Women in Prison (1956)
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.
Director: Seiji Hisamatsu
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Setsuko Hara as Prison Officer |
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Michiyo Kogure as Yasuko Chiba, prisoner |
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Kyōko Kagawa as Taeko Hara, prisoner |
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Yoshiko Kuga as Senko Minami, prisoner |
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Kyōko Anzai as Yoshiko Taki, prisoner |
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Yōko Sugi as Kayo Sagawa, prisoner |
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Chieko Naniwa as Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner |
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Yoko Tani as Mary, prisoner |
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Keiko Awaji as Keiko Nomi, prisoner |
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Mariko Okada as Kazuko Hirai, prisoner |
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Kinuyo Tanaka as Prison Warden |
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Noriko Sengoku as Tenko Takahashi, prisoner |
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Kichijirō Ueda as Ohno |
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Hisao Toake as Yamashita |
| Directing | Seiji Hisamatsu | Director |
| Writing | Sumie Tanaka | Writer |
| Sound | Noboru Nishio | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Jōji Ohara | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Ichirō Saitō | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Motoji Kojima | Art Direction |
| Lighting | Senjin Imaizumi | Lighting Technician |
| Production | Kazuo Takimura | Executive Producer |
| Art | Kôhei Shima | Art Direction |