Sandakan No. 8

Netflix meets post-war war crime dockumentary meets a toothless great-aunt dropping bad news. A cub reporter digs up a geriatric ex-comfort woman who calmly names the Japanese brothel where she was trafficked. The old woman’s matter-of-fact voice carries the whole film and the era’s quiet dread.

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Kei Kumai directed Sandakan No. 8 in 1974. See Kei Kumai's full filmography, where to start with Kei Kumai, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kei Kumai.

Sandakan No. 8 was released in 1974 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 122 minutes.