Yasuko, Songs of Days Past is the latest film by director Negishi Kichitarō. Its original title in Japanese, Yukite kaeranu (Never to Return), is taken from a poem by Nakahara Chūya (1907–37), who ...
If you look up “Osamu Dazai,” the prominent Japanese novelist is not the only search result that comes up. Between entries focused on the author of No Longer Human, you’ll glimpse an anime character ...
In the early 1920s, Yasuko, a budding actress, crosses paths with Chūya Nakahara, a young poet destined to be revered as a genius. Drawn to each other by their shared pretentiousness, they begin ...