Sandakan No. 8(Movie, 1974)

Name: Sandakan No. 8
Genre: Drama, War, History
Released: 1974
Duration: T02:0:00
Rating: 3.9

Original title: "サンダカン八番娼館　望郷" (Japanese/JA)

Rating: 3.9/5 (with 5 votes)

Sandakan No. 8 (サンダカン八番娼館望郷, Sandakan hachiban shōkan: Bōkyō, aka 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 1975 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. ()

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Awards & Nominations for Sandakan No. 8

nominated for: Academy Award for Best International Feature Film nominated for: International Submission To The Academy Awards

About Sandakan No. 8

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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Trailer for Sandakan No. 8 + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Sandakan hachibanshokan bohkyo (1974) Trailer(Trailer, 3:59)

Additional Information

Production country: Japan

Plays in: Malaysia

Made by: Toho Company, O&R Productions, Haiyu-za Film Production Company Ltd.

Original language: Japanese (JA)

Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)

Translated into 8 languages: German (DE), English (EN), French (FR), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 11/02/1974

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Komaki Kurihara, Takiko Mizunoe, Eitarō Ozawa

Director: Kei Kumai

Screenwriter: Kei Kumai

Composer: Akira Ifukube

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Sandakan Haus N° 8"

"Sandakan hachibanshokan bohkyo"

"サンダカン八番娼館望郷"

"Sandakan nr 8"

"Brothel No. 8"

"Brothel 8"

"Javna kuca br. 8"

Keywords: misery, japan, forced prostitution, exploitation

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Sandakan No. 8(Movie, 1974)

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