Published: 2009-10 (Shinchosha) Setting: Tokyo, Yamanashi Summary: Murakami’s epic starts and ends with a tunnel that connects reality and fantasy. This nexus is where Murakami has thrived in his career. 1Q84 explores the nature of reality, of religion in modern society, and the twists of fate which tie humans together. The three principal characters in this movie are a personalContinue reading “1Q84-Haruki Murakami”
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Kafka on the Shore-Haruki Murakami
Published: 2002 (Shinchosha) Setting: Tokyo, Takamatsu, Kochi Summary: Kafka Tamura is a 15-year-old boy with an Oedipal curse hanging over his head. He is supposed to kill his father, and sleep with his long-lost sister and mother. He runs away from home to escape this fate, from Tokyo to Takamatsu, and along the way he meets his “sister”Continue reading “Kafka on the Shore-Haruki Murakami”
Pokemon 72: Go West, Young Meowth
Airdate: November 12th, 1998 Summary: The gang is invited to the movie premier, and they fantasize of glitz and glamour. Team Rocket dreams of Hollywood, but Meowth is not happy to be returning there. Meowth starts his story, he was a little baby Meowth stealing baseballs, but an American movie brought him to Hollywood. DeliaContinue reading “Pokemon 72: Go West, Young Meowth”
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