Forever a Woman
Generally regarded as Kinuyo Tanaka’s masterpiece, as well as her first personal film, Forever a Woman tells the story of a recent divorcée (Yumeji Tsukioka) who is diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer. In adapting the real-life story of poet Fumiko Nakajo, Tanaka and screenwriter Sumie Tanaka (a longtime collaborator of Mikio Naruse’s, though of no familial relation to Kinuyo) investigate issues of mortality, sexuality, and female independence with a frankness and audacity unprecedented in postwar Japanese cinema.
Forever a Woman was restored in 4K resolution by Nikkatsu Corporation in cooperation with The Japan Foundation.
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Collector's Set
Cast
- Yumeji Tsukioka
- Fumiko Shimojo
- Masayuki Mori
- Takashi Hori
- Ryoji Hayama
- Akira Otsuki
- Yoko Sugi
- Kinuko
- Shiro Osaka
- Yoshio
- Toru Abe
- Yamagami
- Ikuko Kimuro
- Seiko
- Hiroko Kawasaki
- Tatsuko
- Yoshiko Tsubouchi
- Mrs. Shirakawa
Credits
- Director
- Kinuyo Tanaka
- Screenplay
- Sumie Tanaka
- Director of photography
- Kumenobu Fujioka
- Editor
- Tadashi Nakamura
- Composer
- Takanobu Saito
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