Way back in 1978 or so, I read a very good autobiography. The author, a Korean woman, was a teacher in Korea during the Japanese occupation. A few instances from the story stand out, but sadly I can’t remember either the name of the book or the name of the author.
The instances I recall are:
[ul][li]The author was Christian, and was punished for following her faith and refusing to publicly worship the Emperor at school.[/li][li]The author was arrested for some protest at Japan’s Diet.[/li][li]One of the Japanese administrators also happened to be Christian and commiserated somewhat with her, but really could not offer much help.[/ul][/li]
Any chance any of the TM know the book?
No, but it combines narratives of the Christian anti-occupation revolutionary protestor Yu Guan-Sun with descriptions of the author’s mother’s life under Japanese occupation, along with many other things. Since the OP said he could remember only a few incidents from the story he read, I thought (tentatively) that he might have inadvertently combined those elements and misremembered a more traditional autobiography style. Anyway, besides that bow at a venture, I got nothin’.