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Karayuki-san: the making of a prostitute
- Title
- Karayuki-san: the making of a prostitute [videorecording] / Imamura Productions.
- Publication
- New York : Kino, 1973.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Moving image | By appointment only | VTH 1716 K | Offsite |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Imamura, Shōhei, 1926-2006.
- Description
- 1 videocassette (75 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- When Imamura went to Southeast Asia, he met one of the "karayuki-san," Japanese women abducted from their homeland and forced to labor as prostitutes on the Malay Peninsula. The woman, now old and penniless, guides the filmmaker on a tour of the streets where the brothels once thrived and introduces him to other former prostitutes. Through a series of interviews, the director comes to understand how the karayuki-san were used to spearhead Japanese economic expansion overseas during the first decades of this century.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Feature films.
- Note
- In Japanese with English subtitles.
- Credits (note)
- Director, Shohei Imamura; photography, Masao Tochizawa.
- Title
- Karayuki-san: the making of a prostitute [videorecording] / Imamura Productions.
- Imprint
- New York : Kino, 1973.
- Credits
- Director, Shohei Imamura; photography, Masao Tochizawa.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Imamura, Shōhei, 1926-2006.
- Branch Call Number
- VTH 1716 K