#murakami ryu

[yxsu]

Tokyo Decadence · トパーズ

Dir. by Murakami Ryu, 1992

#tokyo decadence #トパーズ #murakami ryu #Ryu Murakami #1992

[el-elux]

"Fuori da questa casa, oltre quella finestra, forse sta volando un gigantesco uccello nero. Un uccello enorme simile alla notte buia, un uccello nero che volteggia nel cielo proprio come quello grigio che vedo sempre beccare le briciole di pane; ma essendo di tali dimensioni, al di là della finestra si vede soltanto l'incavo del suo becco che appare come una caverna, e forse non si riesce neppure a vederlo per intero.

La falena che ho ucciso è morta sicuramente senza rendersi conto di com'ero fatto nella mia interezza. È morta senza sapere che qualcosa di gigantesco che le schiacciava il corpo molle, pieno di liquido verde, era una parte di me. In questo momento sono esattamente come la falena, e sto per essere schiacciato dall'uccello nero." [...]

Ryū Murakami, Blu quasi trasparente

#blu quasi trasparente #letteratura #literary fiction #letteratura giapponese #ryu murakami #murakami ryu #kagirinaku tomei ni chikai buru

[bzzazzzzzzz]

With the fist sentence like that, one either simply knows reading this is going to be an absolute blast or not read at all.

In the first group so far.

#Coin Locker Babies #Murakami Ryu

[thewomanwithmissingfingers]

#love and pop #ryu murakami #hideaki anno #film #my gif

[roseillith]

Tokyo Decadence (1992) dir. Ryu Murakami  

#f #tokyo decadence #sayoko amano #ryu murakami

[skeletonfumes]

Tokyo Decadence (1992) Ryu Murakami

#tokyo decadence #ryu murakami #mygifs #filmedit #gifset #miho nikaido

[vintagewarhol]

#audition 1999 #movies #takashi miike #ryu murakami #daisuke tengan #ryo ishibashi #eihi shiina #tetsu sawaki #illustration #vintage art #alternative movie posters

[anamon-book]

EV.Cafe 超進化論　村上龍＋坂本龍一 講談社 装幀＝浅葉克己 ゲスト：吉本隆明、河合雅雄、浅田彰、柄谷行人、蓮實重彦、山口昌男

#ev.cafe 超進化論 #ev.cafe #ryu murakami #村上龍 #ryuichi sakamoto #坂本龍一 #katsumi asaba #浅葉克己 #anamon #古本屋あなもん #あなもん #book cover

[bookfirstlinetourney]

Round 1

My name is Kenji. As I pronounced these words in English I wondered why we have so many ways of saying the same thing in Japanese. Hard-boiled: Ore no na wa Kenji da. Polite: Watashi wa Kenji to moshimasu. Casual: Boku wa Kenji. Gay: Atashi Kenji 'te iu no yo!

-The Miso Soup, Ryu Murakami

The primroses were over. Toward the edge of the wood, where the ground became open and sloped down to an old fence and a brambly ditch beyond, only a few fading patches of pale yellow still showed among the dog's mercury and oak-tree roots.

-Watership Down, Richard Adams

History has failed us. But no matter.

-Pachinko, Min Jin Lee

#books #polls #reading #round 1 #tournament poll #the miso soup #ryu murakami #watership down #richard adams #pachinko #min jin lee

[yxsu]

Amano Sayoko as Saki in Tokyo Decadence · トパーズ

Dir. by Murakami Ryu, 1992

#topaz #topazu #tokyo decadence #murakami ryu #ryu murakami #amano sayoko #sayoko amano

[ouibo-repris]

Ryu Murakami - Ecstasy cover image

#ryu murakami

[thewomanwithmissingfingers]

Love and Pop, 1998

#film #hideaki anno #love and pop #ryu murakami #tokyo decadence #topaz ii

[skeletonfumes]

Tokyo Decadence (1992) Ryu Murakami

#tokyo decadence #ryu murakami #sayoko amano #mygifs #gifset #filmedit

[onryou-onryou]

Tokyo Noise (2002 Documentary)

#tokyo #noise #ryu murakami #nobuyoshi araki #mayuko hino #c.c.c.c. #comic coincidence control center #philosophy of noise #early 2000s #Youtube

[jimpluff]

Recent watch. For some reason, I was hesitant to finally see this film, the first live action effort from my admired director, that weird guy Hideaki Anno. Was I nervous about its content? Afraid my beloved director would let me down? Not sure its low-budget production could deliver?

Whatever I was worried about, I hadn't any need. This film is incredible. Raw yet refined. Beautiful and ugly. Outrageous yet nuanced. Bleak and hopeful.

Can't recommend it lightly because of some fairly disturbing elements for some viewers, but it's such a wonderful encapsulation of a moment in time for particular kinds of people. Anno's sense of Tokyo, for me, simultaneously captures what it feels like for me while also pulling back layers I don't know about. His idiosyncratic camerawork makes the city feel like the secret main character.

#hideaki anno #love & pop #ryu murakami #japanese film