The Eternal Breasts
1955 · Movie · 110 min. · Japan
Fumiko (Tsukioka Yurneji) is married to a taciturn and unsympathetic husband and has two children. She seems like a devoted and dutiful wife, but is dissatisfied with her situation. Her husband has an extra-marital affair that leads to a divorce, with her son residing with the father whilst she remains with custody of her daughter. Her family pressurises her to consider remarriage. Then she is diagnosed with breast cancer.
Direction Kinuyo Tanaka
Cast Yumeji Tsukioka · Ryoji Hayama · Junkichi Orimoto · Hiroko Kawasaki · Shirô Ôsaka · Choko Iida · Masayuki Mori · Yôko Sugi · Kinuyo Tanaka · Bokuzen Hidari · Toru Abe
Soundtrack Takinori Saito
Screenplay Sumie Tanaka
Cinematography Kumenobu Fujioka
Original title Chibusa yo eien nare (The Eternal Breasts)
7.9
238 votes (FilmAffinity)
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