 (This claim of denial seems to be contradicted by Yoshiko Sakurai herself during her appearance in the John Pilger documentary 'Japan Behind The Mask' 1987.In the documentary film she acknowledges, and criticizes, Japanese denial of war crimes and suggests students in Japan should be told the hard truth of Japan's imperial past.She promoted Taniyama Yūjirō's 2015 Scottsboro Girls film in Japan and the United States, a revisionist film aimed at denying the sexual enslavement of comfort women.