haruki murakami lecture

[OtonaGorilla]

MITってかっこいいよな。

ああいう大学は好きだ。

[annomination]

lecture was given at MIT. I was there at the time, but I didn't know about it. How disappointing!

[caohanlu]

Interesting that he's using a math classroom (or during a math class)... reminds me of Tengo...

[robmounseymusic]

"Wind-up Bird Chronicle"

[Ahllan05]

i´m a comparative literature major and after reading Norwegian Woods I decided to study and master Japanese just to read and be able to translate Norwegian Woods into Spanish

[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.

[jordanowen42]

I was at this! It was incredible!

[tozenter]

his '1Q84' is amazing

[NekoArts]

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

[ToniSkit]

@NekoArts agreed

[martintar1]

日本語でよむなーーーー。

これは辛いぞーーー

[bogowww]

I just finish reading "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running" This is my first book from Haruki Murakami. Thanks to this book I start running after 4 years break. Amazing and very inspire....

[wildsmiley]

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

[Komeko1313]

I hope he could give us a lecture here in Japan someday. He never show up in Japanese media.

[MrSantino71]

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 "

[shuhei0787]

I wonder at hearing his speaking English and Japanese first time though I am Japanese. I thouht his exsistance is only in books or dreams.

His voice is a low tone and very calm like deep forest.

I'm glad to hear his speaking as one of his funs in the world whether he likes or not this video. And I feel an odd chance discovering this video AFTER THE QUAKE on 11th March.Thanks a lot.

「それでよかったんですよ、片桐さん。何も覚えてない方が良い。­いずれにせよ、全ての激しい闘いは想像力の中で行われました。そ­れこそがぼくらの戦場です。ぼくらはそこで勝ち、そこで敗れます­」

[21Hosey]

Tom Robbins, Haruki Murakami, Kurt Vonnegut, Nelson Algren, Thomas Pynchon, Chuck Palahniuk, and me. The coolest people in this world, and that. We all had a beer last week on Tuesday and discussed how ridiculous and inescapable the damn royal wedding is. And then we enjoyed edamame and shashimi served upon a naked, young absolutely gorgeous Tokyo hipster. It was an awesome dream and I was pissed when I woke.

[kyut159]

遠ざかる愛が消えてゆく

[Pumbrnatrr]

Murakami has beautiful voice in Japanese

[ObsessedWithGonzo]

contemporary literature is being honnoured by such writers

[aktlin]

haha are those lagrange multipliers on the board behind him?

[pauksciaake]

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

[lemonhead1961]

Is there a part 1 to this lecture?

[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.

[MckyMseNTarotCrds]

Um...there's a lot of talk here about them making a film of Norwegian Wood, and how most feel they shouldn't...well, apparently it's already made. I googled it and a teaser trailer came up. I was disappointed at first, but I don't think it's suddenly going to make Murakami mainstream. How many Americans really are going to run out and see a Japanese love story? Good or bad, the adaptation will probably never do half the business of, like, "You've Got Mail" or some such thing.

[MckyMseNTarotCrds]

@MckyMseNTarotCrds Just one more thing....I for one will never see the movie. It would be like seeing a film of Catcher in The Rye or My Antonia or something. The characters in Norwegian Wood, the way I picture them, mean a lot to me. No need to update it. That's why I've still never seen the Ethan Hawke/ Gwyneth Paltrow "Great Expectations." Why would I? Is it somehow going to mean more to me than the book? Doubt it.

[Ehzah8]

I don't see how a film would destroy an existing work of art. The book will still be there, unchanged, after the film is forgotten

[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

[absoluteharp]

i wanna see full Japanese versions of his films. I absolutely detest dubbing i love subtitles it makes it feel so much more real and that is how movies should be out of the world yet just awesomely real like his books.

[murakamiharukitimes]

Kaeru-kun thank you !

[nicck]

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

[Blackthorn2323]

I thought his pronunciation English is better.

[atmark666]

i never understand why he wanted to teach at american college.

[Relusiten]

@atmark666

Maybe u cant see it cause u are a native, but a foreign culture it's much more interesting than the one that we came from, it can enrich u, and since he is an writter, i imagine he can take a lot of stories from that experience

[cobracommander1234]

@atmark666 haruki murakami gives lectures actually

i think the reason hes does is because he didnt really want to return to japan (he hates being a celebrity) this lecture is in his book what i talk about when i talk about running

fantastic writer

[lakimthiet]

His English is surprisingly good.

[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.

[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!

[homaiya]

Norwegian wood to come out? What do you mean? The film??!! Aggghhh!!!!

[florinu123]

@Antohio

good to find someone who feels the same way.

[berzerk78]

@Antohio the cast for the movie is great, they will do an enorumous work, just you wait!

[harrylcy118]

@Antohio

Yes!The things and stories he wrote is very sad but magical,cannot happen in our life .Because of it,we do not want to leave his world.We want to taste other experiences,that is why we love Haruki Murakami.

[watashiwanachodes]

not my favourite japanese writer but hes fine

(my personal fav is btwn ryunosuke akutagawa and the great Mishima)

[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.

[cantavoidtrite]

Is this my favourite author?

[ryanskapa]

Horrendous sound quality.

[sandysnowbeard]

@ryanskapa true, but its better than nothing.

[bunburyciento3000]

q gracioso q tengan q utilizar letras de nuestro alfabeto para las matematicas

[000aassddff]

だ・・・誰か訳して！ｗ

何にうけてるんだろー。

英語でジョーク言えるハルキさんかっこいいです！

[LikeJasonBourne]

彼の英語「は」わかりにくいと思います。Please, if you are not a Japanese native speaker, you should know how hard it is to speak foreign language!

[LikeJasonBourne]

Oh, this comment was for ryanskapa-san.

[memphis3106]

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

[lukegilkison1]

Norwegian Wood by Tran Anh Hung is going to be awesome!

[JustSmileReinah]

i agree with memphis3106,

please america, DON'T..

[willen555]

@memphis3106 Yes, agree.... Better Europeans do this, or best - Japanese!

[LeahDay1]

@memphis3106 I agree. YES!

No one should do it except Japanese. They know the magic he's talking about. :D

[ilangobi]

@memphis3106 isn't the director vietnamese?

[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. =[

[ang7090]

@memphis3106 as a fellow american i have to agree! i shudder to think...

[phantasMoon69]

@memphis3106 ABSOLUTELLY AGREE =D

[msa1985]

@memphis3106 yes it is in their hands entirely.

[milligoree]

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

[narcomanel]

@memphis3106 Dude, if you don't like the movie, you just stop watching right at the moment you understand that, no one fucking cares about the movie as long as they don't destroy all the copies of the book in the world

[yuki707070]

僕は村上さんが日本語を話している姿を拝見したことがないので、­とても貴重な映像でした。up主さん、ありがとう。でも僕は英語­がわからない。（残念！）

サウンド、リズム、即興演奏という単語から想像すると、「小説に­は音楽的要素が大切」ということですかね。

[tataya31]

ハルキさん、若～～い！

声も素敵です。学生だと言っても不思議ではないよ。

[drewskione]

Wow, I'm reading this story from the AFTER THE QUAKE collection, type in his name and click on the lecture and he is relevantly discussing it.

[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

[Matsumotoshonaikei]

the lecture was delivered at MIT.

[jesterheadflame666]

What's he saying about songs being different? Does that mean that the originals refer to Japanese music that Japanese people recognise, and that the translation refers to western music that westerners can recognise?

[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!

[RavenJake]

Where was this lecture?

[DrazzanDuo]

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

Peace

[ameamemaruko45]

たいへん貴重な映像をありがとうございます！　春樹さんの朗読する姿を初めて拝見し感動しております。　小説もすてきだけど声も雰囲気もすてきだ～

[hermexial]

ええ！ そやな。