Director
Kinuyo Tanaka
Starring
Yumeji Tsukioka, Ryoji Hayama, Junkichi Orimoto
Run Time
110 mins
Release Year
1955
Country of Origin
Japan
Language
Japanese
Scottish PREMIERE
Forever a Woman
Part of the Social Studies: Six Films by Kinuyo Tanaka Strand
Body
Inspired by the life of celebrated female poet Nakajō Fumiko, who met an untimely death aged 32 from breast cancer, Kinuyo Tanaka embarked on her first passion project as director. Working with female scriptwriter, Sumie Tanaka (who also penned Girls of the Night) the duo created a moving portrait of a mother and artist which simultaneously illuminated radical ideas of female agency and desire. [15]