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77% Critic Match
Sandakan No. 8
“A prostitute is a woman too.”
7.7 / 10• 1974• 2h 2m•NR• Japanese
DramaHistory
Storyline
A young journalist interviews an elderly woman about being forced into prostitution in Borneo at a brothel called Sandakan No. 8.
Cast & Crew
Komaki Kurihara
Keiko Mitani
Lead
Yoko Takahashi
Young Osaki
Kinuyo Tanaka
Old Osaki
Ken Tanaka
Hideo Takeuchi
Masayo Umezawa
Yukio
Takiko Mizunoe
Okiku
EM
Eiko Mizuhara
Ofumi
YT
Yoko Todo
Oyae
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Kei Kumai's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Sandakan No. 8 is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
