Gone with the Wind
1939 · Drama · War
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Film / 1965
Story of a Prostitute
Directed by
Seijun Suzuki
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.
The story
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
Tamio KawachiShinkichi Mikami
Yumiko NogawaHarumi
Isao TamagawaNarita
Shoichi OzawaAkiyama
Toshio SugiyamaTomoda
Daizaburo Hirata
Tomiko IshiiYuriko
Kotoe HatsuiTsuyuko
Kazuko ImaiSachiko
Tsutomu Shimomoto
Kaku TakashinaMakita
Eimei EsumiMachida
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Kayo MatsuoMidori
Yuzo KiuraHachiro Surgeon
Keisuke NoroMuraki
Ichiro Kijima
Masahiro KinoshitaAoyama
Jūkei FujiokaKimura
Kentarô KajiUno
Hideaki MitsuiSakai
Tokuhei Miyahara
Hiroshi KōnoKuramochi
Hisao Murata
Hiroshi ChōShibata
Daisuke Ōmi
Hiroshi Chiyoda
Shiro Tonami
Shinzō ShibataYasuda
Tōru Sumikawa
Yoshihiro Yamaguchi
Seishirō Iwate
Yoshihiko Tabata
Hiroshi Takao
Hiroshi TachikawaSasaki
Ken Mizoguchi
Akira Takahashi
Midori MoriTakako
Shoko Sakamaki
Yasue Nishihara
Megumi WakabaSakae
Makiko Fukamachi
Tamehisa Aida
Kenji Shimamura
Akira Hisamatsu
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