Plot
A woman's struggle for equality in Japan in the 1880s. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where she helps the fledgling Liberal Party and falls in love with its leader Kentaro Omoi, just as the party is being disbanded by the government. Eiko and Omoi are jailed because of a fire at a factory instigated by Chiyo, a servant girl from Eiko's home in Okayama, who was sold to slavery. A few years later the 1889 constitution is proclaimed, Eiko, Omoi, and Chiyo are pardoned, and the Liberal Party is reinaugurated. However Omoi does not campaign for women's rights.
Written by
Kôgo Noda, Kaneto Shindô, Yoshikata Yoda
Directed by
Kenji Mizoguchi
Crew
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Shochiku
Languages
Awards
N/A
Scores
# of Votes
525
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA