Machiko Ono

A Woman from Ashio — A story about a woman from Yanaka Village, Tochigi Prefecture, which was abolished by the government due to the Ashio Co

At River's Edge — A samurai Sakunosuke gets an order from clan chamberlain to kill another samurai who is married with his own younger sis

Black Widow Business — Kozo Nakase attends meetings for single widowers looking to remarry. He meets Sayoko Takeuchi and eventually marries her

Hana's Miso Soup — Yasutake Shingo works as a newspaper reporter but his life is stiffled and lifeless. That changes one day when he meets

Sabakan — Nagasaki in 1986. Hisada, who lives with her affectionate parents and her younger brother, although there are many quarr