Women in Prison (1956)
Overview
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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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 2.339 |
Directed By
Seiji Hisamatsu
Crew
Seiji Hisamatsu
Sumie Tanaka
Motoji Kojima
Senjin Imaizumi
Kôhei Shima
Ichirō Saitō
Noboru Nishio
Jôji Ohara
Kazuo Takimura
TOP CAST
Setsuko Hara
Prison Officer
Michiyo Kogure
Yasuko Chiba, prisoner
Kyōko Kagawa
Taeko Hara, prisoner
Yoshiko Kuga
Senko Minami, prisoner
Kyōko Anzai
Yoshiko Taki, prisoner
Yōko Sugi
Kayo Sagawa, prisoner
Chieko Naniwa
Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner
Yoko Tani
Mary, prisoner
Keiko Awaji
Keiko Nomi, prisoner
Mariko Okada
Kazuko Hirai, prisoner
Kinuyo Tanaka
Prison Warden
Noriko Sengoku
Tenko Takahashi, prisoner
Kichijirō Ueda
Ohno
Hisao Toake
Yamashita
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