Victory of Women

Victory of Women

Josei no shôri
🎞️ Movie 84 min JP
โ˜… 6.6 /10 1946

A socially committed film about the feudal state of many Japanese women in 1946. Hiroko Hosokawa, a female lawyer, defends Mrs. Asakura, who suffocated her child in her grief after her husband died penniless following an industrial accident. The prosecutor is Hiroko's sister's husband Kono, who also sent Hiroko's fiance, Yamaoka, to jail for his liberal views during the war. Yamaoka has just been freed, but is seriously ill from his time in prison.

Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka
Kinuyo Tanaka
Hiroko Hosokawa
Michiko Kuwano
Michiko Kuwano
Michiko
Mitsuko Miura
Mitsuko Miura
Moto Asakura
Shin Tokudaiji
Shin Tokudaiji
Keita Yamaoka
Kinuko Wakamizu
Kinuko Wakamizu
Kôno's mother
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Akiko Kazami
Tokie Ishida
Shin'yō Nara
Shin'yō Nara
Judge
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Kappei Matsumoto
Prosecutor Shûichirô Kôno
Toyo Takahashi
Toyo Takahashi
Setsu, Hiroko's mother
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Toshinosuke Nagao
Prosecutor Mizushima
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Takaaki Asai
Composer
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Toshio Ubukata
Cinematographer