Coin Locker Babies
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| - | {{Template}}'''''Coin Locker Babies''''', [[1980]]), a novel by [[Ryu Murakami]], (translated to English by [[Stephen Snyder]]) This screenplay was worked on by director [[Jordan Galland]], upon graduating from NYU. [[Sean Lennon]], is also involved with the production of this movie. It is the surreal story of two boys, Hashi and Kiku, who were both abandoned by their mothers during infancy, both locked in coin lockers at a [[Tokyo]] train station in the summer of [[1972]]. Both boys become wards of the Cherryfield Orphanage in [[Yokohama]], where the tough and athletic Kiku comes to the defense of the slight, and often picked on, Hashi. The summer before they are to begin school, an adoption is finally arranged for the boys. Together they head south to their new home on the westcoast of [[Kyūshū]], with their adoptive parents Shuichi and Kazuyo Kuwayama. | + | {{Template}} |
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| + | '''''Coin Locker Babies''''', [[1980]]), a novel by [[Ryu Murakami]], translated to English by [[Stephen Snyder]]. | ||
| - | At sixteen, Hashi journeys to Tokyo to find his birth mother. Kiku and Kazuyo eventually head north in search of Hashi. The adopted brothers reunite in a quarrantined area of the city called Toxitown, where the eccentric cast of characters continues to grow, and bizarre events continue to occur. | + | ==Plot Summary== |
| + | It is the surreal story of two boys, Hashi and Kiku, who were both abandoned by their mothers during infancy and locked in coin lockers at a [[Tokyo]] train station in the summer of 1972. Both boys become wards of the Cherryfield Orphanage in [[Yokohama]], where the tough and athletic Kiku comes to the defense of the slight, and often picked on, Hashi. | ||
| - | The first English translation was published in [[1995]] by [[Kodansha]] (講談社 Kōdansha) International Ltd. | + | They are adopted by foster parents who live on an island. At the age of 16 both move into a diseased urban wasteland named Toxitown. Hashi becomes a bisexual rock star, employed by an eccentric producer named D. Kiku becomes a pole vaulter and with his girlfriend Anemone, a model who has converted her condo into a swamp for her crocodile, searches for his mother so he can kill her. |
| - | The Japanese musician [[Miyavi]] states that his song "Coinlocker Baby" has no relation to this novel. | + | ==Film Adaptation== |
| - | He never read it. | + | |
| - | A film version of the book is currently in production, starring [[Val Kilmer]], [[Tadanobu Asano]] and [[Asia Argento]]. | + | A film version of the book is currently in production, starring [[Val Kilmer]], [[Tadanobu Asano]] and [[Asia Argento]]. The screenplay was worked on by Jordan Galland, Peter kline and Sean Lennon. The film is being directed by Michele Civetta and produced by Don Murphy & French Mini-major studio Wild Bunch. |
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Coin Locker Babies, 1980), a novel by Ryu Murakami, translated to English by Stephen Snyder.
Plot Summary
It is the surreal story of two boys, Hashi and Kiku, who were both abandoned by their mothers during infancy and locked in coin lockers at a Tokyo train station in the summer of 1972. Both boys become wards of the Cherryfield Orphanage in Yokohama, where the tough and athletic Kiku comes to the defense of the slight, and often picked on, Hashi.
They are adopted by foster parents who live on an island. At the age of 16 both move into a diseased urban wasteland named Toxitown. Hashi becomes a bisexual rock star, employed by an eccentric producer named D. Kiku becomes a pole vaulter and with his girlfriend Anemone, a model who has converted her condo into a swamp for her crocodile, searches for his mother so he can kill her.
Film Adaptation
A film version of the book is currently in production, starring Val Kilmer, Tadanobu Asano and Asia Argento. The screenplay was worked on by Jordan Galland, Peter kline and Sean Lennon. The film is being directed by Michele Civetta and produced by Don Murphy & French Mini-major studio Wild Bunch.
