Film
Forever a Woman
1955 · 1h 49m · Drama · Romance · History
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Overview
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.
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Cast
Yumeji Tsukioka
Fumiko Shimojô
Masayuki Mori
Mori
Ryōji Hayama
Akira Ôtsuki
Yōko Sugi
Kinuko
Shirō Ōsaka
Yoshio
Tōru Abe
Yamagami
Ikuko Kimuro
Seiko
Hiroko Kawasaki
Tatsuko
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Mrs. Shirakawa
Kinuyo Tanaka
Neighbor's Wife
Junkichi Orimoto
Shigeru Anzai
Chōko Iida
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Bokuzen Hidari
Hide's Husband
Fumie Kitahara
Mrs. Kobayashi
Zenji Yamada
Teruyo Hasegawa
Crew
- Kinuyo TanakaDirector
- Sumie TanakaScreenplay
- Eisei KoiExecutive Producer
- Shizuo SakagamiExecutive Producer
- Kumenobu FujiokaDirector of Photography
- Takanobu SaitōOriginal Music Composer
- Tadashi NakamuraEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- November 23, 1955
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, History
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