Brothel 8

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A young female journalist is researching an article on the history of karayuki-san, women who were forced to work as prostitutes in Asian brothels during the early 20th century. She locates Osaki, an elderly woman…

Tanaka Kinuyo

Tanaka was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. She became a leading actress at an early age, appearing in Ozu Yasujiro's I Graduated, But... in 1929. The following year she played the lead in Aiyoku no ki, and in 1931 she appeared in Japan's first talkie, The Neighbor's Wife and Mine,…