Life of a Woman (女の一生, Onna no issho) is a 1953 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindō.
[1][2][4] Shortly after graduating from high school, Fujiko Shirakawa is married to Shintarō Yamazaki, whose parents run a lucrative restaurant.
Pregnant with Shintarō's child, Fujiko gives in to her parents' and parents-in-law's appeal to stay with her husband.
Some time later, Shintarō dies, and with the outbreak of the Pacific War, Tarō and Jirō are mobilised.
Her son Tarō, who has returned from the war while Jirō has gone missing, rapes one of the maids and disappears.