A journalist interviews an old woman who was forced into prostitution, just like many other Japanese women working in Asia outside of Japan during the first half of the 20th century. She worked in a Malaysian brothel called Sandakan 8.
Never overacted, yet powerfully moving. I've watched it many times, and it never loses its impact. No one I've watched it with have left unshaken. It's impact is in the same class as "Sophie's Choice"; can there be higher praise? If this movie can leave you unmoved, you have a heart of stone.