Chōichirō Kawarasaki

War and Youth

An auto repairman's daughter questions him about what happened to her aunt during the war, but the f…

Rhapsody in August

The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, whose husband was one of 80,000 human beings killed in th…

Heaven Sent

Sayoko is desperate to bear a child of her own, but her live-in boyfriend Shinsaku strenuously objec…

The Gate of Youth

Mainly the story of Shinsuke and his stepmother, ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens…

Red Paper Lantern

A young and newly-married couple in Tokyo lives a hard life moving repeatedly because of their unfam…

Himiko

The myth of the Sun Goddess who founded Japanese society is seen through the lens of a modern view o…

The Girl I Abandoned

Tsutomu Yoshioka, a Tokyo office worker, is engaged to Mariko, the niece of his company's president.…

Profound Desires of the Gods

Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island, where he interacts with the Futori cla…

The Tattooed Lord