Fuichin-san

The story of a lively young Chinese girl based on Ueda's experience of growing up in Japan-occupied Manchuria. Realistic and touching, Fuichin-san stood out as a dignified and sympathetic portrayal of Chinese, free of the standard stereotyping all too common in Japanese popular culture even today.

(Source: "Before the Forty-Niners" by Rachel Thorn, via en.matt-thorn.com)