Victory of Women

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
1946    84mDrama, History
6.6
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.

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Cast of Victory of Women

  • Kinuyo TanakaHiroko Hosokawa
  • Michiko KuwanoMichiko
  • Mitsuko MiuraMoto Asakura
  • Shin TokudaijiKeita Yamaoka
  • Kinuko Wakamizu
  • Akiko Kazami
  • Shin'yō Nara
  • Kappei MatsumotoProsecutor Kono
  • Toyo TakahashiMother
  • Toshinosuke Nagao
  • Yoko Benisawa
  • Eiko UchimuraYukiko
  • Katsumi KubotaDoctor
  • Kuniko IgawaNurse
  • Yoshino Tani
  • Shirō ŌsakaStudent
  • Kenji MizoguchiDirector
  • Kōgo NodaWriter
  • Kaneto ShindōWriter
  • Sennosuke TsukimoriProducer

 

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