Japan Synopsis
春婦伝
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.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Story of a Prostitute. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Nikkatsu Corporation
Drama + Romance in Japan
270 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Romance genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Story of a Prostitute itself).
The 1964–1966 Japan Window
Story of a Prostitute holds position #37 of 74 Japan films in the 1964–1966 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1960s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1960s in Japan, 202 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Story of a Prostitute premiered alongside 21 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 21 other Japan films in 1965.
The 213th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
30 audience reviews — more than 50% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (50th percentile) outruns trending popularity (28th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Story of a Prostitute, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- desertion · 4
- misogyny · 4
- manchuria · 3
- hand grenade · 3
- trenches · 3
- colonialism · 1
- soldier · 29
- prostitution · 25
- buddhism · 22
- desert · 9
- second sino-japanese war (1937-45) · 7
- japan · 454
- china · 127
- remake · 101
- prostitute · 39
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,792 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (39th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.2 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,225 of 1,933 (top 63%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Nikkatsu Corporation |
| Runtime | 1h 36m |
| Release Date | February 27, 1965 |
| IMDb | tt0059715 |
| Official Site | www.nikkatsu.com |