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Sandakan No. 8
Sandakan No. 8

Sandakan No. 8

A prostitute is a woman too.

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

122 mins

Rating

7.7/10

Release Date

02 November 1974

Country

Japan

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

Eiko Mizuhara

Ofumi

Yoko Todo

Yoko Todo

Oyae

Yoko Nakagawa

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

Yukiko Yanagawa

Otake

Tomoko Jinbo

Tomoko Jinbo

Moto

Takashi Ebata

Takashi Ebata

Murata

Torauemon Utazawa

Torauemon Utazawa

Kikuo Kaneuchi

Kikuo Kaneuchi

Shunsuke Kariya

Shunsuke Kariya

Teruko Kishi

Teruko Kishi

Nami

Mariko Kuzumi

Mariko Kuzumi

Junko Matsumoto

Junko Matsumoto

Ichirō Nakatani

Ichirō Nakatani

Yamamoto

Mariko Nonaka

Mariko Nonaka

Kiyo

Mariko Nonaka

Mariko Nonaka

Haru

Mikio Shimizu

Mikio Shimizu

Kinzō Shin

Kinzō Shin

Sanetaka Ichijo

Kin Sugai

Kin Sugai

Woman came back from Penang

Chigusa Takayama

Chigusa Takayama

Tomi

Yasukiyo Umeno

Yasukiyo Umeno

Takako Yamada

Takako Yamada

Old woman

Hatsuo Yamaya

Hatsuo Yamaya

Ittchan

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