A Woman's Life
1955, Japanese. Directed by Noboru Nakamura.
The film adaptation of Yuzo Yamamoto's novel tells the story of the difficult fate of a single mother in pre-war Japan.
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- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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Cast & crew
- Noboru NakamuraDirector
- Chikage AwashimaNobuko Miki
- Masami TauraMakoto Musuko, Nobuko's son
- Tokuji KobayashiNobuko's father
- Kumeko UrabeNobuko's mother
- Fujio Sugabrother Daisuke
- Ken UeharaKujō, Nobuko's husband
- Mitsuko KusabueYumiko Kagami
- Toshiko KobayashiSumiko
- Shozo SuzukiAoshima
- Hitomi NozoeMidori, Aoshima's younger sister
- Sachiko MuraseAoshima's mother
- Eiichi SugasawaraShojiro Enami
Details
- Released
- 29 January 1955
- Original title
- 女の一生
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Yōko Mizuki
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A Woman's Life isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 29 January 1955. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed A Woman's Life?
A Woman's Life (1955) was directed by Noboru Nakamura and stars Chikage Awashima, Masami Taura, Tokuji Kobayashi.