Other Film Novels By Japanese Directors

[David Fahy]

And, of course, Suo Masayuki wrote a novel for SHALL WE DANCE?

- David Fahy


On Jun 19, 2006, at 9:43 AM, Michael McCaskey wrote:

> There is also Kairo, the novel version of Pulse (Kairo), by  
> Kurosawa Kiyoshi, who also wrote the screenplay (French translation  
> of the novel, with French title Kairo, by Karine Chesneau, ISBN  
> 2-87730-738-7).
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael McCaskey <mccaskem at georgetown.edu>
> Date: Monday, June 19, 2006 12:14 pm
> Subject: New Book By Kore-eda
>
>> Kore-eda's new film Hana yori mo nao
>> &#33457;&#12424;&#12426;&#12418;&#12394;&#12411; has just opened
>> in theaters in Japan.
>>
>> It's not clear how soon a DVD version will come out, but Kadokawa
>> has just published (June 3) Kore-eda's novel Hana yori mo nao,
>> ISBN: 4048737023 ; (2006/06/03).
>>
>> Kore-eda's Wonderful Life (After Life) novel, which is quite good
>> in my opinion, was written after the movie version was completed,
>> but it looks as if in this case Kore-eda wrote the novel first,
>> and then the screenplay. This novel is 227 pages long.
>>
>> I'm not sure how many other Japanese directors have written novel
>> versions of their films, before or after the fact.
>>
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