This Is Noriko

This Is Noriko

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  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 12, 1981

Runtime

1h 57m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

典子は、今

Production Companies

Shibata Film Promotion, Kinema Tokyo

Director

Zenzō Matsuyama

Description

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.