Breaking the Silence

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Breaking the Silence

2020

0h 27m

8.0(1 votes)

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Francesca, tormented by her past, breaks the silence to talk about surviving the horrors of the comfort stations of Imperial Japan.

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Grace Shen

Francesca Keahola

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Grace Chim

Young Francesca

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Yuyu Kitamura

Divina Keahola

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Rumi Oyama

Betty Park

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