A Celso Ad Castillo Film: "Comfort Women: A Cry for Justice" (1994)

[NOTE: As a tribute to the late film director Celso Ad Castillo, we will be presenting some newspaper movie advertisements that are part of our collection.]

Comfort Women: A Cry for Justice, a film by Celso Ad Castillo, opened in theaters on March 9, 1994. Having the tagline "One can judge a civilization the way it treats its women," this film could have been Alyssa Films' way of commemorating International Women's Day, which is celebrated every March 8.

This film's cast is led by Sharmaine Arnaiz, with Donna Louise in an introducing role. Other cast members include Joel Torre, Ricardo Cepeda, and Shirley Tesoro. Rosanna Roces was also credited in this film as Ana Maceda.