Minpei Tomimoto

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum: In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in fem

Utamaro and His Five Women: Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the brothels of Tokyo provide his models. A w

Women of the Night: In early post-war Osaka, three women, war widow Fusako, her sister Natsuko, an expatriate from Korea, and Kumiko, Fusako

Notes of an Itinerant Performer: Uta’s mother died when she was six years old; her father she never met. She was forced to adopt a traveller’s life when

The Love of the Actress Sumako: The stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with the outspoken actress Sumako