Women’s Testimonies - Pioneering Women in the Labor Movement

女たちの証言 －「労働運動のなかの先駆的女性たち」

Also known as Women's Testimony: Pioneering Women in the Labor Movement, Onnatachi no shōgen: Rōdō undō no naka no senkuteki joseitachi, Témoignages de femmes : pionnières dans le mouvement ouvrier au Japon

In 1982, the socialist researcher Ishidō Kiyotomo organized a round table with women activists who had participated in the rise of the labor movement, from the Taishō era (1912-1925) to the Shōwa era (1926-1989). At his request, Haneda records this meeting. Stimulated by her desire to " preserve the history of these women ", the director adds additional sequences to the recording. In the film, the discrimination and domination suffered by these activists are told in the first person.