MOVIE · 1955
Forever a Woman
DramaRomance109 min
Fumiko is a mother of two whose life begins to pull in two directions: an unhappy marriage at home and a growing calling as a poet. Yumeji Tsukioka is Fumiko, balancing family strain with the first signs of literary success just as her husband’s infidelity leads to divorce and a breast cancer diagnosis upends her future. As her work gains notice, she meets a young journalist from Tokyo who wants to write about what she has lived through. Masayuki Mori is part of the supporting cast in this 1955 Japanese drama centered on Fumiko’s family life, illness, and emergence as a writer.
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