
Caged(1950)
A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.

Yōko Mihara
Yuri Mayama

Teruo Yoshida
Nobuhiko Ôgami

Shigeru Amachi

Masayo Banri
Shima Shimamoto
Miho Jo
Tokiko
Reiko Seto
Waitress

Terumi Hoshi
Kinue Kagawa

Toshiaki Konoe
Keiji Oki

Kōji Matsubara
Women of Whirlpool Island is a crime film released in 1960 exploring themes of bondage, women's prison, sadomasochism, reform school. Directed by Teruo Ishii, it stars Yōko Mihara, Teruo Yoshida, Shigeru Amachi.
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