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  • Location: Kyoto

The Lady and the Monk

1987: A writer spends a year in the city of Kyoto finding the Zen enlightenment he is looking for

  • Location: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Greece, Italy

In the Sea There Are Crocodiles

2000s: I read somewhere that the decision to emigrate comes from a need to breathe.

  • Location: Kyoto

One Hot Summer in Kyoto

2000s: A man travels to Kyoto to experience its pleasures and doesn’t take his wife..

  • Location: Shanghai

Shanghai Love

WW2: An unlikely love story between a Chinese herbalist and a Jewish refugee in Shanghai during World War II

  • Location: Bath, Cornwall, Thailand

Last Seen Alive

2000s: Who can you really trust? Can you even trust yourself?

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Just a Little Dinner

2025: Parisians behaving badly: a dinner party implodes

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