Akira Takayama

Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy's odyssey in search of his lost dog.

A Japanese-American fisherman is accused of killing his neighbor at sea. In the 1950s, race figures into the trial. So does reporter Ishmael.

Riyo marries a man more than twice her age. She is devastated and labors in the sugar cane field. At the end she is able to love her husband.