Korean Film Archive to Screen 'Kokosuni' for Free on Liberation Day
Documentary Refuting Distorted Claims About Japanese Military Comfort Women
On August 15th, Liberation Day, the Korean Film Archive announced on the 14th that it will screen director Lee Seok-jae's film 'Coco Suni (2021)' for free. This documentary refutes distorted claims about Japanese military comfort women and reveals the truth. Following the whereabouts of a Japanese military comfort woman girl named 'Coco Suni,' it uncovers materials from around the world, including the 'U.S. Office of War Information Interrogation Report No. 49,' and traces records. The Film Archive described it as "a meaningful effort to correct the claims of Japanese right-wing groups and related parties who slander comfort women victims as prostitutes and to clarify the truth of history."
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The Film Archive is also exhibiting costumes worn by the lead actors during the filming of the musical film 'Hero (2022),' which depicts the independence movement of An Jung-geun. These include the clothes worn by An Jung-geun (played by Jung Sung-hwa) when he assassinated Ito Hirobumi, the hanbok of independence activist Seol-hee (Kim Go-eun), and the hanbok of An Jung-geun's mother, Jo Maria (Na Moon-hee).
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