Project Description

9 Labor Under the Bayonet
  《刺刀下的劳工》
Length 50mins*5
Director 刘海燕
  During World War II, in order to make up for the shortage of domestic labor force, the Japanese government forcibly abducted 41758 workers from Hebei, Shandong, Henan and other places in China from 1943 to 1945, escorted them to Japan in 169 batches, and only 38117 people arrived in Japan. After arriving in Japan, these workers were assigned to 135 operation points of 35 enterprises in Japan, forced to work under bayonets and whips every day, completely lost their personal freedom and lived a hell like life. They have carried out resistance in different forms, or riot, or protest, or destroy the railway…
二战期间,日本政府为了弥补国内劳动力不足,从1943-1945年,从中国河北山东河南等地,强掳劳工41758人,分169批次押运到日本国内,抵达日本仅剩38117人。这批劳工到达日本后,被分配到日本35家企业135个作业点,每天在刺刀和皮鞭下强制劳动,完全失去人身自由,过着地狱般的生活。他们纷纷以不同的形式进行反抗,或暴动,或抗议,或破坏铁路……