Forever a Woman
7.6
Fumiko, mother of two and wife to an unfaithful man, shares her family life with her budding vocation as a poet. The beginning of her successful literary career coincides with her divorce and her breast cancer diagnosis. In her final stages, Fumiko meets a young journalist from Tokyo who wants to write a story on her experiences.
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Cast
16 people
Yumeji Tsukioka
Fumiko Shimojô
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Masayuki Mori
Mori
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Rashomon
Ugetsu
Ryōji Hayama
Akira Ôtsuki
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Yōko Sugi
Kinuko
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Sound of the Mountain
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Shirō Ōsaka
Yoshio
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Tokyo Story
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Tōru Abe
Yamagami
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Shōgun
Tokyo Story
Ikuko Kimuro
Seiko
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Hiroko Kawasaki
Tatsuko
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Ornamental Hairpin
Walk Cheerfully
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Mrs. Shirakawa
Known for
Late Spring
The Only Son
Kinuyo Tanaka
Neighbor's Wife
Known for
Sansho the Bailiff
Ugetsu
Junkichi Orimoto
Shigeru Anzai
Known for
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
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Chōko Iida
Hide
Known for
The Only Son
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
Kinuyo Tanaka Director · Sumie Tanaka Screenplay Akira Wakatsuki Story
First release November 23, 1955 · Produced in Japan · Original title 乳房よ永遠なれ
Production
Nikkatsu Corporation
Production · Studio
Japan
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Languages
Original title
乳房よ永遠なれ
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · November 23, 1955
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
February 16, 2022 · Theatrical · 2021 4k restoration
March 15, 2022 · Digital · arte, 2021 4k restoration
March 20, 2025 · TV · Arte, 2021 4k restoration
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