Osamu Takizawa

That Guy and I — Asada Keiko and Kurokawa Saburo are two young college students. When Keiko visits Saburo's house, she meets his father K

The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart — Jiro, a young yakuza, and Mami, a diplomat’s daughter, are two young lovers from different worlds. Having met by acciden

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

Kwaidan — Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless

Fires on the Plain — In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wand