Story of a Prostitute (1965)
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 4.479 |
Directed By
Seijun Suzuki
Crew
Seijun Suzuki
Hajime Takaiwa
Takeo Kimura
Kaneo Iwai
Naozumi Yamamoto
Kazue Nagatsuka
Taijirō Tamura
Banri Sonoyama
Masami Kuzū
Toshimi Katagiri
Keiji Kaneda
Akira Suzuki
Masahiro Takashima
Midori Kuwabara
TOP CAST
Tamio Kawachi
Shinkichi Mikami
Yumiko Nogawa
Harumi
Isao Tamagawa
Narita
Shoichi Ozawa
Akiyama
Toshio Sugiyama
Tomoda
Tomiko Ishii
Yuriko
Kotoe Hatsui
Tsuyuko
Kazuko Imai
Sachiko
Kaku Takashina
Makita
Eimei Esumi
Machida
Kayo Matsuo
Midori
Yuzo Kiura
Hachiro Surgeon
Keisuke Noro
Muraki
Masahiro Kinoshita
Aoyama
Jūkei Fujioka
Kimura
Kentarô Kaji
Uno
Hideaki Mitsui
Sakai
Hiroshi Kōno
Kuramochi
Hiroshi Chō
Shibata
Shinzō Shibata
Yasuda
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Sasaki
Midori Mori
Takako
Megumi Wakaba
Sakae
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