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Story of a Prostitute

1965 · 96 min

A sombre, fatalistic wartime romance that lingers in cold, bleak spaces and aches with doomed longing.

Overview
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.

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • violence
  • betrayal
  • isolation
  • death
Places
  • military
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance6
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, romance, war
Directed by
Seijun Suzuki
Written by
Hajime Takaiwa
Starring
Tamio Kawachi, Yumiko Nogawa, Isao Tamagawa, Shoichi Ozawa, Toshio Sugiyama, Daizaburo Hirata, Tomiko Ishii, Kotoe Hatsui
Music
Naozumi Yamamoto
Cinematography
Kazue Nagatsuka
Runtime
96 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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