Synopsis
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
| Private Mikami | Tamio Kawachi |
| Harumi | Yumiko Nogawa |
| Lieutenant Narita | Isao Tamagawa |
| Sergeant Akiyama | Shoichi Ozawa |
| Yuriko | Tomiko Ishikawa |
| Sachiko | Kazuko Imai |
| Sakae | Megumi Wakaba |
| Midori | Kayo Matsuo |
| Uno | Kentaro Kaji |
Credits
| Director | Seijun Suzuki |
| Screenplay | Hajime Takaiwa |
| Based on a story by | Taijiro Tamura |
| Producer | Kaneo Iwai |
| Cinematography | Kazue Nagatsuka |
| Production Design | Takeo Kimura |
| Lighting | Masahiro Takamatsu |
| Editing | Akira Suzuki |
| Music | Naozumi Yamamoto |
| Assistant director | Masami Kuzuu |
Disc Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Exclusive new video interviews with director Seijun Suzuki, production designer Takeo Kimura, and film critic Tadao Sato
- Original theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- Plus: a new essay by film critic David Chute
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Story of a Prostitute
by Jul 25, 2005The first shot of the protagonist in Story of a Prostitute will look oddly familiar to fans of Japanese action films: an isolated, kimono-clad figure striding across a barren, almost volcanic landscape. It harks back to the conventional introductory images of rootless . . .
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