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

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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