Story of a Prostitute

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.

6.5

96 min

Cast

Tamio Kawachi

as Shinkichi Mikami

Yumiko Nogawa

as Harumi

Isao Tamagawa

as Narita

Shoichi Ozawa

as Akiyama

Toshio Sugiyama

as Tomoda

Daizaburo Hirata

Tomiko Ishii

as Yuriko

Kotoe Hatsui

as Tsuyuko

Kazuko Imai

as Sachiko

Tsutomu Shimomoto

Kaku Takashina

as Makita

Eimei Esumi

as Machida

Kayo Matsuo

as Midori

Yuzo Kiura

as Hachiro Surgeon

Keisuke Noro

as Muraki

Ichiro Kijima

Masahiro Kinoshita

as Aoyama

Jūkei Fujioka

as Kimura

Kentarô Kaji

as Uno

Hideaki Mitsui

as Sakai

Tokuhei Miyahara

Hiroshi Kōno

as Kuramochi

Hisao Murata

Hiroshi Chō

as Shibata

Daisuke Ōmi

Hiroshi Chiyoda

Shiro Tonami

Shinzō Shibata

as Yasuda

Tōru Sumikawa

Yoshihiro Yamaguchi

Seishirō Iwate

Yoshihiko Tabata

Hiroshi Takao

Hiroshi Tachikawa

as Sasaki

Ken Mizoguchi

Akira Takahashi

Midori Mori

as Takako

Shoko Sakamaki

Yasue Nishihara

Megumi Wakaba

as Sakae

Makiko Fukamachi

Tamehisa Aida

Kenji Shimamura

Akira Hisamatsu

Director

Seijun Suzuki