彌勒丸悲歌 上

by Jirō Asada, 淺田次郎, 李孟紅 (Translator)

「彌勒丸號」是一艘航行於潢濱。舊金山之間的豪華客輪。然而時值戰爭，日軍徵召為軍用醫護船。

四月二十五日清晨，彌勒丸號在返國途中遭美軍魚雷攻擊而沉沒於臺灣海峽。彌勒丸號載著二三００條人命與價值兩兆日圓以上的金塊。

時隔五十年後，一位自稱宋英明的男子向榮光商產負責人輕部順一提出一百億融資的要求，作為打撈彌勒丸的經費。在宋明周詳的計劃下，不但讓輕部展開一連串探密的行動，連輕部身邊的人也一一牽扯進來，成為整件計劃的關鍵人物。

第二次世界大戰，日本醉心於大東亞共榮圈的美夢，急欲解放亞洲各殖民地。為了經營大中國的野心，日軍密謀了一項計畫。利用彌勒丸號握有國際安導券的保障，這將使得彌勒丸號的命運有了大轉彎…….神秘的中國人打破了五十年的沉默，一一陳述這段悲的真相。日本人沈浸在戰後的和平繁榮中所遺忘的真相，將一點一滴被揭露…

352 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1999

About the author

Jirō Asada (浅田 次郎, born December 13, 1951 in Tokyo) is the pen name of Kōjirō Iwato (岩戸 康次郎), a Japanese writer.

Inspired by Yukio Mishima, who tried to stage a coup d'état among Japan Self-Defense Forces then committed suicide after the coup was failed, Asada enlisted in the SDF after finishing his studies. He changed jobs many times while endeavoring to find writing opportunities, submitting his works to literary competitions.

In 1991, his novel Torarete tamaruka! (とられてたまるか!) started his literary career. After writing several picaresque novels, his novel Metro ni notte (地下鉄に乗って) was awarded the Eiji Yoshikawa Prize for New Writers and made into a 2006 film; a short story collection The Stationmaster and other stories (Poppoya (鉄道員)) was also awarded the Naoki Prize.

He writes not only standard fiction and picaresque novels, but also writes historical and Chinese historical novels such as The Firmament of the Pleiades (Sōkyū no subaru, 蒼穹の昴).