More Murakami

Here's an article about a film maker who made a film from a Murakami short story from The Daily Yomiuri:

From paper to celluloid

Shogo Hagiwara / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer

As an avid reader of Haruki Murakami's novels, director Jun Ichikawa knew adapting the author's fiction would be a daunting task. When he tried his hand at the short "Tony Takitani," he struggled at first. But the effort paid off, he tells The Daily Yomiuri.

Few would question Haruki Murakami's status as one of the most famous Japanese writers of our time. When his Umibe no Kafuka (Kafka on the Shore) hit bookstore shelves here a few years back, he became a phenomenon, with numerous magazines and newspapers devoting generous space to deciphering his world. And now literature students pick him over for their dissertations.

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