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Shunpu den

Shunpu den

1965Movie⏱️ 1h 36mNot Rated
DramaRomanceWar
7.3
IMDB Rating
1,747 votes

In WW2 Manchuria, a prostitute grows to resent an abusive adjutant and falls in love with his aide.

Director
Seijun Suzuki
Writers
Hajime Takaiwa, Taijirô Tamura
Stars
Tamio Kawachi, Yumiko Nogawa, Isao Tamagawa
Release Date
February 28, 1965
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Tamio Kawachi
Tamio Kawachi
as Shinkichi Mikami
Yumiko Nogawa
Yumiko Nogawa
as Harumi
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Isao Tamagawa
as Narita
👤
Shôichi Ozawa
as Akiyama
👤
Toshio Sugiyama
👤
Daisaburô Hirata
👤
Tomiko Ishii
as Yuriko
Kotoe Hatsui
Kotoe Hatsui
as Tsuyuko
Kazuko Imai
Kazuko Imai
as Sachiko
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Tsutomu Shimomoto

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Production
Nikkatsu

🏷️ Keywords

1940sstarts with narrationbiting tonguebrotheljapanese army

🎯 Categories

JapaneseDramaRomanceWar

⭐ Featured Review

Well done and depressing.
by planktonrules2013-11-05
7/10

""Sunpu Den" is a film from director Seijun Suzuki is both anti-war and anti-prostitution, as it paints a bleak story of a young woman, Harumi. The story begins with Harumi being dumped by her boyfriend. In reaction, she volunteers to be a 'comfort woman' on the Japanese front lines in China. The comfort women were prostitutes provided by the government for the troops--and this small group of women are to satisfy the sexual needs of a thousand men! To make things worse, the Adjutant in charge is a brutal jerk who mistreats the women. Harumi hates him, though she later falls ..."

💡 Did You Know?

This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #299.

📖 Synopsis

In WW2 Manchuria, a prostitute grows to resent an abusive adjutant and falls in love with his aide.