Story of a Prostitute
Visit website6.6/10 • 34
1965-02-27 • 1h 36m
Volunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soldiers, Harumi is commandeered by the brutal Lieutenant Narita but falls for the sensitive Mikami, Narita's direct subordinate. Seijun Suzuki's Story of a Prostitute is a tragic love story as well as a rule-bending take on a popular Taijiro Tamura novel, challenging military and fraternal codes of honor, as seen through Harumi's eyes.
- Directors
- Seijun Suzuki
- Writters
- Hajime Takaiwa
- Editors
- Hajime Takaiwa, Akira Suzuki
Story of a Prostitute
Visit website1965-02-27 • 1h 36m
6.6/10 • 34
Volunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soldiers, Harumi is commandeered by the brutal Lieutenant Narita but falls for the sensitive Mikami, Narita's direct subordinate. Seijun Suzuki's Story of a Prostitute is a tragic love story as well as a rule-bending take on a popular Taijiro Tamura novel, challenging military and fraternal codes of honor, as seen through Harumi's eyes.
- Directors
- Seijun Suzuki
- Writters
- Hajime Takaiwa
- Editors
- Hajime Takaiwa, Akira Suzuki
Top Billed Cast
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Tamio Kawachi
Shinkichi Mikami
Yumiko Nogawa
Harumi
Isao Tamagawa
Narita
Shoichi Ozawa
Akiyama
Toshio Sugiyama
Tomoda
Daizaburo Hirata
Tomiko Ishii
Yuriko
Kotoe Hatsui
Tsuyuko
Kazuko Imai
Sachiko
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- Japanese
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- Keywords
- japanprostitutechinabuddhismdesertionmanchuriahand grenaderemakesecond sino-japanese war (1937-45)prostitutionsoldierdesertcolonialismmisogynytrenches