"The Apology" explores the lives of former "comfort women," the more than 200,000 girls forced into sexual slavery during World War II. Today, they fight for reconciliation and justice as they struggle to make peace with the past.
Direction
Hsiung builds decades of trust — the camera becomes family.
Editing
Personal testimony woven against geopolitical stonewalling.
Writing
No narration needed. Their words carry everything.
Director
Tiffany Hsiung
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 2015 Japan-South Korea 'comfort women agreement' excluded survivors from negotiations — many, including subjects here, rejected it.
Hsiung filmed over six years; two of the three grandmothers passed during production, making this an unintentional race against extinction.
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