Masami Taura

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot take the truth of being abandoned as a child.

A young man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital romance.

Alternating in time, between the end of World War II and 1953, Haruko, a widow, does what she can to keep her daughter Utako and son Seiichi safe, fed, and sheltered. By 1953, it's clear that the children, as they enter adulthood,...

A widow life is left in turmoil when her childhood lover returns to town, left between the decision whether to go with him and start a new life in tokyo or settle down with her kindly brother-in-law, amidst a growing scandal that ...