Wayside Grass

After years abroad, Kenzō settles into work and family life in Tokyo, only to find that the past has followed him home. A former foster father reappears, relatives make their claims, and every demand for money seems to carry an older debt. Within a tense marriage and an untidy web of obligations, Sōseki asks how much of a life can ever be settled.

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