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Overview

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7.6/10   313 votes
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Director:
Seijun Suzuki
Writers:
Hajime Takaiwa (writer)
Taijiro Tamura (story)
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Release Date:
28 February 1965 (Japan) more
Genre:
Drama | War more
User Comments:
Very Gripping more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Yumiko Nogawa ... Harumi
Tamio Kawaji ... Shinkichi Mikami
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hiroshi Cho ... Shibata
Hideaki Esumi ... Machida
Shigeyoshi Fujioka ... Kimura
Kotoe Hatsui ... Tsuyuko
Kazuko Imai ... Sachiko
Tomiko Ishii ... Yuriko
Sokoto Kasai
Kayo Matsuo ... Midori
Midori Mori ... Takako
Shoichi Ozawa ... Akiyama
Toshio Sugiyama
Kaku Takashina ... Makita
Isao Tamagawa ... Narita
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Story of a Prostitute
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Runtime:
West Germany:96 min | Japan:96 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
West Germany:18
Company:
Nikkatsu more

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Movie Connections:
Remake of Akatsuki no dasso (1950) more

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1 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Very Gripping, 23 August 2008
9/10
Author: crossbow0106 from United States

This film centers on Harumi (the great Yumiko Nogawa), who is a "comfort woman" who goes to the Manchurian Front in China during the war to service the men fighting there. From the beginning you know she has nothing left to lose. As you would expect, this movie has scenes which are pretty brutal, including violence and rape. However, Mr. Suzuki makes this film's pacing so superb, you can look beyond this and just keep watching to see what will happen next. Harumi's reactions and expressions in this film are amazing, Ms. Nogawa gives a performance of a lifetime. You understand her struggle, but more so you understand her heart. She falls in love and you know its no lie. You want her to have some measure of happiness in what is depicted here as a very cruel world. Not everyone can watch this of course, its violent and its a war picture. But this film had me spellbound to the last frame, and that is a ringing endorsement.

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