Cultural Reflections in Adaptation

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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• Murakami Haruki on Film (Asia Shorts) https://www.amazon.com/Murakami-Haruki-Film-Asia-Shorts/dp/1952636531

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