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Directed by Shohei Imamura Running time 70 min. Initial release 1973 (Japan) Producer Shohei Imamura | 7.3/10 Release date 1975 (1975) Language Japanese Director Shohei Imamura Cast Kikuyo Zendo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Similar History of Postwar Japan as, Stolen Desire, Intentions of Murder, My Second Brother, The Profound Desire of |
Karayuki-san, the Making of a Prostitute is a 1975 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura. It is a documentary on one of the Japanese "karayuki-san," who were women who were forced into prostitution in Japanese-occupied territories during World War II. Imamura focuses on one particular woman who was sent to Malaysia and never returned to Japan. Joan Mellen, in The Waves at Genji's Door, called this film, "Perhaps the most brilliant and feeling of Imamura's fine documentaries."
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