Story of a prostitute = Shunpuden

Author

Seijun Suzuki

Call Number

• DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Edition

Special ed.

Languages

In Japanese, with optional English subtitles.

Performers

Tamio Kawachi, Yumiko Nogawa, Isao Tamagawa, Shoichi Ozawa, Tomiko Ishikawa, Kazuko Imai, Kayo Matsuo, Kentaro Kaji.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2005]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (ill. ; 19 cm.)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

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.

Notes

Based on a story by Taijiro Tamura.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1965.

Special features: video interviews with director Seijun Suzuki, production designer Takeo Kimura, and film critic Tadao Sato ; original theatrical trailer.