Fifty Words for Rain

This a tough and fascinating debut epic

This a tough and fascinating debut epic following the life of a mixed-race illegitimate child in post-World War II Japan. The daughter of a married Japanese aristocrat and a Black American GI, Noriko is born an outsider and a symbol of her family’s shame. Kept in her grandparents attic, she remains an obedient child up until she is introduced to her legitimate older brother and the siblings form a bond that changes everything.