The movie "Kokosuni" depicting the story of the former comfort women will be released in October

The movie "Kokosuni", which depicts the story of "comfort women," will be released in October. Prior to the release of the movie, a poster showing the face of "Kokosuni" was released.

This marks the 30th anniversary of the late Kim Huxun's first testimony of the comfort women on August 14, 1991. It is expected that the release of "Kokosuni" will overlap there, and it will be a special opportunity to think about problems that have not yet been solved.

The movie "Kokosuni" searches for the hero whose name is recorded as "Kokosuni" in the POW interrogation report of 20 Korean "comfort women" found in Myanmar, and follows the whereabouts of the Japanese army "comfort women". Contents. Through it, it is a documentary film pursuing truth.

It is estimated that 200,000 Korean "comfort women" have been mobilized, but to date, only 240 Korean "comfort women" have been registered with the Korean government. The film was reportedly reminiscent of the existence of numerous "cocosni" that were thus erased from history or from our memory. It was planned by the production team of the KBS program "Current Affairs Planning" Window "", and the KBS reporter Lee Suk-jae picked up the megaphone.

The "Japanese Prisoner of War Interrogation Report No. 49", which contains a list of "comfort women" including "Kokosuni," is a confidential document organized by the "Psychological Operations Team" of the U.S. military, and is currently in northern Myanmar. It contains the content of an interrogation of 20 Korean "comfort women" who were taken prisoners in the Myitkyina area. There are no other cases in which as many as 20 "comfort women" were taken prisoner at the same time, and even an interrogation report remained. Based on this report, the film disappears into history, shedding light on the fate of the "comfort women" that no one knew.

The location of Myitkyina's Korean comfort station, which directly searched for materials related to the Korean "comfort women" in various parts of the world such as Hamyang, Jeju, Myanmar, Pakistan, the United States, and Australia, and existed only as a record. The content is so large that it can be said that it is unusual for a documentary movie, such as confirming for the first time.

The movie "Kokosuni" will be released in October.