Teruji Shibata

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.

'Ki or Breathing' is a spare concoction assembled from slow motion shots of nature and set to a score by the much-acclaimed Tohru Takemitsu.

因縁深い二組の新婚夫婦が、奇しくもハネムーンで同じコースをたどる喜劇。緑魔子とデビューより度々組む渡辺祐介監督が、演技派・川崎敬三を相手役に、小悪魔的魅力を引き出す。会社勤めの彰（川崎）は、結婚するつもりだったタイピストの久美（緑）が親会社の御曹司・庄三郎（人見）を打算で夫に選び、失意の中で同僚の知恵子（磯野）と結婚するが、南紀一周の新婚旅行で久美夫婦と何度も鉢合わせするうちに、恋心が再燃してしまう。