A biographical nonfiction work about Kinjo Natsuko, known as the “queen” of postwar Okinawa’s smuggling era. Through one woman’s life, it brings out the disorder and vitality of Okinawa under U.S. military rule.

It follows the life of a woman who crossed the rough waters of postwar Okinawa with nerve and ingenuity.

A nonfiction account of Tadamichi Kuribayashi, commander of the Iwo Jima garrison, centered on his letters to his family. It follows a commander who forbade futile death through battlefield records and private words.

Through letters to his family, the solitude and resolve of the commander at Iwo Jima emerge.