A Woman's Life

Japanese: 女の一生

1. A full-length novel by Guy de Maupassant. Published in 1883.
② A Japanese film released in 1953 based on ①. Directed and written by Kaneto Shindo, cinematographer Takeo Ito. Starring Nobuko Otowa (4th Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actress), Koreya Senda, Yuriko Hanabi, Jukichi Uno, Akira Yamauchi, Eitaro Shindo (4th Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actor), Haruko Sugimura and others.
③ A Japanese film released in 1967 based on ①. Directed and adapted by Nomura Yoshitaro, adapted by Yamada Yoji and Morisaki Azuma, cinematography by Kawamata Takashi. Starring Iwashita Shima, Uno Jukichi, Nagaoka Teruko, Tamura Masakazu, Kurizuka Akira, Hidari Sachiko (winner of the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 22nd Mainichi Film Awards), Takewaki Muga and others.
④ A Japanese daytime drama based on ① and broadcast on the TBS network. Kao Theater of Love. Broadcast from January to March 1979 (45 episodes in total). Starring Masako Izumi, Tetsuo Hasegawa, and others.

A Woman's Life

Japanese popular music. Sung by female enka singer Yuko Mikasa. Released in 1987. Lyrics by Minoru Torii, music by Yukihiko Ito.

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Japanese:

①ギ・ド・モーパッサンによる長編小説。1883年刊行。
②①を原作とした1953年公開の日本映画。監督・脚本：新藤兼人、撮影：伊藤武夫。出演：乙羽信子（第4回ブルーリボン賞主演女優賞）、千田是也、英百合子、宇野重吉、山内明、進藤英太郎（第4回ブルーリボン賞助演男優賞）、杉村春子ほか。
③①を原作とした1967年公開の日本映画。監督・脚色：野村芳太郎、脚色：山田洋次、森崎東、撮影：川又昂。出演：岩下志麻、宇野重吉、長岡輝子、田村正和、栗塚旭、左幸子（第22回毎日映画コンクール女優助演賞）、竹脇無我ほか。
④①を原作としたTBS系列放映による日本の昼帯ドラマ。花王愛の劇場。1979年1～3月放映（全45回）。出演：和泉雅子、長谷川哲夫ほか。