefully used as sexual slaves by the Japanese army...now they demand to be heard.

Plot:

Behind Forgotten eyes combines first-hand accounts from both Korean women and Japanese soldiers who lived through one of the worst atrocities in humankind. This is almost out for these women and their stories.

Plot Keywords:

Seoul Korea

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Yunjin Kim

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Narrator (as Yoon-jin Kim)

Runtime:

USA:120 min | USA:117 min | USA:75 min

Country:

USA | South Korea | Japan

Language:

Japanese | Korean | English | English | English

Color:

Color | Color (NTSC Color) | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (RCA Sound System)

Filming Locations:

Korea

Company:

Enigma Factory, The

some parts in bad taste

Found in particular bad taste the interjection of cheesy and sexually suggestive condom video and cheesy clip of man unzipping pants.

These were apparently meant to be funny, but were not.

Also, use of "japanimation" or "anime" styled anime complete with anime "voices" was really not quite right, especially considering the particular voice used.

Also, interjection of video clip from "kung fu chopsocky" flick with English dub-over (apparently) was out of place.

And the use of apparently historical propaganda posters mixed in with apparently real photos and current video, all without explanation made it seem sometimes that the girls who were enslaved somehow enjoyed their time in the comfort stations.

Finally, I'd like to say that there is nothing wrong with making a straight-up serious documentary, especially when the topic is war and sex slavery.

Why can we not simply be serious without being "entertaining" or "ironic" or just too clever for our own good? My name is Irwin Tang, and I am a writer/author living in Austin, Texas.