1965 | Japan | Fiction

Shunpu den (Story of a Prostitute)

  • Japanese English 96 mins
  • Director | Seijun Suzuki
  • Writer | Hajime Takaiwa
  • Producer | Kaneo Iwai

STATUS: Released

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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.

Love War Tragedy Betrayal Despair
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The Criterion Collection
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