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- 2017
- China Lion Film Distribution
- 1 h 52 m
- 2017
- China Lion Film Distribution
- 1 h 52 m
Summary An estimated 200,000 Chinese women were forced into prostitution by the Japanese army during WWII. Only 22 of them remain today to speak out publicly. This documentary is a last gaze at the 22 "comfort women" survivors in China.
Written By: Xiangyong Zhang, Shuiqing Jing, Yanjie Li
- 2017
- China Lion Film Distribution
- 1 h 52 m
- 2017
- China Lion Film Distribution
- 1 h 52 m
Twenty Two
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Summary An estimated 200,000 Chinese women were forced into prostitution by the Japanese army during WWII. Only 22 of them remain today to speak out publicly. This documentary is a last gaze at the 22 "comfort women" survivors in China.
Written By: Xiangyong Zhang, Shuiqing Jing, Yanjie Li
There’s no artifice in this documentary, with the director simply presenting the women’s lives as they tell them, one after another. Slow-moving and sad, Twenty Two isn’t easy to watch, but it isn’t meant to be.
Chinese director Guo Ke takes a quiet, deliberate approach. That must be partly out of respect for the women and their suffering. It’s also because this meditative film functions as a memorial to the remaining survivors: 22 of them when filming began, and even fewer today.
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Release Date Sep 8, 2017
Duration 1 h 52 m
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Tagline More than 32,000 people crowdfunded this record-breaking documentary, creating a Chinese box office miracle
Awards
Shanghai Film Critics Awards
• 2 Nominations
Huading Award
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
China Image Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination