Kanae Minato
출생 : 1973-01-01, Innoshima, Hiroshima, Japan
약력
Minato Kanae is a Japanese writer of crime fiction and thrillers. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan.
She started writing in her thirties. Her first novel Confessions became a bestseller and won the Japanese Booksellers Award.
In youth, she was an avid fan of mystery novels of Edogawa Ranpo, Maurice Leblanc, Agatha Christie, Keigo Higashino, Miyuki Miyabe, and Yukito Ayatsuji.
The English edition of Minato's Confessions, published in August 2014, was described by a critic as "the Gone Girl of Japan."
Wall Street Journal selected Confessions as one of the 10 best mysteries of 2014.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Novel
Sayaka, a high school student, kills herself but the reason behind her suicide is unknown. She appeared to have led a normal life with her family. Her mother Rumiko seemed to have raised Sayaka with love and care. In reality, that does not seem to be the case. When the mother and daughter recall the same incidents that took place in the past, they tell very different stories.
Short Story
Mutsuko has been living on an island to which her grandmother and mother have restricted her from leaving. To Mutsuko, the symbol of her freedom was Dreamland, an amusement park on the mainland, but she learns it will be closing permanently this year. Meanwhile, Wataru returns to the island after nine years due to a job transfer. A pupil of his deceased father pays him a visit and tells him about a side of his father he did not know about.
Novel
유키는 소설가를 지망하는 여고생이다. 고등학교에서도 수업시간에도 항상 소설속의 세계를 생각하고 오로지 소설에 대해서만 생각하고 있다. 그의 가장 친한 친구는 아츠코는 어렸을때 검도대회에 참가중 다리를 다쳐서 한 쪽 다리가 불편하다. 그리고 나서 아츠코는 예전부터 줄곳 친구들에게 이지메를 당해왔다. 하지만 그런 그에게 유키가 있기에 아츠코는 견딜 수 있었다. 어느날 유키가 쓴 소설원고가 학교에서 사라지면서 학교에 끔찍한 사건들이 시작되게 되는데....모든 사건들은 하나로 다 이어져있다.
과연 이 사건들의 전말과 사건속에 숨겨진 이야기들은 어떤것들일까??? 출처: http://eva010.tistory.com/194 []
Original Story
Mariko Okano’s boyfriend Junichi Nagata leaves suddenly to become a volunteer teacher in a remote country. Mariko and Junichi’s families are both left wondering why he departed so quickly, without discussing his plans with them first. The next day, a woman’s charred body is discovered in a warehouse. The woman turns out to be Ayako Oshima, the mother of a student who was suspected of arson in a warehouse blaze 15 years ago. Oddly, Mariko had been trapped in that warehouse fire with another student, but was saved by Junichi. However, the other student died in the blaze. Soon after, Mariko receives a letter from Junichi, in which he confesses to a crime Mariko was not aware of. Are the two fires related? And what was the crime Junichi confessed to?
Short Story
Three stories from Shiratsuna Island: "Mikan no hana"
Shiratsuna Island is the only remaining island city in Japan, but it is being merged with a city on the opposite shore. Housewife Misato Tomita lives on the island. "Umi no hoshi"
Yōhei Hamasaki, who was born on Shiratsuna Island, lives in an apartment in the outskirts of Tokyo with his wife, Tomomi, and their son, Taichi. "Kumo no ito"
Popular artist Hirotaka Kurosaki, who is a native of Shiratsuna Island, goes back to his hometown after seven years.
Novel
Novel
사건, 사고를 추적하는 TV 프로그램의 계약직 조연출이자 열혈 트위터리안인 ‘유지’(아야노 고). 대중의 흥미를 끌 수 있는 새로운 소재를 찾던 중 ‘백설공주’ 비누 회사에 근무하는 미모의 여직원이 숲 속에서 칼에 잔인하게 찔린 뒤 불에 타 살해된 사건을 알게 된다. 흥미로운 화제거리가 될 것 같다는 생각에 ‘유지’는 피해 여성의 동료들을 인터뷰하기 시작하고, 사건 이후 갑자기 사라진 같은 회사 동료 ‘미키’(이노우에 마오)가 유력한 용의자로 의심받고 있다는 사실을 알게 된다. 이에 ‘유지’는 ‘미키’를 범인으로 지목하는 정황과 인터뷰 내용을 자극적으로 편집한 방송을 내보내고, 그의 취재 내용은 순식간에 화제로 떠오르며 온라인을 달구기 시작한다. 그러던 중 의문의 한 시청자로부터 “당신의 방송은 모두 거짓말이다”라는 항의 편지가 도착하는데…
Original Story
Based upon the novel by Minato Kanae. The story is about three women who all live in the same countryside town but who never interact with one another even though they are all tied by the same tragedy. While newly-unemployed Rika tries to get her ailing grandmother to take a needed surgery, she also struggles to come up with the money to pay for it. A mysterious benefactor known to her only as "K" might be able to help, but her grandmother is steadfast in telling her to decline it. As Rika searches for clues as to who this "K" is, she increasingly finds that she and two other women are linked not only by a tragedy but a chain of flowers as well.
Novel
The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never solved. Emili's mother, Asako, is torn by grief and puts a curse on the four girls when they claim not to remember the killer's face. Each of the girls, in their own way, will do penance for their silence.
Writer
카와시마 하루 선생님은 홋카이도 앞바다의 외딴 섬에 자리를 잡고, 그곳에서 6명의 학생을 담당한다. 하지만, 그녀는 나중에 사고가 발생한 후 강제로 떠나게 된다. 20년 후, Haru는 그녀의 이전 학생 중 한 명이 범죄를 저질렀다는 것을 알게 되고, 결국 다시 섬으로 돌아온다.
Original Story
Youko and Harumi have been friends since youth as their life circumstances were similar. Youko ends up marrying a politician and publishes a successful picture book basen on Harumi's life, when her son suddenly gets abducted.
Novel
자신이 근무하는 중학교에서 어린 딸 ‘마나미’를 잃은 여교사 ‘유코’(마츠 다카코)는 봄방학을 앞둔 종업식 날, 학생들 앞에서 차분하면서도 단호한 목소리로 자신의 딸을 죽인 사람이 이 교실 안에 있다는 충격적인 사실을 고백한다. 경찰은 사고사로 결론을 내렸지만 사실 마나미는 자신이 담임인 학급의 학생 2명, 범인 A와 B에 의해 살해되었다는 것. 유코는 청소년법에 의해 보호받게 될 범인들에게 그녀만의 방법으로 벌을 주겠다고 선언한다. 이후 사건을 둘러싼 이들의 뜻밖의 고백이 시작되는데……