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| Original Title | 土曜夫人 |
|---|---|
| Author | 織田 作之助 |
| Genre | Modern Short Fiction |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | In postwar Kyoto, a city thriving on clandestine pleasures and forgotten morals, Yōko Tsuji, a dancer from a powerful political family, struggles to maintain her dignity after fleeing an arranged marriage. Her world, already a delicate balance of self-respect and survival, is violently disrupted when a fellow dancer collapses dead at the Cabaret Jūbankan, a moment controversially immortalized by the lens of Saburō Kizaki, a photographer haunted by his own past. As Yōko grapples with blackmail from an aristocratic admirer and finds herself unexpectedly jailed alongside a brazen young thief, her fate becomes inextricably linked with a cast of lost souls: a beautiful, nihilistic gigolo, a shrewd madam, and a ruthless entrepreneur driven by wounded pride. Each character is a thread in a tapestry of human desires, betrayals, and desperate searches for meaning. In this seductive, dangerous dance of intertwining destinies, Yōko must confront the true cost of an untainted life. |
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