00:00I'm so exhausted. My heart hurts so much.
00:11I went to the Prescon of the Pandisal Forum in Flores
00:18for the flowers for the grandmothers.
00:24There's a group like that.
00:25Okay.
00:26Then there's Ms. Teresita Angsi.
00:30Then there's Attorney Virginia Suarez.
00:34She's Laude's lawyer.
00:38Yes.
00:39Right?
00:40No.
00:41It's Laude. Sorry, sorry.
00:42Jennifer.
00:43Jennifer Laude.
00:48It's Jennifer Laude, right?
00:49Yes.
00:50It's Jennifer Laude, right?
00:51Yes.
00:52The one who killed her mother.
00:53The one who killed her mother.
00:54The one who killed her mother.
00:55She's the lawyer. She won that case.
00:58Okay.
00:59She's the lawyer.
01:00Then there's someone else.
01:01She won, but she escaped.
01:02Yes.
01:03She escaped from the former administration.
01:05Yes.
01:06Congressman Arlene Brosa.
01:08Ah, yes.
01:09Yes, yes.
01:10She's from Bacabayan Block.
01:11Yes.
01:12Then there's Ms. Sania Lopez.
01:16She's Ms. Teresita Bromeo.
01:18Then there's Sister Manuela.
01:22Sister Manuela, played by Ashley Ortega.
01:25Manuela.
01:26They're comfort women.
01:29What's right in Ms. Sania Lopez's heart in terms of comfort women?
01:34There was a discussion about comfort women.
01:36There were more or less 200 comfort women during the war.
01:42How many are still alive today?
01:43Twenty-five.
01:44Ah, yes.
01:45Twenty-five are still alive.
01:46And what Atty. Suarez said is that in the Philippines,
01:51the majority of people who are still alive are comfort women.
01:56They checked in Korea, and only one person is still alive.
02:00There are other comfort women in other countries,
02:03in Korea, in China.
02:04There are people like that.
02:06So, they were really attacked by the Japanese, by the Japanese soldiers.
02:11Here in our country, there are really a lot of them.
02:15And some of them are still nine to fourteen years old.
02:19Oh, my God.
02:20They were already raped by the Japanese.
02:24So, Sania felt really poor as a comfort woman.
02:28Because she only talked to two comfort women.
02:31She only talked to two comfort women.
02:33And really, they were all crying when they told the story.
02:38I'm really sorry, because when I talked to them,
02:43I was really heartbroken.
02:47It really hurts my heart to hear their story.
02:53Because what happened to them is true.
02:57And it's not a joke.
03:00One day, one of my neighbors told me a story.
03:04It was a story told by my grandmother.
03:08My grandmother, Narcisa.
03:10She told me,
03:12when you see girls today,
03:16they are happy.
03:19Maybe I'm the only one who is happy.
03:26So, that's when I realized,
03:29we are really lucky to have our generation today.
03:32We don't experience what they experienced during the Japanese occupation.
03:39We are really lucky.
03:43That's why, I said,
03:46when I made this talisinta,
03:49here in the front,
03:51I was more appreciated.
03:53I was inspired by what happened during the Japanese occupation.
03:59So, I can do better.
04:01And I can give credibility to what happened here as a talisinta.
04:07I want to make it light,
04:09because I don't want to cry again.
04:11But maybe, I just want to share the brighter side of what's happening now.
04:17Of course, as a comfort woman,
04:21it's really hard.
04:23And when I found out,
04:25that's the role that I will do.
04:27At first, I was really nervous.
04:29Because,
04:31I will be honest,
04:33I wasn't aware of what was happening to the comfort women.
04:37But then, I'm really grateful that
04:39I did some research about it.
04:41I met the grandmothers.
04:43And I was heartbroken.
04:45It's true what you said,
04:47we all cry now.
04:49We, the press,
04:51the other creatives,
04:53we all cry,
04:55not just us, the artists.
04:57So, now that,
04:59the story of the comfort women is being shown,
05:01I can see the comments,
05:05the feedbacks,
05:07the reviews of our netizens.
05:09And they're aware of what's going on now.
05:11They just found out,
05:13that this happened during World War II.
05:17And that's what we want to reach.
05:19Because, as a person,
05:21I'm not completely aware
05:23of what they went through.
05:25So, now, I'm happy
05:27that the students,
05:29will know what's happening.
05:31And I think it's about time
05:33that we tell the story
05:35of the comfort women,
05:37so that it won't happen again.
05:39And to give justice
05:41to our comfort women,
05:43just like the ones
05:45who fought,
05:47the beautiful women here,
05:49and the others who are receiving justice.
05:51That's probably the most painful
05:53that they can feel.
05:55Because, as comfort women,
05:57you know, we also experienced
05:59what happened to them.
06:01The scenes that are really hard.
06:03I'm thinking,
06:05there's an after scene,
06:07that this really happened.
06:09So, World War,
06:11and the real ones,
06:13it really hurts my heart.
06:15So, now, I'm really happy that
06:17the Red Sun is becoming a voice.
06:19Our youth is becoming aware
06:21of what's happening.
06:23Not only about the comfort women story,
06:25but also about what happened during the war.
06:27A lot of Filipinos sacrificed
06:29for the freedom that we enjoy now.
06:31So,
06:33thank you very much again.
06:35And this is one of the reasons
06:37why I became part of this campaign,
06:39and became part of
06:41the Historical Cities of Chile.
06:45This is a lesson for our youth.
06:47This is a reminder
06:49of the dark history
06:51of our children.
06:53But, if this is the case,
06:55it also means
06:57that this lesson
06:59also reminds our youth
07:01that they can't go back.
07:03That's the problem.
07:05If we forget our history,
07:07it's more likely to happen again.
07:09Especially now,
07:11when the war is happening
07:13in different parts of the world.
07:15Even in other parts of the world,
07:17as Filipinos,
07:19we don't want
07:21a second generation of comfort women.
07:23What this group
07:25called Flowers for...
07:27and Malaya Lola,
07:29Flowers for the Lolas,
07:31something like that,
07:35recognize
07:37and push
07:39by the government
07:41the curriculum
07:43that only the youth
07:45can understand.
07:47Because, as he said,
07:49this is a part of our history
07:51that was not discussed
07:53in our history.
07:55So, I hope that the youth
07:57will know what they asked for
07:59in Japan,
08:01an apology.
08:03The apology, I guess,
08:05because there's a monetary compensation.
08:07But what he's talking about
08:09is how much is it?
08:11Because you can't
08:13count money.
08:15How much is it?
08:17Because
08:19there's a lot of Japan-Yuki,
08:21there's a lot of Japan-Japan.
08:23No, that's beside the point.
08:25There's none now.
08:27That's why they can't relate.
08:29They can't relate because they don't know.
08:31They don't know
08:33because the government
08:35didn't teach this in our school.
08:37What happened to the Statue of Comfort Women?
08:39This one.
08:41They put it there.
08:43In Manila?
08:45They put it in Rojas Boulevard.
08:47It was stolen.
08:49Because the relationship
08:51between Japan and the Philippines
08:53is friendship.
08:55And then,
08:57it was transferred to Baclaran.
08:59It was also stolen.
09:01So,
09:03I remember
09:05Marilu Diaz Abaya did the Comfort Women.
09:07I hope they don't do it again.
09:09Lola Rosa.
09:11I hope there's something like that.
09:13Celso Alcastillo did it.
09:15Charmaine Arnaiz did Comfort Women.
09:17Rosanna Rosas.
09:19It was her first movie.
09:21But when it came to that,
09:23they made a sexy movie.
09:25It's like a lure.
09:29Dennis Trillio did it.
09:31It's not like Comfort Gay.
09:33That's what they're saying.
09:35Because it's a bad thing.
09:37But they're thankful
09:39to JMA 7 for releasing it
09:41because when they watched it,
09:43there were people complaining
09:45about the rape scenes.
09:47But according to the elders,
09:49it's even worse.
09:51It's even more tame
09:53which is true.
09:55What Atty. Suarez said,
09:57he talked to the Senate
09:59and nothing happened.
10:01It reached the UN.
10:03They won.
10:05They fought against Japan.
10:07They won the UN.
10:09But why wasn't it recognized
10:11by our government?
10:13Because they value
10:15the relationship.
10:17Diplomatic relationship.
10:19Economic relationship.
10:21That's what I felt.
10:23The feelings of those
10:25who fought for it.
10:27Just like the rest of the Comfort women.
10:29The grandmothers.
10:31The youngest Comfort woman
10:33is still alive.
10:35She's 93 years old.
10:37The youngest.
10:39She's still alive.
10:41She's 25 years old.
10:43Just like this.
10:45When someone is sick,
10:47they pass the hat to those groups.
10:49But the government didn't do anything.
10:51They didn't.
10:53They said one of the Comfort women
10:55was sick.
10:57A grandmother.
10:59Bring her to a clinic
11:01near Malacanang.
11:03What's that?
11:05Because we don't value
11:07our veteran soldiers.
11:09That's true.
11:11How about those
11:13who became victims of the war?
11:15You didn't give them...
11:17They say
11:19the value of a country
11:21depends on how they take care
11:23of the older people.
11:25Exactly.
11:27There are two more who were left behind.
11:29The Red House.
11:31There are four of them.
11:33I googled one of them.
11:35It's in San Ildefonso, Bulacan.
11:37That's where the Red House was raped.
11:39One of them
11:41is still fighting
11:43because he wants to sell.
11:45This group
11:47wants to preserve
11:49so that...
11:51In Vietnam,
11:53we can see in a museum
11:55the experiences of...
11:57The prisoners of war.
11:59They have subsidies.
12:01Yes.
12:03They show
12:05what happened
12:07underground.
12:09That's the only thing.
12:11They want to preserve
12:13the national historical...
12:15Is it true?
12:17But there's no representation.
12:19There are party lists
12:21from different sectors.
12:23They're just trying to be part of it.
12:25But there's a lot of comfort.
12:27There are a lot of elderly.
12:29Even one of them
12:31was left behind.
12:33He was the only one
12:35who didn't know anything.
12:37Then,
12:39Mr. Rizita Angse said,
12:41You were placed under
12:43the Kamikaze monument.
12:45He said,
12:47I googled Kamikaze.
12:49It means a band is playing
12:51in Kamikaze.
12:53The youth didn't know.
12:55Even martial law
12:57in the 1970s
12:59is gone.
13:01But martial law is still a museum.
13:03It should be included in history.
13:05Comfort women.
13:07The youth didn't forget
13:09the 1980s.
13:11That's true.
13:17That's why we keep repeating
13:19the same mistakes.
13:21We're not anchored in history.
13:23We should be learning from history.
13:25But it's still wrong.
13:27That's why they say,
13:29history repeats itself.
13:31History repeats itself
13:33because it denies history.
13:35That's right.
13:37We're not saying
13:39you should be angry
13:41at the Japanese.
13:43We're not saying
13:45you should be jealous of Japan.
13:47You like Japan.
13:49We like Japan.
13:51When did you go to Japan?
13:53This year.
13:55Why are you so jealous?
14:01We like Japan.
14:03The food is delicious.
14:05They're disciplined.
14:07They're kind.
14:09Sanya told me
14:11about their coach
14:13in Japanese speaking.
14:17One of the artists
14:19was Ryo.
14:21He's cute.
14:23When he was reading the script,
14:25while the taping was ongoing,
14:27he was surprised.
14:29He said,
14:31he didn't know the Japanese were like this.
14:33He's energetic.
14:35He's proud of his ancestors
14:37who were like this.
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