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Story of a Prostitute
Story of a Prostitute

Story of a Prostitute

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

96 mins

Rating

6.6/10

Release Date

27 February 1965

Country

Japan

Cast

Tamio Kawachi

Tamio Kawachi

Shinkichi Mikami

Yumiko Nogawa

Yumiko Nogawa

Harumi

Isao Tamagawa

Isao Tamagawa

Narita

Shoichi Ozawa

Shoichi Ozawa

Akiyama

Toshio Sugiyama

Toshio Sugiyama

Tomoda

Daizaburo Hirata

Daizaburo Hirata

Tomiko Ishii

Tomiko Ishii

Yuriko

Kotoe Hatsui

Kotoe Hatsui

Tsuyuko

Kazuko Imai

Kazuko Imai

Sachiko

Tsutomu Shimomoto

Tsutomu Shimomoto

Kaku Takashina

Kaku Takashina

Makita

Eimei Esumi

Eimei Esumi

Machida

Kayo Matsuo

Kayo Matsuo

Midori

Yuzo Kiura

Yuzo Kiura

Hachiro Surgeon

Keisuke Noro

Keisuke Noro

Muraki

Ichiro Kijima

Ichiro Kijima

Masahiro Kinoshita

Masahiro Kinoshita

Aoyama

Jūkei Fujioka

Jūkei Fujioka

Kimura

Kentarô Kaji

Kentarô Kaji

Uno

Hideaki Mitsui

Hideaki Mitsui

Sakai

Tokuhei Miyahara

Tokuhei Miyahara

Hiroshi Kōno

Hiroshi Kōno

Kuramochi

Hisao Murata

Hisao Murata

Hiroshi Chō

Hiroshi Chō

Shibata

Daisuke Ōmi

Daisuke Ōmi

Hiroshi Chiyoda

Hiroshi Chiyoda

Shiro Tonami

Shiro Tonami

Shinzō Shibata

Shinzō Shibata

Yasuda

Tōru Sumikawa

Tōru Sumikawa

Yoshihiro Yamaguchi

Yoshihiro Yamaguchi

Seishirō Iwate

Seishirō Iwate

Yoshihiko Tabata

Yoshihiko Tabata

Hiroshi Takao

Hiroshi Takao

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Sasaki

Ken Mizoguchi

Ken Mizoguchi

Akira Takahashi

Akira Takahashi

Midori Mori

Midori Mori

Takako

Shoko Sakamaki

Shoko Sakamaki

Yasue Nishihara

Yasue Nishihara

Megumi Wakaba

Megumi Wakaba

Sakae

Makiko Fukamachi

Makiko Fukamachi

Tamehisa Aida

Tamehisa Aida

Kenji Shimamura

Kenji Shimamura

Akira Hisamatsu

Akira Hisamatsu

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