Story of a Prostitute
- Original title
- Shunpu den (Story of a Prostitute)
- Year
- 1965
- Running time
- 96 min.
- Country
- Japan
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Hajime Takaiwa. Story: Taijirô Tamura
- Cast
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- Tamio Kawaji
- Yumiko Nogawa
- Isao Tamagawa
- Shoichi Ozawa
- Tomiko Ishikawa
- Kazuko Imai
- Megumi Wakaba
- Kayo Matsuo
- Kentarô Kaji
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- Music
- Cinematography
Kazue Nagatsuka (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Prostitution. Based on a true story. II World War
- 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 (Shunpuden) 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.
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