Ryu Murakami
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Ryu Murakami (村上龍 Murakami Ryū, born 19 February 1952 in Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan) is a Japanese novelist and filmmaker.
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 off 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 (限りなく透明に近いブルー, 1976)
- Coin Locker Babies (コインロッカー・ベイビーズ, 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)
- 海の向こうで戦争が始まる (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)fr:Murakami Ryu