On this episode of Japan Station, we talk about the many film adaptation of the works of Haruki Murakami, Japan’s most well-known and commercially successful novelist.
👉Topics Discussed
- Why is Haruki Murakami so popular around the world?
- About the many film adaptations of the books and short stories of Haruki Murakami
- About the relatability of Murakami’s characters
- About Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of Tomorrow
- About Murakami’s skill at writing magical realism
- About the music and pop culture references Murakami includes in his work
- How Murakami’s strangeness makes his work accessible to people both in and outside of Japan
- About the South Korean film Burning and how it treated Haruki Murakami’s work
- How filmmakers around the world have adapt and reassemble Haruki Murakami’s work
- About Haruki Murakami’s involvement with film adaptations of his work
- What Haruki Murakami thought of the film adaptation of Drive My Car
- Why Drive My Car is a notable filmd adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s work
- About the film adaptation of Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
- About the best film adaptations of Haruki Murakami’s work
- About The Second Bakery Attack and its interpretations
- About the Attack on the Bakery film adaptation
- And more
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👉Links, Videos, Etc.
Here’s a link if you want to pick up the book!
- Murakami Haruki on Film (Asia Shorts) https://www.amazon.com/Murakami-Haruki-Film-Asia-Shorts/dp/1952636531
