{"title":"Tetsuko Kuroyanagi","description":"TETSUKO KUROYANAGI, daughter of the celebrated violinist, was voted Japan's most popular television personality fourteen times. She studied to become an opera singer but then became an actress instead, winning a prestigious award for her work in radio and television. She spent 1972 in New York studying acting, and was critically acclaimed in Japan for her leading role in works by Albee and Shaffer and in Melchior Lengyel's \"Ninotchka.\" Her daily television talk show, \"Tetsuko's Room,\" is still going strong after more than twenty years. Japan's first such program, it was recently awarded television's highest prize. This and the other shows on which she regularly appears all enjoy top viewer ratings.","products":[{"product_id":"totto-chan-the-little-girl-at-the-window-hardcover","title":"Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis engaging series of childhood recollections tells about an ideal school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with fun, freedom, and love. This unusual school had old railroad cars for classrooms, and it was run by an extraordinary man-its founder and headmaster, Sosaku Kobayashi--who was a firm believer in freedom of expression and activity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn real life, the Totto-chan of the book has become one of Japan's most popular television personalities--Tetsuko Kuroyanagi. She attributes her success in life to this wonderful school and its headmaster. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe charm of this account has won the hearts of millions of people of all ages and made this book a runaway bestseller in Japan, with sales hitting the 4.5 million mark in its first year.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51311201222879,"sku":"9781568366494","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/6UetuWGbyw9781568366494.webp?v=1788274324"},{"product_id":"totto-chan-the-little-girl-at-the-window-paperback","title":"Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis engaging series of childhood recollections tells about an ideal school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with fun, freedom, and love. This unusual school had old railroad cars for classrooms, and it was run by an extraordinary man-its founder and headmaster, Sosaku Kobayashi--who was a firm believer in freedom of expression and activity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn real life, the Totto-chan of the book has become one of Japan's most popular television personalities--Tetsuko Kuroyanagi. She attributes her success in life to this wonderful school and its headmaster. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe charm of this account has won the hearts of millions of people of all ages and made this book a runaway bestseller in Japan, with sales hitting the 4.5 million mark in its first year.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51386463715551,"sku":"9781568363912","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ZQaJhvW5Ld9781568363912.webp?v=1789358454"},{"product_id":"totto-chan-the-little-girl-at-the-window-the-sequel-hardcover","title":"Totto-Chan, the Little Girl at the Window: The Sequel - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe long-awaited sequel to the bestselling book in Japanese history is finally here! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver forty years ago, Japanese pop culture icon Tetsuko Kuroyanagi ended the memoir chronicling her childhood adventures at the unconventional Tomoe Gakuen with that beloved school burning down amidst the bombs of WWII. Now, inspired by contemporary events, she has returned to continue Totto's tale! Beginning with her family's frantic effort to escape Tokyo and the worst of the war, Kuroyanagi details how that little girl persevered through starvation and suffering to become a trailblazing actress, a champion for the deaf and children the world over, and one of the most successful entertainers in Japanese history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Ms. Kuroyanagi is distinguished above all by her longevity, but she was also a trailblazing woman in an overwhelmingly male environment.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51393210777823,"sku":"9781647294571","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/qWELsRRJcX9781647294571.webp?v=1789401957"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/tetsuko-kuroyanagi.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}