Movie animates Murakami's portraits of empty lives
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American writer Nathaniel Rich claims that Haruki Murakami writes 'genre fiction'; Murakami created his own genre by blending literary conceits with other storytelling tropes from noir, fantasy, horror, and sci-fi; In the movie 'Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman,' director Pierre Foldes uses animation to convey the surreal qualities of Murakami's fiction; The movie features a character known as Frog who can flatten his body and slide through a train carriage window; The movie brings to life Murakami's portraits of empty lives; Murakami is internationally acclaimed and regularly short-listed for the Nobel Prize in literature
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https://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Arts/Movie-animates-Murakami-s-portraits-of-empty-lives
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