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Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami graduated from Waseda University, Tokyo, in 1975. Widely considered one of Japan's most important 20th-century novelists, he is heavily influenced by American culture and has been criticized by some Japanese critics as overly Westernized. His often solitary, withdrawn, and world-weary protagonists are generally stripped of Japanese tradition... See full bio »

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Filmography

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2010 The Second Bakery Attack (short) (based on the short story by)
 
2010 Norwegian Wood (novel)
 
2008 All God's Children Can Dance (short story "All God's Children Can Dance")
 
2006 Na poludnie od granicy (TV movie) (based on a novel by)
 
2004 Tony Takitani (short story)
 
2003 Dansa med dvärgar (short) (writer)
 
1988 Mori no mukougawa (based on the novel by)
 
1983 A Girl, She Is 100% (short) (based on the short story by)
 
1982 Attack on a Bakery (short) (based on the short story by)
 
1980 Kaze no uta o kike (based on the novel by)
 

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Norwegian Wood -- Upon hearing the song "Norwegian Wood," Toru remembers back to his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(2008-2009) His novel, "Kafka on the Shore," was adapted by Frank Galati at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois. James Ingalls was lighting designer. See more »

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Trivia:

Translated into Japanese many of the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Truman Capote, J.D. Salinger and John Irving. See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn