Ryû Murakami
- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Born in Sasebo where U.S. Navy's harbour is located. Raised there till
his high school days. After graduation, he came up to Tokyo and lived
in Fussa, near the base of U.S. Army. He wrote the novel, "Kagirinaku
Tomei ni chikai Blue", from a decadent life there. It won the Akutagawa
Prize, the most authoritative literary prize in Japan. Since then, he
has wrote many novels, essays, scenarios. Compared with his great fame
in literary world, his career as a director hasn't brought him a
commercial success so far.
