Schoolgirls for Sale (2015)
Overview
Japan’s obsession with cutesy culture has taken a dark turn, with schoolgirls now offering themselves for “walking dates” with adult men. Last year the US State Department, in its annual report on human trafficking, flagged so-called joshi-kosei osanpo dates (Japanese for “high school walking”) as fronts for commercial sex run by sophisticated criminal networks.
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| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.834 |
Directed By
Simon Ostrovsky
Crew
Nobutaka Shirahama
Jeremy Rocklin
Simon Ostrovsky
Andrew Glazer
Simon Ostrovsky
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