Clockwork Apple

A new short story collection from Osamu Tezuka, focused on the common themeof mortality.

Story 1: When a Nazi lieutenant is sentenced to death forwar crimes, he expects to escape with his life, but hubris is his downfall.

Story 2: A female android marries for love but is soon lost, and shemust deal with the consequences.

Story 3: After a married man finds outhis city is being experimented on, he tries to save the people while strugglingwith adulterous thoughts.

Story 4: On a dark and lonely road, a cabbypicks up a shady man who threatens him, but little does his passenger know thecabby is not as he seems.

Story 5: An educated man falls in love with anelusive woman who has a life altering secret. American school kids learn thecruelty of war.

Story 6: A revolutionary fails his revolution, and aninterstellar peace conference does not yield the hoped for results when spacehippies defy peace conventions.