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Making of a Prostitute (1971) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Karayuki-san, the Making of a Prostitute (からゆきさん) is a 1973 Japanese television [1] [2] documentary film by director Shōhei Imamura. [3] It tells the story of a karayuki-san, a term for Japanese women who were sent to foreign Asian countries to serve as prostitutes.
Teenager escapes from the orphanage and falls into prostitution! A drama directed by Gustav Ehmck, a teenager lays a small bundle on the tracks, but before the oncoming train can cross it, an older woman saves the baby from certain death.
From the late 1800s to the mid-1900s, Japanese girls and women were trafficked out of Japan and sent to foreign countries like China, Singapore, and beyond to serve as indentured prostitutes. These women were called Karayuki-san.
A drama directed by Gustav Ehmck, a teenager lays a small bundle on the tracks, but before the oncoming train can cross it, an older woman saves the baby from certain death. She keeps little Sophie with her and raises her to be a well-behaved girl.
A drama directed by Gustav Ehmck, a teenager lays a small bundle on the tracks, but before the oncoming train can cross it, an older woman saves the baby from certain death. She keeps little Sophie with her and raises her to be a well-behaved girl.
Director Shôhei Imamura interviews Kikuyo Zendo, a 73 year-old Japanese woman who was trafficked in 1921 to work as a prostitute in Malaysia. She discusses her sex work career and marriages. In the 1970s she lives in poverty with her family.
