"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."
Kinuyo Tanaka
as Eiko Hirayama
Mitsuko Mito
as Chiyo
Kuniko Miyake
as Toshiko Kishida
Ichirō Sugai
as Kentaro Omoi
Eitarō Ozawa
as Ryuzo Hayase
Shinobu Araki
as Eiko's Father
Eijirō Tōno
as State Councillor Itô
Koreya Senda
as Prime Minister Inagaki
Kappei Matsumoto
as
Masao Shimizu
Jūkichi Uno
Sadako Sawamura
Kaneto Shindō
Screenplay
Yoshikata Yoda
Shigeo Terada
Lighting Technician
Senji Itô
Original Music Composer
Takeo Kawakita
Sound Engineer
Taro Takahashi
Kenji Mizoguchi
Director
Kōgo Noda
Novel
Kiyoshi Shimazu
Producer
Hisao Itoya
Tadaoto Kainoshō
Costume Design
Tomotarô Nashiki
Director of Photography
Kōhei Sugiyama
Hiroshi Mizutani
Production Design