This Is Noriko
典子は、今
Watch this is noriko HDToday. 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.
- Genre: Drama
- Country: Japan
- Director: Zenzō Matsuyama
- Cast: Noriko Tsuji, Misako Watanabe, Fumie Kashiyama, Hajime Izu, Mizuho Suzuki, Mayuko Wakamori, Shozo Inagaki, Masami Shimojō, Mitsue Suzuki, Kan Mikami, Chōichirō Kawarasaki, Hiroyuki Nagato,