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This Is Noriko (1981)
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
Cast: Noriko Tsuji, Misako Watanabe, Fumie Kashiyama, Hajime Izu, Mizuho Suzuki, Mayuko Wakamori
Crew: Matsuo Takahashi (Executive Producer), Teruji Shibata (Executive Producer), Zenzō Matsuyama (Screenplay), Zenzō Matsuyama (Director), Shigeru Ishihara (Director of Photography), Toshio Nakajima (Lighting Technician)
Subtitle: ETC.
Release: Sep 12, 1981
Popularity: 1.177
Language: 日本語
Studio: Shibata Film Promotion, Kinema Tokyo
Country: Japan