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.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Noriko Tsuji, Misako Watanabe, Fumie Kashiyama, Hajime Izu, Mizuho Suzuki, Mayuko Wakamori
Crew: Zenzō Matsuyama (Screenplay), Ken'ichirō Morioka (Original Music Composer), Koichi Sonoi (Editor), Shigeru Ishihara (Director of Photography), Koichi Hirose (Sound Recordist), Matsuo Takahashi (Executive Producer)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: Shibata Film Promotion, Kinema Tokyo
Runtime: 117 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Sep 12, 1981
IMDb: 10
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