Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which ravages Japan, he hopes to revive the long-banned custom of the Kyoto Gion Festival, and by doing so, bring together the warring clans and rampaging brigands in peaceful celebration.

Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civ...

The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharec...

In war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battl...