Comfort Women (1992) from the makers of 'Men Behind the Sun'
5041DVD
Original Hong Kong/Chinese title JUN JI WEI AN FU [Remember the
Horrific Past]
director: Wang Gang [also Wong Kong] and Kin Lung Huang (Bruce Le)
starring: Lily Lee · Bruce Le · Yuen Man · Tong Kwan · Chai Ming · Wang
Gang
During
WW2, reporter Tomi Akiyama and boyfriend Nakamura are troubled over
allegations of a comfort house [a military brothel of women captured
by Japanese officials] operating for Japanese soldiers on the frontline
during the brutal occupation of China. The two investigate, first as
journalists, but soon Tomi is captured and forced into prostitution.
The story centers on the horror of it all, as women are duped into believing
they are truly serving their country, while the military treats them
like vermin. When venereal disease begins to spread, the whores are
transferred to deadly Concentration Camp 731 [the focus of MEN
BEHIND THE SUN] where they are used as human guinea pigs.
Directed
by Kin Lung Huang [known to genre fans as Bruce Le, one of the better
Bruce Lee clones to rise after the master's death, star of BRUCE
LEE FIGHTS BACK FROM THE GRAVE] and Wang Gang, the actor who
played the stern commandant of Camp 731 in the MEN
BEHIND THE SUN
series. Please note: This is a very
disturbing film. It goes to great lengths to confirm its seriousness
[by incorporating World War II footage and discussions of the whys
and hows] but, at the foundation, the movie caters to a base
instinct and remains something slightly shy of a geek show.
This
is an early role actress Lily Lee (sometimes Lily Li] who enjoyed a
short but lucrative career in the early '90s [including RUN
AND KILL, BODY
LOVER and SUBURB
MURDER]. She retired and married in 1995.
A
Hong Kong/Chinese film,
with English and Chinese subtitles, 88 min, widescreen,
encoded for ALL REGION, playable on any American DVD machine.
Extras include original MAN BEHIND THE SUN trailers.
Excessive Violence/Nudity/Forced Prostitution/Rape/Sexual Brutality
Intended for Adult Audiences
