Senso means “War”. “Senso daughters” is an account of the experience of Papua New Guinean and Japanese women in the South Pacific during World War II. A unique film in that it critically looks at the effect of the war not only on the indigenous culture but also on the Japanese people. Anti-war sentiment has never been tolerated within Japanese culture. For director, Noriko Sekiguchi, the film is very much a personal statement with a global message. Not only does the film critically question the war-time decisions of the late Emperor Hirohito, but it also makes public for the first time some startling information. The Japanese army took “comfort women” when they were occupying a new territory. The army prostitutes were conscripted from Korean and poor Japanese women and shipped to military bases in Rabaul.
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
36698
Language
English
Audience classification
PG
Subject categories
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Women in war
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945 - Asia
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945 - Japan
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945 - Papua New Guinea
Documentary
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Prostitution
Short films
Short films → Short films - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)