His family ran a kimono shop in downtown Hachinohe under the name Marusan (丸三). [1 ] On the day of his sixth birthday, his second oldest sister committed suicide by jumping off a ferry in the Tsugaru Strait after failing a college…
James Joyce's works became a major influence on his writing. After completing his degree, he taught English literature at Kokugakuin University and then at the University of Tokyo.
In 2003 he wrote lyrics for the song "Great Escape" on Tomoyasu Hotei's album, 'Doberman'. His 2007 novel, Akunin, won the Osaragi Jiro Prize and the Mainichi Publishing Culture Award, and was adapted into an award-winning 2010 film by Lee…
Nakamura Toru (仲村トオル); Japanese; Nakamura Toru is a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan. He has been married to actress Washio Isako since 1995 and has