Kenzaburô Oe

Having botched his entrance exams to a prestigious university, the dim-witted but earnest Hikoichi Otsu (Fujio) refuses to swallow his pride by doing the decent thing and admitting his failure to his mother back home in the country. (midnighteye.com)

A black soldier flying during World War 2 is taken prisoner in a small Japanese village when his plane goes down.

Based on the 1995 novel by Itami's brother in law and Nobel Prize-winning author Kenzaburo Oe, this film adaptation centers on the exploits of Iiyo (Atsura Watabe), a mentally challenged, but musically gifted teen, and Maa (Hinako Saeki), the boy's artistic younger sister who is put in charge of caring for her sibling after their parents go to Australia. Loosely based on the real life experiences of Kenzaburo's Oe's handicapped son. (myac.asia)

This film, which reveals itself as a metaphor for Angola, follows the young pilot, Quim, as he returns to his mistress in a state of mental confusion after his first child is born deformed. (africanfilmny.org)