A cream-of-the-crop selection of Murakami's brilliance and piercing wit. This collection shows sides of Ryu Murakami that even avid fans may not be expecting.

'69' is a roman de clef about coming of age during a time that left its mark on baby boomers around the world, and a certain amount of intrigue for their children - a time when they really believed they could change the world before it ...

... Tokyo Decadence Topaz (1991), Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982), Bernardo Bertolucci's The Conformist (1969), Sergei Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible (1942–6), Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood (1957) and Luis Buñuel's The Discreet Charm ...

A rollercoaster ride from the cult master of the psycho-thriller 'A blistering portrait of contemporary Japan, its nihilism and decadence wrapped up within one of the most savage thrillers since The Silence of the Lambs' Kirkus 'Deft and ...

Decadence is a concept that designates a given historical moment as a phase of decay and valorizes the past as an irretrievable golden age.

... (Tokyo: Toei Company, 2000); Bright Future (Akarui mirai), DVD, directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa (New York: Palm Pictures ... Decadence (Topazu), directed by Ryu Murakami (Los Angeles: Cinema Epoch, 2002). 18. Takashi Murakami, Little ...

It's set-up life a video game: two rival gangs fight to death for the control of a Tokyo district.

... Tokyo Decadence review by Sawako Omori When the news reached Japan that Tokyo Decadence was a success in America and Italy , I was incredulous . Surely , there was some mistake . Films by Kurosawa , Oshima , or Itami are great cinema ...

... Tokyo Decadence (1991). Aoyama is played by Ryo Ishibashi, who later cropped up in Sono's Suicide Club (2001) and the American The Grudge (2004) and its sequel, while Miike shrewdly cast a debut actress, ex-Benetton model Eihi Shiina ...