w88 casino News Network (Contributed by the w88 casino Youth League Committee)2015Year10month22日19:00, to commemorate the victory of the anti-fascist war70On the anniversary of the 6517th anniversary, Japanese dramatist Watanabe Yoshiharu and his wife Yokoi Quantico visited the University of International w88 and Economic Cooperation and presented the drama "Seeing Is Witness" (The Eyes Holds the Truth).
Before the play started, Chen Xianzhong, chairman of the Asia-Pacific Affairs Research Center, spoke. He mentioned that "this is not just a matter for the Chinese, but more importantly, it needs to be known to more people at home and abroad."
The play begins with Quantum Yokoi’s memories, telling the tragic postwar life of soldiers serving in the Japanese army and the indifferent attitude of some Japanese people towards comfort women today, and finally explains his sense of mission when writing the play in the form of a dream.
70Yokoi Quantico plays three roles in the play, telling the stories of three comfort women respectively.韩国的朴永心女士被骗去做慰安妇，遭受胁迫毒打，在日本战败后忍饥挨饿，终被中国士兵解救，然而回国后却被不能生育的心灵伤痛和噩梦困扰；台湾的黄阿桃女士因可以做护士的允诺被骗入慰安所，即使身染重疾仍要接待日本兵，后来With the help of the hometown association, she finally returned to Taiwan, but she could only hide this experience and endure the pain forever; Ms. Wei Shaolan from Guilin, China, was taken away by the Japanese army together with her young daughter to be a comfort woman. When she miraculously escaped with wit, she was hit by the death of her young daughter. Later, she was constantly scorned and criticized by her husband for being pregnant with a Japanese child. Next, Watanabe Yoshiharu played the role of a child of a Japanese soldier born to a comfort woman. He has been treated coldly by his father since he was a child, and he has witnessed the injustice his mother suffered for this, and his life has been ill-fated.
Yokoi shed tears in the drama
In the play, the couple shed tears many times and choked with emotion when recounting the crimes committed by their fathers.
After the play ended, the couple even knelt down. Their sincere attitude was touching, and the audience applauded for a long time.
Although the stage setting of this play is simple, the two leading actors perform the whole process in Japanese, and translation of subtitles is required to understand the plot. However, the large number of monologues in the play that reflect the tragic experience of comfort women, as well as Yokoi's extremely infectious body language, deeply affected many viewers and made their expressions solemn.
Yoshiharu Watanabe plays the descendant of a comfort woman and a Japanese soldier
According to Watanabe Yoshiharu, his parents had directly or indirectly participated in the war of aggression against China. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, as their child, Watanabe Yoshiharu felt deeply ashamed and uneasy. The actions of his father's generation also made him unforgettable. Taking this opportunity, he collaborated with his wife Yokoi Quantico to publish this shameful history to the world in the form of a drama, hoping that this period of history would not disappear from people's memory with the passage of time.
Yokoi Quantum also said that the more Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe covers up the crimes committed during World War II, the more she will emphasize that the performance of this play is not only a memorial to the harmed comfort women, but also the revelation of historical truth and the upholding of justice. She hopes to express the Japanese people's remorse for the victims of World War II and their families through drama. The performance and sincerity of Watanabe Yoshiharu and his wife moved everyone present. Only by bearing in mind history and facing the pain caused by war can we have true peace and friendship.
