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Based on the biography of tanka poet Fumiko Nakajo, entitled The Eternal Breasts, Forever a Woman concerns an unhappily married mother of two (Yumeji Tsukioka) who divorces her husband and moves back to her mother's house. There she regularly attends a poetry circle and falls in love once more, until her life is brought to a premature end by breast cancer.
Original Release
11/23/1955
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Yumeji Tsukioka | Fumiko Shimojô |
| Ryôji Hayama | Akira Ôtsuki |
| Junkichi Orimoto | Shigeru Anzai |
| Hiroko Kawasaki | Tatsuko |
| Shirô Ôsaka | Yoshio |
| Tôru Abe | Yamagami |
| Masayuki Mori | Mori |
| Yôko Sugi | Kinuko |
| Kinuyo Tanaka | Neighbor's wife |
| Chôko Iida | Hide |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Yumeji Tsukioka | Fumiko Shimojô |
| Ryôji Hayama | Akira Ôtsuki |
| Junkichi Orimoto | Shigeru Anzai |
| Hiroko Kawasaki | Tatsuko |
| Shirô Ôsaka | Yoshio |
| Tôru Abe | Yamagami |
| Masayuki Mori | Mori |
| Yôko Sugi | Kinuko |
| Kinuyo Tanaka | Neighbor's wife |
| Chôko Iida | Hide |
| Bokuzen Hidari | Hide's husband |
| Yoshiko Tsubouchi | Mrs. Shirakawa |
| Fumie Kitahara | |
| Teruyo Hasegawa | |
| Zenji Yamada | |
| Ikuko Kimuro | Seiko |
