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The Stationmaster

3.7/5 ( ratings)

·         Book a best seller in Japan ·         Book won Naoki award for popular fiction in 1997

·         1999 film starred 1970s yakuza film icon Ken Takakura, who won a best actor award at the 1999 Montreal Film Festival for his performance

·         Title film was Japan’s submission to the 72nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

·         Included story “Love Letter” also made into two feature films in 1998 and 2001

·         Several others of author’s works made into films, including 2007’s Tsukigami

·Book marketed in Japan as the book that “made millions of Japanese cry”

L to R . To face the future, sometimes you need a little help from the past… An aging railway man facing the closure of his station and the sorrows of his past meets a mysterious young girl who brings an unexpected warmth to the old man’s cold and empty days. A man who has seen the rough side of life finds comfort in the memory of a wife he never knew. A husband and wife struggle to recapture the love they once shared by visiting the movie theater where they met as children. And more… In these eight short stories by award-winning author Jiro Asada, flawed characters haunted by loss find love, reconciliation and redemption in the most unexpected places.

Language: English

Pages: 200

Format: Paperback

Publisher: VIZ Media LLC

Release: May 19, 2009

ISBN: 1421527634

ISBN 13: 9781421527635

The Stationmaster

3.7/5 ( ratings)

·         Book a best seller in Japan ·         Book won Naoki award for popular fiction in 1997

·         1999 film starred 1970s yakuza film icon Ken Takakura, who won a best actor award at the 1999 Montreal Film Festival for his performance

·         Title film was Japan’s submission to the 72nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

·         Included story “Love Letter” also made into two feature films in 1998 and 2001

·         Several others of author’s works made into films, including 2007’s Tsukigami

·Book marketed in Japan as the book that “made millions of Japanese cry”

L to R . To face the future, sometimes you need a little help from the past… An aging railway man facing the closure of his station and the sorrows of his past meets a mysterious young girl who brings an unexpected warmth to the old man’s cold and empty days. A man who has seen the rough side of life finds comfort in the memory of a wife he never knew. A husband and wife struggle to recapture the love they once shared by visiting the movie theater where they met as children. And more… In these eight short stories by award-winning author Jiro Asada, flawed characters haunted by loss find love, reconciliation and redemption in the most unexpected places.

Language: English

Pages: 200

Format: Paperback

Publisher: VIZ Media LLC

Release: May 19, 2009

ISBN: 1421527634

ISBN 13: 9781421527635

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