CHILDREN OF THE DARK (YAMI NO KODOMOTACHI) (Japanese)
The Story:
Nanbu (Yosuke Eguchi), a middle-aged Japanese journalist stationed in Thailand. Chasing a story about a rich Japanese couple planning to bring their son to Bangkok for a life-saving transplant using illegally obtained organs, Nanbu comes into contact with fellow expat Keiko (Aoi Miyazaki), an idealistic young foreign-aid worker helping at a child welfare center run by fiercely committed local woman Napapom (Prima Ratchata).
Info gathered from poor local families and Nanbu's shady contacts leads them to a brothel in the northern province of Chiang Rai, which supplies children for sex tourists and as "donors" of body parts. Pointedly, the establishment's pedophile customers are drawn from a wide range of nationalities.
The vision of life inside the brothel is heartbreaking. Victims are locked in filthy rooms and let out only when clients arrive; those with AIDS are thrown into garbage trucks while still alive.
Starring:
Yosuke Eguchi, Aoi Miyazaki, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Prima Ratchata, Setanan Homyamyen, Koichi Sato
Directed By:
Junji Sakamoto
Release:
2008
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