This Is Noriko (movie)
典子は、今- Production country: Japan
- Producer: Zenzō Matsuyama
- Production companies: Shibata Film Promotion, Kinema Tokyo
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 9/12/1981
- Run time: 117 min.
Movie description
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.
