Military Comfort Woman

Movie based on a book by Kakou Senda about the use of women as sexual slaves by the Japanese Army during WW2.

Cast

Yutaka Nakajima

as Akiko

Mako Midori

as Fusa

Yûko Kanô

as Michiko

Yōko Mihara

as Hiroko

Mitsuru Mori

as Umeko

Akemi Negishi

as Kura

Rimiko Sawa

Chie Kobayashi

as Matsuko

Toyoko Takechi

as Osei

Hideo Murota

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