Human CrossingGenre: Drama
(Age Rating 16+)
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Families, husbands and wives, lovers and ordinary people. Dramas that emerge from life's human crossroads... Ordinary people muddling through life and intersect with one another in random ways. Like people walking along road crossings in different directions with no apparent destination in sight. Human Crossing is a realistic portrayal of everyday people in modern Japan with all its beauty and ugliness. Volume #1: The 25th Hour In this volume, Human Crossing examines the lives of a boxer whose dark past is rekindled by his estranged mother in "The Wound", an idealistic lawyer who fights for an underprivileged young mother in "The 25th Hour", a workaholic businessman who rediscovers what's most important in life in "A Promise", and an independent woman who reunites with her deadbeat father in "Direction." Human Crossing is a collection of short stories (vignettes) about hope, a reminder of the small victories one can achieve amid the vicissitudes of life. Volume #2: The Cicadas of Winter In this volume, Human Crossing examines the lives of an actor who gets lost with his own success in "The Cicadas of Winter", an idealistic professor who wants to forget his past in "The Beautiful Afterimage", and a workaholic journalist who rediscovers what's most important in life in "Sidelined". Volume #3: Message in White Human Crossing is a collection of short vignettes about hope, a reminder of the small victories one can achieve amid the vicissitudes of life. Volume #4: The Instructor's Rain In this volume, Human Crossing examines the lives of an eccentric old
gentleman who helps a boy from bullies in "Whispers", an instructor in
a reform school who saves a troubled youth in "The Instructor's Rain"
and a bar hostess who is accused of stubbing her common law husband in "The
Watershed". |
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