Asao Sano

A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.

Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo’s first day of school only to find that on his account, Mitsuo was embarrassed. After a fight with ...

The story follows a university student who moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The landlord then attempts to ...

A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as ...