Sold by her impoverished family into indentured servitude in Sandakan, British North Borneo. Initially believing she is going to work at a hotel, she is forced into prostitution at the Sandakan No. 8 brothel, where she endures years of hardship and a brief, abandoned romance.
The film juxtaposes the present-day interview with the protagonist's younger self to illustrate temporal trauma.
Keiko acts as the primary researcher seeking firsthand accounts of historical exploitation.
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