Story of a Prostitute

Movie

Drama

Romance

War

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.

Date: 02/27/1965

Rating: 6.6

Cast: Tamio Kawachi, Yumiko Nogawa, Isao Tamagawa, Shoichi Ozawa, Toshio Sugiyama, Daizaburo Hirata, Tomiko Ishii, Kotoe Hatsui, Kazuko Imai, Tsutomu Shimomoto, Kaku Takashina, Eimei Esumi, Kayo Matsuo, Yuzo Kiura, Keisuke Noro, Ichiro Kijima, Masahiro Kinoshita, Jūkei Fujioka, Kentarô Kaji, Hideaki Mitsui, Tokuhei Miyahara, Hiroshi Kōno, Hisao Murata, Hiroshi Chō, Daisuke Ōmi, Hiroshi Chiyoda, Shiro Tonami, Shinzō Shibata, Tōru Sumikawa, Yoshihiro Yamaguchi, Seishirō Iwate, Yoshihiko Tabata, Hiroshi Takao, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Ken Mizoguchi, Akira Takahashi, Midori Mori, Shoko Sakamaki, Yasue Nishihara, Megumi Wakaba, Makiko Fukamachi, Tamehisa Aida, Kenji Shimamura, Akira Hisamatsu

Tamio Kawachi