Chibusa yo eien nare

The Eternal Breasts

1955 110 min. Japan Kinuyo Tanaka

Déjà Vu

Director
Kinuyo Tanaka

Screenplay
Sumie Tanaka

Cinematography
Kumenobu Fujioka

Editing
Tadashi Nakamura

Music
Takanobu Saitō

Sound
Masakazu Kamiya

Producer
Eisei Koi, Shizuo Sakagami

Production
Nikkatsu Corporation [JP]

Cast
Yumeji Tsukioka, Ryoji Hayama, Junkichi Orimoto, Hiroko Kawasaki, Shiro Osaki, Toru Abe

Synopsis
Based on the true story of ill-fated poet Fumiko Nakajo, a mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful husband, lives in Hokkaido as a successful poet. FOREVER A WOMAN aka THE ETERNAL BREASTS follows a woman’s love for her young children, her battle with breast cancer, as well as her last love affair, all accentuated by her exquisite poetry.

Format
DCP, B&N

World Sales-Distribution
Nikkatsu Corporation

Filmography
Kinuyo Tanaka
JAPAN (1909 – 1977)

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:
1962 OGIN-SAMA / LOVE UNDER THE CRUCIFIX
1961 ONNA BAKARI NO YORU / GIRLS OF THE NIGHT
1960 RUTEN NO OHI / THE WANDERING PRINCESS
1955 TSUKI WA NOBORINU / THE MOON HAS RISEN
1953 KOIBUMI / LOVE LETTER

Festivals
Tokyo

Notes
Restored Print
Nikkatsu Corporation, The Japan Foundation

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