Story of a Prostitute
Shunpu-den, Story of a Prostitute, feature film, 1965.
DIRECTED BY: Seijun Suzuki
CAST:
Yumiko Nogawa (Harumi),
Tamio Kawaji (Shinkichi Mikami),
Isao Tamagawa (Narita),
Hiroshi Chô (Shibata),
Eimei Esumi (Machida)
SCRIPT:
Hajime Takaiwa (prema priči Taijira Tamure)
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Kazue Nagatsuka
Synopsis:
This is a drama of the Sino-Japanese war era. A prostitute named Harumi leaves town disappointed with her lover’s decision to marry another woman. Wandering around, she ends up in a brothel in Manchuria, near a remote Japanese military base. A local commander, Narita, notices her immediately but she prefers his assistant, Mikami. After the commander proves to be a sadistic tyrant, she becomes close to Mikami.
35 mm, b/w, 96 min