''Kokosuni'' () or ''KOKO SunYi'' is a 2022 historical documentary film produced by national broadcaster KBS. The subject is the so-called "

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", the victims of sexual slavery in occupied Korea and other Asia-Pacific territories, and the historical revisionism of its existence. The documentary was directed by KBS reporter Lee Seok-jae. The personal story of a woman named KokoSunyi, is dramatised in the documentary, and is interspersed with interviews with historians, and interactions with revisionists such as

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Lee Hyori Lee Hyo-ri (; born May 10, 1979) is a South Korean singer. She debuted as a member of group Fin.K.L in 1998, which became one of the most popular girl groups in South Korea during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Aside from Fin.K.L, she has als ...

was featured on the soundtrack.

Critical response

The

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movie review show ''I Love Movies'' (''영화가 좋다'') named the film as "pick of the week".

Legacy

In 2023, the film was re-broadcast on KBS on

Liberation Day Liberation Day is a day, often a public holiday, that marks the liberation of a place, similar to an independence day, but differing from it because it does not involve the original creation of statehood. It commemorates the end of an occupation ...

(15 August), and a number of local groups held commemoration events and showed the film in local venues.

References

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* South Korean documentary films 2022 films Films about comfort women Korean Broadcasting System original programming {{2020s-documentary-film-stub