Sandakan No. 8

Sandakan No. 8
A Chinese language version poster of the film
Directed by	Kei Kumai
Written by	Kei Kumai Sakae Hirozawa Tomoko Yamazaki (story)
Starring	Yoko Takahashi Kinuyo Tanaka Komaki Kurihara
Cinematography	Mitsuji Kaneo
Production companies	Toho Haiyūza Eiga
Release date	November 2, 1974 (1974-11-02)
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, aka Sandakan 8 and Brothel 8) is a 1974 Japanese drama film directed by Kei Kumai,^[1] starring Yoko Takahashi, Komaki Kurihara and Kinuyo Tanaka. It was nominated for the 1975 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.