
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 Hirokos sisters husband Kono, who also sent Hirokos fiance, Yamaoka, to jail for his liberal views during t... Read all
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 Hirokos sisters husband Kono, who also sent Hirokos fiance, Yamaoka, to jail for his liberal views during t... Read all

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