BOOK

 1.         “Deeper than Indigo“     Ai yori Aoku    

            August 1, 1972           Published by Chuokouronsha

            *The screenplay was written simultaneously

 

2.         "The Album on the Shore"     Kishibe no Album

            May 30, 1977              Published by Tokyo Shuppankyoku (First Edition)   

            (First Print as a Serial Novel on the newspaper of Tokyo, Chunichi, Hokuriku         Chunichi and Hokkaido)

            TV Drama Series produced by TBS in June ~ September, 1977

            Softcover Book published by Kadokawa Shoten and Koubunsha

           

3.         "Tokyo Suburbia"     Ensen Chizu

            March 30, 1979           Published by Sakuhinsha (First Print)

            TV Drama Series produced by TBS (April ~ July, 1979)

            Softcover Book published by Kadokawa Shoten

 

4.         “The Last Town We Saw – Apocalypse”     Owari ni Mita Machi

            September, 1984        Published by Bessatsu Chuokouron (First Print)

            Softcover Book published by Chuokouronsha on November 30, 1981

            TV Drama Series produced by TV Asahi in August, 1982 and remade on   December 3, 2005

 

5.         "I Haven’t Dream of Flying for a While"     Tobu Yume wo Shibaraku Minai

            October, 1985             Published by Shosetsu Shincho (First Print)

            November 20, 1985    Published by Shincho Sha

            Movie produced by Shochiku Studios

            Softcover Book published by Shinchosha

 

6.         "Strangers"     Ijintachi to no Natsu

            November, 1987         Published by Shosetsu Shincho (First Print)

            December 15, 1977    Published by Shinchosha

            Movie produced by Shochiku Studios

            Softcover Book published by Shinchosha

            • The 1st Mr. Shugoro Yamamoto Awards - Winner

            • The 8th Japan Literature Awards - Winner

 

7.         “Sunflower on the Hill”     Oka no Ueno Himawari

                                                Published by Asahi Newspaper Evening Issue (First Print)

            February 25, 1989      Published by Asahi Newspaper

            TV Drama Series produced by TBS in April ~ June, 1993

            Softcover Book published by Shinchosha

 

8.         “In Search of a Distant Voice”     Tooku no Koe wo Sagashite

            June, 1989                  Published by Shosetsu Shincho (First Print)

            August 20, 1989         Published by Shinchosha

            Softcover Book published by Shinchosha

 

 

 

9.         "Looking Up at You"     Kimi wo Miagete

                                                Published by Yomiuri Newspaper Evening Issue (First                                                         Print)

            November 25, 1990    Published by Shinchosha

            TV Drama Series produced by NHK

            Softcover Book published by Shinchosha October 25, 1993

 

10.       "Winter Mirage"     Fuyu no Shinkiro

            A newly written novel

            November 15, 1992    Published by Shinchosha

            Softcover Book published by Shinchosha in November 1, 2007?

 

11.       “Invisible Darkness”     Mienai Kurayami

                                                Published by Asahi Weekly (First Print)

            April 15, 1995             Published by Asahi Newspaper

            Softcover Book published by Asahi February 15, 1998

 

12.       “In Stance of Love”     Koi no Shiseide

            November, 1994 ~ 1995 (issue 4, 7, 8)          Published by Shosetsu Shincho                                                                                            (First Print)

            November 30, 1995                                        Published by Shinchosha

            Softcover Book published by Shinchosha on October 1, 1998

 

13.       “My Familiar Town in the Breeze”     Minareta Machi ni Kaze ga Fuku

            January ~ May, 1997              Published by Chuokouron (First Print)

            June 7, 1997                           Published by Chuokouron

            Softcover Book published by Chuokouron in September 10, 2009

 

14.       “Story of Yataro”     Yataro-san no Hanashi

            July, 1999 ~ October, 2001    Published by Shosetsu Shincho (First Print)

            Book published by Shinchosha on March 15, 2002

            Softcover Book published by Shinchosha on January 1, 2005

 

15.       "Out of the East”     Nihon no Omokage

            October 16, 2002                    Published by Iwanami Gendai Bunko

 

Storybook

 

“My Left Ring Finger”                          Hidari Te no Kusuri Yubi

“Lilian”                                                 Lilian