
The Flowers of War(2011)
A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.


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

Komaki Kurihara
Keiko Mitani

Yoko Takahashi
Young Osaki

Kinuyo Tanaka
Old Osaki

Ken Tanaka
Hideo Takeuchi

Masayo Umezawa
Yukio

Takiko Mizunoe
Okiku
Eiko Mizuhara
Ofumi
Yoko Todo
Oyae
Yoko Nakagawa
Ohana

Eitarō Ozawa
Tarozo
Sandakan No. 8 is a drama, war, history film released in 1974 exploring themes of japan, misery, exploitation, forced prostitution. Directed by Kei Kumai, it stars Komaki Kurihara, Yoko Takahashi, Kinuyo Tanaka. A young journalist interviews an elderly woman about being forced into prostitution in Borneo at a brothel called Sandakan No. 8.
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