This Is Noriko [422915] Released: 1981-09-12 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 117 mins Popularity: 0.3959 Vote Average: 0 Vote Count: 0 Overview: Fictionalized account of 20-year-old Noriko Tsuji, a real-life victim of a severe birth defect which afflicted 8,000 Japanese, children whose mothers took the sedative thalidomide during pregnancy. Tsuji has stunted flipper-like arms amputated at the behest of a father who deserted her soon after her birth. Nonetheless, the resourceful Noriko uses her feet to accomplish most of the tasks others would do with their hands. Cast [12] Noriko TsujiNoriko Matsubara Misako WatanabeHarue Matsubara Fumie Kashiyama Hajime Izu Mizuho Suzuki Mayuko WakamoriNoriko as a girl Shozo Inagaki Masami Shimojō Mitsue Suzuki Kan Mikami Chōichirō Kawarasaki Hiroyuki NagatoHarue's husband Trailers