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.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Tamio KawachiShinkichi Mikami | Shinkichi Mikami |
 Yumiko NogawaHarumi | Harumi |
 Isao TamagawaNarita | Narita |
 Shoichi OzawaAkiyama | Akiyama |
 Toshio SugiyamaTomoda | Tomoda |
 Daizaburo HirataNot listed | Not listed |
 Tomiko IshiiYuriko | Yuriko |
 Kotoe HatsuiTsuyuko | Tsuyuko |
| KKazuko ImaiSachiko | Sachiko |
 Tsutomu ShimomotoNot listed | Not listed |
 Kaku TakashinaMakita | Makita |
 Eimei EsumiMachida | Machida |
 Kayo MatsuoMidori | Midori |
 Yuzo KiuraHachiro Surgeon | Hachiro Surgeon |
 Keisuke NoroMuraki | Muraki |
 Ichiro KijimaNot listed | Not listed |
| MMasahiro KinoshitaAoyama | Aoyama |
 Jūkei FujiokaKimura | Kimura |
| KKentarô KajiUno | Uno |
| HHideaki MitsuiSakai | Sakai |
| TTokuhei MiyaharaNot listed | Not listed |
| HHiroshi KōnoKuramochi | Kuramochi |
| HHisao MurataNot listed | Not listed |
| HHiroshi ChōShibata | Shibata |
| DDaisuke ŌmiNot listed | Not listed |
| HHiroshi ChiyodaNot listed | Not listed |
| SShiro TonamiNot listed | Not listed |
| SShinzō ShibataYasuda | Yasuda |
| TTōru SumikawaNot listed | Not listed |
| YYoshihiro YamaguchiNot listed | Not listed |