Akai Tsuki(2004)

Akai Tsuki is a series that weaves together two timelines: a woman's present-day quest to solve a childhood mystery, and her family's harrowing past in wartime Manchuria. Fifty-five years after witnessing a young Russian woman's murder, Morita Misaki returns to China seeking answers. Flashbacks reveal how her family established a sake factory in Manchuria during World War II, only to face ruin when a tutor is accused of espionage. As Russian forces invade, the Moritas—led by matriarch Namiko—must flee for their lives through chaos and uncertainty. The narrative explores how trauma echoes across decades, as Misaki's search for truth becomes inseparable from her family's struggle to survive displacement and loss in a foreign land during one of history's darkest periods.