痴人の愛 (Chijin no ai)

Joji, an engineer in his thirties, becomes infatuated with a fifteen-year-old bar hostess, Naomi, who reminds him of Mary Pickford. He takes her in, intending to mold her into his ideal woman, but their relationship soon devolves into a complex dance of obsession and manipulation. This classic Japanese novel explores the dark side of love and the corrupting nature of desire.