Mitsuko Ichimura

Our Planes Fly South

A Hero of Tokyo

The story focuses on the widower Nemoto, ostensibly a businessman, who has one son, Kanichi, the her…

A Woman Crying in Spring

Kenji and Chuko travel to Hokkaido as migrant workers and enlist as miners under the strict leadersh…

The Neighbour's Wife and Mine

A playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he discovers t…

The Luck Which Touched the Leg

A salaryman finds some money in the street and gets a reward for returning it to its rightful owner.…

That Night's Wife

In Depression-era Japan, a man commits a robbery to save his critically ill daughter and escapes wit…