Kyōko Asagiri

Suzhou Nights: A hostile Chinese nurse (Yamaguchi) who works in an orphanage is won over by the care and commitment of the Japanese doc

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

Notes of an Itinerant Performer: Uta’s mother died when she was six years old; her father she never met. She was forced to adopt a traveller’s life when

A Last Note: A retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home. There she has encounters with old friends and

Ishimatsu of the Forest: The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to others, and then tak