Japanese books recommended by foreign authors

For our latest information 7 listWe recommend books recommended by foreign authors in Japan, including novels and non -novel games.

Inland ocean of Donald Richie

Donald Richie is an outstanding American -born writer. He has widely wrote his Japanese motherland in Japanese cinema works, including academic books in 1965. Kurosawa’s movieEssence However, this is his eternal trip in 1971. Inland seaThis is widely considered to be his big hotel.

It uses the amazing black and white photography of Yoichi Midorikawa. It is a poetic exploration of the life of the inland charming islands in the Saido. This is a small waters between the three major islands in Japan: Kyussen, Holson and Shikoku. According to the author, the people there “live better than anyone else, because they live according to their own essence.” The main purpose of this book is “observing people when people have time and space.”

Twenty years later, a travel documentary based on this book Lucille Carra (Lucille Carra) Released. Richie tells that it is very popular and has won many awards, including the best documentary at the 1991 Hawaii International Film Festival.

James Claveell (James Claveell)

Between 1962 and 1993, the late Australia was born. The British -breed writer James Claveell wrote a series of six novels, which are called together called Asian legendThe focus is on European characters and its adventure in Asia. The most famous is ShogunHe spent three years to study and write, and then printed in 1975.

This is an epic work of a historical novel. By 1980, more than 6 million copies were sold. The story revolves around John Blackthorne, a navigator in Japan, and the subsequent interaction with the powerful feudal lords (especially YOSHII TORANAGA). These two protagonists are based on William Adams (Miura Anjin). He became the first British to reach these coasts in 1600, and Totka Iyasu (Tokugawa IEYASU) is one of the three “great unity” of the country.

In 1980, starring Richard Chamberlain and Toshiro Mifune -based mini -series of mini series. It won three Emmy Awards. 2024 and Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai (Anna Sawai) Get the record 18. It also won four Golden Globes.

Hug failure: John W. DOWER’s Second World War in Japan

John W. Dell Hell Fire: Journey from Hiroshima 1986. However, Dell’s masterpiece is Hug failure: Japan after World War II JapanPublished in 1999.

describe go through New Republic As “the most important study of the Pacific War in history”, Hug failure He wrote that it was the first -class Oeds occupied by Japan from 1945 to 1952. A defeated country changed people’s way of thinking about the people in the process. ”

The book covers various themes, including the country’s transformation from the militarist empire to democratic countries, the trial of the Tokyo war, and the drafting of the Constitution. It has won several honors, including the 1999 National Book Award and 2000 Pulitzer’s Novel Award.

David Mitchell’s Number9dream

David Mitchell is named GQ As one of the “Most and most connected men in the United Kingdom in 2015”, the magazine first emphasized that he shared his name with others Peeping performance Actor, “Award -winning writers” live a much more quiet life. “Unfortunately, picture First of all, the publication published on the Internet is Peeping performance actor.

Although he is not as famous as the figures of the same name, the writer Mitchell is well known among literary fans. number9dream and Cloud atlasEssence The former is mainly in Tokyo, a philosophical journey. Following the 19 -year -old beetle fan Eiji Miyake, he left his island Yakushima to look for the capital to find him out of his disappearance Father.

and Murakami‘ Norwegian woodThe title of the title is written by John Lennon, that is, ” # 9 Dream”. This novel is obviously influenced by the works of Murakami, especially Birds ChronicleEssence Jacob De Zog It is another highly recommended Michell book in Japan.

David Peace’s Tokyo zero year

David Peace, like Mitchell, was rated as one of the best British novelists in 2003 by literary magazines gravelEssence A year ago, he completed his excitement Red quarter Series: A highly praised fictional record of the criminal investigation committed by a serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, which is called Yorkshire Kaitou.

Heping wrote a red cycling quadruple when he lived in the capital of Japan, which was his next crime series environment. The first one in his Tokyo trilogy can also be said to be the strongest Tokyo a year zeroA fascinating fictional story Minami (MINAMI YOSHIO KodairaEssence

Kodaira is known as “Japanese blue bear” Occupied cityBased on 1948 Teikoku bank robbery It killed 12 people. The last issue, Tokyo ReduxCentered on disappearance and death Sadanori shimoyamaThe first president of the National Railway.

Tokyo bad habit of Jake Adelstein

After moving to Tokyo to learn Japanese literature for five years, after five years, Jack Aderstein Become the first place Yomiuri ShimbunEssence He left the newspaper in 2005, and then Washington Post Regarding a transaction, a boss called Tadamasa Goto and the FBI (FBI) owner of Yakuza entered the United States.

Adelstein Deputy Tokyo: American journalist beaten by the Japanese policePublished in 2009. Among them, he accused Goto that he called it “John Gobiti in Japan” and threatened to kill him. The memoir covers the occupation of Aderrstein in Tokyo. First of all, how does he find a job Yomiumi Before continuing to deal with Japanese criminal abdomen. Some, including Hollywood reporter‘ Gavin BlairQuestion the authenticity of the reporter’s claim.

Even if it is not all, Tokyo Still interesting. this dramaStarring Ansel Elgort, it is also worth seeing.

Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko

When Min Jin Lee was 19 years old, she join U.S. missionary lectures cooperate with South Korea-Japanese community in Osaka. The missionary tells a story about a bullied boy. This makes her want to learn more about Zainichi’s history and life Koreans in Japan. She finally moved to Tokyo and lived for four years.

Six years after leaving, Li published PachinkoAn epic Dickens novel has become the final of the National Novel Award. It is divided into three parts, focusing on the four generations of a Korean immigrant family in Japan. These families are trying to adapt to a society that discriminate against them. “You are brave, Noah,” Koh Hansu told his son. “It is much more brave than me. I live in front of those who refuse to admit you every day.”

one Adaptation of drama Soo Hugh’s “Lee” (SOO HUGH) premiered on Apple TV+in 2022. This popular show was selected for the second series, which was also widely welcomed.

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