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The Women Outside

Premiere Date: July 16, 1996

Synopsis

J.T. Orinne Takagi and Hye Jung Park take us on a provocative and emotional journey into the lives of women who work in the brothels, bars and nightclubs around U.S. military bases in South Korea. Personal testaments to endurance, strength and resilience, these stories raise questions about military policy, economic survival and the role of women in global geopolitics.

TAGS: brothels, comfort women, military, nightclubs, south korea

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Filmmakers

J.T.Orinne Takagi

J.T.Orinne Takagi

Hye Jung Park

Hye Jung Park

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