Story of a Prostitute (1965)

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.

Cast (44)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Tamio Kawachi

Shinkichi Mikami

Yumiko Nogawa

Harumi

Isao Tamagawa

Narita

Shoichi Ozawa

Akiyama

Toshio Sugiyama

Tomoda

Daizaburo Hirata

Tomiko Ishii

Yuriko

Kotoe Hatsui

Tsuyuko

K

Kazuko Imai

Sachiko

Tsutomu Shimomoto

Kaku Takashina

Makita

Eimei Esumi

Machida

Kayo Matsuo

Midori

Yuzo Kiura

Hachiro Surgeon

Keisuke Noro

Muraki

Ichiro Kijima

M

Masahiro Kinoshita

Aoyama

Jūkei Fujioka

Kimura

K

Kentarô Kaji

Uno

H

Hideaki Mitsui

Sakai

T

Tokuhei Miyahara

H

Hiroshi Kōno

Kuramochi

H

Hisao Murata

H

Hiroshi Chō

Shibata

D

Daisuke Ōmi

H

Hiroshi Chiyoda

S

Shiro Tonami

S

Shinzō Shibata

Yasuda

T

Tōru Sumikawa

Y

Yoshihiro Yamaguchi

S

Seishirō Iwate

Y

Yoshihiko Tabata

H

Hiroshi Takao

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Sasaki

K

Ken Mizoguchi

Akira Takahashi

M

Midori Mori

Takako

S

Shoko Sakamaki

Y

Yasue Nishihara

M

Megumi Wakaba

Sakae

M

Makiko Fukamachi

T

Tamehisa Aida

K

Kenji Shimamura

A

Akira Hisamatsu

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