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HIROSHI SAKURAZAKA

CULTURE / Books
Dec 5, 2015
Hanzai Japan
Hackneyed writing and plot devices grow like kabi (mold) in crime fiction, but this anthology of 16 stories by writers in and outside Japan serves up tasty surprises. ¡°Jigoku¡± by Naomi Hirahara is a heartfelt, surefooted tale by a serial killer confined to a cardboard-box in hell. Carrie Vaughn¡¯s ¡°The...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jul 12, 2014
Meet the Japanese author behind Tom Cruise¡¯s new sci-fi smash
You might be surprised to hear that the latest Tom Cruise science-fiction epic, ¡°Edge of Tomorrow,¡± which hit theaters here recently, has a Japanese pedigree. It is based on the short novel ¡°All You Need is Kill¡± by award-winning author Hiroshi Sakurazaka.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jul 12, 2014
All You Need is Kill
To tie in with the release of the film ¡°Edge of Tomorrow,¡± Haikasoru has published a graphic novel based on Hiroshi Sakurazaka¡¯s ¡°All You Need is Kill,¡± from which the film was adapted. Not to be confused with the manga version of the same title, the comic features art by Lee Ferguson (creator of the...
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