Story of a Prostitute (1965)

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.

Cast

Shinkichi Mikami
Tamio Kawachi
Harumi
Yumiko Nogawa
Makita
Kaku Takashina
Machida
Eimei Esumi
Midori
Kayo Matsuo
Hachiro Surgeon
Yuzo Kiura
Muraki
Keisuke Noro
Ichiro Kijima
Aoyama
M Masahiro Kinoshita
Kimura
Jūkei Fujioka
Uno
K Kentarô Kaji
Sakai
H Hideaki Mitsui
Narita
Isao Tamagawa
T Tokuhei Miyahara
Kuramochi
H Hiroshi Kōno
H Hisao Murata
Shibata
H Hiroshi Chō
D Daisuke Ōmi
H Hiroshi Chiyoda
S Shiro Tonami
Yasuda
S Shinzō Shibata
T Tōru Sumikawa
Y Yoshihiro Yamaguchi
Akiyama
Shoichi Ozawa
S Seishirō Iwate
Y Yoshihiko Tabata
H Hiroshi Takao
Sasaki
Hiroshi Tachikawa
K Ken Mizoguchi
Akira Takahashi
Takako
M Midori Mori
S Shoko Sakamaki
Y Yasue Nishihara
Sakae
M Megumi Wakaba
Tomoda
Toshio Sugiyama
M Makiko Fukamachi
T Tamehisa Aida
K Kenji Shimamura
A Akira Hisamatsu
Daizaburo Hirata
Yuriko
Tomiko Ishii
Tsuyuko
Kotoe Hatsui
Sachiko
K Kazuko Imai
Tsutomu Shimomoto

Crew

Director
Seijun Suzuki
Writer
H Hajime Takaiwa
Production Design
Takeo Kimura
Producer
K Kaneo Iwai
Director of Photography
K Kazue Nagatsuka
Executive In Charge Of Production
B Banri Sonoyama
Assistant Director
M Masami Kuzū
Sound
T Toshimi Katagiri
Special Effects
K Keiji Kaneda
Editor
A Akira Suzuki
Lighting Technician
M Masahiro Takashima
Script Supervisor
M Midori Kuwabara
Novel
Taijirō Tamura
Original Music Composer
Naozumi Yamamoto