

Women in Prison
1956-09-11 · 146 min · ★ 4.0
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.
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- Directors
- Seiji Hisamatsu
- Production companies
- Tokyo Eiga, TOHO
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Setsuko HaraPrison Officer
Michiyo KogureYasuko Chiba, prisoner
Kyōko KagawaTaeko Hara, prisoner
Yoshiko KugaSenko Minami, prisoner
Kyōko AnzaiYoshiko Taki, prisoner
Yōko SugiKayo Sagawa, prisoner
Chieko NaniwaMitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner
Yoko TaniMary, prisoner
Keiko AwajiKeiko Nomi, prisoner
Mariko OkadaKazuko Hirai, prisoner
Kinuyo TanakaPrison Warden
Noriko SengokuTenko Takahashi, prisoner
Kichijirō UedaOhno
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