

Representing a destitute mother in an infanticide trial, a female lawyer attempts to convince a conservative prosecutor of the benefits of Japan's democratized post-war legal system.
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
User score
6 votes
Released
April 18, 1946
1h 24m
Japanese

Kinuyo Tanaka
Hiroko Hosokawa

Michiko Kuwano
Michiko

Mitsuko Miura
Moto Asakura

Shin Tokudaiji
Keita Yamaoka

Kinuko Wakamizu

Akiko Kazami

Shin'yō Nara
Kappei Matsumoto
Prosecutor Kono

Toyo Takahashi
Mother
Toshinosuke Nagao
Yoko Benisawa
Eiko Uchimura
Yukiko
Katsumi Kubota
Doctor

Kuniko Igawa
Nurse

Yoshino Tani

Shirō Ōsaka
Student