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Synopsis

A year has passed in postwar Tokyo, and struggling writer Chagawa enters the Akutagawa Prize competition in hopes of securing a better future for the boy in his care, while the Suzuki family unexpectedly take in a new relative who looks down on their humble way of life.

Year2007
CountryJapan
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postwar reconstruction · literary ambition · family bonds · class conflict · coming of age