This Is Noriko

Name: This Is Noriko
Released: 1981
Rating: 10.0

典子は、今

10.0 (1) ·1981 ·117 min ·Movie

Drama

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.