After her husband's death, Mrs. Hata desperately needs help on her cucumber farm. Rinko' mother wants her to spend the summer helping Mrs. Hata, her life-long friend. But 12-year-old Rinko sees Mrs. Hata's traditional Japanese ways as being backward and "crazy." When she gives in to her mother's request, she discovers Mrs. Hata is kind and courageous, fighting to save her farm. Before summer ends, RInko comes to appreciate and defend "crazy" Mrs. Hata.

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When a hooded stranger appears in private eye 'Mike' Hama's office with the cryptic challenge "I wan...

In a warehouse area at night, a drunk chief engineer is stabbed to death by someone who whistles. Af...

Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplat...

Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live wit...

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