Story of a Prostitute

Feb 27, 1965

1h 36m

★ 6.5

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

War

Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

Story of a Prostitute Trailers

Cast

Shinkichi Mikami

Tamio Kawachi

Harumi

Yumiko Nogawa

Narita

Isao Tamagawa

Akiyama

Shoichi Ozawa

Tomoda

Toshio Sugiyama

Daizaburo Hirata

Yuriko

Tomiko Ishii

Tsuyuko

Kotoe Hatsui

Sachiko

Kazuko Imai

Tsutomu Shimomoto

Makita

Kaku Takashina

Machida

Eimei Esumi

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