Sandakan No. 8
| Sandakan No. 8 | |
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A Chinese poster of the film | |
| Directed by | Kei Kumai |
| Written by | Kei Kumai Sakae Hirozawa Tomoko Yamazaki (story) |
| Produced by | Masayuki Sato Hideyuki Shiino |
| Starring | Yoko Takahashi Kinuyo Tanaka Komaki Kurihara |
| Cinematography | Mitsuji Kaneo |
| Edited by | Tatsuji Nakashizu |
| Music by | Akira Ifukube |
Production companies | Toho Haiyūza Eiga |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | 100 million+ tickets (China) |
Sandakan No. 8 (サンダカン八番娼館 望郷, Sandakan hachiban shōkan: Bōkyō), also known as Sandakan 8 and Brothel 8, is a 1974 Japanese drama film directed by Kei Kumai, starring Yoko Takahashi, Komaki Kurihara and Kinuyo Tanaka. It was nominated for the 48th Academy Awards in the category of Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It also became one of the highest-grossing Japanese films at the Chinese box office, where it generated box office admissions in the hundreds of millions.