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Josei no shôri

  • 19461946
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
143
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Josei no shôri (1946)
  • Drama
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 husba... Read allA 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 hu... Read allA 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 t... Read all
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
143
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Kenji Mizoguchi
  • Writers
    • Kôgo Noda
    • Kaneto Shindô
  • Stars
    • Kinuyo Tanaka
    • Michiko Kuwano
    • Mitsuko Miura
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  • Director
    • Kenji Mizoguchi
  • Writers
    • Kôgo Noda
    • Kaneto Shindô
  • Stars
    • Kinuyo Tanaka
    • Michiko Kuwano
    • Mitsuko Miura
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    • 2User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Kinuyo Tanaka in Josei no shôri (1946)
    Kinuyo Tanaka in Josei no shôri (1946)
    Mitsuko Miura and Kinuyo Tanaka in Josei no shôri (1946)
    Mitsuko Miura and Kinuyo Tanaka in Josei no shôri (1946)
    Kinuyo Tanaka in Josei no shôri (1946)
    Mitsuko Miura and Kinuyo Tanaka in Josei no shôri (1946)
    Michiko Kuwano in Josei no shôri (1946)
    Kinuyo Tanaka in Josei no shôri (1946)
    Kinuyo Tanaka in Josei no shôri (1946)
    Mitsuko Miura and Kinuyo Tanaka in Josei no shôri (1946)

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    Kinuyo Tanaka
    Kinuyo Tanaka
    • Hiroko Hosokawaas Hiroko Hosokawa
    Michiko Kuwano
    Michiko Kuwano
    • Michikoas Michiko
    Mitsuko Miura
    Mitsuko Miura
    • Moto Asakuraas Moto Asakura
    Shin Tokudaiji
    • Keita Yamaokaas Keita Yamaoka
    Kinuko Wakamizu
    Akiko Kazami
    • Tokie Ishidaas Tokie Ishida
    Shin'yô Nara
    • Judgeas Judge
    Kappei Matsumoto
    • Prosecutor Shuichirô Kônoas Prosecutor Shuichirô Kôno
    Toyo Takahashi
    Toyo Takahashi
    • Setsu, Hiroko's motheras Setsu, Hiroko's mother
    • (as Toyoko Takahashi)
    Toshinosuke Nagao
    • Prosecutor Mizushimaas Prosecutor Mizushima
    Yôko Benisawa
    • Hisa, Moto's motheras Hisa, Moto's mother
    Eiko Uchimura
    • Yukiko, Hiroko's younger sisteras Yukiko, Hiroko's younger sister
    Katsumi Kubota
    • Doctoras Doctor
    Kuniko Igawa
    Kuniko Igawa
    • Nurseas Nurse
    • (as Toshiko Kôno)
    Yoshino Tani
    • Maidas Maid
    Shirô Ôsaka
    • Studentas Student
    • Director
      • Kenji Mizoguchi
    • Writers
      • Kôgo Noda
      • Kaneto Shindô
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    • Trivia
      First post-war film directed by Mizoguchi, it deals with themes of democracy and women rights, being much related thematically to Kurosawa's "No Regrets for Our Youth", from the same year.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975)

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    8/10
    A Remarkable Woman: Let That Be Said For Every Woman
    Kinuyo Tanaka is a lawyer. When Mitsuko Miura, an old school friend, is being tried for murder of her infant, she serves as her defending attorney. The prosecutor is her brother-in-law, Kappei Matsumoto, who put her fiancee in prison under the militarist government, and paid for her education. He is a cold, sere man, who espouses law on its own terms. Under the new swelling of democracy and liberalism, there are calls for his dismissal. He cites Tanaka's obligations to him. If he can ride out the current moment, he hopes to be appointed a chief prosecutor. He asks, no, demands, that she throw the case.

    Kenji Mizoguchi's first post-war film, and the fifth of fifteen he would make with Miss Tanaka, shows signs of being an effort to make peace with the American occupation, of expiating the rah-rah nationalism of the films he made under the censors during the War. He was not, of course, the only director doing this: Kurosawa, Kinoshita, and undoubtedly others whose works I am not familiar with, were doing the same. Given his interests, it is hardly surprising that he made it a feminist tract.

    It is weakened by Matsumoto's character. He claims that the law is an absolute in itself; yet he uses it and all means available to further his own interests. His arguments are straw man arguments, devoid of compassion or any humanity. Even though we do not hear the actual verdict, our sympathies are all with Miss Tanaka, and her victories outside the courtroom presage her inevitable victory within the well.

    As stereotypical as Matsumoto's role is, and as fiery and admirable Miss Tanaka's, the best performance is given by Miss Miura. Humble, ashamed, weeping in court during Miss Tanaka's summing-up, she holds her hands in front of her face, denying the audience a chance to see her, demanding we must look. Mizoguchi's direction of her is simple and brilliant, and demands that, in the world of this movie at any rate, the purpose of the law must be to succor the weak, to protect the helpless, and to make a world in which they can be strong and moral.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 18, 1946 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • La victoria de las mujeres
    • Production company
      • Shochiku
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 24 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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