This Is Noriko

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.

• Zenzō MatsuyamaScreenplay
• Ken'ichirō MoriokaOriginal Music Composer
• Zenzō MatsuyamaDirector

• Noriko TsujiNoriko Matsubara
• Misako WatanabeHarue Matsubara
• Fumie KashiyamaCast
• Hajime IzuCast
• Mizuho SuzukiCast
• Mayuko WakamoriNoriko as a girl
• Shozo InagakiCast
• Masami ShimojōCast
• Mitsue SuzukiCast
• Kan MikamiCast
• Chōichirō KawarasakiCast
• Hiroyuki NagatoHarue's husband