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.
Directed by Kinuyo Tanaka
poet
breast cancer
divorced woman
woman director
mastectomy
Trailer
IMDB
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Letterboxd
4.1 / 5
Cast
Yumeji Tsukioka
Fumiko Shimojô
Masayuki Mori
Mori
Ryōji Hayama
Akira Ôtsuki
Yōko Sugi
Kinuko
Shirō Ōsaka
Yoshio
Tōru Abe
Yamagami
Ikuko Kimuro
Seiko
Hiroko Kawasaki
Tatsuko
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Mrs. Shirakawa
Kinuyo Tanaka
Neighbor's Wife
Junkichi Orimoto
Shigeru Anzai
Chōko Iida
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Crew
Kinuyo Tanaka
Director
Sumie Tanaka
Screenplay
Ko Fujibayashi
Lighting Technician
Popular Reviews
22 reviews
Javier
7.0★ · 03/27/26
I didn't love it, but I appreciate and understand it.
I didn't love it, but I appreciate and understand it.
helena venancio
10.0★ · 03/10/25
pra se matar
pra se matar
Geatanoe Rizzo
8.0★ · 01/28/25
This movie is so sad, but also moving
This movie is so sad, but also moving
Caleb Langdale-Hunt
9.0★ · 04/07/23
You can just tell when a woman has been written by a woman. Truly powerful stuff.
You can just tell when a woman has been written by a woman. Truly powerful stuff.
Paco Casado
10.0★ · 01/16/17
Un drama sobre una poetisa que decide divorciarse de su marido y a la que posteriormente le diagnostican un cáncer de mama. Todo esto sin aspavientos y con una sobriedad asombrosa, al menos para los desatados ojos occidentales.
Un drama sobre una poetisa que decide divorciarse de su marido y a la que posteriormente le diagnostican un cáncer de mama. Todo esto sin aspavientos y con una sobriedad asombrosa, al menos para los desatados ojos occidentales.
