Summaries

In Los Angeles, the naive and lonely burger waitress and aspirant singer Carol Heath finds an advertisement in the newspaper with a job opportunity in Tokyo. She has a meeting with the agents, the American Cavanaugh and the Japanese Shiro ; she signs the contract in English and Japanese and travels to Japan to work at the White Orchid night-club. She shares a hotel room with a dancer and sooner she discovers the scheme of prostitution in the club that belongs to Yakuza. Alone, without money and her passport, she is protected by Shiro, but pressed by the managers Madame Mori and her husband Hatanaka to be receptive to client's proposals. Meanwhile her former boyfriend returns to LA and seeks her out.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Based on true events in the life of actor Tom Allard, whose girlfriend answered an advertisement for American singers to entertain in Japan and found herself trapped in a prostitution-slavery ring operated by the yakuza.—Jim Beaver <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • female nudity
  • nudity
  • female frontal nudity
  • forced prostitution
  • sex trafficking
Genres
  • Crime
  • Drama
Release date Nov 27, 1983
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, California, USA
Production companies Hill/Mandelker Films

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 38m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.33 : 1

Synopsis

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