Kenji MizoguchiCast
Isuzu YamadaCredits
Written by: Tadashi Fujiwara
Plot
A telephone operator sacrifices herself to help her family and is rejected by it.
Sinekatalog’s take
Kenji Mizoguchi's early sound drama follows a telephone operator who sacrifices herself for her family and is cast out. Isuzu Yamada is superb in an angry, unsentimental portrait of women's exploitation in modern Japan.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (2,844 votes)
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