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Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute is a film of genre Documentary directed by Shōhei Imamura with Shōhei Imamura
Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute (1975)
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Directed by Shōhei Imamura
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about prostitution, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Rating72%
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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Shōhei Imamura
(Himself)
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