Story of a Prostitute

About Story of a Prostitute

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 code…

Seijun Suzuki's Story of a Prostitute is a 1965 romance war film. It runs 96 minutes and was released in February 1965.

The film is filed under desert, soldier, prostitution, and china.

Tamio Kawachi appears as Shinkichi Mikami, Yumiko Nogawa as Harumi, Isao Tamagawa as Narita, and Shoichi Ozawa as Akiyama. The screenplay is by Hajime Takaiwa. Produced by Nikkatsu Corporation. In the United States it streams on Criterion Channel.

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer, The Last Emperor, and A Very Long Engagement make useful companions to Story of a Prostitute, all filed under japan and manchuria.