Sandakan No. 8

Nov 2, 1974

2h 2m

★ 7.7

A prostitute is a woman too.

Overview

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

Genres

Drama

War

History

Production Companies

TOHO

O&R Productions

Haiyuza Eiga Hoso Company

Sandakan No. 8 Trailers

Cast

Keiko Mitani

Komaki Kurihara

Young Osaki

Yoko Takahashi

Old Osaki

Kinuyo Tanaka

Hideo Takeuchi

Ken Tanaka

Yukio

Masayo Umezawa

Okiku

Takiko Mizunoe

Ofumi

Eiko Mizuhara

Oyae

Yoko Todo

Ohana

Yoko Nakagawa

Tarozo

Eitarō Ozawa

Yajima

Hideo Sunazuka

Yasukichi

Mitsuo Hamada

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