Hitomi Shiraishi
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is a former Japanese
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 model, adult video (AV) actress, and a movie and TV actress from the 1990s who has been called "the eternal porn queen" and been described as "one of the most popular AV actresses of 1990s". After retiring from performing, she went on to a second career as a movie screenwriter under the name Yukie Ochiai (落合雪恵).

AV career

Hitomi Shiraishi was born on December 25, 1971. She made her debut as an AV actress at the age of eighteen in September 1990 with Virgin Ecstasy: Sensual Princess Hitomi Shiraishi released by the h.m.p. Tiffany
H.m.p. (Japan)
h.m.p. is a Japanese company which is involved in adult entertainment including the production and sales of adult videos and the marketing of adult toys and sex aids.-Company information:...

 label. Shiraishi appeared in several more videos for h.m.p. but also worked with other studios including Cosmos Plan, Shy Plan and Alice Japan
Alice Japan
was established on April 4, 1986 as the adult video label for Japan Home Video .-Company information:The early AVs produced by JHV went under the Penguin label, the first title being the 30 minute long softcore Asobinasareya, Tadakurue starring Hidemi Nakajima released May 21, 1984 with...

. In her December 1991 video for Alice Japan, Wait Until Dark, the three scenes have her being treated as a sex slave, having a session with a vampire, and having sex with her husband. May 1992 saw her in the second installment in Kuki's
Kuki Inc.
is a Japanese adult video company which has its headquarters in Ebisu Minami in the Shibuya ward of Tokyo. The company is involved in the production and distribution of videos, satellite and cable TV, and a large internet site, X CITY.-Company history:...

 series Sister-in-law's Warm Underwear engaging in a "sweet and tender forbidden love story". Also in May 1992, she starred in the inaugural video for the MAX-A Samansa
Max-A
is a Japanese adult video studio which is especially known for videos made under its Samansa and Calen labels which produced a number of innovative and quality AVs in the late 1990s and early 2000s.-Company information:...

 label Witch-Wife Hitomi Shiraishi.

Shiraishi left the AV field for a while but after an absence of two years, she returned with the August 1995 video from Shy Plan, Heisei Goddess Legend: Resurrection. Her final retirement video Break was released by Shy Plan in November 1995. A few months later in February 1996, Shy Plan issued Legend of Hitomi Shiraishi, a compilation video covering her career with the studio.

In 2001, FantaDream released two "uncensored" videos starring Shiraishi (Uncensored videos lack the mosaic pixelation masking the genitals which is mandatory in videos released in Japan). The first video, released in September, was the initial volume in FantaDream's Super Idol series; the second from December, titled Hitomi Shiraishi Returns, was Volume 9 in the Super Idol series.

V-Cinema and films

Shiraishi also appeared in a number of softcore V-Cinema
V-Cinema
Japanese is the direct-to-video industry that appeared in Japan in the 1980s. The term is a trademark of Toei Company but is widely used in the West to describe any Japanese direct-to-video release. In Japan the term used is...

 productions and some mainstream films. She had a role in the April 1996 film Lady Ninja: Reflections of Darkness, a female ninja (kunoichi
Kunoichi
is the term for a female ninja or practitioner of ninjutsu .-Etymology:The term is thought to derive from the names of characters that resemble the three strokes in the kanji character for ; said in the order they are written: ku - no - ichi...

) costume drama, and a month later appeared in the Rashomon
Rashomon
Rashomon may refer to:* Rashōmon, the former main city gate in two Japanese capital cities, Heijokyō and Heiankyō * Rashōmon , a short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa first published in 1915...

 drama In a Thicket
In a Grove
is a short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, first appearing in the January 1922 edition of the Japanese literature monthly Shinchō. Akira Kurosawa used this story as the basis for his award-winning movie Rashōmon....

 directed by pink film director Hisayasu Satō
Hisayasu Sato
is a Japanese exploitation film director. He has worked prolifically in the pinku eiga genre. His best known works are the pink film The Bedroom , and the V-Cinema splatter film Splatter: Naked Blood . He is known for his "sledgehammer" filmmaking style, and using his exploitation career to tackle...

 known as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings of Pink". V-Cinema films include Tokyo Decameron which was released in Japan in July 1996 and in an English subtitled version by Asian Pulp Cinema in November 2001, and the erotic bondage thriller The Bondage Master
The Bondage Master
, also known as Rope Detective, is a 1996 Japanese V-Cinema erotic thriller directed by Hitoshi Hoshino and starring Yukijirō Hotaru-Plot synopsis:Shiro is the Bondage Master who has a special technique with ropes and women...

 which was issued in Japan in April 1996 and in an English subtitled version from Asian Pulp Cinema in 2000.

TV appearances

From late 1994 to early 1998, Shiraishi had roles in several Japanese TV dramas including shows for the Osaka-based networks KTV
Kansai Telecasting Corporation
, often called or , is a TV station affiliated with Fuji News Network and Fuji Network System in Osaka, serving the Kansai region of Japan...

, ABC
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
is a regional radio and television broadcaster headquartered in Osaka, Japan, serving in the Kansai region.-Offices:*Headquarters: 1-30, Fukushima Itchome, Fukushima-ku, Osaka-shi, Japan...

 and MBS
Mainichi Broadcasting System
is a broadcasting station in Osaka, Japan, affiliated with Japan Radio Network , National Radio Network , Japan News Network and TBS Network, serving in the Kansai region. MBS is also one of the major stockholders of Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc...

 as well as TBS
Tokyo Broadcasting System
, TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan. It is a parent company of a television network named and radio network named ....

 and NTV
Nippon Television
is a television network based in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and is controlled by the Yomiuri Shimbun publishing company. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, the network is commonly known as , contracted to , and abbreviated as "NTV" or "AX".-Offices:*The Headquarters : 6-1,...

 in Tokyo. One of these was the January 2, 1996 TBS production , based on the novel , featuring the fictional detective Kosuke Kindaichi
Kosuke Kindaichi
Kosuke Kindaichi is a famous fictional Japanese detective created by Seishi Yokomizo, a renowned mystery novelist. His first case, The Honjin Murder Case, a story of locked room murder in old family which many people regard as one of the best Japanese detective stories, was published on April 1946...

. She also appeared in Part 3 of the Fuji TV series broadcast January 5, 1998 and featuring Ken Ogata
Ken Ogata
Ken Ogata was a Japanese actor.Ogata was born in Tokyo, Japan. Ogata is well known for his roles in Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book, Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters and Shohei Imamura's The Ballad of Narayama...

, Kaoru Kobayashi
Kaoru Kobayashi (actor)
is a Japanese actor born in Kyoto. He won the award for best actor at the 30th Yokohama Film Festival and the award for best supporting actor at the 8th Yokohama Film Festival for Sorobanzuku.- Films:Kobayashi has appeared in a vast number of films among them:...

, Masahiro Nakai
Masahiro Nakai
is a singer, actor and host for music events and variety shows such as the long-running music show Utaban. He is the leader of the Japanese idol group SMAP.-Early life:...

 and Hikari Ishida
Hikari Ishida
is a Japanese actress. She starred along with Megumi Odaka and Natsuki Ozawa in the TV-series Hana no Asuka Gumi. She also released several singles and six albums and she had one minor hit with the song "Emerald no Suna". Ishida also made numerous commercials for hair products and released several...

.

Screenwriter

After her retirement from performing Shiraishi became associated with the avant-guard music studio Kaerucafe (カエルカフェ) and when the company expanded into film production, she embarked on a new career as a screenwriter under her real name . Since 2003 she has written a number of screenplays for films produced by Kaerucafe and directed by Masatoshi Akihara and has also been responsible for editing and art work in some of the recent productions. Her screenplay for the 2008 film The Story of Ito is a modern version of the fantasy story Ito Norisuke no Hanashi by Yakumo Koizumi (Lafcadio Hearn
Lafcadio Hearn
Patrick Lafcadio Hearn , known also by the Japanese name , was an international writer, known best for his books about Japan, especially his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories, such as Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things...

) while her 2009 The Setting Sun
The Setting Sun
is a Japanese novel by Osamu Dazai. It was published in 1947 and is set in Japan after World War II. Principal characters are the siblings Kazuko and Naoji, and their elderly mother. The story shows a family in decline and crisis, like many other families during this period of transition between...

 starring Eriko Sato
Eriko Sato
, originally a glamour model, is a Japanese actress.She was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, and raised in Tokyo. She was given the Best Actress award at the 2008 Yokohama Film Festival....

 is based on the novel of the same name by Osamu Dazai
Osamu Dazai
was a Japanese author who is considered one of the foremost fiction writers of 20th-century Japan.-Biography:-Early life:Dazai was born , the eighth surviving child of a wealthy landowner in Kanagi, a remote corner of Japan at the northern tip of Tōhoku in Aomori Prefecture...

.

Selected filmography

Video title Release date Studio Director Notes

Adult videos (AV)

Virgin Ecstasy: Sensual Princess Hitomi Shiraishi
1990-09-15 h.m.p. Tiffany
H.m.p. (Japan)
h.m.p. is a Japanese company which is involved in adult entertainment including the production and sales of adult videos and the marketing of adult toys and sex aids.-Company information:...


PTF-008
Yukihiko Shimamura Debut
New Sensual Princess
1991-05-12 h.m.p. Tiffany
ATF-014
Yukihiko Shimamura
Super Porno '91 Onedari Princess
1991-06-23 h.m.p. Tiffany
ATF-018
Yukihiko Shimamura
Hardcore Extract Uzuki Princess
1991-07-06 h.m.p. Tiffany
ATF-019
Yukihiko Shimamura
Lucky Hole
1991-08-25 Cosmos Plan
IS-52
OL Bijyū - The Office Vibration
1991-09-14 HRC Cher
HRC-092
Hug Me Silently
1991-09-27 Alice Japan
Alice Japan
was established on April 4, 1986 as the adult video label for Japan Home Video .-Company information:The early AVs produced by JHV went under the Penguin label, the first title being the 30 minute long softcore Asobinasareya, Tadakurue starring Hidemi Nakajima released May 21, 1984 with...


KA-1422
Akira Ishizaki
Pink Skin
1991-09-29 Cosmos Plan
IS-54
Pacifier Angel
1991-11-10 h.m.p. Tiffany
ATF-033
Venus Bunny 4
1991-11-29 Shy Plan
FE-040
Kunihiro Hasegawa
Kunihiro Hasegawa
is a Japanese adult video director who has helmed more than 200 videos during his long career.-Life and career:Hasegawa began directing adult videos at least as early as June 1987 with , starring actress Keiko Nakazawa, for V&R Planning, a studio which had been founded just the year before by...

Suki? Suki? Kiss Me, Please!
1991-12-15 Cosmos Plan
IS-60
Wait Till Dark
1991-12-27 Alice Japan
KA-1442
Shuji Onizawa
Perverted Secretary Likes It Raw - Part 8

H Hisho wa Nama Gao Suki PART8
1992-01-07 HRC Cher
HRC-106
Kunihiro Hasegawa
Kunihiro Hasegawa
is a Japanese adult video director who has helmed more than 200 videos during his long career.-Life and career:Hasegawa began directing adult videos at least as early as June 1987 with , starring actress Keiko Nakazawa, for V&R Planning, a studio which had been founded just the year before by...

Targeted Female Teacher 2
1992-01-24 Shy Plan
FE-044
You Camon
I Wanna Lick Your Balls & Chains Vol.7
1992-02-29 Royal Art Stella
STV-1079
Shuji Onizawa
Hitomi's Obscene Bible
1992-03-06 HRC Cher
HRC-114
Kunihiro Hasegawa
Kunihiro Hasegawa
is a Japanese adult video director who has helmed more than 200 videos during his long career.-Life and career:Hasegawa began directing adult videos at least as early as June 1987 with , starring actress Keiko Nakazawa, for V&R Planning, a studio which had been founded just the year before by...

Fetish Video Magazine: Shukujokan
1992-03-08 Cosmos Plan
M-34
With Mariko Kishi & Nao Suzuki
Kankin Lingerie Queen 2
1992 Shy Plan
FE-050
Indecent Uniform: Nugasete

Seifuku Waisetsu nee, Nugasete
1992-04-17 Athena Eizou
Athena Eizou
is an early pioneering Japanese adult video production company. They have offices in the Shibuya ward of Tokyo, Japan.-Company information:Athena Eizou was founded December 21, 1981 by pink film director Tadashi Yoyogi and Hikaru Kitoh...


AS-241
Hikaru Kitoh
Sister-in-law's Warm Underwear
1992-05-16 (VHS)
1997-09-26 (VCD)
1999-02-26 (DVD)
Kuki
Kuki Inc.
is a Japanese adult video company which has its headquarters in Ebisu Minami in the Shibuya ward of Tokyo. The company is involved in the production and distribution of videos, satellite and cable TV, and a large internet site, X CITY.-Company history:...

 Sonia
QX-227 (VHS)
VKD-015 (VCD)
KDV-046 (DVD)
Jin Yuho
Witch-Wife Hitomi Shiraishi
1992-05-30 MAX-A Samansa
Max-A
is a Japanese adult video studio which is especially known for videos made under its Samansa and Calen labels which produced a number of innovative and quality AVs in the late 1990s and early 2000s.-Company information:...


XS-2001
Kunihiro Hasegawa
Kunihiro Hasegawa
is a Japanese adult video director who has helmed more than 200 videos during his long career.-Life and career:Hasegawa began directing adult videos at least as early as June 1987 with , starring actress Keiko Nakazawa, for V&R Planning, a studio which had been founded just the year before by...

The Moment of Truth

Shinjitsu no Shunkan
1992-06-13 Shy Plan
FE-057
Kunihiro Hasegawa
Kunihiro Hasegawa
is a Japanese adult video director who has helmed more than 200 videos during his long career.-Life and career:Hasegawa began directing adult videos at least as early as June 1987 with , starring actress Keiko Nakazawa, for V&R Planning, a studio which had been founded just the year before by...

Wedding Slave 2
1992-06-29 HRC Cher
HRC-124
Flash Paradise
1992-07-03 Alice Japan
Alice Japan
was established on April 4, 1986 as the adult video label for Japan Home Video .-Company information:The early AVs produced by JHV went under the Penguin label, the first title being the 30 minute long softcore Asobinasareya, Tadakurue starring Hidemi Nakajima released May 21, 1984 with...


KA-1481
Rokurō Mochizuki
Rokuro Mochizuki
is a Japanese film director who has worked in pink film, adult videos and mainstream cinema. He won the award for Best Director at the 19th Yokohama Film Festival for Onibi and A Yakuza in Love.-Early career - Pink film:...

Sexy Butt

Mejiri
1992-08-07 Alice Japan
KA-1489
Kunihiro Hasegawa
Kunihiro Hasegawa
is a Japanese adult video director who has helmed more than 200 videos during his long career.-Life and career:Hasegawa began directing adult videos at least as early as June 1987 with , starring actress Keiko Nakazawa, for V&R Planning, a studio which had been founded just the year before by...

White Paper on Wanton Wife
1992 Athena Eizou
Athena Eizou
is an early pioneering Japanese adult video production company. They have offices in the Shibuya ward of Tokyo, Japan.-Company information:Athena Eizou was founded December 21, 1981 by pink film director Tadashi Yoyogi and Hikaru Kitoh...


AS-262
Hikaru Kitoh
Ecstasy Feeling
1992-08-31 Royal Art/Deluxe Paris
DP-042
Mondo Suzuki
Venus Bunny Special
1995-03-17 Shy Plan
FE-178
Compilation with Mari Asaka, Reika, Reina Hosokawa, Shiori Fujitani & Yumika Sugimoto
Heisei Goddess Legend: Resurrection
1995-08-31 Shy Plan
FE-204
Kunihiro Hasegawa
Kunihiro Hasegawa
is a Japanese adult video director who has helmed more than 200 videos during his long career.-Life and career:Hasegawa began directing adult videos at least as early as June 1987 with , starring actress Keiko Nakazawa, for V&R Planning, a studio which had been founded just the year before by...

Declaration of Well-Bred Woman
1995-09-27 Shy Plan
FE-208
Kunihiro Hasegawa
Kunihiro Hasegawa
is a Japanese adult video director who has helmed more than 200 videos during his long career.-Life and career:Hasegawa began directing adult videos at least as early as June 1987 with , starring actress Keiko Nakazawa, for V&R Planning, a studio which had been founded just the year before by...

Kankin Lingerie Queen History
1995-10-21 Shy Plan
FE-212
You Camon With Yuri Saeki & Mariya Kurasawa
Targeted Female Teacher 10
1995-10-31 Shy Plan
FE-214
Kunihiro Hasegawa
Kunihiro Hasegawa
is a Japanese adult video director who has helmed more than 200 videos during his long career.-Life and career:Hasegawa began directing adult videos at least as early as June 1987 with , starring actress Keiko Nakazawa, for V&R Planning, a studio which had been founded just the year before by...

Break 1995-11-30 Shy Plan
FE-219
Kunihiro Hasegawa
Kunihiro Hasegawa
is a Japanese adult video director who has helmed more than 200 videos during his long career.-Life and career:Hasegawa began directing adult videos at least as early as June 1987 with , starring actress Keiko Nakazawa, for V&R Planning, a studio which had been founded just the year before by...

Legend of Hitomi Shiraishi
1996-02-19 Shy Plan
FE-234
Kunihiro Hasegawa
Kunihiro Hasegawa
is a Japanese adult video director who has helmed more than 200 videos during his long career.-Life and career:Hasegawa began directing adult videos at least as early as June 1987 with , starring actress Keiko Nakazawa, for V&R Planning, a studio which had been founded just the year before by...

Compilation of scenes from her earlier work for Shy Plan
Pero Pero Pink 2
1997-06-20 Alice Japan
DV-002
Compilation DVD with Miho Aimoto
Super Idol Vol. 1: Hitomi Shiraishi 2001-09-20 FantaDream
FDD-1201
Uncensored
Super Idol Vol. 9: Hitomi Shiraishi Returns 2001-12-15 FantaDream
FDD-1209
Uncensored
Cosmos Classic Hitomi Shiraishi
2002-09-13 Cosmos Plan
MDM-021
Compilation DVD containing Lucky Hole and Pink Skin
Legend Resurrected: Legend Special Vol. 5
2008-12-19 Graffiti
GRAS-005
Compilation DVD containing Venus Bunny 4, Targeted Female Teacher 2, The Moment of Truth and Heisei Goddess Legend: Resurrection
Legend Resurrected: Legend Special Vol. 10
2009-02-27 Graffiti
GRAS-010
Compilation DVD containing Declaration of Well-Bred Woman, Targeted Female Teacher 10, Break and Legend of Hitomi Shiraishi

Video title Release date Studio Director Notes

V-Cinema



Yuke yuke AV shinsengumi: Tenshi tachi no H na daisensō
1992-08-25 Stella Eitaro Onuma With Mirei Asaoka & Ai Iijima
Ai Iijima
was a Japanese media personality and AV idol. She belonged to the entertainment agency Watanabe Entertainment until her retirement.-Early life:Born as , she described a troubled early life in her autobiography. She was raped in her early teens, and had an abortion...

The Bondage Master
The Bondage Master
, also known as Rope Detective, is a 1996 Japanese V-Cinema erotic thriller directed by Hitoshi Hoshino and starring Yukijirō Hotaru-Plot synopsis:Shiro is the Bondage Master who has a special technique with ropes and women...

 / Rope Detective

1996-04-26 Tōhokushinsha Hitoshi Hoshino With Yukijirō Hotaru & Yokiru Ikuta
Tokyo Decameron

Tōkyõ Dekameron
1996-07-21 Sentesutajio (センテスタジオ) Koichi Kobayashi With Kei Mizutani
Kei Mizutani
is a Japanese adult film actress. She has appeared in multiple photo books, movies, and TV series in Japan and her DVD sets are popular in Japan, the United States, and Europe.-Career:...

, Marie Jinno & Hitoe Ootake
Cyber Inner Palace

Dennou Ohoko
1997-11-21 Shintoho
CSV-004
Naoyuki Tomomatsu
Naoyuki Tomomatsu
is a Japanese film director and screenwriter who has worked in the pink film and horror genres.-Life and career:Tomomatsu was born in Osaka, Japan in 1967. He was interested in manga and film from high school and started working as an office assistant to manga artist Shungicu Uchida. In 1992, he...

With Hitomi Shimizu & Mio Nishino

Video title Release date Studio Director Notes

Theatrical films

Mari's Prey
Mari's Prey
is a 1996 Japanese film directed by Keiichirō Yoshida. The film stars Makiko Kuno.-Cast:* Makiko Kuno* Takeshi Yamato* Kenichi Endo* Ren Osugi* Teppei Shibuya* Taisaku Akino* Hitomi Shiraishi* Kanpei Hazama* Kasae Umetsu* Ryuji Katagiri* Shohei Hino...



Marii no Emono
1996-01-27 Faniienjeru
(ファニーエンジェル)
Keiichirō Yoshida With Makiko Kuno
Makiko Kuno
is a Japanese actress. Her early stage name was ; she changed it to , and changed the way of writing the name, becoming クノ真季子 in 2005.She has been active as a model since senior high school, and as an actress made her debut in 1987. She was the image girl of the JR East Kiosks from 1988 to 1994...

 and Takeshi Yamato
Lady Ninja: Reflections of Darkness

Kunoichi ninpō chō: Ninja tsukikage shō
1996-04-13 King Records Masaru Tsushima With Yuka Ōnishi, Tetsuo Kurata, Rina Kitahara, Miho Nomoto and Asami Jō
Asami Jo
is a Japanese AV Idol from Tokyo. Tokusatsu fans also know her as the villain Shibolena in the Super Sentai series Denji Sentai Megaranger.-Life and career:Jō was born in Tokyo and was a TV commercial model before starting a career in pornography...

In a Thicket
In a Grove
is a short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, first appearing in the January 1922 edition of the Japanese literature monthly Shinchō. Akira Kurosawa used this story as the basis for his award-winning movie Rashōmon....



Yabu no Naka
1996-05-18 Image Factory Hisayasu Satō
Hisayasu Sato
is a Japanese exploitation film director. He has worked prolifically in the pinku eiga genre. His best known works are the pink film The Bedroom , and the V-Cinema splatter film Splatter: Naked Blood . He is known for his "sledgehammer" filmmaking style, and using his exploitation career to tackle...

With Shigeki Hosokawa, Kō Takasugi and Kaori Sakagami
Dangan Runner / Non-Stop

Dangan ranna
1996-11-09 Nikkatsu
Nikkatsu
is a Japanese entertainment company well known for its film and television productions. It is Japan's oldest major movie studio. The name Nikkatsu is an abbreviation of Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally "Japan Cinematograph Company".-History:...

Hiroyuki Tanaka With Tomorowo Taguchi
Tomorowo Taguchi
is a Japanese actor.After leaving Dokkyo University without graduating, he started to earn his living as an illustrator, writer and pornographic cartoonist. He joined a theatre called Hakken no Kai in 1978 and he made a screen debut in Zokubutsu Zukan in 1982...

, Diamond Yukai
Diamond Yukai
is a rock singer and actor. He was born Yutaka Tadokoro in Tanashi, Tokyo, Japan. He is the vocalist for the long term existing Japanese rock band Red Warriors.-Movies:He appeared in the following movies:...

 and Shin'ichi Tsutsumi

Video title Release date Studio Director

Screenwriter

Umi no Yume, Tokai no Kyo
2004-03-13 Kaerucafe
(カエルカフェ)
Masatoshi Akihara
Break Out
2005-01-22 Kaerucafe Masatoshi Akihara
Flowers at Noon

Marihu no hana
2005-10-08 Kaerucafe Masatoshi Akihara
I Carry the Ticket of Eternity

Ginga tetsudō no yoru
2006-11-04 Kaerucafe Masatoshi Akihara
Gojū no Tō
2007-03-21 Kaerucafe Masatoshi Akihara
White Camellia

Shirotsubaki
2007-10-06 Kaerucafe Masatoshi Akihara
The Story of Ito

Ito no Hanashi
2008-04-26 Kaerucafe Masatoshi Akihara
The Setting Sun
The Setting Sun
is a Japanese novel by Osamu Dazai. It was published in 1947 and is set in Japan after World War II. Principal characters are the siblings Kazuko and Naoji, and their elderly mother. The story shows a family in decline and crisis, like many other families during this period of transition between...



Shayō
2009-06-13 Kaerucafe Masatoshi Akihara

Photobooks

  • Eyes (アイズ) - Eichi Publishing (April 1992) (ISBN 4754213262)
  • Love for Sale – TIS (July 1992) (ISBN 4847022777)

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