Sandakan No. 8

Japan Release: 1974
Running Time:
121 minutes

Sandakan No. 8


Japanese Title

サンダカン八番娼館 望郷
[Sandakan Hachiban Shokan Bokyo]

Distributor: Production:

Toho
Toho / Haiyuza Film Productions

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Live Action

Box Office - Stock Footage - DVDs - CDs - Pictures - Background - Concept Art - Cut Scenes - Reviews

Titles

International Title

Sandakan No. 8

Initial US Title

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US Distributor: - / Time: -

Alternate Titles

Sandakan Brothel No. 8 Nostalgia
[Literal translation]

 


Staff

Cast

Directed by Kei Kumai
Writing credits Kei Kumai, Sakae Hirosawa, Toyoko Yamazaki
Produced by Masayuki Sato, Hideyuki Shiino
Music by Akira Ifukube
Cinematography by Mitsuji Kanau
Film Editing by Tatsuji Nakashizu
Production Design by Takeo Kimura
Keiko Mitani Komaki Kurihara
Osaki Yamakawa Yoko Takahashi
Osaki Yamakawa (Elderly) Kinuyo Tanaka
Hideo Takeuchi Ken Tanaka
Yajima Hideo Sunazuka
Yamamoto Ichiro Nakaya
Yasukichi Mitsuo Hamada
Nami Teruko Kishi
Ofumi Eiko Mizuhara
Okiku Takiko Mizunoe
Kiyo Mariko Nonaka
Tarozo Eitaro Ozawa
Tomi Chigusa Takayama
Ittchan Hatsuo Yamatani
Woman from Penang Kin Sugai

Posters


DVDs and Blu-rays

Japan Region 2 Sandakan Brothel No. 8 Nostalgia Toho (2004)

Background and Trivia

  • Toho and Haiyuza submitted the film to the US copyright office on August 23rd, 1988 with the registration number of PA0000395409. This registration contained the international title, Sandakan No. 8, and its Romaji title, Sandakan Hachiban Shokan Bokyo.
  • Based on the novel Sandakan Hachiban Brothel: Prologue to the History of Lower-Class Women (サンダカン八番娼館-底辺女性史序章) written in 1972 by Tomoko Yamazaki.