Josei no shôri (1946)

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Country: Japan
Genres: Drama
Release: 1946-04-18
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Writers: Kōgo Noda , Kaneto Shindō
Language: Japanese
Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka , Michiko Kuwano , Mitsuko Miura , Shin Tokudaiji , Kinuko Wakamizu , Akiko Kazami , Shin’yō Nara , Kappei Matsumoto , Toyo Takahashi , Toshinosuke Nagao
Runtime: 84 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: La victoire du sexe féminin (France, French Republic) , A Vitória das Mulheres (Brazil) , La victoire des femmes (France, French Republic) , La victoria de las mujeres (Spain) , The Victory of Women , 女性の勝利 (Japan) , Women's Victory , Naisten voitto (Finland) , Josei no shôri , Der Sieg der Frauen (Germany)
Plot: 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.
IMDB:tt0038662