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Profile of Ryu Murakami
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Ryu Murakami |
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19th February 1952 |
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Sasebo City, Nagasaki, Japan |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia RyÅ« Murakami (æ‘ä¸Šé¾ Murakami RyÅ«, born 19 February 1952 in Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan) is a Japanese novelist and filmmaker. His real name is Murakami RyÅ«nosuke.
His first work, a short novel titled Almost Transparent Blue (é™ã‚Šãªãé€æ˜Žã«è¿‘ã„ブルー, kagirinaku tÅmei ni chikai burÅ«) which deals with promiscuity and drug use among disaffected Japanese youth, won the newcomer's literature prize in 1976. It was critically acclaimed as a new style of literature, though some observers decried it as decadent. Blue also won the Akutagawa Prize later the same year. The novel went on to become a best seller.
In 1980, Murakami published the much longer novel Coin Locker Babies (コインãƒãƒƒã‚«ãƒ¼ãƒ»ãƒ™ã‚¤ãƒ“ーズ), again to critical acclaim.
His novels available in English include Almost Transparent Blue, 69, Coin Locker Babies and In the Miso Soup.
Takashi Miike's feature film Audition (1999) was based on one of his novels. Murakami reportedly liked it so much he gave Miike his blessing to adapt Coin Locker Babies.
Despite the similarity of names, he is not related to Haruki Murakami or Takashi Murakami.
Bibliography
(translated in English)
- Almost Transparent Blue (é™ã‚Šãªãé€æ˜Žã«è¿‘ã„ブルー, 1976)
- Coin Locker Babies (コインãƒãƒƒã‚«ãƒ¼ãƒ»ãƒ™ã‚¤ãƒ“ーズ, 1980)
- 69 (シクスティナイン, 1987)
- In the Miso Soup (イン ザ・ミソスープ, 1997)
(not translated in English, literal titles)
- æµ·ã®å‘ã“ã†ã§æˆ¦äº‰ãŒå§‹ã¾ã‚‹ (War Begins Beyond the Sea, 1977)
- ラッフルズホテル (Raffles Hotel, 1989)
- エクスタシー (Ecstasy, 1993)
- Kyoko (1995)
- ライン (Lines, 1998)
- 共生虫 (Parasites, 2000, is already translated in French by Sylvain Cardonnel)
- メランコリア (Melancholia, 2000)
Filmography
(Directed By)
- Almost Transparent Blue (1979)
- All Right, My Friend (1983)
- Raffles Hotel (1989)
- Topaz (a.k.a. Tokyo Decadence) (1992)
- Kyoko (a.k.a. Because of You) (2000)
(Written By)
- Almost Transparent Blue (1979)
- All Right, My Friend (1983)
- Raffles Hotel (1989)
- Topaz (a.k.a. Tokyo Decadence) (1992)
- Topaz II (a.k.a. Love & Pop) (1996)
- Audition (1999)
- Kyoko (aka Because of You) (2000)
- Hashire! Ishiro (2001)
- 69 (2004)
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