简介：AHitchcockiannarrativeandnoirishatmospherecharacterisethiseffective,tautthriller,madethesameyearasthedirector'smagnumopus,JIGOKU(Hell).Setinthepresentday,DEATHROWWOMANisatonceaprisonfilm,aninnocent-man/woman-on-the-runstory,apoliceprocedural,andafamilymelodrama,thatisequalpartsHitchcock,SamuelFullerandDouglasSirk. RichindustrialistImaiwishestomarryhiselderdaughterKyokoofftoAoki,whoheseesastheidealcandidatetotakeoverhisbusiness.Kyoko,however,preferstheruggedbutpoorSoichitoAoki'sgoody-two-shoes.Thatnight,Kyokodecidestoconfrontherfather,refusingtomarryAokianddroppingthebombshellthatsheispregnantwithSoichi'schild.Sheisbannedfromthefamily,butsecondsaftersheleavestheroom,herfatherdropsdead,poisoned.AllevidencepointstowardKyoko,whoissentencedtodeathdespiteherinsistentclaimsthatsheisinnocent.Whenshegoesonthelamafteraprisonbreak,sherealizesthatinordertoproveherinnocence,shehastoteamupwiththefiancésherejected.…