Chisako Hara

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The Burning Buddha Man
6.3

The Burning Buddha Man

There is a series of Buddha statue thefts in Kyoto. Beniko, a high school girl, gets the Buddha statue at her family’s temple stolen and ...
The Nineteen-Year-Old’s Map
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The Nineteen-Year-Old’s Map

A 19-year-old newspaper delivery boy begins collecting information on the households in his neighborhood and keeping a journal of why he ...
It Was a Faint Dream
6.5

It Was a Faint Dream

Oct. 26, 1974

It Was a Faint Dream

Set in 13th century Kyoto, where the Imperial court is under control of the clergy. Shijo was a peasant girl sold to a powerful daima as a ...
Girls of the Night
7.2

Girls of the Night

Sep. 04, 1961

Girls of the Night

In the late 1950’s prostitution was banned in Japan and if a woman was found exercising this profession they were sent to a reformatory. ...
Pale Flower
7.7

Pale Flower

Mar. 01, 1964

Pale Flower

Muraki, a hardboiled Yakuza gangster, has just been released from prison after serving a sentence for murder. Revisiting his old gambling haunts, ...
Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
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Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody

Naraho town in Fukushima Prefecture is on the front-line of the government-funded nuclear power plant decommissioning work. Kokuhei Kusunoki is ...