Kei KUMAI

Sandakan No. 8

Nippon Retro   ² 

Keiko researches the topic of women who were sold into prostitution overseas during the early 20th century. One such woman is Osaki, who now lives in solitude and slowly opens up to Keiko about her youth in a brothel. Based on Tomoko YAMAZAKI’s book, Kei KUMAI’s film tackles a subject that is often regarded as taboo even today. Her touching portrayal of a woman left behind by society won Kinuyo TANAKA the Silver Bear at the 1975 Berlinale.

Sat., August 21, 2021, 18:00

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16mm, Original with English subtitles

Classic Drama Social issues

サンダカン八番娼館 望郷
Sandakan hachibanshokan bokyo

Japan 1974

121 minutes

Director
Kei KUMAI

Script
Kei KUMAI, Sakae HIROZAWA based on a book by Tomoko YAMAZAKI

Cinematography
Mitsuji KANAU

Music
Akira IFUKUBE

In cooperation with Japanisches Kulturinstitut (The Japan Foundation) and DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum