Story of a Prostitute (1965)
Story of a Prostitute (1965) - Drama Movies 96 minutes. Shunpu Den, Historia de una prostituta, Story of a Prostitute, Histoire d'une prostituée, Istoria mias pornis, Örömlányok, Storia di una prostituta, Story of a Prostitute, Nackt und verdammt, Shunpuden, 春婦傳, 춘부전. 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. japan, prostitute, china, buddhism, desertion, manchuria, hand grenade, remake, second sino-japanese war (1937-45), prostitution, soldier, desert, colonialism, misogyny, trenches
Released: Feb 27, 1965
Runtime: 96 minutes
Stars: Tamio Kawachi, Yumiko Nogawa, Isao Tamagawa, Shoichi Ozawa, Toshio Sugiyama, Daizaburo Hirata
Crew: Seijun Suzuki (Director), Hajime Takaiwa (Writer), Takeo Kimura (Production Design), Kaneo Iwai (Producer), Naozumi Yamamoto (Music), Kazue Nagatsuka (Director of Photography)