The CRJ will be screening a film, “Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue,” directed by Miki Dezaki. Following the screening, filmmaker Dezaki and Professors Noriko Aso (History) and Christine Hong (Literature/CRES) will lead a conversation and discussion about the film.

Miki Dezaki is a graduate of the Graduate Program in Global Studies at Sophia University in Tokyo. He worked for the Japan Exchange Teaching Program for five years in Yamanashi and Okinawa before becoming a Buddhist monk in Thailand for a year. He is also known as “Medamasensei” on YouTube, where he has made comedy videos and videos on social issues in Japan. His most notable video is “Racism in Japan,” which led to numerous online attacks by Japanese neo-nationalists who attempted to deny the existence of racism and discrimination against Zainichi Koreans (Koreans with permanent residency in Japan) and Burakumin (historical outcasts still discriminated against today). “Shusenjo” is his directorial debut.