Ryū Murakami
Ryū Murakami | |
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 Ryū Murakami in 2005 | |
| Born | February 19, 1952 Sasebo, Nagasaki,Japan |
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| Nationality | Japanese |
| Literary movement | Postmodernism |
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Ryū Murakami(Thôn thượng long,Murakami Ryū,born February 19, 1952 inSasebo, Nagasaki)is a Japanese novelist, short story writer, essayist and filmmaker. His novels explore human nature through themes of disillusion, drug use, surrealism, murder and war, set against the dark backdrop of Japan. His best known novels areAlmost Transparent Blue,Audition,Coin Locker BabiesandIn the Miso Soup.
Biography
[edit]Murakami was bornRyūnosuke Murakami(Thôn thượng long chi trợ,Murakami Ryūnosuke)in Sasebo, Nagasaki on 19 February 1952. The nameRyūnosukewas taken from the protagonist inDaibosatsu-tōge,a work of fiction byKaisan Nakazato.
Murakami attended school in Sasebo. While a student in senior high, he joined in forming a rock band called Coelacanth, as the drummer.[1]In the summer of his third year in senior high, Murakami and his fellow studentsbarricaded the rooftopof his high school and he was placed under house arrest for three months. During this time, he had an encounter withhippieculture, which had a strong influence on him.
After graduating from high school in 1970, Murakami formed another rock band and produced some 8-millimeterindie films.[2]He enrolled in thesilkscreendepartment at Gendaishichosha School of Art in Tokyo, but dropped out in the first year. In October 1972, he moved toFussa, Tokyoand was accepted for the sculpture program atMusashino Art University.He married his wife, a keyboard player, in the 1970s and their son was born in 1980.[3]In the early 1990s, Murakami devoted himself to disseminatingCuban musicin Japan and established a label,Murakami's,withinSony Music.
Murakami started thee-magazineJMM(Japan Mail Media) in 1999 and still serves as its chief editor. Since 2006, he has also hosted a talk show on business and finance calledKanburia Kyuden,broadcast onTV Tokyo.[4]The co-host isEiko Koike.In the same year, he began avideo streamingservice, RVR (Ryu's Video Report). In 2010, he established a company,G2010,to sell and produceeBooks.[5][6]
Works
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Murakami's first work was the short novelAlmost Transparent Blue,written while he was still a university student.[7]It deals with promiscuity and drug use among disaffected youth. Critically acclaimed as a new style of literature, it won theGunzo Prize for New Writersin 1976, despite some objections on the grounds of decadence. Later the same year, hisBluewon theAkutagawa Prize,[8]going on to become a bestseller.[2]
In 1980, Murakami published a much longer novel,Coin Locker Babies,again to critical acclaim, and won the 3rdNoma Liberal Arts New Member Prize.Next came the autobiographical novel69,and thenAi to Gensō no Fascism(1987), revolving around the struggle to reform Japan's survival-of-the-fittest society with a secret "Hunting Society".[clarification needed]His workTopaz(1988) concerns asado-masochisticwoman's radical expression of her sexuality.
Murakami'sThe World in Five Minutes From Now(1994) is written as a point of view in a parallel universe version of Japan, and was nominated for the 30thTanizaki Prize.In 1996 he continued his autobiography69,and released theMurakami Ryū Movie and Novel Collection.He also won theTaiko Hirabayashi Prize.The same year, he wrote the novelTopaz II,about a female high school student engaged in"compensated dating",which later was adapted as the live-action filmLove and Popby anime directorHideaki Anno.HisPopular Hits of the Showa Eraconcerns the escalating firepower in a battle between five teenage male and five middle-aged female social rejects. Literary scholar Barbara Greene suggests that the text reveals how "the invisible violence of post-Bubble Japan’s social order is made explicit through a low-stakes, yet hyperviolent, guerilla war undertaken by a set of ludicrous and narcissistic characters whose increasingly deadly attacks are met with public indifference. Within the consumer-capitalist social order, personal satisfaction is the paramount goal..."[9]
In 1997 came the psychological thriller novelIn the Miso Soup,set in Tokyo'sKabuki-chored-light district,which won him theYomiuri Prizefor Fiction that year.Parasites(Kyōsei chū,2000) is about a younghikikomorifascinated by war. It won him the 36th Tanizaki Prize. The same yearExodus From Hopeless Japan(Kibō no Kuni no Exodus) told of junior high school students who lose their desire to be involved in normal Japanese society and instead create a new one over the internet.[2]
In 2001, Murakami became involved in his friendRyuichi Sakamoto's group NMLNo More Landmines,which sets out to remove landmines from former battle sites around the world.
In 2004, Murakami announced the publication of13 Year Old Hello Work,aimed at increasing interest in young people who are entering the workforce.Hantō wo Deyo(2005) is about an invasion of Japan byNorth Korea.It won him the Noma Liberal Arts Prize andMainichi Shuppan Culture Award.
The novelAuditionwas made into a feature film byTakashi Miike.Murakami reportedly liked it so much he gave Miike his blessing to adaptCoin Locker Babies.The screenplay for the latter was worked on by directorJordan Gallandbut Miike failed to raise enough funding for it. An adaptation directed byMichele Civettais currently in production.[10][needs update]
In 2011,Utau Kujirawon theMainichi Art Award.
Selected bibliography
[edit]Novels
[edit]| Year | Japanese Title | English Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Kagirinaku Tōmei ni Chikai Burū(Hạn りなく thấu minh に cận いブルー) | Almost Transparent Blue | English translation byNancy Andrew |
| 1977 | Umi no Mukō de Sensō ga Hajimaru(Hải の hướng こうで chiến tranh が thủy まる) | War Begins Beyond the Sea | French translation by Claude Okamoto |
| 1980 | Koinrokkā Beibīzu(コインロッカー・ベイビーズ) | Coin Locker Babies | English translation by Stephen Snyder, republished by Pushkin Press, 2013 |
| 1983 | Daijōbu mai furendo(だいじょうぶマイ・フレンド) | All Right, My Friend | |
| 1985 | Tenisu Bōi no Yūutsu(テニスボーイの ưu úc) | Melancholy of Tennis Boy | |
| 1987 | 69 Shikusuti Nain | 69 | English translation by Ralph F. McCarthy, published by Pushkin Press, 2013 |
| Ai to Gensō no Fasizumu(Ái と huyễn tưởng のファシズム) | Fascism of Love and Fantasy | ||
| 1989 | Raffuruzu Hoteru(ラッフルズホテル) | Raffles Hotel | |
| 1991 | Kokkusakkā Burūsu(コックサッカーブルース) | Cocksucker Blues | |
| Chōdendō Naito Kurabu(Siêu điện đạo ナイトクラブ) | Superconduction Nightclub | ||
| 1992 | Ibisa(イビサ) | Ibiza | |
| Nagasaki Oranda Mura(Trường kỳ オランダ thôn) | Nagasaki Holland Village | ||
| 1993 | Ekusutashī(エクスタシー) | Ecstasy | |
| Fijī no Kobito(フィジーの tiểu nhân) | Fijian Midget | ||
| Sanbyakurokujūhachi Yādo Pā Fō Dai Ni Da(368Y Par4 đệ 2 đả) | 368Y Par4 the 2nd shot | ||
| Ongaku no Kaigan(Âm lặc の hải ngạn) | The seashore of the music | ||
| 1994 | Shōwa Kayō Daizenshū(Chiêu hòa ca dao đại toàn tập) | Popular Hits of the Showa Era: A Novel | English translation by Ralph F. McCarthy. Published by Pushkin Press, 2013 |
| Gofungo no Sekai(Ngũ phân hậu の thế giới) | The World in Five Minutes From Now | ||
| Piasshingu(ピアッシング) | Piercing | English translation by Ralph F. McCarthy. Published in English January 2007. | |
| 1995 | KYOKO | Kyoko | French translation by Corinne Atlan |
| 1996 | Hūga Uirusu Gofungo no Sekai Tū(ヒュウガ・ウイルス ngũ phân hậu の thế giới II) | Hūga Virus: The World in Five Minutes From Now II | |
| Merankoria(メランコリア) | Melancholia | French translation by Sylvain Cardonnel | |
| Rabu ando Poppu Topāzu Tū(ラブ&ポップ トパーズII) | Love & Pop: Topaz II | ||
| 1997 | Ōdishon(オーディション) | Audition | English translation by Ralph McCarthy.[11]Spanish translation by J.C. Cortés. |
| Sutorenji Deizu(ストレンジ・デイズ) | Strange Days | ||
| In za Misosūpu(イン ザ・ミソスープ) | In the Miso Soup | English translation by Ralph F. McCarthy. Published in English 2005. | |
| French translation ( "Miso Soup" ) by Corinne Atlan. Published in French January 2003. | |||
| 1998 | Rain(ライン) | Lines | French translation ( "Lignes" ) by Sylvain Cardonnel, Czech translation ( "Čáry" ) by Jan Levora. |
| 2000 | Kyōsei Chū(Cộng sinh trùng) | Parasites | French translation by Sylvain Cardonnel |
| Kibō no Kuni no Ekusodasu(Hi vọng の quốc のエクソダス) | Exodus of the country of hope | ||
| 2001 | Tanatosu(タナトス) | Thanatos | |
| THE MASK CLUB | The Mask Club | ||
| Saigo no Kazoku(Tối hậu の gia tộc) | The Last Family | ||
| 2005 | Hantō o Deyo(Bán đảo を xuất よ) | From the Fatherland, with Love | Translated into English by Ralph McCarthy, Charles De Wolf and Ginny Tapley Takemori, published by Pushkin Press, 2013 |
| 2010 | Ca うクジラ | A Singing Whale[12] | |
| 2011 | Kokoro wa Anata no Motoni(Tâm はあなたのもとに) | My Love is Beneath You | |
| 2015 | Ōrudo Terorisuto(オールド・テロリスト) | Old Terrorist |
Short story collections
[edit]| Year | Japanese Title | English Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Kanashiki Nettai(Bi しき nhiệt đái) | Tropical Sad | reissued under the new title of "Summer in the city" in 1988. |
| 1986 | Posuto Poppu Āto no aru Heya(POST ポップアートのある bộ ốc) | POST, Room with Pop Art | |
| Hashire! Takahashi(Tẩu れ! タカハシ) | Run! Takahashi | a series of novels about one baseball player | |
| ニューヨーク・シティ・マラソン | New York City Marathon | ||
| 1988 | Topāzu(トパーズ) | Topaz | |
| Murakami Ryū Ryōri Shōsetsushū(Thôn thượng long liêu lý tiểu thuyết tập) | The collection of the Ryū Murakami dish novels | ||
| 1991 | Koi wa itsumo Michina mono(Luyến はいつも vị tri なもの) | Love is always strange | |
| 1995 | Murakami Ryū Eiga Shōsetsushū(Thôn thượng long ánh họa tiểu thuyết tập) | The collection of the Ryū Murakami movie novels | |
| 1996 | Monika – Ongakuka no Yume Shōsetsuka no Monogatari(モニカ- âm lặc gia の mộng ・ tiểu thuyết gia の vật ngữ) | Monica - Dream of a musician, story of a novelist | Joint work withRyuichi Sakamoto |
| 1997 | Hakuchō(Bạch điểu) | Swan | |
| 1998 | Wain Ippai dake no Shinjitsu(ワイン nhất bôi だけの chân thật) | Truth of a cup of wine | |
| 2003 | Tōku Hanarete Soba ni ite(とおくはなれてそばにいて) | ||
| Dokonidemo aru Basho Dokonimo inai Watashi(どこにでもある tràng sở どこにもいないわたし) | renamed toKūkō nite(Không cảng にて,at the airport)in the paperback edition | ||
| 2007 | Tokkenteki Jōjin Bishoku Murakami Ryū Ryōri & Kannō Shōsetsushū(Đặc 権 đích tình nhân mỹ thực thôn thượng long liêu lý & quan năng tiểu thuyết tập) | The privileged mistress gastronomy: The collection of Ryū Murakami dish & sensuality novels | |
| 2012 | Gojūgo-sai kara no Harōraifu(55 tuế からのハローライフ) | Hello Life from 55 years old | |
| 2016 | Tokyo Decadence: 15 Stories | A collection of stories from several of Murakami's story collections, translated by Ralph McCarthy. Spanish translation by J.C. Cortés |
English short stories
[edit]| Year | Japanese Title | English Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | It's Been Just a Year and a Half Now Since I Went with My Boss to That Bar | short story published in Zoetrope: All-Story (Vol. 8, No. 4, 2004). English translation by Ralph McCarthy.[13] | |
| 2005 | I am a Novelist | short story published inThe New Yorker(Jan. 3, 2005). English translation by Ralph McCarthy | |
| 2009 | At the Airport | short story in Zoetrope All-Story (Vol. 13, No. 2, 2009). English translation by Ralph McCarthy.[13] | |
| 2010 | No Matter How Many Times I Read Your Confession, There's One Thing I Just Don't Understand: Why Didn't You Kill the Woman? | Zoetrope All-Story (Vol. 14, No. 4, 2010).[13] | |
| 2011 | Penlight | Zoetrope All-Story (Vol. 15, No. 3, 2011). English translation by Ralph McCarthy.[13] |
Non-fiction and essays
[edit]| Year | Japanese Title | English Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Amerikan Dorīmu(アメリカン★ドリーム) | American Dream | |
| 1987 | Subete no Otoko wa Shōmōhin de aru(すべての nam は tiêu háo phẩm である.) | Every Man is a Consumable | Vol.1–11 (1987–2010) |
| 1991 | Murakami Ryū zen essei 1976-1981(Thôn thượng long toàn エッセイ 1976-1981) | All the Ryū Murakami essays 1976-1981 | |
| Murakami Ryū zen essei 1982-1986(Thôn thượng long toàn エッセイ 1982-1986) | All the Ryū Murakami essays 1982-1986 | ||
| Murakami Ryū zen essei 1987-1991(Thôn thượng long toàn エッセイ 1987-1991) | All the Ryū Murakami essays 1987-1991 | ||
| 1992 | Ryū gen higo(Long ngôn phi ngữ) | ||
| 1993 | "Futsū no onna no ko" to shite sonzaishitakunai anata e.(“Phổ thông の nữ の tử” として tồn tại したくないあなたへ.) | To you who don't want to exist as "an ordinary girl." | |
| 1996 | Anata ga inakunatta ato no Tōkyō monogatari(あなたがいなくなった hậu の đông kinh vật ngữ) | Tokyo Story after you go away | |
| 1998 | Samishī koku no satsujin(Tịch しい quốc の sát nhân) | Murder in a lonely country | |
| Fijikaru intenshiti(フィジカル・インテンシティ) | Physical Intensity | Vol.1-5 (1998–2002) | |
| 1999 | Samishī koku kara haruka wārudo sakkā e(Tịch しい quốc から dao かなるワールドサッカーへ) | From the Lonely country to far-off world soccer | |
| 2000 | Dare ni demo de kiru renai(Thùy にでもできる luyến ái) | The love that anyone can do | |
| 2001 | Dame na onna(ダメな nữ) | Useless Woman | |
| 2002 | Damesarenai tameni, watashi wa keizai manda Murakami Ryū Weekly Report(だまされないために, わたしは kinh tế を học んだ thôn thượng long weekly report) | I studied economics so as not to be deceived: Ryū Murakami weekly report | |
| Renai no Kakusa(Luyến ái の cách soa) | Involuntary celibacy | ||
| Makuro Nihon keizai kara mikuro anata jishin e Murakami Ryū Weekly Report(マクロ・ nhật bổn kinh tế からミクロ・あなた tự thân へ thôn thượng long weekly report) | From macro, Japanese economy to micro, yourself: Ryū Murakami weekly report | ||
| 2003 | Jisatsu yori wa SEX Murakami Ryū no Renai Jōsei ron(Tự sát よりはSEX thôn thượng long の luyến ái ・ nữ tính luận) | SEX is better than Suicide: Ryū Murakami's theory of love and woman | |
| 2006 | Watashi wa amaete iru no deshō ka? 27 sai OL(わたしは cam えているのでしょうか? 27 tuế ・OL) | Am I spoiling myself? 27 years old, female office worker | |
| Murakami Ryū bungaku teki essei shū(Thôn thượng long văn học đích エッセイ tập) | The collection of Ryū Murakami literary essays | ||
| 2007 | Angai, kaimono suki(Án ngoại, mãi い vật hảo き) | Unexpectedly, I'm a shopping lover | |
| 2008 | Sore de mo watashi wa koi ga shitai kōfuku ni naritai okane mo hoshī(それでもわたしは, luyến がしたい hạnh phúc になりたい お kim も dục しい) | Still I want to love, want to be happy, and also want money | |
| 2009 | Mushumi no susume(Vô thú vị のすすめ) | Encouragement of having no hobby | |
| 2010 | Nigeru chuukōnen, yokubō no nai wakamonotachi(Đào げる trung cao niên, dục vọng のない nhược giả たち) | Old and middle age who run away, youths with few wants | |
| 2012 | Sakura no ki no shita niwa gareki ga uzumatte iru.(Anh の thụ の hạ には ngõa lịch が mai まっている) | Debris is buried under the cherry tree. |
Interviews and letters
[edit]| Year | Japanese Title | English Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Trung thượng kiện thứ vs thôn thượng long yêm たちの thuyền は, động かぬ vụ の trung を, lãm を giải いて |
Kenji Nakagami vs Ryū Murakami: Our ship unmoors in a stagnant fog | withKenji Nakagami |
| 1981 | ウォーク・ドント・ラン thôn thượng long VS thôn thượng xuân thụ
Wōku donto ran Murakami Ryū vs Murakami Haruki |
Walk, Don't Run: Ryū Murakami vs Haruki Murakami | withHaruki Murakami |
| 1985 | EV.Cafe siêu tiến hóa luận | EV.Cafe ultra-Darwinism | withRyuichi Sakamoto |
| 1992 | Hữu よ, また phùng おう | See you, my friend | Ryū Murakami = Ryuichi Sakamoto letters |
| 1994 | Thôn thượng long ＋ châm mộc dã y tối tân đối luận thần は tế bộ に túc る | Ryū Murakami + Noi Sawaragi Latest Discussion: God is in the details | with Noi Sawaragi |
| 1999 | Thôn thượng long đối đàm tập tồn tại の nại えがたきサルサ | Ryū Murakami interview collection: The Unbearable Salsa of Being | |
| 2006 | “Cá” を kiến つめるダイアローグ thôn thượng lũng X y đằng nhương nhất | Dialogue to stare at "individual": Ryū Murakami X Joichi Ito |
Picture book
[edit]| Year | Japanese Title | English Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Hội bổn だいじょうぶマイ・フレンド | Picture book: All Right, My Friend | Illustrator: Katsu Yoshida |
| 1989 | Hữu đạt のラ リ ル レ ロ | Illustrator: Sumako Yasui | |
| 1996 | Hội vật ngữ ・ vĩnh viễn の nhất thuấn すてきなジェニファー | Wonderful Jennifer | Illustrator: Yoko Yamamoto |
| 1999 | あの kim で hà が mãi えたか バブル・ファンタジー | What were we able to buy with that money?:BubbleFantasy | Illustrator: Yuka Hamano |
| 2000 | ストレイト・ストーリー | The Straight Story | picture book of the movie (director:David Lynch) of the same title, Illustrator: Yuka Hamano |
| 2001 | おじいさんは sơn へ kim trữ けに thời として, đầu tư は hi vọng を sinh む | The old man goes to the mountain for money-making. The investment occasionally produces hope. | Illustrator: Yuka Hamano |
| 2003 | 13 tuế のハローワーク | Hello Workfor 13 years old | Illustrator: Yuka Hamano |
| ポストマン | Postman | Illustrator: Yuka Hamano | |
| シールド ( thuẫn ) | Shield | Illustrator: Yuka Hamano |
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Japanese Title | English Title | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Hạn りなく thấu minh に cận いブルー Kagirinaku tōmei ni chikai burū |
Almost Transparent Blue | Novel,Scriptwriter,Director | Ryū Murakami |
| 1983 | だいじょうぶマイ・フレンド Daijōbu mai furendo |
All Right, My Friend | Novel, Scriptwriter, Director | Ryū Murakami |
| 1989 | ラッフルズホテル Raffuruzu Hoteru |
Raffles Hotel | Novel, Director | Ryū Murakami |
| 1992 | トパーズ Topāzu |
Topaza.k.a.Tokyo Decadence | Novel, Scriptwriter, Director | Ryū Murakami |
| 1996 | ラブ＆ポップ Rabu & Poppu |
Love & Pop | Novel | Hideaki Anno |
| 1999 | オーディション Ōdishon |
Audition | Novel | Takashi Miike |
| 2000 | KYOKO | Because of You | Novel, Scriptwriter, Director | Ryū Murakami |
| 2001 | Tẩu れ! イチロー Hashire! Ichirō |
Run! Ichiro | Novel | Kazuki Ōmori |
| 2003 | Chiêu hòa ca dao đại toàn tập Shōwa kayō daizenshū |
Karaoke Terror: The Complete Japanese Showa Songbook | Novel | Tetsuo Shinohara |
| 2004 | シクスティナイン Shikusutinain |
69 | Novel | Lee Sang-il |
| 2006 | ポプラル! Popuraru! |
Popular! | Executive Producer | Jen Paz |
| 2018 | ピアッシング
Piasshingu |
Piercing | Novel | Nicolas Pesce |
References
[edit]- ^Noble, Barnes &."Almost Transparent Blue".Barnes & Noble.Retrieved17 February2018.
- ^abcPilling, David (27 September 2013)."Ryu Murakami".Financial Times.Retrieved17 February2018.
- ^Pilling, David (2013-09-27)."Ryu Murakami".Financial Times.
- ^"カンブリア cung điện: テレビ đông kinh".カンブリア cung điện: テレビ đông kinh.Retrieved17 February2018.
- ^“Điện tử thư tịch は văn tự văn hóa の cách mệnh” —— tác gia ・ thôn thượng long さんが điện tử thư tịch hội xã thiết lập(in Japanese). ITmedia Enterprise. 2010-11-04.Retrieved2014-06-29.
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- ^"Murakami ryu Archives".
- ^"The Future of Japan Is 'Very Dark', Says Ryu Murakami".3 May 2013.Retrieved17 February2018.
- ^Greene, Barbara (2023-05-17)."A subaltern civil war: Precariat in-Fighting in Murakami Ryu's Popular Hits of the Showa Era".Contemporary Japan:1–21.doi:10.1080/18692729.2023.2208400.ISSN1869-2729.
- ^"404 Error - IMDb".Retrieved17 February2018– via www.imdb.com.
{{cite web}}:Cite uses generic title (help) - ^Boddy, Kasia (17 February 2018)."Audition by Ryu Murakami - review".Retrieved17 February2018– via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^"Might Ryu Murakami's switch to the iPad signal the beginning of the end for traditional publishers?".TheGuardian.com.24 July 2010.
- ^abcd"Zoetrope: All-Story".www.all-story.com.Retrieved17 February2018.
External links
[edit]- "Murakami Ryū"(The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction;byJonathan Clements)
- Ryu Murakamiat theInternet Speculative Fiction Database
- Ryu Murakamiat J'Lit Books from Japan
- Synopsis ofLeave the Peninsula(Hanto o Deyo)at JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project)
- REVIEW: Ryu Murakami-From the Fatherland With Loveat Upcoming4.me
- Ryu Murakamiat theIMDb
