Satomi Kobayashi

Daily, Rika Umezawa battles a nagging sense of emptiness and dissatisfaction. She works a tiring job, comes home to an unappreciative husband and ...

An overworked career woman leaves her life in the city for an island vacation only to encounter eccentric local inhabitants.

On a quiet street in Helsinki, Sachie has opened a diner featuring rice balls. For a month she has no customers. Then, in short order, she has ...