Writer Haruki Murakami's work has been known to be difficult to adapt for the big screen, but that didn’t stop Murakami superfan Yamamoto from wanting to try with Ryusuke Hamaguchi's best picture-nominated drama.
Yamamoto began his career in a junior role at Japan’s largest film studio, Toho, the historic home of Akira Kurosawa and; but he left the company when he turned 30, fearing that he was on a path to becoming trapped in middle management.
So, first of all, I really, really love the work of Haruki Murakami. Here in Japan, we call the Murakami super fans “Harukists,” and I would describe myself as a devout Harukist. I’ve been thinking hard about how to make a film based on Murakami’s work since I was in my teens.
Well, we didn’t actually move to license the song. It’s true that we thought about it, but I heard from Tran Anh Hùng, the director of [the 2010 Murakami adaptation]what they paid for that Beatles song and I thought, “Oh well, that’s not going to be possible for us.”
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