Kazumi Yamashita

Although An did somehow manage to pull off a second great escape with her aunt Mari this time, the cruelty of the world broke Mari s spirit. With her father dead, and her aunt despondent, An has no choice but to face the reality that every misfortune that has befallen her family was caused by her getting too close to...

In a village where all residents die upon reaching fifty lives a girl named An, whose older twin sister was sacrificed to the other world that lay beyond the mountains. This village, called our world and governed by people wearing animal skins, is watched over by deities. When An seeks the truth about the mysterious inhabitants of the mountains, hope...

A family, struggling to survive in Japan after the Second World War. An orphan girl in London, working her fingers to the bone every day just to pay for the food on her table. A young man in a war-torn world, fighting without knowing his purpose for living. Across time and space, these strangers share just one thing in common:...