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ExcommunicationAuthor: Sakaguchi Ango
| Original Title | 破門 |
|---|---|
| Author | 坂口 安吾 |
| Genre | Popular Fiction |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | In post-war Tokyo, a disgraced erotic novelist, Mr. Taitai, faces an absurd request: to “reform” Miss Marimari, the rebellious teenage daughter of an old acquaintance. The girl, raised on Taitai’s own subversive writings, now works at a shabby bar, flaunting cash earned from tips and quoting his doctrines to justify her defiance of her parents’ crumbling bourgeois values. Her mother—a sharp-tongued matriarch—demands Taitai undo his influence, while her father, a once-prosperous painter reduced to poverty, clings to hollow pride. Reluctantly, Taitai visits the bar, only to find himself entangled in Miss Marimari’s performative chaos. She parrots his philosophy with mischievous glee, flirts shamelessly, and mocks societal norms, yet reveals flickers of vulnerability beneath her bravado. As their encounter spirals into farce—drunken debates, awkward kisses, and existential blunders—Taitai confronts the hollowness of his own ideals. Can a man who romanticizes depravity salvage a girl weaponizing his words, or will their collision expose deeper hypocrisies? A darkly comic clash of generations, ideologies, and the masks people wear to survive despair. |
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