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She started writing in her thirties. Her first novel Confessions became a bestseller and won the Japanese Booksellers Award. In youth she was an avid fan of mystery novels of Edogawa Ranpo, Maurice Leblanc, Agatha Christie, Keigo Higashino, Miyuki Miyabe and Yukito Ayatsuji. [3] She has been described in Japan as "the queen of iyamisu."
Lady Nijō was a member of the Koga family, a branch of the Minamoto clan descended from Emperor Murakami through Prince Tomohira, his seventh son. [3] The clan's station at court was established through the allegiance made by Tomohira's son, Minamoto no Morofusa, with Emperor Go-Sanjō. [3]
The Confessions of a Woman (Italian: Le confessioni di una donna) is a 1928 Italian silent drama film directed by Amleto Palermi. [1] The film relates a woman falling into high-class prostitution, and her eventual redemption.
Mirai is a Maldivian crime thriller web series written and directed by Azhan Ibrahim. [1] It stars Washiya Mohamed , Sharaf Abdulla , Mohamed Ishfan and Aishath Shaaya in main roles. [ 2 ] The pilot episode of the series was released on 8 January 2023. [ 3 ]
Confessions is Stephen Snyder's 2014 translation of Kanae Minato's 2008 debut novel, Kokuhaku. It is a suspense novel that traces the impact of a schoolteacher's act of revenge, and it deals with themes of motherhood and power as well as social issues like AIDS and hikikomori. The novel's chapters are in the form of a one-sided conversation, a ...
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Namae no Nai Onnatachi (Nameless Women) Hisayasu Satō: Based on Atsuhiko Nakamura's memoir on how she was roped into working in Japan's porn industry. A Yakuza's Daughter Never Cries: Doch yakudzy Yakuza Girl: Sergei Bodrov: Confessions: 告白 Kokuhaku: Tetsuya Nakashima: Based on Kanae Minato's 2008 novel. All Around Us: ぐるりのこと
Many deathbed confessions are bombshells that leave aftershocks to those who hear them. For some, these final words before passing on are so haunting that they’ve been documented for the ...