A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of appeasement for the fact that her lover has married.
Kyôko, a traumatized young Japanese girl, finds herself struggling with her self-confidence in her adult life. Growing up in a family without her mother and her sister, she constantly questions the rationale of sex and the notion of liberty in modern Japanese society.
Nola grew up living in a van with her father, Clint—two nomads against the world. When tragedy strikes, Nola must confront the reality of life on the road alone, learning to own her grief, her past, and her new destination.
A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repeating the process.
Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.
Amerikan tarihindeki önemli olaylardan birine güncel bir bakış açısı getiren Demir Çeneli Melekler, Amerikan kadınlarına oy hakkı kazandırmak için hayatlarını riske atmaktan kaçınmayan ve Hilary Swank'ın canlandırdığı cesur, başarılı ve genç eylemci Alice Paul ve Frances O'Connor tarafından canlandırılan Lucy Burns'ün gerçek yaşam hikayelerini anlatıyor.