This Is Noriko

This Is Noriko — Plot

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.

• Release date
• September 12, 1981
• Runtime
• 117 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Zenzō Matsuyama

This Is Noriko — Cast

N

Noriko Tsuji Noriko Matsubara Misako Watanabe Harue Matsubara Fumie Kashiyama Hajime Izu Mizuho Suzuki

M

Mayuko Wakamori Noriko as a girl

S

Shozo Inagaki Masami Shimojō