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 Tokyo brothels provide his models. A worl

Women of the Night: In early post-war Osaka, three women—war widow Fusako, her Korean expat sister Natsuko, and Kumiko, Fusako's sister-in-l

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: Stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with outspoken actress Sumako Matsui,