Nobuko Otowa

The Radish and the Carrot — One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the s

The Naked Island — A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.

Miniature — Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next,

The Twilight Story — In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a sex worker to support her ailing mother. While there

Location — The melodramatic story of a pink crew’s tragi-comedic adventures on location. A fictionalized adaptation of set photogr