Movies: Haruki Murakami

An aspiring writer goes to the airport to pick up a high school friend returning from a trip to Africa but is disheartened to see her with another man....

Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to dri...

Toru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend, and another woman, the outgoing, lively Midori....

A reclusive illustrator falls in love with a young woman who addictively shops for clothing....

A lost cat, a giant talkative frog and a tsunami help a bank employee without ambition, his frustrated wife and a schizophrenic accountant to save Tokyo from an earthquake and find a meaning to their lives....

A student travels back to Kobe for the summer. Once there, he meets his friend Rat, hangs on the usual place, listening to the Beach Boys and meets a mysterious twin girl....

A single mother receives a phone call saying her son had died from a shark attack in Hanalei Bay, Hawaii, where she now visits annually on her son’s death anniversary. One day, she meets two young Japanese surfers who tell her about a young Japanese ...

In Korea Town Los Angeles, a young man, Kengo, believes he's the son of God - that's what his mother told him since he was a young boy. He spends his days working his dead-end job and figuring out his complex feelings for his girlfriend until, one da...

Featuring members of popular K-pop bands, this episodic feature shot in trendy Seoul is a collection of stories about love, hope and music....

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A newlywed couple attempts to save their marriage by recreating a petty crime....

Based on four of the six short stories compiled in Murakami Haruki's anthology, After the Quake explores the complex aftermath of Japan’s earthquakes and other global crises....

Adapted from Haruki Murakami's short stories, The Elephant Vanishes reveals a strange and beautiful world lurking beneath the surface of Tokyo's bright bustle. The Elephant Vanishes was performed in Japanese by an all-Japanese cast....

Two young men are hungry, so they decide to rob a bakery. Adaptation of a short story by Haruki Murakami....

A man ran into a woman on a street. She was not attractive, but was a perfect girl for him. After missing the chance to talk to her, he contemplates on how he should have approached her....

A story of a boy meeting the 100% Perfect Girl on the street on a ordinary day. Without remembering a promise that was made 16 years earlier....

A lonely young woman spends most of the time at home in her empty apartment after her husband left her. Eventually she gets a job at an elephant factory where you make five new elephants from parts of a single. At the same time, she dreams of a dwarf...

Sheep Out is a story about a pedantic animator who lives a routine life, only moving between home and work. Slowly sinking into apathy, she began separating herself from the outside world. Her life turns upside down when she discovers a picture of a ...

A young man goes out to look for his missing cat but soon realizes he's being followed by a mysterious teenage girl....

Adapted from a short story written by Haruki Murakami, a girl and a boy meet each other on a street in Tokyo and realize that they're 100% perfect for each other....