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Sandakan No. 8

Sandakan No. 8

A prostitute is a woman too.

1974•2h 2m•7.7/10
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7.7/10(18)

A young journalist interviews an elderly woman about being forced into prostitution in Borneo at a brothel called Sandakan No. 8.

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Production

TOHO, O&R Productions, Haiyuza Eiga Hoso Company

Language

JA

Status

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Cast

Komaki Kurihara

Komaki Kurihara

Keiko Mitani

Yoko Takahashi

Yoko Takahashi

Young Osaki

Kinuyo Tanaka

Kinuyo Tanaka

Old Osaki

Ken Tanaka

Ken Tanaka

Hideo Takeuchi

Masayo Umezawa

Masayo Umezawa

Yukio

Takiko Mizunoe

Takiko Mizunoe

Okiku

Eiko Mizuhara

Ofumi

Yoko Todo

Oyae

Yoko Nakagawa

Ohana

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Tarozo

Hideo Sunazuka

Hideo Sunazuka

Yajima

Mitsuo Hamada

Mitsuo Hamada

Yasukichi

Kaneko Iwasaki

Kaneko Iwasaki

Sato

Yukiko Yanagawa

Otake

Tomoko Jinbo

Moto

Takashi Ebata

Takashi Ebata

Murata

Torauemon Utazawa

Torauemon Utazawa

Kikuo Kaneuchi

Shunsuke Kariya

Shunsuke Kariya

Teruko Kishi

Teruko Kishi

Nami

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