List of Members in the Association for Zainichi Korean Disabled Veterans of the Former Japanese Imperial Army
After the war, Koreans in Japan who were wounded in the war started to beg for money in a park in Ueno and around Shinjuku station. They played the accordion and showed that they had participated in the war by wearing their army uniforms and caps. Some people may still remember this sight. They were the subject of Nagisa Ōshima’s documentary film Wasurerareta kōgun (The Forgotten Soldiers of the Imperial Army). These veterans were a reminder of how the Japanese government did not take full responsibility for the war, abandoning the Korean veterans who had fought in the Japanese imperial army.
