Chika-A loyal employee who inherited the gay nightclub from Eriko and helps the relationship between Mikage and Yuichi.Okuno - A girl who is obsessive over Yuichi and dislikes Mikage. Broke up the Mikage's grandmother became ill and that he was hard to keep up with. She is described as a very beautiful and kind woman. Eriko owns a nightclub, which is where she is killed by a man who feels as though she is tricking him by being a transgender woman. He eventually loses his mother, and relies on emotional support from Mikage. He lives with his loving transgender mother and supports Mikage in her time of grieving. His mother died of cancer when Yuichi was a very young child. She moves in with Yuichi Tanabe and Eriko Tanabe after her grandmother's death. Struggling with the loss of her grandmother, who was her last surviving relative. Mikage Sakurai - Young Japanese woman.There have been two films made of the story, a Japanese movie in 1989 and a more widely released version produced in Hong Kong by Yim Ho in 1997. Most editions also include a novella entitled Moonlight Shadow, which is also a tragedy dealing with loss and love. Kitchen (キッチン) is a novel written by Japanese author Banana Yoshimoto (吉本ばなな)in 1988 and translated into English in 1993 by Megan Backus.Īlthough one may notice a certain Western influence in Yoshimoto's style, Kitchen is still critically recognized as an example of contemporary Japanese literature The Independent, The Times, and The New Yorker have all reviewed the novel favorably.
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