haruki murakami lecture

10/06/2005 lecture

[@cachetral]

Damn this guy is my hero, so much sensitivity and wisdom in one remarkable brain

[@harrypotter8964]

THIS AMAZINGLY BRILLIANT MAN.

[@PlanetYokoshima]

THANK YOU Murakami for the pleasure. My favoroute contemporary writer. One day in Future some person will find him one of the best in history.

[@SophiaaaaaS92]

I can feel you

[@chirooon]

He used to be an owner of a jazz bar before becoming a writer. The sound, rythym and whatsoever of the language matters to him. Kaerukun is one of my best stories. Nice voice!

[@jealoussphynx4152]

I have just discovered this man since last year. He is incredible

[@letsgosurfing416]

I just finished 1Q84. Man, what an amazing trilogy!

[@mariamccormack2995]

reading it just now.

[@maciekkadepe9093]

@@mariamccormack2995 And me just now, a year later :)

[@digocr]

If I read 1Q84 only book 1, will it make sense? Or must I be prepared to read all 3? (no spoilers please) :)

[@maciekkadepe9093]

@@digocrdefinitely you have to be prepared for all 3. But it goes quickly :)

[@digocr]

@@maciekkadepe9093 thanks a lot! :D

[@DrazzanDuo]

I agree with the previous post. This is truly an amazing piece of lecture! Peace

[@NekoArts]

I am soooooooooooo envious of the people that were there and got to hear him.. That man is a genious!

[@goodtasteofmusicclub8438]

this is the most 2000s video I've seen in a while!

[@dhrumilsoni1727]

I just finished reading Norwegian woods, there is something about murakami writing which draws me to read again and again. Such vivid writing of murakami helps me to complete 400pages in 4 days.

[@pauksciaake]

thank god he's living a healthy lifestyle. He'll have so much more time to write more fascinating books.

[@sifugurusensei]

well, he was a translator. He translated many western novels. I just finished reading one his book for the first time. Based on how he writes, he seems like a very intelligent guy. Now, I'm starting on another called After Dark.

[@demarjay2942]

Well what’s the count now after all these years?! I’m on one ☝️

[@andrewsokulski8922]

Still a great interview today !

[@Antohio]

Haruki is the best ever, his magic world is so beautiful that I would love to never leave it. He keeps healing my soul oevr and over again. I can't wait for Norwegian Wood to come out!

[@bess00]

How was it?

[@Antohio]

@@bess00 it was ages ago that I watched it, as the date of my initial comment suggests :) I think I liked it!

[@canyousub8255]

​@@Antohiobut as you age it lacks its magic isn't it

[@Antohio]

@@canyousub8255 honestly, I don’t know. if I decide to watch it again, I’ll let you know how it felt :)

[@chong9489]

So lucky!! if I were to sit in that lecture hall, I would clear all my doubts of his books at one shot. I really want to know what he truly meant in all his books!

[@soningch]

Wow.. I have never heard of his voice.. Kind of Cool

[@stickysappy]

I wonder where this was. Could it be one of the lectures he talked about in his autobiography running book?

[@plexus]

I actually think it is. The timeline lines up. Its October of 2005. In which case it would be Cambridge.

[@shibadoggie11]

its very interesting to find a japanese author has opportunities in the us to deliver lectures on literary works.i like reading murakamis works, including norwegian wood, hear the wind sing, pinball, and windup chronicle. i believe he wrote a book based on his lectures in the us about japanese authors of old times, and i pretty much enjoy that. japanese novels really show well about who they are.

[@cobain5119]

I have been studied English from my highschool days. I could not speak or listen to English at all when I was high school student, and even in the university. Because I have come to the U.S. as a exchange student, now I can understand what Murakami says, who is the best novelist in Japan. I am very glad now.

[@chathall574]

Thanks for the clip; shame about the quality, but a great unique gem nonetheless. Murakami has to be one of the coolest writers living today, both his style of writing and the man himself. More people in the west need to become aware of his fantastic and fantastical novels. If you live in the UK most libraries stock several of his books:-)

[@murakamiharukitimes]

Kaeru-kun thank you !

[@IWillScoop]

Wow his English is better than I imagined, this man is awesome.

[@user-xz6zk1jj5n]

Huraki i love your book lion vanish

[@jamalallae865]

I'm very taken by his works ^^

[@kazzicup]

Murakami's writing is very alluring. "The Little Match Girl " by H Christian Andersen and Murakami's "Super Frog saves Tokyo" are my two all-time favorite short stories.

[@soningch]

pahaha. I thought he's ranked as the 1st writer in Japan. his short stories are really good. : )

[@pansitkantonify]

For so long I have disliked fanatics of cults and institutions for their pointless ravings and sometimes utterly outrageous forms of idolatry, but never have I realized that I could be one if not for Murakami. Reading his books have made me feel like we have the same thoughts and aspirations. It's as if there's a thin line between his and my mind across where I am and Japan. His words made me feel he is my bestfriend, lifetime partner (no sexual attachment though), brother, and my self.

[@oscarjuliano]

MURAKAMI THE GREAT!

[@lakimthiet]

His English is surprisingly good.

[@tozenter]

his '1Q84' is amazing

[@digocr]

If I read 1Q84 only book 1, will it make sense? Or must I be prepared to read all 3? (no spoilers please) :)

[@kimihahm1965]

I like his voice in japanese.

[@IrritatedOnion]

I would gladly pay $10 for this to be uploaded again with subtitles. Can't really understand what he's saying. :(

[@bubblefumes7213]

こんなことを話している気がするという予想です 今から神の子供たちはみな踊るに入ってるかえるくん東京を救うを読みます 10年前、2000年に書いたものです まず日本語で読んで、そのあとで同じ部分を英語で読みます 多くの人は日本語がまだわからないでしょうけど、そうします なぜならぼくはまさに音楽を演奏するように小説を書くからです 作家になる前にジャズ喫茶を営んでいたこともあって音楽はやたら聞いてます その音の響きやリズムや即興性からたくさんのことを学びました それを日本語で書く時に応用したつもりです この翻訳は素晴らしい出来栄えですし、訳者も素晴らしいです でも、やはりそれぞれの言語には違いがあります それぞれの響きを持っています ぼくが日本語で読んで彼が英語で読みます ぐびぐび......

[@redetrigan]

@Ehzah8 Perhaps the real concern is that a film would (further) popularize Murakami. After all, we do want to keep him to ourselves ;p

[@oscarjuliano]

SENSEI MURAKAMI!

[@btowang862]

❤

[@PeopleLiveTVPlus]

Haruki Murakami is great; I was amazed when i read his book, After darK; So I decided to give it as price in my competition, to share this feeling. watch at my channel , the video "Haruki Murakamy, My Give Away "

[@wildsmiley]

@bogowww You've got to read Norwegian Wood, Sputnik Sweetheart, After Dark, well, all of his books, really.

[@jordanowen42]

I was at this! It was incredible!

[@mariamccormack2995]

Very lucky you x

[@muratisik6956]

When and where was this?

[@SophiaaaaaS92]

Hey do you still remember that day?

[@jordanowen42]

@@SophiaaaaaS92I sure do

[@sammytzkigawa5072]

I'm going to make the story, from this auto-critique, the title is "Super frog saves Tokyo". I wrote this story five years ago, and near the 2000, and when I caught freed frogs, so I don't feel okay. And in the first phase, I write a first few [faytees?] in Japanese, and after that I repeat in English the same part. Many of you don't understand Japanese at all, it's my great controllation, but still I would like to do it. Because I write the [apros?], just write, I play music, I used be an owner of a jazz bar in Tokyo before I became a writer. So music is a lot to me, and sun, and reason, and free info organization. I look around a lot of things on the driving, on music, so I'll be good appreciate as silent until you ??? Japanese writing. Of course the English translation of this story is great, I have to say because Jay is here, Jay is the translator. But honestly, he translate ????? English translation, he is a great translator. But still, the language is different from each other, and sun is different for each other, you know. So I would like to read in Japanese first, and few tips, ?? in English the same part, and I'll be take a rest. {Japanese reading} So is it, and I'll repeat in English the same part {English reading} END

[@FINALPRECURE]

Thank you very much!

[@SagarDas-vl6cj]

I love u for this

[@robmounseymusic]

"Wind-up Bird Chronicle"

[@shashwatibhelonde4907]

Yesterday I finished that book. It was my first murakami book. The book was so smooth with it's unnatural plot. For me mr. Toru okada is a real person. He has that power , murakami is really a master in storytelling.

[@yuuim5174]

講義を受けたい

[@noize2040]

rinko kikuch- norweigein wood....nuff said.

[@lemonstar.2]

Is there a part 1 to this lecture?

[@guzelyusuf10]

I coming from Murakami book. (if I don't run I couldn't write) He wrote everything in him book.

[@kensuganuma5638]

Hello, I am a japanese broadcaster. If you own this feed, may I ask your consent for us to air it on our program tonight?

[@xoxo-dr8df]

Murakami-san

[@ilangobi]

@memphis3106 isn't the director vietnamese?

[@ToniSkit]

@NekoArts agreed

[@memphis3106]

Please Japanese people, if you're reading, don't let the americans do a film adaptation and destroy murakami's work.

[@nicck]

I hate this guy but love him with all my heart at the same time.

[@maivo7568]

Wow it's ten years ago, but if possible, could you tell me why?

[@LizzieDoll]

I want to marry him! He's amazing!

[@Thisisandrewlin]

haha are those lagrange multipliers on the board behind him?

[@daytonasaint-godfrey5074]

RARE

[@phantasMoon69]

@memphis3106 ABSOLUTELLY AGREE =D

[@jordanowen42]

I was at this!

[@boredshrimp9425]

Lucky! Where was it ?

[@jordanowen42]

@@boredshrimp9425MIT in Cambridge, MA

[@pearunukk7258]

aga sinu kuulajad ei tee ju vahet murakamil ja murasamil :D

[@keitasuzuki6318]

Which university is this?

[@OM3N1R]

Oh holy crap! I had no idea this would actually be him! I always pictured Murakami as some old sage looking guy (don't know why, just my impression). I would have been honoured to be there.

[@sandysnowbeard]

@ryanskapa true, but its better than nothing.

[@doauthan]

こういうのアップしていいのかな？ でも、素敵な声ですね

[@milligoree]

@memphis3106 I think the Japanese have done a pretty good job of destroying his work in film as is it actually!

[@prozourolov]

What is he reding?

[@JustSmileReinah]

i agree with memphis3106, please america, DON'T..

[@prozourolov]

What is he reading?

[@Blackthorn2323]

I thought his pronunciation English is better.

[@watashiwanachodes]

not my favourite japanese writer but hes fine (my personal fav is btwn ryunosuke akutagawa and the great Mishima)

[@ilanasimons9205]

see video on murakami here: vimeo.com/97430975

[@driftingsouliswritten]

good job, Ilana. i'm a fan of his. :)

[@driftingsouliswritten]

good job, Ilana. i'm a fan of his. :)

[@SpeakLikeAColombian]

they already did..... but not the americans.... theydid it themselves, with a vietanamise director..... They destroyed Norwegian woods

[@mariamccormack2995]

I thought it was quite true to the story as written.

[@fendihalim2256]

test

[@sandysnowbeard]

@memphis3106 Did you mean "Please Japanese people, if you're reading, don't let the Japanese do a film adaptation and destroy Murakami's work"? I don't see a film being particularly pernicious, unless people see the film before reading the book. Which will probably be at least some people. =[

[@mushidango5163]

？？？？

[@katusnorinariya2251]

気持ちは分かるけれど、やっぱりさ、日本で日本語でやるべきだよ。

[@routebusaroundtheworldno2489]

気持がわかるなら、日本語でやるべきだとは思わないはず。

[@licianinh]

I like Murakami but sometimes (too often) he recycles parts of stories in his novel, word for word. If the design is to befuddle the reader and make them think they bought haft a book instead of a fully one, I would say that style is well-marketed. He writes American novels that pander to a crowd. If he gets a Nobel Prize, or Mc Donald's gets a Michelin star, then you know the world is really gone down in taste.

[@colonelaurelianobuendia7203]

This is the most bullshit comment I have ever read in KZbin. recycles stories? word by word? lol, how many books by him have you ever read? give me one example about that particular recycles and I bet your head will get blank as hell. clearly you have no idea about what you're talking about!!! murakami is genius writer and he really deserved to be a nobel prize winner, no contest. and btw your metaphor is so lame and irrelevant! shame on you.

[@fauzanahladzikri]

Okay lets be careful here. I think its fair to use the same thing over and over again, as long as the writer enjoy writing it and the reader enjoy reading it. Look at his sales and awards, must tell you something

[@Avicenna10]

I agree with the Colonel's comment - Licia Ninh is talking bullshit here. I've read ALL of his translated works, and NOTHING is "recycled." Perhaps, Licia, you should take a few years away from writing silly comments and actually go read some of the works. Murakami is definitely on the Nobel Prize short list. He certainly deserves the prize, whether or not he actually ever wins it. He's certainly more deserving than any number of recent recipients I could name. His characters in particular stay with me as long or longer than any other living writer I can think of. That's pretty amazing.

[@paulfiore9852]

Agreed. Murakami is brilliant, but he's still a populist and the themes have been recycled a dozen times. This is NOT a criticism. He is a GREAT writer, however, maybe not Nobel Prize Great. Leave that to Kawabata, the first Japanese writer to receive the Nobel prize.