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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]].
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 +The screen play was worked on by director [[Jordan Galland]], however, Miike could not raise funding for the project. An adaptation directed by [[Michele Civetta]] is currently in production [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451019/].
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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.

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.

The first English translation was published in 1995 by Kodansha (講談社 Kōdansha) International Ltd.

A film version of the book is currently in production, starring Val Kilmer, Tadanobu Asano and Asia Argento.

The screen play was worked on by director Jordan Galland, however, Miike could not raise funding for the project. An adaptation directed by Michele Civetta is currently in production [1].




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