Female Market: Imprisonment

1986 1h 9m JA

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5.2

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★5.2TMDB · 18

DramaHorror

Synopsis

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A woman is kidnapped by a mysterious sex trafficking ring and trained to be a sex slave. Despite the abuse she remains defiant.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kaori Asô
Miki Uchiyama
Minako Ogawa
Akiko Saitô
Kayo Kiyomoto
Haruyo Araki
Tatsuya Aoki
Y (Yoshioka)
Nobutaka Masutomi
U (Uno)
Mami Fujimura
Keiko Mizukawa
Kume Anzai
Hiromi Saeki
Miki Kazehara
Yoshiko Izumi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yasuaki Uegaki
Writers: Kazuo Komizu
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 69-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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40 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yasuaki Uegaki, shot by Koichi Suzuki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Isao Tomita shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Kaori Asô and Minako Ogawa and Kayo Kiyomoto carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0296177 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 18 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Yasuaki Uegaki directs. Koichi Suzuki behind the camera. Isao Tomita cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 69-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
240 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Yasuaki Uegaki, shot by Koichi Suzuki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Isao Tomita shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Kaori Asô and Minako Ogawa and Kayo Kiyomoto carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0296177 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 18 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.