Womens Testimonies Pioneering Women in the Labor Movement

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 19121925 to the Shōwa era 19261989 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