Girl's Reform School (1956)
The day to day life in an establishment for delinquent teenage girls.
Top billed cast
Kyōko Kagawa
Toyo Takahashi
Konomi Fuji- Masako Fujimura
Kikuko Hanaoka
Chisako Hara- Tôru Hiranuma
Junko Ikeuchi- Shizuko Inami
- Kyōko Katsura
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