Karayuki-san, the Making of a Prostitute (1975)

Original title

からゆきさん

Directed by

Shohei Imamura

Genre

documentary film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 15m

Rating

8.2 of 10 from 2 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.

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How it feels

This documentary interviews a 73 year old woman who was taken from Japan and forced into prostitution in Malaysia as a young girl. She tells her story directly to the camera.

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What happens

Karayuki-san, the Making of a Prostitute (からゆきさん) is a 1973 Japanese television documentary film by director Shōhei Imamura. It tells the story of a karayuki-san, a term for Japanese women who were sent to foreign Asian countries to serve as prostitutes. Imamura interviews a 73-year-old woman who was sent to Malaysia and forced into prostitution. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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