Story of a Prostitute
1965 · Movie · Not Rated · 96 min · ★ 6.5 · 74% critics
On the Manchurian front during wartime, a woman working in an army brothel is pulled between a cruel officer’s control and a tender connection with a subordinate soldier. The story blends harsh romance with an anti-war look at power, duty, and survival under brutal military codes.
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Details
- Original title
- 春婦伝
- Years
- 1965
- Release date
- 1965-02-27
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Critic score
- 74/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (39 votes)
About
You may like this if you want a harsh wartime melodrama with the emotional intensity of Gate of Flesh; Not for you if sexual violence, cruelty, or bleak stories are dealbreakers.
Pros: fierce lead performance; potent anti-war bite; gripping bleak romance | Cons: very bleak tone; dated sexual politics; heightened melodrama
Themes
- japan
- prostitute
- china
- buddhism
- desertion
- manchuria
- hand grenade
- remake
- second sino-japanese war (1937-45)
- prostitution
- soldier
- desert
- +3 more
Cast & crew
Tamio Kawachi
as Shinkichi Mikami
Yumiko Nogawa
as Harumi
Isao Tamagawa
as Narita
Shoichi Ozawa
as Akiyama
Toshio Sugiyama
as Tomoda
Daizaburo Hirata
Tomiko Ishii
as Yuriko
Kotoe Hatsui
as Tsuyuko
- KI
Kazuko Imai
as Sachiko
Tsutomu Shimomoto
Directed by Seijun Suzuki