Directed by Kei Kumai. Starring Kinuyo Tanaka, Kamaki Kurihara, Yoko Takahashi.

One of Tanaka's final roles, it typifies the kind of film made during the last years of her career when she went out of her way to appear in smaller, less mainstream projects. With Sandakan 8, Tanaka reaped rewards for her creative risk-taking. She received the prestigious Golden Bear acting prize at the Berlin Film Festival for her performance as a former "Karayuki-san" (women coerced into working as prostitutes in Southeast Asian during the Japanese occupation). One of the few Japanese films ever to deal with this explosive, and still controversial, legacy from WWII.

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All Prints 35mm, with English Subtitles

Program Includes Films Rarely Screened Outside Japan