Inspired by Murakami: other artists and their work

Was thinking it would be interesting to find out what different artists have created work that has been inspired by Murakami--either based around specific books or in general. I have come across a few and was wondering what else might be out there.

There are a few films out there--IMDB lists 10 different films based on his work, most famous of course the recent adaptation of Norwegian Wood. Tony Takitani is definitely my favourite, and I suppose you can include the Ryuichi Sakamoto soundtrack as a part of that interpretation. Both are really beautiful. There is also a more recent short of The Second Bakery Attack which doesn't seem to be available anywhere online other than a few short clips.

Beyond movies there is The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Theater Production which I have not seen but would love to. Music includes the electronic album The Wind-up Bird Chronicles by Aeroplain which you can get for free from that link. Another album is out there called Whips by a pair calling themselves The Wind-Up Bird. Have not heard that last one.

You could even argue that a book like Number9Dream by David Mitchell is a Murakami homage and thus falls into this category.

So my question is what else is out there? What other interpretations or adaptations of his work have you heard about or seen? Were they any good?

Posted Jul 27, 2013, 6:15 AM UTC

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