146 minutes
9/11/1956
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.
Setsuko Hara
as Prison Officer
Michiyo Kogure
as Yasuko Chiba, prisoner
Kyōko Kagawa
as Taeko Hara, prisoner
Yoshiko Kuga
as Senko Minami, prisoner
Kyōko Anzai
as Yoshiko Taki, prisoner
Yōko Sugi
as Kayo Sagawa, prisoner
Chieko Naniwa
as Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner
Yoko Tani
as Mary, prisoner
Keiko Awaji
as Keiko Nomi, prisoner
Mariko Okada
as Kazuko Hirai, prisoner
Kinuyo Tanaka
as Prison Warden
Noriko Sengoku
as Tenko Takahashi, prisoner
Kichijirō Ueda
as Ohno
Hisao Toake
as Yamashita