Sandakan No. 8

Sandakan No. 8

★ 7.8IMDb Score
Released:1974-11-02
Duration:122 min
Country:Japan
Director:Kei Kumai
Actors:Komaki Kurihara, Yoko Takahashi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Ken Tanaka, Masayo Umezawa
Production:TOHO, O&R Productions, Haiyuza Eiga Hoso Company

Overview:

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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