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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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