"Nobody knows who I really am."
Reiko wakes up in a prison cell only to discover that, for some reason, she has been incarcerated in Chibajiri Women’s Prison under a life sentence using the identity and criminal record of a complete stranger named Manami Sano. To uncover the meaning of the mysterious “××” carved into her arm, and unravel the truth behind everything that has happened, she accepts life as the woman known as Sano.
Rin Azuma
Moe Sakura
Ryôichi Inaba
Hiroshi Fujita
Takuya Itagaki
Reiko wakes up in a prison cell only to discover that, for some reason, she has been incarcerated in Chibajiri Women’s Prison under a life sentence using the identity and criminal record of a complete stranger named Manami Sano. To uncover the meaning of the mysterious “××” carved into her arm, and unravel the truth behind everything that has happened, she accepts life as the woman known as Sano.
While participating in a rehabilitation program training wild mustangs, a convict at first struggles to connect with the horses and his fellow inmates, but he learns to confront his violent past as he soothes an especially feisty horse.
A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.
Pandy and Retro awaken naked on Earth with no recollection of their past. They embark on a crime spree in search of food and clothing, but are captured by authorities and sent to the infamous lunar penitentiary named Dead Leaves.
Based on the factual case of a young man who broke into a nurses' home in Chicago, mutilating and killing several of the inmates, Wakamatsu's film is a precise, sad delineation of a particular aspect of masculine sexual consciousness.
An unfortunate and naive girl is set up by her boyfriend and convicted of drug smuggling. She is sent to a women's correctional facility where she must constantly struggle to survive.
A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of appeasement for the fact that her lover has married.
The life of Tatsuya, a young man of proper yet mysterious descent, whose outward respectability hides his urges for rape and torture.
After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.
An American journalist travels through 19th-century Japan to find the prostitute he fell in love with but instead learns of the physical and existential horror that befell her after he left.
A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repeating the process.