War photojournalist Yasuyuki Tsukahara married popular manga artist Yuki Sonoda and had children. Read More »
Tag Archives: Yôichi Higashi
Love Letter / Rabu retâ (1981) Yôichi Higashi, Keiko Takahashi, Katsuo Nakamura, Mariko Kaga
Yuko is in love with an old poet who happens to be also a married man. Read More »
No More Easy Life / Mo hozue wa tsukanai (1979) Yôichi Higashi, Kaori Momoi, Eiji Okuda, Leo Morimoto
A wistful slice-of-life drama about a college student’s attempts to manage her relations with two men. Read More »
A Tale of Happiness / Ureshi hazukashi monogatari (1988) Yôichi Higashi, Maiko Kawakami, Minori Terada, Chikako Hon’ami
Bored with their marriage, a middle-aged husband and wife each take on a lover half their age. Read More »
The Second Love (1983) Sekando rabu
Kazumi handles her second husband’s emotional conflicts with the wisdom of an adult. Read More »
Village of Dreams / Eno nakano bokuno mura (1996) Yôichi Higashi, Mieko Harada, Keigo Matsuyama, Shogo Matsuyama
Tells of the childhood of two nine-year-old twins in a rural village in Japan after World War 2. Read More »
Manon (1981) Yôichi Higashi, Setsuko Karasuma
The story of the rise and fall of a young courtesan. Read More »
Gulf Road / Wangan Doro (1984) Yôichi Higashi, Masao Kusakari, Kanako Higuchi, Kaoru Kobayashi
21st century modern love in 80s Japan. Carried out with absolute smoothness, confidence, and nuance. Read More »
The River with No Bridge AKA Hashi no nai Kawa (1992) Yôichi Higashi, Naoko Ôtani, Tamao Nakamura, Tetta Sugimoto
Though ethnically and culturally identical to the average Japanese, the burakumin have been an underclass in Japanese society Read More »
The Four Seasons: Natsuko AKA Shiki Natsuko (1980) Yôichi Higashi, Setsuko Karasuma, Hitomi Kageyama, Akiko Kana
A 20-year-old woman feels entrapped in her relationship with her current boyfriend Read More »