Izumi Suzuki was born in 1949. She worked as a keypunch operator before finding success and infamy as a model and actress. Her acting credits include several classics of 1970s Japanese cinema, as well as softcore pornography. She took her own life in 1986, leaving behind a decade’s worth of ground-breaking and influential writing.
A newly translated story from the late Japanese writer.
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