Forever a Woman (1955)
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.
Director:
Kinuyo Tanaka
Writer:
Sumie Tanaka
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Yumeji Tsukioka as Fumiko Shimojô |
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Masayuki Mori as Mori |
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Ryōji Hayama as Akira Ôtsuki |
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Yōko Sugi as Kinuko |
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Shirō Ōsaka as Yoshio |
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Tōru Abe as Yamagami |
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Ikuko Kimuro as Seiko |
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Hiroko Kawasaki as Tatsuko |
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Yoshiko Tsubouchi as Mrs. Shirakawa |
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Kinuyo Tanaka as Neighbor's Wife |
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Junkichi Orimoto as Shigeru Anzai |
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Chōko Iida as Hide |
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Bokuzen Hidari as Hide's Husband |
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Fumie Kitahara as Mrs. Kobayashi |
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Zenji Yamada as |
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Teruyo Hasegawa as |
| Directing | Kinuyo Tanaka | Director |
| Art | Kimihiko Nakamura | Production Design |
| Lighting | Ko Fujibayashi | Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Kumenobu Fujioka | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Takanobu Saitō | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Sumie Tanaka | Screenplay |
| Production | Eisei Koi | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Fumiko Nakajo | Original Story |
| Production | Shizuo Sakagami | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Akira Wakatsuki | Original Story |
| Directing | Yoshitsugu Nakajima | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Tadashi Nakamura | Editor |
| Sound | Masakazu Kamiya | Sound Recordist |