Women in Prison

Women in Prison

1956 · 146 min · ★ 4.0 · Drama, Crime

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.

Directed by Seiji Hisamatsu · Written by Sumie Tanaka

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