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Osaka Noctilucas
Coincidences, once they start, tend to follow in succession without end.
Osaka, 1946. Eight months after the surrender.
Recently demobilised soldier Jukichi Ozawa is wandering through the ruins of his home city when a sudden, unsettling encounter stops him in his tracks. From that moment, a strange chain of events unfolds—some chance, some cruel. As his path crosses with the downtrodden, outcasts, and petty criminals of post-war Osaka, the state of the times reveals its desperation and a disturbing perversion.Sakunosuke Oda (1913–1947) was a leading voice in Japan’s buraiha (“Decadent School”) of writers, known for his gritty, humorous, and deeply human portrayals of life on society’s margins. Osaka Noctilucas was one of the last works he completed before his untimely death at thirty-three.
Osaka, 1946. Eight months after the surrender.
Recently demobilised soldier Jukichi Ozawa is wandering through the ruins of his home city when a sudden, unsettling encounter stops him in his tracks. From that moment, a strange chain of events unfolds—some chance, some cruel. As his path crosses with the downtrodden, outcasts, and petty criminals of post-war Osaka, the state of the times reveals its desperation and a disturbing perversion.Sakunosuke Oda (1913–1947) was a leading voice in Japan’s buraiha (“Decadent School”) of writers, known for his gritty, humorous, and deeply human portrayals of life on society’s margins. Osaka Noctilucas was one of the last works he completed before his untimely death at thirty-three.
136 pages, Paperback
Published July 3, 2025
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