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The story

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.

• #20th century
• #1950s
• #shitamachi
• #shōwa era (1926-89)
• #japan
• #based on manga
• #japanese economic miracle
• #tokyo, japan