Forever a Woman

1955, 1h 49min -

Widely considered Kinuyo Tanaka’s first personal film, FOREVER A WOMAN tells the story of a recent divorcée (Yumeji Tsukioka) who is diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer. In adapting the real-life story of the poet Fumiko Nakajo, Tanaka and screenwriter Sumie Tanaka (a longtime collaborator of Mikio Naruse’s, though of no familial relation to Kinuyo) investigate issues of mortality, sexuality, and female independence with a frankness and audacity unprecedented in postwar Japanese cinema. Show more

"Forever a Woman" — movie produced in Japan and released in 1955. It has a great rating on IMDb: 7.7 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 1h 49min. "Forever a Woman" is currently available to stream on The Criterion Channel. Click on a playlink to watch it now!