Women in Prison

Sep 11, 1956

2h 26m

★ 1.0

Overview

The woman prison has a cast all with a story of their own and with no dull or routine day. There is an employee who is divorced after her husband had an affair. She loves the jailed criminals and almost sees them as family. One day at a workshop someone faints while working hard to make money because she has a poor boyfriend. Another inmate is knocked up Another is a mother and has her child with her.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Tokyo Eiga

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Cast

Prison Officer

Setsuko Hara

Yasuko Chiba, prisoner

Michiyo Kogure

Taeko Hara, prisoner

Kyōko Kagawa

Senko Minami, prisoner

Yoshiko Kuga

Yoshiko Taki, prisoner

Kyōko Anzai

Kayo Sagawa, prisoner

Yōko Sugi

Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner

Chieko Naniwa

Mary, prisoner

Yoko Tani

Keiko Nomi, prisoner

Keiko Awaji

Kazuko Hirai, prisoner

Mariko Okada

Prison Warden

Kinuyo Tanaka

Tenko Takahashi, prisoner

Noriko Sengoku

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