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A Song of Korean Factory Girls

A Song of Korean Factory Girls

We never stop singing

2024•1h 24m
Documentary

During the Japanese colonial period, 22 Korean female workers were forced to work in a spinning mill in Osaka across the sea to support their families. Despite facing discrimination and violence, their testimonies and life-affirming songs of victory have endured.

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Production

Cinema Dal

Language

KO

Status

Released

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Cast

Yoiichi Higuchi

Shin Nam-sook

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