Ryū Murakami
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 Ryu Murakami in 2005 |
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| Born: | February 19, 1952 Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan |
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| Occupation: | Author, Novelist, Film-maker |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Debut works: | Almost Transparent Blue, 1976 |
Ryū Murakami (村上 龍 Murakami Ryū?, born 19 February 1952 in Sasebo, Nagasaki) is a Japanese novelist and filmmaker. Born Ryūnosuke Murakami (村上 龍之助 Murakami Ryūnosuke), he is not related to Haruki Murakami or Takashi Murakami.
[edit] Works
Murakami's first work, the short novel Almost Transparent Blue, written while he was still a student, deals with promiscuity and drug use among disaffected Japanese youth. Critically acclaimed as a new style of literature, it won the newcomer's literature prize in 1976, although some observers decried it as decadent. Later the same year, Blue won the Akutagawa Prize, going on to become a best seller. In 1980, Murakami published the much longer novel Coin Locker Babies, again to critical acclaim.
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, however, Miike could not raise funding for the project. An adaptation directed by Michele Civetta is currently in production [1].
Murakami has played drums for a rock group called Coelacanth and hosted a TV talk show.
[edit] Bibliography
| Year | Japanese Title | English Title | Comments |
| 1976 | 限りなく透明に近いブルー Kagirinaku tōmeini chikai burū |
Almost Transparent Blue | English translation by Nancy Andrew |
| 1977 | 海の向こうで戦争が始まる Umi no mukō de sensō ga hajimaru |
War Begins Beyond the Sea | |
| 1980 | コインロッカー・ベイビーズ Koinrokkā Beibīzu |
Coin Locker Babies | English translation by Stephen Snyder |
| 1987 | シクスティナイン Shikusutinain |
69 | English translation by Ralph F. McCarthy |
| 1989 | ラッフルズホテル Raffuruzu Hoteru |
Raffles Hotel | |
| 1993 | エクスタシー Ekusutashī |
Ecstasy | |
| 1994 | ピアッシング Piasshingu |
Piercing | English translation by Ralph F. McCarthy. Published in English January 2007. |
| 1995 | KYOKO Kyōko |
Kyoko | French translation by Corinne Atlan |
| 1997 | イン ザ・ミソスープ In za Misosūpu |
In the Miso Soup | English translation by Ralph F. McCarthy. Published in English 2005. |
| ストレンジ・デイズ Sutorenji Deizu |
Strange Days | ||
| 1998 | ライン Rain |
Lines | French translation by Corinne Atlan |
| 2000 | 共生虫 Kyōsei chū |
Parasites | French translation by Sylvain Cardonnel |
| メランコリア Merankoria |
Melancholia | ||
| 2005 | I am a Novelist | short story published in The New Yorker English translation by Ralph McCarthy |
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| 2006 | ダイアローグ 村上壟X伊藤穣一 Daiarōgu Murakami Ryū X Itō Jōichi |
Dialogue: Ryu Murakami X Joichi Ito |
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Japanese Title | English Title | Comments |
| 1979 | 限りなく透明に近いブルー Kagirinaku tōmeini chikai burū |
Almost Transparent Blue | Writer, Director |
| 1983 | だいじょうぶマイ・フレンド Daijōbu mai furendo |
All Right, My Friend | Writer, Director |
| 1989 | ラッフルズホテル Raffuruzu Hoteru |
Raffles Hotel | Writer, Director |
| 1992 | トパーズ Topāzu |
Tokyo Decadence | Writer, Director |
| 1996 | ラブ＆ポップ Rabu & Poppu |
Love & Pop | Writer |
| 1999 | オーディション Ōdishon |
Audition | Writer |
| 2000 | KYOKO | Because of You | Writer, Director |
| 2001 | 走れ！イチロー Hashire! Ichirō |
Writer | |
| 2004 | シクスティナイン Shikusutinain |
69 | Writer |
| 2008 | コインロッカー・ベイビーズ Koinrokkā Beibīzu |
Coin Locker Babies | Writer |
