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.
Director: Seijun Suzuki
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Tamio Kawachi as Shinkichi Mikami |
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Yumiko Nogawa as Harumi |
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Isao Tamagawa as Narita |
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Shoichi Ozawa as Akiyama |
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Toshio Sugiyama as Tomoda |
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Daizaburo Hirata as |
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Tomiko Ishii as Yuriko |
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Kotoe Hatsui as Tsuyuko |
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Kazuko Imai as Sachiko |
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Tsutomu Shimomoto as |
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Kaku Takashina as Makita |
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Eimei Esumi as Machida |
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Kayo Matsuo as Midori |
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Yuzo Kiura as Hachiro Surgeon |
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Keisuke Noro as Muraki |
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Ichiro Kijima as |
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Masahiro Kinoshita as Aoyama |
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Jūkei Fujioka as Kimura |
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Kentarô Kaji as Uno |
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Hideaki Mitsui as Sakai |
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Tokuhei Miyahara as |
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Hiroshi Kōno as Kuramochi |
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Hisao Murata as |
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Hiroshi Chō as Shibata |
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Daisuke Ōmi as |
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Hiroshi Chiyoda as |
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Shiro Tonami as |
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Shinzō Shibata as Yasuda |
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Tōru Sumikawa as |
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Yoshihiro Yamaguchi as |
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Seishirō Iwate as |
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Yoshihiko Tabata as |
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Hiroshi Takao as |
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Hiroshi Tachikawa as Sasaki |
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Ken Mizoguchi as |
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Akira Takahashi as |
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Midori Mori as Takako |
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Shoko Sakamaki as |
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Yasue Nishihara as |
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Megumi Wakaba as Sakae |
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Makiko Fukamachi as |
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Tamehisa Aida as |
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Kenji Shimamura as |
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Akira Hisamatsu as |
| Directing | Seijun Suzuki | Director |
| Writing | Hajime Takaiwa | Writer |
| Art | Takeo Kimura | Production Design |
| Production | Kaneo Iwai | Producer |
| Camera | Kazue Nagatsuka | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Taijirō Tamura | Novel |
| Production | Banri Sonoyama | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Directing | Masami Kuzū | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Toshimi Katagiri | Sound |
| Crew | Keiji Kaneda | Special Effects |
| Editing | Akira Suzuki | Editor |
| Lighting | Masahiro Takashima | Lighting Technician |
| Directing | Midori Kuwabara | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Naozumi Yamamoto | Original Music Composer |