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.

Credits

Kenji MizoguchiDirector

Kinuyo TanakaEiko Hirayama

Mitsuko MitoChiyo

Kuniko MiyakeToshiko Kishida

Ichirō SugaiKentaro Omoi