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Overview
Fictionalized account of 20-year-old Noriko Tsuji, a real-life victim of a severe birth defect which afflicted 8,000 Japanese, children whose mothers took the sedative thalidomide during pregnancy. Tsuji has stunted flipper-like arms amputated at the behest of a father who deserted her soon after her birth. Nonetheless, the resourceful Noriko uses her feet to accomplish most of the tasks others would do with their hands.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 12, 1981
- Original language
- Japanese
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Kinema Tokyo,Shibata Film Promotion
- Cast
- Hajime Izu,Shozo Inagaki,Misako Watanabe,Chōichirō Kawarasaki,Kan Mikami,Fumie Kashiyama,Mitsue Suzuki,Masami Shimojō,Hiroyuki Nagato,Mizuho Suzukiand 2 more
- Director
- Zenzō Matsuyama
- Writer
- Zenzō Matsuyama
- Producer
- Matsuo Takahashi,Teruji Shibata
- Cinematography
- Shigeru Ishihara
- Music
- Ken'ichirō Morioka
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- View on IMDb