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ExcellentGoodWatch score92
ExcellentGoodWatch scoreSummary
The Silence narrates the struggle of fifteen "comfort women"-former sex slaves by the Imperial Japanese Army during WWII-for recognition and reparation. The "comfort women" issue has previously been treated almost exclusively within the framework of Korean nationalism.
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 85GoodWatch 93
IMDb8.5
Running time
1 h 57 min
Longer than most documentaries, +21 min on the typical 96
typical 96117Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
2017
December 2, 2017
9 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Also spoken
KoreanMade in
- Japan
South Korea
Directing · 1
- Park Soo-nam Director
Production · 1
- Park Ma-eui Producer, Editor
Other crew · 2
- Han Jong-gu Cinematography
- Koshiro Otsu Cinematography
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