Forever a Woman (1955)
Chibusa yo eien nare
106 min
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.
- Release date
- November 23, 1955
- Country of origin
- Japan
Where to watch
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Criterion Channel
Trailer
Cast
- Yumeji Tsukioka as Fumiko Shimojô
- Masayuki Mori as Takashi Hori
- Ryōji Hayama as Akira Ôtsuki
- Yôko Sugi as Kinuko Hori
- Shirō Ōsaka as Yoshio - Fumiko's brother
- Tōru Abe as Mr. Yamagami - poetry circle
- Ikuko Kimuro as Seiko
- Hiroko Kawasaki as Tatsuko - Fumiko's mother
- Yoshiko Tsubouchi as Mrs. Shirakawa
- Kinuyo Tanaka as Neighbor's wife
- Junkichi Orimoto as Shigeru Anzai
- Chōko Iida as Hide
- Bokuzen Hidari as Hide's Husband
- Fumie Kitahara as Mrs. Kobayashi
- Zenji Yamada
- Teruyo Hasegawa
Crew
- Kinuyo Tanaka · Director
- Sumie Tanaka · Writer
- Eisei Koi · Producer
- Takanobu Saitō · Composer
- Kumenobu Fujioka · Cinematographer
- Kimihiko Nakamura · Production designer