Sandakan No. 8 (1974)

Original title

サンダカン八番娼館　望郷

Directed by

Kei Kumai

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young journalist interviews an elderly woman who was once a prostitute in a Japanese brothel in Borneo. The film shifts between their present-day conversation and her memories of working at Sandakan No. 8.

melancholicsomberreflectiveslow-pacedtraumaticnostalgicaustereemotionally heavy

What happens

Sandakan No. 8 (サンダカン八番娼館 望郷, Sandakan hachiban shōkan: Bōkyō), also known as Sandakan 8 and Brothel 8, is a 1974 Japanese drama film directed by Kei Kumai, starring Yoko Takahashi, Komaki Kurihara and Kinuyo Tanaka. It was nominated for the 48th Academy Awards in the category of Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It also became one of the highest-grossing Japanese films at the Chinese box office, where it generated box office admissions in the hundreds of millions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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