This Is Noriko

• Movies
• 1981-09-12
• JA
• Released
• 2h 57m
• Drama

• 0.0
• 0

Production

Shibata Film Promotion, Kinema Tokyo

Storyline

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.