Ein Universitätsprofessor, der fürchtet, seiner attraktiven, elf Jahre jüngeren Ehefrau sexuell nicht mehr zu genügen, sucht nach einem Weg, seinem Eheleben neuen Schwung zu verleihen. Seine zur Prüderie erzogene Frau pflegt die...

"Considering all I've sacrificed, is it too much to ask for one little cat in return?"Shinako has been ousted from her marriage by her husband Shozo and his younger lover Fukuko. She's lost her home, status and respectability, but the...

Junichiro Tanizaki was one of Japan's greatest twentienth century novelists. Born in 1886 in Tokyo, his first published work - a one-act play - appeared in 1910 in a literary magazine he helped to found. Tanizaki lived in the...

Junichiro Tanizaki was one of Japan's greatest twentienth century novelists. Born in 1886 in Tokyo, his first published work - a one-act play - appeared in 1910 in a literary magazine he helped to found. Tanizaki lived in the...