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  2. A Resistance - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese security chief, suspicious of unrest, tricks her colleagues and uncovers Gwan-sun's role as the leader, and tortures her severely. After this, Gwan-sun pretends to obey the Japanese but secretly prepares another independence movement. This movement spreads beyond the prison and into the streets.

  3. Modern girl - Wikipedia

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    In a 1928 short story by Kataoka Teppei, a young typist dates three "modern boys" at the same time. [9] She is described as decadent, hedonistic, and superficial. [9] However, the ideals of modern girls were not considered to be politically-driven, nor did young women adopt modern girl values and behaviours as a direct form of protest.

  4. Night and Fog in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Night and Fog in Japan (日本の夜と霧, Nihon no Yoru to Kiri) is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Nagisa Ōshima.It deals with the contemporary Zengakuren opposition but also evokes the 1950 protests against the Anpo treaty; this political content is related to the particular approach of memory and interpersonal dynamics of social movements in the film.

  5. Women in Japan - Wikipedia

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    The life expectancy of Japanese women is 87.14 years, the longest among women in any country, 6 years longer than that of Japanese men, 81.09 years. [ 18 ] In 2023, Japan ranked 23rd out of 177 countries on the Women, Peace and Security Index , which is based on 13 indicators of inclusion, justice, and security. [ 19 ]

  6. List of films featuring colonialism - Wikipedia

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    About the African independence movements in the 1960s and 1970s. [18] The Convert: 2023 A preacher arrives at a British settlement in New Zealand in the 1830s. Cousins: 2021 At a young age, an Indigenous child is sent to a residential school. There, she is renamed and grows up ignorant of her Māori culture, language, and family. Cry Freedom: 1986

  7. Cinema of Japan - Wikipedia

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    This is proven most profusely in 2009, where a symposium for the Nippon Connection Festival was held, which the entire meeting was devoted to women: as a subject, as female directors, and as their importance to Japanese cinema. [58] The impact of women is seen in various film festivals, including ‘Peaches,’ where Japanese women graduates ...

  8. Righteous armies - Wikipedia

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    For at least thirteen years after 1905, small irregular forces, often led by regular army commanders, fought skirmishes and battles throughout Korea against Japanese police, armies, and underworld mercenaries who functioned to support Japanese corporations in Korea, and as well-armed Japanese settlers who seized Korean farms and land.

  9. Kariyushi Club - Wikipedia

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    The Kariyushi Club (かりゆしクラブ, Kariyushi Kurabu), formerly known as the Ryūkyū Independence Party (琉球独立党, Ryūkyū Dokuritsutō), is a local political party in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.