Kôzô Tashiro

A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.

Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry — that is, until her aunt Masa ...

Tokiko patiently awaits her husband’s return from WWII when her four-year old son falls ill. She takes him to the doctor but has no means ...