This Is Noriko (1981)
1981 · 1h 57m · Drama
Genres: Drama
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.
Director: Zenzō Matsuyama
Writers: Zenzō Matsuyama
Music by: Ken'ichirō Morioka
Cinematography: Shigeru Ishihara
Editor: Koichi Sonoi
Cast
Noriko Tsuji as Noriko MatsubaraMisako Watanabe as Harue MatsubaraFumie KashiyamaHajime IzuMizuho SuzukiMayuko Wakamori as Noriko as a girlShozo InagakiMasami ShimojōMitsue SuzukiKan MikamiChōichirō KawarasakiHiroyuki Nagato as Harue's husbandMore like this
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