残酷縛絵伝奇
It was a tumultuous time. In the early Meiji period, there was the first photographer in Japan who lived a heroic life. What fascinated him with photography was a photograph of a naked woman.
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残酷縛絵伝奇
1976
2
サンダカン八番娼館 望郷
Duration: 2 h 2 m | 1974
A young journalist interviews an elderly woman about being forced into prostitution in Borneo at a brothel called Sandakan No. 8.
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