This Is Noriko
movie
View on VideBits →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 & crew
Mitsue Suzuki · Zenzō Matsuyama · Noriko Tsuji · Fumie Kashiyama · Mizuho Suzuki · Hajime Izu · Kan Mikami · Masami Shimojō · Mayuko Wakamori · Misako Watanabe · Shozo Inagaki