Eighty years have passed since the end of World War II, but unforgettable memories and records remain to this day. Director PARK Soo-nam, a second generation Zainichi Korean, has devoted her life to filming and is now 90 years old with a collection of 16mm films that she has been shooting for the last four decades. These films include Korean victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, former Korean conscripted workers forcibly taken to Nagasaki's Gunkanjima (Battleship Island), Korean ex-servicemen of the Battle of Okinawa, and women known as 'comfort women' who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military. Voices of the Silenced was completed by Director PARK Maeui, the daughter of Director PARK Soo-nam, who started the restoration work to “preserve the precious testimonies” and it has been received well at numerous film festivals. In this premier screening event, which precedes nationwide theatrical release, we will have time set aside after the screening to listen to the two directors' stories and to reflect on what the film means today and the message it leaves behind for the next generation.

CO-DIRECTORS:
- PARK Soo-nam
- PARK Maeui

MODERATOR:
- Kwon Hyangsuk: Associate Professor, Sophia University Faculty of Global Studies; Deputy Director, Sophia University Institute of Global Concern

LANGUAGES:
- Film in Japanese & Korean
- Subtitles in Japanese & English
*Flyer in Japanese only