Maternité éternelle

First Japanese female director to chronicle a poetic divorce, Tanaka turns a mid-century melodrama into a quiet office for postpartum lyrical reclamation. Fumiko’s pen and pain grow together, ending in the kind of peace that comes from outlasting a husband and a surgeon. A sweet epilogue for anyone who believes 1955 needed fewer chrysanthemums.

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Kinuyo Tanaka directed Maternité éternelle in 1955. See Kinuyo Tanaka's full filmography, where to start with Kinuyo Tanaka, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kinuyo Tanaka.

Maternité éternelle was released in 1955 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 109 minutes.