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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... See more »

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Hiroko Hosokawa
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Michiko
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Moto Asakura
Shin Tokudaiji ...
Keita Yamaoka
Kinuko Wakamizu
Akiko Kazami ...
Tokie Ishida
Shin'yô Nara ...
Judge
Kappei Matsumoto ...
Prosecutor Shuichirô Kôno
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Setsu, Hiroko's mother (as Toyoko Takahashi)
Toshinosuke Nagao ...
Prosecutor Mizushima
Yôko Benisawa ...
Hisa, Moto's mother
Eiko Uchimura ...
Yukiko, Hiroko's younger sister
Katsumi Kubota ...
Doctor
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Nurse (as Toshiko Kôno)
Yoshino Tani ...
Maid
Shirô Ôsaka ...
Student

Directed by

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Kenji Mizoguchi

Written by

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Kôgo Noda ... ()
 
Kaneto Shindô ... ()

Produced by

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Sennosuke Tsukimori ... producer

Music by

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Takaaki Asai

Cinematography by

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Toshio Ubukata

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Yoshi Sugihara

Production Design by

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Isamu Motoki

Set Decoration by

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Jiro Nakamura

Costume Design by

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Eikichi Hayashi

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Iyono Masubuchi ... makeup artist

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Ken'ichirô Yasuda ... executive in charge of production

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Kazuma Kaida ... set designer

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Rokusaburô Saitô ... sound effects editor
Hisao Ôno ... sound

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Masao Katô ... gaffer

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Kametarô Kanda ... film development

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Plot Summary

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. Written by Will Gilbert

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Also Known As
  • 女性の勝利(1946) (Japan, Japanese title)
  • La victoire des femmes (France)
  • La victoire du sexe féminin (France)
  • Der Sieg der Frauen (Germany)
  • La victoria de las mujeres (Spain)
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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. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975). See more »

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