Movie

This Is Noriko

★ 10/10 · 1 votes 1981 1h 57m Released

Drama

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.

Cast

N Noriko Tsuji Noriko Matsubara Misako Watanabe Harue Matsubara Fumie Kashiyama Hajime Izu Mizuho Suzuki M Mayuko Wakamori Noriko as a girl