Women in Prison
1956, Japanese. Directed by Seiji Hisamatsu.
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.
- Runtime
- 2h 26m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Seiji HisamatsuDirector
- Setsuko HaraPrison Officer
- Michiyo KogureYasuko Chiba, prisoner
- Kyōko KagawaTaeko Hara, prisoner
- Yoshiko KugaSenko Minami, prisoner
- Kyōko AnzaiYoshiko Taki, prisoner
- Yōko SugiKayo Sagawa, prisoner
- Chieko NaniwaMitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner
- Yoko TaniMary, prisoner
- Keiko AwajiKeiko Nomi, prisoner
- Mariko OkadaKazuko Hirai, prisoner
- Kinuyo TanakaPrison Warden
- Noriko SengokuTenko Takahashi, prisoner
Details
- Released
- 11 September 1956
- Original title
- 女囚と共に
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Sumie Tanaka
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Women in Prison runs 146 minutes (2h 26m).
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Which OTT platform is Women in Prison on?
Women in Prison isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 11 September 1956. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
What movies are like Women in Prison?
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Who directed Women in Prison?
Women in Prison (1956) was directed by Seiji Hisamatsu and stars Setsuko Hara, Michiyo Kogure, Kyōko Kagawa.