Forever a Woman
Chibusa yo eien nare
1955, Film, 106 min, Biography, Drama, Romance, Japanese, Japan, MoviePedia score 71
Fumiko, mother of two and wife to an unfaithful man, shares her family life with her budding vocation as a poet. The beginning of her successful literary career coincides with her divorce and her breast cancer diagnosis. In her final stages, Fumiko meets a young journalist from Tokyo who wants to write a story on her experiences.
Directed by Kinuyo Tanaka
Cast
- Yumeji Tsukioka as Fumiko Shimojô
- Ryōji Hayama as Akira Ôtsuki
- Junkichi Orimoto as Shigeru Anzai
- Hiroko Kawasaki as Tatsuko - Fumiko's mother
- Shirō Ōsaka as Yoshio - Fumiko's brother
- Tōru Abe as Mr. Yamagami - poetry circle
- Masayuki Mori as Takashi Hori
- Yôko Sugi as Kinuko Hori
- Kinuyo Tanaka as Neighbor's wife
- Chōko Iida as Hide
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