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Title:
Karayuki-san : the making of a prostitute / a film by Shohei Imamura.
Publisher:
Kino on Video,
Copyright Date:
1987
Description:
1 videocassette (70 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Subject:
Prostitutes--Southeast Asia--Biography.
Japanese--Southeast Asia--Biography.
Documentary films.
Biographies.
Other Authors:
Imamura, Shōhei, 1926-2006. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85384854
Other Titles:
Making of a prostitute [videorecording]
Notes:
Japanese dialogue, English subtitles. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1975. A foreign film (Japan).
Summary:
"Karayuki-san" are Japanese women abducted from their homeland and forced to labor in the brothels of the Malay peninsula. Through talks with these unfortunates, now aged and impecunious, director Imamura came to understand not only their plight but also the cause of it.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)74899263
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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