In the early Showa era, Japan’s first women’s law school opens, and the protagonist, Inotsume Tomoko, gains nationwide attention as one of the first female lawyers in the country. However, after facing wartime Japan’s harsh realities and losing everything, she becomes a judge with her legal knowledge and dedicates herself to establishing the family court. She stands passionately for the hardships that politics and economics cannot solve.

The Tiger and Her Wings (2024)

★ 8.5/10 April 1, 2024 1 season

Drama

Writer: Erika Yoshida

In the early Showa era, Japan’s first women’s law school opens, and the protagonist, Inotsume Tomoko, gains nationwide attention as one of the first female lawyers in the country. However, after facing wartime Japan’s harsh realities and losing everything, she becomes a judge with her legal knowledge and dedicates herself to establishing the family court. She stands passionately for the hardships that politics and economics cannot solve.

Cast

Sairi Ito Inotsume Tomoko Yuriko Ishida Inotsume Haru Takashi Okabe Inotsume Naokoto Taiga Nakano Sada Yuzo Misato Morita Hanae Inotsume Machiko Ono Narration (voice) Kaoru Kobayashi Hodaka Shigechika Kenichi Matsuyama Katsuraba Toichiro Shusaku Kamikawa Inotsume Naomich Shiori Doi Yone Yamada Yuki Sakurai Ryōko Sakuragawa Kami Hiraiwa Umeko Ōba