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.
| 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 |
| 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 |
By July 25, 2005
The 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 Read more »
