Story of a Prostitute
1965Volunteering 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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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