This tender biopic offers a sensitive look at the life of tanka poet Fumiko Nakajō, a young mother who begins writing as she endures both a divorce and breast cancer diagnosis. Directed by lauded actress Kinuyo Tanaka, who was also Japan’s second-ever female filmmaker, this film is a unique midcentury example of a trailblazing female artist sharing the story of one of her contemporaries. Brattle Debut