A supermarket magnate has been slowly running the village stores out of business in this novel, and the narrator's brother starts a soccer team as a ruse to gather the village's young men to revolt against the "Emperor's" Korean store.
One character traveled to New York with a theatre group performing a play called "Ours Was the Shame", and meets a friend of his brother's while buying medicine for his gonorrhea. A supermarket magnate has been slowly running the village stores out of business in this novel, and the narrator's brother starts a soccer team as a ruse to gather the village's young men to revolt against the "Emperor's" Korean store. Takashi reveals that he had had an affair with his retarded sister before committing suicide in this work. This novel chronicles Mitsu's return to his village home, and it begins with an episode recalling a friend who paints his face red and inserts a cucumber in his anus before hanging himself.  For 10 points, name this novel titled for an unheard plea, by Kenzaburo Oe.
One character traveled to New York with a theatre group performing a play called "Ours
The {Silent Cry} [or {Man'en Gan'nen no Football}]