In 1991, the issue of “comfort women” was raised for the first time through the testimony of the late Kim Hak-sun. One of the first reporters in Japan to write an article about her testimony was Uemura Takashi of The Asahi Shimbun. Since the publication of his article, Uemura has been subjected to blatant attacks from the far-right, including threats on his family’s life, and the issue is still ongoing in 2021. Based on Uemura's defamation lawsuit that began in 2015, TARGET details why he had to be someone's “target.”
Shinji Nishijima
Director
Senso Daughters
1990
Twenty Two
2017
The Murmuring
1995
A Secret Buried for 50 Years: The Story of Taiwanese "Comfort Women"
1998
Comfort
2022
Comfort
2020
Calling the Ghosts
1996
Song of Arirang - Voices from Okinawa
1991
Okinawan Harumoni - Testimony: Military Comfort Women
1979
The Apology
2016
The Big Picture
2013
Habitual Sadness
1997