Fumiko no umi (2007)
Overview
A blind girl of around ten years old is not having a pleasant upbringing. She is poor, neglected, shunned and even loses a friend. Yet, she does not give up hope. That is the adaptation of the actual story of Kiyo Awazu who grows up to educate blind children. The young Fumiko becomes an apprentice to a masseuse and works hard to learn a skill. She also studies to learn braille.
Cast
Keiko Takahashi
Taka Sasayama
Miki Fujitani
Chiyo Awaji
Choei Takahashi
Jiko
Atsuo Nakamura
Zenkichi
Kumi Mizuno
Shige
Mitsuru Hirata
Furukawa
Nagiko Tono
Shimeka
Kenichi Endo
Ueda
Teruhiko Aoi
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