Prominent Japanese author Haruki Murakami (“Norwegian Wood“, “The Wind up Bird Chronicles”) is set to have a new collection of short...
Category - The Two Murakamis Project (28/137?)
An effort to review all of the works of both Haruki Murakami and Ryu Murakami including books and movies
For his first live-action movie, director of “Evangelion” Hideaki Anno picked a rather difficult task, of adapting Ryu Murakami's novel...
When it was published in 1987, “Norwegian Wood” catapulted Japanese author, Haruki Murakami to fame, especially among Japanese youths. Due to the...
Ryu Murakami's books are strange. They are violent, sensual, absurdly humorous, surrealistic, and hide their comments in an atmosphere of confusion and...
Among the tamest novels and subsequently movies based on a Ryu Murakami book, “69” deals with the story of a group of high school students led by...
Quite close to the pinku film, but at the same time, so much more
As I have mentioned before, adapting Haruki Murakami's works in cinema is definitely an arduous task, due to the surrealism, the minimalism, the abstractness...
Adapting Haruki Murakami's works in cinema is definitely an arduous task, chiefly due to the surrealism and minimalism that characterize his novels. However...
Despite the recent “trend” of Haruki Murakami adaptations (“Burning”, this particular one, and “Blind Willow, Sleeping...
“But I really want you to understand what I'm saying.” If there is one thing a diligent reader can count on, it is the name of Haruki Murakami mentioned...